Franklin Park Coalition Runners Beat the Heat on Marathon Monday

If there was ever a day for a tough Boston Marathon, Monday, April 16, 2012, will go down in the record books as one of the toughest on record. Temperatures hovering around 90, asphalt temperature of 103-105 degrees, and cloudless, sunny skies created a recipe for dangerous running.
Fourteen of our sixteen team members donned their FPC singlets for an estimated 600,000 spectators and made the decision to "enjoy" the experience of completing 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Boston. Besides friends and family on the course, we also had an amazing rest stop at Mile 13 thanks to staff and volunteers from the Franklin Park Coalition. That pampering resulted in the below time and the completion of the marathon for all of our runners who decided to go for it:

Scott Powell 3:19:37 (http://www.thedailycortlandt.com/sports/westchester-runners-beat-boston-marathon-heat)
Nichole Bukowski 3:42:50
Jesus Fuerte 4:07:25
Kristen Day 4:19:54
Piotr Krupa 5:06:30
Laura Derderian 5:08:49
Jason Gerrol 5:11:41
Jason Carraro 5:15:32
Jared Egan 5:17:46
Shari Hewson 5:25:21
Carleen Tucker 5:56:15
Julie Arrison 6:04:42
Paula Renzi Gibbs 7:09:28
Dale Libkin 7:10:45

Almost everyone's times were proportionately off from the planned goal times, but a testament to the coaching that Mike Toomey provided for the team as well. Without his advice and support, we may not be able to say that all of our runners completed the race upright.

The team will have more pictures and posts coming soon, highlighting our overall experience on both Marathon Monday and working with the Franklin Park Coalition over the past few months.

FPC Runner Nichole Bukowski Featured in Today's Boston Globe Article on Boston Marathon Fundrasing

Nichole Bukowski, one of the runners on the Franklin Park Coalition's Boston Marathon Charity Team, was featured in this great article on fundraising for the Boston Marathon and beyond.

So many supporters have joined us for events, have donated to our runner's fundraising pages, and have sent well wishes to the team for the big day--now just six days away.

Please check out the link below to get the story behind the story of how hard our 16 runners have worked to raise over $60,000 to support youth and athletic programming in the crown jewel of the Boston Park System.

http://www.boston.com/sports/marathon/articles/2012/04/10/boston_marathon_charity_runners_race_to_meet_fund_raising_goal/?page=2


If you haven't had the opportunity to donate yet, please visit our Razoo page and check our Jesus and Elizabeth who are working hard to reach their $4000.00 goal by Marathon Monday. www.razoo.com/story/fpcmarathoncharityteam.