Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application April 26th peacefully at his home under the care of family A private service will be held at a later date and he will be buried at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Camp Ripley.  Amby was born on January 8th 1935 in Little Falls to the late Stephen and Anna (Knopik) Bzdok he returned home and was united in marriage to Agnes Borash on June 10 1957 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Royalton Amby worked for Burlington Northern Railroad as an electrician at Hennepin Paper Company and started his own electrical and appliance repair business He later worked for many years for the Franciscan Sisters in Little Falls where he retired at age 70 Amby was a member and usher at Our Lady of Lourdes Church He enjoyed watching his sons play baseball He also loved doing yard work and watching golf Left to cherish his memory are his three sons FL and Dan (Jana Lueck) Bzdok of Pequot Lakes Mikayla and Brittny; 2 step grandchildren Emily and Mattie his sisters Virginia Tillman and Bernice Eystad brother-in-law Robert Borash and many nieces and nephews.Amby was preceded in death by his beloved wife Agnes The family kindly requests in lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls Emblom Brenny Funeral Service is Cherishing the Memory and Celebrating the Life of Ambrose This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors passed away at Tufts Medical Center in Boston on November 25 (Maciejewski) Pedranti for 41 loving years he was the son of the late Ambrose Pedranti and Mildred (Bere) Pedranti and was raised and educated in Roxbury he was a member of the Teamsters Local Union 25 dedicating his time for over 25 years before retiring Amby is survived by his children Michael Pedranti and his wife Meghan of Attleboro Paul Pedranti and his wife Lisa of East Bridgewater and Victor Pedranti and his longtime girlfriend Nicole Jorritsma of Middleboro He was the “Nonno” to Charlotte He was the brother to Billy Pedranti and was preceded in death by Mary Ellen Pedranti Visitation will be held in the Farley Funeral Home donations in Amby's memory may be made to the Ambrose G Pedranti Memorial Scholarship Fund at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing which 100% directly supports students pursuing a specialization in cardiology In lieu of flowers, donations in Amby's memory may be made online at https://signature-healthcare.org/support ,or by check payable to Signature Healthcare and mailed to: Signature Healthcare donations can be made via Venmo to @SignatureHealthcare (please include "Ambrose" in the note section) Enter your phone number above to have directions sent via text You are using an outdated browser. Upgrade your browser today or install Google Chrome Frame to better experience this site Obituaries Conveniently located on the west side of Erie in Millcreek Township directly across from beautiful Laurel Hill Cemetery offers the best when it comes to memorializing your loved ones offers a wide variety of services from funeral planning Phone:(814) 838-7656Email: dusckasmartin@gmail.com 2024 at 10:01 am ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}Running legend Amby Burfoot kept his six-decade-plus longevity streak going in Thursday's Manchester Road Race CT — Running legend Amby Burfoot kept his eye-popping streak alive in the Manchester Road Race on Thanksgiving morning The 88th edition in 2024 marked his 62nd straight appearance in the famed 4.737-mile race "I'm ready to go," Burfoot said Thursday morning in the media center as the rain pelted the course The 78-year-old Burfoot said being there was more important than getting a bit wet Burfoot posted on social media that he had dug out his Manchester Road Race cap and marked it with a "62" for the years he has run consecutively but he did so with a respectable time of 44:37 That was 2,760th overall in a field of 12,000 when he first entered the road race as a high school senior The Wesleyan University graduate won the race a record nine times between 1968 and 1977 Seven of those victories (1971-1977) came in successive years which is a MRR record in addition to the longevity streak Burfoot was also the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon Burfoot is an editor emeritus at Runner's World magazine and an author of a number of books about the sport of distance running Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. 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In November 2015, Sotheby’s sold his “Apple (from Ads)” (acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas) for 910.000 USD and in catalogue’s notes Warhol tells about his meeting with Steve Jobs insisting to give him one and showing him how to draw (even if still in black and white): “we went into Sean [John Lennon’s son]’s bedroom–and there was a kid there setting up the Apple computer that Sean had gotten as a present I said that once some man had been calling me a lot wanting to give me one but that I’d never called him back or something I’m Steve Jobs.’ And he looked so young And he told me that he would still send me one now And then he gave me a lesson on drawing with it but they’ll make it soon in color…I felt so old and out of it with this young whiz guy right there who helped invent it.” Harsh Noise Wally is a sophisticated mashup mixing strips of Wally the lazy and cynic colleague of Dilbert with some epic noise music extreme attitudes Minority Report comes closer… Three huge screens at Birmingham New Street railway station are scanning passers-by and play advertisements accordingly http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/new-street-station-advertising-screens-9920400 GoPro ancestors in the 1960s and 1970s mainly sport and movie persons like F1 driver Jackie Stewart Tahlia Palmer presents Ngunmal and I Am Holding My Breath on Lawrence English’s Room40 label The two compositions last almost 29 and 21 minutes respectively and were designed both by virtue of this release and in the form of two specific audio-visual installations The Australian multidisciplinary artist works with ambient drones built upon field recordings and consequently is in tune with the label head himself a composer and philosopher of listening who is fascinated by themes of memory and spaces of physical and cultural interactions what are the possible stories that take shape in certain environments and cultivating those stories to allow a congruous form of integration between the different parts ‘to make ourselves available.’ ‘She asks us to be vulnerable to places and situations of not knowing as are the videos that form part of the installation splendid testimonies of Australian nature and its animal life of fences and uninhabitable (or almost) places of places for wild dogs but not without their own strength and beauty All of this comes with disturbing and melancholy moments The dominant impression is that of something extremely material but incomplete intricate in its restrictions yet intimate just as that which pushes us to recognise within ourselves the way we live Regarding her musical project Tahlia Palmer has a lot to say on the concept of decolonisation while keeping the connection with her local community very close to her heart identity and connection with places – all cemented by layers of distorted noise This weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License Manufactura Independente 180 km / 112 miles (up to 45 km/h / 28 mph Vmax) 75 km / 47 miles (up to 60 km/h / 37 mph Vmax) Here you can see the webcast of the BMW Group Press Conference at the Auto Shanghai 2025. Be one of the first to try our new activity feed! Tap “Home” to explore. After becoming training partners with Amby Burfoot, the hero of her youth, the author gets to share Boston with him on the 50th anniversary of his victory. Six in the morning and wind drove the rain sideways. It was not a day to run a marathon. But it was Patriot’s Day and the champion was waiting. In a few hours, Amby Burfoot, me, and a small group of friends would run the Boston Marathon 50 years after he ran down Boylston Street at age 21, depleted, nearly delirious, to win the race in 1968. My dirty little running secret is that I hate running Boston, with its late start, the waiting, the noise, and in my three experiences, the heat. But Amby was running and so I would be there. I met Amby before he met me. During college I was a gym-rat who one day pushed open the doors and began to run. I loved being outside, and there was a power that came from running I hadn’t found in the gym. I subscribed to Runner’s World and in its pages I found Amby Burfoot: writer, editor, runner, champion. Running became central to my life, and the magazine became my bible, the word of the god Amby. When I landed a job at Runner’s World more than a decade later, the champion’s office was next to mine. The first time I spotted him in the hallway I walked in the opposite direction and called my husband. “Guess who I just saw?” Eventually, I settled into the job and knocked on Amby’s office door almost daily, asking about a training tip or study. He was patient, kind. But to me he was still Amby Burfoot, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon, editor of Runner’s World, exalted professor of running journalism. Then, 10 years later, I moved to his hometown. My husband’s job took us to Mystic, Connecticut, where Amby had retired and bought a house four miles from where he’d grown up. Our first run together was in the dead of winter. We left our houses at a designated time, met on the road bundled in cold-weather gear, and headed south toward a peninsula on the Long Island Sound. The champion runs slowly now, but his stride displays the ease and fluidity of speed. As we ran, he told me about his bout with depression, the strangeness of not feeling like running. We went over a small bridge into a woodsy area. “See that pond,” Amby said. “We used to skate there.” Amby took me on a tour of the small town he grew up in, claiming his love for the name “Sound Breeze,” the street he grew up on. We ran by his childhood home. “See the top window,” he said. “That was my room. I could freeze water in it.” Amby was unexpectedly open, and over the course of those 10 miles he started to move from god to man, from legend to friend. The clincher happened a few runs later when I hesitated to make a pit stop mid-run. I couldn’t pee in front of the champion. But then Amby said he was running into the woods and that was that. We ran a few times a week, meeting on the road, going this way or that. We were chatty, switching topics easily from running to writing, marriage to movies and Amby’s favorite—industry gossip. There were no masks, no pretense, no competition. There was only the run, the pure pleasure and necessity of movement. I thought running with Amby would be running with history. That over miles along the river, he’d regale me with stories about Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, Alberto Salazar, Joan Benoit Samuelson. He’d tell me about the time he ran with Eliud Kipchoge in Kenya, Oprah in New York, about the women who ran Boston the year he won, despite the fact that they were barred from entering. But Amby was always in the moment. He talked about the study he was reading, where he could pitch it, and tossed out whatever was on his mind: “Want to hear the eternal training question I’ve thought about for decades?” “Did you read the new weight-loss piece in the Times?” I sometimes steered the conversation back, though, wanting to know how he started running, why he kept running, why he wanted to win Boston so badly. “Oh, Kelley,” he said, without missing a beat. John J Kelley was an American marathoner, Olympian, Boston champion (1957) and the cross-country coach at Fitch, where Amby went to high school. When you are a fan of both the champion and the sport, and all the dots start connecting—Kelley was a Boston champ, Kelley was his coach, Amby’s dream was to win Boston—and you are running on the road where both men, separately and together, hammered tempo workouts and long runs, every run becomes something more. When Amby told me he would be running Boston on the 50th anniversary of his win, I invited myself along. We trained on River Road, climbed up Clift Street to Kelley’s house, ran down and around the peninsula on the sound. I hadn’t thought that the race itself would reveal anything. We—Amby, me, his brother Gary and four other friends—started in a tight pack. As we entered Ashland, the deluge hit. The champion, in rain pants and jacket with his hood up and his 1968 bib number pinned to his pants, was instantly drenched. We hunkered down. The battle had begun. Ray Charbonneau, a steady upbeat man, became our timer, shouting “Run!” then “Walk!” at 4:1 intervals (4 minutes of running, one minute of walking), Amby’s go-to now for long runs and marathons. Megan Valentine, a sub-3:00 marathoner, was our foot soldier, disappearing and somehow reappearing with dry socks to replace wet mittens. All of us were focused on staying warm, so we didn’t talk much. It was what I imagine running in a lead pack is like, everyone with their own thoughts, but aware of each other. I think now of eventual 2018 winner Des Linden. She had mentally conceded her race and waited for US teammate Shalane Flanagan while she took a bathroom