Baystate Marathon
Race Date
Oct 18, 2026
Location
Lowell, MA
The Experience
Consistently one of the top marathons for entry to the Boston Marathon - the Baystate Marathon is designed to give you your best chance to run a Boston Qualifying Time. Not ready for a marathon, but you want to start your journey - run our very popular half marathon, or run with a friend in our half marathon relay. The Baystate Marathon Weekend is presented and supported by the Greater Lowell Road Runners. We proudly proclaim we "For Runners by Runners"
Logistics
Race Day
Sunday, October 18, 2026
Start Time
8:00 AM
Giveaway
Tech Race Shirt
Start Location
Tsongas Center, Lowell, MA, 01852
Course Info
Course Type
Loop Course
Terrain
road
Difficulty
Ultra-Flat
Elevation Gain
0'
Net Drop/km
0 m (Flat)
Separation
0.0%
Also Offers
Course Map
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Quality Score
Runner Favorite8231 years running
~923 finishers a year
growing or steady
18% returning runners
2 timing sources
runners from 20 states
winner 1:05:27
typical high 63°F
Race Day Weather
5-year historical avgStart (Low)
46°
Afternoon (High)
63°
Pleasant conditions — light layers at start, comfortable by finish
0.1"
Precipitation
10 mph
Wind
72%
Humidity
Historical Finish Times
How 30,896 finishers actually crossed the line across 31 years.
Most recent
2025
Total finishers
30,896
Median time
1:58:53
Latest turnout
923
States
44
Turnout by year
2017–2025
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