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

Where to spectate

Stations and miles are the March 2026 PDF. The 2027 page did not replace them.

In this guide · 1 decisions
  1. 01Use the printed stations

Use the printed stations

Wellesley Square 13.4 miles. Boston College, Green Line B, 21.4 miles. Cleveland Circle 22.4–25 miles. Kenmore 25.2. Hynes 25.5. Copley CLOSED.

20K is Wellesley College at mile 12.4 on the pro table. That is a town and a campus, not a pin we surveyed.

Ready-made plans

Wellesley, then Boston College

Adult support crew

Miles and stations are the March 2026 PDF. They are not a 2027 survey.

  1. Mile 12.4

    Wellesley College / Route 135

    Wellesley Square commuter rail is listed at 13.4 miles on the same PDF.

    Pro hydration table: 20K, Wellesley College, mile 12.4. The campus pin is not the mat.

  2. Mile 21.4

    Boston College

    Green Line B, Boston College, listed at 21.4 miles.

    MBTA table on the March 2026 PDF. Newton hills are behind you by this point on that sheet.

Meetup: Do not expect a course shuttle. The PDF says there are none.

Kenmore, then the printed meeting streets

Family

Copley is marked CLOSED on the PDF. The meeting point is two blocks from the finish, not a station.

  1. Mile 25.2

    Kenmore

    Kenmore (B, C, and D) is listed at 25.2 miles. Copley is marked CLOSED.

    From the MBTA table in the March 2026 PDF.

  2. Mile 26.2

    Stuart Street and St. James Street

    Not a station. The PDF names these two streets as the family meeting area.

    Two blocks southeast of the finish, in that PDF. Finish line on the PDF closes at 5:30 p.m. That clock is not labeled 2027.

Meetup: Agree the Stuart and St. James corner before the gun. Phones fail in that crowd.

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Continue the plan

Choose a hotel that supports the crewCompare runner-first, spectator-first, family, city, and budget bases.

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.