To clarify, the cutoff of 2:55:00 is only for men under 34. Wonder if OP realizes that men 18-34 years old only account for about 19% of Boston entrants.
To clarify, the cutoff of 2:55:00 is only for men under 34. Wonder if OP realizes that men 18-34 years old only account for about 19% of Boston entrants.
230 is hobby jogging. You must be a slow loser fake runner who thinks a 1440k 5k is “fast” lol
poser. Real runner know you’re not really a true legit runner who can even imagine yourself as “once a runner” unless you run sub 230 marathon or 1420 in the 5k. Anything slower than that is a joke, I wouldn’t even associate with at a local 5k. Imagine they try to give you advice and they only ran 1437 or 236 in the marathon! Hahahaha
Age graded performance for a 44 year old male doing a 3:05 is >70 %ile
Or a 2:53 equivalent performance
Not a terribly difficult standard, but it's incorrect to state that Boston standards were harder uniformly before. They are harder for men in their early 40s than they have ever been.
Yeah & it makes sense. Boston isn't aiming for uniform marks across age groups. They're looking to meet a certain # of participants. 40-44 year olds generally have their lives a little more together than younger folks. They're higher up at their jobs. Their kids aren't as young. Etc. It's the same deal in triathlon. 40-44 is the hardest group to compete in at races. & triathlon just gives out a finite # of World Champ slots at each race so it's dependent on who shows up. Boston still lets people qualify on faster courses & doesn't do anything to control numbers when conditions are good. In triathlon if you get a good day/fast course, you can still be left out of qualifying. I think it's time to do away with the courses that drop like crazy. People get lower bibs & are going to run 5-10min+ off of what they did at some of these races.
It's tough for this age group because this age group is competitive. But honestly that's the goal for the other age groups. Their standards will move if more people run fast. I didn't realize how testy this stuff is on social media. So many people sounding off and wanting Boston to not even have standards. It sort of feels coded for people just wanting to buy their way into the race but not wanting to have to raise money for charity. Boston's charity program is how you race if you really want to & can't hit the standard. Again, so many great marathons out there. I'm not sure why Boston needs to consume this much energy.
Age graded performance for a 44 year old male doing a 3:05 is >70 %ile
Or a 2:53 equivalent performance
Not a terribly difficult standard, but it's incorrect to state that Boston standards were harder uniformly before. They are harder for men in their early 40s than they have ever been.
Again, so many great marathons out there. I'm not sure why Boston needs to consume this much energy.
Because Boston is the best! Running a good race there is an experience like no other.
Whole bunch of men need to identify as “non binary” now and just change their mind the day after the race. Men can get pregnant now and you pick your gender, so who cares!
This joke is tired and old, but what needs to happen is the non-binary time qualifiers (for any event or sport, really) should be the same as the men's standards to prevent this sort of thing. I have no qualms with non-binary people or runners, but there will be men who dishonestly enter as non-binary to achieve the slower standard. An easy and simple way to prevent this is to make the non-binary standard the same as the men's standard.
How do you qualify as being non-binary? Can I just say that I'm non binary in registration or do I have to show some type of proof.
anyone that dumps on someone that is a hard working regular guy needs to be punched out.
You're a hobby jogger. I'm a hobby jogger. We're all hobby joggers. Just accept it and life will be a lot better for everyone.
Indeed. If we weren't hobby joggers we'd be what, professional runners? That has to be about the worst career one could choose. No money, no longevity, certain injury. Competitive running is awesome but best to defer it until you're established in a real career -- like all those fast masters referred to in posts above.