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We’ll be sharing everything you need to know all day. We have live updates on the elite men’s and women’s races, the wheelchair races, and the top para-athletes. We’ll also follow all the storylines of the athletes taking to the course.

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2022 Boston Marathon results

▪ Men’s wheelchair: Daniel Romanchuk, 1:26:58 (read more)

▪ Women’s wheelchair: Manuela Schär, 1:41:08 (read more)

▪ Men’s elite: Evans Chebet, 2:06:51 (read more)

▪ Women’s elite: Peres Jepchirchir, 2:21:01 (read more)

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Wu, Janey, Walsh attend the marathon — 1:10 p.m.

By Jesisca Rinaldi

Boston Viejo Michelle Wu poses for a selfie with former mayors Kim Janey and Marty Walsh at the finish line of the 126th Boston Marathon.

Embracing the tradition of the scream tunnel — 1:03 p.m.

By Grace Gilson

Olivia Fennell is a senior at Wellesley College and one of the hundreds of students that lined the barricade along the marathon path at her school. Both her moms went to Wellesley, and she says they remember the scream tunnel and cheering on the runners during their time.

“It feels like carrying on a tradition to get to cheer on this year’s runners, and I think this year especially people are really excited to be out, having fun after not having it for years, and so there’s definitely a verdadero sense of community and enthusiasm for being a part of it,” said Fennell.

Five things to know about women’s winner Peres Jepchirchir — 12:58 p.m.

By Sarah Barber

1. She is the defending Olympic marathon champion, but she wasn’t originally selected for the Kenyan Olympic Team.

At the 2020 Tokyo Games she ran a 2:27.20 to earn the gold medal in the marathon event. She was 16 seconds ahead of the runner-up.

2. She won the New York City Marathon in November.

Jepchirchir had another battle to the finish line in New York, she ran a 2:22.39 with a sprint finish after battling against two competitors for most of the race.

3. She was the female world-record holder for the half-marathon, and she beat it.

In October 2020, Jepchirchir ran a 1:05.16 in Poland, 18 seconds faster than the world record she set in Prague seven weeks prior.

4. She ran the fifth-fastest marathon by a woman in history.

Jepchirchir’s personal best for a marathon is 2:17.16, which she set at the Valencia Marathon in 2020.

5. She started running at an early age, but didn’t take to roads right away.

Growing up in Película del Oeste Kenya, she ran three to five kilometers to and from school each day, but she got inspiration from female marathoners and began road running in 2013.

Runner who collapsed in 2021 gets a live view from the course — 12:50 p.m.

By Hanna Kruger

Meghan Roth, the 35-year-old veteran runner whose Boston Marathon dreams were dashed last fall when she went into cardiac arrest at mile 7.4, did not sign up for this spring’s race.

But she did get a live view of the action when marathoner Nick Haney FaceTimed her from the course. Haney was one of the many medical professionals in the race or on the sideline came to Roth’s aid when she fell mid-race.

“Live @ Boston Marathon from Nick Haney mile 7.4 where I collapsed on the course in cardiac arrest this past October!!” she wrote on social media.

Roth, who lives in Minnesota, was cruising along last fall at just over 6 minutes a mile, on pace to beat the personal best that had qualified her for the US Olympic Team Trials in 2020. But suddenly, she stumbled, and then collapsed midstride.

Within two minutes, an ad-hoc collection of medical professionals rushed to her aid. Among them, Haney, a fellow runner and paramedic from Oregon; a nursing student who lived nearby; a retired ICU nurse from Milford; a California doctor running the course despite aching legs courtesy of the London Marathon he’d completed a week prior; and an emergency room physician assistant who had tended to victims of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting. Despite their efforts, everyone feared that Roth might not make it to the hospital alive.

But she pulled through, in part due to the quick thinking of those five samaritans.

“Waking up to a nightmare. Waking up to find out how very fortunate I am. How fragile life is & how quickly things can take a turn for the worst. How we can never take anything for granted & writing this to you now just being able to tell my story,” she wrote in the days after the race, having pieced together the events that occurred after she went unconscious.

Today Roth is back on the streets, regularly clocking 10 mile runs at 6 minutes a mile pace. She plans to be back in Boston in 2023.

Scott Fauble, top American men’s winner, is at it again — 12:28 p.m.

