“What it is about running, it’s, you get out what you put in—it’s always having a reward,” Mazza said. “… it really is the encapsulation of everything you put into it.”
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Girl on the Run, Rayball Empowers Young Women
“Being able to do this for girls, so that these girls get to have this experience that I was able to have, has been so impactful for me and my own running career and my life,” Rayball said. “It’s for me, but it’s bigger than me.”
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Spellman Stays Boston Strong, Runs in Name of Mass General
“So 2013 just has this whole like Boston Strong, Boston pride thing,” Spellman said. “I was like, ‘I want to be a part of this. I want to run the Boston Marathon someday.’
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Representing the Campus School, Collins’ Marathon Is About Giving Back
“[Running for the Campus School] makes the run for something so much bigger than myself,” she said. “I’m running for the students that need these services.”
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McHugh Raced Against Racism and Now Runs for a Cause
“That rush of emotion of realizing who they were running for and [that they were] running for something bigger than themselves made me think like, ‘If I’m going to run, it has to be for something more important than just the excitement of the race.’”
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With Her Brother Cheering Her On, Humphrey Strides Ahead
“I’ve always wanted to run the Boston Marathon, and it kind of became a ‘now or never’ [moment] when I became a senior,” Humphrey said.
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Arena Actualizes Freshman Dream, Runs the Marathon for Martin Richard
“I think, especially in Boston, there’s so much emotion [surrounding the marathon],” she said. “Especially in running for Martin Richard’s foundation, that it makes it all the more special, to do it and complete it for such a strong mission.”
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Mindful of Boston’s Past, Mikkelsen Supports its Next Generation
“I remember seeing all of the memorials and things that were still set up around the finish line [after the Boston Marathon bombing]. I thought that was very meaningful and showed the community around the marathon,” Mikkelsen said.
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Acting Out
“You couldn’t get any further away [from lacrosse]. It was a direct, complete 180. And people looked at me like I had two heads—but I did it. And I just decided I was going to be an actor,” Del Negro said.
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A Fifty Year French Love Story: Jeff and Margaret Flagg
“We’ve learned so much more about each other, the good and the bad. When you teach literature, you form an intimate connection with the soul of the author. That’s so important to us. To share that together is amazing.”
