Growing up, running had always connected Emma and her mom, Laura. She was her Girls on the Run coach and was always there cheering her on at cross-country meets. “I was never the fastest or even the fifth fastest,” said Emma. “But I always had my mom’s determination and that is what has kept me
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Cambridge resident and Tedy’s Team rookie, Jennifer Mace, will be joining Tedy’s Team® for the 128th Boston Marathon® next month. In September of 2022, just a day after her twenty-sixth birthday, Jenn woke up to a text message from her mother, Melanie, asking her to call her as soon as possible. When her mom answered
Next month, Tedy’s Team rookie, Kim Newby, will be running her first Boston Marathon® as a stroke survivor. In November of 2022, just three days before Thanksgiving, Kim suffered two ischemic strokes at the same time. While at home in the shower, she suddenly became dizzy and lost her balance to the point where she
On January 22, 2023, Alison Baker’s entire life changed in an instant, when her husband, Jason, died suddenly from a massive heart attack. While in Dallas, Texas for their 14-year-old daughter, Gina’s, cheerleading competition, Alison and Jason (Jay), went to a local sports bar to watch the Buffalo Bills playoff game with friends. During the
Next month, rookie teammate, Claire Burns, will be running her first TCS New York City Marathon in memory of her dad, Paul, who passed away suddenly from a heart attack. In September of 2005, when Claire was 11 years old, her dad passed away of a full occlusion of the Left Anterior Descending Artery, or
This November, Tedy’s Team Rookie, Marissa Gross, will be running her first marathon as a member of our 2023 TCS New York City Marathon team in honor of her mom, Cathy. In December of 2020, at just 62-years old, Cathy suffered a rare stroke, known as a Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST), that put her
Today, my family and I are celebrating our son, Liam’s, 2nd birthday! And, in 3 days, I will be running the Boston Marathon in Liam’s honor as my stroke hero. In February of 2022, we took Liam to urgent care for what we now know to have been infantile spasms. We were sent away