Record field of qualifiers accepted into the 131st Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon accepts record number of qualifiers for 2027, with cutoff times getting faster (again)

The acceptances come a week after the BAA had announced a total of 33,656 applications from 129 countries and all 50 US states.

Record field of qualifiers accepted into the 131st Boston Marathon

The Boston Athletic Association on Tuesday began notifying qualified applicants of their acceptance into the 131st Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America. The race will be run on Monday, April 19, 2027.

Boston Marathon tightens cut-off despite accepting more applicants

If you ran at least 5:17 under your age-group qualifying standard, you're in—and so are 1,000 others who didn't quite hit that mark