An estimated 10,000 participants take part in the annual B.A.A. 5K each year. Starting and finishing at Boston Common, the race course passes over the Boston Marathon finish line. Race registration typically opens in January/February.
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On Monday, April 20, CBS Boston’s WBZ-TV and The Boston Athletic Association will help bring people together with an all-day fundraising effort, “A Patriots’Day of Giving,”to help raise funds and awareness for the Massachusetts COVID-19 Relief Fund. This effort will rally people in their homes with special Boston Marathon programming, including a rebroadcast of the 2014 and 2018 races as well as an airing of BOSTON: The Documentary, the definitive history of the world’s greatest race.
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that the 2020 B.A.A. 10K, presented by Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has been postponed from June 21 until Sunday, November 22, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Officially registered participants will remain entered in the event. If entrants cannot participate in November, they will have the opportunity to receive a refund.
To mark what would be the 124th Boston Marathon this April, 35-year principal sponsor John Hancock, joined by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin J.
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced it will contribute $100,000 to the Boston Resiliency Fund, which provides essential services to Boston residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to donating race-related medical supplies and food to local agencies.
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that participants in the 2020 Boston Marathon, which was originally scheduled for April 20, 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, may elect to receive a refund for entry fees associated with the Boston Marathon.
All registered participants will remain entered in the event, now scheduled for Monday, September 14, 2020. If entrants cannot participate in September, they will have the opportunity to receive a refund.
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has been meeting regularly with city and state officials to discuss all updates related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on March 10, 2020. In consideration of this and guided by Boston Mayor Martin Walsh along with state and municipal government leaders at all levels to undertake all possible measures to safeguard the health of the public, the B.A.A. understands the city’s decision that the Boston Marathon cannot be held on April 20, 2020.
The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) has announced that Olympic legend and adidas athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Paralympian Femita Ayanbeku will be among the elite ambassadors attending this Sunday’s Boston Marathon Youth Jamboree at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury. This year’s Jamboree coincides with, and will celebrate, International Women’s Day.
BOSTON—The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) will send 14 members of the organization’s High Performance and Racing teams—the largest contingent among any running club in America—to compete at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s and Women’s Marathon in Atlanta on February 29. The top three finishers in both races will earn automatic bids to represent Team U.S.A. at the Olympic Marathons as part of this summer’s Olympic Games in Japan.
BOSTON - The Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.) today announced the start times for the 124th running of the Boston Marathon, to be held on April 20, 2020. A field of 31,500 participants will make their way from Hopkinton to Boston on Patriots’ Day. For the 35th year, the Boston Marathon is principally sponsored by John Hancock.
