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Boston Qualifiers in the USA/Canada - 2010

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 2010. 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 (4/19/10 - Boston, MA)	9,897	44.0%
2.	Bay State Marathon (10/17/10 - Lowell, MA)	581	37.4%
3.	Pocono Mountain Run For The Red Marathon (5/16/10 - Pocono Mountains, PA)	205	30.9%
4.	Sugarloaf Marathon (5/16/10 - Carrabassett Valley, ME, ME)	104	30.9%
5.	Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon (10/10/10 - Albany, NY)	257	30.6%
6.	Road2Hope Hamilton Marathon (11/7/10 - Hamilton, ON)	339	30.3%
7.	Wineglass Marathon (10/3/10 - Corning, NY)	437	30.0%
8.	Steamtown Marathon (10/10/10 - Scranton, PA)	561	29.3%
9.	Rockfest Marathon (10/3/10 - Hampton, NH)	109	29.1%
10.	Ridge to Bridge Marathon (10/30/10 - Morganton, NC)	75	29.0%
11.	Jacksonville Marathon (12/19/10 - Jacksonville, FL)	225	26.1%
12.	Foot Traffic Flat Marathon (7/4/10 - Portland, OR)	93	24.3%
13.	Green Mountain Marathon (10/17/10 - South Hero, VT)	99	24.0%
14.	Clarence Demar Marathon (9/26/10 - Keene, NH)	72	23.6%
15.	Eugene Marathon (5/2/10 - Eugene, OR)	530	23.6%
16.	Rehoboth Seashore Marathon (12/11/10 - Rehoboth, DE)	132	22.7%
17.	Prince Edward Island Marathon (10/17/10 - Charlottetown, PE)	60	22.6%
18.	North Central Trail Marathon (11/27/10 - Sparks, MD)	89	22.6%
19.	Grand Rapids Marathon (10/17/10 - Grand Rapids, MI)	344	22.2%
20.	Tri-Cities Marathon (10/31/10 - Richland, WA)	55	22.1%
21.	Snickers Marathon Energy Bar Marathon (3/6/10 - Albany, GA)	123	22.0%
22.	Maine Marathon (10/3/10 - Portland, ME)	195	21.7%
23.	Veterans Marathon (11/13/10 - Columbia City, IN)	58	21.6%
24.	Country Music Marathon (4/24/10 - Nashville, TN)	164	21.5%
25.	Martian Marathon (4/10/10 - Dearborn, MI)	87	21.4%
26.	California International Marathon (12/5/10 - Sacramento, CA)	1,207	21.0%
27.	Marshall University Marathon (11/7/10 - Huntington, WV)	106	20.7%
28.	Rocket City Marathon (12/11/10 - Hunstville, AL)	235	20.7%
29.	Victoria Marathon (10/10/10 - Victoria, BC)	522	20.1%
30.	Okanagan Marathon (10/10/10 - Kelowna, BC)	90	20.1%
*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 2010.

Rank	Marathon	Finishers	Boston Qualifiers
1.	Boston Marathon (4/19/10 - Boston, MA)	22,540	9,897
2.	New York City Marathon (11/7/10 - New York City, NY)	44,704	5,396
3.	Chicago Marathon (10/10/10 - Chicago, IL)	36,159	3,083
4.	Philadelphia Marathon (11/21/10 - Philadelphia, PA)	8,956	1,491
5.	Marine Corps Marathon (10/31/10 - Washington, DC)	21,874	1,292
6.	Twin Cities Marathon (10/3/10 - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN)	8,211	1,280
7.	California International Marathon (12/5/10 - Sacramento, CA)	5,879	1,207
8.	St. George Marathon (10/2/10 - St. George, UT)	5,697	997
9.	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon) (3/21/10 - Los Angeles, CA)	22,403	845
10.	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon (1/17/10 - Phoenix, Scottsdale & Tempe, AZ)	5,691	806
11.	Portland Marathon (10/10/10 - Portland, OR)	7,817	784
12.	Columbus Marathon (10/17/10 - Columbus, OH)	4,174	758
13.	Houston Marathon (1/17/10 - Houston, TX)	6,340	740
14.	Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) (5/30/10 - Ottawa, ON)	3,859	715
15.	Grandma's Marathon (6/19/10 - Duluth, MN)	5,613	644
16.	Bay State Marathon (10/17/10 - Lowell, MA)	1,562	581
17.	Disney World Marathon (1/10/10 - Orlando, FL)	16,874	579
18.	Steamtown Marathon (10/10/10 - Scranton, PA)	1,945	561
19.	Eugene Marathon (5/2/10 - Eugene, OR)	2,333	530
20.	Victoria Marathon (10/10/10 - Victoria, BC)	2,756	522
21.	Toronto Waterfront Marathon (9/26/10 - Toronto, ON)	2,667	520
22.	Richmond Marathon (11/13/10 - Richmond, VA)	3,755	503
23.	Vancouver International Marathon (5/2/10 - Vancouver, BC)	3,297	499
24.	Dallas White Rock Marathon (12/5/10 - Dallas, TX)	4,578	479
25.	Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (11/6/10 - Indianapolis, IN)	2,464	478
26.	The San Francisco Marathon (7/25/10 - San Francisco, CA)	5,942	462
27.	Rock 'n' Roll Marathon (6/6/10 - San Diego, CA)	10,625	449
28.	Wineglass Marathon (10/3/10 - Corning, NY)	1,486	437
29.	Detroit Free Press International Marathon (10/17/10 - Detroit, MI)	3,227	435
30.	Vermont City Marathon (5/30/10 - Burlington, VT)	2,735	418