I am a 60 year old female. Ran first marathon last December with a 4:33 time. Would need to do this one at about 4:00-4:10. Just ran a 10 miler at 1:23:13. Do I have a chance? Pointers and advice welcomed. I average about 20-25 miles a week right now. 🙏
32 year old female here. I have run 5 marathons and several half’s and ultra marathons. My goal for my marathon (Ogden) last weekend was sub 4. I made it in 3:54 and thought it was going to be a stretch but it really wasn’t.
I was holding myself back the entire race and waiting for it to “get hard” but it never did. I negative split, was able to accelerate late, no cardiac drift and didn’t bonk. The whole race felt really controlled and I was definitely not at my physiological limit.
This has led me to believe that with the proper training I am capable of a BQ. I know there are no short cuts and it will likely take me at least 2 training blocks to achieve a BQ.
Any and all advice is welcome! Training plans, what my goal should be for my pre BQ race, how to get from where I am now to where I want to be… I appreciate all the wisdom. I included my marathon splits for reference.
25 year old female, running a marathon in 2 weeks hoping to get 3hr 15mins
It’s my dream to qualify and run Boston marathon. I know the qualifying time for my age group is 3:25 but realistically what time do I need to qualify for 2027?
If you've ever juggled real life with marathon training, I think this will resonate!
It's less about the race itself and more about what running has given him - a normal guy, full time job, family life, squeezing miles in wherever he can. No coach, no training camp. Just a genuine love for the sport that eventually took him all the way to Boylston Street.
I won't spoil what time he got but looks like we might be heading to Chicago next year!
24 minutes long. Link: https://youtu.be/1oBMJgG5rxQ
I've been making these for friends and thought to sell them on Etsy if anyone is interested, Im offering free shipping on them and you can list you name and time on them if you would like
This is so random but I bought one of the yellow Boston marathon Stanley tumblers at the expo and I loved it so much but unfortunately left it in my uber during a work trip last week and fear it may be lost forever <\3
There were SO many at the expo and figure there has to be inventory somewhere but after a low level google search they’re not coming up anywhere.
My ask is: does anyone know where you can buy them OR know how I can go about procuring one?
The one I originally bought had stickers on it from the weekend so it unfortunately will never be the same but I figure if I can get my hands on another one it’ll still bring me a little joy.
Hi All,
So I ran the Boston Marathon, 3 weeks ago and for the first time ever ran Sub-3 hours. First Boston, first Sub-3. I set my self that goal over 25 years ago and finally I made it happen. The race went beautifully, the hard miles through winter, the planning, Carbo-loading, pacing. Everything. It was just the BEST day I've ever had running.
Today I go back to my running club, for my first long run, since I arrived home from Boston and I'm chatting to some buddies. Btw, some of them won't even mention the marathon to me, not sure what their problem is, but one guy has made it a point to explain to everyone in the club that "PBs in Boston don't count, because it's point to point course and by the way it's also downhill". It's just a PB btw. It's literally just about my PB.
I'm a bit confused to be honest. It's a moment to be joyous about but now in this so called "community" it's being either downplayed or completely ignored. How should I be thinking or reacting to this?
The Erie Marathon in PA is set to take place September 13th. However the BQ window to submit a race and qualify is said to end Sep 12th. Does anyone have insight on this and if this race will be able to work for a BQ approved race?
what’s your favorite spot in or near Boston to do hill work? Trying to add these into my routine
This guy posted a full POV video running the 2026 Boston Marathon. I was able to find myself in his footage, which I thought was cool.
He started in Wave 2 Corral 2. His bib number is near the end of the video. You can compare your clock times to his in the BAA app and see if he ever passed you or you passed him. In my case I started after him, but finished before him. I figured out the timing mat where I passed him and watched that portion of the video to see me running.