Sharon Lokedi On Repeating As Boston Marathon Champion
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Sharon Lokedi discusses her experience as a back-to-back Boston Marathon champion and the strategies she employed during the race.
“I just had to always remind myself: be yourself, put in the work, stay present, and trust that it gets better as you go.” My guest for today’s episode is Sharon Lokedi : the back-to-back Boston Marathon champion. Last month, she became only the second athlete since 1994 to win Boston in consecutive years, crossing the finish line in 2:18:51 for her second straight crown. The way she won it was extraordinary: she sat patiently through a 19-woman lead pack, waited until the hills, and then between 35K and 40K ran a 14:48 5K split — faster than the NCAA outdoor 5K record set on the track just two days earlier. She won by 44 seconds. Sharon won New York in 2022, finished 4th at the 2024 Paris Olympics, won Boston in 2025, and again in 2026. She has become one of the most complete competitors in the women’s marathon — someone who doesn’t need the fastest time on paper to believe she can beat anyone in the field on race day. She also ran the entire race on a borrowed Garmin because she left her own watch at the hotel and only realized it on the bus ride to Hopkinton. In this conversation, Sharon walks through the build, the pressure of returning as defending champion, and how she…
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