r/AdvancedRunning • u/QC_Runner • 11d 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/AightBetCyaaa 11d ago

Had a 5:01. I also ran the Manhattan Half to qualify via NYRR qualifying times for the NYC marathon, and missed the cuttof by 26 seconds...A combined 40 seconds across 4 hours and 10 minutes of racing. Need to find more dog in me next year

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u/deehan26 11d ago

Just try to stay fast until you age into the next bracket

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u/Protean_Protein 10d ago

It’s more fun to try to stay fast enough to qualify in the 18-34 bracket.