FILE PHOTO: Athletics - The 128th Boston Marathon - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - April 15, 2024 General view during the Boston Marathon REUTERS/Reba Saldanha/File Photo
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some 12,000 runners who met the qualifying standard for the 2025 Boston Marathon will not have a place at the starting line, organisers said on Tuesday, after a rush of applications.
Boston is one of the few marathons requiring amateurs to meet a qualifying time to compete and runners each year hope to "Boston qualify" based on their age and gender, considered a coveted rite of passage for marathoning enthusiasts.
