The 129th running of the Boston Marathon came and went on Monday, with nearly 300,000 spectators flocking to cheer on the more than 32,000 racers.
Posters...
More than 300,000 spectators flocked to the barricades along Boylston Street to cheer on nearly 32,000 runners and wheelchair cyclists during the 129th...
A sea of “Boston Strong” logos representing resilience and community still flood the streets of Boston 12 years after the Boston Marathon bombing in...
By Sam Shipman, Kasteel Well Staff Writer
/ April 23, 2025
For five years, Michael Keebler has worked to run a marathon in under two hours and thirty minutes.
The Montague resident completed his third Boston...
An estimated 300,000 spectators filled the sidelines of the 129th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21, 2025. See photos captured by Beacon photographers covering the event.
By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor & Audience Development Editor
/ April 20, 2025
On Monday, nearly 32,000 runners and an estimated half million spectators will descend on Massachusetts for the 129th Boston Marathon.
The race begins...
As thousands of runners descend on Massachusetts this weekend for the 129th Boston Marathon, 50 of them will compete in the historic 50th wheelchair division...
The eagerly anticipated 128th Boston Marathon brought nearly 30,000 runners from more than 100 countries to Massachusetts on Monday, April 15. Hundreds...
While thousands of runners ran the Boston Marathon on Monday, devoted wife Suzzanne Bright competed in her own race through the city’s side roads and...
With sunny skies and temperatures that climbed to the mid-60s, marathon Monday looked a little different compared to last year’s cool and rainy weather.
While...
By Annie Sarlin, Dept. Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ April 17, 2024
One day before the Boston Marathon, a sea of golden fur filled the Boston Common in honor of Spencer, the official dog of the race since 2022 who recently...
By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ April 15, 2024
Today’s 128th Boston Marathon was marked by many important milestones. On its most tender note, the race commemorated the 10th anniversary since the...
More than 30,000 athletes from all across the world will take on the 26.2-mile course through Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, and Boston on Marathon Monday.
By Bryan Hecht, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ April 14, 2024
Tomorrow, Emerson students and faculty will be only a few blocks away from the 2024 Boston Marathon finish line where they can watch the roughly 30,000 registered runners take on the historic course.
By Emma Siebold, Beacon Correspondent
/ April 14, 2024
Boston is hosting 30,000 runners this Monday, April 15, for one of the most prestigious and acclaimed races in the world—the 128th Boston Marathon. Emerson...
By Emma Siebold, Beacon Correspondent
/ April 10, 2024
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In Boston, at the oldest annual marathon in the world, men ran 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boylston St for 69 years before the first woman stepped foot...