Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon will have a very different look and feel in 2020 after its 124th running was canceled and it was moved online because of the danger presented by the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston Athletic Association announced Thursday that the race, which had been originally planned for April 20, had been postponed to Sept. 14…

The Boston Marathon won’t be run this year, Mayor Marty Walsh announced Thursday, calling it unfeasible for public health reasons as the coronavirus pandemic continues to hit Massachusetts. The race will be replaced with virtual events. “There’s no way to hold the usual race format without bringing large numbers of people into close proximity,” Walsh said at a news...

Mayor Marty Walsh announced Thursday that the Boston Marathon will be held virtually after postponing the race in April, citing concerns over a potential resurgence of coronavirus cases.

The 2020 Boston Marathon was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic. There will be virtual events spread out over a week, but no one will physically cross the finish line.

Officials announced on Thursday that the Boston Marathon would be cancelled for the first time in over 100 years amid concerns about public safety during the coronavirus pandemic. Runners will still be eligible for a medal by completing a marathon during the week of September 7 and verifying times online.

Mayor Marty Walsh announced that this year’s marathon has been cancelled due to public health concerns.

As of now, the Boston Marathon is still on for Sept. 14. But media reports this week suggested the race is in jeopardy, given the still-raging global pandemic. Should organizers cancel the marathon, the runners would not be the only disappointed ones. The nonprofits that rely on the marathon, many of them based in Greater Boston, would see yet another…

It remains to be seen whether the Boston Marathon will take place this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. The race was delayed in April, shortly after the outbreak, and rescheduled for September 14. Many thought that would be enough time to get the virus under control, but with the rescheduled marathon now with four months away, concerns about the...

Concerns with social distancing have many people wondering if the postponed Boston Marathon will happen this September.

The Boston Marathon’s September 14 rescheduling date is now under question after it was delayed in April, shortly after the coronavirus outbreak.

Stephen England has finished more than 20 marathons and 75 ultra marathons in the last few years, but his latest race is unquestionably his most unique. England had planned to run in the Boston Marathon, originally set for April 20, but it was delayed until September due to the coronavirus pandemic. But England sticks to his schedule. On Monday, the…

Mayor Marty Walsh said he’s “hopeful” that the Boston Marathon will go on for it’s rescheduled date in September, but is eyeing the cancellation of the Berlin Marathon in the meantime. Walsh stopped short of saying decisively that the marathon will, in fact, be held on Sept. 14 when asked about it Wednesday. He noted that organizers of the...

Kelly Ashton of Wilmington, Massachusetts, had a marathon finish Monday. She ran six-mile loops in her town. And although this is not quite how she planned her Marathon Monday, without the thousands of spectators cheering her on in Boston, she says she felt compelled to run. “My neighbors and my fiancée were awesome. They made it feel like the...

Thousands of people from across the globe planned to lace up for the 124th running of the Boston Marathon. Instead, they’ll have to wait. Runners are adjusting and finding fun ways to honor the original race date. Hannah Donnelly has more.

The Boston Marathon route was virtually empty, but some runners took a different approach, finding a safe path.

A surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital who was supposed to run the Boston Marathon Monday is involved in a different kind of marathon, treating coronavirus patients in the ICU.

“It All Starts Here.” The motto is bannered on the Hopkinton website, laid into the floor of the Marathon Elementary School, painted on a sign that sends Boston Marathon participants off on their way to Copley Square. Since 1924, this 300-year-old town serendipitously located 26.2 miles west of Boston has been the starting line for the world’s most prestigious road…

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh doubled down on his message to runners to stay away from the Boston Marathon route Monday amid the coronavirus crisis, but some people were seen crossing the finish line anyway. Parking restrictions were placed in downtown Hopkinton, around the town common and near the starting line to act as a deterrent amid concerns that some people…

On what would have been Marathon Monday, the finish line was a virtual ghost town.

Amid concerns some people would run the Boston Marathon course Monday amid the coronavirus crisis, Mayor Marty Walsh was doubling down on his message to runners to stay away from the route.