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After being held in October last year, the Boilermaker Road Race is returning to its traditional July date.

After being held in October last year, the Boilermaker Road Race is returning to its traditional July date.

After being held in October last year, the Boilermaker Road Race is returning to its traditional July date.

After being held in October last year, the Boilermaker Road Race is returning to its traditional July date.

With 143 days to go until race day on Culver Ave, Boilermaker officials unveiled the 2021 race logo this morning. The logo was designed by Ryan McGrogan of McGrogan Design. McGrogan says the new logo prominently features the permanent finish line arch on Court Street and also represents a shift from the organization’s recurring color scheme to a fall-themed color palette. courtesy of Utica Boilermaker “This unique take on Boilermaker 44 pays respect to the challenging and historic circumsta...

Peters said the design needed to be unique to the challenges for what will be the second race impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 43-year-old race — which normally occurs the second Sunday in July — took place virtually last year Sunday, Sept. 13, due to the pandemic, after initially being pushed back; though some runners unofficially ran the course on its original July 12 date last year. Ryan McGrogan, whose Utica-based company McGrogan Design created logos for the 2019, 2020 and now t...