It was March 18th and time for the 42nd annual Holyoke St. Patty’s Day Race. Snow turning into rain had been the weather forecast for this event during the entire week leading up to this race. But with a lot of prayers and, of course, The Luck Of The Irish these were the skies that […]
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Without the time, effort and financial support of sponsors there would be no Holyoke Saint Patrick’s Day Race. Â What I like is that I get to work with some of the people that are the race’s contacts with these organizations. Â Two in particular have become great friends. Matt works with Peoples Bank. Â Peoples Bank is […]
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There are many, many people that work behind the scenes to make such an event happen. Â There is no way I could put all their pictures on my site. So I have a few pictures to be able to let you see some of the unsung heros of the St. Patty’s Race. Sue was one […]
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To put on a race the size of the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day 10k requires an enormous number of volunteers. It requires 300-400 folks that are willing to take time out of their celebrating on a holiday. Â Many of the people come from our race and parade committee. Â But, without the people, outside of committee […]
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I see many running friends at this race every year. Some I knew outside of running and some because of running. Â The St. Patty’s Race brings us all together. Â Jason, who I call “Tuba Jay” is tremendously well known in the running world. He’s also easy to spot amid and sea of runners. Â The […]
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Here are the last couple photos I have from the Saint Patrick’s Day Road Race 2017 in Holyoke. I Â usually have more pictures from this race, but decided to relax and enjoy the rest of the day with great friends—cameraless. The sweet smiling lady on the right was celebrating her 31st birthday on race day. […]
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