- Weekly Club Announcements -

• MOM's Run Volunteering Registration is Open! - We need a lot of folks to come and help and there are lots of opportunities to contribute, especially course marshals!  To volunteer, visit here

• SRR is making several improvements to our email and communication platforms over the next several weeks (updates coming soon).  In the meantime, the SRR email list is now moderated to limit spam and off topic emails.  We greatly encourage folks to reply directly to the sender and refrain from 'reply all'.  

• Boston Marathon Bus and Hotel Registration - LOCAL ACTIVE MEMBERS of SRR who are running the Boston Marathon are welcome to sign up to take the SRR bus to Hopkinton and/or sign-up for the hotel room post race.  Sign-up here.

• SRR anticipates a large number of members will be running the Boston Marathon this year.  To ensure that all local active members get a chance to sign-up for the bus, we are prioritizing their registration before April 18th.  If there are bus spots open after April 18th, SRR will open up registration to SRR friends and family and community members. 

• The SRR hotel space is reserved for local active members and SRR alumni with current memberships

• SRR Boston Marathon Events

• 30k Cheer Zone - SRR will be at the 30k point on Marathon Monday cheering on the race all day long!  Want to help with SRR's Boston Marathon effort?  See Sam's email for details and sign-up here

• Save the date - Post Boston Marathon Party at the Burren!  Join us starting at 4:30pm in the Burren Backroom for our annual Post-Boston Marathon party!  Family, friends, and all of SRR are welcome to celebrate!

• Volunteer to be on the SRR Somerville High School Scholarship selection committee.  Each year, SRR provides three $1000 to graduating Somerville High School students, and we need your help selecting those individuals.  See Nick Close's email for more details.

• If you are running a race let SRR know here - Races - so you can connect with other SRR members and maybe organize a meetup. If you don't see your race follow the “Race coordinator” link on the bottom of the Races page.

• The SRR merchandise team is now accepting ideas/designs for the 2026 SRR member t-shirt!  Have an idea or design?  Send it to merchandise@srr.org.

• Registration is open for the 2026 MOM's Run 5k, which is happening on Sunday, May 10th in Davis Square. Sign-up today 

• Boston Marathon and 2026 marathon fundraising season is rapidly approaching. Are you looking to fundraise for your race?  Feel free to add your information to SRR's Race Fundraising Spreadsheet.  We will keep this link in the weekly email for the next couple months to help people spread the word about their race fundraising campaigns.  

• Merchandise Pick-Up Reminder - There have been several SRR merchandise orders this year that selected the 'Pick Up' option when buying their gear and have never picked up the goods.  If you have ordered anything from the SRR Store and never picked it up, please check your email/spam folder/or other spot your email gets filtered to for emails from merchandise@srr.org for information on how to get your order!!!    

• Need to get your SRR race kit ready?  The SRR store is stocked and ready for your purchase!  Get your SRR singlet, hats, gloves, or classic hoodie and be ready for your spring race! 

• Event Calendar - This is the place to keep track of weekly runs, races, and other club events. We’ve got a lot going on! View the SRR Event Calendar (opens in new window) and better yet, add the SRR Calendar to your Google Calendars and never miss an event!

• Long Runs Groups: Check out the long run web site for info on the different groups and route around town

• Check out all of SRR's weekly runs!  We have 7 different weekly runs Follow SRR on Instagram, Facebook, and Strava to get run updates and join the email list!

• New to SRR and ready to become a full member? Membership has its privileges!  Become a member today: Sign up Here

• March Board Meeting: Minutes

• Run with SRR at these upcoming events!  

  • Frank Nealon Boston Tune-Up 15K Upton MA, Saturday April 4th

  • 2026 MOM's Run 5k, which is happening on Sunday, May 10th in Davis Square. 

  • Great Bear 5K, Needham MA, Sunday May 17th

  • USATF-NE Road Mile - Hopkinton HS, Hopkinton MA TBD (Sun in July)

  • North Shore RunFest 8K Salem MA, Sunday Aug 30th

  • Lone Gull 10k Gloucester MA, Sunday Sept 20th

Keep in touch with your SRR community, check out SRR at these links:

Strava — Facebook — Instagram — Twitter
Join Email List — View Club Email History

If you ever feel that SRR is not living up to our mission, our inclusivity statement, or are concerned about the conduct of any of our members or community participants please reach out to any member of our executive board and we will take action to ensure that our values are upheld. Click here to view the SRR Code of Conduct.

TRACK - TuesDAY - MARCH 31 - 7:00 PM at TUFTS OUTDOOR TRACK

Track Workouts and Information

Tuesday March 31 7:00 PM at Tufts Outdoor Track

The Tatyana Podzyakova workout

This is one continuous run in which you alternate the pace every 800 meters between THRESHOLD and MARATHON pace. So, start off at THRESHOLD pace, for 800, switch to MARATHON for 800, back to THRESHOLD, etc.

The total distance is up to you but should be at least 4800 meters. That will be 6 x 800. Roughly 3 miles. However if you are doing a good deal of weekly mileage right now, I urge you to try to continue the workout and for another mile (2 x 800) That will be 6400 meters

The point of this workout is to force yourself to be able to recover at speed. Marathon pace is not a jog. It should be your go marathon pace or the marathon pace that corresponds to your THRESHOLD pace on the Daniels chart. If you do not know what that is I will bring a copy of the chart for you to look it up at track.

 👋 Psst, before you run off…