Boston Marathon Moves To 3 Wave Starts

[RobAllen]

The BAA is using three waves this year for the Boston marathon. The start times are 10:00 (elite men, wave 1), 10:20 (wave 2) and 10:40 (wave 3). They are aiming to have 9,000 runners in each wave.

http://www.baa.org/news-and-press/news-listing/2011/march/new-start-structure-for-2011-boston-marathon.aspx

[kaybee]

And I am gonna be somewhere in the middle of wave 3. I guess starting 10 min later than last time is not such a big deal. I am not complaining! My husband, however, will be starting 40 min ahead of me and runs his marathon about 40 min faster than me so he will have lots of down time before I cross the finish line! He and our friends had better wait for me before they go party! (I am the slowest in that gang and I think the only one in wave 3.) Sigh!

[alexk]

The BAA is busy these days! This will put me towards the front of Wave 2 which is fine.The friend I'm travelling with was invited to run as an elite woman so she'd be finishing long before me regardless. This will give her time to collect her winnings!!! Three waves will hopefully make the start less congested which will be good.

[LadyV]

it's wave 3 for me, baby!
does this mean us wave 3 ers get to sleep in?

[RayMan]

Wave Two baby! Just like last year...although I should be starting further back in the corral, as my time was 10 minutes slower than the first BQ.

[Lightning]

Cool. I am in wave 2! Getting very excited now! Thanks for posting this!