break. Like her, we ran to make sure the others made it. At the half, Megan found a big plastic jacket to help keep one teammate warm. At mile 16, the champion’s hands were red and cold. I gave him my mittens. We carried on. When the Citco sign came into view and we crossed into Boston, the rain fell hard again. Amby turned his face to the sky, shouting, “Bring it on!” We all smiled. We followed the course onto Hereford Street, made the left onto Boylston and the finish line came into view. What is it like to the see the place where, at least in one way, your life began? Where a single win would define who are you, or rather, you’d define it, and you’d elevate that joy and love and disbelief into a life dedicated to the sport. If you are Amby Burfoot, you soak it in. After the turn onto Boylston, Amby stopped and walked. Unlike the 21-year-old who wanted to end the pain, the champion was in no hurry. He pushed his hood back, took off his hat, and waved to the die-hard fans in rain ponchos. The announcer began talking about Amby’s win and his life and the moment felt too personal, too intimate, so I dropped back. Amby eventually broke into a jog toward the finish, where his wife, Cristina, was waiting for him. Across the finish line, Amby spoke to the press, then we all walked through the Fairmont Hotel drenched but elated. Later, we met for dinner, shared war stories, and raised glasses to Boston and running. It took me awhile to understand that what I had the privilege of seeing was a life, the person behind the headline, the man underneath the title. I returned to Mystic filled with a strange sense of mortality and immortality, of the beauty of living, and of the profound and simple act of running with a friend. I rushed around the house, found my watch and gloves and got out the door. Out on the road, the champion was waiting. EmailAmby Burfoot wins the Boston Marathon in 1968 I wanted to steal every possible second and race my personal best Our times and finish positions in Boston represented our rank among top American marathoners Instead I’ll run on gratitude: that works a lot better for a 71-year-old who has seen it all My attitude evolved over many years at Boston I was among the 5,000 runners stopped at the 25-mile mark in 2013 and received no information from the police who halted us And then confusion and disappointment that my special day was interrupted It was a 30 minute walk to my hotel before I learned the awful truth There is no place on Earth I’d rather be than the wide welcoming expanse of the Boston Marathon finish line I pledged to run the Boston Marathon at least once every five years The miraculous “comeback” marathon of 2014 was emotion-filled footrace I've ever participated in Boston’s knowledgeable marathon fans turned out in record numbers applauded the roadside families for their decades of unstinting support so trust me — this was nothing less than a lovefest In 2014, I also began handing out small thank-you cards to Boston’s enthusiastic course-side spectators. The cards feature a unicorn image and the words: “Thank you, Boston Marathon fans. Your years of constant cheering and support are what make Boston the world’s greatest marathon.” Mostly I steer toward 7- and 8-year-olds with outstretched palms. I figure it’s never too soon to cultivate the next generation. They’re merely hoping for a “slap me five,” and are often surprised when I slip a card into their hand. Still, after every recent Boston, I’ve received several photos of youngsters proudly displaying their thank-you cards. Whenever I spot a wheelchair-bound 80-year-old, I head that way, too. No one deserves more reward than those who have been faithful through the decades, possibly even a half-century. Who knows? Maybe this individual saw me sweep past in 1968? There’s no hurry anymore. I take a moment to glance upward and offer a whispered prayer. I now consider the final 600 yards on Boylston Street a hallowed place, where time is so precious I’d like to squeeze it to a standstill. When I reach the point of the second bomb explosion, I stop running, and begin walking. There’s no hurry anymore. I take a moment to glance upward and offer a whispered prayer. For a half block, I walk backwards, applauding the thick knots of runners streaming toward me. The runners sport huge smiles, their eyes focused on the big blue and yellow banner beside the Boston Public Library. By that point, I’m getting close to the end myself, but I feel no urgency. Mere yards from the finish, at the point where the first bomb exploded, I turn left to remember Martin Richard. How I wish that he could still be standing on that sidewalk, all beaming face and “Peace” message. He would’ve been 13 this year. I can only continue walking and thinking about my great, good fortune. There is no place on Earth I’d rather be than the wide, welcoming expanse of the Boston Marathon finish line. If they’d allow it, I would stay out there all afternoon. He is a member of the Running Hall of Fame and winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon Auto Shows Home » Live photos of the BMW i Vision AMBY Here at the 2021 IAA we had the chance to see BMW’s latest two-wheeled concept car in person The BMW i Vision AMBY — along with its sportier counterpart the BMW Motorrad AMBY — is an intriguing pedal-electric bicycle for the future Not only is it mechanically impressive but it looks quite good as well we could use a pedal-electric bike to get around Munich Both versions of the AMBY are cool looking The standard BMW i Vision AMBY is ultra-modern with a minimalist approach that feels very fitting for the times with its unique single-sided rear swinging arm and chunkier tires It looks like it could handle far more terrain than the standard bike The standard version is a true pedal-electric bike meaning it needs to be pedal for the electric assistance to work the Motorrad version doesn’t require pedaling though it can still be pedaling if the rider chooses the Motorrad bike has a grip-mounted throttle that can provide the electric propulsion there are three different speed ratings; 25 km/h (15.5 mph) for cycle tracks There are different licenses and insurance required for the different speed ratings Geofencing technology allows the bike to know where it is and which top speed it can use Riders can also digitally connect with the AMBY so that their licensing and insurance are uploaded to the bike therefor allowing the different speed ratings These sorts of urban mobility concepts are the sort that many automakers are looking at for the future With automobiles becoming more and more taboo in urban city centers premium pedal-electric bikes could be very popular among urbanites in the coming years More from Auto Shows 2025 BMWBLOG | Change consent This story has been updated with live photos of the two BMW conceptual electric bikes from the Munich Motor Show halls BMW’s i Vision Circular city car is Munich’s big news but the company’s two-wheel designers also have plenty to say about the future of urban mobility The i Vision AMBY and BMW Motorrad’s Vision Amby are two different takes on the idea of futuristic e-bikes that blur the boundaries between cycle and motorcycle Read: 2021 Munich Motor Show A-Z Debut Roundup While the chunkier Vision Amby from the Motorrad motorbike division has a traditional motorbike-style twist-grip throttle and foot pegs the i Vision AMBY is closer to an e-bike and requires users to pedal if they want electrical assistance But linking them is a modular speed concept that limits the speed of both depending where they’re being ridden On cycle paths the maximum permitted is 15 mph (25 k/mh) while up to 28 mph (45 k/km) is allowed on inner city roads both bikes are able to stretch their legs to 37 mph (60 k/mh) Related: BMW i Vision Circular Concept Is An Innovative Totally Recyclable City Car BMW Motorrad Vision Amby is a small electric motorbike BMW acknowledges that current laws don’t exist to accommodate this kind of vehicle (e-bikes are limited to 15 mph in Europe) but suggests geofencing technology could be used to automatically control the bikes’ speeds The tougher-looking Vision AMBY’s motorcross-inspired design is characterised by chunky off-road tires and a relatively tall 33.9-inch (860 mm) seat height, but at 143 lbs (65 kg) it weighs around a third as much as a conventional motorbike BMW i Vision AMBY is a pedal-assist e-bike But the i Vision AMBY makes even that look tubby thanks its 66 lbs (30 kg) curb weight the i Vision AMBY features a single-sided swingarm and (120 mm) of suspension travel at each wheel BMW Motorrad hasn’t revealed the battery capacity of its AMBY but the pedal-assist version comes with a 2000 Wh battery in center of the frame that is good for up to 186 miles (300 km) of range Both machines rely on a smartphone app to work as a digital key allowing the rider to start the bikes and hold license and insurance details where necessary but you can bet you’ll be able to buy something similar within the next years or so Wheels: Studded spoke wheels with 26-inch front and 24-inch rear Here you can see the webcast of the BMW Group Press Conference at the Auto Shanghai 2025 Be one of the first to try our new activity feed In 1968, a tall, lanky runner from Groton, Connecticut, pulled away from the field at mile 14 of the Boston Marathon. Though he ran the ensuing 12 miles scared, he refused to look back. Two hours, twenty two minutes, and seventeen seconds later, Amby Burfoot became the first American to win the historic race since his coach and mentor is once again lining up to race the Boston Marathon Only this year he won’t be toeing the start line as a favorite but rather as one of the preeminent elder statesmen of running We caught up with Burfoot prior to Boston to soak up some ageless running wisdom I think I could have achieved the same results with about 70 percent of the training Single-Minded Focus: I grew up in the era of sex I ran about seven miles every morning and nine miles every afternoon Favorite Workout: Back then it was a 15 miler through apple orchards and nature preserves We got faster as the run progressed so it was pretty hard by the end But the run was always enjoyable and in a great environment My training was the antithesis of the metrics-based interval training that took hold a bit later on We just went out and ran—it was a beautiful thing It amazes me how many nutrition and hydration products there are these days we hardly consumed anything outside of maybe a little water I’ve always been a bit of a food “faddist.” For a while I was an ovo-lacto vegetarian [eggs but no meat] and ate tons of carbohydrates I’d inhale tubs of ice-cream and it burn it off immediately I’ve realized the importance of protein in my diet and fish are all staples of my diet; I’ll even occasionally eat chicken Mental Strength: We didn’t really talk about “mental fitness” in 1960s No one ever told me I would be successful so I was always kind of stunned by winning anything Eventually confidence builds and success leads to more success Proving yourself to yourself is really special I learned early on that I didn’t have top-end speed or a fierce kick I developed my whole racing strategy to punish people early so there wouldn’t even be a “race” at the end I dared people to suffer as much as I was willing to suffer While there is a lot of hype about various recovery modalities—from foam rolling to heat—there is not a lot of conclusive evidence supporting any of them Far more important is understanding your body’s natural rhythms and cycles and designing your training accordingly: How many easy days do you need after an intense day How many weeks can you train hard before taking a break If you listen to your body and are honest with yourself you’ll be able to answer these critically important questions I gave it one last shot at making the Olympic team I had given my all to the sport for over 10 years I felt I had left it all out there—not just in that race but in my entire career—and I had no regrets Hanging up the racing shoes wasn’t that hard The 120-mile-a-week weight on my shoulders was lifted I got back into running for the sheer joy of it Right now I only run about 25-30 miles a week Running and Writing: The only thing I’ve ever tried to do is to be authentic There’s been a bit too much fluffy writing about running throughout the years I just try to paint an honest picture of what it’s like to be a runner and to train hard Latest Book: It’s called First Ladies of Running So many women were doing incredible things for the sport in the 1970s I was shocked no one had compiled all these stories in a book  Even though I’m not biologically their “contemporary,” I grew up with these women I saw them at the Boston Marathon every year I have tremendous respect for them and felt their stories should be documented Life-Long Love Affair: What’s really important to me in my running career is not that I won the Boston Marathon It’s that I’ve run the same Thanksgiving Day road race the last 53 years and I’ve still got a foot in the game and I am leading a healthy lifestyle We get so obsessed in running with muscle fibers and cardiac health and we think it’s our nutrition or foot strike or length of our Achilles that is important—but I don’t think any of those things are that important What's important is establishing a sound emotional relationship with