Boston Athletic Association, '124th Boston Marathon to be held virtually' (May 28, 2020): following Mayor Walsh's cancellation of the marathon as a mass-participation road race (live page)

Boston Athletic Association, '124th Boston Marathon to be held virtually' (May 28, 2020): following Mayor Walsh's cancellation of the marathon as a mass-participation road race (live page)

2020: Postponed Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 14; on May 28, 2020 'the 124th Boston Marathon will be held as a virtual event, following Boston Mayor Martin Walsh's cancellation of the marathon as a mass participation road running event due to the COVID-19 pandemic'. 2021: Registration for 2021 postponed and a COVID-19 Medical & Event Operations Advisory Group formed (Jan. 2021 homepage, Ex. SEC-17-GM-050 raw capture); the 125th Boston Marathon announced for Oct. 11, 2021 with a field of 20,000 [field figure from press reports; organizer page Ex. SEC-17-GM-127 queued]; the B.A.A. 5K run virtually over Patriots' Day weekend 2021. Usual dates: Patriots' Day (third Monday in April). Scale: '31,500 athletes who were expected to participate in the 124th Boston Marathon' (Ex. SEC-17-GM-091). Venue orders 2020: MA-003, MA-005, MA-008, MA-012, MA-015, MA-019, MA-020, MA-024, MET-BOS-007, MET-BOS-005. Venue orders 2021: MA-043, MA-045, MA-047, MA-048, MA-050, MA-054, MET-BOS-013, MET-BOS-019, MET-BOS-036, MET-BOS-150. Also cancelled by this notice: The Boston, New York City and Chicago Marathons (the road-race event-production and hospitality calendar) (Boston; New York; Chicago, MA; NY; IL; usual dates Third Monday of April (Boston); first Sunday of November (New York); second Sunday of October (Chicago); venue orders 2020: MA-008, MA-020, MA-024, MET-BOS-001, NY-005, NY-031, MET-NYC-025, IL-019, MET-CHI-014; venue orders 2021: MA-045, MA-048, MET-BOS-013, MET-NYC-017, IL-037, MET-CHI-026).