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Great Woods Marathon & 5k

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

USApr 24, 202742.195km · 5km

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Race date in 196 days: Apr 24, 2027 Sat
City · Distance: Mansfield · 42.195km · 5km
Entry fee: $95Varies by event and entry period
Status: OpenSun, April 26, 2026 ~ Sat, April 24, 2027See how to enter ↗

Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 10, 2026

About the race How to enter Course Race Prep Travel

Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

A race where you can chase a fast time on a quick course.

The events are the full marathon and the 2 Mile.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Stories from runners who've been there.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

Course preview

Run Home Racing · Course preview

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This may be from a past edition. Check the organizer for this year's course and operations.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

Marathon

Entry cost $95

Great Woods Marathon · until Nov 30, 2026 · subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

5K

Entry cost $35

until Apr 24, 2027 · subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page

Registration platform RunSignup

Official race website Entry options

From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Your 42.195km

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

Runners start · local timeFrom 07:30

START

885 S Main St, Mansfield, MA

Start · Google Maps

FINISH

Xfinity Center, 885 S Main St

Finish · Google Maps

The events are the Great Woods Marathon and 5k.

The start is at 885 S Main St, Mansfield, MA, at 7:30 AM local time.

The finish is at Xfinity Center, 885 S Main St.

Typical race-season temperature: around 8°C (46°F): Long sleeves + a throwaway layer for the start

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

Pick up your bib at the expo

Xfinity Center, 885 S Main St

Google Maps Directions

Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the startMBTA Commuter Rail — Mansfield Station (Providence
Transit cardMansfield, MA has an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Providence/Stoughton Line into Boston, paid via the…

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

More details

Getting to the start

MBTA Commuter Rail — Mansfield Station (Providence/Stoughton Line), 1 Crocker St, Mansfield, MA 02048

Venue is the Xfinity Center parking lot, 885 S Main St, Mansfield, MA 02048. Mansfield Station is roughly 2 miles away; no direct shuttle bus runs to the venue for daytime races (shuttle buses at Xfinity Center are typically only activated for large ticketed concerts), so the final leg requires taxi/rideshare or a ~35-40 min walk. Date matches official/aggregator listings (Sat April 24, 2027).

Map

Getting to the finish

Same as start (loop course at Xfinity Center)

Finish is at the same Xfinity Center parking-lot venue.

Map

Start shuttle

No confirmed race-organizer shuttle; MBTA commuter rail to Mansfield Station is the closest fixed transit.

Transit card

Mansfield, MA has an MBTA Commuter Rail station on the Providence/Stoughton Line into Boston, paid via the mTicket app or a paper CharlieTicket rather than the CharlieCard used on Boston's subway and buses. Getting around Mansfield itself to the Great Woods race venue is best done by car or rideshare, since there's no local bus network.

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026

READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

The venue is the Xfinity Center area in Mansfield, Massachusetts,

formerly known as ‘Great Woods.’ Entry fee was announced as $95 for the marathon (the initial section price applicable until November 30, 2026),

and appears to be a structure that gradually increases as the deadline approaches.

Bib·Packet Pickup will be held at ‘Marathon Sports’, a running goods store in nearby Mansfield, Massachusetts,

from 3 PM to 7 PM on Friday, the day before the competition, and can be picked up on site from 6 AM on the same day.

Along with the marathon, a 5K (including a 2-mile test run program) is also held,

allowing long-distance challengers and lightweight participants to coexist in one competition venue.

Times are local to Mansfield. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Fairfield Inn & Suites By Marriott Mansfield

Hotel · 1.2km

8.6/10(237)

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Boston Historic Pub Crawl Tour

$54

Great Woods Marathon & 5k

About Great Woods Marathon & 5k — what makes it special

A day you'll remember,long past the finish line.

The road to your own record

When the city cheers

The trip that follows the run