the sport If you can keep running…it’s like an old friend An old friend that yields massive benefits and tech with access to unlimited digital content from Outside Network's iconic brands Ambrose Moses McConnell entered the world on April 20 His death certificate lists his birthplace as Ksohe (likely meaning Cohoes) while other sources place him in Williamstown It is commonly accepted that McConnell’s family resided in North Pownal a town far too small to have any hospital facilities It was here that his baseball career got its start one can be left with the impression that the town has been forgotten by time Tucked away in a scenic valley not far from the Massachusetts border the town center is dominated by a ruined tannery Amby worked fifty hours a week in the mill for the lofty wage of six dollars McConnell always hoped to save his money to go to Boston to see the champion Beaneaters squad of Hugh Duffy and Kid Nichols he would never have that opportunity and the first major game he saw was also the first he played in McConnell would take advantage of any chance to play the game on a small diamond nearby Nicknamed “Midget,” the speedy 5’5″ infielder soon became well known in the region for his defensive prowess Teams in neighboring towns would offer him his expenses to play on weekends Amby caught the attention of a team from Dalton Their manager offered him $7.50 a week to join the squad McConnell jumped at the chance to make a $1.50 raise to play the sport he loved not knowing that some players on the team made twice his salary Thus was born a trend of financial misadventure that would dog his professional career McConnell returned in 1907 to the Eastern League with Providence The diminutive infielder had earned the reputation as a crafty batsman and adept fielder his contract was purchased by the Boston Red Sox allowing him to finally realize his dream to see a major league game McConnell’s new boss was the crabby and penurious Charles Comiskey who went to great lengths to limit his player’s compensation The always money conscious McConnell would soon run afoul of him McConnell suffered a knee injury and was confined to bed for a few days he was unable to go to the local bank to cash his paycheck Instead he mailed it to his wife back in Utica she was told that the check was no good because the account had been closed McConnell found that the Chicago bank from which the check had drawn had closed down An irate McConnell accused Comiskey of financial misconduct as the latter refused to settle the debt until the bank’s matters were concluded The issue dragged on throughout the season with McConnell threatening legal action while Comiskey maintained his hands were tied until the courts decided the fate of the bank Amby played solidly at second base for the White Sox hitting .280 and leading the league in fielding percentage injuries had robbed him of the speed they wanted at the position he returned to help rejuvenate baseball in Utica and secured a franchise in the Can-Am league he also took over the roles of field and general manager a Catholic priest who doubled as the president of the league In his role as league president Martin ordered McConnell to be suspended and fined McConnell brought the case to a higher office The judge in charge of baseball’s National Association cut the suspension to two years probation but McConnell stepped down as field manager for good at the end of the season The old infielder suited up just one more time for an Oldtimers All-Star game held in Cooperstown in 1939 He continued in his post as Utica’s general manager hiring Schoppmyer as manager in 1939 and then firing him a year later Amby McConnell died of a massive heart attack at age 59 His wife sold his Utica team to the Philadelphia Phillies a year later If you can help us improve this player’s biography, contact us Green Mountain Boys Meet the Staff Board of Directors Annual Reports Inclusivity Statement Contact SABR This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page We keep in touch and caught up a couple of weeks ago after he finished the Boston Marathon in 4:17 at the age of 69 Michael Joyner: How many Boston Marathons have you run Amby Burfoot: This year was my 22nd Boston. I ran my first Boston in 1965 as a 17-year-old freshman in college, and finished 25th in 2:34:09. In the 1980s I began repeating Boston every fifth anniversary of my win in 1968 My 2013 Boston was interrupted by the bombings which made all of us want to run the “comeback Boston” of 2014 I decided to see if I could run five straight Bostons leading up to 2018 ​MJ: A lot people who ran fast when they were young avoid participating in races as they age even if they stay in shape Many of these folks will tell you they have a hard time being middle of the pack What has the transition from front of the pack to the back been like for you AB: That’s exactly what everyone told me in 1976 when I transitioned overnight from 100 miles a week to 25 miles a week It’s much more fun than battling for the top spots These days I still gauge my times against various age standards and other runners Summertime Sweat: Trail running is the workout your summer is missing ​MJ: Speaking of motivation you have just written a terrific new book, First Ladies of Running about 22 pioneers of women’s distance running from back in the 1960s and 70s It is a diverse group but were you able to find a common thread that motivated these women AB: I’d say the common threads were that the First Ladies all loved running for the simple physical and mental relief it afforded them that they wanted the chance to challenge themselves in competition just to see how far they could extend their horizons They didn’t race to beat others or to beat certain times Are the elite athletes of today overthinking it Is the average participant overthinking things today’s elite marathoners are East Africans of course and I don’t believe they are overthinking or drinking too much Gatorade So it’s possible to be world class without having an exercise physiology lab next door I’m not a nihilist when it comes to various running products—just a late adopter And I always remind myself that it’s possible ​MJ: What has been the best change since you started racing and what bugs you the most AB: I enjoy everything that makes it easy to gauge distance and time from chips in laces and race numbers to GPS and internet mapping the most basic $9 digital chronograph from the early 1970s was the best advance And I love breathable socks versus the water-logged cotton socks we wore fifty years ago The first thing that comes to mind is runners pushing their kids in baby joggers during races It just seems wrong—and dangerous—on several fronts MJ: You were famous for your tough training schedules Innovation in Hydration: Sweat testing is next level of sports hydration MJ: Not to jinx you, but John A. Kelly finished 58 Bostons Tell me about your streak at the Manchester five-miler AB: I recognized a long time ago that I wasn’t aiming to beat John A. Kelley’s records at Boston. If I’m going for a longevity record, it would be at Manchester, the Connecticut five-miler that I have finished the last 53 years in a row. The single-race record is held by the Dipsea Demon, Jack Kirk I don’t believe I will break Jack’s record but I can’t see any reason to stop running Manchester Burfoot left it with two interesting observations. He always tries to credit his high school coach and mentor John J. Kelley—1957 Boston winner eight-straight national marathon titles (Yonkers) Walter Bortz about exercise: “It’s never too late to start is an expert in human performance at the Mayo Clinic MICHAEL J. JOYNERMichael J. Joyner, M.D., is an expert in human performance at the Mayo Clinic. 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He joined BPR to talk about all things Boston Marathon October 12, 2023 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Marathon Handbook, a renowned online platform dedicated to the running community, is excited to announce a new collaboration with legendary marathoner and journalist, Amby Burfoot. Starting this month, Burfoot’s newsletter, “Run Long, Run Healthy,” will be featured every Friday through Marathon Handbook Ambrose “Amby” Burfoot stands as a titan in the running world Crowned the Boston Marathon champion in 1968 he became the first collegian to win this prestigious event and the first American to claim the title since John Kelley in 1957 His stellar college career at Wesleyan University saw him undefeated in cross-country dual races and he later continued his dominance on the global stage with significant performances like a near-American record (2:14:29) at the Fukuoka Marathon in Japan Amby channeled his passion for running into journalism rising to the position of Editor-in-Chief and then serving as its Editor-at-Large Author of several seminal books on running including The Runner’s Guide to the Meaning of Life and First Ladies of Running Burfoot’s influence spans both the tracks and the pages earning him spots in several Halls of Fame including the National Distance Running Hall of Fame (2008) the Road Runners Club of America Hall of Fame (1994) and the Running USA Hall of Champions (2004) “Amby’s decades of experience brings a new depth and voice to our editorial department and we are thrilled to welcome him to the team as our Editor-at-Large and regular contributor,” said Thomas Watson we’re extremely proud that Amby has chosen to work with Marathon Handbook and further our mission of helping people everywhere achieve their running goals.” Amby has self-published his substack “Run Long and recaps of the best and most recent running advice to appear online so you can review the best new articles in minutes” is how Amby describes his approach “I’m thrilled to join the Marathon Handbook family because Marathon Handbook values the integrity and authoritative content I have always aimed for,” said Burfoot Run Healthy” reflects my lifelong passion for the sport and Marathon Handbook will allow me to connect with a wider audience who shares that same fervor and to helping runners everywhere improve their fitness and performance.” Marathon Handbook’s readers can anticipate Amby’s expert advice, stories, and insights every Friday, enriching the platform’s already expansive array of resources and content. Readers can sign up for Amby’s Friday newsletter here and can choose between the free version or a premium version of the newsletter which contains roughly double the content and runs at $5 per month Laura Beachy | Beachy@hylastrategies.com | 814.279.9825 View all Releases by Submit Press Release Address: 4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd #400, San Diego, CA 92121   Phone: (858) 876-4705 (c) 2025 Address: 4010 Sorrento Valley Blvd #400, San Diego, CA 92121   Phone: (858) 876-4705 © 2025 Endurance Sportswire. All Rights Reserved. Play Duration: 53 minutes 19 seconds53m Presented by A few years ago writer Helen Garner began following her grandson Amby's under-16s football team. She went along to all the games, and to every training session, shivering on the sidelines at dusk, fascinated by the spectacle.  It was a chance to spend more time with her youngest grandchild before he rushed headlong into manhood, and it also gave her a new writing project. As Helen began writing about Amby and his season, she began to realise that part of the story was about the 'ordinary beauty of human society'. Thankyou to Matilda Books for creating the live event recorded by the ABC for this program Garner lives next door to her daughter's family – including the young Amby – in Melbourne's western suburbs.