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Boston Qualifiers in the USA/Canada - 2006

The Boston Marathon is the only mass-participation marathon that requires qualifying times and those times become goal times for many runners. The times are, to some extent, age-graded, with those 35 and over given easier standards.
See: Boston Marathon Qualifying Times

We're often asked what courses are good Boston qualifying courses and where do people qualify for the Boston Marathon. While there is no specific answer for each individual, and while different races may be easier or harder in any given year due to weather or other factors - following is a factual list of those marathons that have the highest percentage of Boston Marathon qualifiers in their field and those with the largest overall number of qualifiers.

Note that different years may show different results as weather, course changes and other factors can affect the performance of a race from year to year.

The marathons below had the highest percent of Boston qualifying finishers in 2006. These courses will undoubtedly be among those ranked the fastest of all courses - but there are other factors that might cause a marathon to appear on this list or to cause a race to fall off this list. For a point-to-point course, a tailwind or headwind might make the difference from one year to the next. Some races (such as Boston itself) simply attracts faster runners, so the fact that a marathon is on this list might be an indication of the type of runner it attracts even more than the quality of its course. But, you can be sure that any marathon on this is not slow.

Rank	Marathon	Boston Qualifiers	Qualifying Percent*
1.	Boston Marathon (4/17/06 - Boston, MA)	7,761	39.4%
2.	Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon (10/8/06 - Albany, NY)	153	36.5%
3.	Bay State Marathon (10/15/06 - Lowell, MA)	219	32.3%
4.	Sugarloaf Marathon (5/21/06 - Carrabassett Valley, ME, ME)	83	29.7%
5.	Pocono Mountain Run For The Red Marathon (5/7/06 - Pocono Mountains, PA)	98	28.2%
6.	Steamtown Marathon (10/8/06 - Scranton, PA)	453	27.3%
7.	California International Marathon (12/3/06 - Sacramento, CA)	986	26.4%
8.	PEC Marathon (10/1/06 - Picton, ON)	61	24.8%
9.	the county marathon (10/1/06 - Wellington, ON)	60	24.4%
10.	North Central Trail Marathon (11/25/06 - Sparks, MD)	77	24.3%
11.	Tucson Marathon (12/10/06 - Oracle, AZ)	272	24.0%
12.	Glass City Marathon (4/2/06 - Toledo, OH)	63	23.6%
13.	Niagara Falls International Marathon (10/22/06 - Niagara Falls, ON)	189	23.2%
14.	St. George Marathon (10/7/06 - St. George, UT)	1,051	22.9%
15.	Victoria Marathon (10/8/06 - Victoria, BC)	394	22.2%
16.	Wineglass Marathon (10/1/06 - Corning, NY)	132	22.1%
17.	City of Trees Marathon (11/5/06 - Boise, ID)	57	21.9%
18.	Rocket City Marathon (12/9/06 - Hunstville, AL)	202	21.6%
19.	Quebec City Marathon/Marathon des Deux Rives (8/27/06 - Quebec City, QC)	156	21.2%
20.	Erie Marathon at Presque Isle (9/10/06 - Erie, PA)	83	21.1%
21.	Lincoln Marathon (5/7/06 - Lincoln, NE)	199	20.7%
22.	Hartford Marathon (10/14/06 - Hartford, CT)	259	20.7%
23.	Kiawah Island Marathon (12/9/06 - Kiawah Island, SC)	175	20.6%
24.	Jacksonville Marathon (12/17/06 - Jacksonville, FL)	173	20.1%
25.	Clarence Demar Marathon (9/24/06 - Keene, NH)	62	20.1%
26.	Capital City Marathon (5/21/06 - Olympia, WA)	90	20.0%
27.	Sunburst Marathon (6/3/06 - South Bend, IN)	112	19.8%
28.	Hyannis Marathon (2/26/06 - Hyannis, MA)	56	19.7%
29.	Grand Rapids Marathon (10/29/06 - Grand Rapids, MI)	141	19.7%
30.	Columbus Marathon (10/15/06 - Columbus, OH)	684	19.6%
*This list is limited to marathons with 250 or more finishers and percentages calculated ignore finishers over 6:00.

The races that have the most Boston Marathon qualifiers are, obviously, going to be skewed to those that have the most participants. Below is a list of the races that qualified the most people for Boston in 2006.

Rank	Marathon	Finishers	Boston Qualifiers
1.	Boston Marathon (4/17/06 - Boston, MA)	19,688	7,761
2.	Chicago Marathon (10/22/06 - Chicago, IL)	33,618	4,483
3.	New York City Marathon (11/5/06 - New York City, NY)	37,936	4,376
4.	Philadelphia Marathon (11/19/06 - Philadelphia, PA)	6,119	1,146
5.	Marine Corps Marathon (10/29/06 - Washington, DC)	20,879	1,082
6.	St. George Marathon (10/7/06 - St. George, UT)	4,761	1,051
7.	California International Marathon (12/3/06 - Sacramento, CA)	3,789	986
8.	Twin Cities Marathon (10/1/06 - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN)	8,215	807
9.	Austin Marathon (2/19/06 - Austin, TX)	4,788	780
10.	Portland Marathon (10/1/06 - Portland, OR)	7,719	755
11.	Honolulu Marathon (12/10/06 - Honololu, HI)	24,573	706
12.	Columbus Marathon (10/15/06 - Columbus, OH)	3,764	684
13.	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon (1/15/06 - Phoenix, Scottsdale & Tempe, AZ)	7,428	674
14.	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon (6/4/06 - San Diego, CA)	15,771	662
15.	Houston Marathon (1/15/06 - Houston, TX)	5,425	630
16.	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon) (3/19/06 - Los Angeles, CA)	20,169	629
17.	Detroit Free Press International Marathon (10/29/06 - Detroit, MI)	3,880	505
18.	Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) (5/28/06 - Ottawa, ON)	3,243	472
19.	Steamtown Marathon (10/8/06 - Scranton, PA)	1,672	453
20.	Disney World Marathon (1/8/06 - Orlando, FL)	10,125	440
21.	Vancouver International Marathon (5/7/06 - Vancouver, BC)	3,550	413
22.	Dallas White Rock Marathon (12/10/06 - Dallas, TX)	3,507	409
23.	Victoria Marathon (10/8/06 - Victoria, BC)	1,839	394
24.	Las Vegas Marathon (12/10/06 - Las Vegas, NV)	5,903	387
25.	Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon (5/7/06 - Cincinnati, OH)	4,172	384
26.	Lakefront Marathon (10/1/06 - Milwaukee, WI)	1,908	312
27.	The San Francisco Marathon (7/30/06 - San Francisco, CA)	4,021	277
28.	Toronto Waterfront Marathon (9/24/06 - Toronto, ON)	1,841	272
29.	Tucson Marathon (12/10/06 - Oracle, AZ)	1,149	272
30.	Hartford Marathon (10/14/06 - Hartford, CT)	1,285	259