Hartford Half Marathon

Hartford Turns 20!
by Bob Fitzgerald
The ING Hartford Marathon/Half Marathon, Relay &
5K celebrates a 20th anniversary
this October 12 and along with
the tried and true, there are a
few things new. Well actually,
more than a few but we don’t
have room for everything so
here’s a smattering.
Club Row – Open
• Runner’s
to running club members
(gotta singlet?) featuring
exclusive hospitality tents
with refreshments and facilities just for club members.
Drummers – In addi• Taiko
tion to the 22 musical acts on
the course, the Taiko Drummers of NYC will inspire
both runners and spectators
at the finish line on October
12th.
States Reunion Celebra• 50
tion – The 50 States
Marathon Club is celebrating its annual fall reunion at
the ING Hartford Marathon.
To date, 65 members will be
running Hartford along their
journey to run a marathon in
every state in the country.
Those accomplishing that
task in Hartford will be recognized with a beautiful
commemorative plaque in a
special ceremony.
From The
Blogosphere
NER’s linchpin with the
New England’s Finest Program
at Hartford, Ellen Smith, recently debuted in the “blog” section
of the Hartford Marathon Foundation website. A marketing
guru during the week, Ellen is a
permanent part-timer with HMF
during the course of its 22 running events from March thru
Dec. with an additional five
duathlons and triathlons from
May thru Sept.
Suffice to say that Ellen
wears many hats in addition to
other unique attire—such as the
wading boots we caught her
wearing the only time in five
years we could track her down
K Spreads Out – Big
• Kids
changes with the Kids K on
October 12th. The start and
finish has moved across the
park to Elm Street to allow
more room for more kids.
Also added is a “Kids Fit
Zone” with interactive fitness activities, a Chocolate
Milk Garden, and much
more!
Green Initiative
• EcoHusky
– Named the greenest road
race in America in 2008, the
ING Hartford Marathon
isn’t resting on its laurels.
UCONN’s EcoHusky Club
and the EcoHouse Learning
Community will be on site
on race day to inform attendees about composting.
Compost collection bins will
be throughout Bushnell Park
and each will be staffed by a
UCONN student who’ll
guide folks to the proper
receptacle for recycling,
composting and trash. The
goal – Zero Waste!
Food – What can
• Comfort
you possibly add to 6400
yogurts, 4000 bagels, apple
crisp and veggie soup—how
about comfort staples like
Grilled Cabot Cheese Sandwiches and House Made
Tomato soup.
on marathon day. She was by the
food tents overseeing the placement of hay bales procured that
morning following a heavy rain.
Ellen made the call in a bit of a
panic when she arrived at Bushnell Park and found it resembling Woodstock without the
music.
Her help is indispensable in
keeping NEF speeding forward
and there are even plans for a
pre-race aperitif this year…we
shall see…in the interim, Executive Director of HMF and ING
Hartford Marathon Race Director
Beth Shluger gives Ellen the following intro:
“One of the greatest aspects
of my job is the opportunity to
work with really talented people,
who want to work very flexible,
Relaxing after last year’s half marathon, former University of Hartford
teammates Jonas Hampton (5th, 1:07:18) and Andrew Chalmers (15th,
1:10:51).
Photo by Steve McLaughlin
The De Facto
NE/NY Regional
Championships
Every marathon in New
England and New York is unique
with a number of superlatives
richly deserved. Not to trill the
NEF trumpet, but heading into
its sixth year, the swiftest and
deepest NE/NY fields now
annually converge on Bushnell
Park. “Regional” appears in the
above headline in deference to
the two World Marathon Majors
in our backyard. In the NE/NY
region, the strength of the ING
Hartford Marathon fields are
fairly obvious, but if you were to
ask the general populace what
the fastest half marathon in New
England is…they’d point to the
B.A.A. Half Marathon. The percentage that read NER would
hesitate for a moment, “What
about Hartford?” Exactly!
If you discount foreign runners (top 5 at Boston, top 2 at
part time hours. Because of the
ability to offer this type of job,
we get the best and brightest,
who normally would be scooped
up for big jobs by big employers
with big budgets. One such great
employee is Ellen Smith, who
has worked with HMF for over
12 years. We are so lucky!
“Ellen helps HMF throughout the year and can expertly
tackle any task we throw at her.
Reprinted from New England Runner, September/October 2013
Hartford in 2012 – Our house,
Our rules) regional speed and
depth tips to the Nutmeg State.