(Darren James) comedy and fatherhoodPublished: 4h agoTue 6 May 2025 at 1:00am Published: YesterdayMon 5 May 2025 at 1:00am Download the ABC listen app to hear more of your favourite podcasts Motorrad Home » BMW i Vision AMBY and Motorrad Vision AMBY – A Futuristic Electric Pedal Bike One of the more interesting concepts from BMW’s 2021 IAA displays in Munich isn’t actually a car — it’s an electric bicycle The BMW i Vision AMBY is a pedelec (pedal electric bicycle) with an electric drive system and three speeds The three different speed ratings are as follows: 25 km/h (15.5 mph) for cycle tracks each successive speed requires certain licensing to drive the BMW i Vision AMBY uses geo-fencing to know where the bike is thus allowing it to automatically adjust its top speed This way you don’t have maniacs riding at 37 mph down the bike lane and your local park the BMW i Vision AMBY requires constant pedal from the rider apparently established categories are being blown apart – and that’s a good thing ‘bicycle’ and ‘motorcycle’ should not determine the nature of the products we think up develop and offer,” explains Werner Haumayr Vice President BMW Group Design Conception this paradigm shift gives us the opportunity to tailor products to people’s lifestyles – as we can see with the BMW i Vision AMBY high-speed pedelec This vehicle occupies the space between a bicycle and a light motorcycle and allows our customers to decide for themselves whichc roads or routes they want to travel on through an urban area at the same time as turning the pedals and keeping themselves fit The modes and clever route selection are intended to make it one of the fastest travel options through a city.” The BMW i Vision AMBY is also supposed to look different than a standard e-bike BMW claims its design is a combination of e-bike and racing bike There’s also a clever little smartphone pad under the handle bars so you can mount your phone for navigation or media the handle bars get a small LED light strip underneath which not only looks cool but helps with safety at night There are actually quite a few safety features which provides an audible beep to the rider when a vehicle is closely approaching the rear of the bike Mounted in the center of the frame is the 2,000 Wh battery pack that provides up to 300 km (186 miles) of charge Mounted next to the pedal is the electric drive unit to the rear wheel only while the rider is pedaling gives the bike a very slick streamlined look The front wheel is traditionally removed with a screw Even the battery can be removed and stored separately While typically bikes don’t have keys the BMW i Vision AMBY has a digital key function load your license information for certain speed limits and even update any insurance needed on the fly you can also check battery status and range and get over-the-air updates There’s also a free programmable immobilizer There’s also a BMW Motorrad Vision AMBY which is similar to the i Vision AMBY but with some sportier tweaks The frame of the Motorrad version is slightly different with a unique single-sided rear swing arm that connects the rear wheel But the biggest difference between the two is the Motorrad version’s ability to accelerate without the rider pedaling Whereas the i Vision AMBY requires the rider to pedal to provide electric assist the Motorrad version has a grip-mounted throttle that can provide electric acceleration on its own. BMW is keen on updating and upgrading urban mobility and t his BMW i Vision AMBY despite not being an exciting performance car is quite cool and should be very helpful for a lot of city dwellers Let’s hope it makes it to production in as close to this concept’s form as possible More from Motorrad Imagine you play a vital role in the most prolific band on earth that has just announced its third yet you have another band that has been doing it almost as long Take Ambrose Kenny-Smith of The Murlocs who fits this welcomingly vital musical role that “Amby” the harmonica and keyboard ace of King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard has been leading the Melbourne-based band since 2011 that also features fellow Gizz member Cook Craig on bass guitar along with Cal Shortal on guitar and Karmouche and Blach are frontmen for Crepes and Beans The band’s new studio album, Rapscallion was just released today on ATO Records and follows in the ’60s-influenced garage rock of earlier efforts and for those in the Gizzverse- fans of the band’s “earlier” material (Willoughby Beach Float Along Fill Your Lungs) will find The Murlocs’ sound a kindred spirit Led by Kenny-Smith’s raspy soulful vocals and vital harmonica chops the band explores fuzzy guitar riffs and shimmy-shaking rhythms that conjure up the 13th Floor Elevator’s proto-psych sound Self-produced by the band in the early stages of the pandemic Rapscallion was recorded remotely in the home studios of Kenny-Smith The wildly squalid odyssey populated by an outrageous cast of misfit characters — teenage vagabonds and small-time criminals junkyard dwellers and truck-stop transients — is partly inspired by Kenny-Smith’s own adolescence as a nomadic skate kid Glide had a chance to talk to “Amby” about his Murlocs endeavors and growing up a skate kid  It has been written that a lot of The Murlocs’ creative inspiration was inspired by your adolescence as a nomadic skate kid Were you considered an accomplished skater and what type of music as a youngster infiltrated your ears I started skateboarding when I was bout 6 years old I was sponsored from when I was 10 all the way up until I was in my early twenties or so when the music started to take up more of my time Having grown up in the skate community was definitely a wonderful character-building experience and I am forever grateful for that Watching skate videos every day also introduced me to a lot of great music in all types of genres I would be skating down the street with my walkman listening to hip hop and RnB whilst wearing a sex pistols shirt What stands out amongst The Murlocs’ tune is your role as lead singer and your defined chops on the harp You display a credible sense of soul and blues that many don’t hone Do you have any relationship with blues music or soul in general and how do you think you developed your vocal style over time When I was little I used to fall asleep listening to blues and soul music I was beyond obsessed with it from an early age I used to go and busk at every Sunday market and festival I could find then take all my earnings straight to the cd stall I’ve always felt connected to the style of heartfelt emotion with some grit It makes my spine tingle and calms me down Is serving as lead vocals on every song a challenge for you considering in your other band you only sing on a few songs per album or performance?  Who are some of your favorite vocalists Singing 90% or so in a Murlocs set definitely takes it out of me It’s very hard to keep on top of your game when you’re trying to sing and play your instrument at your absolute best It’s one thing to do it well and another thing to pull that off whilst also entertaining and engaging with the audience with enough energy Some of my all-time favorites are Van Morrison You play with Cook in both bands- describe your musical relationship with him and what do you guys take from your experiences with Gizzard to The Murlocs We have been good friends since we were in our mid-teens We played in different bands throughout high school Most weekends these bands would play together at different venues around Geelong and Melbourne When Stu started Gizz though that was when we all came together as one unit The Murlocs started at the same time then Cook joined Murlocs a few years later we are both into the same music so it’s quite easy to work together on songs when we both know what direction each other wants to take them in Being in Gizz has taught us a lot about how to operate a band and work around the industry as well as everything else on the music side of things too We take that back to Murlocs all the time which helps us navigate things better.  I think the first question that comes to mind is that your big band King Gizzard is one of the most prolific bands ever – why or how would you possibly want to add more to your plate King Gizzard felt like it was more Stu’s project I guess He has always been accepting of us to be involved but that was just how it felt at times maybe Over the years it has become more and more collaborative for sure Keeping Murlocs going has proven at times to be quite hard but that’s what also makes it all the more rewarding when we get things done I’m super lucky to be able to have the best of both worlds One band to lead and one band to take more of the backseat The guys in Murlocs and Gizz are all my brothers and family No matter what happens in my life I hope we can keep both flames alive forever Do you have certain songs that fit Murlocs and certain that fit Gizz and what is the process on what songs go where Gizz songs are usually pretty mapped out I guess They also happen in lots of different ways sometimes it’s mainly three people and sometimes it’s all in but that all just depends on what the idea is going to be from the start There are always a few album projects going on with Gizz so you know when an idea is going to suit something or not I’m trying to do that more with Murlocs too so it’s more conceptualized and thought out before we all start trying to mismatch our random different songs together to make a whole Murlocs have struggled in the past to piece albums together when the songs don’t really go together That’s why I am so proud of ‘Rapscallion’ at the moment because it feels like it ticks all the boxes of being a seamless record from start to finish If you had to provide a one-word name to describe Rapscallion as an album -what would you call it It’s definitely our first proper ‘concept’ record Each track was written lyrically in sequence from start to finish It begins with the main protagonist who’s an outcast in a small coastal town with a golden child twin brother He decides to run away from home in search of a fresh start If I was to sum it all up in one word I’d say ‘feral’ “Bellarine Ballerina” is a straight-ahead rocker under four minutes – there seems to be a mix of proto garage – how did that song come about Cal is the most pleasant yet scuzziest of us all and that’s why we love him It must of came from deep within his beautiful scallywag nature and listening to a lot of Country Teasers He also grew up on a lot more heavier music than us from having played in metal bands before starting The Murlocs with me It seemed fitting to write about hitchhiking and the strange characters you meet along the road We used to go to great lengths back in the day to get to where we needed to go “Bowlegged Beautiful” is a catchy 60s garage song with pronounced keyboards – was that tune influenced by anything in general and are vintage keyboards something you strive for with the Murlocs When I first heard it I was immediately transcended into a city-slicking cissy strut The song captures the moment when our beloved Rapscallion sets his eyes on Peggy Mae and its love at first sight The bass line reminds me of ‘Rowland S Howard – Pop Crimes’ the perfect mix of sounding dirty and mysterious with class It was originally just a stripped-back jam in 6/8 but our man Tim Karmouche had other ideas Cal and I had a lot of fun cheering on Tim when he was recording his key parts for this one I hope we can get our hands on some real vintage key things one day rather than using plug-ins from the internet You have a lengthy tour coming up here in the states- what type of shows can we expect and will you be mixing up the setlist each night Can’t bloody wait to play some shows in the states again We will be rehearsing a bunch for the next month up until we leave Cook and I will be touring with Gizz in the states for all of October so the other three Murls will be rocking up to meet us at Levitation in Austin to play without any time to rehearse before that so I’m a bit scared about having a good month or so break in between For those first three shows with Gizz we might have to play it safe til we get in the swing of things We have two albums to play for y’all so there will be plenty of new stuff plus a bunch of all the old classics and maybe even a few rare ones if we’re feeling lucky How do you see yourself balancing both bands in 2023 and beyond and should we expect any big surprises in the Gizzverse soon We have a few tour plans for Murls in the pipeline for next year I’m just waiting for Gizz to lock in all our dates first before I can sort out the Murls ones properly The next Murls record is done too and I’m working on that artwork atm.  I’m really excited for that one as well so I want to be able to have enough time to tour that properly if we can So yeah there are no signs of the constant juggle between both bands slowing down any time soon Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" runs to the finish line with his girlfriend Suzanne Bansley of Brattleboro during a Red Clover Rovers fun run in July 2013 Tim Fleming of Brattleboro finishes a mile run during the Red Clover Rovers fun run in July 2013 Note: Grace Cottage's Graceful Health guest columnist Amby Burfoot was the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and ran competitively for many years He last completed the Boston Marathon in 2018 I get asked lots of questions about running As someone who has run about 110,000 miles in the last 50 years I hope they will spark you to take up a running and exercise program Answer: Walking and running are inherent human abilities — I call them "gifts." Every physically unchallenged baby is born with the ability to flex the knees forward and back science focused on the heart-health benefits of running which have since been proven in thousands of medical studies the most exciting research has investigated the mind benefits: low depression rates and low Alzheimer's and cognitive decline It's true that runners face injuries of the aches-and-pains variety these are soft-tissue injuries that generally go away in three to seven days if rested They usually aren't knee anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries or shoulder tears that require surgery and long recoveries Experienced runners learn when they need to rest or cross-train (engage in another exercise or fitness routine while resting certain muscles) They "listen to" their bodies and continue running healthily for decades Q: What's the best way to get started running A: All running begins with a combination of walking and running Children call this "play," and adults should mimic them I recommend a 6-week program that consists of 24 minutes (roughly 2 miles) of walking and running that starts with mostly walking and ends with mostly running you can decide if you want to do more or you can simply adopt 24 minutes as a lifelong fitness program Do the following workout three or four times per week Do all running as a very slow and comfortable effort Your mind is your most important equipment you don't need cavernous lungs and you don't need expensive running shoes (I ran my first miles in high-top basketball shoes and my first cross-country race in bowling shoes.) Work on your motivation and consistency A: Those are important considerations for a marathon runner but not a big deal for anyone running an hour or less You should eat and drink modestly before running just keep putting one foot in front of the other and enjoy the movement and your environment as much as possible People used to talk about "the loneliness of the long distance runner," which was true 50 years ago but only because we couldn't find anyone else to run with back then The truth is that many runners enjoy social runs with friends and neighbors The time and accumulated miles pass more quickly when you're chatting away with a buddy or two You won't skip the workout as you otherwise might A regular training partner is the best motivational trick in the book No matter where you are in your training cycle you can participate in the Grace Cottage 5K on May 11 and started running at Fitch Senior High School He won the 1968 Boston Marathon while a student at Wesleyan University in Middletown Burfoot has run the Boston Marathon many times when he was stopped three-quarters of a mile from the finish because of the terrorist attack Burfoot promotes running for people of all ages Get the latest headlines every morning in TheBeat Breaking news delivered directly to your inbox Everything you need to know about the arts and culture scene in Southern Vermont BRATTLEBORO — Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate The Masiello Group officially moved its Brattleboro office from Main Street to a vibrant — Efforts to do away with a visa work program worry the ski industry Tariffs are expected to hit the ski industry in different ways.  