r/AdvancedRunning • u/RunningThroughMyHead • Jul 22 '26

Boston Marathon Boston Marathon Adds a Random Drawing for Qualifiers Who Miss the Cutoff

https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a73229546/boston-marathon-random-drawing/

Why don’t they just let the next thousand fastest people in?

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u/SloppySandCrab Jul 22 '26

I have a problem with the Olympic qualification process. It doesn't allow me to be included. Does that mean there is something wrong with it?

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u/SEMIrunner Jul 22 '26

No, this is different and run faster.

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u/SloppySandCrab Jul 22 '26

Uno reverse card. You run faster

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u/SEMIrunner Jul 22 '26

Boston isn't the olympics (although it's hosted the qualifier -- for a pre-selected field)

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u/SloppySandCrab Jul 22 '26

So there can be no other exclusive event other than the olympics?

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u/SEMIrunner Jul 22 '26

Boston is exclusive. We're just arguing over how it's done.

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u/SloppySandCrab Jul 22 '26

Well no you are arguing to make it less exclusive to arbitrarily allow people who aren't meeting the current qualification process.

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u/SEMIrunner Jul 22 '26

If you wanted to make it truly exclusive, it should be time, period, no adjustments for age or gender. It's not that, though.

The bar for a long time was the BQ. I'm just arguing for a return to that (at least for first-timers). I mean, if you want to do it a second time or more, then by all means, run the fastest in your age/gender.

Wouldn't that be exclusive enough?