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Like the Boston Marathon, the Sharon Timlin Memorial Event had to scale things down during the pandemic, switching to a virtual road race. The popular local event is back in person this year for its 19th edition, set to be held June 18 at Hopkinton High School. The...
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo and video of the day. Hopkinton once again played host to the start of the Boston Marathon, which returned to its...
Hopkinton once again played host to the start of the Boston Marathon, which returned to its traditional Patriots Day running for the first time since 2019. A total of 25,314 athletes crossed the start line, representing all 50 United States and 120 countries. On the...
Good morning, Hopkinton! Welcome to the daily update we call Hopkinton Today — a quick recap of yesterday’s news, highlights of what’s on tap, and a photo and video of the day. Jeff Doyle played football and lacrosse at Hopkinton High School prior to his graduation in...
There are 50 individuals from Hopkinton who registered to run this year’s Boston Marathon. Below is the list.
Jeff Doyle played football and lacrosse at Hopkinton High School prior to his graduation in 2009, but distance running is relatively new to him. Although he has watched the start of the Boston Marathon more than 20 times, this will be his first time running the...
Nicole MacLennan, a Hopkinton resident of 15 years, will be running her first Boston Marathon this month. “I’m really excited to have the chance to run a hometown race, it has always been a bucket list kind of race for me,” MacLennan says. “And I’m really looking...
On April 18, thousands of runners will line up in Hopkinton to run this year’s Boston Marathon. The world will be watching these athletes as they pound the pavement looking exhausted and stressed and eagerly hoping to cross the finish line. One of those runners will...
Jak Miller began working at the Hopkinton Public Library last June, becoming the young adult librarian in November. Since then, Miller has been so enamored with the library that she volunteered to run this month’s Boston Marathon to raise money for her relatively new...
Like most Hopkinton residents, Chris Mastroianni grew up watching the start of the Boston Marathon. He remembers having some of the elite Kenyan runners visit his school and the pomp and circumstance of being at the beginning of the world’s most famous road race. “The...
The motto on the Hopkinton Public Library Foundation website reads: “Honor our past, build our future.” That sentiment is appropriately demonstrated by Hopkinton resident Colleen Reilly, whose first job was stacking books at her high school library after class. “It...
Running the Boston Marathon after beating cancer is an impressive feat. James Casady, however, is an impatient man. The Hopkinton resident is going to run Boston this month while he’s still undergoing treatment. Casady was diagnosed in December 2020 with high-risk...
This year’s official starters for the Boston Marathon, selected by the Hopkinton Marathon Committee, include three Hopkinton residents who, combined, have worked for the town for more than eight decades. Two of the starters, former Hopkinton Police Department School...
Since the age of 2, Sophie LaFreniere has demonstrated strength and endurance in her long battle with glycogen storage disease (GSD). This month, her mother, Margot, will put her own endurance to the test as a participant in the Boston Marathon. “I always wanted to...
The planned International Marathon Center in Hopkinton is continuing to make strides toward becoming a reality, as the organizers recently hosted a preview night and plans have been drawn up to bring the space to life. Hopkinton’s Tim Kilduff, who in addition to being...
“I’m obsessed with the marathon,” Katharine Brummett gushes. “I love it.” Brummett, a media arts teacher at Hopkinton Middle School for the past 11 years, will be running the Boston Marathon this year on behalf of the Hopkinton Music Association. After attending art...
Hopkinton’s Bob Levenson has been volunteering for the Boston Marathon since 2003. “And I still have the jacket to prove it,” he said. He’s amassed many colorful jackets since and has worn many volunteer hats as a member of the Hopkinton Marathon Committee,...
One foot in front of the other. That’s how Sarah Comeau is running the Boston Marathon this month. “It kind of fell in my lap,” said Comeau, who is running on behalf of the Hopkinton Lions Club. The Millbury teacher and Worcester resident used to work near Hopkinton,...
Rachel Gilbreath thought she had hung up her marathon shoes for good, but she’s putting them back on thanks to a challenge issued by her husband, Keith. Hopkinton Youth Boys Lacrosse president Ed O’Donnell ran into the couple last fall and asked whether Keith, an...
Sandra Gittlen started running at the age of 41 while struggling with a rare autoimmune disease. “I wanted to feel better and counter the effects of treatment,” she recalls. When she decided to participate in the Boston Marathon, Gittlen discovered she could combine...