BRATTLEBORO — Brattleboro Subaru drew a few names during a raffle on Monday that benefitted the Bellows Falls Union High School's "… Stratton Escape Room’s newest theme is called Rube’s Conundrum the cartoonist whose works depicted overly com… Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker EVERY LIFE IS UNIQUE,AND SO ARE OUR SERVICES The Heighton Family is saddened to announce the passing of their father brother and son Ambrose “Amby” James Heighton on October 21 Heighton and Marion (MacDonald) Heighton of Glen Haven Manor Amby spent the entirety of his adult life serving the citizens of Stellarton as a member of the Stellarton Police Force In his 44 years with the Force he held several ranks up to and including Chief of Police He joined the Stellarton Police Force at the age of 24 as a Constable He was promoted to Corporal in1979 and then to Sergeant in May After seventeen years of serving the town as Sergeant and obtaining several certificates and training designations Amby was promoted to Chief of Police on April 1st 1999 following the retirement of his good friend and colleague Amby continued to serve the Town of Stellarton and its citizens until he retired in 2017 He was extremely proud of his community and his service to the Town of Stellarton he could often be found on Foord Street making residents feel safe and welcoming visitors to the town always making himself available to listen to concerns and willing to lend a helping hand to family he thoroughly enjoyed talking about his policing career and telling stories about days gone by to anyone who would listen Amby was also a valued contributor to his community through the Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) the D.A.R.E program and coaching numerous youth sports programs He was always an advocate for youth through his support of school programming and his efforts to maintain facilities in the Town He was most proud of his family and enjoyed watching his children and grandchildren grow up to find success in both careers and activities Amby is survived by his wife of 43 years Rita M sons Paul (Leah) Heighton and Andrew (Diane Ouimet) Heighton Mother Marion (MacDonald) Heighton – Glen Haven Manor Sister-in-Laws; Brenda (Stephanie) Isenor-Ryan As well as many Nieces and Nephews that he enjoyed teasing and tormenting at all family functions He will be greatly missed by his Grandchildren and Best Friends Amby was predeceased by his father Ambrose T October 25th from 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the H.C Funeral service will be held at 11am on Saturday at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church Stellarton (Lourdes) with Father Barrett Clare-Johnson officiating  A family Burial will take place at a future date Donations in his memory may be made to Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers  Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Pictou County or a charity of choice and sprinkled it with all the technological bells and whistles so much so that it looks like something straight out of a sci-fi movie It's called the BMW Motorrad i Vision AMBY and a next-gen IOT device beneath the surface The term AMBY is a portmanteau of the words Adaptive and Mobility—something that BMW has been investing heavily in as of late a 14-paragraph long description of the i Vision AMBY is available in BMW's official website linked below so let me do you a favor and break down what I think are the most pertinent features of this striking electric bike I definitely see the aesthetic BMW is going for with the i Vision AMBY It bears the sleek and sporty lines of a cutting-edge cross-country racer BMW states that the aesthetic styling of the i Vision AMBY is "defined by visual lightness and powerful athleticism." Speaking about power So much so that it's hard to consider this vehicle as merely an e-bike BMW has equipped the i Vision AMBY with three riding modes which effectively limit its top speed The slowest setting permits speeds up to 15.5 miles per hour—ideal for bicycle lanes and recreational areas The second map increases its speed to 28 miles per hour which is intended for use in multi-lane roads offers a top speed of 37 miles per hour—a lot faster than most e-bikes out there that insurance plates and a corresponding license will be required in order to use the fastest setting If you thought that these riding modes were fancy The i Vision AMBY is also equipped with cutting-edge smart technology with all the bike's settings controlled via a mobile application users can load their profiles onto the bike and even the insurance coverage applicable to their corresponding license What's more is that the mobile app serves as the bike's virtual key and can be unlocked and started via facial recognition Urban commuters who choose the i Vision AMBY as their futuristic weapon of choice when it comes to tackling daily traffic will also be getting quite the workout This electric bike requires you to constantly crank away at the pedals in order to activate the electric-assist drive system For those of you who want a fully electric experience BMW has also launched the Vision AMBY (without the "i") BMW is well aware that the i Vision AMBY occupies a rather murky spot in the LEV segment it embraces the fact that the i Vision AMBY is such a novel concept so much so that it blurs the lines between categories of lightweight electric vehicles Vice President of the BMW Group Design Conception explains BMW Drops the New R 1300 RS and RT Touring Bikes This Retro-Styled Electric Motorcycle Looks Like a Fun and Practical Daily Ride Is This BMW Sportbike Copy What Happens When You Let AI Design Bikes Suzuki Really Wants You To Test Ride the New DR-Z4S Aftermarket Specialist Puig Has a Massive Catalog For the BMW R 1300 GS Did You Know BMW Has a Customer Race Program Play the WILL AM news & talk livestream Play the WILL FM classical and more livestream  Amby Burfoot won the 1968 Boston Marathon. Since then he’s gone on to change the face of running though his stint as Editor-In-Chief of Runner’s World He still contributes regularly to the magazine that his proudest accomplishment in running isn't winning Boston but running the annual Manchester Connecticut 5-Mile Road Race on Thanksgiving Day for 52 years in a row Burfoot was in town for the Illinois Marathon Expo He talked with us after his presentation at the expo He’ll be running the half marathon tomorrow He began running as a junior in high school and was part of the cross-country team at little Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. While there, he roomed with Jeff Galloway and Bill Rodgers both of who went on to become major influences on the sport of running “Jeff and I … helped each other very hard work outs together and that helped us both,” said Burfoot he ran the Boston Marathon to celebrate the 45th anniversary of his 1968 win and was one of the approximately 5000 runners who got stopped less than a mile from the finish.  He later wrote about it in Runner’s World He has described his career with Runner’s World as a “dream job.” “It was like working in Camelot.”  College of Media further emphasizing both the urban mobility and circular economy messages the BMW i vision AMBY electric bicycle premiered at IAA 2021 apparently established categories are being blown apart – and that’s a good thing ‘bicycle’ and ‘motorcycle’ should not determine the nature of the products we think up develop and offer,‘ explains werner haumayr vice president BMW group design conception this paradigm shift gives us the opportunity to tailor products to people’s lifestyles – as we can see with the BMW i vision AMBY high-speed pedelec this vehicle occupies the space between a bicycle and a light motorcycle and allows our customers to decide for themselves which roads or routes they want to travel on through an urban area the modes and clever route selection are intended to make it one of the fastest travel options through a city.‘ the large frame structure balances an aesthetic of visual lightness and powerful athleticism named as a neologism for adaptive mobility, the BMW i vision AMBY boosts pedal power with an electric drive system – dressed in all black – with three speed ratings for different types of roads: up to 15.5 mph (25 km/h) on cycle tracks and up to 37 mph (60 km/h) on multi-lane carriage ways geofencing technology means the bike is able to recognize the type of road ridden on and automatically set the mode which is positioned on the center of the frame delivers 2,000 Wh for a range of up to 186 miles (300km) that can be recharged in three hours the vertical LED rear light in the seat post contrasts with the horizontal LED light strip in front of the handlebars the design appears as if a mix between a racing bike and sporty e-bike the large frame structure defines a visual lightness and powerful athleticism as well as an impression of strength and stability 27.5-inch wheels further emphasizes this comfort and safety at all speeds the upper tube of the modern frame – made from anodized secondary aluminum – is crafted from four profiles a slight rising sweep underscores the dynamism the battery delivers a range of up to 186 miles (300km) that can be recharged in three hours the handlebars elegantly stem up from the frame a slim LED light strip sits horizontally into the wide handlebars a vertical LED rear light is integrated into the seat post which controls the bike’s speed mode can fit in an integration pad located before the handlebars space between the frame’s profiles offers stowage ideal for urban life the bike has three speed ratings: up to 15.5 mph on cycle tracks and up to 37 mph on multi-lane carriage ways geofencing technology means the e-bike is able to recognize the road type and auto-set the speed the BMW i vision AMBY emphasizes the brand’s urban mobility and circular economy messages AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style — Amby Burfoot’s enchantment with the race began in 1965 when his father drove him to the Hopkinton starting line in the family Nash Rambler “The first thing I saw was old John Kelley running around the town common in a Harvard sweatshirt,” he recalls “I was in love with the Boston Marathon right away It just all opened up right in front of me.” Fifty years after he became the first collegian to win here and the first American in 11 years the 71-year-old Burfoot will be back Monday morning for an anniversary run his 24th attempt at the planet’s most fabled road race “The fact that he won as a young kid is pretty astounding in itself,” says four-time champion Bill Rodgers “To come back 50 years later — maybe only Kelley has done that.” Burfoot reckons that he has covered more than 100,000 miles since he first laced up running shoes more than half a century ago “When you’re young you think that there are secret workouts and if you do the secret workout you’ll get fast,” says Burfoot whose “Run Forever” guide has just been published “As you get older and maybe wiser you realize that lifetime running is all about motivation.” who has competed in the Manchester (Conn.) Road Race on Thanksgiving for 55 consecutive years and won it nine times part of the thread that goes back to Clarence DeMar more than a century ago The Kelleys ran it with Burfoot and Rodgers in the ’70s Among them they claimed the laurel wreath 15 times in eight consecutive decades The most intimate link is the Connecticut connection among the younger Kelley Kelley was Burfoot’s cross-country coach at Fitch High School in Groton and Rodgers was his teammate and roommate at Wesleyan “It was a literal passing of the torch,” says Burfoot Burfoot had been a JV benchwarmer in basketball “Coach put me in once when we were behind by 40 points,” he recalls “One day he got mad at us and made us run the cross-country course because we were having a lousy practice So I thought I’d rather switch and try and be good than be the worst guy on the team Totally by chance I try out for cross-country and here’s this little guy who’s the coach who’s half my height but who happens to be the country’s greatest marathoner.” “It appealed to my introspective nature,” Burfoot says I could be as good as I was willing to try to be and I was willing to train harder than anybody else to try and be good at the sport So I got the payback from my obsessiveness directly in running.” He also found a model and mentor in Kelley who himself approached running with what he called “a neurotic sense of urgency.” “John was the reason why I did everything,” says Burfoot still was the top American contender during the early ’60s ‘English teacher John Kelley is running with the leaders at Framingham,’ ” Burfoot remembers After missing the next year’s race with an injury Burfoot came back to finish a creditable 17th in 1967 despite spending five minutes inside portable toilets after injudiciously having eaten a bottle of apple butter the previous night “But only in one’s wildest dreams could you ever hope to actually win the Boston Marathon.” Yet as the subsequent April drew closer Burfoot found himself pondering the possibility He was coming off a terrific cross-country season and had run an eye-opening 8:44 2-mile at the Knights of Columbus meet at the Garden After two 175-mile training weeks with the Wesleyan track team in Quantico “Rather than being completely crashed I was suddenly at another level,” he says “It was the only time in my life I entered this state that we now call ‘flow.’ Day after day Since it was an Olympic year the top domestic runners skipped Boston to focus on the August trials in Colorado I can’t skip the Boston Marathon,” Burfoot says “So I’m on the starting line with a diminished American field and a modest foreign field.” Globe columnist Jerry Nason suggested that it could be “The Year of the Mystery Marathoner.” “Who do you watch now?” wondered race director Will Cloney and college singlet who Nason said was “as thin as a 20-cent sandwich?” When the morning came up sunny and 70 (but not humid) Burfoot figured that it might indeed be his day “I’m the best heat runner I’ve ever met,” he says For some reason I can run with a high temperature and extreme dehydration.” The pace for the first half of the race was so easy that it felt like jogging So Burfoot tossed in a surge at Wellesley and shed the entire lead pack except for Marine lieutenant Bill Clark “I was shocked and stunned and horrified by that development because I wanted to run with the pack until late in the race,” he says Clark and I knew each other and we both knew that he was a better finisher than me In my head that meant I had to drop him on the hills So hill after hill after hill I just killed myself but with the sun dropping his shadow was ahead of Burfoot “I remember getting to the top of Heartbreak and thinking And then I got it together and kept going and he cramped on the downhill Burfoot was alone on the Brookline flats but couldn’t be sure since the crowds on Beacon Street that had parted for him quickly closed behind him So he kept looking over his shoulder even as Jock Semple the Scottish race “guardian,” barked at him from the bus to stop “I expected hundreds of runners to pass me in the last 5 miles and of course they were all suffering as much as I was who beat Clark by 32 seconds in 2 hours 22 minutes 17 seconds while dropping nearly 10 pounds from his 138-pound frame “Bill [Rodgers] used to talk after some of his good races of savoring the victory I remember collapsing in Jock’s arms at the finish I would have gone down if he wasn’t there to hold me up Since those were still the amateur days Burfoot received a laurel wreath His priceless reward was a locker-room photo with the younger Kelley who’d rooted for Burfoot from the bus because he was recovering from hernia surgery Then it was back to Middletown and the collegiate outdoor season “When Amby came back I never recalled him wearing his medal,” says Rodgers Burfoot went on to win both the 3-mile and the steeplechase at the New England championships where he pulled a muscle that wrecked his chances at the Olympic marathon trials “Then I sat on the beach for two weeks and as soon as I did that I was healed,” says Burfoot who went on to place sixth at Fukuoka in December missing Buddy Edelen’s American record (2:14:28) by less than a second From there it was five years of teaching school a year with the Peace Corps in El Salvador and a couple more of writing lesson plans for an educational publisher “I went back to Boston other years when I was in as good shape as 1968 and hoped to run really strongly but I never had the great day again,” says Burfoot who has worked for Runner’s World magazine for four decades first as an editor and now as a senior writer I can bemoan all the years that I didn’t win the Boston Marathon but I’m awfully thankful for the one year that I did.” belonged to the era when the top runners competed for loving cups and plaques and collected kitchen appliances instead of money “I’m still looking for a cash payment because I want to be a professional runner,” he says Burfoot was more than a decade too soon for the prize money era Everything that happened in my life seemed to happen in a way that perfectly suited me and my goals and needs and wants at the time To still be doing what I’m doing at this point sometimes I have to slow down and tell myself be sure to appreciate every minute and every mile.” After running Boston every five years Burfoot has done it annually since 2013 when the Boylston Street bombings halted him on Commonwealth Avenue “All of us wanted to come back and finish the job and do it right,” he says “and thank the people of Boston for supporting us for so long.” Burfoot was all alone when he broke the tape in front of the Prudential Center 50 years ago this week “In the old days you always sprinted as fast as you could across the finish line because your time at Boston was your résumé for the year,” Burfoot muses Now when I get to the final stretch I walk I turn around and applaud the people who are coming back to me and I pay honor to the wondrous miracle of being at the finish of the Boston Marathon.” John Powers can be reached at john.powers@globe.com. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information The BMW Vision AMBY boasts 37mph top speed and a range of up to 68 miles between charges Vision-AMBY- BMW has this week launched another electric concept, hot on the heels of its CE 02 small wheel electric machine earlier this week The Vision AMBY (standing for Adaptive Mobility) formed in the size and shape of a conventional off-road mountain bike and 37mph for multilane roads and out of town riding BMW is quick to sensibly point out that to use the bike’s full potential and the relevant licence would be required Vision AMBY To ensure the bike is used in an appropriate manner the Vision AMBY is equipped with a technology called Geofencing technology The system is linked up to a type of GPS mapping system that can automatically change the output and speed of the vehicle The technology enables the bike to detect the type of road or inner-city street it is being used on but we’ve all had those moments when sat-navs have detected us on a could a few hundred yards away And given that many cycle paths share the same space as conventional roads the whole system is going to have to be extremely precise Vision AMBY Riding the machine is pretty much identical to a conventional motorcycle with a throttle grip accelerating the bike while conventional footrests replace the bike’s pedals The brakes are set up in the same way as they are on a conventional mountain bike or scooter with huge looking hydraulic disc brakes helping to haul up the 65kg machine The range is being touted as around 110km or around 70-miles The Vision AMBY is just a concept as it stands BMW hasn’t yet confirmed a number of keys stats for the machine such as battery size and motor power output It is though an interesting take on the urban mobility problem though and so long as they can sort the Geofencing out – and ensure they aren’t ridden illegally by idiots exclusives and promotions direct to your inbox For more information, read our Privacy Policy and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth Growing up around British-built single and twins it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards © Crash Media Group Ltd 2025.The total or partial reproduction of text photographs or illustrations is not permitted in any form Carr was a man of deep Catholic faith and tremendous love for his family and friends noting that he exuded joy to all those around him and later he moved to Manhasset to raise his family He summered in Quogue since he was a young child He was educated at Brooklyn Preparatory High School College of the Holy Cross and New York University Graduate School of Business Carr worked at IBM for 33 years in the New York area His last position with IBM was as the director of industry relations in corporate he volunteered for an organization called Morality in Media Carr was a man of many interests and enthusiasm He also enjoyed racing one-design sailboats at Manhasset Bay Yacht Club and Sunfish at Shinnecock Yacht Club He served as commodore of Shinnecock in the 1970s he accomplished the major sailing feat of racing in the world-renowned Bermuda Race He also enjoyed playing tennis at the Quogue Field Club and participating in the club championships he learned to play golf and approached it with ardor and enthusiasm Carr served the Quogue community by serving on the Planning Board for many years and as the president of the Quogue Beach Club for 13 years His love for Quogue and its community and traditions ran deep inside him he loved it as the perfect place to gather his family around him Carr completed the Camino de Santiago in the north of Spain It is a 490-mile-long pilgrimage walk from the foothills of the Pyrenees to the Cathedral of St Dedicating the trip to the memory of his deceased wife he completed the Camino in six trips covering five years He planned the trip himself and had friends and family members accompany him on this wonderful journey of faith and perseverance and his warmth and wit will be sorely missed,” his family said “We hope that his example of faith and character will abide with us.” He is survived by his daughter Paula Carr Cummings (Alexander) and their children Ian and Sophie; his daughter Margot Carr (Dana Robinson); and son Ambrose A You've read 4 of your 7 free articles this month Please log in or create an account to continue reading the line between bicycles and motorcycles becomes further blurred or the Cake Kalk – incredibly lightweight electric bikes where the handling of a mountain bike combines with the range of a motorcycle (and no pedals) Now BMW is getting in on the action with its new Vision AMBY one of five concept vehicles with which the group will demonstrate its perception for the future of urban mobility digitalisation and sustainability at the IAA Mobility 2021 in Munich The Vision AMBY (shorthand for adaptive mobility) and the pedal-driven i Vision AMBY (more akin to an electric bicycle) are both powered by an unspecified electric motor three defined speed brackets and a range of 110km (68miles) These are stored in the smartphone app (more on that later) and limit the vehicle to 15.5mph on cycle paths 28mph on inner-city roads (at which point a helmet a licence and registration plates are required) and 37mph on multi-lane roads and out of town The speeds could both be manually selected thanks to geofencing technology included in the concept the user would not be able to override the mode while a digital display would replace the number plate signalling the mode and speed limit selected to other road users With no precedent of such a modular speed system BMW hopes that the Vision AMBY will prompt legislation The bike would be dependent on this new app check charge status and also insure it in an on-demand fashion When mounted on the wireless charging holder Additional technological innovations could include an optimised ABS system an automatic high beam or brake light assistant daytime running lights and front and rear distance radar with a range of up to 140m the Vision AMBY looks more akin to a downhill mountain bike than it does a motorcycle single seat and large 26-inch front and 24-inch rear wheels fixed seat height of 830mm and footrests mark it out as a motorcycle Significant attention has gone into the asymmetrical aesthetic with a machine-like style substituting for visual working parts and materials shared with other concepts making their debut at the show as seen trimming the energy storage unit is also used in the bumper of the i Vision Circular while the recycled plastic granulate used for the seat feature in the saddle of the BMW i Vision AMBY and the tyres of the BMW i Vision Circular Meanwhile three small turquoise blue tubes visibly emerge from the silhouette I’m afraid the design becomes a little like a tacky poster or a teenager’s moodboard complete with the coordinates of the BMW Motorrad Design Studio in Munich (where it was designed) and the letters ‘AMBY’ spelled in Morse code “but with dashes visualising the dots” (we don’t get it either) reads: “Electro-mobility will be very significant for the future of motorcycling We foresee a slew of upcoming products with a focus on electric propulsion particularly in the field of urban mobility And I’m not only thinking of classic scooters here Electro-mobility on two wheels needs to be really fun and adventurous and BMW is committed to developing corresponding products.” Book early bird tickets before the 30 April to save up to 10% Amby Burfoot’s name is synonymous with the sport of running He has served as an editor and writer at Runner’s World since 1978 He is a member of the Running Hall of Fame and the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon including a personal best 2:14:29 marathon chronicles the stories of twenty-two pioneering women who broke gender barriers and paved the way for today’s female runners to chat about his new book and all things running.  