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2009 Boston Marathon

Posted in Family, Running on April 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

April 20th was the 113th running of the Boston Marathon.  Though his qualifying times had expired, John was fortunate to obtain a time-waived invitation this year through our running club so he signed up for his 6th Boston and 10th overall marathon.
John got up early after a middle of the night fight with expiring batteries [...]

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Derry Prep 2009

Posted in Running on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There are certain races around here that the hardcore runners do every year. The 16-miler at Derry is one of them. It’s a good motivator to get the long runs for the Boston Marathon on track and it helps bust up the winter a bit. It’s also a “moderately challenging” course that provides a good [...]

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Run for All Ages 08

Posted in Running on November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Josh took on the Run for All Ages again this fall – he’d run it last year in 29:53.

He added the iPod this year and, wearing lucky #13 and with little training beyond the running he does for soccer, he rocked his way to a 5k personal best 25:12! 8:08 pace!  Way to run Josh!

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Hornet Hustle 2008

Posted in Family, Running, Sports on June 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

On June 1, North Reading’s second annual Hornet Hustle was a family event for us!  It was a gorgeous day to run and pretty much from the start, Joshua and Jake, brandishing the Merrimack Valley Striders club colors, had dusted mom and we’re out for the win!

Jake would be the first Intorcio to finish with [...]

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Boston Marathon ‘08

Posted in Running on April 21, 2008 | 11 Comments »

For the past five years, John has run the Boston Marathon. This year, Shawn decided it was time for her to go long! She scored an entry through our local running club, the Ipswich River Road Runners, and started training.
Now the thing about the Boston Marathon is that it’s in April. That means training starts [...]

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Stag Run

Posted in Running, Weddings on March 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »

John’s buddy Thor is getting married in April.  In lieu of a traditional bachelor party, Thor decided he wanted to run one more marathon as a single guy. He’s been on this “Marathon a Month” streak for about a year and half and needed one for March anyway so… How about a “Stag Run”?

Well sure [...]

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Run For All Ages

Posted in Family, Running on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Shawn and Josh took on the Run For All Ages 5k in Wakefield on October 28. It was a gorgeous sunny day, though a bit windy. John and Jake arrived just in time to watch the start of the race and cheer them on!

In the official results, Josh smoked mom by a good two minutes [...]

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