Woonsocket Runners Finish Boston Marathon

Despite a heat advisory issued for the area yesterday, Woonsocket locals Christopher R. Hoard, 38 (#24109) and Meghan T. MacDonald, 36 (#21892) finished the Boston Marathon.

The Boston Athletic Association (BAA) issued an email statement on Saturday morning offering a deferment to any official runner who would like to postpone his or her participation until 2013. Though 4,290 other runners did decide to run another day, Hoard and MacDonald didn't take them up on the offer.

Hoard finished with a net time of 04:43:44. MacDonald finished with a net time of 06:08:58. You can check out full details on thier performance at the BAA site's individual runner tracking page. Just enter thier runner numbers into the form.

Here are some more numbers from the Boston Marathon:

Number of runners registered: 26,716

Temperature at the start line: 70

Temperature when first runner crossed: 85

Temperature at conclusion of the race: 89

Number of runners that deferred: 4,290

Numbers of spectators: 500,000

Non-profit runners: 2,250

Number attending the expo: 80,000

Dollars raised for charity: $16 million

All numbers came from Bleacher Report and the official B.A.A. website.