Boston Marathon Registration Opens Today For Some Elite Athletes
Boston Marathon registration begins Monday for those who have beaten the Boston Athletic Association’s (B.A.A.) qualifying times by at least 20 minutes.
Registration for these elite athletes began at 10 am Monday morning on the B.A.A. website.
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According to the B.A.A. website:
“If space remains, then registration will open on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) for qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard by 10 minutes, 00 seconds or faster.
If space remains, then registration will open on Friday, September 12, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) for qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard by 5 minutes, 00 seconds or faster. Registration will close on Saturday, September 13, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. (ET).
If space remains, then registration will re-open on Monday, September 15, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) through Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 5:00 p.m. (ET) for all qualifiers who have met the qualifying standard.
If space remains after this initial two-week period, then on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. (ET) registration will re-open to anyone who meets the qualifying standards on a first come, first served basis. At that point, registration will remain open until the maximum field size is reached.’’
You can see the Boston Marathon qualifying times here.
The 119th Boston Marathon will take place on Monday, April 20, 2015.
In 2013, the Marathon had 27,000 official entrants and in 2014, given the increased field size, there were 36,000 entrants (32,530 starters; 32,004 finishers).
Last month, the 2015 Boston Marathon field size was announced as the third-largest ever with 30,000 people.
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