PRE-RACE INFORMATION

GETTING TO THE HYNES VETERANS MEMORIAL CONVENTION CENTER
Number Pick-up and the John Hancock Sports & Fitness Expo will be located at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center at 900 Boylston St. in Boston. The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center is located just blocks away from the Hynes Convention Center stop on the MBTA’s Green Line, as well as from the Green Line’s Copley station, near the Boston Marathon finish line.

BIB NUMBER, T-SHIRT & PACKET PICK-UP
Included in this mailing is your official Bib Number Pick-up card, printed with your bib number. YOUR BIB NUMBER PICK UP CARD AND A PHOTO I.D. ARE REQUIRED TO PICK UP YOUR BIB NUMBER! Please verify the accuracy of all personal information on this card. If any changes need to be made, make a photocopy of the card, mark the corrections, and mail to:

B.A.A. Corrections
One Ash St.
Hopkinton, MA 01748-1897
To pick up your bib number, bring your card to:
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
900 Boylston St., Boston, MA
Friday, April 16, 2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, April 17 & 18, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The Hynes Convention Center security personnel reserve the right to check any bags that are brought into the Hynes Convention Center.
Please be prepared to show your photo I.D. If you have lost your card, a duplicate will be issued upon presentation of a photo I.D. Special tables will be set up in the Number Pick-up area for this purpose.
A computer timing chip and complete instructions will be enclosed with your bib number. After you receive your bib number, you will be directed to pick up your T-shirt and race packet.
If you are unable to pick up your bib number and would like to authorize a friend to do so, please sign your Number Pick Up Card and print your friend’s name on the card.
Your friend will then have to present the Number Pick Up Card as well as their photo I.D. in order to obtain your number. Only original Number Pick Up Cards will be
accepted; a note of authorization will not be accepted.
Absolutely no bib numbers will be available for pick-up on race day, Monday, April 19.
This year runners’ T-shirts will be packed into, and distributed in, your race packet. This bag also doubles as your baggage bag on race day. After you pick up your number you will be directed to tables that indicate the T-shirt sizes (Womens: S – XL; Men's: S – XXL).
There you will receive the bag that contains your T-shirt as well as other products.

114TH BOSTON MARATHON PRE-RACE DINNER
Join runners from across the country and around the world at Boston’s historic City Hall Plaza to fuel up on delicious foods and experience the camaraderie and high energy of this pre-race celebration. The Boston Marathon Pre-Race Dinner will feature a buffet and live entertainment. Your ticket will be enclosed with your official runner’s bib. The Big Apple Circus will be hosting mini-performances under the Big Top to entertain
runners and guests entering the dinner. For information on purchasing Big Apple Circus tickets for regularly scheduled complete performances, please visit www.bigapplecircus.org.
PLEASE NOTE: No backpacks will be allowed at the Pre-Race Dinner.
City Hall Plaza, Boston
Sunday, April 18, 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

• Free admission for children under 12.
• Additional tickets for family and friends ($20 each) will be on sale at the Boston Marathon Number Pick-up area of the Sports & Fitness Expo during Marathon weekend.