Turkey Trots: A Fulfilling Thanksgiving Tradition

Boston Heartbreak

Why She Runs

Dads Rock: Dick Hoyt

Yes They Did! Dick and Rick Hoyt Complete their 30th Boston Marathon

Beating the Bully and the Brat in Birmingham

New to Running? Join our runners group and run the Sharon Timlin 5K in June
Two years ago, I coached a group of over two dozen new runners to complete their first 5K. The idea came after I wrote an article for baystateparent magazine called “You Are a Runner!” I wrote the article to inspire women and men to consider running as a way to acheive their fitness goals.
But I know from experience that it can be frustrating to get motivated by reading an article but then not know where to start.
So we decided ..read more
For the Love of Luci

Racing The Planet for a Reason
George Chmiel Goes the Extra 155 Miles for Children’s Growth Disorders
Video credit; Chris Lusher with permission from RacingThePlanet Ltd: George Chmiel’s Aussie Adventure
I’ve met a lot of contagiously crazy, enthusiastically energetic, over-the-top inspirational people in my running circles, but I have to say that George Chmiel beats them all. George blows away any idea of self-imposed physical limits.
“Just say no” is not a phrase in his vocabulary. His can-do mindset is mind boggling. And his compassion for ..read more
The Boston Marathon Baby
Published in the Metrowest Daily News and the Westborough News
It’s the holy grail. The brass ring. The oldest, the notorious, the elite, the famed. The magical, mythical Boston Marathon.
And I was running it. Just saying “I’m training for the Boston Marathon,” gave me a smug, self-satisfied feeling. I won’t lie.
No matter that I was a charity runner, had the flabby breasts-tummy-thigh-thing going from bearing three children in five years.
I dreamed of that moment in April when I ..read more