Run to Win

The Boston Marathon has announced the new qualifying standards, which will go into effect in 2013. Basically, runners will need to run at least 5 minutes and 59 seconds faster than the current standards in order to BQ. (The standards are all being made 5 minutes faster, and they are also going to stop allowing [...]

The 2011 Boston Marathon sold out in around 9 hours yesterday. While it’s great that the sport is going so strongly, races selling out 6 months before they are even run leads to a really poor customer experience for the runners. It’s stressful and seems odd that the people with the best chance of getting [...]

The Boston Athletic Association has set the date and time when registration will open for the Boston Marathon next year: BOSTON, Mass. – Registration for the 2011 Boston Marathon® will open on Monday, October 18, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. (ET) and will be conducted online at www.baa.org. The 115th Running of the Boston Marathon will [...]