For 120 years, the Boston Marathon has been a national symbol of preparation, dedication and friendly competition. People from around the world come to run in the race in whatever weather the fickle Mother Nature decides to serve up that day. But ever since the bombing at the Boston Marathon a few years ago, the […]
For 120 years, the Boston Marathon has been a national symbol of preparation, dedication and friendly competition. People from around the world come to run in the race in whatever weather the fickle Mother Nature decides to serve up that day.
But ever since the bombing at the Boston Marathon a few years ago, the race has come to stand for something beyond athletics, beyond pageantry, beyond competition.
For me, it’s come to represent the essence of who we are as a people, our resilience, spirit and toughness, in response to senseless terror on innocent people.
We all become Boston Strong when it comes to the city’s iconic, annual race.
On Monday, CBS-owned WBZ-TV will once again be the only Boston TV station to broadcast the race with live comprehensive coverage throughout the day, according to a statement from the station. And co-owned WBZ-AM will provide the only wall-to-wall radio coverage.
WBZ will provide start-to-finish reporting from 36 camera locations providing mile-by-mile coverage.
WBZ’s website, www.cbsboston.com will live stream the coverage.
Coverage begins at 4:30 in the morning, with live coverage from Hopkinton Green and the Athletes’ Village and continue until 4 in the afternoon, with WBZ on-air news anchors, reporters and meteorologists stationed all along the race.
Joining the team are WBZ’s marathon experts, Kathrine Switzer, who was one of the first women to “officially” compete in the Boston Marathon, and renowned marathon commentator Toni Reavis.
At 8:50 a.m., WBZ will cover the start of the mobility impaired runners. Runners will include Boston Marathon bombing survivors Adrianne Haslet Davis and Patrick Downes.
At 9:17 a.m., WBZ will have the start of the men’s wheelchair race followed by the women’s wheelchair race.
At 9:32 the elite women runners start. At 10 will be the start of the elite men followed by the start of all other runners participating in the 120th Boston Marathon.
This year’s field includes four waves of runners starting after the elite runners totaling 30,000.
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