Now that Boston has new qualifying times, do you think you will have to run under the qualifying time to get into the race? I ran just over a minute faster than necessary, and am hoping to get in next year.
Now that Boston has new qualifying times, do you think you will have to run under the qualifying time to get into the race? I ran just over a minute faster than necessary, and am hoping to get in next year.
What are the new Q times? Might see you there.
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Now that Boston has new qualifying times, do you think you will have to run under the qualifying time to get into the race? I ran just over a minute faster than necessary, and am hoping to get in next year.
The wording on their site has not changed despite the standards changing. There will still likely be that unfortunate group that will get under the mark but not be allowed to run. That group will hopefully only be a small handful of people instead of thousands. But we won't know until September.
No one can predict with certainty at this time but you look at the trend.
Over the last 5 years the required time has gotten more difficult three times and easier twice. The three more difficult changes were faster times by 89 seconds (2018 to 2019), 74 seconds (2017 to 2018), and 86 seconds (2015 to 2016). I do not know how much the field size changed which would impact those numbers. Without an increase in field size, those numbers would be larger. If you assume an 80 second improvement then you will need to beat the new standard by about 74 seconds.
I think BQ - 2 minutes should do it for sure.
That's BQ - 7 minutes based on the old standards.
Let that sink in.
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