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Corey Mullins, the St. Luke’s videographer who won the last two St. Luke’s D&L RaceFest marathons, is headed to Boston.

Mullins, 27, will be running the 129^th Boston Marathon on Monday.

A member of the St. Luke’s Media Production Services team, he qualified for the 2025 Boston race with his 2023 RaceFest win in a time of 2 hours, 37 minutes, 2 seconds. He bettered that time last November, winning with a personal best 2:30:37.

“Boston will be my third marathon,” said Mullins, who won the St. Luke’s Half Marathon (coming up on April 27) in 2023 with a time of 1:11:01.

Mullins, from Danbury, CT, ran track and cross country in high school, and at Muhlenberg College, where he set the school record in the 5-kilometer.

“Boston is quite a different racecourse than St. Luke’s RaceFest,” he said. “They are both net downhills, but once you hit the D&L trail, it was woods and 18 or 19 miles of quiet and solitude. In Boston, there is going to be a lot of cheering the entire way, and I don’t know how I’m going to react to that. I love running, but it’s my thing to get away from the world, so I try to keep it not too serious. That way I can escape and relax.”

Mullins understands the difficulty level of the Boston course and knows the legends surrounding “Heartbreak Hill,” an uphill climb at around Mile 20, and then the mile-long descent after it.

“In terms of goals, I’d probably add about five minutes for the course, so if I can go sub-2:40, I’d be happy,” Mullins said. “This first time, I just want to soak it all in. I don’t have any real expectations. The main thing is that I try to hit my paces and take it tactically and smoothly.”

He trained briefly under the tutelage of four-time U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier Budd Coates a few years ago and still uses the rhythmic breathing method Coates championed for improving performance.

Mullins isn’t sure if he wants to train for an Olympic Trials berth (either a 2:18 marathon or 1:03 half marathon).

“There’s a big gap between what I run now and that. I think that if I dedicate myself to it, it’s possible, but I’ve never seriously considered it. I like to go fast, but I’d really have to dial in. We’ll see how Boston goes and where I’m at.”