“Running is my way of taking back the control over the body that, I feel like, tried to take control from me.” ~Maria Chevalier Maria Chevalier looks at her running life in two stages. In her first stage, she turned to the sport that offered her acceptance and friendship. The second stage began when […]
“Cheetos is my comfort food, it soothes me.” ~Fred Kelley Most of Fred Kelley’s childhood memories took place in Needham, MA, a suburb of Boston. “Great town, it was a small blue collar town at that time”, he recalled. “We had eight kids, and we were on the smaller side.” They lived on […]
“I don’t think I’ve found my limits yet, and I don’t know if we ever do.” ~Faith Raymod Strafach On June 1, 2011, a tornado swept through eight communities in Western and Central Massachusetts, with wind speeds between 150 and 200 miles per hour. One of the hardest hit areas was Faith’s hometown, Monson, […]
“I want to run at least one mile on my 100th birthday.” ~Bonnie Blades Think you have ambitious goals? Let me introduce you to Bonnie Blades, who may inspire you to dream even bigger! At the age of 42, Bonnie was diagnosed with cervical cancer, and had to undergo a hysterectomy. Three years later, she […]