# @emmajanelbates on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJCB8b_xn0z
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/29976283-emmajanelbates-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-04-29T13:12:43.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emma Bates (@emmajanelbates) — https://gondola.cc/emmajanelbates

## Caption

Boston Marathon Race Recap, Part 2:

I was feeling on top of the world before the weekend started. Meeting and talking with all of the other participants and spectators shot me straight to the moon. 🚀🌙

Seeing the wonderment in the eyes of first-time Boston Marathon runners. ✨ 
Strategizing with multi-time competitors. 📝 
Taking in the sights, sounds, and the legacy that have graced these hallowed running grounds. 🙏 

The love and respect everyone has for this event is a tribute to the lost toenails, the early mornings, the endless internal demons endured to achieve partaking in such a momentous affair.

That is what I kept thinking about walking to the start line: not only how hard I, myself, worked to get here, but how honored I am to be leading a race that so many people have sacrificed their time, energy, and sanity for.
It gave me comfort knowing we were all in this together.

📸1: janfigueroa07 
📸2: asics 

#bostonmarathon bostonmarathon #bostonmarathon2025 #marathonrunning

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