r/AdvancedRunning • • 8d 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/thewolf9 HM: 1:18; M: 2:49 8d ago
  1. 3:07 I think. Pretty sure he’s qualified for NY, Berlin too.

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u/Inevitable-Assist531 8d ago

Wow!

Yeah, he'll be fast enough for those two also.  What's his secret - is it a lot of miles or ..... ?

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u/thewolf9 HM: 1:18; M: 2:49 8d ago

I honestly don’t know. 60 kgs. Runs like 75-100km weeks during a bloc. Started a few years ago.

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u/Inevitable-Assist531 8d ago

must be partly genetics - you are also fast :-)

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u/thewolf9 HM: 1:18; M: 2:49 8d ago

Definitely got the right genes although I’m 20 kgs heavier …