Running is quite popular in Northwest Indiana. People from all over the region have trained diligently for months to participate in the Chicago Marathon that recently took place. And some who ran the race used their time to qualify for the Boston Marathon.
The Boston Marathon takes place next year. It is always the 3rd Monday in April (Patriots Day) and this year, that is the day after Easter. Just because somebody "qualifies" for Boston does not mean they will "qualify" to run it. It means they can register. For example, for my husband's age group (45-49) he had to run an approved marathon in 3hrs and 25min or less to be able to register. He ran a 3hr and 16min and some odd second so he registered and was accepted. They have a certain number of participants for each age group/sex. They give spots to the fastest in that group first until it fills up (Several of our friends qualified to register, but were not accepted).
This will be the 116th running of the Marathon. This year they allowed extra participants due to the bombing last year. If participants had not finished before the bombing and had reached a certain check point, they were allowed to re-register this year.
The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) puts it on and you can find out more info at www.baa.org. Here is an interesting link to why the Unicorn is the symbol for the Boston Marathon: http://www.examiner.com/article/the-elusive-unicorn-and-the-boston-marathon
Here are the qualifying times to register, but as stated before, that does not mean they get to participate:
Below is a lis of people who qualified from the region:
Porter County
Valparaiso
Boehlke, Heather 25 F Valparaiso IN USA USA
Bowker, Beth E 50 F Valparaiso IN USA USA
Klepsch, Taylor 33 F Valparaiso IN USA USA
Neyhart, Jeffrey B 55 M Valparaiso IN USA USA
Pontrelli, Mike 46 M Valparaiso IN USA USA
Siewin, Crystal L. 40 F Valparaiso IN USA USA
Walsworth, Jeff 46 M Valparaiso IN USA USA
Lake County
Crown Point
Bernard, David 38 M Crown Point IN USA USA
Duncan, Carl 22 M Crown Point IN USA USA
Kostouros, Christina 41 F Crown Point IN USA USA
Gary
Finck, Douglas 49 M Gary IN USA USA
Hammond
Barta, Rob 55 M Hammond IN USA USA
Whiting
Stanich, Louis M 54 M Whiting IN USA USA
Dyer
Staal, Sam L. 24 M Dyer IN USA USA
Highland
Goolik, Natalie M 25 F Highland IN USA USA
Smailis, Donna 25 F Highland IN USA USA
Turek, Bob 56 M Highland IN USA USA
Lowell
Hudak, Joe 59 M Lowell IN USA USA
Schererville
Knestrict, Ron 43 M Schererville IN USA USA
Saint John
Kirchhoff, Dan W 55 M Saint John IN USA USA