Race to Deliver List by Team: PPTC

Check out those single digit age group awards!!!

2009 Turkey Trot Course

Since "the bridge is out" on Wellhouse Drive we will be using Center Drive.

NYRR Cross Country Championships List by Team: PPTC

And we TOOK (by 1 second) the second place female award

   Prospect Park Track            1:54:16

   Helen Dole                     20:41

   Rebecca Rosenberg-Beran        21:31

   Julia Chabrier                 23:34

   Marianne Herbst                23:38

   Regina Cahill                  24:52

Meet the Prospect Park Youth Track Club

While our runners were warming up for the 5K on Van Cortland this morning the Youth were already celebrating their grate race in the 1 mile cross country relay!

What You Do Not Know Because You Are Not Me, by Michael Ring

Last year I finished the NYC Marathon in 5:11. I ran a very conservative race. I took pictures, stopped to chat with my friends and family. Finishing was very important to me. As you might have heard 2008 was my 15th NYC Marathon, now I have lifetime guaranteed qualification to run the Marathon. Yea, I had a fun time, but I finished in a new category; I did not get my name printed in the New York Times. Their cut off is 5 hours. (I will get to that other NY Times' thing, the Plodder article next month)

decided not to let that happen this year. I tweaked my training. I did some speed work. I lost 4 pounds (not easy). I ran a focused race, kept each mile in the low 10 minute range for the first 20 and got a rabbit for the last 6 (thank you sooo much, Mark).

I smashed through 5 hours and finished in 4:46. I was very happy. This 46 year old still has it!

Monday afternoon I picked up the New Your Times and figured I would show my kids their dad's name in the paper. I got to the race results and got to the page that ended with finishers at 4:44 and turned the page. It was an ad. The results were over. I did not make it to the list. I could not hold it in. At that moment I walked away from dinner table where my kids were doing their homework, and I began to cry.

They changed their rules. My effort was not enough.

I got a big family hug and my kids wrote my name onto the list. I felt better. A little better. But I was still pissed. My goal was 5 hours and I blasted through it, but I slowed a little in Central Park.

But later that evening I felt much better. I met one of my teammates, a man I have known and run with for over 15 years. He ran across the street and shook my hand. He said” Michael, I checked your time. You did great; you took 25 minutes off of last year’s time, almost a minute per mile faster. You should be proud of yourself.”

He was right and I AM NEVER GOING TO LET THE NEW YORK TIMES DEFINE MY SUCCESS ANYMORE!

NOVEMBER 2009 THE INSIDE LOOP TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

PPTC was saddened to learn of the death of Brian Casey,Noleen Casey -Tomasi’s da’, and Peggy Casey’s brother. PPTC sympathies to Noleen, Peter, sons Harry, Liam, and Andrew, Peggy Casey, and Derick and Diane Casey, as well as family in Ireland. Let’s keep Brian Casey in our thoughts and prayers.

Great to see Gil Torres and company spearheading the Saturday morning new runners group. What amazes me is that PPTC member or not, this is free to all participants. Bunny Rabbit on the other hand has a similar group which charges muchos pesos for the same activity. The moral of the story, if you know anyone who would benefit from hooking up with PPTC’s group, point them in our direction and let them put the money towards the Turkey Trot registration fee for the next ten years .

Heard that Doug Olney treated himself to a new Bianchi road bike for his recent birthday. Older but faster!

PPTC was in the house at Joe Leahy’s Brookyln Shamrock’s pre NYC marathon pasta dinner at Buckley’s restaurant the Thursday before the marathon. Thanks again for the PPTC invite Joe! ‘’Ultra Al’‘ Prawda was the last man standing as Joe presented an award to the runner who had run the most marathons lifetime. Paul Soskind was among the finalists but Al took the prize! If I told you how many marathons he says he’s run, lifetime, , you wouldn’t believe me so ask Al himself.

And speaking of Paul Soskind, the man is hard at work putting together PPTC’s presentation for PPTC’s anniversary celebration in 2010. PPTC goes back to the ‘’days when ‘ but I hear that Paul and committee are planning to synthesize memories from PPTC’s distant past, ancient history past, and if possible, pre historic past as well. Hey, we be old !

Didn’t PPTC’s three busses to the start of the NYC Marathon in Fort Wadsworth establish some kind of a PPTC milestone. Getting to 9th street and PPW at 545am also established some kind of a record but hey, remember, records are made to be broken so watch out in 2010. PPTC might be camping out across the street in the park behind the bandshell.!

Tom Touhey should be more of a familiar figure on the inside loop with his family’s recent move to Windsor Terrace. Bye bye Marine Park, hello Prospect Park !

Hope you haven’t run out of patience waiting for the YMCA to open the Park Slope Armory facilities on 8th ave and 15th street. The view to the 8th street side of the building doesn’t indicate any digging’s going on for the Y’s new olympic size pool facility . For ten points, who sang that oldies song, “ Any Day Now............” Are you in for the Turkey Trot? Opportunities abound to volunteer as well as run it so check it out! If

PPTC makes it happen , PPTC needs you to make it happen. PPTC runners that head over to NYRRC races in Central Park are wondering what kind of changes are in store at events with NYRRC’s new medical director Dr. Stuart Weiss at the helm. Thanks to Dr. Louis Maharam for all of his years at NYRRC.

PPTC ‘s Wayne Bailey, Tom Byrnes, Marilyn Bucich, Natacha Ferrari, Maria Green, and Junior Passee volunteered with the USADA ‘s drug testing program at this years NYC marathon. This year blood sampling was also employed. Interesting !

In case you haven’t seen her out in the roads, Emma Roman is back in the hood looking as sleek as ever!

None other than PPTC’s own Carolyn Kubitschek made the front page of the New York Law Journal earlier in October. Thanks to Sandy Ferrari for passing this along.

If you can swim in a pool , ride an exercise bike, and run on a treadmill, you might want to open the door to the world of indoor triathalons. Coordinated by Jack Rabbit in coordination with various YMCA’s , these are fun ( really !!! ) and a valuable way to keep your training up throughout the winter months. Maggie Deschamps,,Tom Byrnes, Clair Doherty and other PPTC members have done these in years past. Check out the Jack Rabbit site for schedule, locations, costs, and more information..

Still have guests staying over after the NYC marathon? When are they ever going to leave! Tell them its time to go home, after all, you have to start training for 2010.

See you on the roads

Meet The Members: Rebecca Rosenberg-Beran By: Amy Duquette

Meet The Members: Rebecca Rosenberg-Beran

By: Amy Duquette

“How was your race today?” I asked Rebecca Rosenberg-Beran as she entered the quaint Brooklyn Heights coffee shop with her hair still wet from her post-run shower. She smiled brightly, “Sarah (Scott, fellow PPTC’er) and I got lost and ran off the course for it a bit, it was not marked very well.” “That’s horrible! How did it end up”

Chuckling, “It didn’t bother me too much. We got first and second place.”

Rebecca is an incredibly fast, consistent and strong runner. She is quiet and even-tempered. She is very modest.

Rebecca has a healthy relationship with running. She always feels joy from running and has a positive response toward it. Never feeling like she has to run or has to push herself to get in a training, she always wants to run. “I just feel good when I’m done. And while I’m running, I feel in control of my body and I like that feeling.” She does admit that there have been days when she’d like to sleep in a little later, but overall “loves it.”

She liked it right from the very beginning, at age 10. Her mother picked running among all the other extracurricular, signing Rebecca up for the Mt. Olive, NJ town recreation program. She hit the nail on the head. Rebecca’s father even came to coach his daughter’s team. Rebecca was “slow” when she started but a year later with an increased in her speed came an increased love for the sport. Continuing in middle school and high school, she competed in the 800 meter and the mile on both the track and cross country teams. “I was more comfortable at the longer distances, I was in my element.”

Being on running teams helped Rebecca, a shy girl, develop her self confidence and build a tight group of friends. Rebecca’s middle, high school and college experiences were all enhanced because she was a track team member. She equally enjoyed the experience of running with being a part of a team. In college, she walked-on to Rensselear Polytechnic Institute’s (RPI) division three school’s track team. Along with an intense chemical engineering workload, she and the team practiced everyday (from 4 to 6pm running followed by weight training) and competed on Saturdays. Rebecca was dedicated and never lost her love for the sport. She set her 1500 PR of 4:47 in college. In both her junior and senior years she was the top placing female and captain of her team. But she will not share this information right away, she’s modest.

After college, Rebecca found her marathon motivation when she joined Team Utopia out of Albany, NY. This team had lots of marathoners in training and she got “sucked in”. In 2006 at age 23 she ran her first 26.2 race in NYC, finishing in 3:29:30. She literally followed in her father’s steps who ran this same marathon years earlier. “It was awesome. I felt good the whole time. I had my name on my shirt and at the end got confused, thinking ‘how do they know my name?’ But it helped, I didn’t want to let down these people who were calling for me.”

Rebecca ran the Philly marathon in 2007 at even faster 3:23. She had qualified for Boston with both races and completed the Boston marathon in 2008. She was disappointed with her time of 3:42. “Anything can happen the day of the race and Boston didn’t go so great. I knew by 10 miles in I was pushing too hard. I was psyched to run and went out too fast and then it just did not come together.”

Her best race was an invitational 5K in 2002. Although the weather was cold and rainy, with puddles covering the ground “…something just happened during that race. People pushed me and everything came together.” She finished in 18:40 and won a well-deserved Fruit of the Forest pie.

Rebecca moved to New York in 2008. She ran the Staten Island Half that year and noticed that the PPTC women were the fastest women’s team finishing the race. This motivated her to join the club. “I like how there are different people in this club doing different things but there is always at least one member running every (local) race. And after my first practice with the club Maggie (Deschamps) ran me home!”

Rebecca now works as a consultant for a pharmaceutical company in the chemical engineering field. She found that her experience with running has helped to develop her work ethic. She has seen how, if she works hard at anything, she’ll improve.

From time to time Rebecca and her finance run together as they continue to explore this city. But for the most part, she uses it as her “sane time… time to just zone out” as she plans on running a faster marathon while continuing to love and enjoy the sport.

ING New York City Marathon 2009 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

ING New York City Marathon 2009 UNOFFICIAL RESULTS 43 matches found. Showing 1 through 43. As our blogers, blog the links will be added. Michael got some help from his teammates Amy had a great 2nd Marathon Corre was a great supporter

Also not registered as PPTC

379

360

70

5038

CHRIS

BITHER

39M

NY

USA

02:50:06

Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Runner No.

