The 2026 Boston Marathon is here. This year, the race will have 30,000 runners begin their journey from Hopkinton, up Heartbreak Hill and to the finish line on Boylston Street.Wheelchair athletes will get things started at 9:06 a.m. followed by handcycles and duos, professionals, and para-athletes. The first wave of open division runners begins at 10 a.m. and runs through 11:21 a.m.Here are the full start times for each group:Start TimeDivision9:06 a.m.Mens Wheelchair9:09 a.m.Womens Wheelchair9:30 a.m.Handcycles & Duos9:37 a.mProfessional Men9:47 a.m.Professional Women9:50 a.m.Para Athletics Division10 a.m.Wave 110:15 a.m.Wave 210: 28 a.m.Wave 310:41 a.m.Wave 411:01 a.m.Wave 511:21 a.m.Wave 6Mass. native Sunita Williams, who unexpectedly spent nearly 10 months in space and returned home in March 2025, will run the Boston Marathon as the 2026 Patriots Award winner.Longtime Bruins captain Zdeno Chara is expected to run his third Boston Marathon in four years. Chara withdrew from last years race due to injury. MassLive will be tracking the Boston Marathon runners from the first start time and throughout the day. Keep it here to learn when Williams and Chara finish, as well as the winners from each wave.LIVE UPDATES11:24 a.m. Some local runners are having a strong Boston Marathon. Newtons Robert Miranda is running a 5:03 mile, while Cambridges Barry Keane is running a 5:07 mile.11:23 a.m. Zdeno Chara has completed 11.1 miles.11:21 a.m. Wave 6 the final one of the morning has begun!11:21 a.m. Reining Boston Marathon winner John Korir has a healthy lead in the mens professional wave. He finished last years race in 2:04:45.11:20 a.m. The womens professional runners have nine miles left.11:16 a.m. USAs Annie Frisbie now leads the women 90 minutes into their heat. Kodi Kleven is close behind, as is Kenyas Mary Ngugi-Cooper.11:10 a.m. Ninety minutes of running and Milkesa Mengesha continues to pace the mens professional runners. Hes 20 miles in with 6.2 to go.11:01 a.m. Wave 5 is off!10:56 a.m. Over an hour into the mens professional race, Milkesa Mengesha from Ethiopia has a nice lead as he passes Woodland Gold Club in Newton.10:55 a.m. The women are heading into Mile 12 and are approaching the halfway mark. 10:52 a.m. Just over an hour into the womens professional wave and Kodi Kleven remains at the front. Dakotah Popehn and Sara Hall are close behind.10:41 a.m. Wave 4 has started!10:40 a.m. WOMENS WHEELCHAIR WINNER! Eden Rainbow-Cooper is the womens wheelchair winner with a time of 1:30:51.Rainbow-Cooper won the event in 2024.10:28 a.m. Wave 3 is off and running.10:22 a.m. MENS WHEELCHAIR WINNER! Marcel Hug was all alone as he crossed the finish line at 1:16:06. He was about six minutes ahead of the rest of the racers.Its the ninth time hes won the Boston Marathon mens wheelchair race, his fourth in a row.10:17 a.m. Kodi Kleven is pacing the professional women 30 minutes in. USAs Susanna Sullivan and Sara Hall are right behind her.10:15 a.m. Marcel Hug is 23 miles in and on pace to shatter his course record of 1:15:33 that he set in 2024.10:15 a.m. Wave 2 has started.10:07 a.m. Thirty minutes into the mens professional wave and Germanys Hendrik Pfeiffer is pacing the field.USAs Alex Maier and Ryan Ford are also among the leaders.10 a.m. Wave 1 has begun.9:59 a.m. Marcel Hug, known as The Silver Bullet, is pacing the mens wheelchair division. He has less than 10 miles left.Hug won last years event.9:50 a.m. The para athletes have taken the course!9:47 a.m. Now the professional women have taken the course and begun the 26.2 mile trek to Boylston Street.Sharon Lokedi is the defending champion and is running again this year.9:37 a.m. The professional men are off and running. Last years winner, John Korir, is in this group. He finished the 2025 Boston Marathon in 2:04:45.Longtime Bruins captain Zdeno Chara is an honorary starter in this group. He is running his third Boston Marathon in four years.9:30 a.m. The handcycles and duos have started their trek to Boston.9:09 a.m. The womens professional wheelchair marathoners just began. A new champion will be crowned in this heat.Last years winner, United States Susannah Scaroni, is pregnant and expecting a baby in September. 9:06 a.m. And were off! The mens professional wheelchair marathoners kick off the 2026 Boston Marathon.Read the original article on MassLive. Add MassLive as a Preferred Source by clicking here.