Got a BQ but missed the 2024 Boston Marathon cutoff? You are not alone!

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9 ай бұрын

Did you run a marathon under the qualify time for the 2024 Boston Marathon and get your BQ... only to have the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) deny you an entry? You are NOT alone.
This year, over 11,000 qualified participants qualified for Boston but did not make the 2024 Boston Marathon cutoff time.
I hope this touching story will help you feel less alone about not running Boston in 2024.
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@A_SEGA_Dremcast 9 ай бұрын

“I don’t wanna say humans are limited, but I’m feeling limited.” 😂

@annewright3486 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement! I hope the 2024 jacket is even lower quality and uglier than the 2023 jacket-then not making it in won’t feel so bad. #justbefaster #longlivetheBAA

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

let's hope the 2025 jacket is classic quality and classic colors

@annewright3486 9 ай бұрын

@@TheSeriousRunneryeah, and that I can make it in! 😂

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

just be faster 🤣

@littlerunner4505 9 ай бұрын

That jacket. It is also huge and while they did actually make an XXS the expo had none. So I am swimming in the 2023 one. The sad part is they have me the butt cheeks bc I get that damn jacket every year.

@user-bi5js5oe1v 9 ай бұрын

@@littlerunner4505 I stopped buying them after the 3rd one... the ugliness of the 2023 one helped.

@Mainline-the-endorphin-vein 9 ай бұрын

I’m striving for the Six Star rejection medal released a few years back. Enron sponsors those who have successfully been rejected from all Major Marathons. I only have one to go, Chicago…. It’s the hardest to get rejected from. Wish me luck next year.

@littlerunner4505 9 ай бұрын

😂

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 9 ай бұрын

🤣

@kentm7731 9 ай бұрын

BAA…”Just be faster” (official slogan)

@fosforito1522 9 ай бұрын

BAA help line recording “please be faster next year”

@pasadenaphil8804 9 ай бұрын

Heck, I DREAM of running a BQ and not making the cut-off. I would frame the acceptance letter officially acknowledging that my qualifying race was accepted. I would hang it in my pantheon of running gods of serious runners.

@TheRunExperience 9 ай бұрын

Great news: you can still buy the jacket even if you don't run. That way people will still think you're fast enough to run the Boston Marathon. 🦄

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

among other things, this channel promotes integrity. what kind of monster would wear the jacket if they didn't run the race?

@littlerunner4505 9 ай бұрын

The jackets have been seen at Marshalls and TJ Maxx in years past. The outcries were heard all over Instagram.

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 9 ай бұрын

Truth be told, it’s the SHIRT, not the jacket, that you only get if you’re accepted and show up to get your packet.

@JDMimeTHEFIRST 3 ай бұрын

Ooh. . , that’s a no-no

@srefeis 9 ай бұрын

"Guess I'll just wait until I'm 45" 😂 exactly what I said the moment I saw the cutoff

@wk633 9 ай бұрын

I finally made it at 56...

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 9 ай бұрын

I didn’t even start running until I was 58 and didn’t have any interest whatsoever in a marathon until I met my coach 10 years later. It’s been very convenient as a now 72 y.o. to streak to have good-for-age working for me!

@christopherbrand5360 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant. Spot on. I started to tear up...

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

It's an emotional time for sure

@OmahaTonyG 9 ай бұрын

I’m glad I’m not the only one who plans to qualify for Boston by waiting until I’m 45.

@terryfurlong518 9 ай бұрын

The only way I will get into Boston is by out living everyone else in my age group. #longlivetheBAA

@kofuzi 9 ай бұрын

what's worse? charity bib vs BQ but after 40?

@drfunk1216 9 ай бұрын

That thumbnail is awesome

@paxtonebright2951 9 ай бұрын

Serious question: if it wasn't for the qualifying times and hobby jogger prestige, wouldn't Boston just be another mid big city race in bad weather? Good for them for turning a mediocre event into people's whole personality and mission in life.

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

are you suggesting that the course itself isn't inherently epic??

@paxtonebright2951 9 ай бұрын

It really isn't that special except for the crowd support. New York is superior.

@estellerichardson5341 9 ай бұрын

@@paxtonebright2951 unpopular opinion - since NYC is harder to get into via qualifying standards, it's more prestigious to have run that race over Boston. Of course the lottery and 9+1 BS messes that up so if you've done it, people don't necessarily think you're a decent runner.

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

Yes, qualifying for NYC is harder, but if you tell someone you ran NYC, no one assumes you're fast because of the various ways to get in. If you tell someone you ran Boston, people assume you're fast because most people assume you qualified.

@paxtonebright2951 9 ай бұрын

Very few people even know about qualifying for New York so yes casual people think Boston is prestigious.

@jeremycahill 9 ай бұрын

How can big pharma help solve this and end the 'too slow for the BAA' crisis?

@squarebodylt5469 9 ай бұрын

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE THAT DID NOT GET ACCEPTED THIS YEAR!!! I was so happy and excited to be accepted and did go this year 2023. WOW!!! Keep up your SERIOUS Training.

@tversetti 9 ай бұрын

I'm one of the slow people that got rejected. Thank you for the laugh

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

I hope this helped you cope.

