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WBZ Team Finishes The 115th Boston Marathon

Peg Rusconi
Peg Rusconi and her son Sam at the Finish Line.

BOSTON (CBS) - WBZ-TV reporters Peg Rusconi and Paul Burton, along with CBSBoston.com Web Producer Mike Toole, each finished the Boston Marathon on Monday.

Peg led the pack, breaking the four-hour mark with a final time of 3:57:47. It was her seventh Boston Marathon.

Mike Toole Boston Marathon
Mike Toole ran the Boston Marathon for Childrens Hospital (credit: Andrea Courtois).

Mike finished with a time of 4:13:49. Mike ran on behalf of Children's Hospital, who completed a heart transplant on his daughter Avery in 2009. As seen earlier on WBZ-TV, Avery is doing great.

Paul Burton Boston Marathon
Paul Burton and kids from the Ron Burton Training Village. (credit: Andrea Courtois)

Paul, meanwhile, who was running in his seventh Boston Marathon, finished at 4:23:08.   He runs along with campers from the Ron Burton Training Village in honor of his father and to help raise scholarships for campers to attend the summer session program.

Let's congratulate all of the runners who took part in the 113th Boston Marathon.

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