Kae Ravichandran - 2:38:57 2023 Boston Marathon, running a time of 2:38:57 to beat the field by over 10 minutes. Cal Calamia finished in second place in 2:51:00, and Matthew Powers was behind them, finishing third with a time of 2:54:54.
Ravichandran was happy with the effort, despite a quick start. “I went into the race telling myself I’m gonna stay conservative and then pick it up as the race goes on, but then I got pulled along with a group of friends for the first three miles,” she told Runner’s World.
After coming through the half marathon point in 1:16:52, she felt the quick start catch up with her during the Newton hills but kept reminding herself to be resilient. “I was in so much pain towards the end, but I think I mentally stayed with it, and overall it was pretty good,” she said.
To prepare for Boston, Ravichandran focused on incorporating hills into her daily runs and raced a half marathon last month as a tune-up. She ran around 70 to 80 miles a week during the height of her training cycle—all while being a medical student at the University of Vermont. “That’s definitely a huge time suck; lots of sleepless nights,” she said.
How to Train for the Boston Marathon that it was adding a nonbinary division to the 2023 edition of the race. The organization said it didn’t have sufficient data to set qualifying times, so they used the times of the women’s division as benchmarks.
“As we prepare for future races, participants can expect non-binary times to be updated accordingly,” the BAA said in a statement. “We view this first year as an opportunity to learn and grow together.”
Now, five of the six World Marathon Majors offer a nonbinary division—the Tokyo Marathon currently allows runners to register as only male or female.
Nutrition - Weight Loss Jake Fedorowski, who finished in 11th, were instrumental in encouraging the BAA to add a nonbinary division this year. Fedorowski published So You Didnt Make the Boston Marathon Cutoff We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back.
“Some race directors might think they just have to add a nonbinary gender option at registration,” Fedorowski told Runner’s World last year. “While that is a necessary step, there is so much more work that goes into it.”
The Boston Marathon awarded trophies to the first, second, and third place finishers in the nonbinary division, but the runners won’t take home any prize money. The World Marathon Majors organization doesn’t provide a monetary purse in the nonbinary races, nor does the BAA.
Health & Injuries Andre Johnson - 3:07:27 last year, the New York Road Runners had an out-of-pocket prize pool of $15,000 for the top athletes, provided they finished under a time of 3:10:00.
Boston Marathon Nonbinary Results - Top 10
- Kae Ravichandran Wins Nonbinary Division at the 2023 Boston Marathon
- Cal Calamia - 2:51:00
- Matthew Powers - 2:54:54
- Running Shoes & Gear
- last summer, which explains how to successfully implement a nonbinary division in a race
- Andre Johnson - 3:07:27
- Zackary Harris - 3:14:47
- Miche Palmer - 3:14:58
- DAA Industry Opt Out
- Aldo Juarez - 3:17:19
Cal Calamia - 2:51:00 Runner’s World. He is a former all-conference collegiate runner who’s based in Easton, PA. Previously, he worked as the newsletters editor at Runner's World, Bicycling, and Popular Mechanics.
