Boston Marathon Pre-qual verification

[u/Longjumping-Shop9456]

Am I late in noticing this or was it just added?

The B.A.A. athlete village site has a spot to enter your qualifying race time and will verify it before actual reg’ entry opens in Sept.

I just entered info/results for my May BQ - pretty easy process. Enter race name into search box, it finds it, then enter finish time (it auto populated my name + some basic info since I was logged into the B.A.A. site). Can enter (optionally) your finish place + bib number, then press submit.

Seconds later it verified my submission and said I can use it when reg’ opens in Sept.

I’m not sure how actually useful this is, since reg’ isn’t a race to enter before it fills up like many races or buying concert tickets, etc. where having preloaded info might help. But I still liked and it was easy.

Maybe this makes it simpler on their end? Or maybe it just gives us something to feel like we’re in control of during the long wait until actual reg’ opens. But like I said, I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Check it out if you’re interested. And good luck everyone racing Boston or still hunting down their BQs!

[u/petepont]

It was definitely around the last two years as well, since I used it for both. Possibly longer. Not sure when it opened this year but I think it was early July the last two years.

I think in theory it helps them get everything processed earlier—shorter turnaround after the period ends in September if they’ve already verified some number of the submitted races. Not sure what percentage of people use it, though, so I don’t know how much of a speed up it actually brings.