Burger Queen.

[shubbe]

After my Off-season ruminations, part 1 post, sheilagh commented and asked what BQ and MGP stood for. So here's a not-so-brief history of me versus the Burger Queen.

BQ is Boston Qualifier, or the time that an individual needs to run in order to qualify to run the Boston Marathon. For many, many years, this was 3:40:59 or less for women under 35, 3:45:59

Comments

[sheilagh]

awesome! You can definitely do this.

But what's an MGP???

[shubbe]

Marathon Goal Pace! If I want to run a 3:45 marathon, the 26.2 miles must average 8:35 per mile. (There's calculators to figure that out.)

That means I need to do a lot of runs at 8:35/mile, or my MGP, to try to get my body used to how that pace feels, so I can find it more easily on race day.

[acwise]

Is Philly a Boston-Qualifying race? Not that I'm heavily hinting that you should run the Philly marathon. I would never selfishly suggest you should run the Philly marathon.

[shubbe]

Ha! It not only is, it's supposed to be a popular one for qualifying, and it's already at the top of my list of ones to do next. Vacation+marathon! (Will Pippin share his couch with me?)

[acwise]

I'm pretty sure Pippin can be convinced to share. Besides, he's short, he doesn't take up much room.