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.
Registration for the Boilermaker opened last Saturday, and already as of today, all slots for the 15K race are filled! I remember how fast the race was sold out last year, but this is even quicker.
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.
At Big Frog 104, we always like to share news about our troops serving throughout the world. You may have heard about the Boilermaker Shadow Run, where our troops participated by running in Afghanistan.
The Boilermaker Expo is another important part of Boilermaker Weekend, and this year's Expo has some new elements including a new location on the Utica campus of MVCC.
There's plenty going on this week during the "Frog Days Of Summer", including the Boilermaker Road Race this Sunday. So, tonight's Saranac Thursday in the F.X. Matt Brewery parking lot at the corner of Court and Varick Streets may include some out of town runners who are in town for the big weekend. Taking to the musical stage tonight is a local favorite, "Showtime", which features our friend, Big Frog 104 personality, James Pond.
It all started back in 1978 when Earle C. Reed decided he wanted to give back to the community that had supported his long standing family business Utica Boilers (Formerly Utica Radiator). According to Boilermaker.com that first Utica Boilermaker 15K featured some 800 runners and was staged at a cost of---are you sitting down---a whopping $750! The race received a major boost in 1983 when the legendary Bill Rodgers participated for the first of several times and brought nationwide attention to the Utica Boilermaker. This year's race on Sunday will bring quite a few more than 800 runners from all over the world.
Boilermaker Weekend is filled with events, including the Health and Fitness Expo at MVCC. This year's special guest is actor Stephen Baldwin.
The "Frog Days Of Summer" are filled with fun events, and one of those is the Boilermaker Kids Run, sponsored by Utica National Insurance Group. And, the good news is that there's still time to sign the kids up.