The top regional athlete at
Boston last year posted up in a
fine 1:07:29. That would have
been fourth at Hartford following ME’s Jonny Wilson (1:06:24),
NH’s Dan Hocking (1:07:11) and
CT’s Jonas Hampton. It continues—30th at Boston, 1:17:45;
Hartford, 1:16:09 – on the
women’s side, 12th at Boston1:26:33; at Hartford, 1:23:47. Both
races were run in fine conditions
on not dissimilar courses.
The New York City Half
Marathon dwarfs both events in
numbers, but in 2013 the first
regional runner was the Greater
New York RT’s Mike Cassidy in
1:07:25; the second was NER loyalist Eric Blake of CT in 1:09:09.
The defense rests. As the great
character actor Walter Brennan
used to say in every episode of
the ‘Guns of Will Sonnett’ (the
wisest show in the west) “No
brag, just fact.”
On race day she can be found
managing (wrangling!) HMF
FitKids races, coordinating food
for athletes or working the bike
course during duathlons and
triathlons. For the ING Hartford
Marathon, she coordinates athlete hotels, supervises the Official Charity program, helps run
the Elite programs including
New England’s Finest, and manages the Athlete Food Tent.”
New England's FINEST
A Quick Q&A:
Q: Favorite HMF race to work
Ellen Smith: The Shamrock
Duathlon! I have managed the
bike course for this Glastonbury
race for over 10 years. It is held
in my town, so I always see people I know, I am very familiar
with the course and it’s a challenging race for both beginners
and experienced athletes.
Q: All-time best race experiences
ES: My best personal experience was running in this
year ’s Vermont City
Marathon. I set this as a
goal for my 50th birthday year, and beat my
1999 marathon time by
13 minutes! My best
professional race
experience was
working at the
2013
Sandy
Hook Run for
the Families. It
was amazing
to see the huge
turnout of runners
and spectators for this event.
They never stopped coming!
Hartford Marathon RD Beth Shluger.
Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner
Photo by Steve McLaughlin
Q: Oddest thing on your race
day check list
ES: I always make sure to bring a
bottle of champagne to the Manchester Road Race each year to
celebrate the race after everyone
is finished.
Q: What most people don’t know
about making a successful event
NEW FOR 2013
Blame it on Reno
In addition to every 20th
marathon/half marathon finisher receiving a free subscription to
Photo by Scott Mason
NER, here’s something else that
we’ll keep going. A few years
ago we asked age-group ace and
NEF participant Reno Stirrat if
he had any suggestions on making the program better. It was
post-race and Reno’s head and
stomach had experienced a disconnect on the race course, largely owing to his love affair with a
creamy alfredo sauce at the pasta
party the previous evening. In
between moans he managed,
“You could offer a bonus for
New England’s Finest records.”
So it has come to pass. At 59,
Reno will be “prime time” in
2014. Most vulnerable this year
is the half marathon men’s Master record—no knock on Jason
Porter ’s 1:16:00, but Jason ran
this after an injury setback and a
switch from the marathon to the
half marathon, and thus the 40+
record is only 35 seconds faster
than Reno’s 50+ record.
HMF heroine Ellen Smith (red hair)
with project worker Peggy Byram.
ES: Act and be prepared. Make
all runners, volunteers and spectators feel that the race staff has
thought of everything and that
we’re here to put on the best race
that we can each and every time.
Q: Favorite post-workout snack
ES: Chocolate milk and bananas.
20th Running
New England Runner Magazine Bonus
Awarded to the first
male and female runners
in the New England’s
Finest program to best
any of the existing ING
Hartford Marathon and
Half Marathon New
England’s Finest event
records.
NEF Half Marathon Senior record
holder Reno Stirrat.
Reprinted from New England Runner, September/October 2013
New England’s
Finest –
Class of 2013
Men’s Marathon
Overview
Westchester TC teammates
Abiyot Endale and Mathew
Kiplagat went 1-2 last Oct.,
Endale in a course record 2:15:35.
The defending champ is out with
a knee ailment, but if he was in
we’d still give the No. 1 seed to
last year’s No. 2. Former Iona ace
Kiplagat is now a 2:12 ‘guy’ after
running 2:12:09 at Grandma’s
this June. When Endale surged at
20 miles last year, Kiplagat
decided not to give chase in his
debut marathon. “I’d watched
too much coverage of guys that
went fast and then staggered
across the finish line. I didn’t
want to be that guy,” said Kiplagat, who is looking to add a
marathon title to the half
marathon crown he earned in
2011…and then there’s the $1K
course record bonus.