First Name

Last Name

Age

Team

State/ Country

Official Time

5 km

10 km

15 km

20 km

13.1 mi

25 km

30 km

35 km

40 km

Minutes per Mile

507

482

127

3103

MATTHEW

FREY

30M

PPTC

NY

USA

02:53:08

00:20:18

00:39:58

00:59:40

01:19:35

01:24:00

01:40:20

02:00:45

02:22:02

02:43:33

06:37

1794

1694

321

7524

DANIEL

MAZZUCHIN

33M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:09:37

00:22:02

00:43:09

01:04:43

01:26:50

01:31:40

01:49:29

02:11:30

02:35:04

02:59:10

07:15

2072

1946

440

11620

CHRISTOPHER

OBRIEN

40M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:12:11

00:22:18

00:44:05

01:06:13

01:29:12

01:34:16

01:52:51

02:15:36

02:39:10

03:02:17

07:21

2088

129

28

619

SARAH

SCOTT

32F

PPTC

NY

USA

03:12:18

00:21:50

00:43:38

01:06:07

01:28:49

01:33:54

01:52:25

02:15:05

02:38:43

03:02:20

07:21

2380

2215

123

669

WILLIAM

ABRAMS

52M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:14:48

00:20:06

00:39:32

00:59:14

01:20:30

01:25:19

01:44:06

02:08:58

02:36:41

03:03:02

07:27

6337

5446

1060

20694

JEFF

REYNAR

39M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:34:46

00:24:29

00:47:41

01:11:27

01:35:42

01:41:05

02:01:16

02:26:46

02:54:05

03:23:00

08:12

7827

6602

168

22222

FRANK

DELEO

56M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:40:10

00:25:02

00:49:47

01:15:25

01:41:18

01:47:01

02:07:45

02:33:40

03:01:20

03:28:45

08:25

8265

6946

17

40713

HARVEY

ROTHENBERG

66M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:41:44

00:24:43

00:48:55

01:14:17

01:40:09

01:45:47

02:06:09

02:31:09

02:57:59

03:29:34

08:28

8928

7469

1647

28541

TIMOTHY

MCELREATH

40M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:44:01

00:25:38

00:50:22

01:15:09

01:39:50

01:45:11

02:05:16

02:30:03

02:57:28

03:29:07

08:33

8995

1478

329

15378

MARIANNE

HERBST

27F

PPTC

NY

USA

03:44:14

00:26:35

00:52:37

01:18:45

01:44:26

01:50:01

02:10:26

02:36:30

03:04:52

03:32:43

08:34

10668

8776

1693

9853

PIETER

VAN HATTEM

35M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:49:30

00:25:04

00:50:50

01:17:44

01:44:01

01:49:49

02:10:52

02:37:33

03:06:24

03:36:07

08:46

12622

2386

512

29541

DOROTHY

MCPHEE

29F

PPTC

NY

USA

03:54:36

00:27:30

00:54:57

01:22:03

01:49:24

01:55:24

02:17:22

02:44:48

03:13:39

03:42:21

08:58

13572

10933

377

19827

TOM

TOBIN

55M

PPTC

NY

USA

03:56:44

00:26:23

00:52:10

01:18:49

01:45:08

01:51:21

02:14:12

02:43:03

03:13:10

03:43:41

09:03

17858

13941

2996

51336

TODD

HOLDEN

40M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:08:20

00:26:43

00:53:38

01:20:42

01:47:49

01:54:26

02:16:43

02:45:49

03:19:17

03:54:11

09:29

19129

14791

2830

33669

JOHN

RANDALL

39M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:11:52

00:28:02

00:55:28

01:24:18

01:51:57

01:58:11

02:21:39

02:52:55

03:26:35

03:57:59

09:37

19459

15015

3232

31510

MICHAEL

LEVINE

40M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:12:52

00:29:51

00:58:05

01:27:19

01:56:21

02:03:46

02:26:52

02:57:15

03:30:07

04:00:44

09:40

21297

5090

925

30410

JULIET

KENNEY

43F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:18:01

00:29:59

01:00:44

01:29:57

02:00:46

02:07:18

02:31:20

03:00:58

03:32:32

04:04:13

09:51

21421

16288

312

63629

AL

PRAWDA

62M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:18:23

00:28:53

00:57:17

01:26:11

01:57:04

02:04:08

02:28:12

02:59:45

03:31:51

04:04:05

09:52

21511

5174

1066

25225

AMY

DUQUETTE

30F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:18:38

00:28:49

00:57:15

01:27:21

01:57:24

02:04:28

02:29:11

02:59:40

03:32:28

04:05:02

09:53

23134

5751

974

45061

ROSEMARY

BEZUIDENHOUT

37F

PPTC

NY

RSA

04:23:02

00:30:59

01:01:14

01:31:28

02:01:49

02:08:41

02:33:32

03:04:27

03:36:27

04:08:43

10:03

24010

6096

393

57401

MARY ANNE

KILLEEN

53F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:25:25

00:29:05

00:57:27

01:26:37

01:56:52

02:03:42

02:30:49

03:02:26

03:37:21

04:11:09

10:08

25315

6638

1102

40261

SANDRA

FERRARI

36F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:28:50

00:28:45

00:56:34

01:25:04

01:54:18

02:00:52

02:25:24

02:57:25

03:35:53

04:12:13

10:16

25648

6772

1387

47882

EMMA

WATERS

29F

PPTC

NY

GBR

04:29:47

00:32:13

01:05:19

01:37:45

02:10:03

02:17:18

02:42:21

03:14:03

03:46:12

04:16:58

10:18

27082

7398

145

22140

ELIZABETH

CANALE

59F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:34:15

00:29:28

00:58:36

01:30:19

02:02:05

02:10:00

02:36:31

03:10:35

03:45:12

04:19:31

10:29

27149

7422

1333

44394

JEANNIE

IM

41F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:34:26

00:30:59

01:01:34

01:33:11

02:06:09

02:13:39

02:39:44

03:12:30

03:46:26

04:20:16

10:29

27534

19952

89

40247

ROBERT

FALK

66M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:35:49

00:31:27

01:03:10

01:35:17

02:07:52

02:15:01

02:40:47

03:13:13

03:48:39

04:21:23

10:32

28970

8215

1629

53784

SONIA

STROBEL

33F

PPTC

CAN

04:40:15

00:32:44

01:07:19

01:44:14

02:17:38

02:26:49

02:53:30

03:26:38

03:58:02

04:27:42

10:42

29168

20866

499

25321

ARTHUR

GONZALEZ

62M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:40:58

00:27:55

00:56:11

01:25:54

01:56:16

02:03:03

02:28:33

03:01:05

03:37:24

04:25:35

10:44

29361

20968

3826

16536

BRIAN

MENDOZA

37M

PPTC

NY

CAN

04:41:37

00:29:51

01:00:34

01:30:58

02:02:44

02:09:40

02:36:13

03:09:44

03:47:31

04:25:40

10:45

30186

21408

527

57680

LUIS

RIOS

61M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:44:24

00:33:44

01:04:32

01:35:31

02:08:41

02:16:22

02:43:54

03:18:32

03:53:54

04:28:32

10:52

30823

21774

3318

50722

MICHAEL

RING

46M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:46:35

00:32:47

01:05:16

01:38:25

02:11:30

02:19:16

02:45:58

03:19:01

03:54:32

04:30:14

10:57

31866

9480

1700

61187

YVETTE

DE LEON

41F

PPTC

NY

JAM

04:50:21

00:34:32

01:08:27

01:42:47

02:17:17

02:24:59

02:52:32

03:26:58

04:01:03

04:35:25

11:05

32759

22899

1086

43748

NATHANIEL

SASSON

55M

PPTC

NY

USA

04:53:34

00:31:49

01:00:46

01:28:46

01:58:48

02:05:25

02:30:18

03:04:18

03:44:23

04:31:20

11:13

33001

9961

741

54064

LORI

BEZAHLER

50F

PPTC

NY

USA

04:54:29

00:31:45

01:02:51

01:35:02

02:13:44

02:20:54

02:47:56

03:22:50

04:01:32

04:38:10

11:15

36184

24764

4444

37627

JOHN

NICKLES

38M

PPTC

NY

USA

05:09:56

00:29:19

00:57:18

01:28:49

02:00:42

02:08:04

02:37:49

03:13:43

03:58:51

04:51:16

11:50

37732

12171

1437

52186

JACKIE

DEANE

49F

PPTC

NY

USA

05:20:34

00:35:47

01:10:45

01:47:51

02:24:44

02:32:26

03:00:43

03:37:26

04:20:15

05:03:14

12:15

37878

12243

968

38020

VERONICA

ANTOINE

53F

PPTC

NY

USA

05:21:51

00:32:31

01:05:01

01:38:23

02:14:56

02:23:18

02:57:15

03:37:23

04:20:25

05:02:53

12:18

37888

25642

4574

59857

ROBERT

UNDERWOOD

37M

PPTC

NY

USA

05:21:56

00:34:33

01:08:37

01:45:53

02:24:36

02:33:39

03:04:49

03:44:13

04:25:26

05:06:05

12:18

40127

13371

2371

45475

TRACI

LESTER

43F

PPTC

NY

USA

05:44:30

00:34:21

01:10:02

01:44:36

02:24:15

02:35:39

03:10:23

03:53:40

04:41:01

05:26:08

13:09

40879

13729

2419

60624

IRVA

NILES

42F

PPTC

NY

05:55:26

00:35:26

01:11:14

01:47:53

02:34:07

02:43:28

03:19:48

04:03:03

04:53:26

05:38:29

13:34

42661

27953

1544

51409

AARON

KOFFLER

59M

PPTC

NY

USA

06:44:01

00:40:15

01:19:37

02:06:37

03:02:21

03:15:16

04:02:37

04:52:14

05:31:02

06:14:50

15:26

42936

14870

68

61500

MARGARET

LONG

66F

PPTC

NY

USA

06:58:07

00:40:32

01:22:31

02:08:04

02:56:22

03:07:59

03:48:20

04:37:28

05:33:13

06:35:47

15:58

43129

28151

1572

63153

JOSEPH

CUNIGLIO

59M

PPTC

NY

USA

07:13:41

00:51:06

01:42:59

02:34:27

03:29:41

03:41:48

We ran the "Last 10" with some friends

On Sunday, October 25 The Prospect Park Track Club ran the last 10 miles of the NYC Marathon Course.

Our group was bigger than anyone can remember.

We got some love.................................................

Thank you for organizing the run this morning -- so glad I came along. Really enjoyed my first outing with the club, nice bunch of people, very supportive. Please pass on big thanks to the volunteers who manned the food and drink stations -- I certainly wasn't expecting cream cheese with my bagel.You guys are fancy.

........ I just wanted to say thanks to you and the PPTC for the run yesterday. Being this is my first marathon, it was a great help to run that last leg of the race. We were part of a group that took the wrong street up in the bronx, so we ended up shaving off a few blocks of the course. All in all it was great fun, and I'll see you at the next meeting.

Thank you, it was nice and useful…

Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff List by Team: PPTC

Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff List by Team: PPTC Distance: 5.0 Miles, 8.0 Kilometers Date/Time: Oct. 25, 2009, 8:30 a.m. Location: Central Park, NYC Weather: 55 deg., 64% hum., Sunny 16 matches found. Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

TCHITCHUI

ETIENNE

M37

700

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

49

46

6

30:18

6:03

29:16

70

72.8 %

DOLE

HELEN

F27

187

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

182

9

2

33:13

6:38

33:13

32

72.8 %

OBRIEN

CHRISTOPHER

M40

531

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

288

270

27

34:12

6:50

32:19

276

66.0 %

MCELREATH

TIMOTHY

M40

469

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

478

434

53

35:39

7:07

33:41

448

63.3 %

BRACAMONTE

JESUS

M24

82

PPTC

JACKSON HEIGHTS

NY

564

506

30

36:05

7:13

36:05

840

59.1 %

SLOTWINER

DANIEL

M36

1651

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1236

994

199

39:24

7:52

38:19

1217

55.6 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

2244

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1753

1311

20

41:34

8:18

32:50

343

64.9 %

HOGAN

MEGAN

F28

3299

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2444

809

267

43:54

8:46

43:54

1052

55.1 %

PENDARVIS

MARK

M51

4549

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2472

1651

107

43:59

8:47

38:09

1189

55.9 %

DE VRIES

TINEKE

F41

4156

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2872

1049

105

45:15

9:03

43:22

938

55.7 %

RIEMAN

MICHAEL E

M66

3582

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3208

1955

13

46:16

9:15

35:15

715

60.5 %

BLADES

FREIDA

F50

4060

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3294

1308

39

46:39

9:19

40:48

532

59.3 %

RODRIGUEZ

ELBA

F56

4601

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3886

1696

20

48:56

9:47

39:36

380

61.1 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M66

5675

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3989

2223

17

49:24

9:52

37:38

1100

56.6 %

WATERS

EMMA

F29

5744

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4060

1810

562

49:49

9:57

49:49

2019

48.5 %

ISRAEL

JAMES F

M64

6308

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4300

2319

63

51:05

10:13

39:38

1422

53.8 %

How to run over the Willis Ave Bridge

On Sunday, Oct 25 the Prospect Park Track Club will be running the last 10 miles of the NYC Marathon Course. In the past runners were able to run over the Willis Ave Bridge just like Marathon Sunday (but on the sidewalk). That can not be done anymore. The sidewalk has been removed and replaced with highway ramps from the FDR in Manhattan and the Degan in The Bronx. Nobody should attempt to run on the roadway, it is like a highway.

The ramps on both sides of the bridge have been replaced with staircases. My attempt to document them is below. Please note, I took these pictures on Thursday, Oct 22. Things might change by Oct 25. A member of PPTC who walked over the bridge today will be at our aid station at 125th street on Sunday.

To cross the bridge and resume the NYC Marathon Route follow these instructions.

You must approach the bridge from the left side of First Ave. Go to the left of the bridge


Bear left when you reach the FDR
Go up the stars. They will lead to the bridge and you will cross the Harlem River

After crossing the river you will see this sign. Make a left and god down the stairs

This is the bottom of the stairs. TURN RIGHT AND GO UNDER THE BRIDGE.

AFTER GOING UNDER THE BRIDGE TURN LEFT HERE

Go over the Degan on the foot bridge

After the foot bridge cross the street and turn left. This is what you will see. This resumes the NYC Marathon Course.

reconstruction is your ressurrection

reconstruction is your ressurrection

You've run the course

Spent the chase

Circled the walls of Troy

Drag not yourself into the ashes of Oblivion through overreaching

Rest from contest, dream, awake

And phoenix that you are you will cover yourself

Again

In laurels, not ashes.

P Soskind /u, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:12 AM

Harry Murphy Cross Country 5K List by Team: PPTC Distance: 3.1 Miles, 5.0 Kilometers Date/Time: Oct. 11, 2009, 11:30 a.m. Location: Van Cortland

Harry Murphy Cross Country 5K List by Team: PPTC Distance: 3.1 Miles, 5.0 Kilometers Date/Time: Oct. 11, 2009, 11:30 a.m. Location: Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NYC Weather: 54 deg., 78% humidity, clear. 3 matches found. Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Net Time

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

CAHILL

REGINA F

F55

380

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

130

26

1

24:20

0:24:20

7:50

19:57

3

74.1 %

PLOCICA

ROBERT

M37

454

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

145

114

10

25:29

0:25:29

8:13

24:37

124

52.3 %

CLARK

ROLAND

M47

376

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

176

132

15

27:36

0:27:36

8:54

24:43

125

52.1 %

NYRR Grand Prix: Staten Island List by Team: PPTC

Click this for a race report from What you do not know because you are not me.

Click this for a report on today's Bed-Stuy 10K from Hills Are My Friends.

