113th Boston Marathon-GO WICKED!

With just hours left until the 113th running of the Boston Marathon, it’s a good time to think about how you might follow your fellow Wicked mates to the finish line. The B.A.A. and AT&T offer two ways to track all of the athletes from start to finish. Below is the list of Wicked Runners along with their bib number and the information to track them from Hopkinton to Boston.

A very special thank you to the following Wicked members and who will be volunteering tomorrow at the Boston Marathon at mile 17, the Gel stop: Darla Johnson, Dan Barrett, Gail Gordon, Angel Green, Marie Gesnaldo, Melissa Jaynes, Anne McDonough-Hughes (Melissa’s friend), Adam Fitch, John Mahoney, Katy Porter-Mahoney, Jason Matulewicz, Ruth Brediger, Tim Clarke, Laurie Fountain, Melissa Murphy (Laurie’s friend), Doug Bollen, Steve Touchette, Deb Touchette, Liz Touchette, Amber Woolfenden, Danny Leadvaro.

Lester Friedberg 23858

Mark Meche 25669

Becky Fiore 25214

Karra Cheever 10595

Mark Tuttle 6127

Stephanie Cooper 26847

Bruce Campbell 8172

Karen Giroux 26817

Sally Holtzman 26872

Beth O’Grady 26393

Alison Phelan 23999

Billy Shea 18357

The B.A.A. (Boston Athletic Association) will broadcast every 5Km split to its web site and family and friends can track runners progress by logging in and entering their name or bib number.

AT&T and the Boston Marathon are proud to announce that you can now sign-up for the AT&T Athlete Alert program. Whether you want updates on top runners leading this year’s race, or want to track the progress of your friends and family as they make their way from Hopkinton to Boylston Street, the AT&T Athlete Alert program is the easiest way to stay up on latest from the 2009 Boston Marathon.

There are three ways to sign up for the AT&T Athlete Alert program:

• Simply text RUNNER to 41234. You will then receive an SMS text message confirming how to complete registration.
• Continue to the registration page for the AT&T Athlete Alert program on the race website. Sign-up using your US mobile phone number for SMS text message updates, or by entering an email address for email updates. Please note that this method will require that you have an athlete’s bib number and date of birth. Click here now to continue to registration.