Njengomdala kunabo bonke abagijima emncintiswaneni kanye nomunye wemigwaqo yemigwaqo ehlonishwa kakhulu emhlabeni, iBoston Marathon idinga ukuthi abahlanganyeli bahlangabezane nezikhathi ezinzima ezifanelekayo noma bahlanganyele ohlelweni lwabo lokusiza ukuze bathole inombolo emncintiswaneni.
I-2018 iBoston Marathon ingomhlaka ngoMsombuluko, ngo-Ephreli 16, 2018 (Usuku lwePatrioti eMassachusetts) futhi ukubhaliswa kuvame ukuvula uSepthemba odlule.
Uma ugijima emncintiswaneni owaziwayo osukwini lwakho lwamabhakede ngolunye usuku, nansi okudingekayo ukuze ungene emncintiswaneni.
Indlela Yokufanisa I-Boston Marathon
Ku-"BQ" (iBoston Qualify) umgomo wabagijimi abathile be-marathon ngoba izindinganiso zesikhathi ziyisikhathi esisheshayo futhi kuphela amaphesenti amancane abagijimi bezemidlalo abafinyelela kuzo.
Izikhathi ezifanelekayo kufanele ziqhutshwe kwi-marathon eqinisekisiwe noma emva kwesikhathi sokugcina (ngokuvamile ngo-Septhemba). Nazi izikhathi ezifanelekayo ze-2018 Boston Marathon:
| Iqembu Elidala | Amadoda | Abesifazane |
| 18-34 | 3:05:00 | 3:35:00 |
| 35-39 | 3:10 | 3:40 |
| 40-44 | 3:15:00 | 3:45 |
| 45-49 | 3:25:00 | 3:55:00 |
| 50-54 | 3:30 | 4:00 |
| 55-59 | 3:40 | 4:10 |
| 60-64 | 3:55:00 | 4:25:00 |
| 65-69 | 4:10 | 4:40 |
| 70-74 | 4:25:00 | 4:55:00 |
| 75-79 | 4:40 | 5:10 |
| 80+ | 4:55:00 | 5:25:00 |
Lemithetho elandelayo isebenza ezikhathini ezifanelekayo:
- Ukwamukelwa kwabafaki bobuhlanga obusemthethweni kuyobe kusekelwe esikhathini esifanelekayo, futhi iziqu ezisheshayo (ngokuphathelene nobudala nobulili) zamukelwa kuqala kuze kufike umncintiswano.
- Zonke izikhathi ezifanelekayo kufanele zibuyekezwe futhi ziqinisekiswe.
- Isidingo seminyaka engaphansi kweBoston Marathon sineminyaka engu-18 ubudala ngosuku lomncintiswano.
- Zonke izindinganiso ezingezansi zisekelwe esikhathini esivumelekile esithunyelwe ngaso.
- Izikhathi ezifanelekayo zisekelwe eminyakeni yobugibeli ngamunye ngosuku lweBoston Marathon lapho bahlanganyela khona.
Abagijimi abaningi benza imizamo eminingi eBQ ngaphambi kokuba baphumelele. Kuyasiza ukukhetha imarathon efanele. Amanye ama-marathon anezimo ezihle-ezifana nezifundo eziphambili, isikhathi esiphuthumayo, kanye nenkambo engalindelekile-yeBoston Qualifying. Hlola lolu hlu lwamamarathoni ama-US asheshayo nezintambo uma ufuna umjaho omuhle we- BQ.
Ngena eMbhoshweni WaseBoston NgeNhlelo Yosizo
Uhlelo lwe-Charity Official Charity Uhlelo lwaqala ngo-1989 lapho i-American Liver Foundation iba yilungelo lokuqala lokuthola ukungena okusemthethweni eBoston Marathon. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, lolu hlelo lukhule ukuze lusekele okungenani izibonelelo ezingama-30 ngonyaka.
I-Boston Marathon Izinsizakalo ezisemthethweni ziqala ukwamukela izicelo zomgijimi ngoSepthemba ngomncintiswano wonyaka olandelayo. Zonke izinsizakalo zinikela ngezinhlelo eziyingqayizivele zokuqeqesha kanye nokuqoqa imali futhi zidinga imali encane yokuxhasa imali.