Marj Klar, Treasurer

Marj started running to relieve stress in college (no more than 3 miles, 3 times a week). She was a teacher for 40 years in Connecticut. During her career, she coached HS Swimming and many MS sports: including Track and Field. The coed Track and Field teams consisted of more than 100 participants. She also sponsored an after school running club during the fall. In her thirties, she began running greater distances and was part of the Sport Hill Runners, whose motto was “No Hills, No Thrills!” With many half marathons under her belt, she trained for her first marathon. Marj trains for a marathon every summer, but only runs an actual race once a decade. Summer 2025 will be the next one!!

Marj moved to New Hampshire in 2018 and met the Monadnock Milers on the road. She participated in that year’s MAGPIE series and then joined the club.

Becka Lyons

The other co president Becka Lyons has been running since the 5th grade, joining the high school cross country team in the 7th grade to be coached by Mike Smith when the middle school team didn’t have enough participation. Under Smith, Becka learned not only the ins and outs of running and won the 2006 Division 3 XC Championship Team title, but also all of the life skills that go with it; perseverance, goal setting, determination, and grit just to name a few. It would be those life skills that carried her from Mascenic Regional High School onto Quinnipiac University to earn her Doctorate of Physical Therapy and eventually open her own PT clinic with her husband, Elevation Physical Therapy & Sports Rehab in Peterborough, NH. Combining her passions for running and therapy, Becka held the Assistant Coach position for all things running at Mascenic for the last 4 years, bringing home both a boy’s and girl’s Division 3 team titles (only other Girl’s title since 2006!). When not at Elevation PT, Becka is usually found on the trails with her husband and black lab, gardening, or curled up with a book and a cup of tea. 

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