BOSTON, MA -- More than a dozen Upper Peninsula runners are in Massachusetts today.  They are there for the 115th Annual Boston Marathon.

Long regarded as one of the world's toughest courses, Boston has spurned professional pacesetters while encouraging tactics that favor strategy over speed.

Experts think that will be different this year.  Last year's men's champion, Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot of Kenya, broke the record by 1:22.  He is back to defend his win.

Ethiopia's Teyba Erkesso will defend her women's crown against a field that includes four-time Boston winner Catherine Ndereba.

Here's a list of local runners and their bib numbers.  You can follow their progress by clicking on the link.

10323 - Ray Tiberg, 65, Calumet 

F115 - Amy A. Hauswirth, 41, Hancock  

17219 - Ann M. Hoover, 38, Hancock

7841 - Amy Roberts, 32, Houghton 

15387 - Tammy S. O'Brien, 37, Ishpeming   

16979 - Jennifer P. Baldwin, 43, Marquette    

8446 - Gregory D. Borzick, 42, Marquette     

18144 - Katrina J. Borzick, 41, Marquette     

77 - Tracy C. Lokken, 45, Marquette

12438 - Dawn E. Lundin, 25, Marquette     

16470 - Kelly  Mead, 36, Marquette

4658 - Jon C. Mommaerts, 41,  Marquette     

15936  - Kimberly B. Parlato, 37, Marquette

9823 - Amanda T. Jurinen, 34,  Munising

20399  -  Laurie Smith, 45, Atlantic Mine