A great day for PPTC

At our coach's advice we made a strong showing at the JFK Runway Run. Click here for the results. Note that we finished 6, 14, 21, 30, 42 47, 53, 61, 68, 120, 171, 196, 210, and 241 out of less than 600 runners. (I hope they do not adjust the results and mess my my list!). The awards ceremony was like the PPTC show. Here is the quote from coach Tony"

Dear Runners,

Congratulations to all who smoked the JFK race today. PPTC rules!!! Lots & lots of hard earned hard ware....

Let's plan to do it again,

Best,

Tony

Go Team.

ChickenUnder and One Runner's World were both there, but if you read their blogs it looks like they were at two different races. Click here for some I-phone photos from Frank.

This official photo was also on the JFK Rotary website:


We also had a massive showing in the Run As One 4M:

List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 4.0 Miles, 6.4 Kilometers
Date/Time: April 19, 2009, 9:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 58 degrees, 64% humidity, overcast.

23 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

622

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

63

58

11

23:47

5:56

22:58

83

73.3 %

OBRIEN

CHRISTOPHER

M39

394

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

235

220

44

26:02

6:30

24:47

239

67.9 %

BAUMGARTNER

EDMUND

M42

1589

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

583

527

64

27:52

6:58

25:56

426

64.9 %

REYNAR

JEFF

M39

1651

PPTC

NEW YORK

NY

639

578

126

28:05

7:01

26:44

609

63.0 %

BUTLER

GENERAL

M29

5073

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2749

2037

382

33:44

8:26

33:42

2539

49.9 %

TREADWAY

ROBERT

M40

6638

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3060

2194

300

34:21

8:35

32:27

2250

51.9 %

RIEMAN

MICHAEL E

M65

4427

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3279

2306

11

34:48

8:42

26:45

610

62.9 %

KILLEEN

MARY ANNE P

F52

5275

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3305

985

23

34:51

8:42

29:43

226

64.7 %

SANDIFORD

JENNIFER

F49

4449

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3344

1007

34

34:56

8:44

30:56

389

62.1 %

STROBEL

SONIA

F33

6904

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3392

1029

251

35:02

8:45

34:52

1243

55.1 %

FREYTOR

IGOR

M35

3196

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3589

2473

472

35:28

8:52

34:42

2746

48.5 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M65

10468

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4504

2843

21

37:32

9:23

28:52

1147

58.3 %

BUTLER

SHONTAY

F29

9204

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5017

1997

648

38:45

9:41

38:45

2259

49.6 %

UNDERWOOD

ROBERT

M36

7525

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5121

3065

565

39:00

9:45

37:56

3221

44.4 %

RODRIGUEZ

ELBA

F55

5435

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5129

2063

18

39:02

9:45

32:00

553

60.0 %

IM

JEANNIE

F41

7248

PPTC

NEW YORK

NY

5374

2229

192

39:41

9:55

38:02

2063

50.5 %

NILES

IRVA

F41

10122

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5490

2315

196

40:03

10:00

38:23

2151

50.0 %

NICKLES

JOHN

M38

4373

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5539

3196

586

40:12

10:03

38:33

3278

43.6 %

CASO

ELIZABETH

F50

1067

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5987

2648

81

41:49

10:27

36:34

1707

52.5 %

LESTER

TRACI

F42

8618

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

6146

2771

231

42:26

10:36

40:22

2618

47.6 %

TINOCO

MAJO

F33

10537

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

6497

3017

721

44:11

11:02

43:58

3177

43.7 %

NALES

ROSA E

F75

10096

PPTC

STATEN ISLAND

NY

6998

3389

2

48:13

12:03

29:02

164

66.2 %

FRAZIER

PAMELA

F33

11403

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

7453

3721

879

58:34

14:38

58:17

3757

32.9 %

Homecoming Scotland Run 10K

List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 6.2 Miles, 10.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: April 11, 2009, 10:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC

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 %

GREENE

GARY R.

