There will be plenty of runners from Kentucky among the 30,000 athletes expected to cross the starting line (and hopefully finish line) at the 50th running of the New York City Marathon on Nov. 7.
Among the masses will be Pikesville, Kentucky, resident Jason Booher, who has been selected as a member of "Team 50," a unique group of 50 participants that represent some of the most inspiring stories of runners taking part in the historic running of the New York City Marathon. They include front-line workers, first responders, COVID-19 survivors, longtime volunteers, passionate supporters of causes and charities, and historic participants from the last 50 years of the New York City Marathon.
When the starting gun goes off Sunday morning at 8 a.m., Booher be will be wearing a bright yellow shirt with 27 names listed alphabetically in black letters down the back. It's a special shirt Booher wore in the London Marathon earlier this year and at the Berlin Marathon in 2019.
The 46-year-old Mercer County school superintendent is a survivor of the nation’s deadliest drinking and driving crash — the 1988 Carrollton bus crash that claimed the lives of 27 children and adults. Booher is dedicating each mile of his 26.2-mile race to one of the victims, with the final 0.2 miles dedicated to his best friend, who was sitting in the seat next to himduring the accident.
