Fall “Sporty Mystic” Speaker Series featuring Amby Burfoot "Lifetime running: Still going strong (sorta) after all these years"

October 15, 2026 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EDT)

Description

Amby Burfoot is one of two Mystic runners to have won the Boston Marathon. The other, of course, is John J. Kelley, honored with a statue just several blocks from the Mystic Noank Library. Kelley was Burfoot's coach and inspiration at Fitch Senior High School in 1963/64.

After his Boston victory in 1968, Burfoot went on to win Connecticut's biggest road race, the Manchester Thanksgiving Day 5-mile, nine times. He also served as executive editor of Runner's World magazine for several decades, and attended many Olympic Games as a journalist. 

Burfoot turned 80 in August, and is still running marathons and other races. He has now finished the Boston Marathon 29 times. On Thanksgiving Day this year, he hopes to complete Manchester for the 64th year in a row--the longest known road-race streak for consecutive finishes.

Registration required.