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Runners Central: Your team resource
Welcome to Runners Central, the headquarters for the Run for Research® marathon team. RFR is a great team that does a lot of good. Last year, our 248 runners fundraised close to $1.2 million, the highest team total in history. We're excited to welcome back all our RFR veterans and eager to meet the new runners who will join us for 2008 and surpass our team goal of $1.2 million.
Many runners on the Run for Research® team completed a 16-mile run for the first time in their lives! But even for those who have run marathons before, this day is a big training milestone. Congratulations to everyone! Read more »
March 2008 | Eating disorders can be devestating to not only teams but also to families. Coaches and parents alike want their runners to eat well and be healthy. The struggling runners just want people to stop policing their eating and exercise. The runners have difficulty talking about why they struggle with food; they instead communicate unhappiness by starving or stuffing their bodies. This distracts them from the pain of feeling “not good enough” and other hard feelings. Read more »
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March 2008 | Until this year, Winshell Laguerre of Brockton, MA, was a star volunteer for the Run for Research® team. From passing out jelly beans and Gatorade on long training runs to cheering loudly for runners on Marathon Monday, Winshell has been an integral part of the American Liver Foundation. In his six years as a volunteer, Winshell witnessed many people accomplishing the great feat of running a marathon and raising money for liver disease. He says that each and every one of these runners inspired him to join the 2008 Run for Research® (RFR) team and attempt to run his first marathon. Read more »
On Sunday, January 27, 2008, members of this year’s Run for Research® team and patients with liver disease celebrated runners’ efforts to train and fundraise on behalf of liver disease research, education and advocacy at the fifth annual Patient Match Party. Jordan’s Furniture of Reading donated their store as the venue for the fourth year in a row. Read more »
There is no stopping 29 year-old Diana Erdman Sager of Brooklyn, New York; not even liver disease. Being an athlete is not only in her genes; it has been her calling since she was a young girl. From youth soccer to softball to ice hockey and lacrosse, Diana grew up leaning how to compete and take care of herself to stay in shape. Today, as she prepares to run her first Boston Marathon® in the state where she was born, Diana has a positive attitude about fighting her liver disease and making it to the finish line in record time. Read more »
Qualified Runners
We are very interested in adding qualified runners to the 2009 team. Please spread the word! For more information, please call 617.527.5600 or go to the Qualified Runners page.
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