Overview
- Race organizers set Monday’s wheelchair starts just after 9 a.m. ET with rolling open waves from 10:00 a.m. to 11:21 a.m., marking the 130th running from Hopkinton to Boylston Street.
- ESPN2 carries the national broadcast from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET with WCVB locally and extended streaming on the ESPN app and fubo, and fans can track individual splits in the B.A.A. Racing App.
- A cool forecast with highs in the 40s could make this the coldest race-day high on record for Boston, a setup that helps fast efforts but tests spectators waiting along the course.
- Defending champions John Korir and Sharon Lokedi headline deep elite fields, wheelchair star Marcel Hug seeks a ninth Boston win, and notable entrants include Chelsea Clinton, Suni Williams and Zdeno Chára.
- The event features a redesigned six‑wave start for about 30,000 entrants, a total purse of roughly $1.48 million with $150,000 for open winners and $50,000 for wheelchair champions, and a charity program supplying about 10% of the field after raising more than $600 million since 1989.