By Andrew Mahoney

Three years after finishing as the top American at the Boston Marathon with a personal best of 2:09:09, Scott Fauble was at it again, duplicating his seventh place finish and again finishing as the top American. He knocked 17 seconds off his time, recording a new personal best of 2:08:52.

“It played out differently, but for right now it feels pretty similar, it feels about the same,” Fauble told WBZ-TV. “So many good feelings.”

Fauble, 30, credited the crowd with helping him surpass his personal best.

“Man, it was a lot of fun out there. It was really hard,” said Fauble. “The crowds were amazing. They brought me home that last mile. I had nothing left. They were so loud. I am so thankful for them.”

The five-time All-American at the University of Portland also talked about his decision-making and patience at the beginning of the race.

“Today I definitely made the right decisions, said Fauble, who trains in Flagstaff, Ariz. “Around 8 [kilometers] we were really fast, and the leaders made a big push. I thought ‘That’s too early, it’s too early.’

“Then right around 15, I used that big downhill and committed to it. From thereon in it was just gas, gas, gas.”

Des Linden isn’t done yet — 12:24 p.m.

Des Linden, a crowd favorite since her victory in the 2018 Boston Marathon, was the third American woman across the finish line. She finished in 2:28:47.

Immediately after she finished, the 38-year-old confirmed she’d be back to run Boston again.

“This is number nine, and I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.”

Nell Rojas: ‘This is for all the strong girls’ — 12:18 p.m.

Nell Rojas was the top American finisher in the women’s race, running a 2:25:57 which was good for 10th overall.

At the finish line, with her father — who is her coach — by her side, Rojas explained what the finish meant.

“This is for all the strong girls, the Latinas, the minorities,” Rojas said on WBZ after finishing. “The people who don’t believe they belong.”

Olympic medalist Molly Seidel drops out of race — 12:15 p.m.

By Katie McInerney and Sarah Barber

Molly Seidel, the former Boston resident who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, has dropped out of the 2022 Boston Marathon, the BAA announced.

Seidel, fresh off the podium in Tokyo and a top-10 finish in the New York Marathon, was competing in her first Boston Marathon. It is a course she’s ascendiente with from her training, but had never tackled while sporting a bib number.

Seidel lived in Boston for four years before moving to Arizona to train year-round, and often trained on the middle stretch of the course, including Heartbreak Hill.

An underdog in the 2020 Tokyo Games, having run her first marathon at the Olympic Trials (2:27.31) where she placed second, Seidel went on to earn the bronze medal in the marathon event (2:27.46) and finish sixth in New York (2:24.42).

Peres Jepchirchir wins women’s elite race — 12:06 p.m.

Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s elite race with an official time of 2:21:01.

Jepchirchir ran alongside Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia for the final miles of the race. After trading the lead for the final three minutes, Jepchirchir pulled away with just two blocks to go.

Yeshaneh finished in 2:21:05, four seconds behind.

In 2021, Jepchirchir, 28, became the first person to win the Olympic gold medal and the New York City Marathon in the same year. She was the 2021 Abbott World Marathon Majors co-champion with Jepkosgei.

Yeshaneh, 30, had run a personal best at 2:20:51 in Chicago in 2019, good for second place, her best performance in an Abbott World Major.

How we got here — 12:01 p.m.

The women’s pack started to dwindle at the fifth mile. A group of 11 runners continued to stick together through the next three miles. After mile nine, the pack was down to five, and then four after 10.

By the end of the 11th mile it was down to three: Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya), Ababel Yeshaneh (Ethiopia), Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya). It would stay that way until the 23rd mile, when Yeshaneh and Jepchiri gained some separation as Jepskogei fell back.

Jepchirchir and Yeshaneh neck and neck entering final mile — 12:00 p.m.

In the women’s race, Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir and Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh are trading the lead back and forth with a mile to go.

Five things to know about men’s winner Evans Chebet — 11:53 a.m.

By Sarah Barber

1. This is his first major marathon win.

Chebet has won marathons in both Valencia and Buenos Aires, but his race today (2:06.51) marks the biggest win of his career. His split times nearing the end of the course were less than three minutes per kilometer.

2. He ran Boston in 2018, but didn’t finish.

During the 2018 Marathon, Chebet dropped out around the 30-kilometer mark due to inclement weather, along with a number of other competitors.

