The Hopkinton Parks & Recreation Department hosted its Celebrate the Start Line event on the Town Common on Saturday, ahead of the 129th Boston Marathon. As part of the festivities, the Hopkinton Marathon Committee sponsored a 100-yard dash for children at the Boston Marathon start line.
Hopkinton firefighters stand by a display of firefighting equipment. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Select Board member Mary Jo LaFreniere (right) visits the Muffin House Cafe tent. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Volunteers at the Hopkinton Marathon Committee booth pose for a photo. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Youth participants in the 100-yard dash stand for the national anthem before the race begins. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Runners cross the start line. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
The crowd watches as runners race up Main Street toward downtown. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Kids pick up items from the Parks & Recreation Department table. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Phil Powers (right), part of the traffic detail, chats with Cathy and Stan Rogaski of Florida. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Attendees take part in a photo shoot. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Select Board chair Brian Herr (right) hangs out with race announcer Jack LeDuc. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
Standing with a winged foot statue on the Town Common are (from left) Joan Hayes, Gil Campos, Krisanne Campos Connell and Karen Campos. PHOTO/JOHN CARDILLO
In a contributed photo from earlier last week, Len Holden, a member of the 26.2 Foundation board, performs maintenance on the Marathon eternal flame in front the Police Station. As part of the yearly maintenance, the gas was turned off so the lantern could cool, a year’s worth of soot was cleaned from the glass, and the flame — which originally came from Marathon, Greece — was relit.
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