Alex Danahy

Danahy leads Boston Marathon’s volunteers for adaptive athletes

by Mary Ellen Gambon | Apr 16, 2025

Alex Danahy has never been one to seek the spotlight. But the 34-year-old has become more comfortable with moving forward as the leader of the volunteers for the Boston Marathon’s adaptive athlete divisions as 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the wheelchair...

Local volunteers key to race-day success

by Melissa Orff | Apr 10, 2019

It takes a great deal of planning and coordination to host more than 30,000 athletes who flock to the starting line of the Boston Marathon every April. Luckily the Hopkinton Marathon Committee has had a lot of practice. Established in 1979, the Hopkinton Marathon...