WBUR TODAY: Quick tips for Marathon Monday 🏃
❤️ Donate Monday, April 20, 2026 🌤️ Partly cloudy, with a high near 52. Good Morning Boston, It's Patriots' Day. State and municipal offices are closed for the Massachusetts state holiday (though you can still swing by the post office). We won't warm up as much as last week, but the brisk temperatures today are great running weather for the 30,000 people getting ready to tackle the 26.2-mile Boston Marathon route. If you're on the sidelines, however, meteorologist Danielle Noyes suggests layers . Click here for everything you need to know about the 130th Boston Marathon . Below is a quick tipsheet for following the race: When it starts: As usual, the race gets going just after 9 a.m. in waves — starting with those speedy wheelchair racers, then the elite runners and then everyone else. This year's marathon includes two additional waves to thin out the bottleneck of runners by the starting line. The Boston Athletic Association says i...