The Framingham History Center has been chosen as an official charity through Team Framingham of the 2021 Boston Marathon! This year we have three Framingham runners who need your support to reach their goals. Read Di Summer’s runner profile below.
- Have you run the Boston Marathon before (or any marathon)? What are you most looking forward to for this race?
- I ran the Boston Marathon in 1997. I am most looking forward to the fact that the actual race is being organized during a time when people have been isolated for so long; it is a time for people to safely come together to raise money for charities and celebrate a new beginning.
- Do you have any pre-race rituals?
- 4 am workouts before the actual race, but other than that, let “the powers that be” do their thing!
- How long have you lived in Framingham?
- 8 years
- What is your favorite route in Framingham for a run?
- Early morning around North Framingham, wherever my GPS takes me. I have no sense of direction, so I have been lost in Framingham and surrounding towns many times, but somehow I always end up back home.
- Did you discover any new local parks or trails to walk/run during the pandemic?
- I somehow ended up at BC one day and had to call a friend to pick me up! I think that counts, even though it’s not a trail!
- What is your favorite fact about Framingham?
- I always like the fact that Crispus Attucks was a Framingham resident (first African American casualty in the pre-Revolutionary War Era).
- Why are you running for the Framingham History Center?
- As a history teacher for 27 years, most of those at Framingham High School, I am passionate about the subject and preserving the history in the city for my students and the community as a whole.
View our other 2021 runner profiles: Joe Kynoch and John Sucich
Feature image: Boston Marathon Runners at the Framingham checkpoint. Paul de Bruyn, 18, William Ritola, 72, Hans Oldage, 162, William Kyronen, 54. April 19, 1932 Digital Commonwealth