2013 Boston Marathon Registration Opens This Week

A quick reminded that registration for the 2013 Boston Marathon is currently open for runners who have beat their age group standard by 20 minutes or more. Registration will then be opened, if space remains, to runners as follows:

• On Wed, 9/12 @ 10am EST, registration is open to runners who beat their time by 10+ minutes.
• On Fri, 9/14 @ 10am EST, registration is open to runners who beat their time by 5+ minutes.
• On Mon, 9/17 @ 10am EST, registration is open to all runners with a qualifying time. If registration exceeds the ~22,000 slots* by the end of the week, priority will be given to those with the fastest times in their age group.
• On Mon, 9/24 @ 10am EST, registration will re-open to all runners with a qualifying time if remaining slots are open.

2012 was the first year with this new registration system, and if the results are similar, registration will remain open until Friday, 9/22, but not be open the following week. Don't forget that the qualifying times have been shortened 5 minutes:

Age Group	Men	Women
18-34	3hrs 05min 00sec	3hrs 35min 00sec
35-39	3hrs 10min 00sec	3hrs 40min 00sec
40-44	3hrs 15min 00sec	3hrs 45min 00sec
45-49	3hrs 25min 00sec	3hrs 55min 00sec
50-54	3hrs 30min 00sec	4hrs 00min 00sec
55-59	3hrs 40min 00sec	4hrs 10min 00sec
60-64	3hrs 55min 00sec	4hrs 25min 00sec
65-69	4hrs 10min 00sec	4hrs 40min 00sec
70-74	4hrs 25min 00sec	4hrs 55min 00sec
75-79	4hrs 40min 00sec	5hrs 10min 00sec
80 and over	4hrs 55min 00sec	5hrs 25min 00sec
Unlike previous years, an additional 59 seconds will NOT be accepted for each age group time standard.

It's getting tough! Good luck, everyone.

- SD

* The Boston Marathon is capped at 27,000 runners, but typically ~5,000 are set aside for volunteer and charity-related runners.