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Best Races to Qualify for Boston Marathon 2015

Apr28

This list is for people who want to qualify this year, in 2014 and run in 2015. (Boston Qualifying Rules here, your qualifying race needs to be on or after Sept 14, 2013)

The CRITERIA I am using: up to September 7th, 2014 (registration opens in September 8th, 2014), fast, flat or downhill, still open, good reputation as a BQ. Feel free to send me races to add, or to tell me if these need to be edited!

Ordered by upcoming date:

Run for the Red Marathon, 5/18, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA

Buffalo Marathon, 5/25,  Buffalo, NY

Mountains to Beach Marathon, 5/25, Ojai, California

Newport Marathon, 5/31, Newport, Oregon

Grandma’s marathon, 6/21, Minnesota

Run Charlevoix, 6/21, Charlevoix, Michigan

Foot Traffic Flat Marathon, 7/4, Portland, Oregon.

Light at the End of the Tunnel, 7/13, North Bend, WA. 

Chasing the Unicorn, 8/17, Bucks County, PA.

Santa Rosa Marathon, 8/24, Santa Rosa, 55 miles N of San Francisco, CA

Pocatello Marathon, 8/30, Pocatello, ID

Lehigh Valley Hospital Marathon, 9/7, Allentown, PA

Skagit Flats, 9/7, Burlington, WA

Sioux Falls Marathon, 9/7, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

(too late) Big Cottonwood Marathon, 9/13, Utah

(too late) Erie Marathon at Presque Isle, 9/14, Erie, PA

(too late) Top of Utah, 9/20, Cache Valley, Northern Utah

(too late) Fox Cities Marathon, 9/21, Appleton, WI

 What else? Any marathon I should add here?

-If you want to compare marathons, I’ve used this website before, just choose two and compare hills, course, temperature, etc, very useful.

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Best Races to Qualify for Boston Marathon 2014

May3

Updated for this year 2014/2015, here:  Best Races to Qualify for Boston Marathon 2015 

This list is for people who want to qualify this year, in 2013. (Boston Qualifying Rules here, your qualifying race needs to be after Sept 22, 2012 until Sept 2013)

The CRITERIA I am using: up to middle of September 2013 (soon enough we will know exactly when in September registration opens), fast, flat or downhill, still open, good reputation as a BQ. Feel free to send me races to add, or to tell me if these need to be edited!

Ordered by upcoming date:

Run for the Red Marathon, 5/19, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA

Buffalo Marathon, 5/26,  Buffalo, NY

Mountains to Beach Marathon, 5/26, Ojai, California*

Newport Marathon, 6/1, Newport, Oregon

Grandma’s marathon, 6/22, Minnesota

Run Charlevoix, 6/22, Charlevoix, Michigan

Foot Traffic Flat Marathon, 7/4, Portland, Oregon.

Light at the End of the Tunnel, 7/14, North Bend, WA. 

Chasing the Unicorn, 8/18, Bucks County, PA. NEW!!

Santa Rosa Marathon, 8/25, Santa Rosa, 55 miles N of San Francisco, CA

Pocatello Marathon, 8/31, Pocatello, ID

Lehigh Valley Hospital Marathon, 9/8, Allentown, PA

Skagit Flats, 9/8, Burlington, WA

Sioux Falls Marathon, 9/8, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

(might be too late) Big Cottonwood Marathon, 9/14, Utah

(might be too late) Erie Marathon at Presque Isle, 9/15, Erie, PA

(might be too late) Top of Utah, 9/21, Cache Valley, Northern Utah

(might be too late) Fox Cities Marathon, 9/22, Appleton, WI

 What else? Any marathon I should add here?

-If you want to compare marathons, I’ve used this website before, just choose two and compare hills, course, temperature, etc.

—-Comment happily: you won’t be asked to create an account!