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Best Boston Marathon Qualifiers

Best Boston Marathon Qualifiers

It's here! Our annual list of the year's
best marathons to help you qualify for the Boston Marathon.


Best Boston Marathon Qualifying Races in Each State in 2023


After two years of runners having to only meet the BQ standard to be accepted into the Boston Marathon, qualifying for Boston 2024 became more difficult once again. In order to qualify for the 2024 race, runners needed to run 5:29 faster than the qualifying time to be accepted. With BQs for the 2025 race up over 30% already compared to last year, it looks like it may take even faster times to qualify for the next Boston Marathon.

No matter what BQ time is necessary to qualify for 2025, runners will need to find fast, quality races which give them the best chance to qualify for Boston. We’ve helped runners out by compiling the best races to qualify for Boston in each state as well as the 50 Best Marathons to Qualify for Boston. These races will give you a great chance to earn your 2025 BQ. And if the Boston Marathon is not your goal, the races on our list are all quality, well-organized, PR-worthy marathons.

State Race
Alabama Rocket City Marathon
Alaska Humpys Marathon
Arizona Mesa Marathon
Arkansas White River Marathon
California Revel Big Bear Marathon
Colorado Revel Rockies Marathon
Connecticut Hartford Marathon
Delaware Rehoboth Beach Marathon
Florida Clearwater Marathon
Georgia Jekyll Island Marathon
Hawaii Hawaii Bird Conservation Marathon
Idaho Pocatello Marathon
Illinois Chicago Marathon
Indiana Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
Iowa Des Moines Marathon
Kansas Salina Crossroads Marathon
Kentucky Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon
Louisiana Louisiana Marathon
Maine Sugarloaf Marathon
Maryland North Central Rail Trail Marathon
Massachusetts Baystate Marathon
Michigan Bayshore Marathon
Minnesota Grandma's Marathon
Mississippi Mississippi River Marathon
Missouri GO! St. Louis Marathon
 
State Race
Montana Missoula Marathon
Nebraska Nebraska State Fair Marathon
Nevada Revel Mt. Charleston Marathon
New Hampshire Cheap Marathon
New Jersey Jersey City Marathon
New Mexico State 47 Las Cruces Marathon
New York Wineglass Marathon
North Carolina Tobacco Road Marathon
North Dakota Fargo Marathon
Ohio Glass City Marathon
Oklahoma Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon
Oregon Eugene Marathon
Pennsylvania Erie Marathon
Rhode Island Providence Marathon
South Carolina Kiawah Island Marathon
South Dakota Sundance to Spearfish Marathon
Tennessee St. Jude Memphis Marathon
Texas Houston Marathon
Utah Revel Big Cottonwood Marathon
Vermont Vermont City Marathon
Virginia Richmond Marathon
Washington Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon
Washington, D.C. Abebe Bikila Day International Peace Marathon
West Virginia Marshall University Marathon
Wisconsin Whistlestop Marathon
Wyoming Jackson Hole Marathon

More Resources

Want to view which marathons have the highest percentage or most Boston Marathon Qualifiers?
Highest Percentage of Boston Qualifiers (2023)

2025 Boston Marathon Qualifier Stats
2024 Boston Marathon Qualifier Stats

This year's 50 Best Boston Marathon Qualifying Races

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


Our Criteria

The criteria used to determine our list of the best Boston qualifying races is a combination of:

  • The percentage of finishers who ran Boston Marathon qualifying times for their age group
  • The total number of finishers achieving BQ standards
  • Our PR Score** for the 2023 race.


We did not include the Boston Marathon in our rankings.

**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.



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