Comments on: CCM Diary: Updated Report on the Effect of the New Boston Qualifying Times http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/ Some days it's just a marathon Fri, 17 May 2013 20:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: What Would Johnny (Kelley) Do? | Y42K? http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-6808 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:27 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-6808 […] from the cities and towns along the marathon route, will have some tough choices to make. I have a history of obsessing (there’s a reason one of my books is called Overthinking the Marathon) over the […]

]]> By: Ray Charbonneau http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-4726 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:25:11 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-4726 Registration for Boston 2013 closed at about 11AM ET today.

]]> By: Ray Charbonneau http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-4416 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:56:17 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-4416 I ran my PR at the Cape in 2002.

]]> By: Jim Carroll http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-4407 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 03:08:53 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-4407 Ray,
I’m following the 2013 Boston field size closely.
I think it’s ~13k-14k, at the moment.
Have you run the Cape before?

]]> By: Ray Charbonneau http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-4379 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 01:17:03 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-4379 http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2012/september/registration-for-the-2013-boston-marathon-will-continue.aspx

With the new standards, Boston 2013 didn’t fill up in the initial two week registration period.

]]> By: Ray Charbonneau http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-3618 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:30:39 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-3618 Which race did you look at?

]]> By: Bob http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-3617 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 14:14:09 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-3617 marathonguide.com did not adjust their BQ indicators for the new, faster standards, at least for some age groups. Click on a race and see how they mark times between 3:05 and 3:10 as BQs for men under 35.

]]> By: David Yanez http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-3467 Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:48:08 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-3467 How about a QT-3? This is my first BQ and its getting depressing realizing I may not even get to run the event.

]]> By: Anthony Collier http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-3370 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 17:20:32 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-3370 Thanks Ray

]]> By: Ray Charbonneau http://y42k.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/ccm-diary-updated-report-on-the-effect-of-the-new-boston-qualifying-times/#comment-3365 Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:57:15 +0000 http://y42k.wordpress.com/?p=4515#comment-3365 If you register as soon as you can, good. Everyone with a BQ-10 who registered when their window opened got in last year, even with the less-stringent standards.

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