Ultimate BQ

07/24/2025

Are you on track to achieve your marathon running goals? Take this 5-minute quiz to find out the roadblocks that might be holding you back.

Uncover the hidden factors that might be holding you back from achieving your personal best marathon time. Our expertly designed quiz identifies the key roadblocks you need to overcome to make big improvement in your race time. Take the quiz NOW and start your journey towards faster marathon times!

07/06/2024

What's the #1 thing runners get wrong on long run day?

02/07/2024

HOT TAKE: The running gurus are wrong. They say you can’t run a faster marathon without logging 50-60-70 mile weeks. Truth is that the best way to actually get faster is to run LESS, not MORE.

12/21/2021

07/30/2021

If you’re struggling to get faster, chances are you’re making one of these classic mistakes.

Ever wish you knew what was holding you back from a faster marathon time?Chances are you're making one or more of these 7 classic training mistakes.Learn how to STOP holding yourself back and START getting faster.Click "I want this!" to get it FREE.

03/09/2021

Five sweaty miles today over lunch. Hard to believe out was-20F just a few short weeks ago.

01/07/2021

The calendar changed. It's 2021. Have you made your New Year's Resolution? Is this the year you finally get serious about qualifying for Boston? Or are you content to stay in the middle of the pack?

The Ultimate BQ Guide is helping hundreds of runners shatter their PRs and achieve their Boston dreams.

Don't let another year go by. Join us!

The 3-Step Formula That Average Runners Are Using to Drop Up to 60 Minutes Off Their Marathon Time & Qualify for BostonWhat if I told you that it's possible to drop 15, 30... even 60 minutes off your marathon time?That there are 3 simple steps you can take to get faster and even qualify....

12/21/2020

Looking for a last minute gift for the runner in your life? Give them the gift of Boston! The Ultimate BQ Guide is all they need to CRUSH their marathon goals and get that BQ in 2021! https://gumroad.com/l/jTXrx

12/04/2020

This picture captures the sheer joy you feel when you cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon. It's incredible.

Ask any runner. It's why they’ll tell you that Boston is the ultimate bucket list marathon.

And why not? It's a classic. Run each year on Patriots Day, it’s a picturesque, point-to-point race, that goes from semi-rural Hopkinton to Copley Square in downtown Boston.

Half a million specators line the streets, to cheer on the 30,000 runners racing that day.

But what makes Boston truly different is exclusivity. Boston is by INVITATION ONLY. To run it, you have to BQ (Boston Qualify).

That means running another marathon faster than the qualifying standard for your age group.

And those qualifying standards are hard. REALLY HARD.

In 2019, only 1 out of 10 marathon times was fast enough to BQ. That means 90% of marathon finishers didn’t make the cut. So most runners don’t believe they’ll ever get to Boston. And rightly so.

I was certainly in that boat…

See, I’ve always been a spectacularly mediocre athlete. Average height. Average weight. Average athletic ability. My first two marathons were utterly average. I finished around the 50th percentile of my age group in both. Honestly, I had no business even thinking about Boston.

But since then, I’ve managed to get faster and BQ 3 times. That might sound like I’m bragging. But really what I’m saying is that if I can do it, you can too.

I didn’t BQ by following a training plan from one of the running gurus. I developed my own unconventional plan, a plan that I believe works specifically for average athletes.

It's called the Ultimate BQ Guide. And if you put in the work, it will make you FASTER, while running LESS miles, not MORE.

Click over to https://qualifyboston.com and check it out!

Now is the time to get started on your Spring marathon training. Why not make it your best race yet?

Cross-Training is a critical component to running your best marathon, but most of us don't know where to start. Bonus #1 walks you though EXACTLY how to incorporate strength training, swimming or biking into your non-running days.

07/07/2020

Cycling is great cross training for runners. And today It was 77 degrees at 5:30 am, with a dew point of 71. So no run for me, but had a fantastic ride with the crew. Still soupy out there, but more breeze on the bike!

07/01/2020

Sometimes life throws you a curveball. If you’re expecting a fastball, you have to make an adjustment, or you whiff!

This morning, I woke up to a thunderstorm that cancelled my planned group bike ride. At first, I was annoyed, by then the rain stopped leaving a nice cool morning in its wake. So I went out for an easy run. The cooler temperature and light breeze made it about as enjoyable as I’ve had in awhile! It was a good adjustment...

COVID-19 has been a major curveball for all of us, in many, many ways. What adjustments are you making?