"The BQ singlet is for Boston qualifiers only – hobbyjoggers can’t even purchase them."

...says the 2:59 speedster

"Put the coffee down. Coffee is for closers."

The BM is a tradition getting to run means something why else a hobby jogger wake up every other morning and jog to work; to make in the hobby jogger Olympics AKA the Boston Marathon.

hey OP, if you are getting paid to run (and I don't count the $150 you once earned as third Master at the Turket Trot) then YOU are a hobby jogger.

that should obviously have said, "if you are NOT getting paid to run..."

What kind of a narcissistic stroke would purchase such a thing?

Feeling a little butt hurt bc you missed the qualifying mark, eh? So what's it like working part time at Starbucks with all the extra time spent on running? I bet all your coworkers are impressed with your 5k time! Congrats bro.

It's only open to 2015 qualifiers that are also running? Oh well, I've run a BQ in every marathon I've done but haven't run one in almost 2 years, guess I'll have to wait another year to pay $70 for a singlet.

Don't really care about what you posted but the analogy. If a 3 hour guy is 50% more than the WR that's not comparable to a 36 handicap, you know, because par isn't the world record.

Idiot.

I have to agree with the OP on this one...when I saw the headline I thought it was a joke. I work with a guy who falls into the "Hobby Jogger" category and all he ever talks about is his Boston Qualifier. I'm not even sure how he did at Boston, he is too focused on bringing up that he was a Boston Qualifier. I can't wait to tell him he can buy a "BQ" singlet. He will probably wear it to the office!

Running in the Boston Marathon in the 80's and 90's meant something. But, as in many other things in this world, we have to let others who didn't actually qualify, enjoy the same experience. It has made the Boston Marathon into just another Marathon. Let me be the race director. No more charity raising runners. Qualifying standards only.

Well do you really thing P Diddy got into the NYC marathon off pure talent? Look at almost all major marathons nowadays. There's charity runners everywhere. If you're going to bish and complain, complain about all of them.

Steelernation wrote:

Let me be the race director. No more charity raising runners. Qualifying standards only.

A lovely fantasy, but you would be quickly met with formidable resistance from the towns the race passes through. Shut off charity participants and Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, et al will deny use permits for their roads on Patriots Day. Fact.

nigel power wrote:

Don't really care about what you posted but the analogy. If a 3 hour guy is 50% more than the WR that's not comparable to a 36 handicap, you know, because par isn't the world record.

Idiot.

Shooting 95 around a 7500 yard course with greens like ice, would probably be beyond just as many people as qualifying for Boston is!

Steelernation wrote:

Let me be the race director. No more charity raising runners. Qualifying standards only.

Interesting business model. How do you plan to cover the race costs?

I actually really like how those singlets look.

No way I'm going to parade around in a "BQ" singlet though...I do know a a few people who always mention that their recent marathon finish was a "boston qualifier" even if they have no intention of entering the race the next year!

I hear this old tired argument trotted out every time. newsflash...this isn't 1973 and the Boston Marathon is no longer struggling for respect. Those towns aren't going to be the ones who kill the famed Boston Marathon over a few charity entries.

Beside BAA could throw a few buck their way.

Boston qualifiers are pretty soft. Leave it at that.

45 minutes under wrote:

Boston qualifiers are pretty soft. Leave it at that.

have you felt every one??