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by jerlam 639 days ago
The Boston Marathon is not open to the general public - you cannot simply "choose" to run it like you can other marathons.

It's likely that more people suffer health issues from overexertion by trying to qualify for the Boston Marathon, because it's a difficult goal. Once you're already running in the Boston Marathon there is less drive to push yourself over the limit.