(MyFoxBoston.com) -- Thirty-thousand runners are gearing up to run 26.2 miles through eight cities and town in Massachusetts.
The race begins in Hopkinton, passes through Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, and Brookline, and will end in Boston.
RACE DAY TIMELINE
8:50 a.m. Mobility Impaired Participants Start
9:17 a.m. Push Rim Wheelchair Division – Women Start
9:19 a.m. Push Rim Wheelchair Division – Men Start
9:22 a.m. Handcycle Participants Start
9:32 a.m. Elite Women's Start
9:48 a.m. US National Anthem
10:00 a.m. Elite Men's Start & Wave One
10:25 a.m. Wave Two
10:43 a.m. Men's Push Rim Wheelchair Division expected finish time (approximate)
10:55 a.m. Women's Push Rim Wheelchair Division expected finish time (approximate)
11:00 a.m. Wave Three
11:25 a.m. Wave Four
11:56 a.m. Women's Open Division expected finish time (approximate)
12:08 p.m. Men's Open Division expected finish time (approximate)
READ MORE: Complete spectator's guide
READ MORE: Security measures in place along the route
READ MORE: Boston Marathon by the numbers
COURSE RECORDS
Men's Open Division: 2:03:02, Geoffrey Mutai, Kenya, 2011
Women's Open Division: 2:18:57, Rita Jeptoo, Kenya, 2014
Men's Masters Division: 2:11:04, John Campbell, New Zealand, 1990
Women's Masters Division: 2:27:58, Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova, Russia, 2002
Men's Push Rim Wheelchair Division: 1:18:25, Joshua Cassidy, Canada, 2012
Women's Push Rim Wheelchair Division: 1:34:06, Wakako Tsuchida, Japan, 2011
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