Boston Qualifying Changes.

Most people shouldn't have a problem.

i like the changes

I guess you didn't see the thread everyone else has been talking about for days. Doh!

My bad. I didn't scroll down.

"Exceptions - The Boston Athletic Association recognizes that it has a rich history and wants to honor those who have raced often in the past. Because of this, runners that meet the qualifying times, and who have finished the last ten consecutive Boston Marathons can enter anytime during the registration period. This won't affect the field too much because there are only about 500 runners who have run 10 or more consecutive Boston Marathons."

I am no good with the Internets. Can someone find this exception on the BAA website?

It's on the BAA homepage - I think it's the second to last paragraph here.

http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2011/february/boston-athletic-association-announces-new-registration-process.aspx

It's also in this article

http://www.tips4running.com/Boston-Marathon-Qualifying-Times.html

2013 is NOT five minutes faster, across the board, it's almost 6 minutes faster - along with cutting the posted times by five minutes, they eliminated the 59 second grace period.

Technically, there isn't an automatic qualifying time at all. The fastest runners that apply get in if there is more than enough people that register for the race for 2012 and beyond.

Thanks for the link.