Ran BQ on the treadmill. How do I submit time to get in the race?

Anyone want to volunteer to hand him a cool hat every 2 miles? Well, it's 2 miles for him. Lucky for you, you just sit in the same spot the entire time.

Did you use an incline? That might help you further....

I was going to suggest setting up a verified BQ treadmill attempt with media present and everything, but going for treadmill marathon records has been strongly correlated with future time in prison. I wouldn't risk it.

https://www.adn.com/crime-justice/article/once-standout-athlete-palmer-man-gets-8-year-sentence-meth-conviction/2013/04/11/

Flyonthewall wrote:

Want to be runners run on treadmill, real runners run outside. Treadmill does your work, man up & do it yourself on the roads.

I ran a marathon on the road when it was warmer but that was a couple years ago and was out of the qualifying window for Boston. I was 22 minutes under BQ that day but had other commitments that year and wasn't able to run Boston. I did most of my training for that race on the treadmill but never ran the full marathon on the treadmill before.

andy_mct wrote:

When I asked them last year about the same thing they gave me this three step process:

1) Save the treadmill data to a USB drive

2) Get a urine sample bottle and fill it

3) Mail the USB drive, urine sample and treadmill in to them

This will allow them to check your time, verify that the treadmill hasn't been tampered with and that you are clean.

Personally I decided to run a track race and get my BQ from that because I live pretty far from the post office.

This was a fantastic answer

You may be able to qualify for ultra runner status if you have a burly beard and wore your hydration vest the whole time. If not you will be issued a temporary ultra-poser card. You may have a future though...

andy_mct wrote:

When I asked them last year about the same thing they gave me this three step process:

1) Save the treadmill data to a USB drive

2) Get a urine sample bottle and fill it

3) Mail the USB drive, urine sample and treadmill in to them

This will allow them to check your time, verify that the treadmill hasn't been tampered with and that you are clean.

Personally I decided to run a track race and get my BQ from that because I live pretty far from the post office.

The good news is if you get lapped at some point, you can still come back and win.

Unless you had the treadmill set at least a 1% incline, it was effectively a net downhill marathon and shouldn't be allowable.

Eric Griffin wrote:

It was on a treadmill at the fitness center I go to. I was 1.5 minutes under my qualifying time. I know it's too late for this year but hoping to get in 2018.

Treadmill data download + videotaped evidence + notarized witnesses needed. I run on fitness center treadmills (way more than desired) throughout China. It's amazing how often I see people leave the treadmill running while they go do other activities and then jump back on the moving belt. As long as they don't fall and knock themselves out, they get to brag to others about their daily morning 10K run, often times without ever breaking a sweat.

You submit the time by running a qualifying time on a Boston qualifying course. Thanks for entertaining us.

pretzel man wrote:

Were you wearing spikes?

Lol you realize this took place on a treadmill right?

That sounds like the most boring and horrible experience I could ever imagine. Running 10-12 miles on a treadmill already sucks as is, especially because you're slamming your feet more than normal and you're in the same place entire time. Haha why would anyone wanna run for 3 hours on a treadmill? It's honestly almost stupid to. Sorry dude, you're time isn't gonna get you anywhere. ALSO, you probably set the tempo to one pace and ran that for the entire time. In an actual race you won't have a treadmill to keep you on pace. In fact, you're time in a real marathon on the roads would be significantly slower than whatever you ran. I wouldn't count it or consider it credible for qualifying at all.

Nope wrote:

You submit the time by running a qualifying time on a Boston qualifying course. Thanks for entertaining us.

Is there a list somewhere of those courses? I don't like to run outside unless it is about 60 degrees so I would probably wait until the summer.

Guyz one time I broke the world record for the mile on an elliptical machine does that mean I can run the 1500 in London?!

PrZ wrote:

That sounds like the most boring and horrible experience I could ever imagine. Running 10-12 miles on a treadmill already sucks as is, especially because you're slamming your feet more than normal and you're in the same place entire time. Haha why would anyone wanna run for 3 hours on a treadmill? It's honestly almost stupid to. Sorry dude, you're time isn't gonna get you anywhere. ALSO, you probably set the tempo to one pace and ran that for the entire time. In an actual race you won't have a treadmill to keep you on pace. In fact, you're time in a real marathon on the roads would be significantly slower than whatever you ran. I wouldn't count it or consider it credible for qualifying at all.

Actually I ran a negative split. I was also not running hard since it was a training run so I'm pretty sure I could run faster on a road in a race.

As far as being boring, I watched college basketball and listened to my ipod during the run.

Take a selfie of yourself next to the screen of the treadmill. Be sure to smile and your entry fee to Boston will be reduced by 10%.

Paul Medvin wrote:

Treadmill data download + videotaped evidence + notarized witnesses needed. I run on fitness center treadmills (way more than desired) throughout China. It's amazing how often I see people leave the treadmill running while they go do other activities and then jump back on the moving belt. As long as they don't fall and knock themselves out, they get to brag to others about their daily morning 10K run, often times without ever breaking a sweat.

Are you really Paul Medvin?

Bhabbi wrote:

I was going to suggest setting up a verified BQ treadmill attempt with media present and everything, but going for treadmill marathon records has been strongly correlated with future time in prison. I wouldn't risk it.

https://www.adn.com/crime-justice/article/once-standout-athlete-palmer-man-gets-8-year-sentence-meth-conviction/2013/04/11/

No worries...

Qualifying for the Boston Marathon requires at best a 3:05, which is slightly over 150% of the world record.

This is equivalent to a 2:31 800 meters.

How many of you would dare go around bragging about a 2:31! For shame. Think carefully about that before you try to weasel around it with spurious claims that it's not really equivalent. You're 50% slower than the pros, quit acting like you "qualify" for anything of significance.