Michele's Boston Marathon Training Blog

Heartbreak Hill, you've heard of it, right?  It is not the monster that most folks imagine it to be.  The toughest things about Heartbreak Hill are that it comes towards the end of the race, when folks have been running for hours, and that it goes on for a while- it is actually made up of several smaller hills.  One of the many awesome things about our group runs is that we get to conquer this legend several times before the big day. Nancy and I wore our Love Your Liver finest while we overcame the Heartbreak Hill.  We got lots of cheers and compliments and brought smiles to other runners' faces.  It was a great run, even if it ended up being closer to 18 miles than the 17 we had planned.  The delicious brunch at Merchant made it all worthwhile. Sunday was our Patient Runner Connection event at King's bowling, where I got to meet my beautiful, bright, and inspiring patient connection, Emily. Even in the brief, busy meeting we had, I was impressed wi...

I run 4 Mattie! I am a proud, card carrying member of Mattie's pack.  I met Mattie and his family through I Run for Michael, a Facebook group that connects folks with special needs with folks that have a passion for running.  Mattie and I were brought together by chance, but I think that we are a perfect pair.  We both love Muppets. We both love Han Solo. And we both love to smile! How great is that smile?  I see so much love and joy in that smile.  Like all of us, life presents certain challenges for Mattie, but he works hard, and faces those challenges.  And he keeps smiling, bringing so much love and joy to his family and friends- including one all the way in Massachusetts.  That is the kind of person I want to be, on the race course, and off.  Mattie inspires me to be a better person, and to bring my all to what I do, with love and a smile.  You never know how much it means to someone, even someone far away, to ha...