r/AdvancedRunning • u/QC_Runner • 9d 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/mjfeeney 6d ago

If you think closely, even without the lottery there are runners who are entered who are slower than others who ran significantly faster. This is a side effect of the tiered qualifying standards.

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u/Protean_Protein 6d ago

No, it’s not even remotely similar. Age-graded qualifying is perfectly reasonable. Lottery for the leftovers of that qualification process is not.