2026 operating status

Know what is final.

Confirmed for 2026

Race date

19 April 2027. Age for the standards is age on that day.

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Confirmed for 2026

Entry

Qualifier registration closed 18 September 2026 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Cutoff for acceptance was 5:17 under the standard. About 1,000 more places were a random draw for applicants who were not past that cutoff. The qualify page's table lists field size 30,000 and 8,019 qualifiers not accepted.

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Previous-edition reference

Course file

No GPX on the marathon page. The route towns, mile table, and MBTA chart are from the Race Course PDF in /wp-content/uploads/2026/03/. Not a 2027 edition label.

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Boston Marathon · April 2027

Pre-race dining

The restaurant already in this record was not re-checked.

In this guide · 1 decisions
  1. 01Already in the record

Already in the record

Trattoria Toscana, a Fenway-area note from an earlier pass. We did not open the restaurant on 4 November 2026. Eat food you already trust.

Current saved places

  • Before the race

    Trattoria Toscana

    Small Fenway-area trattoria for an early, calm carb night.

Continue the plan

Return to the course decisionsConnect fueling and restraint to the course's decisive segments.

Edition status

The qualify page, opened 4 November 2026, dates the race 19 April 2027 and says qualifier registration closed on 18 September 2026. The cutoff for acceptance was 5:17 under the age-group standard. The course description is the B.A.A. Race Course PDF uploaded March 2026. That file is not labeled 2027, and it has no GPX. Wave clocks in the PDF are not copied here.