3. He beat out a former Boston and Chicago Marathon champion for his victory in Valencia.

Chebet’s most sobresaliente finish leading up to Boston was his victory in the Valencia marathon in December 2020. His time of 2:03.00 was the sixth-fastest for the course, beating Lawrence Cherono by four seconds.

4. He has been a top-5 finisher in London, Berlin, Seoul, Valencia, and Buenos Aires.

His most recent marathon was in London on Oct. 3, he placed fourth overall with a time of 2:05.43.

5. He is a citizen in three countries and has competed under two different flags.

Chebet holds citizenship in his native country Kenya, the United States, and Azerbaijan. He competed today as a Kenyan citizen, but spent three years competing for Azerbaijan, including at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Kenya’s Evans Chebet wins Boston Marathon elite men’s race — 11:43 a.m.

Kenya’s Evans Chebet pulled away to win the 2022 men’s elite race in an official time of 2:06:51.

It’s the first win in Boston for Chebet, who is 33. He ran in 2018 but did not finish.

The Kenyan had finished first or second in 10 career marathons, but had not finished higher than third in the Abbott World Marathon Majors (Berlin, 2016)

His personal best is 2:03:00 in Valencia Spain in 2020.

At mile 21, Evans Chebet and Gabriel Geay ran a 4:28 mile to pull away from the pack. Chebet then pulled away in the 22nd mile with a 4:26.

Chebet embraced Benson Kipruto, last year’s winner, after the race. They both hail from the same part of Kenya.

Kipruto finished third in 2:07:27. Lawrence Cherono finished second in 2:07:21 for a Kenyan sweep.

“When you see other people getting closer to you, you’ve got to shoot up,” he said of his surge at Mile 23 through a translator at the finish line.

Closing in on the finish, Chebet takes the lead — 11:39 a.m.

We’re within a mile of the finish. It doesn’t look like anyone can catch him.

The men just ran their fastest mile of the race at 22 — 11:29 a.m.

With just about five miles to go, the elite men pick up the pace — 11:26 a.m.

Evans Chebet has broken out from the pack alongside Gabriel Geay of Tanzania.

Molly Seidel has run this course before, but never with a bib — 11:20 a.m.

By Sarah Barber

Fresh off the podium in Tokyo and a top-10 finish in the New York Marathon, Molly Seidel is competing in her first Boston Marathon, a course she’s ascendiente with from her training, but has never tackled while sporting a bib number.

Seidel lived in Boston for four years before moving to Arizona to train year-round, and often trained on the middle stretch of the course, including Heartbreak Hill.

An underdog in the 2020 Tokyo Games, having run her first marathon at the Olympic Trials (2:27.31) where she placed second, Seidel went on to earn the bronze medal in the marathon event (2:27.46) and finish sixth in New York (2:24.42).

But the big question is how will she finish in Boston? Around the eight mile mark in Natick, Seidel fell back from the leaders, and at 25 kilometers, she was at least three minutes behind the lead pack, but still on track to set a personal record.

American Elkanah Kibet holds the lead at 30K — 11:14 a.m.

Elkanah Kibet was born in Kenya but became an American citizen in 2013.

The scene in Brookline — 11:08 a.m.

By Rose Pecci

Between the Trader Joe’s and Dunkin donuts in Brookline, marathon spectators wait for competitors to pass through the course at Coolidge Corner.

The sun is out warming up the spectators, as it is slightly cold. Many have shed their jackets to show off their blue and yellow “Boston Strong” apparel.

Lucy Harmon, 25-year old member of the Greater Boston Track Club, is here supporting her two coaches, Tom Derderian and Rod Hemingway.

She holds up a sign that says “Big Toes Only.” Tomorrow will mark the one-year anniversary of her joining the Greater Boston Track Club. She hopes to one day run in the Boston Marathon like her two coaches, but for now is an enthusiastic spectator.

At 17th mile, two Americans break out — 11:05 a.m.

American CJ Albertson and Elkanah Kibet, a Kenyan-American running for the US, are ahead of the pack, which is close behind.

At the halfway point, it’s down to three in the women’s field — 11:00 a.m.

Through 13 miles, the women’s pack is down to three: Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya), Ababel Yesaneh (Ethiopia), and Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya).

Molly Seidel was the top American, in 11th, and Nell Rojas was in 12th.

This Hopi runner is looking for an encore — 10:55 a.m.