A: When did you decide to tackle the topic of female pioneer runners and why?  Amby: I came up with the idea about four years ago and I love the recent history of women’s running I wonder if anybody has ever pulled together a couple dozen of the great women’s running stories and put them in one book?” And I was kind of surprised to find that no one had I have a number of women’s running books on my bookshelves but they are either individual biographies or a range of other stories My competitive days were the 1960s and 1970s so I knew many—if not most—of the women on a personal basis Not only did that make it more interesting to reconnect with them but it made it a little bit easier because they knew who I was—and I think they had a decent opinion of me many of these women—Julia Chase in the 1961 Manchester Road Race and Bobbi Gibb in Boston in 1966 for example—were running at the time your own career began to rise When you saw these women at races or perhaps read newspaper headlines did you sense the significance of what was happening at the time Or was it a more subtle realization?  Amby: It was more subtle. One of the things that I noted in the New York Times essay—and perhaps not in the book—is that it wasn’t as if one or two women entered a race and the next year there were a thousand women at Boston there really weren’t many women chomping at the bit to get into road running so there wasn’t a great release when one or two did But that has a way of making them sound less important or less epochal so I always add that it makes their actions more courageous and more forward thinking It gives us a sense of how rare and unique they were.  A: You could argue that compared to major sports like football or baseball running is on the fringe of sports coverage You mention in your book that Joan Benoit hadn’t even heard of Bobbi when she ran Boston in 1979.  and the only way you would have heard about Bobbi would have been if you were reading the newspapers in ‘66 and ’68—pretty much only in Boston and they covered Bobbi particularly the first year But Joan was almost fifteen years later and not reading newspapers [when Bobbi ran] the continual flow of women into the sport proved to the world that women really were outstanding endurance runners and could complete twenty-six miles without any physiological harm whatsoever despite all the crazy stories that circulated in the early days.  A: The rise of women’s running was a grassroots movement You said that while you hate to try to give a sweeping quality to all the pioneer female runners one of those qualities would be that they were driven by a pure love for the sport It wasn’t like there was someone on a national stage they were looking up to making these courageous decisions to run.  we didn’t begin to have a national movement until Title IX and I always refer to the Bobby Riggs-Billy Jean King match Those things really put the gender question in sports on the front burner It was just lone individuals propelled by their own love of sport and particularly those who found themselves attracted to the freedom and easy movement and nature-base of running These women weren’t thinking about the Olympics They weren’t thinking about breaking three hours or anything They wanted to be on the starting line and see what they could do And that was a struggle in the early days.  A: I think one of the most surprising chapters in your book is the last one in which you talk about running the final twenty-three miles of the Marine Corps Marathon with Oprah and your admiration for what she did in that race Amby: As soon as I realized she was in Washington to run the marathon—and I was in Washington hanging out and promoting Runner’s World—I immediately thought this is the most famous person who has ever attempted a marathon and I’m the editor of Runner’s World I’d better get in there and run it with her.” So that’s why I went down to the Pentagon parking lot and waited for her not knowing that the National Enquirer had two runners assigned to run on each side of her and a half-dozen photographers on motorcycles I’m sure they were hoping for a hugely embarrassing event to record I think people can tell when they hear me talk about it that I was authentically impressed by her dogged effort she had all of the qualities that all of us hope to have when we’re running our best marathons.  A: Did you know she would be accessible in that race or that you would be able to at least run near her?  Amby: I didn’t know if she would be accessible or not The two National Enquirer guys ran on each side of her I think their bosses most have told them to do that I kept what I felt was a respectable distance and ran maybe 10 or 20 yards behind her which was also a good place to watch the entire effort particularly the incessant number of other runners coming up beside her They would clap her on the back and shoulder say you’re an inspiration and we’re so glad you’re out here She just kept her head bowed forward and kept chugging along.  A: It’s almost staggering to have that visual in my mind and know that that was just ten years after Joan Benoit’s historic Olympic victory.  although no one can ever prove cause-and-effect the real women’s running boom came after Oprah when I looked at some Boston Marathon statistics for the Bobbi Gibb article I saw that there was a steady rise in women’s participation all the way through the early ‘90s participation just took off in leaps and bounds most of today’s women’s runners—not to mention the men’s runners as well—know that they’re not going to win the Olympics know they’re not going to win the Boston Marathon or set a record and are more inspired by examples of achievement by people who don’t look like Olympians than they are by the super performances of the obvious Olympians So an Oprah—or any number of other people who have had to deal with things in their lives and have proved that they can still go the distance—those are the stories that are inspiring to everybody.  A: During the process of writing First Ladies of Running was there a story or experience that struck you as completely unexpected?  But my favorite story or anecdote goes to the only woman I have not personally met at this point She attended her first track practice in 1949 which is a decade before anyone else in the book I’m sitting in the theater watching the Jesse Owens movie that came out recently and it shows him setting the four world records he gets down for the start of the race—and it’s a cinder track—so of course he has a garden trowel and he’s scooping up the cinders in the direction of the line that he’s going to run That’s not right!” Grace Butcher told me that in her first track practice in 1949 the only thing they were taught was how to dig holes for starting You dig your hole perpendicular to the direction you’re going to run That way you get a really steep and firm back side of the hole to blast off of I learned one of the little faults of the Jesse Owen’s movie [laughing] Never in my life has someone educated me on how to dig a starting hole with a garden trowel But that was lesson one on day one if you went to track practice in the 1940s.  A: Did you purposely time the release of your book with the 50th anniversary of Bobbi Gibb’s historic Boston Marathon or was that a nice coincidence?  so the top Americans would not be running Boston There wouldn’t be as many stories about Shalane Flanagan and Meb Keflezighi so that would mean Bobbi would get even more publicity [laughing] But better than the skullduggery and marketing that we’re talking about we had wonderful reunions and seminars in Boston with Bobbi about six or seven of the additional first ladies who have run Boston were also at a seminar There was just a wonderful warm feeling that everybody was there to support Bobbi and women’s running And everyone was also having a great time at what ending up being a kind of pajama party—many of them stayed together in one home in Cambridge.  A: That’s one thing that makes your book so special: your firsthand experience I don’t think there are many people who could write a book like this and be able to say about each chapter “I knew this person or I watched this person race.” In your experience covering the sport for Runner’s World A go-to party story where you lean back and say “I remember the time…”  Amby: That’s something I’d have to think about with particular reference to the culmination of the First Ladies book I was fortunate enough to be in the Olympic stadium when Joan Benoit came running in in 1984 but everybody in the row with me—we all had tears in our eyes and we had all seen the fight to get the women’s marathon into the Olympics We’d seen the gestation of ten years and more and finally to have everybody’s favorite pioneer pilgrim from backwoods Maine come in such a spectacular winner—I don’t see how you could not have damp eyes at that moment.  A: If people buy the book through your website And my outlandish dream is that parents around the country will buy the book for their daughters and nieces and their friends who are running junior high and high school cross country Because that’s where there is so much excitement around young girls running right now Amy L. Marxkors is the author of The Lola Papers: Marathons, Misadventures, and How I Became a Serious Runner and Powered By Hope: The Teri Griege Story.  Click here to receive Amy's weekly article via email Amby Burfoot shares secrets to longevity after completing the Manchester Road Race for a record-setting 57th consecutive time Amby Burfoot first ran the 4.748 mile Manchester Road Race in 1963 in spite of a bout of Achilles tendonitis that kept him from running in the weeks before the race he finished Manchester for the 57th consecutive time is the longest currently active streak of consecutive unassisted road race finishes and one of the longest streaks of all time Burfoot isn’t only a dogged long-time participant at Manchester That’s just part of a long and storied career in running that includes a win at the Boston Marathon in 1968 and many years as an editor at Runner’s World “I’m very proud of my Manchester streak since I consider ‘endurance’ and ‘resilience’ the very essence of what it means to be a runner I’m thrilled every year that I am able to return to the Manchester start line And a bit frightened that this won’t continue forever and will likely end for reasons beyond my control.” Burfoot’s closest competition might be the other men at Manchester with streaks of 50 years or more who finished his 53rd consecutive race this year at age 66 Other runners continued impressive streaks in 2019 Ben Beach finished his 52nd consecutive Boston Marathon in spite of suffering from dystonia a rare neurological disorder that awkwardly flips his left leg sideways with each stride Barry Holland and Louis Massyn both completed their 47th Comrades Marathons in a row The longest current assisted finishing streak belongs to Fred Duling who completed his 60th consecutive Schuylkill Navy Run in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Fred had an accident in 2010 that left him paralyzed from the waist down he’s competed in a wheelchair with the assistance of family and friends The longest finishing streak we know of is 67 so Kirk’s longest consecutive yearly streak was from 1946 to his last Dipsea in 2002 at age 95 a 57 year streak that Burfoot matched this year aka the “Dipsea Demon,” his “all-time running idol” Amby doesn’t remember exactly when he started making a point of running the 4.748 mile race every Thanksgiving morning “It would have been well after I stopped winning,” he said “because winning was its own reason for going I became most conscious of the streak when I saw that somewhere out in the future was the number 50 The closest he came to missing the race was in 1971 There was a snowstorm on the morning of the race Burfoot’s car was sliding around on the drive to Manchester and he almost decided to turn back But now he runs less often and less aggressively Burfoot takes regular walking breaks during most of his runs He started out running nine minutes and walking one more than a decade ago Now he runs four minutes and walks one during workouts of five miles and longer About two-thirds