Official 2025 Boston Marathon Thread

But he beat *everybody else* that drafted off him for most of the race.

Jess Mcclain top American, hope we get to see it.

Remember that the half marathon WR holders dont always translate to the marathon

Sharon Lokedi absolutely the course record running 2:17:22 demolished Helen Obiri thanks to a 5:04 final mile that allowed her to put 19 seconds on Obiri in the final mile. Obiri held on for second in 2:17:41 with Yehualaw in third running 2:18:06, all well under the previous record

It’s running. Luck had nothing to do with it.

I know New York will assuredly want her in the field, but this is a good opportunity to skip it and run Berlin/Chicago/Valencia

We didn't get to see it because of course we didn't. I really don't understand who's in charge of this, and I also don't understand why I schedule my morning around watching this every year. I guess I just hope it gets better? There's literally no difference between watching and just checking the times afterwards

What times would Lokedi run in non-Under Armour shoes?!

I called this yesterday. BAA does a bad job labeling the finish line and athletes think its farther back. Its the first line with the word FINISH, but there is a 2nd white line that the volunteers are not supposed to cross. Athletes think this 2nd line is the actual finish.

Has thackery finished? Predicted 2:23 low?

What place is that?

Refuse to watch

What a fun person Lokedi seems to be - great, honest, funny interview.

False. They aren't comparable. Malmo is correct, that was a HUGE tailwind. I like Ryan Hall, but Mantz's performance today was better than Hall's, not a tie.

I think this race sUCKS

Yes I think Kotut lost a place due to this. He flew by Simbu with a surge past the real finish…

It was a great race between the two women! Lokedi has been so consistent in her marathon career, always in contention: 2022 NYC gold, 2023 NYC bronze, 2024 Boston silver, 2024 Olympics 4th place, and now 2025 Boston gold. Easy to forget that she was 2018 NCAA champion in the 10,000m beating Karissa Schweizer!

2:23:21

Even if we're being conservative, the super shoes are worth a minute, but most calculations say around 2 minutes at that sort of pace.

It's honestly not worth comparing times between eras, the shoes changed the game so much. Better to ask how Mantz's performance compares to others after 2017, the start of the super shoes era. And it compares very favourably.

Yeah like I said, as long as people on their computers say the slower time is the faster one that's what it must be!