The 2022 Boston Marathon event has finally arrived and is expected to take place rain or shine.
With the official start time just hours away, fans want to know when the race starts and how they can watch.
What is the start time for the 2022 Boston Marathon?
After the Covid-19 pandemic forced a schedule change at the 2021 event, the race has officially returned to its annual date.
This year, the race will take place on April 18, 2022.
Departure times include:
- Military march at 6:00 a.m. EST
- Men’s Wheelchair at 9:02 a.m. EST
- Women’s Wheelchair at 9:05 a.m. EST
- Handbikes and Duos at 9:30 a.m. EST
- Professional Men at 9:37 a.m. EST
- Professional Women at 9:45 a.m. EST
- Para-Athletics Division 9:50 a.m. EST
- Wave 1 at 10 a.m. EST
- Wave 2 at 10:25 a.m. EST
- Wave 3 at 10:50 a.m. EST
- Wave 4 at 11:15 a.m. EST
The race website says times are subject to change.
What is the course of the race?
The Boston Marathon will span 26 miles through Massachusetts.
Runners will start in Hopkinton and end on Boylston Street in Boston, near Copley Square.
Along the way, runners will pass Natick, Wellesley College, the Johnny Kelley Statue, and Boston College.
When was the first Boston Marathon held?
The history of the Boston Marathon dates back to 1897.
The race was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
Geoffrey Mutai currently holds the men’s course record with a time of 2:03:02, while Buzunesh Deba holds the women’s course record with a time of 2:19:59.
Was there a Boston Marathon bombing?
In the 2013 event, there was a nationwide terrorist attack near the historic finish line.
As a result, three people died and more than 260 people were injured.
The suicide bombers were later identified as brothers Tamerlane and 28-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
Tamerlan died during the attacks, while Dzhokhar was later convicted of the crime and sentenced to death.
In July 2020, Dzhokhar’s death sentence was overturned, but on March 4, 2022, the Supreme Court decided to reinstate it.
At present, it is still not known when Dzhokhar will be executed.
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