--- description: "After last year I realized the people you love and your life can be taken so quickly" title: Man Proposes to His Girlfriend at the Boston Marathon Finish Line image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Man Proposes to His Girlfriend at the Boston Marathon Finish Line by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2014 5:52 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 21, 2014 5:52 PM CUT Shortly after completing the Boston Marathon today, runner Greg Picklesimer decided to make the day even more memorable by proposing to his girlfriend at the finish line. He also completed the marathon last year, just a few hours before the terrorist attack that killed three people and injured dozens more. “After last year I realized the people you love and your life can be taken so quickly,” Picklesimer [told](http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/04/21/man-proposes-to-girlfriend-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/ "undefined") CBS Boston. “I didn’t want to lose that so I decided to come back and seal the deal.” She said yes, luckily, because wouldn’t that be _so_ awkward if she didn’t? > [](https://twitter.com/PaulaEbbenWBZ/status/458286026717659136) > [](https://twitter.com/PaulaEbbenWBZ/status/458288104869494784) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/70548/man-proposes-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/70548/man-proposes-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/"},"headline":"Man Proposes to His Girlfriend at the Boston Marathon Finish Line","datePublished":"2014-04-21T17:52:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:57.533Z","description":"\"After last year I realized the people you love and your life can be taken so quickly\"","url":"https://time.com/70548/man-proposes-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Marriage","U.S.","Proposal","Marathon","Boston Marathon"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/70548/man-proposes-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/","name":"Man Proposes to His Girlfriend at the Boston Marathon Finish Line"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"One Year After Bombings, Boston Marathon Kicks Off With More Runners Than Ever","description":"Perhaps Boston’s most-anticipated event of the year has finally kicked off. More than 36,000 runners began the 26-mile trek Monday morning one year after the finish line bombings that injured hundreds.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sOZbcrS8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-21T17:56:28.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sOZbcrS8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/70548/man-proposes-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/","duration":"PT1M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/70548/man-proposes-at-boston-marathon-finish-line/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```