NYRR Grand Prix: Staten Island List by Team: PPTC Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers Date/Time: Oct. 11, 2009, 8:30 a.m. Location: Staten Island, NYC Weather: 48 deg., 77% hum., Sunny 18 matches found. Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

MAZZUCHIN

DANIEL

M33

260

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

173

170

71

1:29:19

6:49

1:29:10

297

66.4 %

WANG

GARY

M36

492

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

198

192

78

1:30:12

6:53

1:29:05

294

66.4 %

SKILLMAN

BRAD

M41

483

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

428

395

54

1:36:10

7:20

1:31:35

391

64.6 %

REYNAR

JEFF

M39

1429

PPTC

NEW YORK

NY

539

484

214

1:38:25

7:30

1:35:13

555

62.1 %

BAUMGARTNER

EDMUND

M43

3528

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

591

532

79

1:39:08

7:34

1:32:55

455

63.7 %

TOBIN

TOM

M55

2363

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1090

932

17

1:46:37

8:08

1:30:16

342

65.5 %

BRACAMONTE

JESUS

M24

1034

PPTC

JACKSON HEIGHTS

NY

1239

1036

233

1:48:25

8:16

1:48:25

1334

54.6 %

HOROWITZ

JASON

M45

3162

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1437

1154

114

1:50:22

8:25

1:41:46

927

58.1 %

MCSHERRY

MARK

M46

2230

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1535

1224

121

1:51:34

8:30

1:42:02

939

58.0 %

POPE

FRANCIS

M36

5282

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2076

1549

668

1:57:47

8:59

1:56:20

1743

50.8 %

CROWLEY

MARY

F50

7585

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2351

669

16

2:01:13

9:15

1:44:06

200

63.2 %

BLADES

FREIDA

F50

6044

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2562

782

23

2:04:12

9:28

1:46:39

261

61.7 %

KENNEY

JULIET

F43

4168

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2627

815

76

2:05:12

9:33

1:56:53

630

56.3 %

BEZUIDENHOUT

ROSEMARY

F37

6043

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3098

1085

400

2:13:04

10:09

2:10:10

1111

50.5 %

KOFFLER

AARON

M59

9186

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3343

2112

73

2:18:44

10:35

1:53:16

1598

52.2 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M66

7357

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3352

2114

14

2:18:57

10:36

1:46:06

1191

55.8 %

RING

MICHAEL I

M46

8490

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3433

2145

224

2:21:01

10:45

2:08:58

2082

45.9 %

DE LEON

YVETTE

F41

7081

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3482

1318

132

2:22:34

10:52

2:15:37

1262

48.5 %

Please note: Brad Skillman and Michael Ring both ran a significant pre-race warm up. If you did too, leave a comment we will amend this post

Norway Run List by Team: PPTC

Norway Run
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 1.7 Miles, 2.7 Kilometers
Date/Time: Oct. 3, 2009, 8:15 a.m.
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 67 degrees, 93% humidity, overcast

4 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name	First Name	Sex/ Age	Bib	Team	City	State	Overall Place	Gender Place	Age Place	Finish Time	Pace/ Mile
WATSON	ANTHONY	M51	470	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	33	32	1	10:05	5:55
INGEBRITSEN	JENNIFER	F25	1185	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	46	3	2	10:21	6:05
PENDARVIS	MARK	M51	7284	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	297	223	8	13:11	7:45
KOHLER-BRITTON	CHARLENE	F58	10266	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	739	338	6	16:49	9:53

Fred Lebow Cross Country 5K List by Team: PPTC Distance: 3.1 Miles, 5.0 Kilometers Date/Time: Oct. 4, 2009, 11:30 a.m. Location: Van Cortland Pa

Fred Lebow Cross Country 5K List by Team: PPTC 3 matches found. Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

WATSON

ANTHONY

M51

9888

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

26

24

3

20:16

6:32

17:35

10

73.3 %

SKILLMAN

BRAD

M41

9836

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

40

36

7

21:23

6:53

20:03

43

64.3 %

KOHLER-BRITTON

CHARLENE

F58

9889

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

250

96

3

34:41

11:11

27:18

58

54.1 %

THE TURKEY TROT 2009 IS COMING!

THE TURKEY TROT 2009 IS COMING!

Just to be part of a 1500+ runner event is always an amazing experience.
To be on the other side of the event, serving as a volunteer, .is even more amazing!
This is our biggest Club fund raising event of the year. It’s what helps us do all the quality things that help make it worthwhile to be a PPTC member: discount at the Annual Awards dinner, subsidizing race training, the picnic, refreshments at our general memberships meetings, etc.
You can volunteer at pre or post registration and still RUN the race! Or you can be a course marshal, be a greeter, help direct traffic, give out water, hot chocolate, bagels, medals, etc.
Registration starts at 7:30, the race starts at 9, and we have cleaned up everything and gotten out of the park by 11! I am early in meeting with my family in Dutchess County 80 miles away with little or no traffic!
It’s a great way to start Thanksgiving Day no matter what; you start the day off feeling great for either having worked the race and giving back to the sport that has given you so much or having run the race!
We all look forward to being with each other out there.
BE PART OF THE HOOT!
Tom Meany

On Saturday, September 12th, I joined up with the Prospect Park Track Club / Slope Sports people for a group run. When we met, there was the usual chatter. A big chunk of us are running the Reach the Beach Relay in New Hampshire next week. Most of the rest of us are running the Queens Half Marathon. Someone commented that the logistics for a 12 person, point-to=point, 200-mile relay are only slightly more complicated than getting to College Point, Queens, at 7 a.m. on a Sunday by mass transit.

Anyway, it took a moment to come up with a consensus as to where to run. Only a moment until someone said "Let's do the usual thing, ya know - the regular run." Every one knew what that meant.

Let me describe it. Simple. We are starting at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, run down Union Street to Court St. Make a right and head towards the Brooklyn Bridge. Over the Bridge and across Chambers St to the Hudson and around the Battery and back to the Bridge and back the same way. It is about an 11 mile round trip.

Simple, yea. But let me describe my run on Sept 12. Nothing "regular" about it. First, I did a loop of Prospect Park before I met the group. Along the way, I saw that there was gonna be an event later in the Park to raise money (and awareness) to fight cancer. I hoped it would not rain on them. I remember not caring if it would rain on me. Then I ran into some of my team mates running with some of my daughter’s friend’s parents. I ran a mile with them. I remember thinking that if I lived near Central Park, I would never have seen them; they would have been lost in the crowd.

Then I met the regular group. Not so regular. Many of the regular people were there. Some people who show up irregularly were there and, as usual, there were some new people there. That is what it is regularly like. I was able to keep up with most of the group till 4th Avenue and lost everyone when we got to Atlantic Avenue. That's OK.

When I went past Cadman Plaza, I noticed that there was preparation for some sort of giant event. I figured I would see it on the way back. I did.

When, I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, I had to maneuver my way past about 20 guys pushing and pulling some sort of contraption. They gave me some literature. It turned out it was parts of a rowboat that will attempt to cross the Atlantic. They were actually attempting to break the record for the most names written on a rowboat. Really.

Also on the Brooklyn Bridge I notice a huge amount of police boats in the East River. I sadly assumed that they were there because it was "Sept 11th weekend." I was wrong. Get to that later.

When I got to Manhattan I heard my name being called. I saw one of my team mates in a MTA vest coming out of the subway. He is repairing the trench under Broadway from Chambers Street to Canal Street. That is why the R train takes the Bridge on weekends.

The Hudson River was very busy. There was a giant modern war ship with a Dutch flag on it as well as lots of old sail boats. This weekend we are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam. Would made a nice photo

Then, as I turned the corner at the southern end of Manhattan, I saw the stacks of the cruise ship Caribbean Princess over the trees on Governors Island. I was really missing my camera there.

Then in Battery Park I watched them set up for another event. The Diamond Dash.

On my return to the Brooklyn Bridge I found out why there were so many police in the water. There were also many kayaks. People were swimming in it. They were swimming from the little patch of sand under the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan side to the little beach on the Brooklyn side that my kids played in just a few weeks ago. I asked a women who was queued up to jump into the East River how far it is to the other side. She said it was a kilometer. I told her "That's beautiful," and went on with my run.

But then my run had to take a detour. I saw that the pedestrian path on the Brooklyn Bridge was packed - packed with people marching to the event I had seen being set up in Cadman Plaza. I decided to add some miles and cut through Chinatown and take the Manhattan Bridge. (The pedestrian path on the Manhattan Bridge makes for much better running than the one on the Brooklyn Bridge. It is separated from bicycles and only the hearty tourists are up there. But, alas, it is not the Brooklyn Bridge.) From the Manhattan Bridge I got a great view of the swimmers. They looked so tiny. Again, I missed my camera. Sadly, one of the swimmers did not make it to Brooklyn.

As a train was roaring past me on the Manhattan Bridge one of my teammates said “Hi” to me. I had no idea she was running along side of me and she startled me. I told her she scarred the poop out of me. That is kinda funny. She is one of the smallest adults I know and probably does not frighten many people.

Then I got back to Cadman Plaza and saw what was going on. It was the A&E Recover Project. I was not sure if "recover" referred to the economy, the fact that it was September 12 or something else. It turns out it was something else. It was about National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Smoky Robinson was there. If you click on the link you will see how crowded the Brooklyn Bridge was. Good thing I took the Manhattan Bridge.

I did not go back the same way. I went over to The Promenade so I could check out the progress on the Brooklyn Bridge Park. It is coming along nicely.

Then I ran back via Carroll Street and the Carroll St Bridge.

So, the regular run is not so plain or so simple.


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Post Industrial Brooklyn, The Future is lookin good
I ran to The Bronx

Anyway, it took a moment to come up with a consensus as to where to run. Only a moment until someone said "Let's do the usual thing, ya know - the regular run." Every one knew what that meant.

Let me describe it. Simple. We are starting at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, run down Union Street to Court St. Make a right and head towards the Brooklyn Bridge. Over the Bridge and across Chambers St to the Hudson and around the Battery and back to the Bridge and back the same way. It is about an 11 mile round trip.

Simple, yea. But let me describe my run on Sept 12. Nothing "regular" about it. First, I did a loop of Prospect Park before I met the group. Along the way, I saw that there was gonna be an event later in the Park to raise money (and awareness) to fight cancer. I hoped it would not rain on them. I remember not caring if it would rain on me. Then I ran into some of my team mates running with some of my daughter’s friend’s parents. I ran a mile with them. I remember thinking that if I lived near Central Park, I would never have seen them; they would have been lost in the crowd.

Then I met the regular group. Not so regular. Many of the regular people were there. Some people who show up irregularly were there and, as usual, there were some new people there. That is what it is regularly like. I was able to keep up with most of the group till 4th Avenue and lost everyone when we got to Atlantic Avenue. That's OK.

When I went past Cadman Plaza, I noticed that there was preparation for some sort of giant event. I figured I would see it on the way back. I did.

When, I crossed the Brooklyn Bridge, I had to maneuver my way past about 20 guys pushing and pulling some sort of contraption. They gave me some literature. It turned out it was parts of a rowboat that will attempt to cross the Atlantic. They were actually attempting to break the record for the most names written on a rowboat. Really.

Also on the Brooklyn Bridge I notice a huge amount of police boats in the East River. I sadly assumed that they were there because it was "Sept 11th weekend." I was wrong. Get to that later.

When I got to Manhattan I heard my name being called. I saw one of my team mates in a MTA vest coming out of the subway. He is repairing the trench under Broadway from Chambers Street to Canal Street. That is why the R train takes the Bridge on weekends.

The Hudson River was very busy. There was a giant modern war ship with a Dutch flag on it as well as lots of old sail boats. This weekend we are celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of New Amsterdam. Would made a nice photo

Then, as I turned the corner at the southern end of Manhattan, I saw the stacks of the cruise ship Caribbean Princess over the trees on Governors Island. I was really missing my camera there.

Then in Battery Park I watched them set up for another event. The Diamond Dash.

On my return to the Brooklyn Bridge I found out why there were so many police in the water. There were also many kayaks. People were swimming in it. They were swimming from the little patch of sand under the Brooklyn Bridge on the Manhattan side to the little beach on the Brooklyn side that my kids played in just a few weeks ago. I asked a women who was queued up to jump into the East River how far it is to the other side. She said it was a kilometer. I told her "That's beautiful," and went on with my run.

But then my run had to take a detour. I saw that the pedestrian path on the Brooklyn Bridge was packed - packed with people marching to the event I had seen being set up in Cadman Plaza. I decided to add some miles and cut through Chinatown and take the Manhattan Bridge. (The pedestrian path on the Manhattan Bridge makes for much better running than the one on the Brooklyn Bridge. It is separated from bicycles and only the hearty tourists are up there. But, alas, it is not the Brooklyn Bridge.) From the Manhattan Bridge I got a great view of the swimmers. They looked so tiny. Again, I missed my camera. Sadly, one of the swimmers did not make it to Brooklyn.

As a train was roaring past me on the Manhattan Bridge one of my teammates said “Hi” to me. I had no idea she was running along side of me and she startled me. I told her she scarred the poop out of me. That is kinda funny. She is one of the smallest adults I know and probably does not frighten many people.

Then I got back to Cadman Plaza and saw what was going on. It was the A&E Recover Project. I was not sure if "recover" referred to the economy, the fact that it was September 12 or something else. It turns out it was something else. It was about National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month. Smoky Robinson was there. If you click on the link you will see how crowded the Brooklyn Bridge was. Good thing I took the Manhattan Bridge.

