![]() ![]() Ready for the 2022 Boston Marathon? Here's what they learned from this year's event. It was so quiet and peaceful and I really got to know who I was out there.” “In wintertime, we used snowmobiles to get around and we had only a wood stove to heat with. “We moved to a cabin in 1988 and it was so remote that there were no services there at all,” Wright said. Retiring early at age 46, along with her late husband Robert Henry Wright, the duo chose to “live off the grid” in northern Idaho for 13 years. While the Marathon was her latest adventure, Wright, who spent her professional career in accounting, has always been up for a bit of excitement in her life. “She is an exception in terms of the elite level she is at as a runner, but she shows people that regardless of her age, you can always strive for more.” Already training for next year “Carol is remarkable, and I’ve always been amazed by her humility and her ability to be simultaneously so passionate,” Darby said. “Her enthusiasm has never waned.”Įhredt was chosen to run alongside Dave McGillivray, famed cross-country runner and current race director of the Boston Athletic Association, at this year’s Marathon.Ĭoral Darby, who met and worked with Wright through Hyland's, said that within moments of meeting Wright, she was “awestruck.” “What helps Carol is her discipline, her consistency and her ability to listen,” Ehredt said. Because, for Wright, “every day is a good day and every marathon is a good marathon.” “Whether you are age 70 or 7, you are never too old to start and you are never too old to stop running.”Įhredt, who has nine Boston Marathons under his belt, said he never looks at Wright’s age as a hindrance. ![]() “Your body doesn’t really know any different - it just knows it's running,” he said. He helped me stay accountable.”Įhredt, who ran across America in 20, stopping every mile to plant a flag in remembrance of a fallen soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan, said “miles are just miles - whether you are young or old.” “He met me at the track to do speed work and taught me how to do uphill training and recovery. Then we went to eight minutes running and walking two,” Wright said. “When we first started, Mike had me running four minutes, and walking one. By checking in with Wright weekly and assigning training exercises, the elite and ultra-distance runner was able to teach Wright how to achieve her goal of becoming a marathon runner. Mike Ehredt an ambassador, coach, and healer with Hyland’s, a homeopathic product company, is Wright’s coach. The late-in-life athlete, who began her running career at 70, trains five days a week to prepare for the Boston Marathon, but also other races across the country. Wright’s dedication to running the Marathon doesn’t begin and end on game day. Photos: 41st Johnny Kelley Road Race held in honor of the late legendary marathoner 'You are never too old to start' Kelley ran his last full Boston Marathon when he was 84. “I feel associated with him in a way and it feels good to know so much of his history and remember a man who is known for completing in 61 Boston Marathons.” “I read his book ‘Young at Heart,’ before every Boston Marathon for inspiration,” Wright said. ![]() The trek is followed by a visit to Quivet Neck Cemetery in East Dennis, where Kelleyis buried. “But I know that if you want it bad enough, you’ll figure out a way to do it.” Paying respects on the CapeĪ big part of running the race for Wright - who competed against 11 other women in the 2021 age group category - is coming to Cape Cod afterward to pay respect to Johnny Kelley, who is often known “as the Marathon Man,” Wright said.Įvery year, Wright and her family, including her cousin Pam Eaton, a 30-year Cape resident, walk through Johnny Kelley Recreational Park in Dennis. “I think I can be an inspiration because many people say I’m too old to run,” Wright said. 2021 Boston Marathon: Cape and Islands runners grateful to get back on track ![]()
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