RACE DAY INFO

RACE START TIMES

Wheelchair Start – 7:55 AM
Marathon Start – 8:00 AM
Half Marathon Start – 8:00 AM
Half Marathon Relay Start – 8:00 AM

Please give yourself ample time to park and get prepared for your race. Vehicle access around the start area ends early in the morning.

We do not offer early start.

RACE DAY PARKING

Click here for Race Day Parking information.

RACE DAY PACKET PICKUP

LOCATION:

Lowell High School Cafeteria

50 Father Morissette Blvd

Lowell, MA 01852.

TIME: 6am - 7:30am

Bring your confirmation code (in your registration email) and an ID. You may pick up someone else's bib but you'll need a copy of their ID.

The Lowell High School is right next to the starting/finishing area.

GEAR/BAG CHECK

FYI: We do NOT have a live video feed on race day. Thus, do not click on any social media links suggesting such (from spammers).

START / FINISH AREA

The only vehicle access to the start/finish area is via Arcand Drive. Due to street closures, the race is not accessible from the west (Fr Morrisette Blvd, Hall St, Perkins St) nor the east (French St). At 6:45 all vehicle access is suspended for final race preparation.

There may be other road closures in the area as well.

It's best to use parking garages aways from the start/finish area. That information is detailed below.

Finish line and beyond:

All finishers will receive a finisher's medal.
Relay team, make sure to turn in your baton to a volunteer.
Make use of our changing tents.
If you got a BQ or PR - ring the bell!
Have some soup, snacks and drinks afterwards.

Gear/Bag Check-in and Pickup:

Gear/Bag is located right next to the Lowell High School (see map below). Check-in starts around 6:30am and closes when the race starts. Then bags will be taken to the finish line area.

In order to check your bag, use the gear tag that comes with your bib, along with your own bag, sack or the like.
The bag pickup will be sorted by race.
Make sure you check your gear well before the race starts, as there is likely to be a line the closer to race time.

Wearing your bib:

Runners, please make sure to wear your racing bibs so that they are visible on your outermost clothing. This will aid volunteers, and also help with you being seen in race photos.

Speaking of photos, remember to keep your bib after the race. Your bib's QR code will help you access your race photos.

Also note:

Any clothing or items left at the start will be donated to charity, specifically St. Vincent De Paul's in Lowell.

Strollers, rollerblades and unauthorized bikes are not allowed on the course.

The use of personal music devices is strongly discouraged at this race. To enjoy all that our race has to offer, and for the safety of all participants, we encourage a headphone-free environment during Baystate. (Go FAQ for more details.)

Water Stops for the Marathon

(approx. mileage from course start)

1.7 Miles, 3.3 Miles, 5.8 Miles, 7.2 Miles, 8.8 Miles, 10.4 Miles, 12.4 Miles, 13.4 Miles, 15.9 Miles, 17.3 Miles, 18.9 Miles, 20.5 Miles, 22.5 Miles, 23.6 Miles, 25.2 Miles

All water stops will offer water, lemon-lime Gatorade, and portable toilets.

Gels (GU-brand Vanilla Bean, caffeinated) will be available at mile 7 and mile 17.

Pacers

We have pacers for the marathon course that will be targeting the following finish times: 2:50, 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:30, 3:40, 3:50, 4:00.

You will find your pacers at the start line in an orange PACER shirt holding the sign with their finish time. Pacers will be running the whole race until the finish line. They run an even pace with a couple second cushion on the finishing time.

There are no pacers for the Half Marathon.

ATHLETE TRACKING

Athlete updates are real time messages sent to your mobile phone that update you when athletes you are following hit certain milestones during the race.

Full marathon is tracked at distances:

3 mile, 8.5m, 13.1m 16.3m, 30k, 23m, 26.2m

Half-Marathon & Relay are tracked at the following distances: 3.4 mile, 6.5m, 9.9m, 13.1m

For security purposes, you will need to set up a Chronotrack account, which you can do during the athlete tracking process. You can sign up here.

POST-RACE INFO

RACE VILLAGE

After you finish your race make sure to get your medal - you earned it!

Bag check/pickup is right after the finishing area at the start of Race Village.

We also provide the following for you after your race:

Courtesy changing tents available (next to the bag check tent in the finisher’s area).
A BQ/PR bell, which will have a photographer to take pictures. So we want to encourage everyone one that runs a BQ or PR to stop by and ring the bell and get a picture!
We offer hot soup, such as chicken noodle and minestrone, PBJ (or just Jelly) sandwiches, bagels, chips, oranges, water and soda.
Come see several of our race sponsors, who offer things like merchandise (Baystate apparel) and services (e.g., massages).