This year, we have the opportunity to have our pre-race dinner in the private room at Sagra at 910 Washington Street in Dedham. We have reserved the room for the night of Friday, April 15th, and we hope that you and your families and guests will join us for the event.

We will meet at 6:30 on the 15th, and dinner will be served at 7. Dinner will consist of:

 - Fresh bread
 - Mixed Green Salad
 - Ziti and Marinara
 - Rigatoni and Marinara
 - Ziti Della Casa (Ziti in White Wine Garlic Sauce with Sweet Italian Sausage, Red Pepper and Broccoli Rabe)
 - Chicken Parmesean

The cost will be approximately $25-30 per person, and a cash bar will be available. I must give Sagra a final head count by April 7th. As a result, please e-mail me before then to let me know if you plan to attend and how many guests will accompany you. 

Ryan Pace is coordinating plans for this dinner.  Please email Ryan by April 7th if you plan to attend and tell him how many guests will accompany you.  He needs to give Sagra a final headcount by Thursday, April 7th .  We'll fill the 50 spots that we have at the restaurant on a first-come, first-served basis.

We hope that many of you will be able to join us for this HHS tradition!
 

Transportation to Hopkinton on Marathon Morning:
 

The club will rent two 15-passenger vans which will transport runners to Hopkinton and will also transport runners' baggage to the recovery center in Boston:

        1. 15-passenger rental van driven by Amy Pace -- Cell Phone: 617-548-8542- room for 14 runners.

        2. 15-passenger rental van driven by Bruce Wolford -- Cell Phone: 617-901-5662 - room for 14 runners.

Additional transportation to Hopkinton will be provided by:

1.  Pepin Honda Civic (3) -- Cell Phone: 617-447-9954                                              

2.  O'Donnell Honda Civic (3) -- Cell Phone: 781-690-8191                              

3.  Ruffin Honda Minivan (6) -- Cell Phone: 617-448-1290

4.  Coppola Toyota Minivan (6) --- Cell Phone: 617-233-5618                               

If you don't plan to utilize club transportation to Hopkinton, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can offer your space to runners' families and other friends of the club.

We will meet at the Lower Falls municipal parking lot behind the Sunoco station on Route 16 in Wellesley at 6:50 am.  The Sunoco station is approximately 4/10ths of a mile west of Rte.128 (Exit 21).   It is on the left just after the "Entering Wellesley" sign.  Take the left (River St.) just before the station and then a quick right into the parking lot just beyond the Riverview Cafe.

For those who wish to leave their cars at the Woodland T Station in Newton:  One of our vehicles will pick up runners there promptly at 6:45 am and will transport them to the municipal parking lot in Wellesley.  Please be sure to let us know if you plan to be at Woodland!

All vehicles will depart for Hopkinton at 7:00 am SHARP!  We regret that transportation can only be provided to those who are on our pre-approved list (i.e., no surprises on marathon morning!).  Current runners on that list are:

*** = Does not require transportation to Hopkinton (3)
### = To be picked up at Woodland T-Station (10)

Note:  There is a $50 charge for guests (out of town visitors only) to help to defray the cost of the rental vans and other marathon weekend expenses.  Guests must sign a copy of the HHS guest waiver form (click here for a copy).  A signed copy of the form and a check for $50 may be given to Amy Pace on or before marathon morning.  As an alternative, they may be sent to:

The Heartbreak Hill Striders
P. O. Box 471
Brookline, MA 02446

Pre-Race Facilities in Hopkinton:

Again this year Holly Schenker has graciously offered the use of her home in Hopkinton to our runners.  Holly's house is approximately three miles from the starting line just west of Route 85.

Transportation for the first (Red) wave of runners (those starting at 10:00 am) will leave Holly's at 9:10 am.  Transportation for those in the second (White) wave (those starting at 10:20) will leave Holly's at 9:30 am. And transportation for those in the third (Blue) wave (those starting at 10:40) will leave Holly's at 9:50 am. All runners will be transported to the Hopkinton State Park Shuttle Bus.
 
Runners are responsible for bringing their own food and drinks with them to Hopkinton (none will be provided by the club).   Runners should also be sure to bring some throwaway clothes items and rain gear in case of cold and/or inclement weather. Once again, we regret that the use of Holly's house is limited strictly to those individuals on our pre-approved list.
 

Club Singlets & T-shirts:

So that we can easily spot you along the marathon route, please be sure to wear your club singlet (or other club apparel).
 

Baggage Transportation:

Runners' bags will be transported in one of the vans to our race recovery center in Boston.  Be sure that your bag is clearly marked with your name and bib tear-off.  Also be sure to bring some throw-away clothing to keep you warm in the starting corrals.   IMPORTANT!: Please do not store any valuables in your bag  (baggage may be left unattended for a period of time).  The baggage van will leave Hopkinton for the trip to Boston after transporting runners to the Hopkinton start area.
 

Post-Race Recovery Area:

All recovery center activities will be managed again this year by Stacey Lane.  Please contact Stacey if you can help out for at least a couple of hours on Monday afternoon.

This year Union Gym has graciously offered us the use of their facilities as our post-race recovery center.  The club will be available for our use until 5:00 pm.

Union Gym is located at 48 Boylston Street.  [For friends & family, it is diagonally across the street from the Boylston T stop. Parking is also available at the rear of the building accessible from either Lagrange St (from Boylston, right on Tremont, left on Lagrange, or, from Boylston, cross Tremont, right at first alley called Tamworth Street. It's a Central Parking facility.]

Plenty of shower facilities are available (please bring your own towel).  Light food and drinks will be provided. We also have arranged for two therapists who will be providing massages from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm.

We are requesting that all runners using our marathon day facilities pay a $15 facilities fee to help us with the many different costs we are incurring.  Please give your $15 to Amy Pace prior to Marathon Monday or at Holly's house that morning (as Amy will be driving one of the vans).

Family and friends are welcome to join us at the recovery center.

The cell phone contact number (for runners and their families) at the recovery center is 508-517-5776. If you decide to drop out of the race or decide not to come to the recovery center, please call this number so that we will know what happened to you. We will have a list of all runners and will be checking you in as you arrive.  So if you do not arrive or call, we will be worried about you!  Please feel free to give this phone number to your friends and family should they want to call the recovery center to see if you have arrived yet.
 

Post Race-Meal:

On your own!