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Registration for 120th Boston Marathon Now Open

The marathon is slated to take place on April 18, 2016.

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Registration for the running of the 2016 Boston Marathon opened on Monday morning.

The organizers of the 26.2-mile event, the Boston Athletic Association, is using the same rolling entry process that it has used for the past three years.

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The fastest gender and age-group qualifiers will be allowed to register first.

Runners whose qualifying times are 20 minutes or faster than their standard get the first crack at registering for the event. Those who ran 10 minutes faster can register on Wednesday. Those who ran five minutes faster are eligible to do so on Friday.

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The marathon is slated to take place on April 18, 2016.

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