by Amby Burfoot
Superfast marathons with the most BQers
Aside from Boston, whose restrictive qualifying times mean it has the fastest finishers (37.5 percent requalify), these marathons produced the highest percentage of qualifiers for the years 2006 to 2008. Here's your next chance. —JIM FORTNER
Bay State, Lowell, Mass. (34.1%), Oct. 18
Mohawk-Hudson River, Albany, N. Y. (33.4%), Oct. 11
Inland Trail, Elyria, Oh. (29.7%), Nov. 1
Last Chance for Boston, Columbus, Oh. (27.8%), Feb. 14, 2010
California International, Sacramento (26.6%), Dec. 6
Tucson (26.2%), Dec. 13
Newport, Ore. (24.8%), June 5, 2010
Tallahassee, Fla. (24.6%), Feb. 7, 2010
Run for the Red, Poconos, Penn. (24.5%), May 16, 2010
Wineglass, Corning, N. Y. (24.2%), Oct. 4
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