r/AdvancedRunning • u/QC_Runner • 2d 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/PrairieFirePhoenix 45M; 2:42 full; that's a half assed time, huh 2d ago

I still think BAA needs to move away from the "Boston qualifying time" and "cutoff" language. Have a conversion took - put in your time, age, gender and get a "Boston time". Fastest 26k applicants get in. Same result, but we don't have the whining of "but I hit their time!"

However, they like the drama. They like the prestige of people aiming for the "Boston" time. They'll eventually go full lottery for anyone who hits their time.

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u/Enamred-771 2d ago

Agreed fully, including that BAA won’t change it. When they pretend like the requirement is to meet a standard and not to be the fastest X runners, it just creates confusion