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Live updates: The latest on the 2026 Boston Marathon
Follow up-to-date reports on the 130th Boston Marathon, as more than 30,000 people race from Hopkinton to Boston.
Race day is here.
Tens of thousands of runners will make their way from Hopkinton to the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston Monday during the 130th Boston Marathon.
Follow along here all day for live updates from the race.
Winners
Men’s wheelchair: Marcel Hug
Marcel Hug wins men’s wheelchair division
Professional women start
The professional women’s runners began racing at 9:47 a.m. The field is led by Kenyan Sharon Lokedi, who is hoping to become a repeat champion after setting a course record of 2:17:22 in 2025.
Kenyan Irine Cheptai placed fourth last year and has the second-fastest personal best marathon time of the women’s field. Workenesh Edesa of Ethiopia won the Sydney Marathon in 2024 and both the Osaka and Hamburg marathons in 2025. Bedatu Hirpa of Ethiopia and Loice Chemnung of Kenya will also be in the mix.
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The entire 2024 U.S. women’s Olympic marathon team will be participating in Boston, including Emily Sisson, who holds the national record for women with a 2:18:29 time.
Professional men start
The professional male runners began their race at 9:37 a.m. The field is led by Kenya’s Benson Kipruto, who is returning to the Boston Marathon for the first time since 2023. He was the winner of the 2021 race and set his personal best marathon time in Tokyo in 2024 with a 2:02:16.
John Korir, also of Kenya, won the 2025 Boston Marathon and is returning this year. He boasts the second-fastest personal best time of the men’s field, 2:02:24.
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Milkesa Mengesha of Ethiopia, Cybrian Kotut of Kenya, and Abdi Nageeye of the Netherlands are also top contenders.
Americans Conner Mantz, Galen Rupp, Clayton Young, and Zouhair Talbi could be competing for spots on the podium. Talbi is coming off an impressive win at the Houston Marathon earlier this year, where he set a course record of 2:05:45.
Wheelchair athletes begin their races
The men competing in the marathon’s wheelchair division departed from Hopkinton at 9:06 a.m., followed by the women at 9:09 a.m.
Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, is looking to win his ninth Boston Marathon. He dominated the field in 2024, setting a course record of 1:15:33 despite crashing into a barrier as he made the famous “firehouse turn” in Newton. Last year, he won with a time of 1:21:34.
American Susannah Scaroni won the women’s wheelchair division in 2025 for the second time in her career, with a time of 1:35:20. She is not returning this year, having withdrawn to focus on her pregnancy. Swiss athlete Manuela Schar set the Boston Marathon record in 2017, with a time of 1:28:17. She has the best personal record of the women’s field this year but could be challenged by American Tatyana McFadden.
A cool start to Marathon Monday
After warm weather hit Boston last week, cooler temperatures return Monday. Athletes will begin their marathon journeys with temperatures still in the 30s, but Boston should see a high of 52 degrees in the mid-afternoon.
More race day forecasts can be found here.
Athlete statistics
Who is competing in the Boston Marathon? Race organizers have made a bevy of information available online.
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There will be 32,196 total athletes participating in the race, with 18,111 men, 13,970 women, and 115 non-binary competitors. There will be 49 wheelchair athletes, and 33 handcycles athletes.
By age, the largest demographic represented in the race are those between the ages of 18 and 39, with 12,563 athletes. There are 427 athletes between the ages of 70 and 74, compared to 107 between the ages of 75 and 79 and 21 athletes over the age of 80.
A total of 55 U.S. states and territories are represented, as well as 133 countries.
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