Head Coach Rick Muhr brings more than 24 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.

Nichole Bukowski contributes in many ways to the Marathon Coalition Coaching staff. She has been running the Boston Marathon since her senior year at Boston College. This will be her 17th year training and running in Boston. She has been coaching with the Marathon Coalition since 2018.

Nichole’s expertise is in creating strong and resilient runners in body, mind and spirit, which is part of her full-time professional career. She is a National Academy of Sports Medicine certified personal trainer, 500 hour Registered Yoga Instructor, and Balanced Athlete Coach. 

Nichole loves supporting runner’s on their journey to Boston and cares deeply about keeping them strong, resilient, and empowered in their marathon journey and every other goal they want to achieve in THEIR miraculous life.
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• Has completed 27 marathons, 16 of these are Boston Marathons and has qualified for Boston in each marathon that she’s run. Boston PR is 3 hours 4 minutes.
• A  competitive running member of the Whirlaway Racing Team.
• 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.  ​