2:35 marathoner Heidi Westover.
Photo by Scott Mason
Women’s Marathon
Overview
The field lost top New Yorkers Sarah Cummings (2:43:03,
2012 – work conflict) and US
Olympic Marathon trialist Jodie
Robertson (2:42:31, 2012 – injury
setback) but retains three women
who have run 2:39 or better,
including defending champion
and NEF course record holder
Hilary Dionne, plus six (6) current marathon champions. The
aforementioned doesn’t include
2011 champion Erica Jesseman,
runner-up in 2012 during an
injury plagued year but now
having the season of her life. The
2:39 club does include Walpole,
NH’s Heidi Westover, a twotime US World Championship
team member and two-time US
Olympic Marathon trialist who
ran 2:41:09 in the 2008 trials held
in Boston and was 15th in 2:35:45
at the trials in Houston in 2012.
While making her Hartford fulldistance debut, Westover is a 4time winner of the Cape Cod
Marathon and 5-time winner of
the Vermont City Marathon
where she holds the women’s
course record of 2:35:01. Heidi’s
most recent marathon was at
Vermont in May, which she won
by over 8-minutes in 2:42:02.
Men’s Marathon
Scott Mind el, Ballston
Lake, NY – We’ll give Scott
1:07:29 to place as 1st US in the
2012 B.A.A. Half Marathon, but
that performance motivated him
to enter the Cape Cod Marathon.
Running within himself, Eric let
the course take care of the competition, winning by 3-minutes
in 2:26:13 (good for 2-3 minutes
elsewhere). This year the 4:03
miler won the Bedford Rotary
20K in 39:04 and ran 14:05 at the
Hollis Fast 5K.
Eric MacKnig ht, C lifton
Park, NY – A two-time NCAA
THE RUBBER MATCH
qualifier at Keene State, CT
native MacKnight ran 2:26:13 for
7th last year. In 2012 he also won
the Adirondack Grand Prix over
Alex Paley (running the half
here). If anything, MacKnight
has upped his cardio this year on
the USATF-NE mountain circuit,
winning at Wachusett, 2nd at
Ascutney, 10th in his debut at
Mt. Washington and 11th (1st
NE/NY) at the US Mtn. Running
Championships at Cranmore in
late July.
Matt Pelletier
Chris Zablocki
Photo by Steve McLaughlin
Photo by MickFoto/NERunner
West Greenwich, RI’s Matt
Pelletier and Essex, CT’s Chris
Zablocki went 3-4 a year ago.
Matt ran 2:19:33 to break the
NEF record with Chris notching
a then PR of 2:20:11, since lowered to 2:17:49 at the Shamrock
Marathon (VA), one of four
marathons Chris won this year
before hooking up with Matt
again at May’s Vermont City
Marathon. The pair was still
together at 25 miles before
Photo by FitzFoto
Matt and Chris have agreed to work
together at Hartford to achieve a
2016 US Olympic Marathon trials
qualifier (2:18-B, 2:15-A). Chris,
who recently finished 15th at
Falmouth, will be leaving after
Labor Day to begin medical studies
at American University of the
Caribbean and will fly back a few
days before the marathon.
Chris scorched the final mile in
5-flat to win in 2:18:23 with
Matt following in 2:19:02.
Photo courtesy of Scott Mindel
props in the marathon section.
This is where he wanted to be
before coming down with two
golf ball sized knots in his leg
and glute after camping out the
night before a relay race across
Michigan this August. Scott was
19th at Boston in 2012 and 1st
New Yorker this year at Boston
in 2:22:25. Running again, he’ll
drop to the half this Oct.
Eric Ashe, Allston, MA –
Former BU runner Eric Ashe is 1for-1 on the marathon circuit. He
hadn’t planned on running
Reprinted from New England Runner, September/October 2013
Photo by George Ross
New England's FINEST
Oz Pearlman, NYC – Oz
Pearlman is a magician and mentalist who’s appeared in Sports
Illustrated, USA Today, the NY
Times and elsewhere. He’s also a
two-time winner of the Chicago
Additional Men’s
Marathon field
A: After 3 top-3 showings in the
Beach to Beacon 10K Maine division, Erica broke through in
August, winning by 24 seconds
in 34:17 (5:31 pace).
