First North Shore Strider finisher for the 2019 Boston Marathon was Ruth Bossler! Great job by all runners! Great job by all water station and other workers helping to make Boston the best marathon in the world. Thanks to Bryan Cunningham for the great images of the race this year! NameTimePacePlaceAge GroupRuth Bossler3:49:168:45234thW50-54Siobhan … [Read more...] about 2019 Boston Marathon
Race Info & Recaps
Firefighter Rice Memorial 5K
Peabody, MA, April 6, 2019 Write-up by Mike Pelletier. Only three North Shore Striders competed in 2019, but the results were impressive as Tom and Cheryl medaled and Sally was in the top half of her age group: OA PlaceAge GroupTime46Tom McMahon1st/3M606927:1688Sally Fowler6th/16F505933:09115Cheryl Welsh3rd/3F606937:04 … [Read more...] about Firefighter Rice Memorial 5K
Frank Nealon 15K
Write-up by Mike Pelletier. Only three Striders traveled to Upton yesterday for the Frank Nealon 15K, the 2nd race in the 2019 USATF/NE Road Running Grand Prix series. This 15 K is 9.3 miles of hills. The field included over 300 members of USATF/NE, the best runners in Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Results: Dave Jefska, 1:28:54, 29/32 … [Read more...] about Frank Nealon 15K
45th Annual 15K Great Stew Chase Road Race
January 27, 2019 - Recaps by Linda Desjardins and Art Clay. Linda Recaps The Stew Chase: January is such an iffy month. It can be below zero or up to 60, dry, wet, snowy, icy, calm or windy. Race organizers just have to take their chances – and hope. Today brought 40 degree temps, mostly sunny skies, and dry roads thanks to Thursday’s heat which melted Monday’s snow and ice; … [Read more...] about 45th Annual 15K Great Stew Chase Road Race
North Shore Striders at First Run in Lowell
– 5K and 10K, 1/1/19 - Writeup by Linda Desjardins. There is a core of Striders who just seem to have a thing about this Lowell Race and we keep meeting up each New Year’s. This year, thankfully, it wasn’t 8 degrees with -16 windchills. It was more like 50 and there were 50-60 mph winds. The 5K course is like a long, skinny triangle. The road we start and finish on is about .3 … [Read more...] about North Shore Striders at First Run in Lowell