Running is a big-time sport in Wellesley. The middle and high schools have track and cross-country teams, and the Boston Marathon goes right through Wellesley Square on Patriots’ Day. Here’s a compilation of some of our best running posts. Just click on the link and it will take you to the post.
Running timeline of Boston Marathon in Wellesley
Boston Marathon: many Wellesley angles (Hopkinton and Ashland can fuss about where the Boston Marathon began or begins, but there’s no arguing the fact that Wellesley is smack in the middle of the 26.2-mile course…)
Prince Charming is taken: Boston Marathon mystery kisser outed by wife (The Boston Marathon spectator whose get-a-room smooch along the course in Wellesley with a female runner from Memphis sparked a viral hunt for his identity, has sort of been revealed…)
Calm before the storm (literally) along Boston Marathon route in Wellesley
Watching over Wellesley portion of Boston Marathon course
Make way for Boston Marathon runners
Deadly explosions overshadow Boston Marathon (Two explosions near the Boston Marathon finish line shortly before 3pm have resulted in multiple casualties and dozens of serious injuries. Local buildings, including hotels and colleges, were put on lockdown…)
Wellesley songwriter’s uplifting tune born from Boston Marathon tragedy (WBUR has revisited a story it did in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing that featured a Wellesley songwriter named Stephen Randall who penned a tune called “We Will Run Again.”)
The dirt on Wellesley’s Boston Marathon daffodils (Dozens of volunteers have begun planting some 26,000 daffodil bulbs along the Boston Marathon route, 10,000 in Wellesley alone, as a living memorial to those who were killed or injured during the 2013 race.)
Dog bites Boston Marathon runner in Wellesley (Here’s an odd side note from the Boston Marathon, as described in a Boston Globe review of stories from along the course last Monday…)
Wellesley Scream Tunnel signs made to order for Boston Marathon runners (Wellesley College students are again spreading the word that if Boston Marathon runners on April 15 want a special sign held up for them as they pass through the famed Scream Tunnel just past mile 12 of the course, all you have to do is ask…)
Running from morning to night in Wellesley (I began and ended my day with group runs in Wellesley on Tuesday, starting with the annual Winter Solstice race at Elm Bank Reservation and finishing with a communal trek across the Wellesley Turkey Trot course that began and ended at The Cottage in Linden Square…)
A tribute to long-time Wellesley High running coach Lou Pearlman ( An era ended quietly this summer and athletes and parents at Wellesley High School may be wondering “what happened” when fall workouts start. I can’t answer the “why?”, but middle and long distance runners at WHS will no longer have the privilege of being coached by the beloved and the ever-loving Coach Lou Pearlman. Known affectionately around the Bay State Conference as “Sweet Lou,” Coach Pearlman wrapped up an 18 year career…)
Let the games begin: Wellesley Field Fund website is up and running (A new initiative to help raise money for the rehabilitation of the track and field at Wellesley High School is now underway. The effort is part of a public-private partnership with the Town of Wellesley…)
Runner’s World magazine gives Wellesley’s Chaoui some love (Wellesley resident Carol Chaoui is profiled by Runner’s World this week, which looks at her preparation for yet another Boston Marathon despite now battling cancer. This will be the mother of four’s 8th Boston Marathon.)
Wellesley High School’s OTHER undefeated varsity sports team: boys’ Cross Country (…Wednesday belonged to the WHS boys’ cross country team, which capped its undefeated regular season (11-0) with a close win over previously unbeaten Needham at Elm Bank Reservation.)
Ex-Olympian Tim Broe to coach Wellesley High boys’ Cross Country team (Tim Broe, who placed 11th in the 5,000 meter race at the 2004 Olympics in Athens with a time of 13:33.06, has been named as the new boys’ cross country coach…)