M54

250

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

589

531

23

42:38

6:52

36:05

172

74.3 %

DESCHAMPS

MAGGIE

F45

1138

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

903

100

7

44:30

7:10

41:14

79

73.5 %

MCELREATH

TIMOTHY

M39

1422

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1068

943

197

45:27

7:19

43:16

951

62.0 %

BAUMGARTNER

EDMUND

M42

2052

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1149

1004

134

45:53

7:24

42:43

860

62.8 %

VAN HATTEM

PIETER

M35

690

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1275

1102

232

46:30

7:30

45:30

1347

58.9 %

TOBIN

TOM

M54

2681

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1426

1229

49

47:12

7:36

39:57

488

67.1 %

SKLAREN

TYRONE

M61

3637

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2076

1694

20

49:48

8:01

39:42

454

67.6 %

POPE

FRANCIS

M36

11596

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3069

2312

485

53:02

8:33

51:35

2535

52.0 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

3235

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3432

2509

36

54:13

8:44

42:50

873

62.6 %

SUN

GERALD T

M65

5661

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4303

2939

12

56:56

9:10

43:47

1047

61.3 %

RIEMAN

MICHAEL E

M65

5569

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4482

3025

13

57:30

9:16

44:13

1133

60.7 %

DE VRIES

TINEKE

F41

7165

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4619

1539

110

57:54

9:20

55:30

1374

54.6 %

FREYTOR

IGOR

M35

4227

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4670

3097

621

58:03

9:21

56:49

3299

47.2 %

CANALE

ELIZABETH

F58

6085

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4695

1589

15

58:08

9:22

45:46

219

66.2 %

CLARK

ROLAND

M47

8106

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4798

3140

281

58:28

9:25

52:22

2673

51.2 %

TREADWAY

ROBERT

M40

6667

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5312

3352

451

1:00:14

9:42

56:55

3312

47.1 %

PIERSON

STACI

F35

8514

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5447

2045

275

1:00:44

9:47

1:00:06

2193

50.4 %

HOLDEN

TODD

M39

1280

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

5491

3415

690

1:00:57

9:49

58:01

3430

46.2 %

DE LEON

YVETTE

F40

8145

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

6069

2470

192

1:03:28

10:14

1:01:15

2379

49.5 %

Spring News in Prospect Park

First big news is that there is a big blue tent in the parking lot. That means the UniverSoul Circus in here. Yep, till April 26. It is always good to have more people in Prospect Park, but watch out for extra traffic. It looks like Well House Drive is being used for parking.


But have no fear, traffic is being controlled in an appropriate way. (I thought that sign looked good in front of that budding tree.)



It is kinda cool to here circus music for about a mile if the loop!









Last week I reported on the arrival of flowing drinking water in Prospect Park. Now I can confirm that the (very) portable portapotties have returned.













Anybody giving me a hard time about my photography get more pictures emailed to them;-)

Run for the Parks 4M List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 4.0 Miles, 6.4 Kilometers

Date/Time: April 5, 2009, 8:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 45 Deg. 56% Hum. 7 MPH Clear

10 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

279

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

90

89

20

24:48

6:12

24:30

174

68.7 %

JNO BAPTISTE

MARVLYN

F45

2310

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2436

696

31

34:43

8:40

32:10

463

59.7 %

RODRIGUEZ

ELBA

F55

4988

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3379

1206

12

37:09

9:17

30:28

246

63.1 %

FERRARI

SANDRA

F35

4184

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3558

1312

205

37:37

9:24

37:13

1451

51.6 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M65

8546

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3694

2295

13

37:59

9:29

29:12

996

57.6 %

DE LEON

YVETTE

F40

6137

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3840

1494

141

38:26

9:36

37:05

1421

51.8 %

NILES

IRVA

F41

6454

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4216

1738

171

39:57

9:59

38:18

1677

50.2 %

KOHLER-BRITTON

CHARLENE

F57

6344

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4348

1833

26

40:29

10:07

32:19

485

59.5 %

LESTER

TRACI

F42

6970

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4851

2187

204

43:25

10:51

41:18

2116

46.5 %

NALES

ROSA E

F75

8396

PPTC

STATEN ISLAND

NY

5382

2576

2

48:51

12:12

29:25

157

65.3 %

Can someone help me with this??

F. Y. I. - Stars and Bars - Question - NYTimes.com

Q. I know that for certain events, like the marathon and games at Madison Square Garden, traffic lights are set to run in unusual ways. How often does it happen?

A: Although it happens a lot for sports events, there are no ironclad rules. The city’s Department of Transportation adjusts lights every day, whether for rush hour, a motorcade or the marathon, according to Nicole Garcia, a department spokeswoman.......

Does this person think that the lights are all green for the runners during a road race?

