Press

In the news…

May 12, 2014
Guide On the Side: Helping My Friend With Visual Impairment Achieve The Boston Dream
*Story of me being a Guide Runner for Randy, my blind friend.

September 11, 2008
Kirleis Hammers Worlds!
*Article published in the North Reading Transcript. Many, many thanks to as good a friend as they come, John Intorcio, for making this happen. Worlds was my proudest moment of my sporting life. You know it means a lot.

August 21, 2008
Saturday run to Send off Thor to Worlds
*Article published in the North Reading Transcript, a paper local to my home town, about a send-off run for Worlds and another excuse for gathering.

June 21, 2008
Trifury triathlon club grows six-fold in six years
By Dave Dyer, The Eagle-Tribune
*A GREAT article of my triathlon club, Trifury, plus, halfway down toward bottom, mention of my inclusion on Team USA.

May 29, 2008
All in a day’s work: 100 miles on bike, mountain run
By Barry Scanlon, Lowell Sun
*Article on fellow clubmate with mention of Team USA members at the end!

March 23, 2008
Race Director Discusses SunTrust National Marathon
NBC4 – Marathon Commercial – Video
*Scroll down the video page to “Race Director Discusses SunTrust National Marathon.” Commercial advertisement shows me in the 2007 race leading two other runners into and out of a water stop.

November 7, 2007
Ironman caps ultimate comeback
By Dave Dyer, The Eagle-Tribune
*Article detailing my comeback to marathoning and on to Ironman after a bad accident where I thought my sporting days were over.