Boston Marathon

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

Running is often considered a solitary sport. But for many, the thrill of running comes from the camaraderie of training with a pack and feeling the support of crowds lining the streets of major races like the Boston Marathon. Can digital innovations like virtual racing fill that void? NBCLX’s Noah Pransky and NBC Boston explore the future of running...

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…

Spectators won’t see the millions of people they’re used to seeing in the Boston Marathon this year. Some things, however, haven’t changed. “It’s not a marathon without a cowbell,” said Joe LeBlanc of the Run Club of Malden, as he rang his cowbells from the sidelines. Something else that hasn’t changed are the supporters on the marathon route, cheering...

Boston 2020 is Sarah Mannion’s first Boston Marathon — and first race ever. Training hasn’t gone quite as planned, but Sarah is no stranger to life taking on a course of its own. It’s something she experienced while pregnant with her youngest son, Beau, who she found out at 20 weeks would be born with a bilateral cleft lip and…

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 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...

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.

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…

The Boston Marathon will be postponed until September amid the global outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Friday. In a news conference, Walsh said the race would be pushed from April 20 to Sept. 14 in a bid to reduce risks associated with COVID-19. The decision was made after consultations with the Boston Athletic Association, the…

A day after Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade was canceled, many wondered if the Boston Marathon would be next.

Attorneys trying to overturn the death sentence of convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev say in a new court filing that the 2013 explosions so traumatized the region that it was impossible to get an impartial jury.

A perplexed prospective juror at the trial of a former graduate student charged with kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China said during jury selection last week that she didn’t understand how a conviction could carry the death penalty in Illinois when the state struck capital punishment from its statutes years ago.

A perplexed prospective juror at the trial of a former graduate student charged with kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China said during jury selection last week that she didn’t understand how a conviction could carry the death penalty in Illinois when the state struck capital punishment from its statutes years ago.

The former University of Illinois physics student accused of kidnapping and killing a visiting scholar from China will face trial in April 2019.

An officer injured in a shootout with the Boston Marathon bombers six years ago responded to Bernie Sanders on Twitter following the presidential candidate’s controversial remark during a CNN town hall in New Hampshire on Monday night. Sanders said Monday that even “terrible people” like Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should have the right to vote while they are behind...

As Marine veteran Micah Herndon dropped to his knees and began crawling in Monday’s Boston Marathon, there was no way the pain in his legs was going to stop him from crossing the finish line. Running in the memory of fallen comrades Mark Juarez, Matthew Ballard, and Rupert Hamer, the 31-year-old relied on his military training to finish the race,...

One of the most anticipated athletic events in Boston is finally here as the 123rd Boston Marathon is underway. Lawrence Cherono of Kenya won the men’s elite race, barely edging out two-time winner Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia. Worknesh Degefa of Ethiopia won the women’s elite race. She pulled ahead early on and ran the last 20 miles alone. First the...