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Contact Info:
Boston Office (Administration)
40 Trinity Place
4th floor
Boston MA 02116
phone: 617-236-1652
fax: 617-236-4505
e-mail: info@baa.org
Hopkinton Office (Registration)
“The Starting Line”/One Ash St.
Hopkinton MA 01748
phone: 508-435-6905
fax: 508-435-6590
e-mail: registration@baa.org

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Parking in Hopkinton is extremely limited, and no on-street parking will be allowed in Hopkinton. Roads into Hopkinton close at 7:30 a.m. Limited parking is available at the South Street Industrial Park lot and at the Hopkinton State Park on Route 85. Once these lots are full, drop-off only will be allowed at the entrance of the Hopkinton State Park. No drop-off will be allowed near the entrance of the South Street lot at the base of the Exit 21A off of Route 495. Expect delays! Follow police directions and do not park illegally!

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All finishers will receive a B.A.A. Half Marathon medal.

Prize money will be awarded equally to men and women, based on gun time. Top finishers in the open, masters, team, and push rim wheelchair divisions will receive prize money from a total purse of nearly $40,000.

You can find more information here: Prize Money

From 1st to 10th place, prizes are respectively as follows: $6,000, $4,000, $2,500, $1,500, $1000, $800, $600, $500, $400, $300.

Prizes for the top three athletes in the Master's Division (40-and-older) are: 1st: $300 2nd: $200 3rd: $100

Awards for the top three athletes in the Push Rim Wheelchair Division are: 1st: $500 2nd: $300 3rd: $200 Handcycle participants are not eligible to receive prize money awards in the push rim wheelchair division.

Awards will be presented to the top five finishers overall and top three push rim wheelchair division finishers, along with the first, second and third place finishers in the following age groups for both men and women: 14-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, and 80+.

Participants who complete the course will receive a specially designed finisher's medal.

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Corrals are assigned based on qualfiying time.

In order to exit the Village and enter the corrals in an efficient and orderly fashion, runners will leave the Athletes’ Village according to their assigned wave, bib number, and corral assignment, and will be directed down Grove Street to Main Street. NOTE: Your starting corral is printed beneath your runner's number on your bib. It can also be found on your Number Pick-up Card and Baggage Label. Please do not stop along the way.  

The schedule of release from the Athletes’ Village is as follows:
WAVE BIB COLOR EXIT VILLAGE CORRALS
1 Red 9:10 a.m. Corrals 1–3
1 Red 9:15:a.m. Corrals 4–6
1 Red 9:20 a.m. Corrals 7–9
2 White 9:35 a.m. Corrals 1–3
2 White 9:40 a.m. Corrals 4–6
2 White 9:45 a.m. Corrals 7–9
3 Blue 10:00 a.m. Corrals 1–3
3 Blue 10:05 a.m Corrals 4–6
3 Blue 10:10 a.m. Corrals 7–9

B.A.A. Moment 3

1996 - Centennial Boston Marathon

The historic centennial Boston Marathon in 1996 was monumental for many reasons. It was the not only the first time that the ChampionChip timing and scoring device was used in a major US Marathon, but it was the largest running event ever held at the time. 

The starting field of 38,708 stood for more than seven years as the largest in the history of the sport. Included among the finishers were 16 Boston champions.