By Nate Weitzer

Kyle Sumatzkuku, 25, from the Mishongnovi village of the Hopi reservation in Arizona, blazed through the field last October to finish 48th with a time of 2:26:17.

A former runner at Bacone Junior College in Oklahoma, Sumatzkuku said he was inspired to perform last October on Indigineous Peoples’ Day.

Duane Humeyestewa, who hails from the same village, is with Sumatzkuku as he produces a documentary about his journey as an elite endurance runner. Sumatzkuku’s time was 2:34, faster than Ellison Brown, of the Narragansett tribe, who won the 1938 Boston Marathon in 2:28:51.  He began the race with wave 1 at 10 a.m.

Manuela Schär wins women’s wheelchair race — 10:46 a.m.

Manuela Schär won the 2022 women’s wheelchair race after leading nearly wire-to-wire. Her unofficial time is 1:41:06

This is the fourth Boston Marathon title for Schar, who is 37. 

Her 2017 win was her first in Boston and came in a personal best of 1:28:17, which was also a course record and world best. She also won in 2019 and, last October, she captured her third title by nearly 15 minutes.

Schär earned five medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic games, including a pair of golds in the 400m and 800m. Schär took home three silver medals in the 1500m, 5000m, and marathon. Schär has competed in the Paralympic Games five times (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020).

Schär is from Kriens, Switzerland.

Through the half, Albertson leads the men — 10:42 a.m.

Daniel Romanchuk wins 2022 Boston Marathon men’s wheelchair title — 10:29 a.m.

American Daniel Romanchuk ran away with the men’s wheelchair race with an official time of 1:26:58.

This is the second Boston Marathon title for the 23-year-old Romanchuk. He previously won Boston in 2019 with a personal best time of 1:21:36. He finished second in October in 1:25:46.

Defending champion Marcel Hug of Switzerland withdrew from the race early this morning due to medical reasons.

‘Everybody wants to run Boston’ — 10:22 a.m.

By Taylor Dolven

Along the route leading to the start line, Juan Carlos Torrealba and his wife Itza Alonso waved a Costa Rica flag high in the air. The couple donned “Pura Vida” shirts as they cheered on their son-in-law running the Boston Marathon for the first time.

Eduardo Rojas began running about 15 years ago, they said, and has always had his eye on Boston. His in-laws said he was very excited this morning.

“Everybody wants to run Boston,” said Torrealba.

The family traveled from Costa Rica on Thursday to be in town for the race and are staying through the week.

Update: Women’s elites at Mile 5 — 10:19 a.m.

At Mile 5, Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei and Peres Jepchirchir are leading the pack.

Romanchuk, Schär hold big leads in wheelchair races — 10:13 a.m.

Talk about prime verdadero estate — 10:10 a.m.

By Taylor Dolven

When Todd and Laura Wauters bought their property along Grove Street in Hopkinton five years ago, its location along the route from Athlete’s Village to the start line was part of the appeal.

By 9 a.m. Monday, around 25 friends had gathered in the front yard to cheer on the hundreds of runners making their way to the start.

“It’s a great time,” said Todd. He ran the marathon on its 100 thanniversary in 1996 with his dad.

Blue and yellow balloons tied to the fence waved in the wind. The speakers blasted “More Than A Feeling” by Boston as the crowd offered runners coffee and even the bathroom inside if they needed it.

Women’s elite race update at the 5K mark — 10:05 a.m.

Des Linden, who won the 2018 Boston Marathon, moved to the lead.

The first wave of racers is off! — 10:00 a.m.

Do you have a friend running the race? You can find out how to track their progress here.

Para-athletes are off, and the first wave begins soon — 9:55 a.m.

Adrianne Haslet, who lost her leg in the 2013 bombing, is running alongside Olympian Shalane Flanagan in the para-athlete field. Read more here.

Here’s a rundown of which bib numbers are in which wave.

CJ Albertson loses his lead — 9:53 a.m.

CJ Albertson, the men’s leader, has been passed in the third mile.

Albertson got out to a fast lead this year, the same way he did in 2021. He ultimately finished 10th last year.

Romanchuk leads at 15-mile mark — 9:50 a.m.

Daniel Romanchuk has gone out to a half-a-minute lead over Aaron Pike at the 15-mile mark in the men’s wheelchair race.

And the elite women’s race is underway — 9:45 a.m.

The crowd gives a loud round of applause to Molly Seidel, Desiree Linden, and New York Marathon winner Peres Jepchirchir as the race gets underway.

