“We all believe Rick would want the race to continue to honor his father.”
“Rick was named the Race Director of the event and put his heart and soul into planning it over the past 5-6 months. We will be honoring both Dick and Rick and celebrating all their courageous and inspiring accomplishments over the past 40-plus years.”
Rick, 61, died on Monday after battling a respiratory illness caused by cerebral palsy. Pushed in his wheelchair by , the pair crossed the finish line at over a thousand races but became primarily known for their Boston Marathon finishes.“We talked to [Boston Marathon race director] Dave McGillivray and tried to put our heads together and say how do we honor dad, and of course, it had to be a race,” said Russ Hoyt, Rick’s brother, in. “What we decided is that it was going to be a 5-mile race because that’s the distance of the first race Rick and Dad ever ran together.
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