@cindyrys1723 9 ай бұрын

Aging up is not necessary. I have only gotten faster over the years and this year BQd for an age group two ags less than my age. Keep working and it will be when, not if, you can turn right on Hertford and left on Boylston and see that glorious Boston Marathon finish line just ahead!

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 9 ай бұрын

Strongly recommend turning on Hereford instead of looking for Hertford. Just sayin….😂(Sorry to give you a hard time; couldn’t resist)

@justinnevins107 9 ай бұрын

Missed it by 57 seconds this year! Figured my 4:32 cushion would be enough since no cutoffs last two years. Anybody miss it by less? I know a guy who missed it by 4 seconds! Gut punch.

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 9 ай бұрын

That has to hurt the most-missing by a few seconds or even ONE. It was when the cutoff got to about your cushion that they lowered the standard by 5:00. I think the surge of new runners and people returning to running may be the reason suddenly this year had so many more qualifiers than the last two.

@whitneyk5390 9 ай бұрын

I missed it by 12 seconds. I’m so pissed!!

@matthiassventoest6800 9 ай бұрын

everyone should have known this was coming.. 😮 😂

@idestroyhorcruxes 9 ай бұрын

They should be able to widen the field or find other ways to fundraise at that point. Because then you end up with elite runners and recreation runners who buy their way in with fundraising. It would almost be better to hold a lottery... At least that would be more "inclusive." If you qualified, you qualified. The end.

@MidLifeRunner 9 ай бұрын

I was :56 seconds away from graduating to medium-self esteem. Now, I’m stuck in the lows like a complete wanna-be. Midlife Poser.

@justinnevins107 9 ай бұрын

I missed it by 57 seconds this year as well.

@Mainline-the-endorphin-vein 9 ай бұрын

@serious runner. We have a new Messiah… Kelvin Kiptum came to us like a flash of lightning at 2:00.35.

@richardpowell4485 9 ай бұрын

I started running seriously at 44 last year. I'm now 45 and not at BQ level yet.....have I wasted the prime year of my life? Why are we not taught this in school?

@JDMimeTHEFIRST 3 ай бұрын

No, I’m 40. I started running marathons at almost 36. I only started running more than several miles a few years before that. This will be my second Boston. Also, I’ve just been getting faster.

@LuisBecerra79 9 ай бұрын

I don’t know how to even feel about this one. 😢😢🙃🙃🙃

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

Don't know what to tell you, but thanks for commenting and helping the algorithm.

@LuisBecerra79 9 ай бұрын

@@TheSeriousRunner anything for the content 👍🏼

@rych7852 9 ай бұрын

What was the average rejection under the BQ times this year? 4 mins under? 8? 10? More?

@TheSeriousRunner 9 ай бұрын

5:29 was the cut-off

@JDMimeTHEFIRST 5 ай бұрын

Just age your way in. 😅. 40s are a new age bracket 😊

@benjaminkuch2558 9 ай бұрын

I am surprised there were no videos on a serious male runner reacting to the women's WR being so much faster than himself and the possibility of spending 500$ on a pair of shoes that will only past one race to improve by maybe one minute

@justinnevins107 9 ай бұрын

Considering I missed the cutoff by 57 seconds, I'm wishing I had run in those $500 shoes and got a minute faster. Lol 😂😂😂

@OmahaTonyG 9 ай бұрын

Considering the men’s world record is still 10 minutes faster than the women’s world record and that there are literally thousands of men who are faster at the marathon than the fastest female runner in history, it seems like no one would care.

@benjaminkuch2558 9 ай бұрын

@@OmahaTonyG actually according to world athletics this year only 400 men worldwide have run faster than the new women's WR. And those are top level runners and not those "serious runners" that we love to watch videos about

@benjaminkuch2558 9 ай бұрын

Also I just checked: Out of all marathon runners ever, only 2418 men have ever run faster.

@paultimothyL 9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rc3291 9 ай бұрын

If you've been rejected by the BAA you may be entitled to compensation. Here's your tissue.

@dli960 9 ай бұрын

Surely with so many applications the BAA could just have requested to have more runners? Crazy to think that some people will have run 2.55 marathons yet missed out because to some geriatric hobby joggers

@JDMimeTHEFIRST 3 ай бұрын

They let 30,000 run. That’s a lot for our small city.

@robhughes645 9 ай бұрын

I get the comedy of this but can't for the life of me give a flying toss about Boston. It seems to the w***kers marathon of choice 🤣

@JDMimeTHEFIRST 3 ай бұрын

Sorry there aren’t any VIP tickets for nepo babies to buy their way in. But you could raise money for a charity so a way of buying your way in but for a good cause.

@bananadude9642 9 ай бұрын

We all feel limited 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@TommyHackett 9 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the simple solutions. Be faster. Also, be toxic at Lets Run 😅

@levandmarthapolyakin-aaron2183 9 ай бұрын

Those keyboard warriors seem to be hard at work on social media whining about the BAA, saying they should be kicked out of the Abbott Majors (even though Tokyo, London and possibly Berlin are far more exclusive to foreigners than Boston) hating on charity runners (all marathons have big charity programs), blaming the Bank of America for not changing the policy or paying more $ (they probably only pay the winners’ purse and certainly have nothing to do with acceptance policies) and on it goes. The most annoying part is this is nothing new. These must be very young, uninformed runners.