2023 Boston Marathon Start Time
By LetsRun.comThe 2023 Boston Marathon is on Monday, April 17th.
In the LetsRun.com book, the race start time is 9:37 am eastern when the professional men and Eliud Kipchoge go off. The professional women follow ten minutes later, and then the mass race starts at 10:00 am eastern when the first wave starts. So determining what time the Boston Marathon actually starts is in the eye of the beholder.
However, the wheelchair racers start before that and the last wave doesn’t start until 11:15 am eastern.
Full start time below.
| Men’s Wheelchair | 9:02 a.m. ET |
| Women’s Wheelchair | 9:05 a.m. ET |
| Handcycles & Duos | 9:30 a.m. ET |
| Professional Men | 9:37 a.m. ET |
| Professional Women | 9:47 a.m. ET |
| Para Athletics Division | 9:50 a.m. ET |
| Wave 1 | 10:00 a.m. ET |
| Wave 2 | 10:25 a.m. ET |
| Wave 3 | 10:50 a.m. ET |
| Wave 4 | 11:15 a.m. ET |
TV
The race is on ESPN in the US from 8:30 am until 1 pm eastern. It is also on WCVB (and sister-stations WMUR (Manchester, NH), WMTW (Portland/Auburn, ME), and WPTZ (Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY)) from 4:00 a.m. ET through 8:00 p.m. ET. More TV and streaming info for Boston here.
Tracking/ Leaderboards
To track the leaders and your favorite runners go here.
Live Coverage
There will be two different ways you can follow the race live on LetsRun.com. We have our world-famous fan forum / messageboard: Official 2023 Boston Marathon Live Discussion and Update Thread . Then we have our 2023 Boston Marathon Event Page where the LRC staff will be providing coverage highlights of the race as it goes on.
