B.A.A. Half Marathon takes over JP on Sunday morning

By emac - 11/9/24 - 5:44 pm

Have plans on Sunday morning that involve going north or south through JP, east or west across JP? That’s great! The Arborway, Jamaicaway and part of the Riverway are closed for the B.A.A.

Some people a little too eager for the start of the Marathon

Kent Street crossing closed
By adamg - 4/15/24 - 9:39 am

A roving UHub photographer reports from Beacon Street at Kent Street in Brookline, where the Green Line stop was supposed to remain open until 10 a.m., but which was closed at 8:40 a.m. Read more.

Black running group sues Newton, BAA over police blockade during last Marathon

White people can create balloon tunnels; Black people get blocked by cops on bikes
By adamg - 4/12/24 - 9:36 am

A group of Black women who tried to cheer on Black Marathon runners yesterday sued Newton and the BAA to demand they not be physically separated from runners like they say they were during last year's Boston Marathon. Read more.

The Goofus and Gallant of Jamaicaway sporting events

By adamg - 11/13/22 - 1:31 pm

Remember this past summer when DCR put up all those electronic signboards along the parkways and had cops stationed at what seemed like every 10 feet to direct traffic to or away from the US Open at a country club in Brookline and we all grumbled, but in the end it seemed to work? Read more.

Boston Marathon opening registration for up to 20,000 runners in October

By adamg - 3/15/21 - 3:32 pm

The BAA announced today it's set the size of the planned Oct. 11 marathon at 20,000 runners.

BAA cautiously sets Oct. 11 as next running of the Boston Marathon

By adamg - 1/26/21 - 1:12 pm

The BAA announced today that God, Covid-19 and Gov. Baker willing, it will hold the 2021 Boston Marathon on Columbus Day - Monday, Oct. 11. Read more.

Speedy

BAA 5K in the Back Bay
By adamg - 4/20/14 - 10:44 am

Ed Hatfield watched the Invitational Mile through the Back Bay yesterday.

Copyright Ed Hatfield. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

BAA: "Finish what you started"

By Kaz - 5/16/13 - 3:47 pm

The BAA is inviting 5,633 runners who were unable to cross the finish line at this year's marathon back to run in the 2014 Boston Marathon next year.