More than 30,000 racers filed into Boston for the city’s storied marathon in April. Among this year’s group were three couples from Baton Rouge.
Young professionals with small children and all friends, Hannah and Sam Amoroso, Erin and Brad Oswalt, and Rebecca and Alex Tucker had clocked countless training hours to take on the legendary race.
“This marathon is a whole different beast,” says Hannah, a physical therapist and mother of two.
In the current issue of 225, contributing writer Maggie Heyn Richardson catches up with the three couples to discuss how they trained for the marathon as well as their experiences.
The Boston Marathon is considered by many to be the pinnacle of distance running. Qualifying standards were introduced for the race in 1970. The number of training miles these runners must get before reaching Beantown is demanding, but even more so when they’re balancing careers, home life and small children.
“Most of the time, we’re not able to train together because someone needs to watch the kids,” says Alex Tucker. “But it’s great to share this as a common interest. We want to see each other succeed and do better.”
This year’s weather didn’t make it easier on the runners, either. Temperatures were in the low to mid-40s, and it was raining. Headwinds made difficult conditions even worse.
“I did not have a good race at all, but having Sam there really kept me motivated,” says Hannah Amoroso.
