About GBTC
The Greater Boston Track Club (GBTC) is a friendly and competitive team with approximately 200 members. We compete at the national, regional, and local levels in cross country, track and field, and trail running. GBTC provides a team-oriented, structured training environment for athletes of many abilities who train for everything from jumps and throws to sprints, road races, cross country, and marathons. Members train for several specific competitions throughout the year, and financial support is provided to compete at some major events. We sponsor athletes based on a tiered system of performance standards, and the club is a designated USATF Elite Development Club.
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Monthly Archives: October 2008
Movie Review: Run For Your Life
“26 miles, 385 yards. No one was mugged, no one was hit by a taxi. For the City of New York and for Bill Rodgers, the marathon was a huge success”. So says an NBC news reporter at the finish … Continue reading
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Mayor Cup 2008, teams 5th and 8th
Emily Kroshus flies over the course at Mayor’s Cup. Photo by GreaterSnap Storm clouds broke and blew away allowing the sun to light perfect fall foliage for the 19th Annual Mayor’s Cup. Emily Kroshus led the club to 5th in … Continue reading
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The Lost Haringa
Race winner Kevin Somers on the left and Max White on the right and the lost Matt Haringa in the middle. photo by GreaterSnap Know the course well before you start running sounds like good advice. So an hour before … Continue reading
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Men 3rd at Bay State, Tie for 2nd in Grand Prix
GBTC big-guns Jim Emord (7th, 2:35:02) and Ryan Aschbrenner (11th, 2:37:56) led the men to a third place finish at today’s Bay State Marathon in Lowell, MA. Also racing the double loop course with a stadium finish were Dr. Dan … Continue reading
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GBTC Awesome at Tufts 10 km
Amanda Watters, Katie Fobert, and Hannah Hastings on Charles Street.photo by GreaterSnap GBTC placed 4th team.Full results are here. GBTC results are below. 24 35:20 5:42 Sarah Donahue 26 35:35 5:44 Emily Kroshus 44 37:25 6:02 Allison McCabe52 38:04 6:08 … Continue reading
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Men Win Wayland Cross Country
The GBTC women’s team at Wayland minus Wendy Newsham Jen Lee, Jessica Klett, Deanna Clark, Kristin Schleicher, Cynthia Hastings photo by SISU/Clark The GBTC team waited impatiently along with the rest of the field for the race starter to leave … Continue reading
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Topsfield XC Thundering Success
Only steps to go to the finish photos by GreaterSnap Amazing was the finish of the women’s race today. In the last straight a pack of women ran together, elbows and mud-splattered knees churning as if on one multi-limbed organism. … Continue reading
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