Gretchen Chick

Gretchen is a competitive runner with over 10 years of experience. She has competed in distances from the 800m to the marathon. Gretchen ran cross country and track for Brandeis University. During her college career, she made several appearances at the National Division III Championships. She currently trains with the Greater Boston Track Club with coach Allison McCabe. Gretchen's best performances have occurred post collegiately, with personal records for the 3k in 9:57 and 17:27 in the 5k.

Gretchen finds that the most joy from running comes from long runs on woody trails with good friends. She maintains that consistency is essential to becoming a better runner. Improvements can be made by setting goals, doing the little things and having fun.

Frank Duncan

Frank Duncan is a founding member of Wheelworks Multisport, one of the largest triathlon teams in New England, and has been a competitive triathlete for the past 12 years. He has been training and advising multi-sport athletes of all levels for more than 10 years and has worked for one of the largest cycling shops in the United States as a Triathlon Specialist and Consultant. He has recently been named to the United States of America Triathlon (USAT) regional board.

Frank has a dual Bachelor of Science degree in exercise physiology and communications, with a concentration in public relations from Bridgewater State College. When not training or advising, Frank is a husband and stay-at-home dad to a wonderful three-year-old daughter.

Amy Pace

Amy began running after college and ran her first marathon, the Marine Corps Marathon, through the Leukemia Society's Team in Training program. Since then, she has run 5 Boston marathons (all as a qualifier!!), the Philadelphia Marathon, and the Chicago Marathon. Her PR in the marathon is 3:13, run at Boston 2002. While the marathon is her focus, she has also won several shorter races, including the Chatham Harbor 10K and the Back Shore 5 Miler in Gloucester. In 2000, she was awarded the first annual female runner of the year award by the Heartbreak Hill Striders. Amy also enjoys swimming and she is currently working out with a masters swim team at BC.

Amy was born and raised in Iowa and went to school at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She came to Boston to attend Harvard where she obtained her doctoral degree in biostatistics.

Kirsten Ward

Kirsten, a previous member and coach of Community Running, works full time as an exercise physiologist with Joslin Clinic. She has a diverse background in the health and fitness industry. Kirsten began her fitness career as a modern dancer. From dancing she started teaching aerobics and personal training (which she still does on a part time basis and has done for over 10 years now). However, it was not until 2000 that Kirsten started running seriously when she completed The Boston Marathon. Since that time, she has completed nine marathons and will be running her 10th this season, The Boston Marathon 2004. In her "free" time Kirsten studies Pilates (she is mat certified and working on her certification for the reformer), ballroom dances, enjoys biking, hiking and ice climbing.

Antonio de la Serna

Tony first began running in May 2000. Since then, he has completed about a dozen marathons recreationally across the U.S. and Canada. He enjoys encouraging new runners and youth in the humble sport.

Tony is a computer chip developer originally from Los Angeles. He holds an MSEE from the University of California, Davis, where he also performed doctoral research in digital signal processing before entering industry. Tony is the father of two bright young runners, Eva and Alicia.

Molly Zytkovicz

Molly joined Community Running in the summer of 1999, and continues to earn rave reviews from all who come in contact with her. When she's not working with our sub-4 hour marathoners during the week and coaching our Saturday Long Run, Molly is busy initiating a new CR program for Triathletes. Molly has run competitively since her high school days in Hingham and, in college at UMass-Amherst, she was captain of the school's Division I women's cross-country team. In 1996, while still at UMass-Amherst, Molly was the collegiate New England 10k Champion. In addition to coaching at CR, Molly is an Assistant Track & Field Coach at Haverhill High School. She is a fully licensed Muscular Therapist.