Want to hit the time? Pick your race carefully.
The Last Chance BQ.2 races have made a name for themselves with their singular purpose: helping runners achieve a BQ. In 2018, more than 50 percent of the field hit the mark for its Geneva race. The Chicagoland version of the race was so popular, a few years back, organizers added a second race in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the same day . There’s a spring race on the Saturday before the Boston Marathon.
The multi-loop course in Geneva is flat and shaded. Organizers offer runners personalized bottle service and most important, precise pacing at four minutes faster than BQ times. The hardest part? Getting in. Runners must be near their qualifying times already and have to prove it with comparable marathons or half marathons run at BQ pace.
Sarah Lorge Butler is a writer and editor living in Eugene, Oregon, and her stories about the sport, its trends, and fascinating individuals have appeared in Runner’s World since 2005.
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