New Boston Marathon Qualifications

[TimmyBoston]

New qualifying times and registration process has been announced for the Boston Marathon.

All times have been reduced by 5 mins, 59 secs.

http://bostonmarathon.runnersworld.c...n-process.html

[dklaiman]

I read an article a few months ago that indicated the reason behind the move is that the qualifying times for women were too easy. The article stated the times were antiquated and based on the assumption that most women couldn't run a marathon at a decent pace. If I can find the article on line I'll edit my post.

I'm not sure why that also resulted in reducing the time requirements for male runners.

EDIT: Here's the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...914934718.html

[commanderkeen]

I could join!!!


... if I was a age 55+ man or 35+ woman.

[TimmyBoston]

I read an article a few months ago that indicated the reason behind the move is that the qualifying times for women were too easy. The article stated the times were antiquated and based on the assumption that most women couldn't run a marathon at a decent pace. If I can find the article on line I'll edit my post.

I'm not sure why that also resulted in reducing the time requirements for male runners.

EDIT: Here's the link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...914934718.html

That's an excellent point, I never thought of that. The women's times aren't very difficult to meet at all. It's too bad they couldn't just do things fairly, but being from that town I have some ideas.

[hifigeezer]

This year's winning finishing times:

Female:Teyba Erkesso, Ethiopia, 2:26:11

Male: Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, Kenya, 2:05:52

All I can say is wow!

[TimmyBoston]

This year's winning finishing times:

Female:Teyba Erkesso, Ethiopia, 2:26:11

Male: Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot, Kenya, 2:05:52

All I can say is wow!

Those are last years. This year was even faster.

Caroline Kilel, KEN, 2:22:36

Geoffrey Mutai, KEN, 2:03:02

This is almost a minute faster than the world record but it doesn't count because the elevation drop is a bit too much.


These are the people that truly amaze me.

Men’s Wheelchair Race

1. Masazumi Soejima, JPN, 1:18 :50

2. Kurt Fearnley, AUS, 1:18 :51

3. Ernst Van Dyk, RSA, 1:18 :51

4. Krige Shabort, USA, 1:24:22

5. Rafeal Botello Jimenez, ESP, 1:25:14



Women’s Wheelchair Race

1. Wakako Tsuchida, JPN, 1:34:06

2. Shirley Riley, USA, 1:41:01

3. Christina Ripp, USA, 1:41:02

4. Anjali Forber-Pratt, USA, 1:53:22

5. Sandi Rush, USA, 2:09:12

[Walter Sobchak]

I watch those non-world class runners hitting Heartbreak Hill and it makes me want to cheer run out there and hug the poor folks. That's a killer.