Runner's Roast Coffee Honors Hoyt Family Ahead Of Falmouth Road Race

FALMOUTH, MA — Rick and Dick Hoyt were legends in the Massachusetts running community, looming particularly large in the aura of the Falmouth Road Race.

The Hoyt's were instrumental in diversifying racing as one of the first duo teams, with Dick pushing his wheelchair-bound son with cerebral palsy down the half-marathon course. They competed in hundreds of races but held their longest road race streak at the Falmouth Road Race with a record 37 races completed.

Rick Hoyt died this year at 61, two years after his father and racing partner, but their legacy lives on in Boston, Falmouth and wherever races are held. For this year's Falmouth Road Race, one local company is paying additional tribute to the Hoyt's.

Cape Cod Coffee has released a special new roast — Runner's Roast — that pays tribute to the Hoyts to raise money for The Hoyt Foundation and fuel runners for their own race.

The coffee, with notes of caramel, toffee and chocolate, will be available to purchase at Cape Cod Coffee in their Mashpee Commons, Wareham, and Route 130 locations, as well as online. A percentage of every purchase will be kicked back to The Hoyt Foundation.

"The Hoyt Family, Team Hoyt and The Hoyt Foundation are honored to be a part of the Falmouth Road Race Charity Program and we are extremely excited that Cape Cod Coffee has chosen us to receive proceeds from the sale of the Falmouth Road Race Signature Blend,” said Russ Hoyt, the president and CEO of the foundation.

“The Falmouth Road Race is the only race that Dick and Rick ran more times than the Boston Marathon. When we lived in Falmouth, we always had Cape Cod Coffee in the house."

Now, even with the duo gone, the Hoyt legacy continues both on the course, and in your morning cup.