Thursday, April 17, 2008

Boston Braves!

UPDATE: The Boston Marathon will be broadcast live on the sports channel Versus. If you have Comcast Digital in Springfield, it is channel 549. Broadcast time is 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Monday, April 21.


Half Wits and SRRC members will be off to Boston!

Local runners head to Heartbreak Hill for the 112th running of the Boston Marathon. The race is held on Patriot's Day, Monday, April 21st, with the first wave of runners starting at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. For information on how you can watch the marathon, track athletes or learn about the rich history of this event, visit their website at http://www.baa.org/. SRRC Members include:

Joy Guardia (8939)
Carl Benton (6711)
Troy Rogers (7025)
David Floyd (11831)
Paul Brown (10315)
Linda Brown (19723)
Mark Hopping (11049)
Also registered is local athlete Larry Porter, Jr. in the wheelchair division.

Good luck to all participants and congrats on all your hard work on the road to Boston.

Everyone is invited to join us Wednesday, April 23rd, 6:30 pm at Sammy's Sports Bar downtown for a post-Boston party.

Help congratulate these runners on their accomplishment. Hope you all can make it!

2 comments:

Chazter said...

Wish you all the best!

Anonymous said...

Good Luck Everyone!
Cara