Road Race

Less than two weeks out from the 26th Annual Eversource Hartford Marathon & Half Marathonon Oct. 12, this is an update, where proper, to the athletes in the New England’s Finest Programthat first appeared in the Sept/Oct. issue of NER.   Great performances are an indicator of great fitness, but …

Less than two weeks out from the 26th Annual Eversource Hartford Marathon & Half Marathonon Oct. 12, this is an update, where proper, to the athletes in the New England’s Finest Programthat first appeared in the Sept/Oct. issue of NER.   Great performances are an indicator of great fitness, but …

2020 Boston Marathon® Qualifier Acceptances Announced   Field size for 2020 Boston Marathon to expand to 31,500 participants   Qualifiers who were one minute, 39 seconds (1:39) or faster than the qualifying time for their age group and gender have been accepted into the 2020 Boston Marathon. A total of …

They’re off in the 13th running of the Lone Gull 10K adjacent to Gloucester’s Good Harbor Beach. Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner Just 800m in the lead pack consists of Tracksmith Hare teammates Louis Serafini, Pat Gregory, the BAA’s Eric Ashe (behind Serafini) and CSU’s Tyler Andrews. photo by MickFoto/NERunner Not a …

The news that Doyle’s would be shuttering its operation after over a century of service to the Jamaica Plain (and later, running) community hit us like a George Foreman shot to the liver.   Ironically, we were headed to Paddy’s Publick House in Newton for a race meeting (the Shillelagh …

 REGISTRATION FOR THE 2020 BOSTON MARATHON OPENS  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9  2019 B.A.A. Boston Marathon. Photo by FitzFoto/NERunner BOSTON – Registration for the 2020 Boston Marathon opens on Monday, September 9, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The B.A.A. will use the same process to register qualified participants as in recent years, …

Excuse the editorial license as the team that crushed the 95-mile, 18-leg RIMAConn Relay on Aug, 24 was actually named the Half Steppers.   Like Kong however, they had some large footprints as pointed out by Hartford Marathon Foundation VP of Operations Matt Anderson.   Photo: Half Stepper Tyler Raymond …

From the March/April issue of New England Runner magazine – by Bob Fitzgerald   Holy Cow!   I love to make people smile; that’s my thing. If I can give you that, then it makes my life worth living.”—TL   “Holy Cow!” was a pet phrase freighted with delight and …

From the MarchApril issue of NER following Tommy’s death – In Loving Memory of Tommy Leonard, Aug. 15, 1033 – Jan. 16, 2019 – Click below. Feat-TLTribute_0220_Opt

  Start of the 41st Annual Bridge of Flowers 8K on the Iron Bridge connecting Shelburne Falls with Buckland. All Photos by FitzFoto/NERunner Nestled in the foothills of the Berkshires along the Mohawk Trail in Western Mass. is a very unique race in a very unique place.   Ha! That’s …