Four years later, Tucker, now a Somerville resident, is running his second marathon on behalf of the Lingzi Foundation. After BU first-year Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Lingzi Lu was ...

A sea of “Boston Strong” logos representing resilience and community still flood the streets of Boston 12 years after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. On Monday, blue and yellow coated the streets ...

Bedford was well represented in this year’s 129th running of the BAA Boston Marathon. Once again, the fastest Bedford runner in the Marathon was Sean Laffey, 35, who placed 4,134 overall in a field of ...

Patty Hung of Orinda, Calif. running the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2024. The 79-year-old completed her record 39th consecutive Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21, 2025.

Name: Dan Jentzen Age: 39 City/State: Chestnut Hill, Mass. This is my 13th year teaching at Boston Arts Academy (BAA). I love it, and I think BAA is a great community. We really get to know our ...

The 129th Running of the Boston Marathon - Start Times (ET) The day of the marathon starts bright and early with the Military March at 6 a.m. in Hopkinton, southwest of Boston. The finish line ...

The Boston Athletic Association (“BAA”) reported that the race will feature participants from 118 countries and residents of every U.S. state, Washington D.C., and additional U.S. territories.

The first Boston Marathon was organized by BAA member and US Olympic Team Manager John Graham. According to the BAA, Graham was inspired by the “spirit and majesty of the Olympic Marathon” to ...

The first running of the Boston Marathon was from Metcalf’s Mill in Ashland to the Irvington Oval in Boston on April 19, 1897. It wasn’t a full marathon though: it was 24.5 miles instead of ...

The Boston Athletic Association and Meet Boston published a report last week detailing the economic impact of the 2024 Boston Marathon, which calculated a total of $509.1 million in in-state and ...