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One Boston Day
April 15th, 2016 is the first official One Boston Day. Last year marked the beginning of this new annual Boston tradition that serves as an opportunity to celebrate the resiliency, generosity, and strength demonstrated by the people of Boston and those around the world in response to the tragedy of April 15, 2013. “April 15 is…
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Cresting Hills
Sunday we ran our final long run before the Boston Marathon. 12.58 miles of hills and good company. There is great joy in being out on a long run with friends on a great day. The freedom experienced while running is unlike anything else I have experienced. Feeling the sun on your face and the air…
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FamilyAid Boston Run for Housing
Since 1916, FamilyAid Boston has provided our city’s most vulnerable residents with homelessness prevention, shelter, housing, and support services. We help homeless families get back on their feet and plan for future stability and success. This year I’m running Boston for FamilyAid Boston. Here is why. FamilyAid Boston Over the past five years, our Boston…
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Taper Time 2016
I’m in my first full week of taper time, and I’m felling a little better. Last week I had a lot of stuff on my mind. I’m behind on my training and my fundraising, and time is running out! I knew these would be issues going into this, but it became very corpreal last week…
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Snowy Long Run
It’s April in Massachusetts, and still it snows! We have had some normal spring weather and a day or two in the 70’s. Most of us thought we were done with Jack Frost. Snowy Long Run This week we began our taper and the Sunday Long Run dropped down to 14.8 miles. I planned to…
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Big Long Run
This Saturday was the longest of the long runs before Boston. We had a convoy of cars take us out to Hopkinton for the 21.5 mile run to Boston College. Big Long Run We have spent the past twelve weeks building up to this run. Prior to this run, our longest had been 20 miles.…