There have been many historic firsts in the long history of the Boston Marathon. This coming Monday, 21 April, 2025, 28-year-old John Korir of Kitale, Kenya, will attempt to… Read more “BROTHERHOOD ON BOYLSTON: JOHN KORIR LOOKS TO EMULATE WESLEY AS BOSTON MARATHON CHAMPION”
Tag: Falmouth Road Race
Remembering Tommy Leonard: The Patron Saint of Running
R.I.P. TOMMY LEONARD (1933 – 2019) The great Tommy Leonard passed quietly from our midst six years ago today (17 Jan. 2019) at JML Care Center in Falmouth, Massachusetts at… Read more “Remembering Tommy Leonard: The Patron Saint of Running”
FALMOUTH AT 50
Falmouth, MA – Each August when Falmouth Road Race weekend came around on old Cape Cod, traffic along the town’s picturesque Main Street clogged tighter than an… Read more “FALMOUTH AT 50”
A NEW TRIBUTE TO TOMMY LEONARD
It was one year ago that famed Falmouth Road Race founder and legendary Eliot Lounge bartender Tommy Leonard passed away. Now, after a year during which many… Read more “A NEW TRIBUTE TO TOMMY LEONARD”
FALMOUTH CELEBRATES TOMMY LEONARD AT 80
Falmouth, Mass. — 150 to 200 of Tommy Leonard’s best friends surprised him with an early 80th birthday party last night at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel… Read more “FALMOUTH CELEBRATES TOMMY LEONARD AT 80”
PERILS OF THE PRESS TRUCK
In order to get involved in the sport of road racing you have to get past certain things, like parental admonishments about not playing in the… Read more “PERILS OF THE PRESS TRUCK”
NEW FLAG DAY 5K TO WAVE IN FALMOUTH
While the eyes of the running world will focus on the New York Mini 10k and the Adidas Grand Prix in New York City this Saturday… Read more “NEW FLAG DAY 5K TO WAVE IN FALMOUTH”