'Proud and nervous': York's Karen Fogg running in 16th straight Boston Marathon
YORK, Maine — Karen Fogg said so many people, people she knows and people she doesn't, ask her the same question around this time of year.
"'Are you running again this year?'" Fogg said. "And that makes me really proud and nervous all at the same time. It makes me realize that people, they're going to check out what my time was and everything ... I'm not as fast as I used to be."
Fogg, 53, has said year after year the Boston Marathon is her favorite marathon, so when asked the repeated question of will she be running again, the answer is a proud yes.
Fogg, a York resident, is making her 16th consecutive trip to Boston to run in the 128th Boston Marathon Monday, April 15.
"It's one of the hardest, so it's a big challenge for me," Fogg said. "I'm usually up to the challenge, it makes it more rewarding to finish, I guess you could say. There's so many people along the course who have made it a tradition ... I've run it so many times that I see a lot of the same groupings of people along the way so that makes it really fun."
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Start times are broken down into groupings of four waves, with each wave having nine corrals.
Wave 1 starts at 10:00 a.m., wave 2 is at 10:25 a.m., wave 3 is at 10:50 a.m. and wave 4 is at 11:15 a.m. Fogg is listed in wave 3, corral 5 which has a scheduled start time of 10:15 a.m. All times are approximate.
Though she's used to running the marathon, Fogg doesn't reveal the time she's aiming to finish the race.
"I don't like to say it out loud," Fogg laughed. "I'm very superstitious."
But one thing that is for certain for Fogg is she is a fan of even numbers, so keep that in mind when thinking if this will be Fogg's last race.
"My daughter wants me to just keep going until I'm like 70, and I don't know if that's going to happen," Fogg said. "I obviously have to qualify every year, but I do like even numbers. So if I qualify again this year, I'm going to have to try and do it again next year, because 17 is not an even number. My husband wants me to do it until I'm 60, and I said, 'I don't know, you try it once.'"
Fogg has run numerous marathons, such as New York and Chicago, but talked more about why Boston is No. 1 in her view.
"(Boston) is the oldest marathon, and it's one of the first you've had to qualify for year after year, you can't just sign up for it," Fogg said. "It's just the whole overall experience from soup to nuts is incredible."
To qualify for next year's 129th Boston Marathon, Fogg's gender and age group must meet the 3 hour-55 minute benchmark.
Seacoast NH and local Maine runners in 2024 Boston Marathon
Here is a look at Seacoast New Hampshire and local southern York County, Maine runners registered to run in the 128th Boston Marathon:
Barrington
Joshua Bouchard
John Maiorino
Bryan Teeter
Brentwood
Jose Otero
Dover
Nicole Gray
Jeffrey Hatch
Sinthy Kounlasa
Kara Murphy
Chris Neugebauer
Jessica Rogers
Keri-Ann Rugg
Peter Siess
Lindsay Werner
Durham
Brian Banafato
Marsha Kavanagh
Bob Kennedy
Janet Perkins-Howland
Phil Vaughn
Epping
Holly Blais
Cherie Hendrickson
Stephanie Snow
Exeter
Katie Baseden
Stephanie Bramlett
Lindsay Close
Chris Colongeli
James Dinanno
Dawn Ebbetts
James Ryan
Rita Terjeki
Greenland
Kathie George O'Neil
Jennifer Hagwood
Hampton
Annabelle Beaton
Joan Cullinane
Kenza Farid
Amanda Gonzalez
Cassie Kruse
Christopher Medvetz
Daniella Tabor
Brandon Wells
Lee
Megan Hutchinson
Kanoa King
Aliaksandr Leuchanka
Anna Villanova
New Castle
Mary Legere
Erin Spellman
Newfields
Jordan Evans
Kelly Moran
Newmarket
Alan Bernier
Lisa Plante
North Hampton
Michael Spector
Portsmouth
Ashley Busa
Finn Caron
Nina Caron
Sky Caron
Colby Connell
Lauren Finelli
Timothy Finelli
Jacob Goldsmith
Nicholas Gorski
Michelle Hanson
Justin Herold
Matt Homich
Karen Lyons
Bill Nawn
Jonathan Sandberg
Kristen Selig
Stefany Shaheen
James Soldner
Kelly Sweeney
Rochester
Tamara Gerossie
Kaleigh Johnson
Sam Njue
Matthew Willobee
Rye
Robert Gray
Will Locandro
Catherine Saarela
Christine Shaw
Seabrook
Katia Gaffney
Susan Grubbs
Stratham
Amy Block
Joshua Rubin
Mark Santos
Katherine Vignaly
MAINE
Eliot
Matthew Daly
Eli Nixon
Matt Sawyer
Berwick
William Mcclory
Kittery
John Bucci
Nikolas Franks
Amelia Lorrey
Madison Machado
John Puleo
South Berwick
Matthew Deluca
Michal Kaleta
Hank Lopez
York
Stacy Bradburn
Paul Cincotta
Pierce Cote
Ann-Michele Dragsbaek
Elizabeth Drake
Nancy Eaton
Karen Fogg
Evan Hall
Patty Higgins
Eileen Mcelroy
Kevin Robinson
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Karen Fogg of York, ME running in 16th straight Boston Marathon
