Boilermaker Record Holder Wins Boston Marathon
While the Utica Boilermaker 2013 isn't until July 14th, the 2010 winner just won the Boston Marathon today.
While the Utica Boilermaker 2013 isn't until July 14th, the 2010 winner just won the Boston Marathon today.
While we're still five months away from the 2013 Utica Boilermaker Road Race, training shirts are now available.
Earlier, we told you that the Boilermaker 15K race was sold out as of Monday morning, now the 5K race is filled up as well.
Over the weekend, registration for the Utica Boilermaker Road Race got underway, and just like last year, slots are filling up fast. According to Twitter, Monday morning registration numbers are: 15k 9,725 and 5k 1,532.
The Utica Boilermaker Road Race is the premiere event of the summer each year in central New York, and the event keeps growing. Now, the Boilermaker committee has announced the cap on entrants for 2013.
Without looking on the internet, do you know what movie referenced Utica, starring Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey and Dennis Hopper? Don't know? Neither did Stephen Baldwin who broadcast his Baldwin/McCullough Saturday night internet show with Kevin McCullough, Fox News contributor in print and on screen.
Congratulations to Matthew Lack from New Zealand. Lack is the 2012 winner of the wheelchair division of the Boilermaker 15K Road Race.
One of the biggest events of the "Frog Days Of Summer" is almost here... the Boilermaker Road Race. Those of you who are planning to run in Sunday's race may want to take advantage of this free service offered by Sitrin.
Earlier, we learned that the Utica Boilermaker Road Race 15k slots were all filled. Today, according to press@boilermaker.com, the 5k hit its race cap of 4,000 registrants. As Race Director Jim Stasaitis said, "Last year at this time, we had 59 runners signed up."
While we're still a few months away from this year's Utica Boilermaker Road Race (Sunday, July 8), you can participate by sharing memories of Boilermakers passed. Many of us who have lived in central New York for several years have been a part of the Boilermaker in some way - running, cheering or sharing the celebration of family and friends entered in the race.
It looks like this year's Boilermaker Road Race is well on the way in filling entries. At latest count, the Boilermaker is at the half-way point of total runners.
If you're planning to run the Boilermaker road race in Utica this year, you can sign up starting tomorrow. Registration opens for the 15k and 5k runs. Entries are limited to 14,000 runners in the 15k race and 4,000 in the 5k. Sign up online or at Planet Fitness in New Hartford from 8 until noon.