Team Framingham 2022 Runner & Charity Application Deadline Nov. 19

By Mike Bower

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FRAMINGHAM – The Team Framingham 2022 application deadline is a week away on Friday
November 19 at 4 p.m.

Don’t miss out on the chance to be part of our Team Framingham 2022 journey!

Team Framingham was formed for the 2014 Boston Marathon to formalize the process for distributing the entries provided the City of Framingham by the Boston Athletic Association (BAA), the organizers of the annual Boston Marathon.

We allocate the entries via a random selection (lottery) held each fall. The lottery is open to all Framingham residents and to all employees of the City of Framingham municipal and school departments as well as employees of Keefe Technical School and the Christa McAuliffe Charter School.

The lottery will be held in December on a date to be announced as soon as the BAA confirms the number of entries to be allocated to the City of Framingham.

There is a fundraising requirement for all runners selected to join the team with funds going to five local charities who are also selected by lottery. The minimum fundraising requirement is $2,000 with a “stretch goal” of $4,000.

Team Framingham runs one of the most comprehensive marathon training programs around. Our program includes 10 or 11 team training runs per marathon cycle, team meetings with guest speakers on fundraising techniques and marathon running and much more.

Of the 155 Team Framingham runners who have started the Boston Marathon, 154 runners have successfully crossed the finish line for a 99.4% success rate. And more than half of the runners selected each year have NEVER run a marathon in their lives! So do not say you cannot do it!

Our team is living proof that anyone who puts the effort into the training will have success on Marathon Monday.

And the team fundraising is off the charts. In the 8 years of the Team Framingham program our runners have raised more than $636,000 for dozens of worthy Framingham charities!

So do not miss out on the opportunity to join Team Framingham 2022 and toe the starting line in Hopkinton on Monday April 18, 2022, for the 126th Boston Marathon.

Details on applying and applications for both runners and charities are contained at the links below.

And don’t forget, after 4 p.m. on FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18 you will be out of luck to win an opportunity to be part of the Team Framingham 2022 journey.

2022 Program Guidelines:
https://www.framinghamma.gov/2205/Team-Framingham

Runner Application:
https://www.framinghamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/28651/2022-Team-
Framingham-Runner-Application?bidId=

Charity Application:
https://framinghamma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/28556/2022-Team-
Framingham-Charity-Application?bidId=

Mike Bower is the founder of Team Framingham and one of the team Framingham Steering Committee members.

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