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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…

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…

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…

Renowned Boston Marathon runner Dick Hoyt, who became an icon of the race for pushing his son in his wheelchair the 26.2 miles dozens of times, has died, the Boston Athletic Association said Wednesday. He was 80.

The Boston Athletic Association on Tuesday announced it will hold a virtual Boston Marathon to coincide with the traditional in-person race, which is planned for Oct. 11.

The Boston Marathon’s mid-pandemic plan to hand out coveted medals to 70,000 people who walk or run the 26.2-mile distance wherever they are has roiled the usually genteel running world. The Boston Athletic Association still hopes to hold an in-person race in October, but will cut the field size to make it safer for athletes and spectators. As a consolation…

The Boston Athletic Association on Tuesday announced it will hold a virtual Boston Marathon to coincide with the traditional in-person race, which is planned for Oct. 11.

This year’s running of the Boston Marathon is now scheduled for Oct. 11, but only if Massachusetts is allowing road races by then.

The organizers of the Boston Marathon said Tuesday that they can’t confirm the race, which was postponed in 2020, will be run in fall 2021 until early in the year.

The 2021 Boston Marathon has been postponed from its traditional date in April until at least the fall of next year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Boston Athletic Association said Wednesday. It would be impossible to safely hold the event with just six months left until Patriots’ Day — the date the race is traditionally run — and road races…

The 2021 Boston Marathon, which would have been held for April, will be pushed back to at least the fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Boston Marathon runners raised $32.1 million for charity in the virtual edition of this year’s race, pushing the event’s fundraising total since 1989 to more than $400 million, marathon organizers said Thursday. The money will go to 242 different nonprofits through the charity programs of the Boston Athletic Association and John Hancock, the race’s top sponsor.Last year’s race raised...

Missing: Boston’s raucous crowds and smiles for miles. Still there, sort of: Wellesley College’s iconic “scream tunnel” and the thunderous cheers along the finish line on Boylston Street. The 124th running of the Boston Marathon is finally underway, but virtually — meaning real runners are doing the hard work, and an interactive mobile app is helping augment their not-quite-authentic...

The new 124th Boston Marathon Virtual Experience mobile app is scheduled to launch to registered participants on Thursday, according to the Boston Athletic Association. This year’s in-person marathon, originally scheduled for April 20, was postponed until September and then ultimately canceled altogether due to the coronavirus pandemic. In its place, the B.A.A. said it would be holding the 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…

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...

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

For any runners and wheelchair athletes who can’t take part in the postponed Boston Marathon, the race’s organizers are offering refunds for entry fees. It’s the first time the elite race has offered refunds, the race’s organizer, the Boston Athletic Association, announced Wednesday. The BAA and the city of Boston in March postponed the race until Sept. 14 amid...