Boston Marathon recap: Here's how the 130th race unfolded
More than 30,000 athletes made the historic trek from Hopkinton to Boston on a chilly Marathon Monday.
Familiar names took all of the top awards: Wheelchair racer Marcel Hug won his ninth Boston title and wheelchair racer Eden Rainbow-Cooper, runner John Korir and runner Sharon Lodeki all claimed their second Boston victory. Korir also set a course record.
Spectators were out in full force along the 26.2 miles of the course, cheering on friends, family members and strangers.
Here's a look at how the day unfolded:
4:30 p.m.
The finish line
The vast majority of the runners have passed the finish line on Boylston Street in Boston. The race course officially closes at 5:30 p.m.
There were "no major incidents," according to the Massachusetts Department of Health. There were 18 EMS transports so far, fewer than this time last year.
Race co-medical director Dr. Kristin Whitney said that with chilly temperatures today, there's been some incidents of hypothermia the medical teams have treated. But there's also been a few people who needed ice baths to cool down from dangerously high body temperatures.
"When we are running and it's colder conditions, our muscles can cramp up, so mild cramping has been a trend," Whitney said. Otherwise, it's "really mixed bag, a typical mix of what we'd expect here on race day."
Once the elite runners had all passed, more participants made it to the finish line in colorful costumes.
Miki Jameson, from Chicago, and her mother Charmaine Jameson, from Virginia, have run 54 marathons together. This is their second one in a costume.
They ran in New York as cows. They weren’t trying for a personal best so they’ve decided to just have fun.
Emily Huff, from Seattle, set an intention for her run in Boston this year to be about joy.
She wrote a letter of gratitude to someone in her life who brings her joy every week for 26 weeks — people like her mother, neighbors and former teachers. And for race day, she dressed up like the character Joy from "Inside Out."
"Life's too short to not be a little silly and whimsical, and also to have some depth to it and let people know how wonderful they are," she said.
This is her third time running the Boston Marathon. Her first was in 2013; she crossed the finish line about 20 minutes before the bombs went off.
After finishing the race today, she said she was grateful to get to this point. She said it's important to "recognize that joy is a gift that people gave along the course, but it's also a practice and such a gift that we get to embody joy and gratitude on a day like today."
Emily Huff, from Seattle, dressed as the character Joy from "Inside Out" after crossing the Boston Marathon finish line. (Martha Bebinger/WBUR)— With reporting by WBUR's Martha BebingerBoston Marathon recap: Here's how the 130th race unfolded | WBUR News
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