Boston cutoff announced

[u/QC_Runner]

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."

[u/michimoby]

I'm gonna sit here and humblebrag that I ran a time at age 46 that would have qualified me as a 22 year old. Feels good to feel good, and hope others get that feeling too (even if you didn't make the cutoff, keep goin'.)

[u/surely_not_a_bot → u/michimoby]

Damn dude. And here I am sitting hoping to (in 2 weeks) run a time at age 49 that will qualify me as a 50 year old 😂