I did not go back the same way. I went over to The Promenade so I could check out the progress on the Brooklyn Bridge Park. It is coming along nicely.

Then I ran back via Carroll Street and the Carroll St Bridge.

So, the regular run is not so plain or so simple.


You might also like:
Post Industrial Brooklyn, The Future is lookin good
I ran to The Bronx

New Beginners Workshop!

This Fall, our Beginners Workshop will be extended to 6 weeks, starting on Saturday October 24th thru December 5th. (No session on 11/28) The group will meet at 8 AM, on the sidewalk at Grand Army Plaza. It will again be conducted by Gil Torres in collaboration with Slope Sports, and we’ll be featuring guest coaching from some of our top runners. Content will focus on gradual development, stressing good form, planning, adapting effort to terrain, and giving you the tools to start a good running program. The sessions are free and open to adult PPTC members and non-members. No reply necessary.

THE INSIDE LOOP TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

THE INSIDE LOOP

TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

PPTC extends our deepest sympathies to Al Goldstein and family on the death of Norma Rodriguez. Please keep Norma and her children and family in your thoughts and prayers.

At September’s general meeting there were questions from members about hooking up for rides to races, finding out about local races, and even the ‘’last ten miles of the marathon’‘ PPTC run the week before. Seems to many of us that if we use the PPTC open forum group and post what we want more info about, there’s someone sitting at their desk (who probably should be working instead) who will make the sacrifice and respond. Although not originally part of Obama’s economic recovery plan, the PPTC Open Forum Group site does provide PPTCers with the inspiration and motivation to make it through the rest of the work day and abandon plans to take this job and shove it . This is as interactive as PPTC gets these days, so hey, "" read ‘em and weep !" ( if you missed out because you don’t use PPTC Open Forum )

Tom Byrnes, Bobby Fisher, and Joanne and Mark Guralnick were off and biking at September’s NYC Century on Sunday September 13th. with Bobby completing the full century and Tom, Joanne, and Mark logging less. Joann and Mark actually volunteered and stayed at the Triborough Bridge area . Some PPTCers who regularly bike as part of their cross-training passed claiming that the ride was too close to Thanksgiving and would affect their energy levels for preparing the Thanksgiving dinner or doing some early Christmas shopping or some other invalid excuse.......

The PPTC betting pool for when the YMCA’s facilities at 15th street Armory will actually see the light of day continues to fill up as friends and members alike continue to wonder, hope, and pray that someday, somehow, this indoor track in our own hood will open ! Next up, after wondering just when it will open, is just how much the Y will charge members alike to use the place. Down the road will be another wagering opportunity for the completion date of the new pool facility behind the YMCA building on the 8th street side. The construction start date for that project was supposed to be this past September 1st but so far, as of mid-September, not a shovel of sand has been moved.

Congrats to ‘’No Sleep Till Brooklyn’‘, one of the PPTC-sponsored teams at the Reach the Beach 207 mile team relay race the third weekend in September .- they won the women's open division, averaging 8 minutes a mile for the 207-mile relay race!! The other PPTC-sponsored team, Better on the Way Down, broke 30 hours and had a blast. Conditions were great for the race - little bit of rain in the early going , but clear skies at night and not too cold.
The race started on Friday, September 18th at Cannon Mountain in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and finished on Saturday, September 19th at Hampton Beach on the Atlantic Ocean.Along the way our runners passed by NH's tallest mountain and largest lake and encountered many, many miles of scenic, rolling hills! Krishna even got to get some NH rain on his head!Look for Amy D's full article, complete with pics, about this adventure in the centerfold !

Thanks to PPTC’s Natacha Ferrari and twin sister Sandy volunteered with USADA for drug testing athletes at the Fifth Avenue Mile races Saturday September 26th. Check the race results section of this newsletter to see how PPTC runners performed on the Fifth Avenue strip , PPTC makes it happen!

Sorry to learn of Jessica Kavoulakis’ achilles injury putting her out of this year’s NYC. Jessica did the great job of co-directing Turkey Trot ‘08. Evelyn Deliz's knee problems have been keeping her walking instead of running but she still loves getting out on the roads.

Bobby Fisher completed the 75 mile Twin Lights ride in Monmouth New Jersey on Saturday the 26th of September. Not a ride for those who get seasick since believe it or not since getting to the start involved a ferry ride from the South Street Seaport to Monmouth New Jersey which could’ve made the weak of stomach inclined to recycle whatever hadn’t been digested from the night before’s dinner.

The weekend of September 26th found PPTCers all over, the Fifth Ave Mile, Music That Heals, The Tunnel to Tower 5k, The Twin Lights Bike Tour ! PPTC race results has ‘em!

PPTC’s NYC marathon venue is up and running! Check the emails for all the details about who’s running and who’s not, the ‘Last Ten’ run the week before, the pasta party at Buckley’s midweek, the PPTC busses to the start, the post race get together at ‘’the school’, and the moaning and groaning session at PPTC’s monthly general meeting the next day .

And speaking of what’s coming up soon, the TT 09 , ( Turkey Trot) , is almost here . Pay attention to the PPTC News so as not to miss a gobble gobble about it!

See you on the roads!

PPTC Marathon Activities

On Sunday, October 25, PPTC is sponsoring a group run of the last 10 miles of the NYC Marathon course. We will meet under the 59^th Street Bridge at 1^st Avenue and be ready to run by 8 a.m. on October 25, 2009. As usual this run will be supported by a rolling aid station. There will be Gatorade, cold water and energy food waiting for us before we cross the Willis Ave Bridge (1^st Avenue and 125^th Street) and as we enter Central Park (90^th Street at Engineers Gate). At the “finish line” (the Tavern on the Green parking lot) there will be more goodies waiting for us. This event is free and open to the public. We just ask that you let us know if you are going to join us.

The importance of this run cannot be stressed enough. Seven days later you will be running this same route after covering 16 miles. You will have the memory of how easy and fun it was with fresh feet and how close the finish line is. This is also a great run for someone who is not running the NYC Marathon: It is a way to “have a taste” of the Marathon.

On Marathon Sunday, we are also renting our own buses to transport Brooklyn runners to the start. They will be leaving from Prospect Park West and 9^th Street and will take you to Fort Wadsworth. The cost is $10 for members and $15 for “friends.” All seats are prepaid and go quickly. There are no walk-ons – reservations are required. If you are taking the PPTC bus, you will need to be at 9^th Street and Prospect Park West no later than 6:15 a.m. to be checked in.

After the race, we have our own Marathon reunion area. You can meet your friends and family at PS 87, located on West 77^th Street between Columbus and Amsterdam. It is just 2 blocks from the finish line. We will provide hot chocolate , fruit, cold soda, bagels and indoor plumbing. This event is free and open to the public. We just ask that you let us know if you are going to join us. We will transport your bag of stuff from our bus to the reunion.

Go to www.pptc.org for more information regarding our NYC Marathon activities. You can also pay for your reserved seat on the marathon bus at www.pptc.org. To RSVP for the Last 10 Miles group run or the post-race Marathon reunion at PS 87, call 718-595-2049, or email contact@pptc.org.

PPTC CLUB NIGHT A JACKRABBIT BROOKLYN!

PPTC CLUB NIGHT A JACKRABBIT BROOKLYN!
On October 22end from 7-8, any PPTC member can come to JackRabbit Brooklyn and get 15% off their purchases. This includes anything and everything in the store. This includes shoes, apparel and accessories.

JackRabbit it located at 151 7th Ave, in Park Slope, between Garfield and Carroll. The store is equidistant from the 7th Ave B/Q train and the 7th Ave F/G Train. Come early if you have never bought shoes with us before, so you have time for our video-analysis shoe fit process.
If you have any questions, please contact Ben at ben@jackrabbitsports.com Thank you!

Running Through New Hampshire By: Amy Duquette

Running Through New Hampshire By: Amy Duquette

The little state of New Hampshire is filled with rolling green hills and miles of beautiful countryside. General Stores still sell penny candy, ski resorts are plentiful, and the natives are welcoming. On Friday, September 18th, this picturesque New England state was invaded by hundreds of cargo vans filled with over four hundred teams of runners all set on completing the longest distance running relay race in the US: The 200 Mile Reach The Beach adventure relay.
Our team, No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn, packed up our vans with headlamps, reflective vests, homemade goodies, water, goo, ibuprofen, massage sticks, several changes of running clothes, sleeping bags and pillows along with plenty of adrenaline and headed into the fray. We left Brooklyn on Thursday evening as prepared as humanly possible. Corre Kombol organized our all-women team, which included seven PPTC’ers- Rebecca Rosenberg-Beran, Katie Muladore, Ami Hassler, Sarah Scott, Marianne Herbst, myself and four special non-PPTC’ers, Jesi Crosier from Seattle, Chris Varley from Albany and Katy May and Alex Laurits from New York. Our 12th runner, Megan Kinninger was unfortunately derailed with a softball injury the week prior. The rules stated we could not change our established line-up, leaving the first three runners covering four legs each instead of the originally planned three. The other eight runners would each have three legs to run. After all was said and done though, this last minute change in mileage did not appear to affect Ami, Chris or Rebecca in the slightest. Actually, they looked as strong on their last leg as they did on the first. The legs varied in distance from 1.9 to 9.3 miles. Some were flat and some with steep inclines. Some were run in pitch-black cold night and some in the hot sun. There were plenty of empty backcountry road and highways to be conquered. On the (very long) van ride up we looked over the binder that Corre put together. It included everything we needed to know about the adventure before us, including the staggered start times for all four hundred teams. The first team would head out at 7:30 am and the final team would not be sent out until around 4 pm. The times were based on each team’s overall projected pace per mile. We were the last all-female team to start, which meant we were seeded as the fastest team in that category. It added pressure, but also excitement and, honestly, it felt a bit unreal to me that we could actually ‘win’ this.

Ami, first in our line-up, crossed the start line at 1:40 pm on Friday into a chilly downpour of rain. Thirty five hand-offs later, after passing over two hundred miles of trees, lakes, homes, highway, and woods, we reached the beach in a time of 26:38:57. We were the first all-women’s team to finish! The ladies from one of our vans escorted Chris, our last runner, triumphantly to the finish line while Van Two was still looking for parking and missed the big finish. Each of us was awarded a coupon to pick out our choice of New Balance sneakers. Our pace per mile was 7:42 for all 207 miles. Each runner gave her full effort throughout the race, no matter how little sleep she had gotten. Most of us felt as if we had one awesome leg and one less-than awesome leg. But, considering the running talent that surrounded me on this team “less-than” is a relative term. Some of our runners had impressive negative splits, running their second and third faster than their first. All of our transitions were smooth and well planned out, which was crucial. Lots of time went into planning the logistics of handing-off between eleven runners in two separate vans over this great distance. There were many runners from other teams waiting to hand-off to a teammate who had not yet made it to that point. It turned out that I did not need to worry about the pressure of our seeding at all. The excitement itself provided enough intensity to fuel the running. It was an incredible experience and personally, the best run in my entire running career was the one I did for my first leg of this relay. Those 7.5 miles started for me after 9 pm and I felt like I was flying through the night for the hour; it almost seemed effortless. Yes, there was risk of taking a wrong turn at night and getting lost, even though the whole course was very well marked. Running in the pitch-black night with only a headlamp leading your way could lead to confusion, but it also added to the exhilaration.

Throughout the race there was a lot of running and a lot of waiting. In the twenty six and a half hours the team members not running tried to eat, nap, and freshen up, sans running water, all in the vans. It felt a bit like summer camp and bit like the twilight zone. At one point, our team was in a middle school at midnight somewhere in the middle of New Hampshire. The kids and parents stayed up through the night to give us pasta. At another point it was 3 am and we were in a college that left its doors (but not bathrooms) open. The dark halls were filled with hundreds and hundreds of runners lined up next to each other on the floor in sleeping bags. I think it was in North Conway, NH when Marianne bought a sandwich at a deli and the lady wrote “thank you!” on the bag and closed it with a sticker when I thought, “I should move here.”

After celebrating with the other teams, we all piled in the vans and made our way back to the Best Western in Seabrook, NH where we all crashed pretty hard. We all think it was a blast, a truly memorable experience, made all the more special by all of the physical work and preparation that all went to the good of the team. And there is already talk of returning next year to defend our title.

WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? Christine Boutross

WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?

Christine Boutross

The question pops up every day! Whether it's for you or your loved ones, we just have to figure this one out, don't we? Those mornings when we are trying to get out the door on time and finding our papers and books and planners and matching shoes and socks, food sometimes gets left to the last minute! A key to creating new habits is to set yourself up for success. Here are some tips to help you on your way.

Plan. . .Plan. . . Plan
Your food and nutrition are too important to let them be an afterthought. Take some time on a day off and think about all of your meals for the week and make yourself a menu.
Then, do your grocery shopping so you know you have everything you need for the week. Every evening, prepare as much of tomorrow’s lunch as you can in advance, so that in the morning you have as little work as possible.

Invest in a thermos. A thermos is the right hand to a good lunch packer. Boil some water in the morning and pour it into the thermos to pre-heat it for around 10 minutes. While that is warming up, pick out some leftovers from dinner earlier in the week that will fit in your thermos, and warm them up. Then dump out the water out of your thermos and put in last night’s soup or stew, and ta-dah! - hot lunch!

