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The Boston Marathon Podcast

The Boston Marathon podcast is a production of the Boston Athletic Association, organizers of running events and programming in Boston since 1887. The podcast is also produced by WBZ-TV in Boston, home of live, local, coverage of the 122nd Boston Marathon, on April 16, 2018.

May 14, 2018

Cheri Blauwet grew up in Iowa as an involved student - student council and academic groups filled her schedule.  Sports and competitive racing rarely drew her interest. After all, Blauwet used a wheelchair to get around, and didn't feel that the track team was something she was cut out for. 

But with the persistent...


May 8, 2018

The B.A.A. Medical Coordinator Chris Troyanos manages an enormous team of medical professionals to help care for thousands of runners at each Boston Marathon, and he does it sometimes under the most difficult weather conditions. 

From the cold, wind, and rain of the 2018 Boston Marathon, to the heat of 2012 and 2004,...


May 1, 2018

The 1968 Boston Marathon Champion reflects on his decades of contributions to the sport of running, as both a competitor and a writer. 

Amby has seen many changes sweep through the sport of running since his first impressions of the Boston Marathon as a Wesleyan Student in 1965. He has experienced them as a competitor,...