(Utica, NY – March 22, 2014) The 2014 Boilermaker posted a new record months before the first runner hit the starting line. In two hours and nineteen minutes the 14,000 participants for the 15k race had registered. A short twenty minutes later, the 5k race, which allows 4,500 runners also sold out. In 2013 the 15k sold out in 68 hours followed a few hours later by the 5k.
‘We are both humbled and amazed by the speed in which the race sold out’, said Jim Stasaitis, Boilermaker Race Director. ‘I think it speaks volumes about the quality of this race that this community has created.’
Runners who have found themselves shut out of the race can still secure a bib via the Boilermaker Charity Bib Program; details are posted at www.boilermaker.com.
In addition, the Boilermaker Transfer Program, which offers runners the opportunity to legally transfer their bib to a runner, will take place in May.