Boston Marathon

Marblehead Native Shalane Flanagan is setting out to make history by running the 6 Abbott World Major Marathons in 7 weeks. She’s calling it the ‘Running Eclipse’ because these marathons have never been scheduled in this way before, and may never be again. She shares her big time goal for each!

On a cloudy, late summer morning, there’s a ray of hope in Newton. Shu Li helped organize this year’s Lingzi Dream Dash 5K, the event honoring Lingzi Lu, a graduate student at Boston University who lost her life in the attack at the 2013 Boston Marathon. That day inspired Li to start running marathons. “I just want to try...

With the Boston Marathon set for October this year, one group of runners will be honoring Lingzi Lu, one of the victims of the bombing attacks in 2013.

What do the Boston Marathon, student loans and coffee have in common? A lot more than you may think. In this episode of “Connect the Dots,” NBC Boston’s Rob Michaelson takes a deep dive into the science of caffeine and how coffee gets Boston Marathon runners… moving. He also explores the theory that cutting back on a daily latte can...

Runners in this fall’s 125th Boston Marathon will be required to show proof of vaccination or produce a negative COVID-19 test in order to take part in the race, the Boston Athletic Association announced Thursday. Masks will not be required while running the course, but will be enforced on participant transportation and in other areas, organizers said. Prior to...

If the Boston Athletic Association wants the Boston Marathon to run though Brookline this year, it’ll need to do more to recognize native groups. Some members of the Brookline Select Board are threatening to stop the annual event from coming through town if the BAA doesn’t do more, according to the Boston Globe. This year’s race is scheduled on...

The Boston Marathon was scheduled to make history when it was moved from the spring to the fall late last year, but now it will make history in more than one way.

The Boston Marathon will be held on Patriots Day once again next year, another sign of life returning to normal in Boston. The 126th running of the marathon, which its organizer announced Tuesday will take place April 18, 2022, will be the first one held on the traditional Monday since 2019, after the in-person race was canceled in 2020 and…

Monday would have been great weather for the Boston Marathon, but for the second straight year, Patriots’ Day has gone without it amid the coronavirus pandemic.

With the Boston Marathon postponed until October, the race’s organizers instead held a Patriots Day Mile on Monday.

Another Patriots’ Day arrived in Massachusetts without the running of the Boston Marathon, though there were a few ways that people around the area marked the occasion anyway. With the marathon postponed until October, the second year the pandemic interfered with the legendary race, organizers instead held a Patriots’ Day Mile on Monday, in which runners, walkers, beginners or novices…

After Heather Abbott lost a limb in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013, she had help of an $81 million fund for the victims to pay for multiple prostheses, which are not covered by insurance if they are cosmetic or not deemed medically necessary. Now her foundation is helping other amputees get special prosthetic limbs they can use...

Adidas to sponsor Boston Marathon through 2030

Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling on the organizers of the Boston Marathon to move the already rescheduled date for the storied race because it now conflicts with a day meant to commemorate the contributions of Indigenous people. The Boston Athletic Association announced in January that the 125th edition of the marathon would be pushed back from its traditional April…

The Boston Red Sox will wear the colors of the Boston Marathon on Patriots’ Day Weekend.

The Red Sox will wear bold new alternate uniforms later this month that pay tribute to the Boston Marathon. Here’s a look at the new threads.

In the wake of a deadly shooting in Atlanta, organizers carried out a walk along the Boston Marathon route and speeches in the Common.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted and sentenced to death, but the death sentence was overturned last July by a federal appeals court

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear the government’s appeal of a lower court ruling that overturned the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Sad about the Boston Marathon being postponed to October? Well, you can still participate in a running event on Patriots’ Day, when the iconic race is traditionally run. The Boston Athletic Association on Thursday announced its inaugural Patriots’ Day Mile, a virtual event slated for April 19. The event, expected to be an annual occurrence, aims to raise $125,000 for…