Phew! My qualifying time is 7:36 underneath my 2025 BQ standard of 3:25:00. The cutoff this year was 6:51, in large part because there was an increase in accepted runners by about 2,000 spaces, to just over 24,000 of the 30,000 total.
Not sure how they came to that decision, but I'm thrilled they did. If it weren't for that decision, it is likely that the cut-off time would have been closer to 8 minutes which, obviously, would have shut me out.
Now that my 9th consecutive Boston is all arranged, I need to make sure to improve my now-2:36 buffer for 2026 to 5 minutes or more (i.e., 3:15:00 or better finishing time) to be reasonably confident that I can get into my 10th consecutive Boston and become a Boston Streaker -- only needing to hit a BQ and not need a buffer.
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