2025 Boston Marathon Media Coverage
MABVI’s Team With A Vision is proud and honored to have been a part of the Boston Athletic Association’s Official Charity Program for the 129th Boston Marathon® on April 21, 2025
Congratulations to the 58 athletes on Team With A Vision for their spectacular performances during the 129th Boston Marathon!
Since 1993, Team With A Vision has competed in the Boston Marathon to raise funds and awareness for the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (MABVI). Over the years, Team With A Vision has raised more than $4.25 million for MABVI while showing that with the right support, anything is possible!
Aira Community Profile: Jared Broughton’s Boston Marathon Journey: Read the full story here.
The Running Anthropologist: 2025 Boston Marathon with Dennis Lavoie. Read the full story here. And listen to the podcast here!
Teamwork: Visually Impaired Athlete Lisa Thompson and Guide Runner Alexi Pappas at the 2025 Boston Marathon – Insights from Lisa Thompson, winner of the T13 division for visually impaired athletes at the 2025 Boston Marathon, and her guide runner, Olympian Alexi Pappas. Read the full story here
“The Boston Marathon” by Team With A Vision Guide Katie Light. Read the full post here
Alexi Pappas guides visually-impaired runner to another Boston Marathon win: The Greek-American Olympian teamed up with para athlete Lisa Thompson for the fourth time in Boston. Read the full story here
Photos: This visually impaired athlete just ran his 7th Boston Marathon: Ryan Davies finished the 26.2 mile trek in just over five hours. Read the full story here
This visually impaired athlete is running for ‘people who were dealt a bad hand in life’: “Team with a Vision grants me the opportunity to hopefully inspire others despite circumstances.” Read the full story here
He’s running his 36th marathon to support those with visual impairments: This will also be Tony Ong’s 19th Boston Marathon and third running for Team With A Vision. Read the full story here
Aira‘s Access Matters Podcast, Season 2 Episode 8 – Team With A Vision: “Join us as we interview MABVI’s Team with a Vision as they prepare for the Boston Marathon. Learn about being a guide runner, listen to one woman’s story of her run and meet a couple that partnered for running, and for life.” Listen to the podcast here
For her fifth Boston Marathon, she is supporting Team With A Vision: Rebecca Trachsel is running for Team With A Vision and will guide Jared Broughton, a low-vision runner from Canada. Read the full story here
She’s running to support a cause that helps her aunt ‘maintain independence’: “My Aunt Irene Hill is legally blind, and over the past few years, I’ve watched her navigate the challenges of progressive vision loss,” Elizabeth Pollard wrote. Read the full story here
He’s running Boston to honor the resilience of his legally blind grandparents: “They met at Perkins School for the Blind in 1934 and, despite their vision loss, raised five children, worked full-time jobs, and built a loving home where nothing was out of reach.” Read the full story here
She’s running Boston to get her Six Star Medal: Running for Team With A Vision, Kati Fratesi is on her way to complete her last World Major Marathon. Read the full story here