Defending champion Diana Kipyokei is not in the field.

Four women who’ve gone under 2 hours and 20 minutes are in the field: Jepchirchir (2:17:16), Joyciline Jepkosgei (2:17:43), Ethiopia’s Degitu Azimeraw (2:17:58), and Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat (2:19:50).

The elite men’s race is underway — 9:37 a.m.

The men’s field features five men who’ve run under 2:04: Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese (2:02:48), the third-fastest ever, Kenya’s Evans Chebet (2:03:00), Lawrence Cherono (2:03:04), Sisay Lemma (2:03:06), and Ethiopia’s Kinde Atanaw (2:03:51).

The field also includes Benson Kipruto, the reigning champion.

The course record was set in 2011 in a time of 2:03:02.

The handcycles and duos are off — 9:30 a.m.

Next is the men’s and women’s elites.

Elite race preview: This is the fastest field in Boston Marathon history — 9:25 a.m.

By John Powers

The restoration of the marathon to its customary date has created stacked fields in both elite races. Olympians such as Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir, the women’s gold medalist, and former Boston men’s champion Lawrence Cherono, who finished fourth at the Games, who couldn’t have made the short turnaround last fall, are here.

“I am grateful and feel honored to be in Boston,” said Jepchirchir, who won New York in November. “It would be a great thing for me if I were to win.”

And since the London Marathon again has been deferred until autumn, Boston was able to lure both of its defending champions, Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei and Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma.

“I was hoping to run Boston when I started my career because it is an iconic race, the oldest race,” said Jepkosgei, who won New York in 2019. “So I am happy to be here.”

Lemma has run here twice, with painful results; he DNFed in 2017 and was 30th in 2019. So he’s out for redemption.

“I want a good result,” Lemma said. “So I come for that now.”

The blue-ribbon additions have made for the fastest fields in race history, with four women who’ve gone under 2 hours and 20 minutes: Jepchirchir (2:17:16), Jepkosgei (2:17:43), Ethiopia’s Degitu Azimeraw (2:17:58), and Kenya’s Edna Kiplagat (2:19:50).

“This year the field is so strong and so competitive,” said Kiplagat, who won here in 2017 and was runner-up in the last two races. “I am expecting the race to be fast but I am happy that my preparation was good. So I am ready for the challenge.”

The men’s field features five men who’ve run under 2:04: Ethiopia’s Birhanu Legese (2:02:48), the third-fastest ever, Kenya’s Evans Chebet (2:03:00), Cherono (2:03:04), Lemma (2:03:06), and Ethiopia’s Kinde Atanaw (2:03:51).

Read more here.

Men’s wheelchair update at 10K — 9:22 a.m.

At the 10K mark in the men’s race, Daniel Romanchuk and Aaron Pike have broken away from the pack. Hiroki Nishida’s early lead was wiped out.

Scenes from Hopkinton — 9:16 a.m.

By Taylor Dolven

Hordes of runners gathered at the Athlete’s Village at Hopkinton Middle School around 9 a.m. Some stretched, some jogged off the pre-race jitters, others waited in long lines for port-a-potties or for photo ops in front of marathon signs.

Jeff McDonnell, 30, calmly read a book aptly titled “The Rise of Extremista Runners” away from the crowds. He was originally signed up to run in 2020 and postponed until this year.

He runs “mostly for fun,” he said. When he started running years ago, every running he ran into talked of Boston.

“Boston always comes up, it seemed like the most famous one,” he said.

He plans to ditch the book along with his sweatshirt in one of the bins for donated items just before the starting line.

Boston city councilor to run the course — 9:08 a.m.

By Christina Prignano

Outgoing Boston city councilor Lydia Edwards tweeted Monday that she’s lacing up her shoes to run the Marathon. Edwards, who was recently elected to serve in the State Senate, posted a photo of her bib number and included a link to donate to a scholarship fund for working mothers.

The women’s wheelchair race has begun — 9:05 a.m.

Switzerland’s Manuela Schär is the defending women’s champion.

It is 53.5 degrees at the start of the marathon.

The men’s wheelchair racers are off — 9:02 a.m.

The 2022 Boston Marathon is underway!

Meet the Marathon marshals: the Boston Pride — 8:45 a.m.

