Category: Uncategorized

Special Thanks to: Detective Frank Wolverton. Senior Staff Instructor at the MBTA Transit Police Academy and the 40 student officers and 4 academy staff members, who took part in the D5K this week. It was truly our privilege to have you take part in our run. It was a good night for records, and in keeping with that theme…

It looks like the Jones trio took on the AOH 5k in Peabody along with a few other D5k regulars (see results below). Congratulations to Elizabeth Jones who placed third in her age group. Excellent job! Almost beat Mark too. Also congrats to Tim Short who won his age group handily and placed fourth overall.…

So I convinced TR to drive down to Malden since I knew it was a small race and that he had a good chance of placing. Although he is still recovering from pneumonia, he did well — placing third in his age group and twelfth overall in the 5k. I ran the 10k — about…

D5K Regular, and all around nice guy Joe Miles wants YOU to go to the Prom. More Details: The 2009 National Kidney Foundation Fundraising adult PROM is shaping up to be quite a night!  We are expecting to sell out of tickets, so please act fast.  We’ve created a Website where tickets are available using PayPal payment method, please see…

No need for a search party anymore, we managed to real in all of our runners this week. Here at the D5K, we embrace the practice of setting records. Most of the time however they are a record you want to set. This week however we set  a new record for “lost runners” The tally…

Quick and Dirty. I had a hard time getting to the blog this week. (Obviously) So here it is in a tiny little nut shell: ” All of you ran Awesome “ Alright stop, collaborate and listen. I would like to thank my parents for all there hospitality and putting a roof over our heads,…

At the Claddagh 4-miler in Lawrence on Sunday, it was a close finish for D5K regulars TR Ramsdell and Frank “Alarmclock” Lanzillo. Although Lanzillo closed the gap in the final few meters, Ramsdell was able to hold on — crossing the finish line just one second in the lead. The most amusing part of this…

  We have a new home for as long as needed. I had no idea it would take this much effort to try and find a place that would mirror all the amenities we had at Codys. We had a large group, at least a dozen of D5K’ers scouting locations, mapping courses, talking to business owners,…

I still pause a minute when I right the date. It’s really 2009, I guess I have been to busy shoveling snow the past few months to pay attention to the calender. That being said, I welcome you to yet another installment of the prestigious D5K blog. A place where we take time to recognize…

This is a nice article by Jay Kumar in the Salem News. He threw out a little love to the D5K. It appeared in Thursdays paper. February 26, 2009. article: link: http://www.salemnews.com/pusports/local_story_057004227.html   T.R. you better read this one.