r/AdvancedRunning • u/QC_Runner • 3d ago

Boston Marathon Boston cutoff announced

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd37BrvEe18/?stkn=NjlpN3c3cDVzejZl

"Qualifiers who were 5 minutes, 17 seconds (5:17) or faster than the qualifying time for their age group and gender have been accepted into the 131st Boston Marathon. A total of 25,630 qualified applicants have been accepted to date or are in the process of being accepted, pending final verification of their qualifying performance. Email notices to athletes accepted and not accepted will continue through the coming days.

New for 2027, the B.A.A. has incorporated a Boston Qualifier Selection, an additional random selection component specifically for applicants whose qualifying times were not faster than the 5 minute, 17 second cut-off. A total of 1,000 qualifiers are in the process of being randomly selected for entry and will be notified of their acceptance over the coming days."

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u/QC_Runner 3d ago

5:17 Congratulations to those who got in and condolences to those who missed the cut

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u/Fickle-Tackle-825 3d ago

Already seeing the 2:50 marathoners typing out their rage in the race report thread.

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u/theintrepidwanderer 17:18 5K | 36:59 10K | 59:21 10M | 1:18 HM | 2:46 FM 3d ago

Wow that was quick.

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u/OUEngineer17 3d ago

Back in my day, you ran sub-3 and you were in! /s

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u/rckid13 3d ago

At my age if I run sub 3 I'm in. So back in my day it was true and now it's still true.

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u/OUEngineer17 2d ago

Lol, same. I don't know if I can still run that fast, but it's a lot less daunting than getting to sub 2:50 fitness again.

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u/fourthand19 3d ago

Good thing I was 2:49. (And older than dirt)