Photos: Moments from the 129th Boston Marathon

April 21, 2025

Katie Cole

Runners push off the starting line in Hopkinton for the 129th Boston Marathon. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Organizers could not have wished for a more beautiful day to run 129th Boston Marathon.

With temperatures topping out in the low 60s along the route, racers and spectators alike were treated to the best of Boston spring.

Boston Marathon spectators cheer on runners as they make their way down the hill from the starting line. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

While the temperatures were mild, the performances by racers were anything but.

Sharon Lokedi blazed to a record-smashing finish Monday, after a tight race with defending champion Hellen Obiri.

Sharon Lokedi of Kenya crosses the finish line to win the 129th Boston Marathon Women's division on April 21, 2025. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Women's winner Sharon Lokedi celebrates with her mother, Rose, after crossing the finish line. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The new design on medals for the 129th Boston Marathon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

The Patriots' Day race was overlaid with celebrations marking 250 years since the American Revolution kicked off in Massachusetts.

Ahead of the race, a Paul Revere reenactor rode down Boylston Street proclaiming “the runners are coming!" But his trusty steed was spooked by the finish line decal and stopped just short of the finish line.

An actor portraying Paul Revere tries to pull his horse, which refused to advance over the line, during the ceremony Monday morning in Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Spectators dressed as Minutemen cheer for runners from the grandstand at the finish line at the Boston Marathon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Take a look at more moments from Marathon Monday below:

Medical tent volunteers meet on the back of the course behind the finish line before the race. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Defending two-time champ Hellen Obiri waits for the starting gun on the starting line of the 129th Boston Marathon. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The men's professional division take off from Hopkinton. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Alphonce Felix Simbu, left, and Cybrian Kotut sprint for second towards the finish line. Conner Mantz, of the United States, top right, chases behind. (Charles Krupa/AP)

One of the many signs along the course at the Boston Marathon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

(From left) Kenyans Thitu Muiruri, Amelia Ngatha, Stephanie Walla and Emmanuel Toroitich celebrate as Kenyan runner Sharon Lodeki finishes first in the women’s division of the Boston Marathon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Women’s wheelchair winner Susannah Scaroni of the United States heads to the post-race press conference at the Fairmont Hotel. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Jack Rose from Panama City Beach, Florida, receives his medal for finishing the Boston Marathon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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