On a hot day, pack your thermos with ice for 10 minutes and then fill it with yogurt and fresh fruit, and there you have it, summer paradise!

Make things like big salads in advance, and keep them fresh in a salad spinner in your fridge. You’re going to be much more likely to eat salad with lunch if it’s already made and sitting there smiling and waving at you in the morning while you figure out your lunch!

Keeping a supply of cooked whole grains, beans, and greens can make for quick and easy assembly of a lunch. Splash on a little olive oil and vinegar, or liquid amino acids such as Bragg's and you have a simple, fast, protein packed lunch. You can get a stackable bento box and make a pretty assembly of food that will have everyone at the office wishing you would pack their lunch for them in the morning, too.

Grete's Great Gallop List by Team: PPTC

Grete's Great Gallop
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers
Date/Time: Oct. 3, 2009, 9:00am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 67 degrees, 93% humidity, overcast.

13 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

SANDERSON

EMILY

F43

315

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

234

22

5

1:31:34

6:59

1:25:29

27

77.0 %

MAZZUCHIN

DANIEL

M33

245

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

281

254

97

1:33:04

7:06

1:32:55

381

63.7 %

MCELREATH

TIMOTHY

M40

1250

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

347

305

39

1:35:08

7:15

1:31:19

322

64.8 %

VAN HATTEM

PIETER

M35

1504

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1079

818

349

1:48:05

8:15

1:47:16

1053

55.2 %

BRACAMONTE

JESUS

M24

1045

PPTC

JACKSON HEIGHTS

NY

1613

1142

253

1:54:20

8:43

1:54:20

1419

51.7 %

KENNEY

JULIET

F43

5167

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1968

631

68

1:58:17

9:01

1:50:26

466

59.6 %

TREADWAY

ROBERT

M41

7442

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2170

1442

219

2:00:24

9:11

1:54:40

1430

51.6 %

MCSHERRY

MARK

M46

2245

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2639

1647

188

2:06:16

9:38

1:55:29

1461

51.2 %

JNO BAPTISTE

MARVLYN

F45

3606

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2763

1069

45

2:07:39

9:44

1:56:34

730

56.4 %

KILLEEN

MARY ANNE P

F53

6178

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2948

1184

34

2:10:17

9:56

1:47:37

364

61.1 %

NICKLES

JOHN

M38

5266

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3243

1870

772

2:14:30

10:16

2:11:08

1971

45.1 %

ANTOINE

VERONICA

F53

9037

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3446

1498

49

2:18:01

10:32

1:54:00

617

57.7 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M66

10018

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3749

2063

13

2:24:23

11:01

1:50:15

1208

53.7 %

Cont. Airlines Fifth Ave. Mile List by Team: PPTC

Check out this video for the fantastic finish by our own Tony Watson

Cont. Airlines Fifth Ave. Mile
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 1.0 Miles, 1.6 Kilometers
Date/Time: Sept. 26, 2009, 9:00 am
Location: Fifth Avenue, NYC
Weather: 62 degrees, 56% humidity.

17 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

TCHITCHUI

ETIENNE

M37

4040

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

42

42

5

04:44

4:44

04:34

65

81.1 %

OBRIEN

CHRISTOPHER

M40

3121

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

181

180

20

05:11

5:11

04:53

179

75.7 %

PHIPPS

TROY

M34

3275

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

185

184

40

05:11

5:11

05:06

285

72.7 %

WATSON

ANTHONY

M51

4276

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

204

202

7

05:14

5:14

04:32

59

81.6 %

HERBST

MARIANNE

F27

1809

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

839

66

20

05:56

5:56

05:56

132

70.6 %

SLOTWINER

DANIEL

M36

3853

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1075

968

157

06:08

6:08

05:58

1123

62.1 %

BRACAMONTE

JESUS

M24

491

PPTC

JACKSON HEIGHTS

NY

1178

1046

59

06:13

6:13

06:13

1377

59.6 %

KOMBOL

CORRE

F30

5192

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1274

151

28

06:18

6:18

06:17

227

66.6 %

HOROWITZ

JASON

M45

1886

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1425

1233

90

06:26

6:26

05:51

989

63.3 %

POPE

FRANCIS

M36

5431

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1542

1314

233

06:31

6:31

06:20

1472

58.5 %

NICKLES

JOHN

M38

3042

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1921

1543

284

06:49

6:49

06:32

1643

56.7 %

BUTLER

GENERAL

M30

589

PPTC

2022

1597

369

06:55

6:55

06:53

1833

53.7 %

DE VRIES

TINEKE

F41

4560

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2514

691

44

07:23

7:23

06:55

575

60.5 %

PENDARVIS

MARK

M51

3238

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2534

1831

75

07:24

7:24

06:25

1550

57.7 %

BUTLER

SHONTAY

F29

592

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2961

1001

327

07:56

7:56

07:55

1155

52.8 %

KOHLER-BRITTON

CHARLENE

F58

2242

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3266

1228

13

08:27

8:27

06:23

260

65.6 %

IREGBULEM

CHI

F36

4634

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3501

1418

191

09:13

9:13

09:00

1472

46.5 %

ING NYC Marathon Tune-Up List by Team: PPTC

ING NYC Marathon Tune-Up
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 18.0 Miles, 28.9 Kilometers
Date/Time: Sept. 27, 2009, 7:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 61 deg., 100% hum., Rain

20 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name	First Name	Sex/ Age	Bib	Team	City	State	Overall Place	Gender Place	Age Place	Finish Time	Pace/ Mile
AHLERS	JOERN	M42	1003	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	441	394	79	2:23:00	7:56
HERBST	MARIANNE	F27	2280	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	685	107	29	2:29:24	8:18
VAN HATTEM	PIETER	M35	886	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	931	749	175	2:35:02	8:36
BRACAMONTE	JESUS	M24	800	PPTC	JACKSON HEIGHTS	NY	935	753	23	2:35:12	8:37
DOLE	HELEN	F27	148	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	961	192	56	2:35:38	8:38
MCPHEE-DJAN	DOROTHY	F29	3815	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	1362	348	109	2:43:33	9:05
GONZALEZ	ARTHUR J	M62	2246	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	1757	1235	21	2:50:47	9:29
HOLDEN	TODD	M40	1291	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	1889	1293	249	2:53:22	9:37
MCSHERRY	MARK	M46	1444	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	2028	1360	161	2:55:28	9:44
BEZUIDENHOUT	ROSEMARY	F37	6720	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	2085	698	130	2:56:50	9:49
KILLEEN	MARY ANNE P	F53	4796	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	2203	760	14	2:58:49	9:56
EGAN	PATRICK	M40	5781	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	2640	1631	305	3:09:09	10:30
WATERS	EMMA	F29	5685	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	2706	1044	296	3:11:08	10:37
NICKLES	JOHN	M38	3465	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3045	1796	396	3:22:20	11:14
UNDERWOOD	ROBERT	M37	4653	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3240	1868	408	3:31:09	11:43
DE LEON	YVETTE	F41	6149	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3260	1385	182	3:32:39	11:48
LESTER	TRACI	F43	6360	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3328	1427	188	3:37:15	12:04
DEANE	JACKIE	F49	7728	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3344	1440	107	3:38:44	12:09
NILES	IRVA	F41	7934	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3415	1492	196	3:44:30	12:28
KOFFLER	AARON	M59	7319	PPTC	BROOKLYN	NY	3485	1952	86	3:55:02	13:03

NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Queens List by Team: PPTC

Also see a Race Report by ChickenUnderwear!

NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Queens
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers
Date/Time: Sept. 20, 2009, 7:00 am
Location: College Point, Queens, NYC
Weather: 65 degrees, 49% humidity, clear

16 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

ABRAMS

WILLIAM

M52

11

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

65

65

3

1:25:00

6:29

1:13:53

12

80.1 %

CROWTHER

MARK

M38

156

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

75

74

19

1:25:44

6:32

1:23:35

110

70.8 %

SINGER

JEB

M28

673

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

105

103

18

1:27:04

6:38

1:27:04

189

68.0 %

MAZZUCHIN

DANIEL

M33

473

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

158

152

36

1:29:08

6:48

1:28:59

263

66.5 %

BAUMGARTNER

EDMUND

M43

1042

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

606

552

82

1:39:51

7:37

1:33:35

443

63.2 %

BRACAMONTE

JESUS

M23

79

PPTC

JACKSON HEIGHTS

NY

735

655

43

1:41:45

7:46

1:41:45

961

58.1 %

JANGER

TED

M47

3877

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

955

837

61

1:44:29

7:58

1:34:46

498

62.4 %

SKLAREN

TYRONE

M62

2661

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1143

977

7

1:46:37

8:08

1:24:38

127

69.9 %

BLADES

FREIDA

F50

5072

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3109

992

13

2:06:09

9:37

1:48:20

298

60.7 %

MENDOZA

BRIAN

M37

5486

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3328

2215

471

2:08:37

9:49

2:06:18

2354

46.8 %

RING

MICHAEL I

M46

4588

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3382

2240

208

2:09:16

9:52

1:58:13

2020

50.0 %

CANALE

ELIZABETH

F59

5124

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3452

1180

11

2:09:54

9:54

1:38:48

92

66.6 %

TREADWAY

ROBERT

M41

5713

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3746

2396

337

2:13:16

10:10

2:06:55

2375

46.6 %

WILLIAMS

ERIC

M50

3761

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3907

2451

139

2:15:50

10:22

2:00:07

2122

49.2 %

UNDERWOOD

ROBERT

M37

4724

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4512

2678

535

2:27:48

11:16

2:25:08

2731

40.8 %

NILES

IRVA

F41

7850

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4707

1969

151

2:34:57

11:49

2:27:24

1909

44.6 %

WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? by Christine Boutross

WHAT'S FOR LUNCH?

Christine Boutross

The question pops up every day! Whether it's for you or your loved ones, we just have to figure this one out, don't we? Those mornings when we are trying to get out the door on time and finding our papers and books and planners and matching shoes and socks, food sometimes gets left to the last minute! A key to creating new habits is to set yourself up for success. Here are some tips to help you on your way.

Plan. . .Plan. . . Plan
Your food and nutrition are too important to let them be an afterthought. Take some time on a day off and think about all of your meals for the week and make yourself a menu.
Then, do your grocery shopping so you know you have everything you need for the week. Every evening, prepare as much of tomorrow’s lunch as you can in advance, so that in the morning you have as little work as possible.

Invest in a thermos. A thermos is the right hand to a good lunch packer. Boil some water in the morning and pour it into the thermos to pre-heat it for around 10 minutes. While that is warming up, pick out some leftovers from dinner earlier in the week that will fit in your thermos, and warm them up. Then dump out the water out of your thermos and put in last night’s soup or stew, and ta-dah! - hot lunch!

On a hot day, pack your thermos with ice for 10 minutes and then fill it with yogurt and fresh fruit, and there you have it, summer paradise!

Make things like big salads in advance, and keep them fresh in a salad spinner in your fridge. You’re going to be much more likely to eat salad with lunch if it’s already made and sitting there smiling and waving at you in the morning while you figure out your lunch!

Keeping a supply of cooked whole grains, beans, and greens can make for quick and easy assembly of a lunch. Splash on a little olive oil and vinegar, or liquid amino acids such as Bragg's and you have a simple, fast, protein packed lunch. You can get a stackable bento box and make a pretty assembly of food that will have everyone at the office wishing you would pack their lunch for them in the morning, too.

Meet The Members: Michael Ring By: Amy Duquette

Meet The Members: Michael Ring
By: Amy Duquette

For a person who joined his high school track team as a way to get out of attending gym class, but later went on to run 15 consecutive NYC marathons, Michael Ring definitely was not a born-runner. However, he grew to love the sport. Brooklyn born and raised, Michael is now dedicated to running and to the Prospect Park Track Club as a board and committee member. His 15 marathons provide him automatic entry into the race every year, and “I plan on running it every year” he says. However, Michael had a rough start with marathoning, failing his first attempt as a teen, which led to a complete hiatus from running for ten years.

Michael considered himself a “…spaz in high school. I was not an athlete at all…no one in my family runs. But, if you got on a varsity team you could skip gym and get a 95 in the class. Track was the only sport that did not require a try-out.” That narrowed it down; he joined the Sheepshead Bay High track team. He never scored a point for the team, but “there is no bench warming in track and no matter when you finished the entire team is waiting and cheering for you, just like at the NYRR’s Team Championship race.” Somewhere in his sophomore or junior year his coach encouraged him to try a 5K race outside of high school competition. He finished this race in the middle of the pack rather than at the tail end where he came in among the very competitive high school competition. This new placement felt very satisfying.