By Matt Pepin

Two members of the Boston Pride hockey team are the grand marshals of the marathon, and they brought the Premier Hockey Federation’s top prize, the Isobel Cup, with them to the start area in Hopkinton.

Team captain Jillian Dempsey and player Mary Parker are both from Massachusetts. They will ride ahead of the race and be joined by their Pride teammates at the finish area.

The Pride won its second straight PHF championship in March.

“It’s great to bring a trophy back to Boston,” Dempsey said in an interview on WBZ. “That’s always the goal every season.”

Meet the wheelchair competitors — 8:35 a.m.

Marcel Hug, the Swiss dynamo who has won five Boston Marathons — including 2021 — has withdrawn from the men’s wheelchair race due to medical reasons, according to the BAA.

American Daniel Romanchuk, a two-time winner, might be the favorite now.

Switzerland’s Manuela Schär is the defending women’s champion, and will contend merienda again for a crown.

The men’s wheelchair race begins at 9:02 a.m. The women’s wheelchair race begins at 9:05 a.m.

‘The Hoyts will be part of this race forever’ — 8:25 a.m.

By Matt Pepin

Team Hoyt, running in memory of its founder, Dick Hoyt, who famously pushed his son, Rick, in a wheelchair for more than 30 Boston Marathons, has 22 runners on its charity team in 2022.

Russ Hoyt, Dick’s son, said in a pre-race interview on WBZ that the family’s commitment to the Boston Marathon remains strong even without Dick, who passed away in March of 2021, and Rick, who announced his retirement from the Boston Marathon in October of 2021. Rick has cerebral palsy and said last year he was no longer able to participate.

“The Hoyts will be a part of this race forever,” Russ said.

Russ Hoyt’s sons, Troy and Ryan, will be part of Team Hoyt’s contingent. Troy is running his second Boston Marathon, and Ryan his first.

They were known as ‘bandit runners.’ But there’s little place for them these days. — 8:20 a.m.

By Hayden Bird

For years, banditing in Boston was, for better or worse, a tradition. For many, it was a chance to bring an offbeat note to a formal event.

“I remember seeing a guy in a Godzilla costume,” one person said. “And I think he might have been dribbling a baloncesto.”

Bandits have been nominally discouraged from participating, though before 1996, there was never much of an attempt to keep them out.

“It’s been an evolution, like everything else,” said BAA chief operating officer Jack Fleming in a 2021 interview. “If I go back in history, maybe 1996 would’ve been the first year that we actually made an appeal, proactively.”

Read more here.

The job of the race spotter — 8:00 a.m.

By Nate Weitzer

In Hopkinton, race spotters are getting ready to deploy after their 8 a.m. briefing.

The spotters will mostly follow the progress of elite runners at the head of the pack, updating media and race officials on the gap between racers.

Mike from Westborough has been volunteering at the start line since 2007 after running the marathon the previous five years. While the crowds are smaller than in 2019, he says operations logistics are pretty much back to corriente.

Mike says he thinks he has one more marathon left in him and he’ll look to qualify in the coming years.

Every qualified runner who applied got into the Marathon. Here’s how it happened. — 7:55 a.m.

By Alex Speier

While Boston Marathon runners have been required to meet a qualifying standard for more than a half-century, over the last decade even those who met that high bar haven’t been guaranteed a spot in the field. In 2012 and again in every year from 2014-21, in order to maintain what had been deemed a manageable field size, the Boston Athletic Association turned away thousands of marathoners who’d completed a 26.2-mile race in the official qualifying time.

In 2021, with the marathon’s field reduced to 20,000 because of the pandemic, a record 9,215 qualifying runners were turned away. Only those who’d beaten their demographic’s qualifying time by at least 7 minutes and 47 seconds were allowed to run.

Yi Zhang assumed there was little to no chance she’d get to run the 2022 Boston Marathon. She questioned whether she should bother applying.

But with encouragement from COO Jack Fleming, she did so, and in mid-November, the BAA shared news that thrilled Zhang and others who’d doubted that their qualifying times would be sufficient for admission. For the first time since 2013, there would be no cutoff time. Every applicant who’d run a qualifying time in another marathon was approved to run Boston.

“How lucky am I?” Zhang marveled.

Read the rest of the story here.

Maybe you’ll spot a famous face along the course — 7:40 a.m.

It will be hard to spot a face in the crowd of 30,000 participants at the Marathon. But if you search hard enough, you may spy a couple of famous faces along the 26.2-mile race course.

