Boston Marathon fills up on what date?

Re-read the article and I'm changing my guess.

The night of 9/15.

I'm guessing the day the sub-5min group opens. I'll be surprised (and pissed) if it closes before the sub-10 group opens.

For those who don't feel like looking it up, I've pasted the registration procedure below.

My prediction: 9/17 at 9:41pm

I am the director of the gansett marathon, and this is a particularly interesting topic. As our standards are 5 minutes faster than Boston, we (selfishly) hope that Boston closes early, leaving shut-out but qualified runners who may be interested in the Gansett Marathon.

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9/12, 10am: All those who meet their age graded qualifying standard by 20+ minutes are allowed to register.

9/14, 10am: All those who meet their age graded qualifying standard by 10+ minutes are allowed to register.

9/16, 10am: All those who meet their age graded qualifying standard by 5+ minutes are allowed to register.

9/19, 10am: All qualified runners are allowed to register.

9/23, 5pm: Registration closes.

9/19, 10:03am. It will be messy.

Is Boston filled up yet?

About 1450 people have registered in the first 12 minutes.

I think they'll make it to next week but only have a few spots left for week two (=0 to 5min below req).

Please notice that if that happens, there is no reason to rush, it's NOT first come first serve in the 2nd week either. They will take the fastest in each division of week 2.

Next year should be more interesting, my guess is that it may just sell out, but not by a lot.

Up to 2092...

Where is this information? Thanks

Another wrote:

Up to 2092...

boston bound wrote:

Where is this information? Thanks

Another wrote:

Up to 2092...

It's actually 2052, but people are just posting the registration numbers when the enter. It goes in order, just like last year when we saw the numbers going up fast.

I don't think it will get much higher that a couple of thousand though for the first group. People register first thing and then it probably will slow down a lot.

According to the new rolling registration process, they are accepting registrations throughout the entire duration of the registration window increment and then taking runners in order of qualifying time (relative to age/gender standard). Thus registration can only close at the end of one of the rolling registration periods. My guess is that they have more registrations than time slots by the end of the BQ-5 minute window, so registration will be closed precisely at 10:00 p.m. ET, Saturday, September 17.

Citizen Runner wrote:

According to the new rolling registration process, they are accepting registrations throughout the entire duration of the registration window increment and then taking runners in order of qualifying time (relative to age/gender standard). Thus registration can only close at the end of one of the rolling registration periods. My guess is that they have more registrations than time slots by the end of the BQ-5 minute window, so registration will be closed precisely at 10:00 p.m. ET, Saturday, September 17.

Actually, the first week is first come, first served. Next weeks if fastest in first.

Up to 2573 in the first hour...

Another wrote:

Actually, the first week is first come, first served. Next weeks if fastest in first.

Pretty sure that's not true, but the link on the BAA website doesn't really say one way or the other. My recollection from one of the press releases back in June (?) is that it only becomes first come, first served after the 23rd. If it you're correct, then they didn't fully address the issue of registration being a race won by those with internet access at the beginning of whatever window is currently open.

From what I have seen, 78% of the population of North America has internet access.

Of the 22% that do not have access, it is safe to say that the number that are competitive or recreational marathoners who would have $150 to spare for a single registration fee is very small.

I doubt that many people who are capable of qualifying for Boston and have the funds to enter and travel are going to be denied this year due to lack of internet access.

The issue last year was that registration filled within 10 minutes of opening. By "internet access" I meant to imply the ability to register online during a very short time window of unpredictable duration.

The current scheme, as I understand it, allows one to register anytime within one's qualified registration window. At the end of each registration window, if the registration limit has been reached, runners are ranked according to their age/gender relative qualification time and the "fastest" are granted entry up to the registration limit.

The objective is to preferentially grant entry to persons who had run (relatively) faster rather than persons who registered faster.

It didn't fill in 10mins it filled in 8 hours. First come first serve is the fairest. If you want to get in you will make it a priority to be online. Lowering the standards is also the fairest way of controling who is in and who is not.

I am curious to see how much this new method will help older runners.

Hobbyjogger Olympics? Who cares?

Picayune wrote:

Hobbyjogger Olympics? Who cares?

probably the hobbyjogger olympians

Loofa Dog wrote:

It didn't fill in 10mins it filled in 8 hours.

On a workday. Not fair to those who take their jobs seriously and do real work for a living and don't slack off to fart around on the web during their workday.

This is a hybrid of first come, first served and raised standards.