Thomas O’Grady, Latham, NY –
2:29:27, 2013 Boston Marathon.
Brendan O’Leary, Whitman, MA
– 2:30:41, 2013 Boston Marathon.
Spencer McElwain, Old Town,
ME – Debut, 2012 Maine Half
Marathon winner in 1:10:23.
Sarah Bard, Somerville, MA
– Originally from Waterville, ME,
Sarah ran her first marathon as a
Photo by Clay Shaw/Sports 35
Photo courtesy of Oz Pearlman
50-miler, winner of the 2012 Sri
Chinmoy Marathon and twotime (2011-2012) winner and
course record holder at the New
Jersey Marathon (2011, 2:28:19;
2012, 2:28:23).
Kevin Collins, Liverpool,
NY – Collins, 42, is the 2013 US
Masters 10K Champion and ran
a world class age-graded percentile at this year’s New Bed-
The Willow Street AC’s Thomas
O’Grady. Photo courtesy of Thomas O’Grady
Women’s Marathon
Hilary Dionne, Charlestown, MA – Former Dartmouth
Megan Nedlo, Salem, MA –
Megan Nedlo relocated to New
England from Charlotte, NC in
Nov. of 2011. She then ran the
2012 US Olympic Trials
Marathon in Houston in a then
PR of 2:41:06. Later in the year
she ran 2:39:08 to place as 4th
woman (2nd US) at the Philadelphia Marathon. Her stated goal
for Hartford is to go for the 2016
Olympic Trials ‘A’ qualifier of
2:37.
Erica Jesseman, Scarborough, ME – In her debut
marathon here in 2011, Erica won
in a Trials qualifying 2:45-flat.
Photo by Andrew McLanahan/photorun.net
college senior—Boston 2006 in
4:01:04. Since then it’s been 7straight PRs between the BostonChicago-NY Marathon Majors.
This past April at Boston she
notched No. 7 in 2:45:26.
Diane Senecal, Wakefield,
RI – A 40 year-old mother of
three “rambunctious boys” and a
full-time Nurse Practioner,
superduperdiane@ as her email
begins, pretty aptly displays the
underlying spirit of the NEF program. With a few friends, Diane
lightly trained for the 2012
Philadelphia Marathon and
logged 3:13:40. Bitten by the run-
College runner Hilary Dionne
nailed an 8-minute PR in 2:40:35
last Oct. to upend Jeannette
Photo by MickFoto/NERunner
Photo by Scott Mason
ford USATF-NE Half Marathon
Championship in 1:09:23 and at
the Lake Effect Half Marathon
(NY), running 1:09:07. He is a 3time US Olympic Marathon Trials qualifier and was runner-up
at the 2003 US Marathon Championships in 2:15:32.
Photo by Steve McLaughlin
Faber ’s NEF record of 2:41:06
from 2010. Hilary ran a PR
2:39:34 at Boston this April and
also notched her half marathon
PR of 1:16:12 this year.
She ran 2:46:11 in Houston and
then spent much of 2012 injured;
still, last fall she rallied to place
2nd here in 2:46:59. After a rest
and feeling healthy again, she
ran a PR 1:16:01 at the New Bedford Half Marathon and used
this April’s Boston Marathon (PR
2:44:35) as a springboard to winning everything in sight. Exhibit
Reprinted from New England Runner, September/October 2013
Photo by George Ross
ning bug, she then trained in
earnest under Senior savant Glen
Guillemette and this April won
the women’s division of the
Gansett Marathon (RI) in 3:03:09.
Additional
Women’s Marathon
field
Kate Pallardy, NYC – Winner of
the 2012 Cape Cod Marathon in
2:52:30; 4th at 2013 VT City
Marathon in 2:53:47.
Kristina Gracey, Albany, NY –
2:52:38 at the 2011 Cal Int’l
Marathon; top NYer at Boston
this year in 2:58:38 - 1:22:35 at the
2012 Hartford Half Marathon.
Eliza Tibbets, Falmouth, ME –
2:57:08, 2013 Boston; winner of
the 2012 Maine Marathon in
3:03:48.
Katie Edwards, Glastonbury, CT
– Winner of the 2012 Harrisburg
Marathon in 2:57:58.
