124th Boston
Marathon Virtual Experience Mobile App & Web Platform Launching Thursday,
August 27
BOSTON—The Boston Athletic
Association (B.A.A.) has announced that the
brand new 124th Boston Marathon Virtual Experience mobile
app powered by AT&T and web platform will launch to
registered participants on Thursday, August 27. The mobile app and web platform
will host exclusive content designed specifically for the Boston Marathon
Virtual Experience.
The Boston Marathon Virtual
Experience app can only be accessed by registered participants, who will be
prompted to login with the email used to register for the Virtual Experience.
The app features:
·
AT&T Spectator Tracking for
participants to securely share their unique tracking link with friends and
family. Spectators can track loved ones’ real-time GPS, and also see where they
would be on the Boston Marathon course (when running with the mobile app);
·
Map tracking for participants
to see where they would be on the Boston Marathon course;
·
A virtual toolkit with
printable winner’s breaktape, mile markers, entering town signs, cheer cards,
and instructions to make an at home finish line;
·
Downloadable bib with each
participant’s unique number from the original April 20 race;
·
Results and leaderboards for
participants to compare times to runners worldwide or locally;
·
Audio cues featuring Boston
Marathon champions, roar of the Wellesley Scream Tunnel, crowds on Boylston
Street and other iconic elements which will play at signature mile markers;
·
Pre-race audio including the
Star-Spangled Banner, performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and an
official start sound to begin a participant’s race;
·
Photobooth with Boston Marathon
stickers to share on social media;
·
And a Shake Out Run for
participants to practice the app functionality before their big day.
Participants will have three ways to
submit their times:
·
Using the Boston Marathon
Virtual Experience mobile app, which will track a participant’s 26.2-mile route
and time through their phone’s GPS;
·
Using a compatible device
(Garmin, Apple HealthKit, or Fitbit) which will sync with the Boston Marathon
Virtual Experience app and web profile;
·
Manually uploading a time
directly to the Boston Marathon Virtual Experience app or to the web profile.
The web platform will feature the
results and leaderboard, social wall, and virtual toolkit. Prior to race week,
participants can prepare their toolkit items, utilize the Shake Out Run
feature, and become familiar with the app’s features. Beginning on Saturday,
September 5 at midnight EST, race-day features will be unlocked for all
participants. In light of participant feedback requesting an additional weekend
to run, race week will officially begin September 5. There is no time limit to
complete the race, but it must be completed in one continuous attempt.
Participants can also run 26.2 miles multiple times, but the leaderboard will
only show their most recent attempt.
Step-by-step instructions can be
found within the mobile app and web platform. Multi-lingual tech support will
also be prepared to answer any questions leading up to and during race week.
While there will be no official winners of the 2020 Boston Marathon, the B.A.A.
will monitor time submissions, and any finish time found to have been altered
or manipulated in an unsportsmanlike manner will be subject to
disqualification.
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