NBC10 Boston meteorologist Tevin Wooten checks in from Hopkinton, just before heading off on his first Boston Marathon!
The Boston Marathon is one of the great traditions in all of sports, and every year spectators line the course to cheer the athletes on with creative signs.
From Hopkinton to Back Bay, we found some of the best ones out there, from a Mario Bros. power-up to an offer for a kiss — once the runner freshens up.
Brad Lew, of Los Angeles, was arriving to the Boston Marathon shortly before 10 a.m. to make sure he was there to support his daughter, Sydney, and accompanied by her boyfriend.
If their signs were any indication, an alcoholic beverage or two was in Sydney's future upon finishing the race!
"Hopefully she has a good time and will enjoy it," Lew said. "She's running for lupus and hopefully she finishes and stays healthy."
Brad Lew holding a sign saying, "The faster you run, the sooner you'll be drunk," to support his daughter, Sydney, while during the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024. Brad Lew, left, and his daughter's boyfriend hold signs supporting the woman, who was running the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024.
Here are a few more great signs from the route:
A woman on Newbury Street holds a Boston Marathon support sign.A Boston Marathon spectator at Heartbreak Hill in Newton, Massachusetts, holds a sign that reads, "You're a 10 out of however many toenails you have left."Family members hold cut outs of Boston Marathon runner Alex Gornick on Heartbreak Hill in Newton, Massachusetts, during the Boston Marathon.
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Volunteers at the Boston Marathon Athletes Village in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, await the arrival of the runners buses as the sun rises.
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Rob Gronkowski poses with volunteers at the Boston Marathon starting line.
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Swiss athlete Marcel Hug takes first place in the men’s wheelchair professional field in the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024.
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Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Great Britain crosses the finish line to win the Professional Women’s Wheelchair Division at the 128th Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15, 2024.
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The Boston Athletic Association’s unicorn flag hanging outside the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on Marathon Monday, April 15, 2024.
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Daffodils printed with the phrase, “Boston Strong,” by the nonprofit Marathon Daffodil are seen on a building stoop in Boston’s Back Bay on Monday, April 15, 2024.
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Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Great Britain, right, and Marcel Hug of Switzerland pose with the trophy on the finish line after winning the professional Women’s and Men’s Wheelchair Divisions during the 128th Boston Marathon.
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Runners take off at the start of the 128th Boston Marathon.
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Former Patriots player and Boston Marathon Grand Marshall Rob Gronkowski posing for photos at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
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Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia crosses the finish line to win the Professional Men’s Division at the 128th Boston Marathon on April 15, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Hellen Obiri, of Kenya, raises her arms as she wins the women’s division at the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 15, 2024, in Boston.
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Sisay Lemma of Ethiopia and Hellen Obiri of Kenya hold the race trophy together after both taking first place in the men’s and women’s professional fields during the 128th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 15, 2024. The marathon includes around 30,000 athletes from 129 countries running the 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston. The event is the world’s oldest annually run marathon. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Family members hold cut outs of Boston Marathon runner Alex Gornick on Heartbreak Hill in Newton, Massachusetts, during the Boston Marathon.
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A woman on Newbury Street holds a Boston Marathon support sign.
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The scene in Back Bay near the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, April 15, 2024.
