a boston marathon question

"dwjones45" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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realizing that one has to qualify to run boston then why is it that
there were runners who took up to 7-1/2 hours to complete the race
which is by the way is 2 hours longer than the highest qualifying
time? i just do not get it.

Well, there were 94 runners over the age of 70, 18 visually impaired
runners, and 9 mobility-impaired. They could account for some of those odd
times.

But, after watching the start on OLN yesterday, I saw more than a few folks
'running' who made me realize that the vaunted qualifying times must not
matter if you know the right person or pay the right price.

dwjones45 said:

realizing that one has to qualify to run boston then why is it that there
were runners who took up to 7-1/2 hours to complete the race which is by the
way is 2 hours longer than the highest qualifying time? i just do not get
it.

Some of these people could have been allowed to participate for
charity.

--
Phil M.

dwjones45 said:

realizing that one has to qualify to run boston then why is it that there
were runners who took up to 7-1/2 hours to complete the race which is by the
way is 2 hours longer than the highest qualifying time? i just do not get
it.

As Phil previously said, there are many people who run the Boston
marathon because they have raised money for charity. The charity
runners do not have to meet a qualifying time standard. I have known a
few "slow" runners who have done the charity thing just so they could
run Boston. In addition, anyone can have a bad day or get injured on
the course. Even the Kenyans DNF sometimes.

"Phil M." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

dwjones45 said:

realizing that one has to qualify to run boston then why is it that
there
were runners who took up to 7-1/2 hours to complete the race which is
by the
way is 2 hours longer than the highest qualifying time? i just do
not get
it.

Some of these people could have been allowed to participate for
charity.

True, or possibly bandits. Did they have numbers? And then there is the
case where people have a bad day, what I call [censored] the bed, and decide
to walk rather then bail. Also so remember even those that did qualify
did in the last year or so. It's impossible to have come to the dance
under/un/not trained compared to their qualifier.

-DF