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Best Spring Marathon's for trying to BQ

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  • ZenInTexas
    ZenInTexas Posts: 781 Member
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    Nowhere near you but I heard that a lot of runners run the Houston marathon to BQ. I heard it is a flat course and of course Houston is at sea level. I'm nowhere near even running a marathon so please take this information with a heap of salt. I just heard this from a few friends.

    Houston is very flat. The major factor here is the weather. You just don't know. It could be 70 degrees or 40. But it's almost guaranteed to be humid. And high humidity can suck your soul out especially if you haven't trained in it.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    I am looking at the Charleston Marathon in January. It's supposed to be really fast. This website lists a ton of marathons and has a "course converter" function so you can compare your expected time on any course based on your time on another. It's pretty cool.

    http://www.findmymarathon.com/marathon-time-conversion.php
  • _Josee_
    _Josee_ Posts: 625 Member
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    I am looking at the Charleston Marathon in January. It's supposed to be really fast. This website lists a ton of marathons and has a "course converter" function so you can compare your expected time on any course based on your time on another. It's pretty cool.

    http://www.findmymarathon.com/marathon-time-conversion.php

    OMG I LOVE YOU!!! If that converter is right, and the conditions matches, I'm getting my BQ in my Fall marathon!
    Ottawa Marathon: 3:49 converts to a 3:32 Toronto Waterfront Marathon!

    I'm now obsessed with that calculator LOL
  • smarionette
    smarionette Posts: 260 Member
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    Not in the spring, but a good one for getting a BQ is Philadelphia in November. The course is really flat and fast and it is easy to train on pretty much the entire route length if you like having course intelligence.

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