Abbey Wood (nee Gosling),
Laconia, NH – 2:58:41 at 2011
Cape Cod Marathon.
Katherine Frey, Bayville, NY –
2009 Chicago Marathon, 2:57:38.
Jackie Evans, E. Longmeadow,
MA – 2:59:32, Boston 2013;
3:00:31, Hartford 2012.
Hope Ratham, Hingham, MA –
3:00:05, 2012 Chicago Marathon.
Carolyn Williams, Boston, MA –
3:00:13 at the 2012 Richmond
Marathon.
Sarah Romain, Easthampton,
MA - 3:01:38, 2013 Boston
Marathon.
Meghan Mortensen, Rotterdam,
NY – An up & coming 3:06
marathoner, Meghan was runner-up at the 2012 Kentucky Derby Marathon.
Maureen Terwilliger (40+) runner, Guilford, CT – 2013 Gansett
Marathon (RI) runner-up in
3:04:13; 2012 Hartford Masters
winner in 3:03:09.
Connie Grace (50+) runner,
Hopewell, Jct., NY – NEF 50+
record holder at 3:05:11, Hartford, 2012.
Men’s Half
Marathon
Ruben Sanca, Dracut, MA
Maine Marathon winner Eliza
Tibbets.
Photo by Scott Mason
– Winner of the 2011 USATF-NE
Half Marathon Championship in
1:05:26, Ruben ran his only
marathon to date that same year,
posting up in 2:18:43 as the first
American at the Rotterdam
Marathon. With dual citizenship,
he represented his native Cape
Verde in the 5000m event at the
2012 London Olympics. Ruben is
bouncing back nicely from knee
surgery this past May, having
recently run 24:03 (4:49 pace) at
the USATF-NE 5M Championship in late July.
Jonny Wilson, Falmouth,
ME – Wilson went through 10
miles last year with the two
Kenyan frontrunners in 50:22. In
Photo by Steve McLaughlin
the 11th mile his legs went numb
but he still placed 3rd in a 3minute PR of 1:06:24. The former
U. of Richmond runner recently
placed 15th overall at the world
class Beach to Beacon 10K in
30:48.
Brian Harvey, Allston, MA –
An NER Runner of the Year in
2010, the multi-talented B.A.A.
ace was 2nd American at Bay to
Breakers in 2012, has a 10K PR of
29:39 from the 2011 Penn Relays
and this year won both of the
featured 5000 meter races at the
New Balance Boston Twilight
Series. In August at Newburyport’s High Street Mile he ran
4:08. Harvey brings with him a
half marathon PR of 1:06:46 from
the 2011 Philadelphia Half
Marathon.
Additional Men’s
Half Marathon field
Dan Hocking, Dover, NH – The
former UNH Wildcat was 4th
last year in a PR 1:07:11.
Jonas Hampton, Hartford, CT –
The former U. of Hartford ace
was 5th last year in 1:07:18.
Chase Pizzonia, Bronx, NY –
1:07:15, 2012 Philadelphia. The
former Iona ace is a past NEFer.
Phil Mitchell, Glastonbury, CT –
The 25 year-old placed 6th last
year in 1:08:22.
Zach Schwartz, Medford, MA –
The former Brandeis runner
clocked 1:08:24 last year for 7th.
Nick Wheeler, Rockland, ME –
Nick placed 9th last year in
1:09:07.
Kevin Treadway, Albany, NY –
The 25 year-old former Dartmouth College harrier and current Albany Running Exchange
member ran 1:09:10 for 10th last
year.
Alex Paley, Albany, NY – 1:09:13,
2013 Rochester Flower City Half
(NY).
Joe Darda, Willimantic, CT –
Winner of three straight Hyannis
Marathons, Joe ran 2:33:09 for
12th at Hartford last year and
has a 13.1M PR of 1:11:30 from
2010.
Jason Porter, 40+ runner, Bedford, NH – Jason won the Masters division last year in 1:16-flat.
Tim Murphy, 40+ runner,
Ronkonkoma, NY – Tim was 3rd
Master in the marathon in 2011
and 3rd master in the half last
year in 1:17:31.
Women’s Half
Marathon
Jessica Barton, Newton,
MA – A 3-time MA HS All State
Cape Cod Marathon winner Kate
Pallardy.
