The 2021 Boston Marathon will not be held on its originally scheduled date in April as organizers announced it will be postponed to at least the fall of 2021. The announcement was made by the Boston Athletic Association on Wednesday afternoon after months of consulting with city and state officials and as well as a COVID-19 medical and event operations advisory board.
A specific date will be determined later. Boston is one of the six World Marathon Majors along with Berlin, Chicago, New York, London and Tokyo. All six are now set to take place next autumn.
2021 will mark the 125th running of the Boston Marathon.