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Braving Boston: Amy’s Journal [Part III]

Posted February 13, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Amy Hinrich

Section: Her Adventure, Her Fitness, Athletics, Training Programs, Her Health, Her Motivation

This April, Amy Hinrichs will embark on her first ever Boston Marathon. Whether you run ‘em, or only dream about it, join Amy on her training adventure as she prepares to join the thousands of intrepid runners in treading those incomparable…

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Braving Boston: Amy’s Journal [Part II]

Posted January 24, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Amy Hinrich

Section: Her Adventure, Her Fitness, Athletics, Training Programs, Her Health, Her Motivation

This April, Amy Hinrichs will embark on her first ever Boston Marathon. Whether you run ‘em, or only dream about it, join Amy on her training adventure as she prepares to join the thousands of intrepid runners in treading those incomparable…

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Braving Boston: Amy’s Journal [Part I]

Posted January 12, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Amy Hinrich

Section: Her Adventure, Her Fitness, Athletics, Training Programs, Her Motivation

Meet Amy Hinrichs - part student, part writer, part comedienne - and part marathon runner. This April, Amy will embark on her first ever Boston Marathon. Whether you run ‘em, or only dream about it, join Amy on her training adventure…

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HAL: Interview with the Legendary Kathrine (K.V.) Switzer (Part Two)

Posted July 25, 2007 at 01:30 PM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Her Fitness, Her Health, Her Motivation, Special Features, Interviews

Forty years ago, Boston Marathon official Jock Semple jumped off a press truck four miles into the 1967 Boston Marathon and yelled “get out of my race” as he tried to rip the #261 off of K.V. Switzer. Pictures of the confrontation ran in…

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HAL: Interview with the Legendary Kathrine (K.V.) Switzer (Part One)

Posted July 23, 2007 at 12:10 PM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Her Fitness, Her Health, Her Motivation, Special Features, Interviews

Forty years ago, Boston Marathon official Jock Semple jumped off a press truck four miles into the 1967 Boston Marathon and yelled “get out of my race” as he tried to rip the #261 off of K.V. Switzer. Pictures of the confrontation ran in…

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Remembering Margaret Bradley

Posted July 10, 2007 at 02:00 PM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Special Features, Announcements

Three years ago today, I lost an amazing friend, the running community lost one of its finest runners, and the world lost a remarkable human being.  Margaret Bradley, a medical student at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and a talented runner vying for an Olympic Trials qualifying…

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Redemption: A runner’s inspirational quest for Boston

Posted May 9, 2007 at 03:03 PM by Adam Jacobs

Section: Her Fitness, Athletics, Her Motivation, Her Story

Jim Fortner is a weekly, guest contributor.  Also check out his own personal running and advice site: “Jim2’s Running Page”.

Monica Cassier, of Midlothian, VA, was seeking to qualify for the Boston Marathon for the first time. Her extraordinary report…

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