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Team Framingham 2016 Training and Fundraising in High Gear
Our 22 Team Framingham 2016 runners are in high gear with their training and their fundraising which just topped $23,000 over the weekend.
Our 22 Team Framingham 2016 runners are in high gear with their training and their fundraising which just topped $23,000 over the weekend.
Fundraising Update:
On Sunday March 6th, with 6 weeks to go until the Boston Marathon, Team Framingham 2016 runners have thus far raised $23,103 for six outstanding local charities.
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This is up from $15,764 reported on our February 15th update.
Our 3 year Team Framingham fundraising total now stands at $136,451.74. With this year's total added to the 2014 total of $54,462.35 and the 2015 total of $58,886.39.
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The standings by charity are as follows: FHS Foundation (8 runners) - $7,569, Art beCause Breast Cancer Foundation (6 runners) - $6,605, Voices Against Violence (2 runners) - $2,915, Framingham History Center (2 runners) - $2,810, Callahan Senior Center (2 runners) - $2,049, and Resiliency for Life (2 runners) - $1,155.
The standings by runner are as follows: Richard Coe (Art beCause) - $3.950, Mary Fitterer (FHSF) - $2,600, Deb Dauley (FHSF) - $1,706, Amelia Campbell Matton (Callahan) - $1,574, Daniel Shim (Voices) - $1,565, Cherry Baram (Art beCause) - $1,502, Krysta Peplowski (FHSF) - $1,451, Hayley Hannan (History) - $1,441, Meaghan Fitzpatrick (History) - $1,369, Stephen Rodericks (Voices) - $1,350, Brian Jones (FHSF) - $815, Jon Marshall (Resiliency) - $785, Bree Cunningham (Callahan) - $475, Lane Gordon (Art beCause) - $466, Leslie White Harvey (FHSF) - $437, Bob Moore (Resiliency) - $370, Jerry Rubin (FHSF) - $350, Jason Bridge (Art beCause) - $272, Deniz Ertirk (Art beCause) - $240, Drew Halberstadt (FHSF) - $210, Mark Nickerson (Art beCause) - $165, and Roberto Martins (FHSF) - $0.
Our reported fundraising update for Team Framingham 2015 on March 6, 2015 had a total of $18,713. So Team Framingham 2016 is $4,400 ahead of that pace!!!
Folks wanting to learn more about our six great charities or to donate to one of our 22 runners can do so at the town web-site.
http://www.framinghamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/21319
Training Update:
Team Framingham 2016 runners and their training mentors from the Greater Framingham Running Club have held four training long runs along the hallowed Boston Marathon course thus far with one final long run scheduled for Saturday March 26th.
On Sunday January 17, nearly 20 team and GFRC runners ran between 6 and 14 miles from Wellesley High School into Newton and back.
On Saturday January 30, nearly 20 team and GFRC runners ran between 10 and 17.4 miles from the Brae Burn Country Club in Newton (17.5 mile mark on the course) into Brookline and Boston and back. Many runners actually ran to the finish line in Copley Square and back.
On Saturday February 13 in 10 degree temperatures, nearly 12 team and GFRC runners ran between 8 and 16 miles from the Brae Burn Country Club in Newton (17.5 mile mark on the course) into Brookline and back.
On Saturday March 5, nearly 15 team and GFRC runners ran between 10 and 20.4 miles from the Brae Burn Country Club in Newton (17.5 mile mark on the course) into Brookline and Boston and back. Many runners ran to the finish line in Copley Square and back.
Team runners have also participated in a variety of road races over the past two months. February 21 - 10 miler in Foxboro. February 28 - 1/2 marathon in Hyannis. March 6 - 18.6 miler in Clinton.
Wrap Up:
Board of Selectman Vice Chair and GFRC training mentor Mike Bower is very pleased with the growth of the Team Framingham program during the past three years.
"This is our third year planning and executing the Team Framingham program and it has matured greatly over that time. Our first year, there were no organized team training runs. The second year we had two team runs. This year we have already had four team long runs with a fifth one of 18 to 22 miles planned on March 26 from Hopkinton to Boston College in Newton."
"Our partnership with the Greater Framingham Running Club has been outstanding. The club members have over 1000 marathons under their belts and the members are eager to share their experiences with our Team Framingham runners."
GFRC mentors this year include Selectman Mike Bower, GFRC President Ed Finnegan, Past President Ed Stoll, Jenifer Feaster, Kendra Howard and Jennifer Fields. Several other GFRC runners regularly join the team runners on the long runs...Bruce Hardy, Jeff Hattem, Margaret Eccles, Rong Hu, Judy Levine, and Cheryl Asselin.
Bower added, "Only 10 of our 22 team runners have ever run a marathon before with only 7 of those folks having run the Boston Marathon. I know I speak for all of our GFRC mentors in saying we are very excited to be part of the journey of our 22 team runners. We look forward to joining them on Marathon Monday and crossing the finish line with them".
The Boston Marathon is six weeks away on Monday April 18th.
More team updates to come.