PPTC General Meeting News

NYRR CEO Mary Wittenberg and members of her staff will be at our April 6th General Meeting. Here’s an opportunity to ask questions or raise the concerns you have regarding NYRR and running in NYC. To make the most of the time we will have that evening, it would be best to get those questions/concerns to Mary before the meeting to ensure on-the-spot response and avoid most, if not all, “I’ll have to get back to you on that” answers. Put them in an email to contact@pptc.org and we’ll combine all the information and send it in in plenty of time before the meeting. And mark your calendar!

And ther e is more - Ballots will be counted at the April 6th meeting and you st ill have time to vote. Your ballot must be postmarked by April 2nd to ensure it arrives in time or you can bring it with you to the meeting. Do not remove the ballot number; it is there to ensure it is an official ballot. There is no cross-check list so your anonymity is safe. See you on April 6th.

So, if you have not mailed in your ballot yet.... Don't. Bring it to the meeting!

Thanks Gil!

In 3 weeks Gill took about 20 people from "Hi I wanna start running" to a basic understanding of warming up, stretching, correct form and pacing techniqus.

This group will continue to meet Saturday mornings and we are looking forward to some of them will be joining our "long runs" soon.

Way to go Gil

Breaking News.

The 5K race - May 2, 2009 - 10 a.m to 1 p.m.

The 5K race - May 2, 2009 - 10 a.m to 1 p.m.

Maybe not such a competitive event but could be lots of fun for kids and all of the proceeds got to The PTA of your choice.

This looks like more than just a race. You can Race/Walk/Kid Bike. There will be a post race brunch.

Colon Cancer 4M and 15K Challenge List by Team: PPTC

We also had some blogging Amy felt GREAT! and Rebecca finished 3rd in her Age Group. It also looks like Mike Rieman has returned to racing after breaking his arm last time he competed in Central Park


Colon Cancer 4M Challenge
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 4.0 Miles, 6.4 Kilometers
Date/Time: March 22, 2009, 9:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: Nice

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 %

SUN

GERALD T

M65

2842

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

689

504

5

34:28

8:37

26:30

134

63.5 %

RIEMAN

MICHAEL E

M65

2733

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

817

570

7

35:29

8:52

27:17

181

61.7 %

RODRIGUEZ

ELBA

F55

3717

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1070

386

14

37:32

9:23

30:47

83

62.4 %

RIVERA

JUAN

M55

2738

PPTC

NEW YORK

NY

1119

707

35

37:55

9:28

31:49

492

52.9 %

FREYTOR

IGOR

M35

2289

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1211

742

152

38:39

9:39

37:49

818

44.5 %

UNDERWOOD

ROBERT

M36

4864

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1292

773

161

39:19

9:49

38:15

837

44.0 %

DAZA

FRANCESCA

F65

6200

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1782

845

5

46:31

11:37

33:04

186

58.1 %

FERRARI

NATACHA

F35

6277

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1959

979

229

55:22

13:50

54:47

996

35.0

Colon Cancer 15K Challenge
List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 9.3 Miles, 15.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: March 22, 2009, 10:15 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: Nice

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 %

ROSENBERG-BERAN

REBECCA

F26

1715

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

159

12

5

1:04:38

6:56

1:04:38

31

71.4 %

SKLAREN

TYRONE

M61

2816

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

693

547

5

1:15:10

8:04

1:00:04

124

68.5 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

1305

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

829

636

10

1:17:08

8:17

1:01:04

141

67.3 %

JNO BAPTISTE

MARVLYN

F45

1414

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

885

219

9

1:17:59

8:23

1:12:15

126

63.9 %

DUQUETTE

AMY

F30

1213

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

911

234

59

1:18:21

8:25

1:18:19

308

58.9 %

MCSHERRY

MARK

M46

1559

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1045

749

83

1:20:38

8:40

1:13:17

661

56.1 %

ANTOINE

VERONICA

F53

4026

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1708

686

20

1:30:28

9:43

1:16:10

227

60.6 %

FERRARI

SANDRA

F35

3245

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1870

794

135

1:33:33

10:03

1:32:35

857

49.8 %

MENDOZA

BRIAN

M36

3575

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1898

1083

226

1:34:24

10:09

1:32:36

1139

44.4 %

DE VRIES

TINEKE

F40

3193

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1907

823

78

1:34:33

10:10

1:31:16

816

50.6 %

HOLDEN

TODD

M39

1377

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1933

1091

227

1:35:10

10:13

1:31:22

1124

45.0 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M65

6820

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1983

1107

12

1:36:21

10:21

1:14:10

691

55.4 %

In Case Your Ballot Was Damaged

If your ballot for the April 2009 PPTC elections was seriously damaged in the mail, here is what to do: 1- Notify Mike Rieman of the damage (MERieman@aol.com) . Please provide your home address, especially if you are have joined PPTC within the last three months. 2- Mike will mail you a replacement ballot. Please save the damaged ballot if possible and return it along with your replacement ballot.
The deadline remains the same: Ballots should be postmarked no later than April 2, 2009.

