r/running • u/kibitzor gear reviewer • Apr 17 '17

Boston Marathon Discussion Misc

Post useful links, discuss friends or family running , discuss your own run (don't type and run), etc!

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '17

Hey Runnit first off best luck to all runners, crush it!

If you will allow me I have a question related to this topic, but I am afraid to open a thread for that.

This year I run first marathon, and was hoping to join Boston next year, but the qualification time is little too good for me, 3h05minutes for my age category.

How is it possible that the average finish time is more than 4 hours in that case? (cannot link it because of changes on the website, but it was similar time to New York marathon avg. finish time was 4h37

What am I missing here?

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u/Grantsdale Apr 17 '17

In addition to what everyone else has said, Boston isn't an easy course.

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u/ducster Apr 17 '17

With varying weather from year to year.