Enjoying the Doug White Special
I can run? For the first 55 years of my life, I had no idea why people would want to run along roads when bikes
Spectators felt as strongly as the runners about reclaiming the race
I last ran Boston (my second time) in 2009, and had no plans to return any time soon. But when the bombs went off in
Three Boston Medals
In 2006, I visited my doctor weighing 104kg. With medicated high blood pressure, dangerously high cholesterol, and a shocking liver reading, I was on a
260 Thank You’s
It has always been a dream of mine to run the Boston Marathon, but as a five-hour runner, I knew I would never make the
We were Unstoppable
The headline of the Boston Globe on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 read “UNSTOPPABLE.” That sentiment could not have been more true. Meb Keflezighi, the American winner,
371 Days to the Finish Line
It all started with a phone call: “Would you be interested in running a race with me? We will have a team of 12 and
“Stationary in the Middle of the Boylston Street”
My running career began in 1987, when at the age of 35, I decided it was time to lose a little weight. I ran my first
“I had no cell phone, no I.D., no money, no hotel room key. However, I did have my lipstick.”
First of all, I want to explain how I even got to run the Boston Marathon in the first place. If you know anything about
A continuous clap and a constant roar
On April 15, 1996, the world’s oldest marathon was about to become the world’s largest marathon. But it wasn’t going to be easy. The northeastern
“America’s Good Luck Charm”
In July 1978, I finished third in the Grandfather Mountain Marathon (described as “among the most strenuous marathons in the nation”), just barely reaching my
“I was too dehydrated to even cry…”
For years I wanted to just qualify for Boston. Unlike some novice runners who say they have never heard of the race, running Boston has
Choosing to run rather than drive the bus
In April of 2000 a relationship began. A runner fell in love with a city. Back in the summer of 1989, after doing some hiking
“The joy is in the journey: Boston is the reward.”
I started running to lose baby weight with a 2001 New Year’s resolution. My goal was to lose the last 10 or 20 pounds from
A Spot on the Second Row
There are days when everything just seems to fall in place. For me, Monday, April 21, 1975, was one such day, although there was a
Still paying back for a race just under the wire…
I crossed the finish line at the Boston Marathon in 2013. It wasn’t the way I wanted to. I was wearing a white volunteer jacket
Easier than hunting game in Zimbabwe…
I would consider myself a rookie compared to many other guys and gals on this site, but I’ll tell my story as well. Boston was