AT A GLANCE
Route map & elevation
Boston Marathon is a 42.2 km road marathon course in Boston, MA, USA with 403 m elevation gain. Route map and elevation profile below.
Prepare for Boston with JRNY
01 · THE TRAINING BLOCK
Every run, one timeline
JRNY pulls your Strava runs into a week-by-week timeline for Boston Marathon. You see the block taking shape, whatever plan you're following: a coach, a book, your own, or one you've pasted in. Add tune-up races and see how this block compares to a past marathon.
Week-by-week timeline with countdown and tune-up races
Bring any plan. Upload it to see what's ahead, or just sync and watch the block build
Volume, long runs, and compare against a past marathon
02 · RACE PREP
Sharpens into race day
As race day gets closer, JRNY shifts to race prep. For Boston Marathon, that means route, elevation and weather. Set your goals, build a race-morning timeline, and use our course finder so friends know where to be.
Boston Marathon's elevation profile and race-week weather in JRNY
Goals and a race-morning timeline on Your Plan
Use jrny.run/finder/boston-marathon to help friends and family support you
03 · COMPARE
Compare your Boston block with a past marathon
Line up your Boston block against a past marathon, aligned by weeks to go from race day, so taper sits over taper and peak over peak. Two lines, the numbers beside them. JRNY shows you where you are. You read it. Once you've got a past marathon in JRNY, Compare does the rest.
Aligned by block position, not calendar date
Volume, long runs, heart rate and weekly average
Your call on what it means
Ready for Boston Marathon?
Sync your Strava runs to map your week-by-week block ahead of Monday 19 April 2027.