Ethiopian Sisay Lemma and the Kenyan Hellen Obiri won the 2023 Boston Marathon. It was the fourth attempt for the Ethiopian, winner in Valencia five months ago.
Lemma maintained a record pace until Heartbreak Hill, where all wills break. On Monday the 15th, Patriot's Day in Boston, the birthplace of the marathon, since 1897, nothing is celebrated. The route is the protagonist, and the old stories of women's struggle, sad memories of bombs, a citizen event with thousands of participants, and without hares. It is regretted that King Eliud Kipchoge had chosen for his immolation the 20 23 edition, cold, rain, slopes and valleys deadly for his joints and his morale, instead of 2024, where everything would favor him, even the wind of backs. The marathon throne is empty and, wisely, Boston recovers its old essence. The 42.195 kilometers from Hopkinton, at 143.3 meters above sea level, to Boylston Street, in front of the Boston Public Library, is a uphill road through valleys and the hills of Newton.