By Joann Flaminio and Paul Morrissey In the middle of August, Brian Patrick Mulligan was in Central Falls, RI participating alongside his long-time friend and well-known local runner Dee Bird in the...
Member Profiles and Stories
Racewalking – Whispering Loudly and Proudly!
By Marjorie Houston Despite being one of the original disciplines of modern athletics, racewalking is sometimes derided as a contrived or “artificial” sport. At the1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Bob...
Transplant Trio
Colleen Kelly and her husband Matt Jankowich have been active members of the RMHP Running Club for nine years. Early on Monday and Wednesday mornings, you’ll find them on the Brown track, and on...
Teddy Marak: My First Mount Washington Road Race
In November 2021 I suffered an ankle injury that left me unable to run for seven months. My return to running was slow and flat to protect my ankle ligaments. Fast forward to February of 2023 and,...
Patrice French: Everything you always wanted to know about the Mountain Goat Series
The USATF-NE Mountain Circuit spans ten races over seven months. Points are scored based on each race completed. This is based on place percentage of the winner’s time. You must complete 7 out of 10...
Leslie Battle: Multisport Athlete
Leslie Battle is a proud five-year member of Ronald McDonald House Providence Running Club, who one will (more often than not) catch running the ‘extra mile’ at the end of practices. Her primary...
Peter Sedgwick’s Come Back
by Peter Sedgwick I am writing this open letter to discuss what I have been doing this year to improve my running times and abilities. First off so you all understand until this year I had not...
100 on 100 Relay
by Ellen Foley. I ran the 100 on 100 relay with five friends last Saturday (Aug 13th). Here’s the website: http://www.100on100.org/. We came in 6th of 12 women’s teams (we were something like 89th...