High from his success and maybe biting off more than he could chew, at age 17 Michael attempted his first NYC marathon in 1979 “…without having heard of hydration or pacing. In Bed-Sty I got thirsty and drank water. Lots of water. Then I threw it all up in Queens.” While being taken care of by the medics, he passed out and remained laying on the cement for some time. This ‘DNF’ kept him away from running for the next decade. Currently, runners have to be over 18 to run the NYC marathon. “I like to think it was because of me” Michael jokes.
He went on to college and then graduate school at Stony Brook for his Master’s Degree in social work. While driving back home to NYC from school one November he got stuck in the marathon traffic. “I exploded with rage..hitting things and crying. It was a massive sense of incompletion and I decided that I needed to finish it.” He gave himself time to train, properly this time, for his next marathon. In 1993 he decided to “..run as long as I was conscious” and finished the task in 4:11. He has run every year since, as well as a few marathons outside of NYC. In 2000 he ran one on Randall’s Island consisting of 26 one mile loops. Only 9 competitors entered this race. Michael finished under 4 hours, a goal he had set for himself, finishing in 3:58. “I was not looking at the scenery, but just focusing on the race.” When asked how he got through 26 of the same loop, Michael attributed it to listening in on his wife’s birthing classes, which taught distinguishing between pain that is permanent versus pain that is not as a helpful factor. His twins Sabrina and Nicholas, were born that same year.

With the arrival of twins came a lack of sleep. He began to believe, “sleep is irrelevant. When I heard that alarm clock I’d say ‘just shake it off and run’.” As a new father he let go of his training goals and ran as often and as much as possible, but never two days in a row. “I never got injured training like this.”

He sees reasons for staying active through running on a broad scale. His twins are now 9 years old and his intensions are to keep up with the children, whom he stays out of work to care for. They run together now and he’d like to continue this as they get older. His son came to him at age 6 asking to run and his daughter has already stated that she wants to run the marathon with him one day. “I have a lot to lose by not being a fit parent.”

Michael continues to be “marathon ready with about two weeks notice.” He sees the marathon as a bit scary, “it’s like rolling the dice. You don’t really know what will happen. And other people are counting on me and planning their day around me. It’s the only time I feel pressure.” However, he likes the marathon distance and appreciates that “it’s the only race where everyone gets an award for perseverance.” Michael persevered in an ultra-marathon in 1998 completing 31 miles, 19 loops of Prospect Park lake. “The faster guys hung out afterward waiting for us all to finish.” Being able to interact with the elites of the sport is something that Michael finds unique to running.

This social aspect of running is one of Michael’s favorite parts. It’s his feeling that the sport is getting better as it welcomes more interaction and less “sizing up the competition” at the start lines. “If I were single and 25 again I think this would be a great place to find a date. Look, we’re all in our underwear, well, close, so we get that part out of the way. And we know we both like something of deep value; running.”

Being a part of a local track club encourages the social aspect of the sport as well. He will not forgot the call from then PPTC president Bobby Fischer, whom he did not even know at the time, after his first race back in 1993. “I did a 10 mile race in Central Park and he called me just to ask how it was. My family did not even call me!”

Michael currently cares for his children full time after having worked as a Dean of Students for over 18 years, but he does not see that as a job he’d go back to. He’d like to be a NYC tour guide, perhaps even a running tour guide, and actually has his license to do so. Running fills up much of the extra time he’s gained. His future running goals include breaking a four hour marathon again after the age of 60. This time would qualify him for Boston. “I don’t know if I’d run it. That’s irrelevant, I might, but I just want to qualify.”

Along with his odd beginnings as a runner and his long time love affair with the sport, Michael’s family thinks he’s “crazy because I choose not to work. I think if there is a scale of normalcy, I’m right outside that edge. I do say whatever I’m thinking…Hey, I’m a New Yorka.”

PPTC NYC Marathon Activities

As a group we will be running the last 10 miles of the course. We will meet at under the 59th Street Bridge and be ready to run by 8 a.m. As usual this run will be supported by a rolling aid station (captained by our own Diana Ortiz!). There will be Gatorade, cold water and energy food waiting for us before we enter the Willis Ave Bridge (1st Ave and 125th St) and as we enter Central Park (at Engineers Gate). At the “finish line” (the Tavern on the Green parking lot) there will be more goodies waiting for us. This event is free and open to the public. We just ask that you let us know if you are goanna join us. We do need a second car to make this work for all our runners. Can we count on you?
The importance of this run cannot be stressed enough. Seven days later you will be running this same route after covering 16 miles. You will have the memory of how easy and fun it was with fresh feet and how close the finish line is. This is also a great run for someone who is not running the NYC Marathon: It is a way to “have a taste” of the Marathon.
On the Thursday before the Marathon, the Shamrock Athletic Club usually has a great marathon pasta party at Buckley’s Restaurant, located on Nostrand Ave. and Avenue S, at 7pm and invites PPTC members to join them. As of this writing, arrangements have not been finalized but mark your calendars! Oh, did I mention that this affair is free of charge (except for a gratuity for the wait staff), thanks to the generous hosts — the Buckley Family. We will keep you posted – on the Runner’s Forum and email blast.
We are also renting our own buses to the start. They will be leaving from Prospect Park West and 9th Street and will take you to Fort Wadsworth. The cost is $10 for members $15 for “friends.” All seats are prepaid and go quickly. Members can reserve seats immediately; non-member reservations will be taken starting October 1st. There are no walk-ons – reservations are required.
If you are taking the PPTC bus, you will need to be at 9th Street and Prospect Park West by 6:15 a.m. to be checked in.

PPTC Supports 2 Reach the Beach Teams

On September 18th and 19th, 14 PPTC members are spending a long weekend running the length of the state of New Hampshire. They are participants on two relay teams - one all women, the other coed - who are competing in the 11th annual Reach the Beach relay. The race starts on Friday in northern New Hampshire at Cannon Mountain, passes by (but fortunately does not climb) Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeast, circles around Lake Winnipesaukee, one of the largest lakes in New England, and finally ends 210 miles and anywhere from 24 to 30 hours later at Hampton Beach, midway along New Hampshire's 18-mile (shortest in the U.S.) seacoast. About 400 teams with up to 12 runners each have entered the race.

During the relay, each runner will complete 3 separate legs that range from 3 to 9 miles in distance. Overall each person will cover a total of 14 to 22 miles during their runs. The terrain along the way varies significantly - often rolling hills and not a lot of flat until the last few miles. Everyone will have to endure at least one nighttime run, the luckiest having to complete their legs at 2, 3, 4 o'clock in the morning! They will get to spend lots of quality time with their teammates as they travel by van between the relay points.

The team captains, Corre Kombol and Staci Pearson, requested that PPTC help to defray some of the teams' travel costs, which includes van rental, gasoline and tolls, and food supplies. The PPTC Board has agreed to provide funding for their efforts. After the race is over, the club will reimburse $30 to each eligible PPTC member. To be eligible for the reimbursement, runners must be members since September 2008 or have represented the club in 3 races in 2009.

We wish them well in their efforts, and the teams have promised to provide a complete race report that will appear in a future newsletter.

THE INSIDE LOOP

THE INSIDE LOOP


TOM BYRNES and Friends

Coach Tony and Charlene pass along their congrats to all the PPTC members who ran and/or helped support the NYRRC Club Championship race Saturday August 8 in Central. Everyone ran their best and did the Club proud. The cheering section, refreshments and good companionship couldn't have been better! Tom Meany echoed similar sentiments the following morning, mentioning that even the kids that were supervised as their parents ran the 5 mile race seemed to enjoy the times.

What cell phones can do! Bobby Fisher checking in from Nova Scotia from the umteenth mile of his Nova Scotia bike tour Saturday August 8th.

Hey, did you know? Did you realize? We’re old and getting older! PPTC’s will be 40 !!! A new age group category! Imagine, the 40th anniversary of PPTC, 1970-2010. The anniversary committee already as been formed and the word at this point is that there’s always room for one more. Got PPTC memorabilia, artifacts, stories in your head, memories in your heart, pictures both of individuals and/or TEAM PPTC, when did you come on board, how long have you been running with PPTC, got any old Nike Waffle Trainers that were once ‘’the’‘ shoes to wear, old bibs from races ‘back in the day’...more to come about this at PPTC monthly meetings and in this newsletter.

Drug testing with USADA at the NYC Half, Wayne Bailey,Tom Byrnes, Natacha Ferrari and PPTC friends Randi Lass, Ric Pascarela, and Mike Potter.Up close and personal talking running, racing, and training with some of the country’s top athletes. Nice way to spend a Sunday morning in August. Interested in hooking up and volunteering with this, give Tom Byrnes a holler.

PPTC friend and former member Al Puma’s death in August brings PPTC sympathies and condolences to his family and friends.

On behalf of many PPTCers and friends, Jason Horowitz sums up the close of this summer’s Summer Speed Series 5K’s by thanking Michael Ring, the race director, the PPTC Board, many PPTC vols, as well as Al Goldstein himself,for continuing to make the summer speed series one of the most enjoyable experiences in competitive running
"The beautiful summer evenings, no hassle - showing up 15 minutes before the race,the comraderie among the runners after the race, supportive volunteers, 'This is what running should always be
about.' " Jason and the rest of us I'm sure are all looking forward to the continuation of this great PPTC tradition come next spring/
summer!

Helen Dole certainly had a lot to talk with her students about when they asked her to write that post vacation 500 words or less composition "‘What I Did on My Summer Vacation" on her first day back at work in her classroom . For the rest of us, it was more a matter of ''will she or wont she ?" Come back to the hood ,that is. A summer in Colorado is tough, hey, someone has to do it. Glad it could be PPTC's Helen Dole.

Hey all you speedoes and speedettes, do you swim? can you swim? Great cross training for runner’s tired and achey bodies and bones. Can you imagine swimming a 6.2 mile race ? Labor Day weekend Sunday September 6th Robert Matson spearheaded a group to hook up with USADA drug testng swimmers at an international 10k swimming competition out and back along the shore of Governor’s Island in lower NYC Harbor. Can't wait until Robert gets talks to talk about this one.

Thanks to Richard Weaver for passing along the news that former PPTC board member Susan Tomasi had surgery to her achilles tendon and had been in a cast for ten weeks just prior to having it removed at the end of August. She had to go to physical therapy and late August found her still unable to put any weight on her foot. We don't have any details of how the injury occurred but the
doctor thinks this merits Susan a better handicap at Harry’s Handicap on New Years day 2010 running. Heal well Susan.

Very early August 23rd, PPTCers Anne Perzeszty, Arthur Gonzalez and Doug Olney headed over to Flushing Meadows Park to compete in the first-ever NYRR Sprint Triathlon. It was worth the trip because all three placed in their age groups! Anne was 1st, Arthur finished 2nd, and Doug came in 3rd. Anne received an additional special recognition for being the oldest competitor. Next stop, Hawaii...........

Where did the summer heat go? Harry Murphy would always remind us that if you paid your dues running and training in July and August, come the cool autumn, you'd find yourself ready to rock and roll at those fall races.

See you out there PPTC!

Fitness Mind,Body,Spirit Games

Fitness Mind,Body,Spirit Games
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 4.0 Miles, 6.4 Kilometers
Date/Time: Sept.12 2009, 9:00/10:00
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 65 deg., 93% humidity, overcast.

14 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

TCHITCHUI

ETIENNE

M37

600

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

135

114

23

23:57

5:59

23:08

156

72.8 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

2226

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1547

1084

20

32:23

8:05

25:35

398

65.8 %

FERRARI

SANDRA

F35

3175

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1733

544

77

33:05

8:16

32:44

661

58.7 %

HOLDEN

TODD

M40

1266

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1924

1277

159

33:46

8:26

31:54

1274

52.7 %

PENDARVIS

MARK

M51

4466

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2075

1350

81

34:20

8:35

29:47

964

56.5 %

WILLIAMS

ERIC

M50

2639

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2228

1417

89

34:54

8:43

30:31

1072

55.1 %

KILLEEN

MARY ANNE P

F53

4807

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2645

1070

35

36:32

9:08

30:45

377

62.5 %

DE LEON

YVETTE

F41

5135

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2860

1222

93

37:21

9:20

35:48

1134

53.7 %

ANTOINE

VERONICA

F53

5018

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3144

1420

52

38:39

9:39

32:32

635

59.0 %

MENDOZA

BRIAN

M37

4414

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3205

1739

317

38:58

9:44

37:38

1790

44.7 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M65

5558

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3373

1778

20

39:56

9:59

30:42

1103

54.8 %

ISRAEL

JAMES F

M64

6832

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3594

1825

43

41:22

10:20

32:06

1303

52.4 %

TINOCO

MAJO

F33

6775

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3672

1834

436

41:54

10:28

41:42

1945

46.1 %

IREGBULEM

CHI

F36

7785

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4085

2168

327

46:42

11:40

46:02

2229

41.7 %

NYRR Henry Isola XC

NYRR Henry Isola XC
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 4.0 Miles, 6.4 Kilometers
Date/Time: August 30, 2009, 11:30 am
Location: Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NYC
Weather: 79 Degrees, 56% Humidity, Clear.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

WATSON

ANTHONY

M51

9527

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

33

31

2

27:16

6:49

23:39

13

71.2 %

SKLAREN

TYRONE

M62

9574

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

129

109

6

34:13

8:33

27:02

51

62.3 %

KOHLER-BRITTON

CHARLENE

F58

9526

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

226

68

3

47:29

11:52

37:23

44

51.4 %

Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run List by Team: PPTC

Percy Sutton Harlem 5K Run
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 3.1 Miles, 5.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: August 22, 2009, 8:30 am
Location: St. Nicholas Park, NYC
Weather: 74 Degrees, 98% Humidity, Calm.

