Hometown Heroes: Amber Ferriera is an endurance athlete who has endured
Hometown Hero Amber Ferreira running in the Jingle Bell 5k Courtesy
Hometown Hero Amber Ferreira swiming laps Courtesy
Hometown Hero Amber Ferreira has spent the year doing different events, like running the Jingle Bell 5K, swimming laps and biking up Mt. Kearsarge. Courtesy
Modified: 12/17/2020 8:52:15 AM
In October 2019, Amber Ferreira took a leave of absence from her job at Concord Hospital as a physical therapist. She went to Colorado to train as an endurance athlete, which is just one of her other gigs.
The 38-year-old had just finished a 27-mile “swimrun” event (a Swedish sport involving a friend, a tether and, you guessed it, swimming and running) and was charging toward another six months of training in the Rocky Mountains when the pandemic hit. So, Ferreira decided to end her training early and head back to New Hampshire. On the drive home, she worried that her third job, coaching endurance