Julie Francis has been running for more than thirty
years, first competing as a miler in high school. She
ran the 2000 New York City Marathon in 3:32, her best
among the twelve marathons she has completed,
including three Boston Marathons. Julie was an
age-group contender with the Central Park Track Club
in New York, and has been an age-group champion in
many Shoreline races, including the 2001 Branford Road
Race. Julie completed the Amsterdam, Marine Corps, and
Palm Beach Marathons in the space of sixty days in the
Fall of 2005, and requalified for the 2007 and 2008 Boston Marathon at the 2006
Hartford Marathon despite her condition as an
insulin- dependent diabetic.
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Bob Francis was nominated age-group Runner of the Year by the New York Road Runners Club in 2000 and 2001, regularly placing in the top three in his age group at all distances while running for the Central Park Track Club. He has completed thirty-one marathons, including a streak of twelve consecutive years at Boston, the world’s most famous marathon. He has already achieved a qualifying time for Boston 2009.
Bob has also com- pleted five ultras, including two fifty-milers. Approaching his 60th birthday, Bob just completed the internationally famous, 56-mile Comrades Marathon in South Africa, the capstone event on his running resume.
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