Photo by Matthew Muise/Boston Marathon By Kim Constantinesco Many people know him now as the first person with dwarfism to complete an Ironman. But there's so much more to 50-year-old John "The Hammer" Young, and his story. Sure, the high school math teacher from Salem, Mass. made triathlon history when he crossed the finish line at IRONMAN [...]
Photo courtesy of Gevvie Stone By Kim Constantinesco If you're lucky, you may catch a glimpse of U.S. rowing silver medalist Gevvie Stone. She's the one moving swiftly on top of the water and up the ranks in medicine. The 31-year-old doctor from Newton, Mass. has balanced Olympic training and medical school and impressed everyone along the [...]
Great achievement comes with simple consistency. On January 1, 1989, Lenworth "Kip" Williamson decided to run every day that year. His New Year's resolution grew big legs and has extended to nearly three decades. According to Itemlive.com, Williamson logged 10,000 consecutive days of running on May 18. The 57-year-old Massachusetts resident, who works as an engineering manager at General Electric [...]
Undefeated high school wrestling champion Deven Schuko suffered his first loss when he took on Andy Howland, but it wasn't just any defeat. Schuko, a senior from Norton High School in Massachusetts, was 27-0 and then he let one of his dreams die all so could fulfill the wish of Howland, a wrestling enthusiast from Dighton-Rehoboth High School with special [...]
Photo courtesy of Jason Wolfe By Kim Constantinesco As the Boston Marathon race director since the 1980s, Dave McGillivray has put a powerful microscope on motivation. Each year, after his race duties are over and while the 30,000 runners who crossed the finish line celebrate their victories, McGillivray laces up his shoes and runs the historic Boston course [...]