3 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

SLOTWINER

DANIEL

M36

1318

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

537

442

83

24:39

7:57

23:58

506

53.7 %

BUTLER

SHONTAY

F29

3047

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1127

362

119

28:37

9:13

28:37

418

51.7 %

LESTER

TRACI

F43

3220

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1646

669

56

33:46

10:53

31:52

646

46.4 %

NYC Half-Marathon

Below are the "official results". It does not include the unofficial participants. A*****, P***, S**** and M******. We also had a quzai-bandit: Amy In the Moment.

NYC Half-Marathon
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers
Date/Time: August 16, 2009, 7:00 AM
Location: Central Park to Battery Park, NYC
Weather: 77 degrees, 74% humidity, wind, 6 mph.

17 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Country

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Net Time

Finish Time

Split Time

Split Time

Split Time

Split Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

SCOTT

SARAH

F32

1750

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

335

43

4

1:30:52

1:30:52

0:21:30

0:43:27

1:04:55

1:26:18

06:57

1:30:36

85

72.5

DESCHAMPS

MAGGIE

F45

1176

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

525

82

4

1:35:01

1:35:01

0:22:19

0:44:41

1:07:11

1:30:07

07:16

1:26:46

54

69.3

MCELREATH

TIMOTHY

M40

1532

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

800

658

109

1:39:05

1:39:05

0:22:53

0:45:28

1:08:08

1:33:30

07:34

1:35:06

678

59.8

AHLERS

JOERN

M42

8003

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

1407

1099

171

1:45:24

1:45:24

0:24:15

1:12:13

1:39:43

08:03

1:39:35

990

56.2

HERBST

MARIANNE

F27

2355

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

1494

333

107

1:46:12

1:46:12

0:24:36

0:49:50

1:15:32

1:40:47

08:07

1:46:12

500

62.0

MAZZUCHIN

DANIEL

M33

574

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

1537

1192

263

1:46:34

1:46:34

0:20:42

1:10:15

1:40:46

08:09

1:46:23

1574

55.6

LEVINE

MICHAEL

M40

3447

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

2287

1682

261

1:51:59

1:51:59

0:26:34

0:53:42

1:19:54

1:46:21

08:33

1:47:30

1672

52.9

SKLAREN

TYRONE

M62

2757

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

2570

1856

22

1:53:58

1:53:58

0:53:02

1:20:09

1:47:59

08:42

1:30:29

473

52.0

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR

M62

4289

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

3256

2240

26

1:57:56

1:57:56

0:27:45

0:55:12

1:22:52

1:51:42

09:01

1:33:38

612

50.2

TREADWAY

ROBERT

M41

2816

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

3423

2337

365

1:58:49

1:58:49

0:28:24

0:57:11

1:25:17

1:53:14

09:05

1:53:09

2243

49.8

CROWLEY

MARY

F50

4150

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

5807

2344

59

2:12:00

2:12:00

0:32:52

1:03:23

1:34:19

2:05:29

10:05

1:53:22

926

49.9

NICKLES

JOHN

M38

7637

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

5998

3535

711

2:13:18

2:13:18

0:30:13

1:01:37

1:34:49

2:07:03

10:11

2:09:58

3750

44.4

IM

JEANNIE

F41

10984

PPTC

NEW YORK

NY

U.S.A.

6044

2491

240

2:13:36

2:13:36

0:32:29

1:04:37

1:36:02

2:07:09

10:12

2:07:06

2221

49.3

ORTIZ

DIANA

F49

12223

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

7010

3058

155

2:19:28

2:19:28

0:30:32

1:03:15

1:37:11

2:12:25

10:39

2:01:18

1655

47.2

DE LEON

YVETTE

F40

9978

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

7648

3451

338

2:23:57

2:23:57

0:33:41

1:08:32

1:42:23

2:17:02

11:00

2:18:03

3250

45.7

CLARKE

TJANYSA

F34

7153

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

9069

4362

1060

2:38:49

2:38:49

0:36:08

1:13:26

1:52:18

2:31:10

12:08

2:37:28

4504

41.5

LESTER

TRACI

F43

8466

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

U.S.A.

9318

4539

432

2:42:23

2:42:23

0:35:07

1:16:17

1:54:21

2:34:52

12:24

2:31:37

4226

40.5

What you should know even if you are not me.

What you should know even if you are not me.

Michael Ring

News from the Communications / Technology Committee

I would like to document the different modes of communication the Prospect Park Track Club uses. Since I am on both committees I figured I would let you know what I know.

• We have a newsletter; “Around the Park”. It is made of paper and is mailed monthly. Any member can submit an article and it may be edited (with their involvement) for grammar or content. It also contains recent race results and lists which businesses give discounts to our members. Don’t forget, we are trying to save trees and stamps, so if you still want it mailed to you let me know.
• We use iContact to notify members of official announcements, via email
• We have a website. Check it out. www.pptc.org.
• We have a Blog; “www.pptcblog.blogspot.com”. It contains online versions of all of the newsletter articles and more. Blogs are interactive; readers may leave comments on all “Blog entries”. In our case comments are moderated because this is a “public Blog”. Anyone can read it, but we want to avoid “spam” and other ugliness.
• We have a Google group; this is vehicle for an Open Communication Forum by the members, and for the members. This group is not for official messages from PPTC, but for members to voice their opinions or concerns, post comments, connect with other runners, start a topic for discussion, or share new ideas that the entire PPTC membership can benefit. It can also be used to share “documents” like photos of our members. It is not “moderated” and can only be accessed by members of the club.
• We have a “club phone” 718-595-2049. It is just an answering machine. You can call it anytime to find out information about the club; you can leave a message or just listen to Ami’s voice.
• We have a membership meeting on the first Monday of each month (except for those months when a holiday falls on that date, such as September when Labor Day falls on the first Monday). The location is MetroSports Med, 263 7^th Avenue, between 5^th and 6^th Streets. We’re on the second floor and there are refreshments.
• Just in; we have a Flickr Pool. Got to flickr.com/groups/pptc_photos and upload and/or view PPTC related photos. This is public so keep it nice. Also, do not post the photo of anyone under the age of 18 without the parents’ permission.

I hope this information was helpful. It is all about interacting!

The Club Championship Five Mile Race

The Club Championship Five Mile Race
By Tom Meany

The Club Championship Five Mile Race
By Tom Meany

Saturday, August 8th, was sunny, breezy, 66 degrees, 54% humidity. What a great day for a race!

We had over 50 members descend on Central Park for the Club Team Championship and had close to 20 in each race. Many new members, unfamiliar with the course and what to expect, were thrilled to pass the PPTC banner with about 400 yds. to go, to our roaring cheers. Tyrone Sklaren said it pulled the sprint out of him. Many couldn’t decide which was more fun; cheering or being cheered.

Mark Crowther, our first male finisher had asked beforehand if there would be supervision for his 4 & 6 yr. old while he ran. I assured him, being an experienced parent, I would play Cowboys and Indians with his children, and he would find them safely tied to a tree. He brought them anyway.

Several parents brought their offspring; David Jones’ daughter informed me that she was 7 ¾ years old and Traci Lester’s daughter, Haley, holding court in her stroller, flashed her two new teeth in big smiles at all the excitement. The youths had as much fun as the adults.

There was Gatorade, water, watermelon, Fig Newtons, beef jerky and some spiked orange soda provided by Paul Soskind. Coralie, aka Coco, used this opportunity to her advantage in teaching proper “toasting.” Amy Duquette gave a brief demonstration on Chi Running, and has promised to make a more formal presentation at our next membership meeting.

We have some great pictures of all present around our Club banner on the side of this hill. In addition to a great turnout of runners, we had an army of supporters: Richard and Kathleen Weaver, Michael and Lila Rieman, Anne Perzeszty, Julio Zavala, Lenny Nemerofsky, Michael Ring, Brad Skillman, Eveline VanDer Meulen. Richard, Lenny, Michael Ring and Michael Rieman did double duty as supporters and runners!

It filled everyone with Club pride to see so many, happy, fun loving Club members doing the things we love doing most: running and supporting running.

THE INSIDE LOOP

THE INSIDE LOOP
TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS
Walking along the Prospect Park West, walking to downtown Brooklyn, on 9th street getting to the soops to pick up groceries, Priscilla Muller prefer to walk whether for her daily workouts or just to get to wherever she needs to go. Regards to PPTC from this very active walking lady.
Condolences to Helene Roth and family on the recent loss of her father.
Congrats to PPTC’s Sandy Ferrari and her peformance on the swim leg for her relay team at the recent NYC TRI. With the start delayed for twenty minute due to heavy downpours, Sandy might’ve been soaking wet before she even jumped into the Hudson!
Helen Dole had a blast on her summer trip to Colorado. Hooking up with the Boulder Trail Runners, she raced the Boulder West End 3k. According to Helen, the divisions were either "Family and Friends"
or "Elite Women" .Chosing to run with the Elite Women, Helen paid her dues. The
first place winner was 2004 Olympic Trials Marathon champion Colleen
De Reuck. "She's 45 and runs like the wind. I came in 22nd out of 34
runners and definitely was given some perspective."
Quote of the day from Helen:"I ran with pepper spray when I ran solo around dusk. There
had been several mountain lion sightings around the cabin I stayed in." Moral of the story here? Next time you see a squirrel crossing your path on the inside loop or a dog off the leash, it vould always be worse!
Look for Mike Ring’s latest installment currently appearing on Facebook "Running with the Gerbils", due out soon at your local pet shops and book stores. And speaking of pets, if you want one of the furry little baby gerbil makers, don’t be shy to ask Mike. He’ll only be so very glad to share the millions that might have taken over his apartment by the time you’re reading this. Hey, its kewl, I’m one of Mike’s Facebook friends. Dude!
Bobby Fisher knocked off another one, 75 miles of the ‘ Harlem Valley Century’ Sunday July 26th. Rode in weather much like they forecast in Ireland this time of year, ‘’some clouds, some wind, some sun, some rain, some fog..."
Thanks to Gil Torres for passing along the fact that Christine Boutross was named the top Pro trainer for all NYSC (111 of them) for the month of May.Congrats Christine !
Sean Rice off and running with advertising and registration for his Prospect Park Youth Running Club. FOR BOYS AND GIRLS AGES 6-13 interested in Cross Country Track and Field, Sean’s
Prospect Park Youth Running Club will hold a late registration date on Wednesday, September 9th, at Bishop Ford High School. Interested? Don’t delay! Email Midwoodtrack@aol.com
Thanks to Ron Rice's heads up about the upcoming RACE TO REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 6 . In honor of the victims who were tragically killed on 9-11, the Run To Remember Foundation announces the opening of registration for the World Trade Center Run to Remember, scheduled for Sunday, September 6, 2009. This event is a fund raiser for several organizations who continue to work hard to support the families and surviving victims, honor those who were killed, and provide other services within the 9-11 community. This event will be held on Governor's Island and it will feature a 5K Run, a 3K Family Fun Run & Walk, a Children's Fun Run, and many other family friendly activities. Participants will be able to personalize their running bibs to identify which 9-11 victim they are running to remember. For more information and to register, visit www.911RunToRemember.com
What’s new under the winter sun? Apparently the JINGLE BELL RUN/WALK for ARTHRITIS DECEMBER 6TH IN PROSPECT PARK. Shades of the original Jingle Bell Run back in the day, the predecessor of the Holiday Classic which morphed into the Turkey Trot, this year’ Jingle Bell Run/Walk offers participants a 3.1 mile (5K) run with a one mile walk followed by a post-walk celebration featuring awards ceremony, entertainment, food and valuable health-related information. This might be a good time for PPTC to come together and compare what we’re going to ask Santa for. For more information or to sign up today, please visit: www.jinglebellbrooklyn.com

See you on the roads!

There are some good hills in Brooklyn: the steep sidewalk leading up to the Brooklyn Promenade, Mile One of the Summer Speed Series Race, Union Street heading up to the Park, and the far edge of Greenwood Cemetery to name a few. But there aren’t mountains. I’m out West this summer and there are definitely mountains. Below is a journal of sorts, some insights into what it is like to run in Colorado.

The first day I ran in Colorado, after arriving from sea level a few days before, I ran a whopping two miles, at a very mellow pace. I live in a one-room wood cabin at 9,500 feet. There are limitless trails right outside my door, but that day I stuck to the boring dirt road. Adjusting to the lower levels of oxygen meant that speed and deft maneuvering on trails would have to wait. Running that first week felt a bit like what running felt like after I’d come back from knee surgery in high school. Mentally you know you should be able to go faster – you’ve done it before – but your body is telling you otherwise.

After about a week, I felt confident enough to try running with other people. My breathing wasn’t 100%, but I was feeling stronger. I ran several times with the Boulder Trail Runners. One day we ran a somewhat flat course at a conversational pace. The next time I joined them was for a Night Run. The run starts at 8:30 pm. There was a decent crowd, a dozen or so, and we set off. Soon we had our headlamps and flashlights turned on and we veered off the path intentionally. We ran for a few miles through a field with no sign of a path, just following our fearless leader. Occasionally you’d run into a small cactus, but mostly it was just grass and wildflowers. Eventually we met up with the trail, and returned to the parking lot. Half the group hopped in their cars and headed home, the other half set out to go for two more hours of night running. At one point, as we neared the parking lot, a runner went on the road for a moment. A fellow runner teased him, “Are you on the Boulder Road Runners now?” I responded, “I didn’t know there was a Road Runners club here.” In the dark, a voice responds, “Yeah, what is the point when you live around all these great trails?” The group seemed to sneer at the notion of roadrunners. I kept quiet.

