2022 Boston Marathon: How to Register

Athletes may have just run the Boston Marathon less than a month ago, but it's already time to register for the next one.

Registration opened for the 2022 race, the 126th running of the Boston Marathon, on Monday, and it will be open through 5 p.m. Friday, the Boston Athletic Association announced.

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See the standards for qualifying here.

In 2022, all 30,000 runners will have to be vaccinated.

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Applicants will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance in early December once the @BAA has verified all qualifying times & applications.

The link to the application form will appear on your "Home" page in Athletes' Village. #BostonMarathon #Boston126
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— Boston Marathon (@bostonmarathon) November 8, 2021

This year's marathon was run in October for the first time -- moved because of the coronavirus pandemic -- and with a smaller field of 20,000 people.

The Boston Marathon made a triumphant return from a pandemic-enforced break — in the fall, for the first time — and it brought back some familiar and powerful emotions.