While some categories are cornerstones of the annual Best of Marathon Awards, the Keys Weekly does our best to listen to suggestions from the community, adding, subtracting and combining categories when necessary to make sure we arrive at a competitive slate each year. Every year we’re reminded – there’s nothing like your first BOM win. Cheers to those who made it to the mountaintop for the first time in 2025 – or went down in the record books as the first winners in brand-new categories. See all the winners here.
New category winners included:
First-time local champs were:
Photos by Natalie Danko and Doug Finger
