Health & Safety

The safety of our participants, volunteers and all others connected to the Boston Marathon is our priority.

Changes to the race route or a pause/cancelation of the race can occur prior to or during the race due to a wide range of public safety situations.

We ask all participants to STAY ALERT, BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS and FOLLOW DIRECTIONS given to you at any point in time from public safety officials and volunteers. 

Information can be shared in a variety of ways, depending on the situation. This includes through our volunteers and public announcement systems along the course; direct communication from public safety officials along the route, updates through the B.A.A. Racing App, emergency text alerts (for those within the targeted location).

 Your cooperation and support, should an incident occur, will help everyone have the best day possible.