284. What does it really take to be a Boston Qualifier?

284. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO RUN A BQ?

The Boston Marathon recently took place, and it is getting runners all around the world excited to potentially qualify for Boston. Even people who are very far away from a BQ time might set a goal to run a BQ time in the future. People want to know what it really looks like to be someone who can run a BQ time

Some people BQ on their first marathon- is this realistic?

It can be- with the speed and background

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What does the typical week of training look like for a female who runs a 3:20 or a male who runs a 2:50

Hour of running per day

Can be boring

Life almost revolves around running

Planning is key!

Learning to say no

You can’t often be good at multiple areas of fitness at once

If you want to go for a BQ… you almost have to go ‘all in’ on running

Getting fast in the shorter distance races

Practice pushing hard

Hitting the prerequisites