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Boston Marathon qualifying standards expected to change

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Chris Nickinson   Dec 21st 2010, 2:00pm
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McGillivray: BAA will make adjustments
By Shira Springer
Globe Staff / December 19, 2010

Four-time Boston Marathon champion Bill Rodgers, the legendary runner nicknamed “Boston Billy,’’ figures he’d lose any online race to register for the Boston Marathon. With the 2011 event selling out in a record 8 hours 3 minutes in October, Rodgers is thankful he has a guaranteed entry as a past winner, if he ever wants to run the marathon again.


“You’ve got to be good with the computer these days,’’ said Rodgers. “I’m not. If I was a qualifier, I would lose out.’’

That is not what the BAA wants to hear. The belief that computer speed (and Internet access on registration day) is as important as foot speed — and that the registration system is unfair — is forcing the Boston Athletic Association to make changes. And changes to the world’s oldest annual marathon do not come easily.



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