For Lake Leelanau St. Mary graduate Emily Burgess, it took everything she had and more to complete the 2025 Boston Marathon after a windy road of overcoming challenges.
“The energy was unlike the energy of any race I’ve ever run. Everyone was so full of adrenaline and excitement and just all positive vibes. As soon as that gun went off, I was surrounded. There was never a moment throughout the entire race that there was not a runner ahead of me to my left to my right behind me standing on both sides of me. It was just people everywhere, and it was so motivating. It kept my adrenaline high,” Burgess said.
Burgess ran her first 5K nearly 15 years ago when she was in fifth grade. Now she can say she is a Boston Marathon finisher. On top of it all, she hit her goal, finishing with a time of 3:01:46 while finishing in 423 out of 12,444 female runners and 369th out of 5,447 females 18 to 39.
