Kristina Pinto

We have some new faces at Marx, and we're happy to introduce a staff member in each newsletter. This time, meet Kristina!

An adult-onset athlete, Kristina has been running for 13 years, falling in love with the sport as a way to meditate, achieve, compete, serve the community... you really can't shut her up when it comes to the benefits of running. A 7-time marathoner, Kristina is an RRCA-certified coach who runs a successful individualized coaching business: Mile Mannered Running . She loves to help runners strive and reach their potential with coaching that's customized to their needs and goals. Contact her for a special rate available to Marx customers.

In addition to coaching, Kristina is a fitness writer whose work has appeared in Runner's World and Women's Running. You can also find her writing at Marathon Mama, a featured blog hosted by the Competitor Group.

Stop in and say hello to Kristina, and look for her running the roads of Westford or chasing her son, Henry, around a tennis court.

Rex Radloff

We have some new faces at Marx, and we're happy to introduce a staff member in each newsletter. This time, meet Rex!

Rex Radloff, always eager to help you find your best shoe, is an engineering student at UMass Lowell. He's run for the cross-country team there for the past four years, with a favorite race distance of 5k. But if you ask his favorite training distance, it's 20 miles! When you meet him, you know he has the energy for that kind of running. Rex has a lot to share about his experiences at Lowell:

We were even able to win the New England Championships twice, making us the only non-division 1 team to ever accomplish this goal. But the memories that I value most came from running with a group of guys everyday, knowing that we were all in this together. It's easy to complain about how stressful running is when everyone around isn't running, but when everyone around you is working just as hard that was never the case. So for 4 years there wasn't a complaint, and when it was cold, dark, wet, with snow on the ground, there still wasn't a complaint, and that is what I appreciate most for my time at Lowell.

He loves the Brooks Adrenaline and uses the mantra from Bill Bowerman to get him through tough runs: "There is no such thing as bad weather, only soft people." Feel free to borrow the quote to get you through your winter training! And come say hi to Rex at the store!

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