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Post by Kenny Pfeiffer on Oct 18, 2010 13:19:35 GMT -5
For any who are tossing around the idea of running Boston, you had better register today. Registration opened this morning at 8 a.m. our time and was up to 15,500 at 1:00 p.m. Last year was a record for closing fast and that took 65 days. This year it may not even make it 2 days. I am not going due to work and money issues, but I just thought I'd let you peeps know.
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Post by Kenny Pfeiffer on Oct 18, 2010 15:41:46 GMT -5
BAA Race Director Dave McGillivray stated that registration for the Boston Marathon will close out before 5 pm EST
For me this brings up a question: Why on Earth will they not just tighten the times?
The challenge is supposed to qualify, not to get into the registration page. I know that when I ran Boston, I qualified with a 3:08 but still...if they just shaved 10 minutes off the standards it would narrow it down quite a bit and turn it back into a prestigious thing. I don't mean to sound like an elitist, but come on! Oh, and I'm not even gonna go into the fact that 6,000 of 25,000 slots are taken up by Charity Runners...argh!
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Post by Jon Adams on Oct 18, 2010 16:43:04 GMT -5
Yeah, that's part of the "rub" for me.......I wouldn't mind so much getting "shut out" of registration if the standards were a little tougher. Then it wouldn't be so much a matter of who could be in front of a computer at the "right time", but based on those who actually ran the time to qualify.
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Post by Justin Parker on Oct 18, 2010 16:45:15 GMT -5
They should just remove the age grading, make everyone run a 3:10.
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Post by Alice Parker on Oct 18, 2010 20:10:50 GMT -5
Justin, Your avatar gives me nightmares. No offense Bowie...it's just a creepy picture.
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Post by Justin Parker on Oct 18, 2010 21:37:15 GMT -5
Bowie's pictures are notoriously creepy.
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