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| BQ time - based on chip time or official time? (Read 312 times) |
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posted: 3/29/2008 at 9:14 PM
modified: 3/29/2008 at 9:15 PM |
I'm sure this has been answered a zillion times before, and I'm sure you should be able to figure this out from the Boston Marathon website, but I'm going to ask it here anyway, because I haven't been able to find the answer elsewhere yet. I'm running a marathon tomorrow that uses the chip. You get two finishing times - the chip time and the 'official' time. The official time is how long it takes to finish after the horn blows to start the race, the chip time is the time it takes from when you cross the starting mat until you finish. The official time could be 2 or 3 minutes longer than the chip time. Which time is used to determine if you qualify for the Boston Marathon?  |
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posted: 3/29/2008 at 9:19 PM
modified: 3/29/2008 at 9:21 PM |
| Never mind, I found it. According to the BAA website Boston Marathon Qualifying, "From races that use the chip timing system, the chip/net time will be accepted for qualifying purposes." |
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posted: 3/29/2008 at 9:22 PM |
I'd guess they'd accept chip time. It seems they'd be more interested in how fast you are rather than your overall placement in a given race.
But that's just a guess. I poked around on the BAA website and I couldn't find any specifics.
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posted: 3/29/2008 at 10:38 PM
modified: 3/29/2008 at 10:41 PM |
Chip time is your official time. It IS what's used for your overall placement--not the gun time.
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posted: 3/29/2008 at 10:57 PM |
Quote from frowzy on 3/29/2008 at 9:14 PM:I'm sure this has been answered a zillion times before, and I'm sure you should be able to figure this out from the Boston Marathon website, but I'm going to ask it here anyway, because I haven't been able to find the answer elsewhere yet. I'm running a marathon tomorrow that uses the chip. You get two finishing times - the chip time and the 'official' time. The official time is how long it takes to finish after the horn blows to start the race, the chip time is the time it takes from when you cross the starting mat until you finish. The official time could be 2 or 3 minutes longer than the chip time. Which time is used to determine if you qualify for the Boston Marathon?
if it's a Boston Qualifying course, your chip time is your official time. Only the elites/prize winners, who toe the line up front, go by gun time.
Good luck tomorrow! |
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posted: 3/30/2008 at 1:02 AM |
| Good luck, barring some rain it looks like good weather for atlanta this time of year(high of 55). Now go get that BQ. |
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