The Boston Marathon run in Boston, MA in April is the premier marathon in the world. It consistently draws the best competition from around the globe. You must qualify by running a particular time based on your age and sex or be a member of one of the excempt charity teams. In recent years, as the qualifying standards have become tougher qualifying by running on a charity team has become the only way for a lot of runners to run the fantastic Boston Marathon, but has drawn mixed feelings from those runners trying to qualify based on a time.