Head Coach Rick Muhr brings more than 20 years of marathon coaching experience to the Marathon Coalition™ TEAM. His ability to motivate and inspire has gotten thousands of runners across the finish line of numerous marathons throughout the world.  For 12 years, Rick was head coach for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training program, preparing runners for marathons not only in Boston and around the United States, but also in Dublin and Bermuda.

In addition, Rick is always focused on fundraising, building on his experience as a participant in the Team In Training program as a runner, the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man of the Year campaign (in which Rick was chosen as Man of the Year), and his Run Across Massachusetts for the Special Olympics, among others.

• Rick has completed 31 marathons spanning 5 decades and has qualified for Boston in each marathon.
• His marathon personal record is 2:33 which he ran in Chicago twice and the Rockford, Illinois marathon.
• 1983: Rick was ranked fifth in the country at 100K (62 miles).
• 2002: Running entirely on a track, Rick completed 50 miles in ten hours to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Man of the Year campaign (and he was chosen the 2002 Man of the Year).
• 2004: For the Run Across Massachusetts, Rick ran 165 miles in five days — from the New York border to the state house in Boston — to raise awareness and money for the Special Olympics.
• Rick was selected as a torch-bearer in the 2004 Olympic Torch Relay.
• 2006: Rick ran 62 miles on a track to raise funds for the Dr. Cynthia Lucero Latino Mental Health Program at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology.
• Rick was also the Head Men’s Cross Country Coach at Worcester State University.

Paul Crockett brings extensive running and coaching experience, including more than 35 marathons, to the Marathon Coalition™. Paul has been running with the Marathon Coalition™ since 2011, and joined the coaching staff for the 2014 season. He is passionate about running as a way to transform body and mind, as well as foster camaraderie among team members.  Paul has a particular focus on running form and efficiency. He is also well informed on strength training, injury prevention, and nutrition.

In addition, Paul has experience running and fundraising for charities. He enjoys sharing what he has learned to help Coalition Team members become more efficient runners and strategic fundraisers. 

• Thirty five+ marathons
• Various triathlons up to the half-iron distance
• Multiple sub three-hour marathons, including Boston
• Twelve consecutive Boston Marathons
• Finisher of multiple ultramarathons

Nicole Bukowski 

• Has completed 26 marathons, 15 of these are Boston Marathons and she qualified for Boston in each marathon that she’s run. Boston PR is 304:4
  
• Competed in the Chattanooga Tennessee Iron-Man in the fall of 2017 (*to overcome the fear of open water swimming, after nearly drowning in the Atlantic Ocean in 2014) Finishing Time 12:09
  
• Inducted into the Pinkerton Academy Hall of Fame in 2015 for her athletic and athletic career accomplishments.
  
• Earned a Division I field hockey scholarship to play for the Boston College Eagles & captained the team her senior year.
  
• Focuses on holistic mind-body health in her marathon coaching practices. Nichole is a 500 hour trained yoga teacher, Balanced Athlete Coach, & Strength & Conditioning Coach. *She will be providing weekly videos on breathing practices, yoga for runners, & strength & conditioning exercises during marathon training.
  
• She has a new business, Game Changer Girls, where she coaches teen girls to develop healthy habits for life in key brain development years. ​