I've Never Been to Boston in the Spring

To qualify for the Boston Marathon, I would have to run a Marathon in 3 hours 5 minutes (although in 2 years I will get an extra 5 minutes!)

http://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/participant-information/qualifying.aspx

My fastest marathon time to date is 4 hours 12 minutes.

So goal number one is to get under 4 hours. If I can average a 9 minute mile (which I did for 14.75 miles today) it will take just about (9x26=234/60=) 3 hours and 54 minutes.

After that, it's a matter of shaving a mere 50 minutes from the time.

To qualify, someone my age needs to average a just over a 7 minute mile for 26 miles.