Boston Marathon (UK) 2025

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Entry Terms & Conditions

For 2025, the Boston Marathon Association will organise four events,
a Full Marathon, a Half Marathon, a 10km Run, and a 3 mile Fun Run, to
be held on Sunday 13 April 2025, starting times from 8am to 9am.
Only entrants registered through our booking agents ’Stuweb’
https://www.stuweb.co.uk are permitted to enter. By registering you
agree to these ‘Terms and Conditions’. Registration is not permitted on
the day of the events.

Registration
Registration is open from June 2024 to 23rd March 2025 (midnight).
Entries made by this date will receive their race-pack by post to the
address registered (overseas entries excluded).
Registration will close earlier if numbers reach capacity, in which event a
‘waiting list’ will be opened.
Late entries may be possible up to 10th April 2025 subject to the
availability of the booking agents (StuWeb).
Age and Maximum Distances for Road Running
These are the UKA Licence Standards minimum age for each event.
5km Fun Run 10km Half Marathon Full Marathon
11 years 15 years 17years 18 years

Race-pack.
Race-packs will be posted to the UK address from 23rd March 2025.
Overseas and late entrants will be able to collect their packs from either
the Meet and Greet event on the Saturday 12th March 2025 (details to
be published) or from Race Control on Sunday 13th April, race day.
Replacement for lost or non-received race-packs may also be collected,
if notified by 10th April 2025.
Withdrawal
Withdrawal of a registration may be made up to and including 23rd
March 2025, with the option of a refund (less booking fee) or deferral to
the 2026 event. Deferral is only permitted once. Late bookings or
withdrawals after 30th March may only request deferral.
No Transfer of Entry
It is not permitted to transfer your entry to another person; all entrants
must register and agreed these term and conditions. Under no
circumstances give your race number to anyone else. Amongst the
potential problems are issues of identification in the event of any
accident or injury. Any attempt to do so will result in immediate
disqualification of the individual(s) concerned and ejection from the
event.

Reporting/Booking in
There is no requirement to report or book-in for the event provided you
are wearing your race number. This has an electronic chip attached
which will record your presence and commence your timing as you pass
though the start arch.
Travelling to the event
 By signing up to take part in this event you accept complete
responsibility for any injury or accident which may occur while you are
travelling to or from the event, during the event, or on the premises of
the event unless caused by our negligence.
 
 Personal health and fitness
 You understand that participating in this event is potentially hazardous,
and you should not enter and participate unless you are medically able
and properly trained.
 
We recommend that you consult your doctor prior to undertaking training
for a marathon. It is your responsibility to make sure you are medically fit
and capable of running the Boston Marathon. We reserve the right, in
our absolute discretion, to stop any runner from taking part if we deem
him or her unfit to run, including mid-race removal from the course
where necessary.
 
All entrants shall be deemed to have made themselves familiar with and
agreed to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules and to submit to the
authority of UK Anti-Doping in the application and enforcement of the
Anti-Doping Rules.
 
Medical treatment while attending the Boston Marathon
By entering this event, you are confirming that should you require any
medical treatments during your attendance at the event, whether before,
during or after the actual run, they may be administered by the events’
official medically qualified personnel.
 

Animals
 Animals are not permitted on the Boston Marathon course. We are
unable to allow guide dogs or other support animals.
 
Bikes, stilts, roller skates, skate boards, buggies, etc
 Participants are not permitted to use any of the above or similar in the
event and those attempting to do so will be prohibited from starting and
may be forcibly removed from the course mid-race where necessary.
Likewise, anyone attempting to start or join the race in any outfit that we,
in our absolute discretion, deem unsuitable and/or dangerous to other
competitors or spectators, will not be allowed to start the event or, if on
the course, may be forcibly removed from the event.

Athletes with Disabilities (AWD)
We welcome athletes with disabilities. Ambulant runners are permitted to
be accompanied by a human guide where appropriate. No charge will
be made for the guide, who must be registered for insurance purposes.
Wheelchair racers will start separately from the mass start, and only
racing wheelchairs are allowed. Details are in the Inclusivity Policy
document in this information section.