That’s right. Saturday March 22nd was the day that made history in Holyoke. It was the 39th running of this wonderful and challenging race. I am very proud to be a small part of the group of people totally focused on the growth and success of this event. And, at 3:00 p.m. on Friday March […]
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Pictured here are (l-r) myself, Brian Donoghue, Col. James Keefe, and Archie Donoghue. Brian is the master mind of the road race. He has tremendous knowledge of races, racing, racers and what makes them all tick.  Jim is the Commander of Barnes Air Force Base and Archie is the Commander of the Holyoke St. Patty’s road race. This was […]
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Just want to give a special thanks to the 104th Fighter Wing From Barnes Air Force Base in of Westfield, Ma.. We greatly needed help to help with all the “start” and “finish” changes that were made this year. Along with the 50+ runners from Barnes that participate in the race, and lead by Commander Keefe and Major […]
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If you have been following my blog for any length of time, you would know that I like to take time to give credit to the people in the background that usually receive little or no credit for what they do. Having been on the Holyoke St. Patty’s race committee for two years now I […]
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   Here are some more photos of the great group of people who make this race a wonderful success. After this entry there are 3 entries full of photos of the people who came to run, so check them out.Â
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Tommy, Terry and Jill are some of the best friends that life could bring me. This was Tommy’s third St. Patty’s race and Terry and Jill’s first. No matter where we finished, no matter what our times were nothing mattered other than we came together to enjoy life.     A.J. and I have only known each […]
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These great friends and I have been in races and pub runs together. We have shared time and space and had memorable times together. This woman made our race her first race ever. What a great start. “Welcome to our world”. This was not the first race for this young runner, but, it was his first Holyoke St Patty’s. […]
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Here are the last of the photos from this years Holyoke St. Patty’s Day Race. These are both old and new friendsand it was a pleasure to see them. If you were there, then I know I’ll see you next year. If you were not there then you made a big mistake and you need […]
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