Boston marathon Field and Registration

William Jenks

 

36,000.  Registration starts Sept 9.

About 5000 will be taken by people from last year, and the normal field is about 25,000.

http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2013/august/boston-marathon-registration-dates-and-field-size.aspx

• Monday, September 9 - Qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard by 20 minutes, 00 seconds or faster.
• Wednesday, September 11 - Qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard by 10 minutes, 00 seconds or faster (if space remains).
• Friday, September 13 - Qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard by 5 minutes, 00 seconds or faster (if space remains).
• Monday, September 16 - All qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard (if space remains).
• Friday, September 20 - Registration closes at 5:00 p.m. ET.
• If space remains after this initial period, then on Monday, September 23 registration will re-open to anyone who meets the qualifying standards on a first come, first served basis. Registration will remain open until the maximum field size is reached.

Steve West

William, thanks for the heads-up. I was wondering what day it would start, although I may not get in this time. My BQ time is only 0:04:00 faster than the standard. But I do still have hope since they bumped the field from 28K to 36K.

Peter Noyes

Holy Jeesum. I am in the 30-34 range so if I somehow managed to run a 3:00 marathon, there is a chance that I wouldn't be able to register for Boston?

William Jenks

Yeah, that's what worries me. I am old enough that I made the 10+ minute cutoff, but my son (18, first marathon) just barely made the cutoff...worried about whether he'll get in.