Joe Jackson wrote:
runnerdave wrote:
Umm.....just wondering: Did someone say this was his first marathon? How did he qualify to get into Boston? Is this a job for Marathon Investigations?
Straight from the linked article: Though he got into the race via an exemption from Gatorade, a longtime personal sponsor, he had a strong desire to qualify for Boston the old-fashioned way. It just wasn’t practical, he says.
This does bother me. I listened to the Brojos last podcast where they go on and on about the 2 minute head start for the male elites as ruining Boston as "the people's race" and "the people's olympics" - making the race "elitist", etc. etc.
I was never close to running into the top tier of runners (3:02) but I am bothered by the "who-cares" attitude about making people "jump through the bullshit qualifying hoops" quote from areyoudumb. Yeah, guess I am dumb. I wasn't aware that people don't have to qualify. I thought that's what Boston was all about. We even talk about Boston Qualifier races, etc., and here some Nascar dude says that qualifying for Boston wasn't practical???? Wasn't practical????
No offense, but as a single Dad I would put my daughter to bed at night and then run around the block in the dark so I could get my training in. I doubt I could've gotten into Boston by telling them that qualifying wasn't practical for me.