Boston 2022 Cutoff Prediction Thread

THICC MIKE wrote:

Should read as below with hospitalized. Someday there will be an edit function.

Unrelated, but what a complete failure the past 21 months have been in terms of using this as an opportunity to promote taking care of your self and leading with a healthy lifestyle. I don't have the stats offhand, but where available, the percentage of those hospitalized with preventable conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes is alarming. Just keep eating sugar and getting fatter! We'll sell a drug that can help! And, I'll step of my soapbox.

Thanks man and I can't really argue with anything you said.

Tell your friend to do a little more due diligence and not take a garbage vaccine. There is 3 available and your friend picked the wrong one.

The race you registered for got cancelled. You got a refund. It was settled a long time ago. Again, you’re asking them to resolve something 2 years later that’s already been resolved.

Hah hope you have fun on patriots day watching on espn

So if it would be your friend or a relative or a family member would you look at it different way or still have plenty of fun and full confidence?

The funny thing is we're so sensitive to minorities, they should be protected, have special rights, empowered and included and not discriminated in any aspect of our lives. However here we're completely fine to exclude great nb of people who didn't do anything wrong.

What about major marathons to exclude people with high BMI because statically they're prone to cardiovascular diseases? Wow that would bring storm of activists and boycotts and stuff.

Why not require flu shots as before pandemic 60 000/died every year with it in US now the flu magically disappeared and everything is cvid.

That's what I call hypocrisy at highest scale.

I agree with the rest of what you've said.

I'm also comfortable to be close to vaxed/unvaxed people and have no problem with it.

In general I've no problem to be close to anybody if they behave well regardless their health status.

Sorry for the sidetrack and I'll not ruin any longer joy of BQ with 0:00 cut off.

Enjoy well deserved! Fair and square.

Hotels in Boston sure are cheap!! lol

Yeah the same room I booked last week is now $300 more. Damn.

I was hoping that things would open up once ppl were cut-off... but nope.

Also FU marathon tours for taking over the market.

cyanide wrote:

Yeah the same room I booked last week is now $300 more. Damn.

I was hoping that things would open up once ppl were cut-off... but nope.

Also FU marathon tours for taking over the market.

I just checked the rates for the same hotel that I stayed in last month. Same days (Saturday thru Tuesday), same room type.

Price in October for 2021 race was $595.62

Price in April for 2022 race is $802.69

Glad I'm not running in April.

Apart from right by the finish area,what are the best areas to stay in,in terms of travel to/from the start/finish?

I picked the battery warf hotel because it was the first one on marathon tours. I have pretty bad luck with hotels, so its probably not where you want to stay.

Staying near the finish cost much more money than I wanted to spend. I stayed at a hotel just off the red line in Quincy. Short walk to the metro station and was able to ride red line/green line straight to the expo and bag drop. Not crowded at all and very inexpensive.

Does anyone know how long it takes to get your time verified?

Mine still says, "Pending verification." I'm 6+ minutes under the cutoff for my age/gender and on a USATF certified course from a race Feb 2021. I've never run Boston before, so I'm not sure how long this takes, or if they do it manually/electronically, etc.

The BAA will now have to REQUIRE BOOSTERS, because according to Fauci YOU ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR BOOSTER.

I have already emailed the BAA to demand that they require boosters.

Hurry up and get your 3rd shot!

I agree with THICC MIKE about trying to get people to take better care of themselves, but almost no mention of that from the healthcare leaders.

Congratulations to all those that got in. A couple of years ago a guy I know missed the cutoff by 3 seconds. He might have gone home devastated, but he was home when he found out. I chose not to run this year, because I have been running BQs in new states instead of running Boston again, but now kind of wish I would have. My thinking is the slower times to get in this year should lead to less fast guys in my age group, so easier to get nearer the top. The times in New York Marathon for 65-69 were really slow. Wish I would have run there this year also.

Sorry you can’t run. Have fun watching on tv

My B.A.A. profile just changed to, "Qualification time now verified." Looks like I'm running Boston.

I finally got my confirmation of acceptance to the race today, and receipt of credit card payment. Will be my first Boston. Looking forward to it.

Now the REAL challenge begins ... finding a hotel that is within your price range! Reserve early! I recommend finding something near a MBTA station.