The Boston marathon is only a few days away! We have many strong H+Pers headed to Boston in a few days, ready to tackle the historic race. Follow our athletes online during the race with text alerts
Luke Ehgoetz
Luke has trained smarter than he ever has for a marathon, and is ready to fight for his first sub-3 marathon!
Bib #: 6387
Age: 44
Marathon PB: 3:00:49
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 7
Marathon Tip: Know that it will hurt, expect it and embrace it!
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Sam Adams Beer! And food, lot’s of food!
Michelle Lennox
Michelle is a Boston marathon veteran, and is running this year with a charity bib through Manulife. Michelle has raised money for children’s charities for all 3 of her Boston Marathons!
Bib #: 28772
Age: 47.95
Marathon PB: 3:52:47
Corral: Back of the bus, second last row
Marathon Tip: Relax, this is fun!
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Pizza, wine and a soak in a tub
Emily Hunter
Emily has been rehabbing back from a few injuries this year, but is ready for her comeback race in Boston! She hopes to PB and run a smart race.
Bib #: 11558
Age: 30
Marathon PB: 3:21:04
Corral: Wave 2 Corral 4
Marathon Tip: Keep your eyes on the prize!
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Burrito
Vicki Zandbergen
Vicki is looking for a PB in Boston! She is fitter and stronger than ever before, and is ready to run hard.
Bib #: 12904
Age: 38
Marathon PB: 3:24:04
Corral: Wave 2 Corral 5
Marathon Tip: Don’t try to “bank time” in the first half of the race. Running early miles too quickly will cost you more than you gained.
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Some sort of delicious craft beer (type and brand TBD)
Gillian Willard
Coach Gill is running her first Boston marathon, and hopes to PB (even if just by 1 second)
Bib #: 6770
Age: 27
Marathon PB: 3:07:46
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 7
Marathon Tip: Pump yourself up before the race. Negative thinking means you’ve lost before the race even starts!
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Beer!
Valery Hobson
Val has been rehabbing back from an injury for most of the winter, and is running Boston just for fun. She hopes to find someone to pace and enjoy the Boston experience!
Bib #: 7337
Age: 47
Marathon PB: 3:09:39
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 8
Marathon Tip: Go to the bathroom twice before you race! Make sure you sign up for at least one race a year where you just run for fun, to remind yourself why you love running.
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Craft beer
Sean Delanghe
Coach Sean is excited to watch our team PBs fall this weekend, and hopes to be able to walk on Tuesday.
Bib #: 897
Age: 31
Marathon PB: 2:46:55
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 1
Marathon Tip: Embrace the pain!
Favourite Post-Run Reward: Pizza
Corral: Wave 3 Corral 6
New H+P member Katherine will be toeing the line in a very impressive H+P team debut!
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 7
Andrea is the current H+P marathon record holder (3:07). She is just shuffling this race as a fun run.
Corral: Wave 2 Corral 2
Vicky runs the New Balance Events program in Canada and is a friend of Coach Gill. She was also apart of the record-setting H+P Women’s ENDURrun relay team, which is where she qualified for Boston!
Corral: Wave 3 Corral 6
Michele is the Runners’ Choice marathon group coach and friend of H+P!
Corral: Wave 3 Corral 1
Lumi is an avid Runners’ Choice athlete and RunWaterloo participant; she’s also a friend of Coach Sean!
Corral: Wave 2 Corral 8
Dana is a prolific local runner who trains with Tri-City, and is also a friend and former neighbour to Coach Sean. He’s healthy and going for broke!
Corral: Wave 2 Corral 5
Another great Tri-City athlete, Denis is Dana’s training partner and friend of Coach Sean and Gill.
Corral: ELITE
The only elite female Canadian marathoner in the race, Rachel is sponsored by H+Ps favourite company: New Balanace Canada.
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 1
Rejean is an elite Canadian runner who is starting in Corral 1 with a 2:17 PB (debut).
Corral: Wave 1 Corral 3
Lionel is a Canadian professional triathlete, arguably the best IM athlete in Canadian history, and current IRONMAN (brand) World Record Holder.