Photo by Scott Mason
Photo by Ted Tyler
Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner
Reprinted from New England Runner, September/October 2013
champion at Newton North, Jessica holds the Northeastern Uni-
New England's FINEST
Terrific Masters Troika
Photo by Jon Litchfield/NU
versity women’s school record at
5000m (16:35) and the steeplechase (10:55). In 2011, she was
the NCAA NE Indoor 3,000m
champion and also placed as
13th woman at the US 20K
Championships in 1:14:00. Now
a professional triathlete, Jessica
was runner-up at the 2012 Austin
3M Half Marathon in 1:15:52. She
recently was 15th woman at Falmouth in 41:34 (5:55 pace).
Katie Hails, Somerville, MA
– Somerville RR Katie Hails has
been throwing in some impres-
Photo by MickFoto/NERunner
sive times this year, starting with
a 2:57:27 clocking at Boston.
Since then she’s run 58:16 at the
Utica Boilermaker 15K, 17:05 at
the Hollis Fast Five 5K and in
late July she placed as third
woman in the USATF-NE 5M
Championship in 29:31.
Kara Haas
Photo by Scott Mason
Kara Haas Chelmsford, MA –
The Saint Anslem College Hall
of Famer is the reining US Masters 10K champion (37:51) and
winner of the 40+ division at the
B.A.A. 10K (37:47). Kara also ran
16:29 for 5K at the Hollis Fast
Five (downhill course). At the
USATF-NE 5M Championship
she placed 10th overall (1st 40+)
in 31:12. Undefeated as a Master
in 2013, Kara, 43, ran a 4:40 mile
in 2011 and in 2010 won the
B.A.A. Half Marathon 40+ title
in 1:21:44. Kara was the top 40+
female runner at Falmouth this
August.
Additional
Women’s Half
Marathon field
Mandy West, NYC – Mandy was
5th last year in 1:21:47.
Breanne Simpson, NYC – Breanne ran her debut marathon in
2:54:45 for 4th here in 2011 and
then placed 6th in the half
marathon last year in a PR
1:21:54. This year she’s run
1:22:25 at the Brooklyn Half
Marathon.
Mimi Fallon
Photo by Victah Sailer/photorun.net
Emily Bryans
Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner
Mimi Fallon, Walpole, MA –
Fallon, 47, a 3-time Olympic
Marathon Trials contestant and
former US World Marathon
team member, gets better as the
distance increases. Tho’ she did
win the 40+ title at the B.A.A.
5K in 17:59. In March she was
2nd 40+ at the USATF-NE Half
Marathon Championships to
Sheri Piers in 1:23:47. She was a
close 2nd to Haas at both the US
Masters 10K Championship and
B.A.A. 10K and most recently
was the top Master at the Litchfield Hills 7M.
Emily Bryans, Delanson, NY –
Bryans, 46, has gotten better
with age and has some impressive overall PRs to prove it—
like her victory at the 2010 Hudson River Marathon in 2:50:35,
and this year’s 17:02 clocking at
the Westfield Flat Fast 5K. She
also ran a Masters PR of 5:08 for
the mile this year, one in which
she’s been excelling at distances
long and short—such as an
overall win at the Running of
the Green 4M in 23:14 and 3rd
overall among women at the
Martha’s Vineyard 20-Miler at
6:44 pace. A marathoner by
nature, Bryans hasn’t run a half
marathon since she won the
Olesak Half Marathon in western Mass. at age 39 in 1:23:39.
Laura Brustolon, Lawrence, MA
– The former Southern Connecticut SU standout ran 1:23:18 at
New Bedford this year before
running Boston in 2:56:32. A
four-time winner of the John &
Jessie Kelley Ocean Beach 11.6M,
Laura ran 1:10:18 (6:03 pace)
there this August.
Alexandra Varanka, Amherst,
NH – 2:54:35, 2013 Boston
Marathon; 1:21:59 at 2011 New
Bedford Half Marathon.
Susannah Landreth (40+ runner), Newburyport, MA – Hail-
ing from a running family,
Susannah is a two-time Olympic
Marathon trials qualifier and
past winner of the women’s 40+
division at the B.A.A. Half
Marathon.
Maureen Burns (50+) runner,
Hampden, MA – Top Senior in
2011-2012, 1:32:03 & 1:33:48.
Linda Jennings (60+) runner,
Tewksbury, MA – Nationally
ranked, Linda set the NEF 60+
record of 1:33:45 last year.
NR
Reprinted from New England Runner, September/October 2013