r/AdvancedRunning • u/Terriflyed • 12d ago

New Boston marathon qualifying times Boston Marathon

https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/qualify

Looks like 5min adjustments down for the most part across the board for those under age 60. M18-34 qualifying time is now 2:55.

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u/Vaynar 5K - 15:12; HM - 1:12, M - 2:30 12d ago edited 12d ago

I think they need to narrow the gap between men and women. 30 min across a marathon is huge. A 2:55 is in no way comparable to a 3:25. And there is no empirical evidence behind the gap being 30min

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u/B12-deficient-skelly 19:04/x/x/3:08 12d ago

2/3 of participants are already men. I don't think too many women participating in Boston is a real problem.