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Boston Qualifiers in the USA/Canada - 2011

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 2011. 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 (4/18/11 - Boston, MA)	10,374	43.6%
2.	The Santa Rosa Marathon (8/28/11 - Santa Rosa, CA)	139	34.8%
3.	Sugarloaf Marathon (5/15/11 - Carrabassett Valley, ME, ME)	128	33.6%
4.	Ridge to Bridge Marathon (10/22/11 - Morganton, NC)	97	32.0%
5.	Road2Hope Hamilton Marathon (11/6/11 - Hamilton, ON)	267	29.7%
6.	Pocono Mountain Run For The Red Marathon (5/15/11 - Pocono Mountains, PA)	184	29.2%
7.	Ojai 2 Ocean Marathon (6/5/11 - Ojai, CA)	72	28.1%
8.	Erie Marathon at Presque Isle (9/18/11 - Erie, PA)	144	27.8%
9.	Lehigh Valley Hospital Marathon for Via (9/11/11 - Allentown, PA)	171	25.8%
10.	California International Marathon (12/4/11 - Sacramento, CA)	1,435	25.6%
11.	Skagit Flats Marathon (9/11/11 - Burlington, WA)	74	25.3%
12.	Eugene Marathon (5/1/11 - Eugene, OR)	551	25.0%
13.	Jacksonville Marathon (12/18/11 - Jacksonville, FL)	200	24.8%
14.	Bay State Marathon (10/16/11 - Lowell, MA)	235	24.4%
15.	Mississauga Marathon (5/15/11 - Mississauga, ON)	258	24.2%
16.	Pocatello Marathon (9/3/11 - Pocatello, ID)	111	23.9%
17.	Tucson Marathon (12/11/11 - Oracle, AZ)	226	23.7%
18.	Wineglass Marathon (10/2/11 - Corning, NY)	320	22.5%
19.	North Central Trail Marathon (11/26/11 - Sparks, MD)	92	21.9%
20.	Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon (10/9/11 - Albany, NY)	188	21.8%
21.	Steamtown Marathon (10/9/11 - Scranton, PA)	392	21.5%
22.	Green Mountain Marathon (10/16/11 - South Hero, VT)	55	21.2%
23.	Sioux Falls Marathon (9/11/11 - Sioux Falls, SD)	73	21.0%
24.	Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon (7/24/11 - North Bend, WA)	57	21.0%
25.	Victoria Marathon (10/9/11 - Victoria, BC)	347	21.0%
26.	Kiawah Island Marathon (12/10/11 - Kiawah Island, SC)	151	20.7%
27.	Run Charlevoix Marathon (6/25/11 - Charlevoix, MI)	68	20.6%
28.	Fox Valley Marathon (9/18/11 - St. Charles, IL)	172	20.6%
29.	Foot Traffic Flat Marathon (7/4/11 - Portland, OR)	81	20.6%
30.	Glass City Marathon (4/17/11 - Toledo, OH)	127	19.9%
*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 2011.

Rank	Marathon	Finishers	Boston Qualifiers
1.	Boston Marathon (4/18/11 - Boston, MA)	23,879	10,374
2.	New York City Marathon (11/6/11 - New York City, NY)	46,536	6,156
3.	Chicago Marathon (10/9/11 - Chicago, IL)	35,670	3,078
4.	Philadelphia Marathon (11/20/11 - Philadelphia, PA)	10,313	1,488
5.	California International Marathon (12/4/11 - Sacramento, CA)	5,755	1,435
6.	Marine Corps Marathon (10/30/11 - Washington, DC)	20,895	1,287
7.	Twin Cities Marathon (10/2/11 - Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN)	8,531	1,169
8.	Grandma's Marathon (6/18/11 - Duluth, MN)	6,333	1,144
9.	St. George Marathon (10/1/11 - St. George, UT)	5,700	982
10.	City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon) (3/20/11 - Los Angeles, CA)	19,626	796
11.	Portland Marathon (10/9/11 - Portland, OR)	8,461	736
12.	Columbus Marathon (10/16/11 - Columbus, OH)	4,740	717
13.	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon (1/16/11 - Phoenix, Scottsdale & Tempe, AZ)	5,062	703
14.	Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) (5/29/11 - Ottawa, ON)	4,071	695
15.	Toronto Waterfront Marathon (10/16/11 - Toronto, ON)	3,858	693
16.	Disney World Marathon (1/9/11 - Orlando, FL)	13,512	638
17.	Houston Marathon (1/30/11 - Houston, TX)	6,903	575
18.	Eugene Marathon (5/1/11 - Eugene, OR)	2,290	551
19.	Richmond Marathon (11/12/11 - Richmond, VA)	3,787	493
20.	The San Francisco Marathon (7/31/11 - San Francisco, CA)	5,999	468
21.	Vancouver International Marathon (5/1/11 - Vancouver, BC)	3,218	447
22.	Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (11/5/11 - Indianapolis, IN)	2,609	438
23.	Cleveland Marathon (5/15/11 - Cleveland, OH)	2,666	435
24.	National Marathon (3/26/11 - Washington, DC)	2,877	419
25.	Pittsburgh Marathon (5/15/11 - Pittsburgh, PA)	4,265	398
26.	Steamtown Marathon (10/9/11 - Scranton, PA)	1,859	392
27.	Dallas White Rock Marathon (12/4/11 - Dallas, TX)	4,544	391
28.	Detroit Free Press International Marathon (10/16/11 - Detroit, MI)	3,384	384
29.	Lakefront Marathon (10/2/11 - Milwaukee, WI)	2,077	375
30.	Miami Marathon (1/30/11 - Miami & Miami Beach, FL)	3,484	369