Beth Craig(NEW YORK) Boston marathon competitors Barbara Singleton and Beth Craig made history today as the first mother-daughter duo to run the race as one team with a racing chair. "Team Babsie" consisted of Craig running the 26.2 miles while she pushed her mother, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, in a specially designed three-wheeled chair known as a Team Hoyt running chair. Southbridge Tool, based in Dudley, Massachusetts, makes these running chairs. They designed them with Boston running legend Dick Hoyt, who famously pushed his son Rick Hoyt, a quadriplegic with cerebral palsy, in the special chair in races all over the country, including the Boston Marathon 32 times. Southbridge Tool co-owner Michael D'Dinato said "it was pretty cool seeing Team Babsie" use the chair for the marathon. "It was pretty amazing and it feels great," he said. "Dick Hoyt told me one day we're going to change the world with these running chairs and he w
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beth. known as team babsie mg history tonight as the first daughter pushing her mother, running the marathon in a racing chair. they got the idea watching father and son dick and rick hoyt who we have followed for years.pthey ran the boston mara times together. dick hoyt passed away just this year. beth wanted to know, where did they get their running chair? when i got home, i started typing in team hoyt, hoyt chairs, how to run. it turns out the chairs are made in dudley, massachusetts. the south bridge tool company. working with dick and rick hoit for years. 60 workers in all. more than 800 running chairs sent all over the world. hi, david. co-owner michael. this is the first chair that we did for dick and rick. this chair has been in bronze at the start line. proud of their chairs and proud of team babsie. pretty cool seeing team babsie. dick hoyt told me, we re going to change the world with these