The Boston Marathon – An Amateur’s Lighthouse Goal

Ask any marathoner his dream, and most would tell you about qualifying for the iconic world major, the oldest amongst the six of them, the Boston marathon, held every year in April on the Patriot’s day. Known as the amateur’s Olympics, because of its tough qualifying standards, it stands out as a target, just a shade tougher than most runners can achieve or think of achieving, that ends up making it a doable “dream” project. Although other world majors like the Chicago, New York, Tokyo and Berlin too have time qualification standards, but they are far tougher, and are often meant more for slower elites than something for amateurs to even dream about. The first time I heard of Boston marathon and could fathom what it was all about was in 2015, after joining Ash’s workshop and later as a mentee with him, and always looked at the age-wise time qualification standards with awe. Even with my best efforts, I was more than 30minutes away and at that point in time, it did seem unsurmounta...