My right hip and left quad were very hurt three days before the 2011 Boston Marathon. I hadn’t run over 13 miles for my whole training (20 miles is the ideal training run before a marathon). My confidence was low and I needed some good news. Two things happened to me that would make me keep my composure. I had a wonderful session with my sports massage therapist. She found an adhesion that may have been causing my discomfort in my hip. In one session, she was able to get to the problem and fix it. Secondly, I went to a speaker by the name of Nancy Clarke. She is a leader in the world of …

In January, I learned that I was going to be given an opportunity to run in the 2011 Boston Marathon. I was apprehensive to do so given my struggles with a lingering hip injury. It seemed like every time I went over 7 miles of running I got injured, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to run in the Boston Marathon.  I drew up a running plan for myself and started scheduling massage therapy to deal with my hip. I had everything under control until the extreme weather came through in February. Training for Boston is challenging in many ways but the bulk of training happens in January and February…

3:26 p.m. - With a time of 4:39:50, Kelly Cote finished the marathon. 3:22 p.m. - Kelly Cote passed the 40K mark at a time of 4:25:55. Also, take a look at some of the photos of the pack moving over Heartbreak Hill. 3:10 p.m. - Here are the top five men and women from Watertown: Men Jason Dunklee - 2:48:32 Miles W. Billings - 2:54:22 Ty Velde - 3:06:59 Jared M. Sprague - 3:09:12 Lino A. Mancini - 3:19:18 Women Kath Hardcastle - 2:58:07 Kristin Pizzi - 3:28:17 Julia E. Fahey - 3:45:24 Laura Dempsey - 3:54:28 Joanie Kelly - 3:58:27 3 p.m. - Dan Flynn crossed the finish line in a time of 4:03:21…

Forty Watertown residents will run the 115th Boston Marathon Monday: 23 men and 17 women. All are Americans, except one British citizen, Kath Hardcastle. Fifteen Watertown runners will be in the first wave of runners (the fastest qualifiers), two will be in the second wave and 23 in the third and final wave.            Here are the runners from Watertown, you can follow their progress on the BAA's athlete tracker: Bib Number            Wave            Name, age 24763                         3             Robert J. Airasian, 35 2263                         1             Erik K. Bassett, 30 …

The 115th Boston Marathon may not wind through Watertown Monday, but street closings may impact your day, whether you are going to watch on Heartbreak Hill, heading to Fenway to catch the Red Sox or just trying to run an errand. The runners will wind their way along the Marathon route from Hopkinton to Boston, through nearby Wellesley, Newton and Brookline. The race also goes through Kenmore Square, just a baseball throw from Fenway Park, where the Sox will take on the Blue Jays at 11:05 a.m. The race will go along Rte. 16 through Wellesley and Newton, and then up Commonwealth Avenue through …

Perkins School for the Blind announced one of the Boston Marathon runners raising money for the school is from Watertown: On April 18, Watertown resident Kelly Cote will endure 26.2 miles of sore feet and aching muscles for a good cause. She’ll run the Boston Marathon to raise money for Perkins School for the Blind. Cote is one of 19 runners on the Perkins charity team who will pound the pavement from Hopkinton to Boston to raise over $100,000 for people who are blind or visually impaired. Cote has personally committed to raising $10,000. The Perkins team, which includes runners from around …

Dan Flynn Age: 32 Number of Marathons He has Run: One, Boston in 2006 Why He is Running: Flynn runs Flynn Running, where he coaches people running the marathon for charities, and who have never done a 26.2 mile race. Some are not experienced runners. He is also an experience runner, having captained the cross country team at Merrimack College and now coaching the men's and women's track and cross country teams at Lesley University. This year he wants to walk the walk, as well as talk the talk. “I am going to do a run-walk this time around to show everybody that anyone can (finish the marathon…

Laura Dempsey Age: 35 Number of Marathons She has Run: Nine, including seven Boston Marathons. Why She is Running: Dempsey runs with the New England Organ Bank’s Donate Life New England Marathon Team. For the last few years she has run for her friend Laura Linehan, who died at the age of 20. “I run in honor of a friend who died waiting for a liver transplant,” Dempsey said. “She passed away in 2008 just two weeks before the Marathon.” Dempsey now works with the New England Organ Bank, which is based in Waltham. She encourages people to sign up to be organ donors. They can do so by going to: …