Some Boston Trivia

Can you tell I missed going to Boston? Maybe next year.

Here's an old video of the 1979 race:


Qualifying history
1970: first mention of qualifying standard- 4:00
1971: standard lowered to 3:30 w/q-times at shorter distances also
1972: shorter distances qualifying dropped
1973: shorter distance qualifying restored
1977: men under 40/sub 3:00, all others- 3:30
1980: men under 40/sub 2:50, other men/sub 3:10, women/sub 3:20
1981: male masters/sub 3:30
1987: all divisions Q-times relaxed by 10 min
* In addition, relaxed standards for 50-59, 60+ groups

1990:
18-34m 3:10, w 3:40
35-39m 3:15, w 3:45
40-44m 3:20, w 3:50
45-49m 3:25, w 3:55
50-54m 3:30, w 4:00
55-59m 3:35, w 4:05
60-64m 3:40, w 4:10
65-69m 3:45, w 4:15
70+m 3:50, w 4:20

The current standards were last updated in 2003 with more generous qualifying times for the older age groups.
18-34 3hrs 10min 3hrs 40min
35-39 3hrs 15min 3hrs 45min
40-44 3hrs 20min 3hrs 50min
45-49 3hrs 30min 4hrs 00min
50-54 3hrs 35min 4hrs 05min
55-59 3hrs 45min 4hrs 15min
60-64 4hrs 00min 4hrs 30min
65-69 4hrs 15min 4hrs 45min
70-74 4hrs 30min 5hrs 00min
75-79 4hrs 45min 5hrs 15min
80 and over 5hrs 00min 5hrs 30min

I can only dream of running up Hereford Street and down Boylston at these paces. What a race!