One secret about mountain running is that it’s not always running. On another night run, we ran to the crest of a peak that overlooked the spectacular city skyline. That run included a fair amount of fast hiking as we scrambled our way up and down rocky trails. Sometimes running isn’t as efficient as speed hiking.

So far I’ve raced twice in Colorado. The first race was a 3K on city streets. I had the option of signing up for one of two divisions online: “Family and Friends” or “Elite Women.” I hesitated for a moment, but decided to go with the “Elite” category. Boulder is home to many sponsored athletes, as well as former college and Olympic standouts. Colleen De Reuck, the winner of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials, set a blazingly fast pace and won our 3K. I didn’t finish last, but suffice it to say, I wasn’t near the front of the pack. A coach I was talking to beforehand told me that fully adjusting to elevation takes up to six months. I’d been there for three weeks at that point, so I added that to my list of excuses for why I hadn’t fared too well in my first Colorado race of the summer. I was so inspired and happy to run in a race with such talent, though. My next race was a 10K on the trails of a local ski resort. Over 200 runners participated and there were giveaways, a huge breakfast, and beer at the end. That course was all up and down, barely a stretch of flat. But because it was also all trails, I barely felt sore the next day.

One other component of running in the mountains is the wildlife. On my runs I’ve seen marmot, hares, deer, and elk. There have been reported mountain lion sightings in the area where I live and run, but so far I haven’t seen one. I’m avoiding running at dusk when they like to hunt and catch their prey off-guard – and I’ve started running with pepper spray when I run alone. I’m pretty sure pepper spray won’t actually stop a mountain lion but it offers me some (false?) sense of protection.

As I’m writing this I received an email from the Boulder Trail Runners list-serve. It is too perfect an example of what running out here is like, so I’ll share it: “Hey guys, Anyone want to run to Nederland this weekend? Total
 distance would be 30ish miles, in probably 8ish hours. I'm totally flex on start time, so long as we're certain to get to Ned 
in time to catch a bus back to Boulder. Daytime, nighttime, whatevah. I'm not picky about pace, either. I can probably do it in 7 hours; and
 would be perfectly fine with spending 11-12. No worries either way. :-)” I won’t be joining him, but I’m sure he’ll have company. Never mind that the elevation gain on that run is over 4,000 feet!

I am a big fan of Prospect Park Track Club. I enjoy the races, the camaraderie, the sense of community, and the-get-you-out-the-door-on-a-cold-day-because-people-are-waiting-for-you mentality that goes along with being part of such a vibrant running club. I look forward to joining you all back on the hills of Brooklyn this autumn.

Cleansing & Detox

Cleansing & Detox

By Christine Boutross

You've probably heard the words "detox" and "cleanse" a lot recently. They're pretty big buzzwords in the nutrition field. But what do they actually mean? The words themselves are pretty interchangeable. Let's start with dictionary definitions from Merriam-Webster.

Cleanse: to rid of impurities by or as if by washing

Detox: to free from an intoxicating or an addictive substance, or dependence on such a substance

Pretty much the same thing, right? So “cleansing” and “detox” mean taking out toxins and addictive stuff, like sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and chemicals (coined “SNACCs” by detox doctor Elson Haas). But removing toxins is only one side of the cleansing equation. The other side, which is just as crucial, is adding in nutrient dense whole foods. So the formula is simple – reduce SNACCs, increase whole foods.

Now, keeping our formula in mind, there are different degrees of cleansing. You can go out in the desert and live on water for 40 days to cleanse, or you can simply eliminate one food that you rely on every day. It could be your morning bagel, your 3pm mocha latte or the fast-food drive through lane you find yourself in on the way home from work.

Remember, eliminating toxins is only one side of the equation. So you’ve decided which SNACC you are getting rid of. Great! Now what do you add to your daily diet? We suggest green vegetables, and lots of them! Some examples of green vegetables are kale, collard greens, dandelion greens, spinach, and arugula. They are the foods most missing in modern diets, and are loaded with beneficial phytochemicals and cleansing fiber. You may be thinking “But I don’t have time to cook green vegetables.” Not to worry! This month’s Food Focus – wheatgrass – shows you a great shortcut to getting more green veggie power into your diet everyday.”

Food Focus: Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass first became widely known in the West in the 1930s, when a man named Charles Schnabel began touting its benefits. Schnabel claimed “15 pounds of wheatgrass is equivalent to 350 pounds of the choicest vegetables.” Although science hasn’t proven that claim, it has proven that wheatgrass has one of the highest concentrations of nutrients and is the fastest and easiest grass to grow. The best to way to absorb its goodness is by extracting the juice.

Wheatgrass works by filling nutritional gaps in the diet and cleansing the blood. It is high in vitamins A, C and E, containing the same amount of vitamin C as an orange. It is also an excellent source of essential B vitamins, which are necessary for normal brain and body development. Wheatgrass juice also contains many essential minerals (calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, sodium) that are necessary for healthy bones, teeth, hair and skin.

Wheatgrass juice contains natural enzymes, which help the body’s defense mechanism by strengthening cells and removing poisons from the blood stream. It helps eliminate toxins accumulated from eating processed food, breathing polluted air and drinking impure water. Wheatgrass is approximately 70% crude chlorophyll, which can alkalize the body and have a highly energizing effect.

Wheatgrass also has a dilating effect on the blood vessels, allowing blood to flow more easily. This improved circulation means valuable nutrients can be distributed more efficiently throughout the body. It also has an effect on red blood cells, increasing the iron content in the blood.

Where To Get Wheatgrass

• Juice bars (Jamba Juice, Robek’s Juice) sell shots of wheatgrass
• Whole Foods Markets carry frozen wheatgrass juices in individual containers
• Grow your own wheatgrass at home (http://www.growwheatgrass.com/)

How to Take Wheatgrass

• Take on an empty stomach
• Start with a quarter of a shot and build up to a full shot, gradually
• Follow with a glass of water
• Mix with other vegetable juices, such as celery, parsley and spinach

Recipe: Simply Green Juice
from www.wheatgrassforlife.com

Ingredients:
Stalk of celery
4 large spinach leaves
Half cup parsley 2-3 inch round of wheatgrass
1/4 cup water (optional)

Directions:

• Wash greens thoroughly, cut up celery and juice
• Dilute with water if desired

Build Up – Don’t Break Down

Build Up – Don’t Break Down
Paul Soskind

As the fall season of racing approaches, many of us seek to increase our level of training to meet the challenges of marathons and other long races. To have success at such endeavors entails training that will ensure the outcome of an injury-free race and recovery.

There are several ways to achieve this that involves buildups of total mileage, intensity of effort and devotion. These can be incorporated simultaneously into your training if you follow a few simple guidelines.

Mileage should only be increased by 5-10% on a weekly basis, usually over a 6-10 week period with the last 10 days before “the race” as a gradual tapering down.

Duration should include building up over the same period to at least 10% over the time you expect to be on your feet to complete your race, e.g., if you are shooting for a four hour New York City Marathon, work up to a long run where you ignore your mileage but are on your feet for 4 hours and 20 minutes.

Intensity is the most difficult and potentially dangerous aspect of this training. It could include tempo runs at race pace, but at shorter distances than the race distance; speed workouts including races of 5K to 25K at faster than marathon pace to sharpen up and become accustomed to prolonged, sustained quality effort or interval training.

Interval training ideally should be done on an all-weather track because the distance you cover is precise and you will be able to use segments of the track (100m, 200m, 300m) for recovery jogs before commencing the next interval. It is also a softer, more forgiving surface. Alternatively, you can do intervals with timed running. For example, if you are planning a 3:15 marathon: mile intervals at seven minute pace with five minute recoveries; 1/2m intervals at 3:30 pace with two minute recoveries; 1/4m intervals at 1:45 with one minute recoveries. As you become more adept and your fitness level increases, you can increase the number of interval repeats.

In all three forms of buildup, beware of overtraining. What can start as a minor annoyance can become an injury that prevents you from racing. Back off; be prudent; show patience and you will be able to re-intensify and achieve your racing goals.

Beating the Clock

Beating the Clock

Paul Soskind

Father Time challenges us to beat him,

Ignoring rhyme or reason,

Weather, heat, cold or season

In pursuit of that ever elusive

Personal best

Which, if we ignore his admonitions

Of torture, aches and self-imposed pain

He will inflict upon us the bain

Of the breakdown lane.

NYRR Team Championships

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and this great photo from Coralie Dartigues's FaceBook

and some more from Pat Perlo




NYRR Team Championships-Women
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 5.0 Miles, 8.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: August 8, 2009, 10:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 66 degrees, 54% humidity, clear

19 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

DESCHAMPS

MAGGIE

F45

1015

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

61

61

4

33:23

6:40

30:55

48

78.2 %

ROSENBERG-BERAN

REBECCA

F27

1049

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

96

96

32

35:00

7:00

35:00

151

69.1 %

DARTIGUES

CORALIE

F29

1081

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

121

121

38

36:04

7:12

36:04

182

67.0 %

HANSEN

DANIELLE

F45

2026

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

143

143

14

36:52

7:22

34:09

136

70.8 %

HERBST

MARIANNE

F27

3026

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

160

160

49

37:44

7:32

37:44

236

64.1 %

DUQUETTE

AMY

F30

2017

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

260

260

41

41:39

8:19

41:38

344

58.1 %

O'ROURKE

KATHLEEN

F48

3077

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

273

273

28

42:12

8:26

37:49

239

63.9 %

FERRARI

SANDRA

F35

4023

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

284

284

39

42:40

8:32

42:13

355

57.3 %

JNO BAPTISTE

MARVLYN

F45

2034

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

288

288

30

42:48

8:33

39:39

297

61.0 %

BLADES

FREIDA

F49

5003

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

304

304

34

43:30

8:42

38:31

262

62.8 %

CANALE

ELIZABETH

F59

4012

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

335

335

10

45:19

9:03

35:11

156

68.7 %

BUTLER

SHONTAY

F29

5009

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

366

366

92

47:07

9:25

47:07

431

51.3 %

RODRIGUEZ

ELBA

F55

4058

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

407

407

22

49:09

9:49

40:18

317

60.0 %

ANTOINE

VERONICA

F53

5001

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

416

416

36

50:08

10:01

42:12

354

57.3 %

LESTER

TRACI

F43

5037

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

442

442

51

52:02

10:24

49:06

454

49.2 %

NILES

IRVA

F41

6083

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

446

446

52

52:19

10:27

50:09

461

48.2 %

KOHLER-BRITTON

CHARLENE

F58

6044

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

450

450

26

52:57

10:35

41:41

345

58.0 %

IREGBULEM

CHI

F36

7022

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

475

475

62

58:01

11:36

57:11

488

42.3 %

FERRARI

NATACHA

F35

7015

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

480

480

63

59:33

11:54

58:56

491

41.0 %

And Men!

NYRR Team Championships-Men
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 5.0 Miles, 8.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: August 8, 2009, 9:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 66 degrees, 54% humidity, clear

17 matches found.

Click any blue heading to sort the list. AG = Age Graded.

Last Name

First Name

Sex/ Age

Bib

Team

City

State

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

CROWTHER

MARK

M38

1141

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

240

240

45

31:01

6:12

29:45

302

71.7 %

ABRAMS

WILLIAM

M52

11

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

290

290

15

32:05

6:25

27:36

151

77.2 %

WATSON

ANTHONY

M51

2103

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

331

331

16

32:45

6:33

28:24

208

75.0 %

MCELREATH

TIMOTHY

M40

3061

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

366

366

53

33:22

6:40

31:32

436

67.6 %

JONES

DAVID

M46

4144

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

471

471

54

35:13

7:02

31:47

450

67.0 %

TOBIN

TOM

M55

4140

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

500

500

16

35:55

7:11

30:09

332

70.7 %

DELEO

FRANK E

M56

4128

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

559

559

24

37:09

7:25

30:55

390

68.9 %

SKLAREN

TYRONE

M62

5098

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

612

612

21

38:13

7:38

30:11

335

70.6 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

5039

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

654

654

23

39:46

7:57

31:25

425

67.8 %

PRAWDA

AL

M62

5083

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

660

660

25

39:57

7:59

31:34

438

67.5 %

BAUMGARTNER

EDMUND

M43

4005

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

684

684

102

41:29

8:17

38:19

723

55.6 %

RIEMAN

MICHAEL E

M66

6082

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

749

749

11

45:17

9:03

34:30

601

61.8 %

NICKLES

JOHN

M38

6071

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

750

750

109

45:18

9:03

43:27

786

49.0 %

PENDARVIS

MARK

M50

7069

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

758

758

68

45:48

9:09

40:03

749

53.2 %

RING

MICHAEL I

M46

6083

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

787

787

96

50:03

10:00

45:11

798

47.2 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M65

7083

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

790

790

15

50:52

10:10

39:07

736

54.5 %

WEAVER

RICHARD

M69

7097

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

805

805

18

1:01:26

12:17

45:28

802

4