UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - The 43rd edition of the Boilermaker is being postponed due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
This year’s 15k race is expected to be pushed to Sept. 13 from its usual summer date during the second weekend in July. A Facebook pos t Saturday included an email letter to Boilermaker volunteers saying race directors had decided on the new date.
Race officials are scheduled to make an official announcement Tuesday regarding plans for the race, which regularly draws close to 15,000 participants and tens of thousands of spectators to the Mohawk Valley.
The Boilermaker, which began in 1978 among a small group of friends, has never been postponed or rescheduled.
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