Boston Marathon goes on as scheduled - wet and windy and on TV...

The rain is still coming down hard, but the Boston Marathon will go off as scheduled. (http://weather.boston.com/). Text commentary will be provided at http://baa.org/ beginning at 9am.

9:25 a.m. Wheelchair Division Start
9:35 a.m. Elite Women's Start
10:00 a.m. Elite Men & Wave 1 Start
10:30 a.m. Wave 2 Start

TV-coverage begins at 9:30am(ET) on Verfsus (Formerly Outdoor Life Channel)

This year marks the 40th Anniversary of Kathrine Switzer's legendary "entry" into the Boston Marathon (see below). Switzer, a pioneer in women's distance running, introduced her autobiography, "Marathon Woman", this week. For more details, go to: http://www.kathrineswitzer.com