Top 50 Best Boston Qualifying Marathons in 2017

For many marathoners, the Boston Marathon is the holy grail of races and the reward for months or years of hard work and solid training. We’ve narrowed down the more than 500 marathons in the U.S. that were certified as Boston qualifiers in 2017 to the 50 best.

The criteria used to determine our list the Top 50 Boston Qualifying races is a combination of 1) the percentage of finishers who ran Boston Marathon qualifying times for their age group, 2) the total number of finishers achieving BQ standards, and 3) our PR Score* for the 2017 race.

Top 50 Best Boston Qualifying Races for 2017 (alphabetical order).

Race Name	Race Name
B & A Marathon	Myrtle Beach Marathon
Bayshore Marathon	Pacific Northwest Marathon
Baystate Marathon	Peak to Creek Marathon
Beantown Marathon	Pocono Mountain Run for the Red Marathon
Boston Marathon	Rehoboth Beach Marathon
California International Marathon	REVEL Big Cottonwood Marathon
Carmel Marathon	REVEL Canyon City Marathon
Charles River Marathon	REVEL Mt. Charleston Marathon
Erie Marathon at Presque Isle	REVEL Mt. Lemmon Marathon
Eugene Marathon	REVEL Rockies Marathon
Glass City Marathon	Skagit Flats Marathon
Hawaii Bird Conservation Marathon	Snickers Marathon
Holland Haven Marathon	Spring Chance BQ.2 Marathon
Huntsville Marathon	St. George Marathon
Indianapolis Monumental Marathon	Sugarloaf Marathon
Jack and Jill’s Downhill Marathon	Super Marathon
Jacksonville Marathon	Tobacco Road Marathon
Kiawah Island Golf Resort Marathon	Town of Celebration Marathon
Last Chance BQ.2 Marathon (Illinois)	Tucson Marathon
Last Chance BQ.2 Marathon (Michigan)	Tunnel Light Marathon
Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon	Tunnel Vision Marathon
LOCO Marathon	Ventura Marathon
Marquette Marathon	Vernonia Marathon
Mesa-PHX Marathon	Via Marathon
Mountains 2 Beach Marathon	Wineglass Marathon

Want to view which marathons have the highest percentage or most Boston Marathon Qualifiers?
Boston Qualifiers – 2018
Boston Qualifiers – 2017

View the current Boston Marathon Qualifying Times and the historical cut-off times.

*The Personal Record (PR) Score utilizes the course profile, elevation, and race time weather to create a score that can be compared to other marathons to determine at which race you could expect to run faster. The higher the score, the faster the race.