Boston Marathon 2024 LIVE updates: Follow along in real time as 128th version of the race is set to start

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By Oliver Salt

Published: 13:22 BST, 15 April 2024 | Updated: 13:59 BST, 15 April 2024

Boston remembers

Before the first competitors get off the mark, Mayor Michelle Wu (left) and Governor Maura Healey (right) were among those who stopped to honor those lost and injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

Family members of the victims joined Wu and Healey to lay wreaths at a memorial site on Boylston Street ahead of today's event.

Three people were killed and hundreds were injured when a pair of bombs detonated near the finish line 11 years ago.

Athletics - The 128th Boston Marathon - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - April 15, 2024 Mayor Michelle Wu, Governor Maura Healey and family members of the Boston Marathon bombing victims lay wreaths at a memorial site on Boylston Street on the eleventh anniversary of the attack REUTERS/Ken Mcgagh

Today's start times

The Navy Guard have already officially launched the 128th Boston Marathon, but here's the rest of today's start times in ET - with men's wheelchair participants up first.

Military March - 6am
Men's Wheelchair - 9:02am
Women's Wheelchair - 9:05am
Handcycles & Duos - 9:30am
Professional Men - 9:37am
Professional Women - 9:47am
Para Athletics Division - 9:50am
Wave 1 - 10:00am
Wave 2 - 10:25am
Wave 3 - 10:50am
Wave 4 - 11:15am

Race officals prepare the finish line for the128th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. The marathon includes around 30,000 athletes from 129 countries running the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston, Massachusetts. The event is the world's oldest annually run marathon. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Toasty conditions in store

Here's today's weather forecast over in Boston, with a cool morning expected before temperatures rise later on. And thankfully no rain!

Military marchers start 128th race

A group of Massachusetts National Guard members crossed the start line at Hopkinton to officially begin this year's Boston Marathon on Patriots' Day.

Race Director Dave McGillivray sent the group of about 30 military members off shortly after 6am. Lt. Col. Paula Reichert Karsten, one of the marchers, said she wanted to be part of a 'quintessential Massachusetts event.'

Hopkinton is celebrating its 100th anniversary as the start line of the Boston Marathon. The start was moved from Ashland to Hopkinton in 1924 to make the race the official Olympic Marathon distance of 26.2 miles (42.1 kilometers).

Members of the United States military cross the starting line as they participate in the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Hopkinton, Mass. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm)

Boston Marathon Race Director Dave McGillivray sends a group of Massachusetts National Guard members across the start line in Hopkinton on Monday, April 15, 2024 to begin the marathon. The start line was painted in honor of the town that has hosted the marathon for the past century. It's the 128th edition of the world's oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. (AP Photo/Jennifer McDermott)

Good morning!

Hello and welcome to Mail Sport's live coverage of today's Boston Marathon, with the 128th version of the annual race set to begin over in Massachusetts.

We'll be bringing you all the latest updates and developments as an estimated 30,000 runners take part in the grueling 26.2-mile slog, which promises to be a memorable one from start to finish.

So stay tuned throughout the day!