Lake Tahoe Area Runners in Today's Boston Marathon

Submitted by paula on Mon, 04/21/2014 - 9:01am

After last year's bombing at the Boston Marathon, this year's event has come back bigger and stronger if one takes the historical number of runners and spectators into account. The April 21, 2014 marathon and has 35,671 participants.

The Lake Tahoe area is well represented in Boston with 10 runners from the south and north shores.

South Lake Tahoe runners are Shandi Ashmore, Kristin Blocher and Matthew Grodzik. Bridget Matos of Zephyr Cove has joined them as well as Lyndsey Bednar of Stateline.

Victor Heredia of Incline Village, 74 year old Mats Ofverberg of Truckee,
Tahoe City's Donna Collingnon, Jacqueline Clark of Tahoma, Mary Sandeman of Homewood round out the Tahoe group.