Join the Franklin Park Marathon Charity Team for our Sweat, Soul and Inspiration Saturday, just one week before the Boston Marathon. 

This is a community event you won’t want to miss!

 

Members of the Franklin Park Boston Marathon Charity Team will lead guided runs through Boston’s historic Franklin Park—the gem of the Emerald Necklace. Runs will go range in pace groups distances from 1-5 miles.

 

After the run, soothe your body and strengthen your soul and mind with a yoga class taught by the Sacred Seeds teachers. We will offer two separate classes – one especially for runners, to give you extra tools and strength to power you from Hopkinton, through Heartbreak Hill, and to the finish and one just for children and teens.

 

Have you ever held an Olympic Gold Medal? Become inspired and motivated with a lesson in history you won’t want to miss. Join the family of Elizabeth Robinson, a true pioneer in women’s running, who won the first Olympic gold Medal for the US Track and Field Team in 1928.

 

 

 

For more information:
Email: sweat.soul.inspiration.event@gmail.com

Call:   617-939-5737

 

 

After running track for only four months at the age of 16, Elizabeth made world history. In 1928, she became the first female Olympic track and field gold medalist in the one hundred meter dash and the first silver medalist in the 4x100 relay race. Returning from the Olympics, Elizabeth began to work toward a degree in physical education at Northwestern University. She trained for the next Olympics until she was in a plane crash while traveling over Harvey, Illinois in June 1931. Elizabeth was nearly killed, and she was hospitalized for more than eleven weeks. Doctors said she would never compete again.

 

Not only did she run and compete again, she returned to the Olympics and won another gold—becoming a living inspiration to many. She overcame tremendous obstacles in life and pushed past them showing she was a strong, brave woman able to handle any situation. To this day, Elizabeth remains the youngest woman ever to win the one hundred meter dash at the Olympics.