Boston Marathon week ramps up
Boston Marathon race week is underway for the April 20 race, with local rosters filling in — 89 entrants from New Hampshire’s Seacoast and southern York County, Maine were listed in a regional roundup, and hundreds of MetroWest Massachusetts residents also have bibs. Human‑interest coverage highlighted four friends running together while facing cancer, a Hopkinton runner fundraising for the local emergency fund, and another runner honoring a doorman through a Pine Street Inn charity run ( ).
Boston Marathon week is underway, with local runner lists filling in across eastern Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and southern Maine ahead of the April 20 race. (baa.org) (seacoastonline.com) The Boston Athletic Association said the 130th Boston Marathon will be run on Monday, April 20, 2026, and Boston.com reported a 30,000-runner field from more than 130 countries and all 50 states. (baa.org) (boston.com) A Seacoast Online roundup counted 89 entrants from New Hampshire’s Seacoast and southern York County, Maine. MetroWest Daily News reported that hundreds of residents from MetroWest and Greater Milford already have bib numbers. (seacoastonline.com) (metrowestdailynews.com) The local lists are arriving as race logistics lock into place. The Boston Athletic Association announced bib numbers, corrals, and six wave starts in March, with Wave 1 starting at 10 a.m. and Wave 6 at 11:21 a.m. (baa.org) (registration.baa.org) The week’s coverage has also turned to why people are running, not just where they live. WCVB reported that four Methuen friends who battled cancer this year will run Boston together, with two of them, Palmer and Zappala, set for their 25th straight Boston Marathon. (wcvb.com) In Hopkinton, Kim Tucker Tremblay is running for the Hopkinton Emergency Fund, a local nonprofit that helps residents facing short-term financial crises. The Hopkinton Independent said her April 12 profile tied her marathon effort to the town where the race begins. (hopkintonindependent.com 1) (hopkintonindependent.com 2) Another charity runner, Emily Berg, is running for Pine Street Inn in memory of a friend who had been a resident there, according to Beacon Hill Times. The Boston Herald separately highlighted a runner honoring a doorman through a Pine Street Inn marathon effort on April 13. (beaconhilltimes.com) (bostonherald.com) Race week now shifts from bib assignments and local rosters to the route from Hopkinton to Copley Square. By next Monday, the names now appearing in hometown roundups will be part of the full 30,000-runner field on the road to Boylston Street. (baa.org) (boston.com)
