Ten years have passed since Joanne Morgan and Laurie Hill raced the Boston Marathon.
It's been an annual event on Tanya Carter's racing calendar for the past two years and Kristen Kieta completed the 26-mile 385-yard course last year.
No doubt, the Prince George runners will put that experience to work for them today when they take their marks in this year's Boston Marathon. They are among nine marathoners with Prince George addresses expected to join a horde of about 37,500 runners entered in the 119th annual race.
The first wave of the race starts for elite women at 9:32 a.m. EDT and the elite men follow at 10 a.m.
Kieta, 25, who finished in 3:13:29 last year, is in the second wave of runners in the first corral, and will start running at 10:25 a.m. Paige Howat, 40, is also in the second wave, part of the fifth corral.
Hill, 50, and Jacqui Pettersen, 43, are in the third wave in the fifth corral, which leaves at 10:50 a.m. Three Prince George runners -- Morgan, 56, Annie Horning, 50, and Tim Rowe, 63, will start together in the third wave, sixth corral.
Carter, 47, will be part of the third wave, seventh corral, while Michael Wells, 65, leaves at 11:15 a.m. as part of the fourth wave, second corral.
The Boston weather forecast calls for a cool cloudy day today with a high of 10 C and steady rain beginning at about 1 p.m. The start time temperature will be in the low single digits.
Live tracking of individual runners is available on the Boston Marathon website, www.baa.org.
Boston Marathon qualifying time standards
(Runner's age on the day of the Boson Marathon determines which qualifying time standard applies)
Men's age groups
18-34 - 3:05
35-39 - 3:10
40-44 - 3:15
45-49 - 3:25
50-54 - 3:30
55-59 - 3:40
60-64 - 3:55
65-69 - 4:10
70-74 - 4:25
75-79 - 4:40
80+ - 4:55
Women's age groups
18-34 - 3:35
35-39 - 3:40
40-44 - 3:45
45-49 - 3:55
50-54 - 4:00
55-59 - 4:10
60-64 - 4:25
65-69 - 4:40
70-74 - 4:55
75-79 - 5:10
80+ - 5:25
