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

Getting to the race

The start is Hopkinton. The hotels we checked are in the Back Bay.

In this guide · 1 decisions
  1. 01Two towns

Two towns

A Boylston hotel does not solve race morning. The PDF says spectators have no shuttles and should use the MBTA.

Ashland commuter rail is listed at 3.7 miles, Framingham at 6.6, West Natick at 8.0. Asterisks on that table mean a walk under a mile for the stations so marked.

Where to stay

Pick the problem your hotel solves

Open the interactive weekend board →

The overview board ranks all 3 authored bases by runner, spectator, or family role. The hotel guide adds named properties, room checks, and live marathon-weekend inventory without repeating the travel guide here.

Continue the plan

Choose the base that removes a transferCompare the authored areas and live marathon-weekend hotel inventory.

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.