REGISTRATION INFO

REGISTRATION
INFO

Registration for 2026 Baystate Marathon, Half Marathon & Relay is open!

Our marathon is sold out! If you want, you can join the wait list.

The waitlist is first come first served (rather than lottery); it will come up as an option when you try and register for the marathon.

While joining the wait list does not guarantee entry or a race bib into the marathon, we'll notify you immediately should a spot become available.

Available bibs will be offered to those on the wait list on a first come-first served basis.

When you are selected from the waitlist, you only have 48 hours to register for the marathon.

There is still plenty of room in our Half Marathon & Relay!

All registration inquiries should go to registration@baystatemarathon.com.

This year's Baystate Marathon, Half-Marathon and Relay will be on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026.

Baystate is "run" by the Greater Lowell Road Runners (GLRR).

Our Thoughts on the Marathon Sell Out We were stunned at how quickly the marathon sold out. Last year we sold out in September, so we increased the cap this year (trying to control our growth – to help control the strain on our safety teams). To sell out this quickly was a shock – we thought we might sell out late August or maybe early September. This is uncharted territory for us. We’ve sold out before, but never this early. We are fortunate to have support from our new registration platform at RunSignUp to implement a fair and efficient wait list system. As marathon runners reconsider their plans and fitness, and switch to the half marathon, the next person on the wait list is given the opportunity to register. When this year’s event is over, we will conduct our usual event postmortem. At that time, we will assess if and how much we can increase our marathon cap for 2027. Lastly, we are grateful for the interest the running community has shown for our marathon. We remain committed to making Baystate the premier NE marathon for getting to Boston.

We are including a new “challenge” to Baystate this year. The Baystate Badges Challenge.
It is new category added to the Relay. First responder relay teams will compete against each other for the honor of the Baystate Badges Trophy. The winning department will have their name and team engraved and take home the trophy for the year. We plan to continue this challenge annually.

Come run with us and take the trophy!

Click here to register

Please make sure to read all the information on this page before you register.

First responders, before registering, check out our Badges page for the Half Marathon relay. You can run as a team and compete against other teams for a chance at the Badges trophy!

Registration info below - please read before registering!

You now have the option to take race insurance during registration. Note: if you decide not to take it during the registration flow, then you won't have the option to get race insurance later on.

Once you register, deferrals and cancellations are not allowed, as we are a non-profit organization and required to deliver services in the same fiscal period money is collected.

You can change, transfer or donate your registration; see below for more details on those topics.

When registering for the Half Marathon Relay, each team member must register individually, but must enter the same team's name - this allows us to pair you on race day.

Participants can register as Male, Female or Non-Binary.

Non-Binary participants compete in an open division separate from the Male and Female divisions. The Non-Binary division will have award plaques presented to the top 5 competitors based on net-time. (There are no cash awards.)

Questions about registration? Contact our registration coordinator at registration@baystatemarathon.com

See below on how to manage your registration after you register.

Managing Your Registration

You can manage and make changes to your registration on-line.

Things you can do are:

Verify your registration and/or edit personal details
Switch between the marathon and half marathon
Transfer your registration to another person
Donate your registration to our Youth group
You can “add-on” shipment of your Bib and Shirt before the race up until 9/15
At anytime you can browse the online store for Baystate Merchandise.

Registration Confirmation

In the confirmation email that you received, there should be a link to make changes to your registration (if you do not have the confirmation email, please contact registration@baystatemarathon.com).

Once you have located the email, it will contain a link you can use to manage your registration.

After clicking on the link in the email you are sent, you will come to a screen that allows you to edit aspects of your registration including: address, age, gender, phone numbers, email address, shirt size, and the option to switch between the marathon and the half marathon and the option to transfer your registration to someone else (for a fee).

Switching Between the Marathon and the Half Marathon

You are able to switch from one race to the other - assuming that the race you want to transfer into is not sold out. Go to this registration help web page to find out how to do that with your RunSignUp account.

Transferring Your Registration to Someone Else or to Donate it

You can do that by going to this registration help web page as well.