Along with getting this photo I was told by Dawn, in the green shirt, about some pub races. Stay in tune with this site and I will bring you the info.   Dave and Mary always keep the day moving and exciting. We’ve done a couple pub runs together.  Coleen is a friend that I met […]
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There was a whole lotta smiling going on.  Hope you notice that there are two Holyoke Talking Turkey shirts in this photo. And they are from two different years. I tried to replace the bell at the end of the candy cane with a beer to help keep her moving forward, but with another pub at the end of […]
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Here are the last of the pictures from the Holyoke Jingle Bell Run 2013. If you think you might have missed something fun last Sunday…….YOU ARE RIGHT. Couldn’t miss a last opportunity to get a picture with the elf. As you know with only a week before Christmas he is going to be very busy. We […]
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The Elks Club in Holyoke, Ma. has put on the best Thanksgiving time Talking Turkey Races you’ll ever find. The sun was out with 35 plus degrees, no wind and a flat course. What more could you ask for on December 1st. Meet Brian Donahue.  Brian is the main race co-ordinator for some of the largest races […]
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It takes a lot of people to put on a successful race. And Marty is definitely on of those people. First of all you should know that I was there so early when I saw Marty that no one was around to take this picture. What you see is my photography skills in action. Marty […]
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These pictures and the next entry are of pictures of people I’ve known because of other races. Or we met due to the fact that we were runners and struck up a conversation somewhere else due to that common bond. To me these friendships are great benefits that come from still running after 40 years.  I met […]
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Brenna and I met when she ran one of the races that I help put on around holloween. A tremendously talented runner who has also joined the Holyoke St Patrick’s Day Race committee.  Diana and I met at this years St. Patrick’s Day Race in March. She is one of my new/old running buddies. Tom is on […]
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 Here are the last photos from the Talking Turkey. These people are folks that I didn’t know before I got there, but, next time we see each other we will already be old running buddies.                                                                                                     Isabelle and I met briefly as I gave her her bib number when she came into the registration area. And then I […]
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That’s right, it’s that time again.  The 4th annual Toasted Owl Gives A Hoot 5k and 2k. The money raised goes to the Cutchins Program which is an organization that helps kids and families in crisis and are doing great things for the community.    Pictured here with me are Pamela Wicinas, the Director of Developement for […]
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I write about the people who volunteer to help put races on all the time. Almost every race I have run, and written about, has had pictures about volunteers and talks about how vital they are. But, when it’s a race that I’m helping putting on, there are special people who seem to step to the plate and help. It […]
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