Category: Boston Qualifier Questionnaire
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Gina
Name: Gina Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 36 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’5 Weight (at the time of first BQ): 132 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Zurich Marathon Tell us a little about the race. Zurich is a nice flat course with a couple…
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The Boston Qualifier Questionnaire — Sam
Name: Sam Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 41 Height: 5’7″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 140 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Run for the Red Poconos Tell us a little about the race. 2:48 marathon debut, ran with a teammate, quiet heavily downhill course, plastic…
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Max Elbaum, Author, Activist, Boston Qualifier
Max Elbaum isn’t just an accomplished runner, he’s also the author of the excellent Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin Mao and Che. Revolution in the Air is the first serious look at what happened to the American Left after 1968 and its an excellent read (I reviewed the book here). Huge…
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Joe Rosati’s Story of Qualifying for the Boston Marathon
Name: Joe Rosati Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 47 Height : 5′ 6″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 165 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Miami Tell us a little about the race. Miami was a flat course, sunny with the temps in the low 50’s…
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How John Kitchen Qualified for Boston
Name: John Kitchen Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 48 Height (at the time of first BQ): 6’1″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 175 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? RnR DC Tell us a little about the race. Sprained ankle 2 weeks before race. Had one…
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How Eric Wheeler Qualified for Boston
Name: Eric Wheeler Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 39 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’8″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 152 lbs At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Providence Tell us a little about the race. Spring Marathon in New England, cool, rolling terrain,…
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Melissa’s Story of Qualifying for the Boston Marathon
Name: Melissa Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 26 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’2″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 103 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? Glass City Tell us a little about the race. Prior to Glass City, I had only competed in…
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How Luis Qualified for Boston After 10 Tries
Thanks to Luis (and his coach) for sharing the story of a long, but ultimately successful road to a BQ! Congrats Luis. Name: Luis Fajardo (@LuisFajardoCR) Sex: Male Age (at the time of first BQ): 43 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’7″ Weight (at the time of first BQ): 148lb At which marathon…
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Karen’s Story of Qualifying for Boston Marathon
Name: Karen Sex: Female Age (at the time of first BQ): 32 Height (at the time of first BQ): 5’10” Weight (at the time of first BQ): 133 At which marathon did you get your first BQ? DesMoines Tell us a little about the race. Nice course around town. Some rolling hills, but nothing crazy.…
Milo and the Calf 