Running in Boston
No, not me. Not this year.
I did qualify once, a long time ago, but that's a story for another day.
A total of 37 Eastern Iowa runners have entered Mondat’s 113th Boston Marathon, a historic 26.2-mile run through the streets of Hopkinton to Boston.
The Boston Marathon, the world’s oldest annual marathon, attracted nearly 22,000 finishers last year.
Here is a list of this years’s area entrants:
Amana — Dari Van Rheenan
Cedar Rapids — William Bradley, David Carney, Freddie Koontz, James Quigley, Eric Suthers, Beatrice Szalas, Donna Weeda
Coralville — Jim Kee
Decorah — Molly Holkesvik
Epworth — Lee Valentine
Iowa City — Brian Bullis, Brian Busanich, Laura Dunn, Glen Fuhrmeister, Charlie Funk, Katie Funk, Jacob Heninger, David Moser, Bill Pringle, Jill Robertson, Tim Smith, Curtis Steyer, Michael Wagoner, Gene Wandling, Gary Whittington
Marion — Andrew Phillips
North Liberty — Dawn Cooksley, Barbara Lynn
Peosta — Russell Nieman
Swisher — Rae Lynn Lamparek
Vinton — Ramon Martinez
Washington — Mike Christensen, Shawn Loy
West Amana — Nathan Hopp
West Branch — Kathy Whiteside
West Union — Kim Wander