No matter what they chose to do and whenever they chose to do it, there will always be some runners who will get an unfair deal. They will have to decide wether they will "hit" in 2012 or 2013 I don't think that they will wait very long, because right now, there are a LOT of unhappy runner...

It would be interesting to hear what he thinks would be "fair." Some people consider "first come, first served" to be fair. Other might think that first timers should get an entry, whereas others might think that repeat qualifiers have more entitlement to a spot. I guess we'll h...

Well they havent been planning anything yet and these quotes were all from before today. My thinking is that they were waiting to see how it actually unfolded today before they decided if changes would really need to be made. Again this is just my prediction and I never said that my prediction was ...

They DO NOT want to shut out people based on whether they run a marathon before or after the registration date or how fast they get on their computer. So tightening the standards is what we'll likely see. I'm not sure I agree. The original point of imposing qualifying standards was to control the s...

Totally expected, though. We'll, I guess a whole bunch of races are going to look much less attractive for Boston qualification Not really- they'll still work for the next year. But they will likely change the standards soon. I'm expecting I might have lost my chance to qual with a 4:00 time. My be...

mcshame wrote::shock: I'll definitely be waiting until 2012...that's insane!

That's the spirit! Go McShame Go!! (that is for next week end)

we are now at 16,000 entrants Boston will fill up within 24 hours!

I am IN!

D Day for Boston registration - as expected, registration is impossible so far...that is what happens when 20,000 runners try to access the site all at once
I think I am just going to step back a bit, chill, and retry later on...

Robbie-T wrote:The Boston Marathon Registration for the 2011 Boston Marathon Opens on Monday at 9:00 a.m. (EST) - http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon.aspx

Who will be registering on Monday?

I am taking the morning off work to register

One of the best articles I read about Boston qualiying times was from Amby burfoot in this article. http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/microsite/article/0,8029,s6-239-506-0-13111-0,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is the part I found very interesting: But there's a simple way...

I'm happy that you're able to embrace many of the positive things about Sunday's race. When it comes time for an analysis and future planning, don't sell yourself short; much of the training you did this year was rebuilding your base and I think you could probably get ten more minutes by this time ...

Have 3 weeks to half marathon. Weight 190. Last year ran it in 1:51...I want to run it in 1:48. Right now I am running 15 K at a pace that will allow me to finish at 1:50. I plan on loosing 6 lbs next 3 weeks. But need hardcore schedule that will help me make improvements. Have actually 3.5 weeks t...

It is like the question: which comes first, the chicken or the egg? If you take, say, 3 runners, who have put in the same efforts, the same time and the same running volume during, say a 16-week training period, they will not run the same time in the same race on a given day. There will be differenc...

That was 14 years ago...at that time i was jumping up and down in aerobics classes twice a week
no running then

1:11 for 14 K, this is a great time! Congratulation
This announces a really good marathon - looking forward to read that report as well
How were the chips?

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Or could it be Gerard Coté?

One of the greatest canadian marathon runners (he won Boston 4 times)

This looks very much like him

He was very famous way back when

www.club-athletique.com/gerard_cote.html

Is this site that reliable, they seem to be selling a book...and the name of the website is the title of the book (saveyourself.ca)

My 15 year old nephew just fell in love with running last year and started running road races (5K, 2K etc) But my brother is having a really hard time finding arunning club who will coach youngsters. Shool does not provide any Track and field program (and it is a very good school). So he joined an &...

I ran (6K) for the first time in a week - my foot has fully recovered :dance: so...even though I am a little concerned about missing an important "high milage" week, I think I am still on track for the Montreal marathon :dance: . I will move things around and take this week as a high milag...

Foot is getting better...might be back on the road soon...Montreal marathon still in the cards....

No running for me today - and probably not much walking either I sprained my foot yesterday, just walking slowly on the sidewalk - nothing broken, but the thing is swollen and I can't wear normal shoes without pain :evil: This was supposed to be a higher milage week - this is not the time to get inj...

I always find these discussions interesting and lively I made a quick calculation: if el-jeffe trains 20 hours a week (swim bike run), in my book, that is training at "elite level". If I try to "translate" that many hours into running only hours, at a conservative 5 minute pkm pa...

:evil: :evil: :evil: this sums up my sunday "run" I was walking slowly on the sidewalk (planning to run later on today) then the stupid thing happenned I twisted my foot and now I have a hard time walking - right before monster milage week (well...monster for me, base for some others :lol:...