May 2011

Strangers Til Last Saturday

by altardy on May 30, 2011

—The coolest part of traveling to places to do road races is meeting new people.  If you’ve been following my blogs for any amount of time, you have seen pictures of me with thousands of people.  My best guess would be that I might have known less than one half of one percent of those […]

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—It’s all the people behind the scenes that make an event like this happen. I love to show some of the unsung heros, the volunteers.  I met Erin(balloons) and Amanda as I came into the area where the race was taking place.  As Erin put it they were headed to tie the balloons onto the “hales of […]

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A Little Pie!!!!!

by altardy on May 30, 2011

Bear Country 95.3 was at the event.  Amanda, in red, and her friend Cass entered the chocolate cream pie eating contest.  There were 8 contestants and Cass came in 2nd.  I actually thought she deserved 1st but I didn’t want the judges to hit me with the award for winning the contest, a chocolate cream pie.  […]

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Kevin and Kelley combined efforts with The Banner Bar & Grille owner, Sean, to put on one of the most fun races I’ve ever participated in.  Now, I’ve run in over 100 races in the last 3-4 years, so that means something coming from me. The run happens twice each year and raises money for […]

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I knew I was in Worcester at a sports pub with great people when I first walked into The Banner Bar & Grille.  I had just arrived to register for the May 21st Worcester Pub Run when Matt and Jen greeted me like we were old friends.  Matt is also a well accomplished runner, but, he just came to cheer […]

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You can’t lose when you spend a day with great people like these. Grayson, Ruth(34) and Jessica came dressed as caped crusaders. Ruth used the outfit to help her fly into the #1 women’s position in the whole race.  Why did they wear the costumes to a pub run?  Now, if you were wondering why, it […]

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I could have taken pictures all day and you would see that we all were having a wonderful time.  This is the spirit I love about the road races.  People coming from all over, most of whom never met before, enjoying each other’s company, sharing stories and a day in all our lives. Scott, myself […]

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Also keep checking in for more info about the Tardy Foundation

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I Needed This

by altardy on May 15, 2011

I traveled out to the western side of Massachusetts last Saturday to do a 4 miler.  The closer it got to race time, the less I wanted to run.  Never has this happened before.  It was just one of those unexplainable things.  In the back of my mind I kept thinking about a track meet […]

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