Fresh perspective: Covering my first Boilermaker 15 Jul 2013 | 09:44 pm

I’ll admit, until my time at the Observer-Dispatch, I had never even heard of the Boilermaker Road Race. But now that I have experienced my first one, I hope that it will not be my last.

A dramatic victory: Kenya's Keter rallies late to win 15K 15 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm

It wasn’t particularly fast, but it certainly was dramatic. Julius Keter camped on Wilson Kiprotich’s right shoulder for the last 4½ miles, then blew past his older Kenyan countryman over the last 40...

Boilermaker might push registration back 15 Jul 2013 | 04:28 pm

Considering it was run on a very humid day and under a new, stricter security regimen, the 36th annual Boilermaker Road Race went very smoothly Sunday.

'We run to have fun' in practice at Post Race Party 15 Jul 2013 | 01:50 pm

With each barrel of Wild Hop Pils — a grand total of 315 to be exact — the excitement at the Post Race Party at the F. X. Matt Brewing Co. grew.

Spectators pump up runners in New Hartford 14 Jul 2013 | 06:16 pm

Once every runner made it up the hill of Champlin Avenue to cross the 7-mile mark of the 36th annual Boilermaker Road Race, it was all downhill from there.

Boilermaker 5K dominated by local runners 14 Jul 2013 | 06:03 pm

Sam Anderson and Rachel Young did pretty well in Sunday's Boilermaker 5K race on a hot and humid morning with 3,780 finishers.

5 generations gather to cheer, eat in West Utica 14 Jul 2013 | 05:52 pm

What else but the Boilermaker can gather five generations together on one porch? Donned in a black fisherman hat and shades, 58-year-old Levon Jackson smiled as he took stock of the relatives lounging...

Morse, Lasnicki repeat as top local Boilermaker finishers 14 Jul 2013 | 05:50 pm

Camden's Sam Morse, the top local finisher in Utica's 15K each of the last three years, was the fifth American to cross the finish line on Sunday - just two spots out of the money - with a personal Bo...

Race notebook: Yorkville / New Hartford 14 Jul 2013 | 05:43 pm

Jason Robinson's Boilermaker dream takes off 14 Jul 2013 | 05:41 pm

Jason Robinson was on a mission. Not surprisingly, he still is. “This is just the start,” said the 10-year-old from Rome, the wunderkind who had just finished his first Boilermaker 15K Road Race in a ...