796. Everything You Need to Know About the 2025 Boston Marathon

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Ali Feller

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🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 170 minutes

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Summary

"It's gonna be epic!"

We are less than three weeks away from the 129th running of the world’s oldest marathon. This year’s Boston Marathon takes place, as always, on the third Monday of April — this year, that’s April 21. In this mega-episode, I (along with a team of experts and insiders) am attempting to answer all of your questions about all things Boston. Katie Hawkes and Lauren Proshan from the Boston Athletic Association are here to talk logistics (take some deep breaths — the journey to the start line is doable, and you won’t be waiting around for too long once you get there!), elite athlete coordinator Mary Kate Shea talks about assembling this year's professional fields and about which storylines to follow, and 2018 champion and Boston favorite Des Linden joins to talk course strategy. Get excited: Whether you’re running, volunteering, cheering, or watching from home, it’s always a Boston to remember.

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In this episode:

B.A.A. director of brand and experiential marketing Katie Hawkes talks about the significance of the Boston Marathon, and shares what’s new for 2025 (4:35)
Want to run Boston someday? Here’s what you need to know about getting in (29:25)
B.A.A elite athlete coordinator Mary Kate Shea talks about assembling this year’s professional athlete fields, and shares the storylines to watch (48:35)
Lauren Proshan, the B.A.A.’s chief of race operations and production, explains the process of getting to the start line in Hopkinton, and what to know once you’re there (1:21:30)
2018 Boston Marathon champion Des Linden breaks down the Boston Marathon course (2:07:20)
All about the Boston Marathon finish line (2:37:35)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Allie on the Run show.
0:06.8	I'm your host, Allie Feller, and today I am here to help tell you everything you need to know about the 2025 Boston Marathon.
0:15.0	The Boston Marathon is always on the third Monday of April.
0:19.1	This year, that means runners will be starting their 26.2 mile journey to that Boylston Street finish line on Monday, April 21st.
0:27.6	It is the 129th running of the Boston Marathon presented by Bank of America,
0:33.6	and this year's event will also take place on the 250th anniversary of Patriots Day.
0:39.3	Patriots Day, by the way, thank you, Google, is the day the American Revolutionary War started.
0:45.3	So shout out to the battles of Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775.
0:51.3	Good, I'm glad we squeezed in a little history lesson right up front in this one. Here's what you're getting today. Throughout this episode, you'll be hearing from a range of Boston Marathon insiders and experts to answer every question you may have about this iconic race. This is an all-new episode this year with fresh segments and the most up-to-date information
1:12.1	possible.
1:13.1	It is a big labor of love and I really do love getting to bring it to you as you spend
1:18.0	time luxuriating in your taper.
1:20.9	Are you doing okay by the way?
1:22.8	Yeah, you totally are.
1:24.2	You've got this.
1:25.3	Take a deep breath.
1:27.1	If you are running this year's race,
1:28.8	we are going to tell you all about the course, the start village, whether you might be lucky
1:33.2	enough to catch a glimpse of the pros at the start, and what to expect after you cross the finish
1:38.3	line. Great news, it is nothing like the New York City Marathon walk out of Central Park.
1:43.9	If you're feeling inspired, we'll tell you how to get in for next time.
1:47.7	The Boston Athletic Association's chief of race operations and production, Lauren Pro Shan,
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