The Boston Athletic Association released the new Boston Marathon qualifying times as well as a new rolling registration on Wednesday. The qualifying times and registration process had been under review since the 2011 Marathon sold out in just over 8 hours…
For 2012 the same standards will remain in place but a rolling registration will take place with faster qualifiers able to sign up first. This makes sense if the idea is to make the Boston the most prestigious Marathon event. According to the Boston Marathon Blog (link below) first day registration will be open to registrants that beat their qualifying standard by over 20 min. That means for 2012 men (18-34) have to hit a 2:50 and, in 2013 with the adjusted standards, a 2:45 (6:16 pace.)
Yikes! Time to hurry up and get that Boston
From the Boston Marathon Blog:
2012 rolling registration dates
- Day 1 (Sept. 12) - Qualifiers who have met their age and gender qualifying standard (3 hours, 10 minutes for men aged 18-34 and 3 hours, 40 minutes for women 18-34) by a margin of 20 minutes or faster may apply for the marathon.
- Day 3 (Sept. 14) - Qualifiers who have met the standard set for their age/gender by a margin of 10 minutes or faster may apply.
- Day 5 (Sept. 16) - Qualifiers who have met their age/gender qualifying time by a margin of 5 minutes or faster may apply.
- Day 8 (Sept. 19) - Open to all qualifiers to register.
- Day 12 (Sept. 23) - Registration closes for qualified applicants. Registered qualifiers will be notified of their acceptance by Sept. 28.
For 2013, there are new qualifying times
Age Group | Men | Women |
18-34 | 3:05:00 | 3:35:00 |
35-39 | 3:10:00 | 3:40:00 |
40-44 | 3:15:00 | 3:45:00 |
45-49 | 3:25:00 | 3:55:00 |
50-54 | 3:30:00 | 4:00:00 |
55-59 | 3:40:00 | 4:10:00 |
60-64 | 3:55:00 | 4:25:00 |
65-69 | 4:10:00 | 4:40:00 |
70-74 | 4:25:00 | 4:55:00 |
75-79 | 4:40:00 | 5:10:00 |
80+ | 4:55:00 | 5:25:00 |
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