Scenes from the starting line of the 2017 Boston Marathon
Run, Boston, run! The sunny scene at the starting line at the 121st Boston Marathon in Hopkinton on Monday morning was one of preparation and anticipation as runners prepared to begin their 26.2 mile trek. From the athlete’s village to prepping the course, there was action at every angle.
Workers prepare the starting line in Hopkinton.
Runner Victoria Ballestero meditates at the athlete’s village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon.
A runner sleeps at the athlete’s village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon.
People entering the start village pass through security before the 121st running of the Boston Marathon.
A runner stretches at the athlete’s village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon.
Charity runners for Children’s Hospital relax inside the Masonic Lodge in downtown Hopkinton.
Portable toilets on Hopkinton Town Common.
A charity runner for Children’s Hospital relaxes inside the Masonic Lodge in downtown Hopkinton.
Runners make their way through the athlete’s village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon.
MA State Police photograph their dogs at the starting line of the Boston Marathon. Pre-race scenes before the running of the Boston Marathon from Hopkinton, MA. on April. 17, 2017.
Runners sit in the athelete’s village before the start of the 121st Boston Marathon in Boston, MA, April 17, 2017.
The elite female runners break from the starting line in the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Kathrine Switzer, who was the first official woman entrant in the Boston Marathon 50 years ago, prepares to fire the gun to start the women’s elite division at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Bobby Carpenter, gets a high-five from race director Dave McGillivray as he crosses the start line pushing Denna Laing at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017. Carpenter was the first American-born player to be taken in the first round of an NHL Draft. Laing has been wheelchair-bound since being injured in the 2015 Women’s Winter Classic.
The men’s wheelchair division crosses the line at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
The women’s wheelchair division crosses the line at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Galen Rupp, far right, leads the men’s elite runners as they break from the line at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Hopkinton, MA – 4-17-17 – Wave 1 runners leave the starting line of the Boston Marathon from Hopkinton, MA. on April. 17, 2017.
Hopkinton, MA – 4-17-17 – Runner jumps for joy at the start of the Boston Marathon from Hopkinton, MA. on April. 17, 2017.
Hopkinton, MA – 4-17-17 – Women elite start the Boston Marathon from Hopkinton, MA. on April. 17, 2017.
Leeland Cole-Chu (15537) identifies Ben Beach, center, as he crosses the start line running his 50th consecutive Boston Marathon at the start of the race in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Runners in the first wave cross the line at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Meb Keflezighi, of San Diego, sits at the start line as he ties his shoes before the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
Fighter jets do a flyover at the start of the 2017 Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass., Monday, April 17, 2017.
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