That’s right it’s that time again. And this year the Holyoke Saint Patrick’s Race fell on Saint Patrick’s Day. The tent was standing since the day before and was awaiting the race and everything else that the day brings each year. And this was the 43rd annual race. Inside the tent […]
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Brian Donoghue is one of the two race directors for our race. He is energetic, enthusiastic, tremendously knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with. Also he is a great husband and father of three. I have been working with Brian on the Saint Patrick’s committee for about 7 years and have learned a lot. In […]
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Here are two of the sponsors that help enormously to make our race day come together. Matt is the PeoplesBank person that works with the race committee contributing a lot of the funds that it takes to create such a large and successful event. Since he has started working with us he has also brought […]
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This entry is to give credit to some of the hundreds of committee members that put this race together. Also they are, like most of the volunteers, doing this with little or no recognition. John with Racewire. They are the timing company that not only takes in the majority of the registrations, but then records […]
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Pictured here a some of the almost 500 volunteers that come to race day and help us make the day a successful event. Without volunteers none of these type of events, or many other events, would not exist. In this picture are all personal great friends of mine. Amongst them are some of a runners […]
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This man is at the 3.7 mile area in the 6.2 mile race. Since I was running injured that day, and just jogging the course, I decided to stop in and say hello. I forget his name (I will attempt to get it again and correct this) but for the last 30 years of this […]
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Many people knew that I had a sprained ankle on race day. But this race would be my 18th year in a row of running this race. It was supposed to be a race day decision as to if I would risk it or not. After being surrounded by all the runners that morning and […]
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Now that I’ve shown you the beginning of the day, some of the sponsors, some of the committee members, some of the the volunteers and my way of pain relief while running, I have a bunch of photos of the runners. Check out this entry and the next entry to see if you are there.
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Here are the final pictures I took at the race. But check out the very last very special entry after this one. I know you’ll get a laugh from it.Â
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I promised I wouldn’t put this picture in my write up. BUT how could I not. This is Archie Donoghue. Archie was one of the first people I met as I came onto the Holyoke race committee. He can be very serious when things need to be done but still can keep light hearted in […]
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