Community Corner

Are You Running the 2013 Boston Marathon?

Patch is looking for local residents running in the Boston Marathon to feature in runner profiles.

 

It's less than one month away. 

The 117th Boston Marathon will bring thousands of runners from Hopkinton to Boston on Monday, Apr. 15, 2013. 

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Are you one of those runners?

Patch will feature profiles of local residents who are participating in this year's Boston Marathon. We're hoping to tell your neighbors and fellow runners about all the hard work you've done to get to this historic day.

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Interested in a Patch runner profile? Email Editor Tamara.Starr@patch.com with the following information:

  • Runner name
  • Age (or age group)
  • Profession
  • Marathon experience
  • Reason for running
  • Training tip
  • Qualified runner or charity bib?
  • Bib number
  • Photo

We'll be featuring short profiles, or "baseball cards", for as many runners as we can. Those runners will also be a part of our live blog on Marathon Monday, where we'll track local runners' progress throughout the race.

The deadline for these runner profile submissions is Fri., April 12.

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