An Epic Crossing of Massachusetts

11/9 - We have reached $9,775 (122%).   Huge shout out to all that have contributed.   You can checkout our fundraising page at: https://give.michaeljfox.org/epiccrossingma

11/9 - WE DID IT! 154 miles across Massachusetts in 34 hours and 17 minutes. A new Fastest Known Time!!! and over $12,000 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation.  For the full write up, head over to my main site: https://multisportmaniac.blogspot.com/2026/11/an-epic-crossing-of-massachusetts.html   10 / 28 - Training Complete I've been running and training for ultra marathons for over 15 years.  In that period of time, I have never trained harder or run more miles than the past 8 1/2 weeks (including my training for Tahoe).   This past weekend,  I employed a training tactic that I considered key to my success at Tahoe; long doubles with sleep deprivation.  I ran 11 Friday morning, 20 Friday night (finishing at 10:30pm), 20 more Saturday morning (starting at 5am) and 12 more Saturday night.  Then I went on to run 40 on yesterday .  This final push included 120 miles over 5 days ... and I am happy to report that I feel strong finishing up the b...

In 490 BCE, Pheidippides proved the power of the human body and spirit by running the 150 miles from Athens to Sparta to request help for the pending Persian invasion.  He then ran back from Sparta to Athens, out to Marathon, back to Athens again announcing the improbable victory before collapsing of exhaustion. 2387 years later (1897), the Boston Marathon , the world's oldest annual marathon, began running after the success of the first marathon in the 1896 Summer Olympics to commemorate that final fateful run of Pheidippides from Marathon to Athens. In 1946, Stylianos Kyriakides, known as the original charity runner, won the Boston Marathon raising over $250k to support a war ravaged Greece.   Now in it's 130th year, the Boston Marathon is one of the premier fundraising events in Massachusetts raising over $38 million for over 290 nonprofit organizations and making it an integral piece of many of these charities operating budget. The length of Massachusetts from the...

Scot has been running ultra marathons for the past 15 years and has tackled everything from a 50k, to a running a 66 mile charity bike ride, to 200 miles around lake Tahoe .  One thing that Scot really loves to do, is to establish new routes and has been an active participant on the Fastest Known Time website. Some of his favorite routes include: AMC 3 Huts Loop (NH) ,  Monadnock - Wachusett (NH, MA) , and  State House to State House (MA, RI).   He really enjoys to see what is possible.  Scot has learned that sports can be a great way to help further causes that you believe in.  They can give you a voice to get your message out and a platform to effect change. 2025 was an especially difficult year. In addition to his mother, Susan, Parkinson's progressing rapidly, his father had many health challenges as well. This all lead to ultimately loosing both parents withing a three week window.  To honor his parents, and all those affected by Parkinson...

In addition to running across Massachusetts and paying homage to two of the biggest events that define modern running, Scot’s goal is to raise $8k each for the Michael J. Fox foundation to honor is late mother, Susan.     Click here to visit out fundraising page.   At the time of writing this there has not been an established Fastest Known Time (FKT) crossing MA from NY to the Atlantic Ocean.  A goal of this project is to establish that time.       

Beginning at 4am on Saturday November 7th, Scot took off from the NY border in Richmond MA on Rossiter Rd.  For full details, click here . Landmarks Mile 12 - Lee - Joe’s Diner - Set of Rockwell’s painting “The Runaway” Mile 17.4 - Appalachian Trail Crossing Mile 26 - Huckleberry Trail Mile 33.8 - Blandford - General Henry Know Trail Mile 45 - Westfield - Whip City - Edwin Smith Historical Museum , 6 elm st, westfield, ma  Mile 54.7 - Springfield - Basketball Hall of Fame Mile 71.4 - Monson - Millionaire mile (125 main st)  Mile 78.3 - Brimfield Civil War Memorial Mile 93 - Charlton - Grave of John Grizzly Adams Mile 105.8 - Milbury - S&D Spinning mill   - the sole manufacturer of the wool yarn used to fill every Major League Baseball. Mile 117 - Upton Polly Dean Bradish House (Underground Railroad) 10 North Main Street Mile 123 - Boston Marathon Start Line  Mile 150 - Boston Common  Mile 154 - Fort Independence, Castle Island

Scot is a born and raised Boston based runner.  He got his start by competing in track in high school and college before transitioning to road races, triathlons, and eventually ultra marathons. He began running Ultra's in 2011 ( Croom Fool’s 50k ), has been steadily increasing his distance completing his first 50 miler ( Virgil Crest ) in 2013, 100k ( TARC 100) in 2016, 100 miler ( Hennepin ) in 2017, and ran across Massachusetts vertically (92 miles) as part of the inaugural Midstate Massive Ultra Trail race (103 miles) in 2019, and the Tahoe 200 in 2024.    He has now completed 48 races of marathon distance or longer including the Boston Marathon 3X and running the Double Boston (Boston - Hopkinton - Boston) in 2019. In 2007, Scot participated in his first charity bike ride, a fundraiser for the New England Multiple Sclerosis Society on Martha’s Vineyard and since then fundraising and giving back has become a core part of his life.  In November of 2012,...