Young fit women have the same Bq standard as elderly men.. why is this even a thing ???

If you guys weren't so cheap and thrifty and spent more $$$ during Boston marathon expos, just as women do, you would have gotten easier standards, too;) Just saying... Any big marathon organization loves females as they outspent guys on all the marathon associated BS at least 10:1... LOL

Pretty mindblowing times from some old guys

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Taivassalo, Keijo 3:47:10 ON CAN

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Dykes, Gene 2:58:50 PA USA

Pretty mindblowing times from some old guys

at *Boston this year*

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Taivassalo, Keijo 3:47:10 ON CAN

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BQ Sausage Fest Avoidance Team wrote:

Do you complain when they charge women no cover and offer half off drinks at the bar?

Well that is not allowed in my country and for good reasons, Odin and Thor that would be a disaster, what would the prices for a drink be then????

So, I will also be 59 this year, and I think it is about fair, (maybe it should be 40 for the females).

If it is soft for females then my guess is that the percentage of men taking the training very seriously is a bit higher than for the women, and the standards change accordingly.

Women are better communicators than men. Therefore, lower job standards should be established for men in occupations that rely heavily on comminication. It’s funny how we declare that men and women have equal abilities in every way until it comes to athletics. Even most manual labor jobs are no longer able to discriminate based on ability because it discriminates against women.

Men have the real advantage here. wrote:

Try being a woman in your next life with the boobs, butt, hormones, awkward hips and period cramps to deal with through training and then you might understand.

And, don't forget , we can pee anywhere (and usually do), can wear the same suit to work , just change the shirt and tie (and sometimes do), don't need makeup (gens after millennials will change that), Never get pregnant, we own everything, don't wear heels (see previous comment ), don't wear bras (again, see previous) and we have superior testosterone (for now, metrosexuals will change that)

It's not that hard to BQ. Stop worrying about what others have to run and worry about yourself.

Tristate wrote:

Men have the real advantage here. wrote:

Try being a woman in your next life with the boobs, butt, hormones, awkward hips and period cramps to deal with through training and then you might understand.

And, don't forget , we can pee anywhere (and usually do), can wear the same suit to work , just change the shirt and tie (and sometimes do), don't need makeup (gens after millennials will change that), Never get pregnant, we own everything, don't wear heels (see previous comment ), don't wear bras (again, see previous) and we have superior testosterone (for now, metrosexuals will change that)

And men also got their own private urinals this year at the Athlete’s Village, so they got more restrooms before the race. Meanwhile despite this, there were still plenty of men standing in line for the Port a Potties with the women, therefore increasing the amount of time women had to stand in line for the restroom (story of our lives).

It sometimes happens, but they generally frown on pooping in the standup urinals. Makes it hard for the next user.

And for what it's worth, 55% of Boston Marathon participants are men and 45% are women. Seems like the standard is too lax for the men. A 59 year old man still has about 10 times as much testosterone as a 35 year old female. I bet the OP is the type of guy that digs down and tries to outkick the 10 year old girl at the end of a 5k fun run.

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

I agree that the women's BQ standards are soft compared to the men's, but women have only been allowed to run Boston for the past few years, so boo hoo.

Yeah, "just a few", like 47 years.

I'd rather have more 35 and under women and less 55-59 dudes at the race, so I disagree that they are unreasonable standards.

comedyrelief wrote:

And for what it's worth, 55% of Boston Marathon participants are men and 45% are women. Seems like the standard is too lax for the men. A 59 year old man still has about 10 times as much testosterone as a 35 year old female. I bet the OP is the type of guy that digs down and tries to outkick the 10 year old girl at the end of a 5k fun run.

55% men still??? Oh geez, gotta change those standards again to get it to at least 50.1% women. Title IX this situation!!! Who cares of 2 or 3 times as many men actually take their training very seriously, it's all about equal representation no matter what!

M 45-49 wrote:

txRUNNERgirl wrote:

I agree that the women's BQ standards are soft compared to the men's, but women have only been allowed to run Boston for the past few years, so boo hoo.

Yeah, "just a few", like 47 years.

Compared to 122, it's a few.

If liberals were in charge of society, what you're describing would be mandated in the career world.

Great movie reference (and modification) by the way, can't believe its been 20 years since that came out!

jamin wrote:

If liberals were in charge of society, what you're describing would be mandated in the career world.

The career world going forward is going to be overwhelmingly female (other than engineering professions) as women are getting far more degrees than men.

another perspective wrote:

comedyrelief wrote:

And for what it's worth, 55% of Boston Marathon participants are men and 45% are women. Seems like the standard is too lax for the men. A 59 year old man still has about 10 times as much testosterone as a 35 year old female. I bet the OP is the type of guy that digs down and tries to outkick the 10 year old girl at the end of a 5k fun run.

55% men still??? Oh geez, gotta change those standards again to get it to at least 50.1% women. Title IX this situation!!! Who cares of 2 or 3 times as many men actually take their training very seriously, it's all about equal representation no matter what!

I care, because I'd rather have the females who don't take training as seriously in Boston than the untalented older guys who do train seriously.