Here’s a rundown of the celebrities and notables who will be running.

Bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet returns to run with Shalane Flanagan — 7:35 a.m.

By Khari Thompson

Adrianne Haslet’s long road back to the Boston Marathon is nearly at its end. When she begins Monday’s race, she’ll have her friend and inspiration beside her.

Haslet, who lost a leg in the 2013 bombings, will return to the iconic race for the first time in four years as a para athlete, with Olympian Shalane Flanagan as her support runner.

Read more here.

A view from the start — 7:20 a.m.

Six months after a quiet and rare October running, the Marathon start line is filled with tents, balloons, volunteers, and runners early on Patriots Day.

Andy Johnson, of Providence, has been setting up a merchandise stand at the start line for 25 years. He’s hoping for a big crowd in his first time selling since 2019, but doesn’t necessarily expect the same amount of traffic his stand saw three years ago.

There is a Kayem Franks truck in the common, the first food truck in recent memory at the start line. The truck usually sells in the Fenway area, and is offering breakfast items and coffee in addition to sausages and other refrigerio items.

Monday’s Marathon forecast — 7:00 a.m.

By Dave Epstein

You can find all sorts of stats about the weather during the Boston Marathon — there’s been temperatures along the route over 90 degrees. It has snowed, rained, and been windy. April is one of those months where almost any kind of weather is possible.

The weather will be nearly ideal as the race gets underway this morning and as it continues throughout the afternoon.

We begin with a cold morning with frost over the interior. Quickly, the strong April sunshine will boost temperatures into the mid fifties inland and low 50s on the coast during the afternoon.

Brilliant sunshine will grace the route from Hopkinton to Boston for most of the day, although clouds will start to increase in the afternoon ahead of our next storm system.

Tailwinds and headwinds can be a hacedor during the marathon, but this year winds are going to be light. There is likely going to be a bit of a sea breeze in the afternoon in Boston, however it will be insignificant in terms of affecting the race. I don’t suppose that runners care too much about putting sunscreen on throughout the race but spectators should definitely be aware that the sun is equivalent to Aug. 24 strength, and regardless of temperature you can get finta burned.

Defending men’s wheelchair champ Marcel Hug withdraws — 6:40 a.m.

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, the defending champion in the men’s wheelchair race, has withdrawn.

Hug has won Boston five times.

Japan’s Sho Watanabe, who finished ninth in the race last year, also pulled out.

Is COVID-19 concern creeping in? — 6:25 a.m.

By Mike Damiano and Kay Arrestar

It is a rare thing in the pandemic age: a weekend of citywide celebrations in Boston. It will also be a big test of where we are — and where we’re going — with COVID.

Thirty thousand runners are converging on the city for today’s Boston Marathon, and spectators are expected to pack the bleachers and sidewalks along Boylston Street to cheer them on.

It has been three years since a proper Marathon weekend. (Last October’s race was a scaled-back, COVID-conscious affair.) It is also the first time since the pandemic began that the city’s springtime rituals will occur with a majority of the population vaccinated.

But as the city emerges from darker days, there is a hint of anxiety in the air. After a lull in COVID infections in the early spring, case counts and hospitalizations have risen in recent weeks, suggesting that a modest resurgence of the coronavirus may have begun. In Boston, positivity rates on COVID tests have nearly tripled since early March.

So, what comes next: a new crisis, or simply a new corriente?

Read more here.

Start times for today’s races — 6:15 a.m.

The race is back to more typical start times and will have the usual wave starts. In 2021, runners were released on a rolling basis, based on bib numbers and qualifying times.

▪ 9:02 a.m.: Men’s wheelchair

▪ 9:05 a.m.: Women’s wheelchair

▪ 9:30 a.m.: Handcycles and duos

▪ 9:37 a.m.: Elite men

▪ 9:45 a.m.: Elite women

▪ 9:50 a.m.: Para athletics divisions

▪ 10 a.m.: Wave 1

▪ 10:25 a.m.: Wave 2

▪ 10:50 a.m.: Wave 3

▪ 11:15 a.m.: Wave 4

Do you know someone running? Click here to see when their wave takes off.

Good morning, and happy Marathon Monday! — 6:00 a.m.

Hello, and happy Patriots Day!

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Katie McInerney can be reached at katie.mcinerney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @k8tmac.