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Hopkinton Planning Board Member Gets Ready to Run her 9th Boston Marathon
Deb Thomas hopes her years of marathons is setting a good example for her daughters. 'It's a huge motivating factor for me. I hope they take up running as it would be great fun to run a marathon together.'
Having started running in 1999 with the San Francisco Marathon, Deb Thomas is now getting ready to run her fifth Boston Marathon. She has also run New York (twice), Philadelphia and the Marine Corps marathons.
She trains for 16 weeks and follows the FIRST (Furman Institute of Research and Scientific Training) program). She runs three days per week by doing a tempo run, a speed workout and a long run up to 20 miles.
Thomas is a member of the Hopkinton Running Club and enjoys running Reach the Beach each fall with her fellow HRC members. For the last two years, she has also been on an Ultra Relay team with five other members from the HRC.
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Although she works part-time, Thomas spends her days at home being a very busy mom.
She was recently a Mystery Reader in her daughter’s classroom and read the book Pellie Runs a Marathon by Michele Bredice Craemer, an inspirational book for children and adults.
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She brought medals for the children. They all enjoyed the inspirational message of the book.