2025 Boston Marathon
Stories concerning the 129th Boston Marathon.
Your 2025 Boston Marathon superlatives, from best dressed to happiest moment
A recap of the official (and unofficial) winners of the 2025 Boston Marathon, including John Korir's impressive win, Sharon Lokedi's mom and our favorite silly signs.
Photos: Moments from the 129th Boston Marathon
Racers and spectators alike were treated to the best of spring for the 129th Boston Marathon. See photos from the day here.
Here's what happened during the 129th Boston Marathon
On a beautiful day for runners and spectators alike, 30,000 athletes traveled along the historic 26.2-mile race route from Hopkinton to Boston. Familiar names Marcel Hug and Susannah Scaroni won...
2025 Boston Marathon start times and how to track your favorite runners
Here's a guide on how to follow your favorite runner in the 2025 Boston Marathon, including wave start times and how to track their live progress on your phone.
Fifty years later, Bob Hall's example — and his racing wheelchairs — are still going strong
The Boston Marathon is celebrating Bob Hall this year on the 50th anniversary of his 1975 race. Hall was the first official wheelchair entrant for the race.
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Test your knowledge with our Boston Marathon quiz
Marathons are a tough slog, but marathon trivia isn't so hard. Test your knowledge with our quiz.
Feeling inspired to run next year's Boston Marathon? Here's where to start
People of all abilities, ages and and backgrounds run the Boston Marathon. You could run next year's race, too, with the right training. Two local coaches share their advice to...
Legendary marathoner Bill Rodgers celebrates 50 years since his first of four Boston Marathon wins
WBUR's Lynn Jolicoeur joined Rodgers along the marathon route and spoke with him about Boston's role in his storied running career.
Run through these 26.2 marathon facts ahead of Boston's big race
Limber up and eat some pasta, because we're about to test you with a bit of Boston Marathon trivia for every mile of the run.
The weather should be just right for Marathon Monday
The 129th running of the Boston Marathon is around the corner. And this year, runners might just get something rare: nearly perfect weather.
'By Power and Pride': A Minuteman for life
The 250th anniversary couldn't come at a better time to remind people it's OK to have different beliefs, Carl Sweeney, captain of the Concord Minute Men, told WBUR's Cloe Axelson....
26.TRUE Marathon brings runners on a tour of the 'real' Boston
The unsanctioned race loops through Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain and Roxbury. Run crews and community members gather to cheer on runners of all skill levels. And everyone gets to break...
Pass the Easter dinner rolls, please: A nutritionist's take on what to eat — and avoid — ahead of the Boston Marathon
We asked a nutritionist: What foods should runners really fuel with for the Boston Marathon? And when the big race falls the day after Easter, what should those celebrating eat...
What you need to know about this year's Boston Marathon
From race times, what to bring and where to watch, here's your guide to the 2025 Boston Marathon.