Another election issue: do not remove the ballot numbers. Ballots returned without numbers cannot be counted. The numbers are there to ensure that the ballots are not copies but are the official ones. Be assured your anonymity is safe. There is no master list of names that might be used to cross check numbers to names.
Thanks

NYRR 8000 Our results

List by Team: PPTC

Distance: 4.9 Miles, 8.0 Kilometers
Date/Time: March 14, 2009, 8:00 am
Location: Central Park, NYC
Weather: 35deg., 61% hum.,wing sw 5mph

Search Results Wheelchair Finishers Award Winners Statistics

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

375

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

243

220

53

33:09

6:40

32:46

365

65.1 %

OBRIEN

CHRISTOPHER

M39

423

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

358

326

71

34:06

6:51

32:27

331

65.7 %

TOBIN

TOM

M54

1943

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

862

748

25

37:21

7:30

31:34

253

67.4 %

MCELREATH

TIMOTHY

M39

1505

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

928

796

180

37:45

7:35

35:56

839

59.3 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

2311

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1473

1172

14

40:19

8:06

31:51

283

66.9 %

MCSHERRY

MARK

M45

1514

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

1587

1245

130

40:50

8:12

37:09

1034

57.4 %

FREYTOR

IGOR

M35

2278

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2350

1676

333

44:06

8:52

43:09

1864

49.4 %

POPE

FRANCIS

M36

6592

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2612

1799

357

45:19

9:07

44:05

1954

48.3 %

RIEMAN

MICHAEL E

M65

3660

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2642

1818

14

45:26

9:08

34:56

680

61.0 %

RIVERA

JUAN

M55

2669

PPTC

NEW YORK

NY

2756

1871

53

45:54

9:14

38:31

1221

55.3 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M65

6707

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3291

2077

20

48:13

9:42

37:05

1021

57.5 %

TREADWAY

ROBERT

M40

4801

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3467

2136

283

49:08

9:53

46:26

2155

45.9 %

ANTOINE

VERONICA

F53

5025

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4062

1727

61

53:46

10:49

45:16

984

53.4 %

TINOCO

MAJO

F33

6769

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4285

1893

436

57:24

11:32

57:08

1947

42.3 %

IREGBULEM

CHI

F35

6348

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

4413

1990

295

1:01:41

12:24

1:01:02

2025

39.6 %

Great Job Gil Torres!!!

I just got back from the first installment of the Beginner's Runners Workshop. I ain't no beginner but I sure got some learning.

About 20 newbies showed up and all had a great time. For some it was there fist loop around the Park.

Next week there will be lessons on interval training (or fartleks for us oldsters).

All welcome!

Beginners' Workshop Series Kicks Off
First in Three-Part Series Begins Saturday

Gil Torres, Kirsten Marino and Katie Muladore will be leading a three-session workshop starting this Saturday, March 14th, at 8 a.m. designed specifically for beginner runners. This pilot program is in collaboration with Slope Sports and grew directly from our success with the joint group runs. We are reaching out to runners who feel they are too slow or inexperienced to do long outings with the big group. Each session will illustrate practical tips that will help runners stick with a program, develop good technique and progress gradually and safely towards their goals. All paces are welcome. We’ll be regrouping at specific points along the run and nobody will be left behind. We’ll meet on the sidewalk at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park. The program is free and we encourage you to attend all three sessions. Non-club members are welcome.

Can we recruit this guy?

Our group runs will never be boring

What if.....

What if it snowed like this last week when we put on the Cherry Tree Race? We invited over 700 people to the park for a 10 mile race. I am really glad we did not have to answer that question. But the park sure was beautiful today.

The plows came by at 8:45AM . Unfortunately, I stepped to the wrong side of the plow as it passed. So I got plowed.