By: T-Roy Brown

T-Roy Brown — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:32:27 +0000

The fastest people should be able to go. if you are not fast enough well then you are just not fast enough try harder next time. but if i run a 235 marathon and i dont get in while some guy that happens to not be a broke college student runs a 302 and gets in, that is unfair

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:42:37 +0000

With registration just a week away, it has been interesting to read the comments on various websites regarding the Boston changes that were announced months ago. Having run 14 marathons in the past seven years, six of them in Boston, I consider myself on the bubble this year at about 7 minutes under my qualifying time, which puts me in the third of the four qualifying groups. I have my doubts that registration will go into the first Friday, let alone the second week. Still, it’s hard to complain too much about reserving spots for faster runners. My biggest disappointment was that registration was moved back to September after just one year in mid-October. I already had my running schedule mapped out for 2011, and the new rules resulted in my having to run a summer marathon for the first time, and to basically train nonstop for another marathon right after Boston. I have to echo the comments of a few other posters that crossing the finish line this summer was much less thrilling than before because a BQ doesn’t mean what it did before. I guess BQ needs to be changed to BE — Boston Eligible — because that’s all it is. For those who might be coming to Boston in 2012 for the first time, all I can say is be prepared to be amazed: by the experience and the crowd, but also the difficulty of the course and the expense. Those who say it shouldn’t be for the wealthy will soon learn it already is. However, you will enjoy it, no matter what. Boston is worth it!

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