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Marathon courses to qualify for Boston?

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Does anyone know how to find out what marathons the Boston Athletic Association now accepts for qualifying for the Boston Marathon?  It used to be any TAC certified marathon, with some exceptions because of too much elevation drop.  But now that Boston isn’t TAC certified under the new standards, what are Boston’s standards?  Did they "grandfather" all the courses they used to accept even if the new TAC rules won’t recognize them? Kathy Harris Hewlett Packard Ft. Collins, Co.

If this is a duplicate posting, I apologize.  Our poster has been acting up lately. The Boston Marathon remains TAC certified.  What that means is that the course has been measured as equaling or exceeding the distance of 26 miles and 385 yards.  All that is changed is that a National Record cannot be set at the Boston Marathon.  But it’s still a Marathon. I haven’t received my Boston Results Book yet, or an application form for the 1991 race, but I expect that they will accept any TAC certified course without "a considerable drop in elevation", whatever that means.  But to repeat, elevation changes have *nothing* to do with certification. — St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 Canada

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Does anyone know how to find out what marathons the Boston Athletic Association now accepts for qualifying for the Boston Marathon?  It used to be any TAC certified marathon, with some exceptions because of too much elevation drop.  But now that Boston isn’t TAC certified under the new standards, what are Boston’s standards?  Did they "grandfather" all the courses they used to accept even if the new TAC rules won’t recognize them? Kathy Harris Hewlett Packard Ft. Collins, Co.

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Does anyone know how to find out what marathons the Boston Athletic Association now accepts for qualifying for the Boston Marathon?  It used to be any TAC certified marathon, with some exceptions because of too much elevation drop.  But now that Boston isn’t TAC certified under the new standards, what are Boston’s standards?  Did they "grandfather" all the courses they used to accept even if the new TAC rules won’t recognize them? Kathy Harris Hewlett Packard Ft. Collins, Co.

The Boston Marathon remains TAC certified.  What that means is that the course has been measured as equaling or exceeding the distance of 26 miles and 385 yards.  All that is changed is that a National Record cannot be set at the Boston Marathon.  But it’s still a Marathon. I haven’t received my Boston Results Book yet, or an application form for the 1991 race, but I expect that they will accept any TAC certified course without "a considerable drop in elevation", whatever that means.  But to repeat, elevation changes have *nothing* to do with certification. — St. John’s, Newfoundland A1C 5S7 Canada

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