On a beautiful morning in Boston, on 15th of April 2024, we completed the Boston Marathon and became “Six Star Finishers”!
Read below what we had to do prior to the race and upon completion to get the coveted Six Stars Medal. Which, by the way… is quite heavy!
Registering to receive your Six Stars Medal 🏅
- You have to register a profile on the official website.
- Once the profile is created, you must search and record the results of the 5 completed Majors.
If you do not find any of the results, you will have to send an email to results@wmmajors.com and send them the link with the corresponding result.
- When the 5 results are loaded in the profile, it will be necessary to contact the Organization by email at stars@wmmajors.com to inform them that at the next Marathon you wish to receive your “Six Stars Finisher” medal.
In some cases the BIB number that will be requested from you will not be assigned until the BIB receipt is generated, (usually about 15 days before the Marathon), but you can upload the registration receipt that you have received in your emails.
6th Marathon Expo 🏅
These are the instructions for Boston, but there are very similar to any other World Marathon Major:
During the Expo, you need to get a sticker at the Abbott World Marathon Majors booth. If you do not have our QR code sticker on race day, you will not receive your medal!
So after picking up our race kits, we made sure to pass by the Abbott World Marathon Majors where they put the QR sticker on our BIBs. We also had the chance to take a picture in front of the medal!
Inside the bag, there was “a surprise” to wear on our backs. It was optional but a fun way to get some extra encouragement out on course!
We knew what this was, as we had seen it during our Tokyo Marathon!
Race Day Instructions 🏃♀️
In Boston, after crossing the finish line, we were directed down Boylston Street. Once we received our Boston Marathon race medals, we needed to be on the lookout for the AbbottWMM tent. And we were!
This is the same for any race: You need to go to the blue AbbottWMM tents which are always located after you receive the race medal. In Boston, this was located in the middle of the street.
Important to note that, if you do not complete the entire race course within the period of time official race results are recorded (this differs per Marathon: It is 6 hours from the time the last official starter crosses the start line for Boston and 7h for Tokyo, for instance), you will NOT be recorded in the official race results and unfortunately, will NOT be eligible to receive a Six Star medal.