Water Stations Ready To Hydrate Runners At 129th Boston Marathon

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is miles sixteen.

Speaker 2 (00:01):
Miles sixteen is your domain.

Speaker 1 (00:02):
It is it is.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Frank tells me there's a method to the madness handing
out water and gatorade to athletes here at Lower Falls.

Speaker 3 (00:09):
Big role is you have to be able to touch
your table because if we have everybody take them one
more step out into the road, you know it's going
to get very narrow. You know, the codinal sitting would
be to imp the runner. You know, we don't want
to interfere with any runner.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Mostly it's ranting in the new guys who get impatient
watching the pros whiz by without taking a cup.

Speaker 1 (00:28):
It's a little bit like hurting kats.

Speaker 2 (00:29):
But Frank is the second generation to be running this
water stop. His father ran it for twenty five years, been.

Speaker 1 (00:35):
In the family name for twelve thirty years in Newton.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
J Willette WBZ, Boston's news radio