New England Running Company Staff: Holly Amend
Holly grew up in Spokane Washington, where she held her first job as a running shoe salesperson. She was trained by and worked for Curt Kinghorn starting in December of 2002 at Runner’s Soul, the only running specialty store in the area.
Holly started running as a six-year-old in elementary school cross country and has been running at least two seasons a year since then. She ran all throughout High School and College, with PRs of 19:56 in the 5k, 5:32 in the 1600m, 2:19 in the 800m, and most recently has run a marathon in 3:37:53. She is currently assistant coach for cross country and track at Gordon College and plans to run her second Boston Marathon in April 2008.
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