To: mountaineer
Good point. You did have to run qualifiers and you had to break 3 hrs in order to qualify to run the Boston in the 70's. This was at the time of Frank Shorter and 2:09 time to run the 26 mile, 385 yard event. You couldn't just stroll into the pack because you were a local.
42 posted on
10/05/2004 11:56:42 AM PDT by
HawaiianGecko
(Member of the PajamaNati for 1/6th of a year)
To: HawaiianGecko
47 posted on
10/05/2004 11:58:17 AM PDT by
Gopher Broke
(Put your BUSH 2004 sticker/static on your car NOW)
To: HawaiianGecko
True marathoners are obsessive about it. My husband has qualified for the 2005 Boston, but all he thinks about while training for November's Richmond Marathon is whether he will beat the Boston (2006) qualifying time for his age group. Believe me, Kerry is no marathoner!
To: HawaiianGecko
The qualifying standards go by 5 year age groups, male and female, and have been changed a bit over the years.
69 posted on
10/05/2004 12:10:42 PM PDT by
ironman
To: HawaiianGecko
That's right. He should have had to run other races before Boston. There have to be records of him finishing at least one race somewhere with a recorded time. With some digging, this should be verifiable...if it's true. [I'm not holding my breath.]
88 posted on
10/05/2004 12:20:54 PM PDT by
Route66
(America's Mainstreet)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson
