tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762454611652609262.post3338891139064738467..comments2008-02-19T08:53:56.635-05:00Tom Licciardellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10572168681693815470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762454611652609262.post-22145881576875272382008-02-19T08:15:00.000-05:002008-02-19T08:15:00.000-05:00Hey Tom,<BR/><BR/>Great story on your founding of MVS – and a nice glimpse into the early years of “running as a social phenomenon”.<BR/><BR/>Ironically at roughly the same time you and Gary were getting things going for MVS, I’d just moved to the Boston area that winter of 1979. I was living near you two as I was apartment-sitting for Bill Rodgers at his lopsided second-floor apartment in Melrose, caring for his cat and house plants and negotiating with his brother and business partners to buy into his business and go to work. Bill was living/training in Phoenix during that brutal winter and I now remember how I kept thinking, “What was wrong with this picture – I’m freezing my ass off training through freezing snow storms and Bill is running in shorts and t-shirt in 75 degree temperatures”. <BR/><BR/>I wish I’d met you guys back then. Perhaps I would have avoided the injury that kept me out of Boston in ’79, after training myself into the best shape of my life about 5 weeks before the marathon – but that’s another story.<BR/><BR/>So please keep your stories coming. Always fun to walk (or jog) down memory lane.<BR/><BR/>JackJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481023270816940146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762454611652609262.post-9645938992899131852008-02-19T08:14:00.000-05:002008-02-19T08:14:00.000-05:00Hey Tom,<BR/><BR/>Great story on your founding of MVS – and a nice glimpse into the early years of “running as a social phenomenon”.<BR/><BR/>Ironically at roughly the same time you and Gary were getting things going for MVS, I’d just moved to the Boston area that winter of 1979. I was living near you two as I was apartment-sitting for Bill Rodgers at his lopsided second-floor apartment in Melrose, caring for his cat and house plants and negotiating with his brother and business partners to buy into his business and go to work. Bill was living/training in Phoenix during that brutal winter and I now remember how I kept thinking, “What was wrong with this picture – I’m freezing my ass off training through freezing snow storms and Bill is running in shorts and t-shirt in 75 degree temperatures”. <BR/><BR/>I wish I’d met you guys back then. Perhaps I would have avoided the injury that kept me out of Boston in ’79, after training myself into the best shape of my life about 5 weeks before the marathon – but that’s another story.<BR/><BR/>So please keep your stories coming. Always fun to walk (or jog) down memory lane.<BR/><BR/>JackJackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481023270816940146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762454611652609262.post-50323687551057178062007-12-27T17:33:00.000-05:002007-12-27T17:33:00.000-05:00Wow,<BR/><BR/>We did not know any of that history. Thanks for helping to start the club. We truly think it is the best club in New England. And are proud to wear the (now) red singlets.<BR/><BR/>Lars and Caroline Bjuneteam bjunenoreply@blogger.com