I learned yesterday that although you used to be able to use a Boston Marathon qualifying time for two years, you can now only use it for one year. This means that I can try to register for the Boston Marathon this year, but not next year, unless I run another qualifying time. I ran a qualifying time on June 2nd of this year in the best race of my entire life. There's no guarantee that I'll ever have another race like that again.
So, as it's been my lifelong goal (since 7th grade) to run the Boston Marathon, I better try to register in September of 2013 for the 2014 race. I have a little bit of a better chance of getting in because my time is more than 5 minutes faster than the qualifying standard, but I still think my chances are slim. Every runner in the universe is going to want to run the 2014 Boston Marathon, and a lot of those runners are faster than I am.
Runners of all speeds like to stand up for what's good and right. That's one of the reason I love the sport.
5 comments:
Boston Marathon. What a dream that would be! I hope you get to run it.
CONGRATS KC! I will send positive energy on behalf of your entry. It would be an absolute dream to run Boston next year.
Mrs. B = Elizabeth Barniskis
This is so exciting! Boston will be an incredible race in 2014. You've earned your way into the party! I hope to join you there...
Nice job mom!! When is the boston marathon?
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