💧 Results From the 2025 Boston Marathon

[It was as great, and humbling, as ever.]
It’s the day after Marathon Monday here in Boston, and thus a fine time to check in on results from the Boston Marathon. The event was a resounding success for the humans. People sometimes collapse at the finish line of a race, but here’s one entrant who fell just past the starting line.1 That man was John Korir, who picked himself up and went on to win the whole damned men’s race.

Let’s look at some numbers:

The Ass-Kicking Women

Amount by which 2023 and 2024 champion Hellen Obiri, aiming for a three-peat, beat the previous course record: 2 minutes and 18 seconds

Place that blazing fast run earned her: 2nd

Amount by which the 2025 women’s champion Sharon Lokedi smashed the women’s course record: 2 minutes and 37 seconds

Number of beautiful finish line mom hugs Lokedi received: 12

Speaking of Hugs

Boston Marathons won by incredible wheelchair athlete Marcel Hug: 8 (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)

Boston Marathon course records set by incredible wheelchair athlete Marcel Hug: 3 (2017: 1:18:04; 2023: 1:17:06; 2024: 1:15:33)

Seconds by which incredible wheelchair athlete Marcel Hug missed a course record in 2021: 7, following a wrong turn

The Name’s the Same

Number of unrelated Johns Kelley who have won the Boston Marathon: 2 (Kelley the Elder in 1935 and 1945; Kelley the Younger in 1957)

Number of unrelated Roberts Cheruiyot who have won the Boston Marathon: 2 (Kipkoech in 2003, 2006, 2007, and 2008; Kiprono in 2010)

Number of related Korirs who have won the Boston Marathon: 2 (Brothers Wesley in 2012 and John in 2025)

Closing

Forget the Masters. The Boston Marathon is the real tradition unlike any other.

Footnotes:

Korir’s video is archived here. ↩︎

Lokedi’s video is archived here. ↩︎