Van to Hopkinton for Boston Marathon on April 21, 2008

Open to all Boston marathoners; not just North Shore Striders

If you are running in the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 21,

  1. You can drive into Boston and then take a yellow school bus to Hopkinton where you will wait in an open field until race time or
  2. You can beg a friend or relative to spend 1.5 hours of their time driving you to a parking area miles from Hopkinton from whence you can take a yellow school bus shuttle into downtown Hopkinton and walk to the Athlete's Village to wait in an open field until race time while your friend or relative spends another 1.5 hours driving home or
  3. You can ride with the North Shore Striders on a 27-person van with comfortable seats from Vinnin Square on the Salem/Swampscott line directly to Hopkinton High School where you may wait inside the van, staying warm and dry, until race time. (The bus parking lot at the high school is right next to the baggage buses for your convenience.)

Departure Time: 6:40am from in front of Staples at Vinnin Square (Rt. 1A) on the Salem/Swampscott line.

Cost: $20 per Strider; $25 per non-Strider

The van is open to all Boston marathoners; not just North Shore Striders. The Striders running Boston get priority but we welcome non-Striders to join us on the van and celebrate with us.

Please e-mail Gary Freedman at tide2992@yahoo.com soon to insure your place in the van and copy Mike Pelletier at mpelletier@nii.net as a back-up.