of his exercise time is spent on the recumbent bike he keeps in his living room Sometimes I do an hour in the morning and an hour in the afternoon of recumbent cycling; very slow-not trying to do workouts just reading newspapers and journals and magazines.” He’ll take short breaks from the bike to do a few push-ups and other exercises He also spends more time in the gym since he’s retired “I now I spend actual time getting in my car (which should be a no-no) and driving 8 minutes to a gym three times a week so just the routine of getting out of the house and going to the gym has been good.” finding that they help pass the time enjoyably “something that supposed old-time pure runners like myself are not supposed to do.” And he’s added more swimming to his routine “Swimming is something I’m always trying to do more of This summer I got into a really good streak because I had a training partner I did the swims before my 3 mile morning run and then running in 95 degree humidity didn’t bother me for a couple miles.” One thing Burfoot doesn’t do is road biking “I refuse to do on-the-road bicycling because I’m afraid of falling and getting hurt I have known too many people who have had that happen In some cases it even ended their running careers.” “I think that staying healthy and running for life is a completely different activity than trying to win,” he says “I consider myself extraordinary lucky to have the opportunity to do both.” To keep in race shape, Burfoot does a certain amount of speedwork, mostly hill repeats He thinks those are less likely to cause an injury than other forms of hard running he might do six or eight intervals of 30 seconds at a fast pace Burfoot also uses walking intervals during longer races The five Boston Marathons that he did from 2013 to 2018 were all done running four minutes and walking one “I was always running to finish and feel moderately good most of the way which is what run-walk does for me,” he said “It still gets hard at the end but a break is never more than 4 minutes away and when I have to start again it’s only for another 4 minutes It’s so much easier to run for 4 minutes then it is for 26 miles.” Burfoot plans on returning to Manchester as long as he can “People who’ve been friends for 50 years are enduring various very hard things in their lives now It’s going to come my way eventually So I’m just happy to wake up healthy most days and extraordinarily happy to wake up healthy and able to run on Thanksgiving Day.” While Amby was slower than usual this year “It doesn’t matter how I run this year it only matters how I am running next year.” an anthology created to support the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing Log in via email All your bookmarks will be available across all your devices Password must be 8 characters long including one capital letter Please confirm your email address and we’ll send you a link to reset your password Single account access for STIRworld.com,STIRpad.com and exclusive STIRfri content Verification link sent to check your inbox or spam folder to complete sign up process or opt for the best experience by closing this banner For more detailed information please read our Privacy Policy The new bike by the BMW Group is an evolved and more sustainable solution to modern e-bikes by Almas SadiquePublished on : Dec 20 The new pedelec, BMW i Vision AMBY by the BMW Group is a move forward in the mission of promoting and facilitating the high-speed unhindered movement of urbanists in the city “This vehicle occupies the space between a bicycle and a light motorcycle which allows a flexible commute option The modes and clever route selection are intended to make it one of the fastest travel options through a city,” explains Werner Haumayr the bike ensures that it is a part of the circular economy Other parts of the bike that are also built out of upcycled materials include the handlebars and the battery cover which are made out of recycled plastic All the materials used to build the bike can also be recycled and reused as parts of other BMW designs thus staying true to its vision of sustainability The sleek, yet power-packed design of the bike enables its users to navigate the nooks and crannies of their cities at varying speeds with extreme ease The drive system of the advanced e-bike enables speeds of up to 25 km/h on cycle tracks 45 km/h on city-centre roads and 60 km/h on multi-lane roads or peripheries of urban areas The smartphone linked to the bike provides not only automated data and directions via geofencing technology but also enables the option to manually navigate or choose modes and routes according to the user’s convenience and desire this paradigm shift gives us the opportunity to tailor products to people’s lifestyles,” Haumayr elaborates Visually, the bike appears like a hybrid of a bicycle and a sports bike, borrowing elements from both to deliver a version that is sturdy yet sleek, athletic yet lightweight. Sculpted out of four aluminium profiles, it alludes to contemporary design aesthetics Its fast-charging battery, LED light strips integrated into the handlebars and as rear light stowage room for backpacks and the smartphone integration pad located just before the handlebars are some of the features that prove that the BMW i Vision AMBY bike is an evolved version of the typical e-bikes By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Following on from BMW‘s just-revealed i Vision Circular concept car, the German marque and its sub-brand BMW Motorrad have unveiled their respective versions of the i Vision AMBY Starting with the BMW Motorrad Vision AMBY, which is the machine that’s more akin to a traditional motorbike, we find an all-electric powertrain that’s controlled using a throttle grip that is capable of hitting different speeds depending on the location or situation you are riding or a top speed of 37 MPH on bigger roads outside of city centers This modular speed concept is unheard of and aims to use geofencing technology to detect which road or path it’s being used on subsequently introducing new laws and regulations for a vehicle such as this in the near future at Oak Park Place Assisted Living Community authentic and passionate man who enjoyed playing and watching sports and grilling juicy steaks while singing “In the Good Ol’ Summertime.” he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps He proudly served 3 years in the Marines with the 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment of the 1st Marine Division (W-2-5) serving in Korea from February 1952 – February 1953 He remained in close contact with many of his fellow Marines He worked most of his career at the George Banta Publishing Company He lived in his home in Menasha for 58 years surrounded by some wonderful neighbors especially Luke and Mary and Kevin and Donna The family will be eternally grateful for his neighbors love and concern especially as he looked at life as a widower and Deacon Rick made his final days much richer Ambrose was especially proud of his 4 children: Greg (Susan) He will be dearly missed by his 8 grandchildren: Brad Magalski He is further survived by his brother: Jerome Magalske; sister: Phyllis (Mel) Blank; many nieces and nephews; other relatives Ambrose was preceded in death by his parents Visitation will be Thursday at the church from 10:30 am until the time of the Mass memorials can be made to The Wounded Warrior Project or to The Disabled American Veterans Amby called Oak Park Place of Menasha home for his final 10 months of life He was loved and cared for by the wonderful staff there They added a little spark to his life during this difficult time Amby’s family would like to express special thanks to the compassionate staff of ThedaCare at Home Hospice These amazing people took exceptional care of him during his final days Britain's biggest motormouth's classic quips " What I really think about... supercars, America, foreigners, car launches, Top Gear, the battle of the sexes and cars " Jeremy Clarkson's reviews on Driving.co.uk Unmissable reviews marking his first 20 years at the Sunday Times Get under the skin of cars over months rather than days Guides for basic car maintenance from the experts at Haynes The most popular advice topics — we've got you covered Stories and advice about our beloved classics BMW has unveiled the i Vision Circular concept car which represents its vision for the sustainable compact car of 2040 It was revealed at the IAA Mobility 2021 event in Munich today One of the key pillars of BMW’s vision for the future is increasing the quantity of recycled and secondary waste material it uses in the construction of its cars from the current figure of 30% to 50% in the coming years the i Vision Circular is made from 100% recycled or secondary material which is derived from the idea of the circular economy in which materials are constantly reused and recycled the four themes underpinning the concept’s design are rethink Rethink involved the company examining its approach to building cars and looking for ways to achieve greater materials sustainability while reduce meant looking for extraneous components and materials in the car and cutting them out BMW focused on looking at ways to increase the car’s longevity by constantly upgrading and improving it via over-the-air updates and recycle meant looking at ways in which end-of-life cars could be disassembled more easily for example by avoiding the use of glue and bonding and instead using quick-release fasteners grilles and chrome surrounds have been replaced with two screens shaped like BMW’s traditional double-kidney grille All badging has been replaced by laser etching the i Vision Circular is a little smaller than BMW’s current 1 Series The bodywork is hewn from secondary aluminium and giving it a golden lustre and allowing the designers to eschew carbon-intensive paint Heat-treated steel surfaces towards the rear give a bluish effect The tyres are made from natural rubber and are slightly transparent with a purplish tinge created by adding recycled rubber particles instead of a chrome strip a narrow screen provides illumination to those entering the vehicle in the dark The rear lights have been replaced with screens which become completely dark and opaque when the car is switched off — apart from the BMW-badge graphic instead of the usual display screens is a 3D-printed “crystal body” sitting in the middle of the dashboard It reacts to hand movements and information is beamed onto the base of the windscreen via a head-up display Because of the large glass canopy and almost complete lack of clutter the four-seat interior feels bright and airy the only physicial controls appearing to be the wooden steering wheel and two pedals Recycling is the name of the game in the cabin as the seats and carpets are made from recycled plastics with recycled wood and aluminium providing dashboard accents as everything is fastened together by easily disassembled connectors BMW says off-cuts from production would all be fed back into the manufacturing process for use later on the i Vision Circular’s solid-state battery is 100% recyclable and made from materials sourced from elsewhere in the production loop The concept also features vehicle-to-grid charging meaning that the battery can feed power back into the grid when needed during a power outage or at periods of peak demand BMW also unveiled a new electric bike concept at the IAA event again outlining its vision for sustainable urban mobility The “high-speed pedelec” can reach speeds of up to 37mph on certain multi-lane or extra-urban roads though with the application of smartphone-based geofencing the bike will adapt its maximum speed to the conditions of the particular type of road (and The Amby gets a range of around 186 miles from its 2kWh battery though users must keep pedalling at all times to get the benefit of the electric traction The design includes LED lights that are neatly integrated into the handlebars and seat posts the Amby is made from recycled and secondary materials in an attempt to increase whole life sustainability BMW hopes that by presenting this idea of a high-speed e-bike it will prompt lawmakers to draft legislation that more explicitly outlines the legality of such machines The IAA Munich Mobility Show runs from September 7 to 12 commitment to constant change and a platform for all those shaping the future.” Tweet to @ST_Driving Follow @ST_Driving ALBANY -- A well known Albany grocery store will be under new ownership later this week Amby's Foods has sold the business to Teal's Market after 40 years Store Manager Brian Schneider says with his parents (who own the store) getting older it felt like the right move to make Amby's opened in 1974 by Amby Schneider (Brian's father) At one time the store was one of three grocery stores located along Main Street Teal's Market Schneider says selling the store to Teal's has been a topic of discussion for the past several years Schneider says they will miss the community they've served and the memories they've made over the last 40 years Amby's will close for business at 5:00 p.m Teal's Market will officially take over on Friday morning A well known Albany grocery store is closing it's doors for good. Amby's Foods will close tomorrow (Wednesday) after 40 years in business.\nRead More Teal's Market Teal's Market will officially take over on Friday morning.