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Boston Qualifiers in the USA/Canada - 2013

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 2013 (year-to-date). 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 (4/15/13 - Boston, MA)	10,391	59.1%
2.	Potomac River Run Marathon (5/5/13 - Carderock, MD)	83	26.9%
3.	Sugarloaf Marathon (5/19/13 - Carrabassett Valley, ME)	97	24.9%
4.	Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (5/11/13 - St. Joseph, MN)	70	22.7%
5.	Eugene Marathon (4/28/13 - Eugene, OR)	570	22.7%
6.	Tallahassee Marathon (2/3/13 - Tallahassee, FL)	66	21.4%
7.	Snickers Marathon Energy Bar Marathon (3/2/13 - Albany, GA)	115	21.1%
8.	Pocono Mountain Run For The Red Marathon (5/19/13 - Pocono Mountains, PA)	99	19.2%
9.	Glass City Marathon (4/28/13 - Toledo, OH)	172	19.0%
10.	Lincoln Marathon (5/5/13 - Lincoln, NE)	256	17.9%
11.	Colorado Marathon (prev. Fort Collins Old Town Marathon) (5/5/13 - Fort Collins, CO)	160	16.0%
12.	Martian Marathon (4/13/13 - Dearborn, MI)	60	16.0%
13.	Capital City Marathon (5/19/13 - Olympia, WA)	45	15.7%
14.	Myrtle Beach Marathon (2/16/13 - Myrtle Beach, SC)	234	15.4%
15.	Hyannis Marathon (2/24/13 - Hyannis, MA)	58	15.3%
16.	Mississauga Marathon (5/5/13 - Mississauga, ON)	127	15.3%
17.	Windermere Marathon (5/19/13 - Spokane, WA)	51	14.7%
18.	Long Island Marathon (5/5/13 - East Meadow, NY)	97	14.5%
19.	Napa Valley Marathon (3/3/13 - Napa, CA)	253	14.3%
20.	Phoenix Marathon (3/2/13 - Mesa, AZ)	180	14.2%
21.	Toronto Marathon (5/5/13 - Toronto, ON)	226	14.0%
22.	Mercedes Marathon (2/17/13 - Birmingham, AL)	137	14.0%
23.	New Jersey Marathon (5/5/13 - Oceanport, NJ)	305	13.7%
24.	Melbourne & Beaches Music Marathon (2/3/13 - Melbourne, FL)	36	13.7%
25.	Cox Sports Providence Marathon (5/12/13 - Providence, RI)	168	13.7%
26.	Arizona Marathon (2/17/13 - Goodyear, AZ)	41	13.5%
27.	Tobacco Road Marathon (3/17/13 - Cary, NC)	103	13.1%
28.	Delaware Marathon (5/12/13 - Wilmington, DE)	73	13.0%
29.	Carmel Marathon (4/20/13 - Carmel, IN)	94	12.9%
30.	Avenue of the Giants Marathon (5/5/13 - Eureka, CA)	62	12.7%
*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 2013.

Rank	Marathon	Finishers	Boston Qualifiers
1.	Boston Marathon (4/15/13 - Boston, MA)	17,580	10,391
2.	Houston Marathon (1/13/13 - Houston, TX)	6,667	667
3.	Eugene Marathon (4/28/13 - Eugene, OR)	2,561	570
4.	Disney World Marathon (1/13/13 - Orlando, FL)	20,679	394
5.	Vancouver International Marathon (5/5/13 - Vancouver, BC)	3,881	393
6.	Pittsburgh Marathon (5/5/13 - Pittsburgh, PA)	4,742	392
7.	Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon (5/5/13 - Cincinnati, OH)	4,133	337
8.	New Jersey Marathon (5/5/13 - Oceanport, NJ)	2,269	305
9.	Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon (3/17/13 - Virginia Beach, VA)	2,845	274
10.	Ogden Marathon (5/18/13 - Ogden, UT)	2,517	269
11.	Lincoln Marathon (5/5/13 - Lincoln, NE)	1,454	256
12.	Napa Valley Marathon (3/3/13 - Napa, CA)	1,771	253
13.	National Marathon (3/16/13 - Washington, DC)	3,552	242
14.	Myrtle Beach Marathon (2/16/13 - Myrtle Beach, SC)	1,621	234
15.	Toronto Marathon (5/5/13 - Toronto, ON)	1,636	226
16.	Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon (1/20/13 - Phoenix, Scottsdale & Tempe, AZ)	3,223	221
17.	Surf City Marathon (prev. Pacific Shoreline Marathon) (2/3/13 - Huntington Beach, CA)	2,274	216
18.	Cleveland Marathon (5/19/13 - Cleveland, OH)	2,278	198
19.	Miami Marathon (1/27/13 - Miami & Miami Beach, FL)	3,771	193
20.	Phoenix Marathon (3/2/13 - Mesa, AZ)	1,301	180
21.	Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon (4/27/13 - Louisville, KY)	2,033	177
22.	Illinois Marathon (4/27/13 - Champaign/Urbana, IL)	1,775	175
23.	Glass City Marathon (4/28/13 - Toledo, OH)	918	172
24.	Cox Sports Providence Marathon (5/12/13 - Providence, RI)	1,242	168
25.	Colorado Marathon (prev. Fort Collins Old Town Marathon) (5/5/13 - Fort Collins, CO)	1,000	160
26.	New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon (2/24/13 - New Orleans, LA)	2,633	157
27.	Carlsbad Marathon (1/27/13 - Carlsbad, CA)	1,465	155
28.	OC Marathon (5/5/13 - Newport Beach, CA)	1,879	150
29.	Little Rock Marathon (3/3/13 - Little Rock, AR)	2,446	138
30.	Mercedes Marathon (2/17/13 - Birmingham, AL)	992	137