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The standards have been in place since 1970 for male runners and 1972 for female runners. The standards are published by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), in advance of the qualifying window. To "qualify" for the Boston Marathon runners need to have run a marathon at a time given for their gender and age (as shown in the tables below).
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. [1] Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. [2]
A Platinum Label marathon, it was the second of six World Marathon Majors events scheduled for 2024. The number of participants was limited to 30,000, with 22,019 runners chosen basen on their performances in qualifying events. A record number of 33,000 runners applied to run the race, from 127 countries.
To qualify for the Boston Marathon, you must achieve a qualifying time depending on your gender and age group. For men ages 18 to 34, they must complete a marathon in 3 hours or less .
Tin Gilbert, 486423. Lee Milne, 2815607. Casey Nunnelly, 2726795. Marcelo Perez-Verzini, 5428775. Kristen Sampson, 5414763. Justine Seraganian, 3326017. Amy Ursitti, 23. Elite men's runners battle ...
Hannah Jordanides participates in a Boston Marathon sign-making event in October 2021 at Wellesley College. The 125th edition of the Marathon was postponed six months due to COVID-19.
Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in 1963 and 1964. Ron Hill set a course record at the 1970 Boston Marathon. Bill Rodgers won the race four times between 1975 and 1980. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the race four times, and set two course records. Geoffrey Mutai holds the current course record, 2:03:02, set in 2011.
This included the storied Boston Marathon — even though time-qualifying for Boston seemed so far out of the realm of my capabilities (at the time, that meant finishing in under 3 hours). But I ...