Michelle Foerster Recommends Running with a Partner

According to the official Boston Marathon website, 18 people from Westborough have registered to run in the 2011 Boston Marathon. As we countdown to the 115th marathon running, we feature our Westborough marathoners and encourage you to cheer each of them to the finish line!

Name: Michelle Foerster

Age: 40

Marathon experience: This will be Michelle’s fourth marathon. She ran the Boston marathon in 2008, the same year she ran in two other marathons. A knee injury halted her running, and she took some time off. “I’m excited to be running the Boston Marathon this year,” she said.

Reason for running:  Michelle, a teacher at , said that she had never been a runner. However, after the unexpected death of her brother in 2007, her sister suggested she take up the sport as a way to relieve stress. “She said, ‘It will keep you sane,’ and it did,” Michelle shared. Today, she runs for fun and to maintain a calm in life.  “It’s a stress reliever,” she said. “I run for my sanity.”

Training tip: “My best tip is to find a friend. That’s what keeps me going,” Michelle said. She said she has been training on the weekends with fellow Westborough resident and Boston Marathon runner Brad Capello. She credits Brad with inspiring her to return to marathon running. “He said, ‘You’ve done this before, let’s do this.'"