The Marathon winds through eight towns and cities — Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, then Boston. Here are the details about the course, plus a map.

Hug capped off his win a year ago with a course record of 1:17:06. The defending women’s wheelchair champion, American Susannah Scaroni, who won her first Boston Marathon title in 2023 ...