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The Athlete’s Kitchen
by Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSDEach month Nancy Clark covers important nutritional topics for runners in her column “The Athlete’s Kitchen.” Read on to learn more about tips on eating to win and fueling strategies for competition. For fu…
I'm wanting to run the best I can at the Boston Marathon. Any nutrition tips to help me reach my goal https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/april/athletes-kitchen
Pearls from past Pace Setters – 1976: Bill Meehan – Athlete of the Month
Collated by Christine BishopBill Meehan is a longtime HMRRC member who has many running accolades and has tirelessly provided service to the club. Bill is the Graphics Design Editor for The Pace Setter and is perhaps most well-known for capturing fantasti…
except that now I was qualified for the Boston Marathon https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/april/pearls-past-pace-setters-1976-bill-meehan-athlete-month
“Nothing Will Go Wrong”: My Clearwater 50k Experience
by Jon LindenauerJon Lindenauer recounts his experience at the 2024 Clearwater 50k where he set the course record in a time of 3:11:47. For full article, click here
my first time in the starting corral of the Boston Marathon. Everyone around me had been patiently sitti https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/march/nothing-will-go-wrong-my-clearwater-50k-experience
Choosing to Run: A Gritty Triumph of Perseverance - A Review of Des Linden's Memoir
by Tom O’GradyDes Linden's memoir tells the story of her historic, unforgettable win at the 2018 Boston Marathon and provides insight into the life of a champion. Choosing to Run is inspirational and shares Des's personal story and what keeps her showing …
s career is her historic victory at the 2018 Boston Marathon. Much of the book utilizes this victor as a …
Greater Capital Region Area Marathon Top 20 Lists
by Mark MindelThe Greater Capital Region Track, Field and Cross Country Hall of Fame has decided to include road running as part of its Hall of Fame Accolades. Peter Sheridan and Mark Mindel did some research and put together a list of the top 20 fast men…
before setting their marks at the Boston Marathon. Our own Mohawk Hudson River Marathon t https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/february/greater-capital-region-area-marathon-top-20-lists
Members’ 2023 Achievements and 2024 Goals
by 30 Members+2023 saw many great achievements involving races we love and some with exotic ones like a 50K race in the Swiss Alps (Bill Hoffman). Some involved incredible achievements like running 6 marathons in a year with the last three being sub 3 hou…
To qualify for the Boston Marathon…
Karen Bertasso Hughes – Runner of the Decade
For at least a decade, Karen's yearly racing has consistently broken records throughout the Capital Region. Reading her answers illuminates her career and motivations. She recently helped to create a racing group for young females to achieve excellence in…
ol of Medicine where I watched my first ever Boston Marathon and ran my first half marathon. It made more https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2024/january/karen-bertasso-hughes-runner-decade
Swag: Its Glory Days
by Benita Zahn and FriendsMention the term swag to a runner and there is an instant knowing reaction and pictures of the glory of past race treasures. After Benita's article, members of the HMRRC reminisce on glorious swag they have received. Swag seems t…
. Honorable mention would be the Boston Marathon gear …
Thanksgiving Day Road Race History: from November 1986 Pace Setter
by Paul MurrayThis issue marks a new series of articles selected from the 1980 to 2000 print editions of The Pace Setter, copies which were given to me by Kevin and Kathy Wilkes. The Troy Turkey Trot this year is estimated to have 5,000 runners. The first…
finishing ninth in the 1933 Boston Marathon. In 1929 the American Legion decided to…
21st Mohawk Hudson River Half Marathon
by Christine Bishop Almost 750 racers set out from Colonie Mohawk River Park in Cohes on a nice Autumn day to travel 13.1 miles to Corning Preserve in Albany, NY. Of these runners, 201 were doing it for the first time and almost all finished with 153 ha…
competed in the Utah Valley Marathon and the Boston Marathon. My overall experience with the r https://hmrrc.com/members/pacesetter/2023/october/21st-mohawk-hudson-river-half-marathon