The Boilermaker Road Race is a USATF-certified 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) race

Racing

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 in Utica

Utica, New York

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, New York

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, United States

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. The race attracts elite runners from all over the world as well as runners from across the country.

The Boilermaker is organized by a staff of race directors, in conjunction with the National Distance Running Hall of Fame

National Distance Running Hall of Fame

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 and has been run every year since 1978. The next race will be run on July 10, 2011. The race is touted as the largest 15k road race in the United States, and it is popular among elite and casual runners alike. For 2011, the race was capped at 13,000 entrants, which was met on May 14, nearly two months before the day of the race.

The race is sponsored, in part, by the Matt Brewing Company

Matt Brewing Company

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 of Utica, NY. Appropriately, runners are given commemorative pint glasses in lieu of a runner's shirt as part of registration. The race is televised by WUTR

WUTR

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, the local ABC affiliate in Utica.

History

The Boilermaker was established in 1978 by Earle C. Reed as a measure of giving back to the local community through his Utica Boiler business. The first 15K race in 1978 had a budget of $750 and attracted just over 800 local runners. The race failed to gain any national prominence until 1983, when renowned American distance runner Bill Rodgers

Bill Rodgers

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 won with a time of 44:38.

Past winners

Key:

Edition	Year	Men's winner	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )	Women's winner	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
1st	1978		45:38		54:26
2nd	1979		47:15		57:30
3rd	1980		45:16		55:02
4th	1981		44:48		54:49
5th	1982		44:58		54:41
6th	1983		44:38		53:22
7th	1984		44:21		52:37
8th	1985		44:42		50:35
9th	1986		44:07		50:19
10th	1987		45:10		54:10
11th	1988		44:55		52:45
12th	1989		44:06		52:35
13th	1990		44:01		51:39
14th	1991		44:10		48:19
15th	1992		43:39		50:22
16th	1993		43:39		51:07
17th	1994		42:57		50:24
18th	1995		43:09		49:42
19th	1996		42:40		48:55
20th	1997		42:54		49:58
21st	1998		42:57		49:58
22nd	1999		43:00		48:52
23rd	2000		43:07		48:47
24th	2001		42:57		48:06
25th	2002		43:22		48:29
26th	2003		43:23		48:55
27th	2004		43:50		48:50
28th	2005		43:22		50:11
29th	2006		43:16		49:31
30th	2007		43:51		49:23
31st	2008		44:17		50:39
32nd	2009		43:56		49:32
33rd	2010		42:46		47:57
34th	2011		43:30		48:41