Exclusive: The BAA on The Boston Marathon 6 hour Finisher Cut off

New leaked footage from the depths of the Boston Athletic Association (aka the BAA). Top BAA officials discuss the controversy around the 6-hour cut off for finishing the Boston Marathon.
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[@michaelsesler1158]

at some point the BAA is going to send you a "cease and desist" letter....lol

[@PoetWithPace]

lol…. They would never do that as he would become absolute legend status 🤩

[@TheSeriousRunner]

kinda surprised this hasn't happened yet

[@michaelsesler1158]

@@TheSeriousRunner I'm sure it crossed their minds

[@TheSeriousRunner]

if they do, I'm sure my anonymous source deep within the BAA will have hidden footage of that meeting.

[@seegee1613]

They can’t send it, he’s doing their job for them!! They are glad he exists

[@TheUsualSuspekt]

Love ya for doing this.

[@grapejulli]

Honestly this background music is EVERYTHING 😂😂😂

[@TheSeriousRunner]

im glad you said that. I tried to get Hans Zimmer to score this, but he was busy. But yeah, this music works well too

[@grapejulli]

@@TheSeriousRunner he’s a bust dude, you’re the next best thing in classics haha

[@michglow503]

Bro I love your videos keep them up

[@Shevock]

Ha! Dream crushing and inconsistency!

[@franklehouillier8865]

Long live the BAA!

[@TheSeriousRunner]

Long live the BAA

[@Ezechel.Trifan]

Sorry but this is completely irrelevant to any serious runner.

[@TheSeriousRunner]

Fair. But I really enjoy the BAA

[@Ezechel.Trifan]

@@TheSeriousRunner long live the BAA!

[@TheSeriousRunner]

Long Live the BAA 🦄

[@xcwarrior]

If you cannot finish the marathon in 5 hours, you shouldn't be at Boston, charity or not. Train harder.

[@underwaterlevelz1947]

This. I don't get what the fuss is.

[@marlinweekley51]

Absolutely -Its a race only for “serious” runners who know running isn’t about the experience of the race but rather running as fast as you can to whittle that minute off your pr. Hobby joggers quit whining and stay home for god’s sake! 😆🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[@pasadenaphil8804]

As an 8-time Boston marathon back-of-the-packer runner (last time 1989), I don't understand what the issue is. There was a cut-off for us? What does that even mean? And that affects the registered runners? Why not just focus on the bibbed runners?

[@TheSeriousRunner]

There seems to be some "confusion" with regard to the cut off time for finishing the race: www.runnersworld.com/news/a60733155/boston-marathon-6-hour-results-cutoff

[@eric-running-to-chamonix]

@@TheSeriousRunner Now I don’t feel so bad about missing last year’s “dynamic” cut-off.

[@pasadenaphil8804]

@@TheSeriousRunner How does someone who runs a 5:45 marathon even qualify? You can just about walk the distance in 6 hours! My best time was 1989 at about 3:25 (based on my laughable Casio Runners watch) so I must have beat a lot of those who qualified. BQ for my current age group (70-79) is 4:15. If it took me 6 hours to finish I would kill myself. I still don't understand why this would be controversial. People who take 6 hours to "run" a marathon shouldn't even be in the marathon. I finished 7 of 8 of my Bostons from way back of the pack and got no credit for any of them. So what? It's just another rule.

[@michaelcaricoo]

​@pasadenaphil8804 a lot of the ones taking issue with it didn't qualify, they're charity runners. Not saying anything either way, just seems to be that's who is making it into an issue

[@pasadenaphil8804]

@@michaelcaricoo You can't stage these events without rules. The charity runners should take that into consideration if their real goal is to get an official time and not raise to money. Get a Garmin and allow people to track your progress.

[@ian7328]

What is your BQ? Need to make sure I'm under your time as they won't let you under the cut off again 😂

[@PiercingArrowz]

Long live ✊️

[@ATLTOON]

Almost get the feeling that the BAA is trying to get kicked out of being one of the majors! Slightly tounge in cheek, but if they keep the madness up you could see it happening especially with a few 6 star hopefuls technically not getting it . . . .

[@DancerDougal]

Running's Drake vs Kendrick

[@TheSeriousRunner]

I had to google what this meant

[@PoetWithPace]

How apt! Did recently see a finisher of an ultra outside cut off time but still bragged about getting a medal 🤔

[@fosforito1522]

Why is the voice of reason still returning to these meetings? Is because a board member quota of hopeful people? Or is he a volunteer representative ? Maybe a small sponsor ? I demand an explanation…. Or maybe not. 😂

[@TheSeriousRunner]

We would propose a spin-off series for this guy, but Ezechel Trifan might get mad

[@tomrankin4530]

I love these videos, but you are definitely poking the bear. Do you have a security detail?

[@TheSeriousRunner]

I am not suicidal.

[@TommyHackett]

So wrong 😂

[@TheSeriousRunner]

Then I don’t want to be right

[@hcronos]

I'm out

[@TheSeriousRunner]

?

[@therapygrind]

That race sits between the Mona Lisa and the Alamo of most overrated things.

[@TheSeriousRunner]

Blasphemy!

[@grapejulli]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@msujdog]

That's like, your opinion, man

[@ondrejsmejkal1525]

You can't put the "overrated" label on epicness!

[@DegenGaming]

6 hours?? Are they even trying to race? Just stay home!

[@julieburton7393]

How utterly disrespectful

[@msujdog]

@@julieburton7393 It's part the joke, friend