December 2009 THE INSIDE LOOP TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

December 2009
THE INSIDE LOOP
TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

Had to slow the bike to his pace to chat with PPTCer John Lothrop who was extending his stay in Brooklyn after coming down from Maine to see the NYC marathon. A road warrior from ‘back in the day’ if ever there was one. 

Lots of good times at 2009's NYC marathon but remember, ‘back in the day’, Danny Doherty ‘s time of 2:31 for 26.2 still garners PPTC’s acclaim for the marathon distance. Apparently a few other PPTC runners have been faster but as they say, ‘where are they now?" Danny still lives in Windsor Terrace with Clair and family!

Check out the race results for PPTC performances at the Philly Marathon the weekend before Thanksgiving. Mark Crowther, Brad Stillman, Doron Kentner,Edmund Baumgartner, and Ami Hassler leading PPTC’s fleet feet contingent to the city of Dick Clarke’s ‘American Bandstand. American Bandstand? If you have to ask, you’re not old enough to understand.

As of 11-11-09 , not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse, at least not in the back parking lot of the YMCA on 8^th street where the new olympic- sized swimming pool is supposed to be constructed. That oldie but goodie song, how did it go again? "Any day now, any day now......."
Delays? Lots of us cant figure out what’s holding up the opening of the 15^th street armory for the running public as well. Some insiders mention the City’s logistical issues . Most likely school kids from the neighboring public schools will get to christen the 200 yard oval track before the running public gets to pound the pavement there but hey, when when when..........

Winter running, winter running, if you hibernate , you lose. The older you get, the harder it is to come back after a winter layoff. The key to running through the winter is to just run through the winter. Check the temps, check the windchill ,dress for the conditions, and then get out the door! Hats, gloves, tights, layered clothing, no moisture absorbing cotton next to your skin, socks, suntan lotion on your exposed skin, reflectors if you’re going to run after dark, hey, if anyone asks you what you want from Santa , there you go! PPTC will be out there on the roads all winter long, need to hook up? Get thee to the PPTC-open-forum site and grovel for company. I could never see how Doug Olney could get up and out to the park before dawn with windchill and temps in the single digits but then again, he could never see how I could run with windchill and temps in the single digits after a hard day’s work. You choose your poison, before work or after work, but hey, choose it or lose it! 

Looks like this year was a banner year for PPTC’s Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving day. The park’s roads never saw as many runners that showed up this year to run the new and improved 5 mile course. The word is out that this is the way to start Thanksgiving Day. Many thanks to all the PPTC members and friends and Bishop Ford student volunteers who made this happen.

This year the Prospect Park Wildlife Center’s Tom the Turkey awoke on Thanksgiving morn and barely saw his shadow which ensured that PPTC’s Harry’s Handicap would indeed take place on the first morning of the new year, January 1 2010 . Welcome the new year in by running an inside loop of the park with PPTC members, friends, and family with a headstart handicap bestowed with the idea that if all goes according to plan, everyone will approach the finish line withing striking distance of each other.. Runners with large handicaps toe the start line first with runners with less of a handicap following. 2009 was Tom Byrnes’ gift year and the handicap he received was definitely a present from Santa. Hey, it’s a race but its not really a race if you know what I mean.Someone comes in first, others finish later, the point is that we’re all off and running , a time with the PPTC family on the first day of the new year. After the running, food and desserts back at race headquarters.We used to serve up XXX egg nog but after reports of hangovers that lasted through the following week, the egg nog custom was voted out. Harry’s Handicap has been a PPTC new years day tradition for FORTY years , even as far back as when some of the younger members might’ve still been in diapers. Or should I say pampers! So just leave a little bit of wiggle room in your New Year’s Eve celebrating to fit this one in the next morning. This is the best way to start 2010 off on the right foot, hungover or not. 

And speaking of pampers, Susan Kegg-Eastman’s son Gabriel just entered the terrible two’s although Susan’s emails from Flagstaff Arizona indicate that Gabriel seems to have been in training for this milestone for the past six months. PPTC’s future, they keep coming and coming.......
Make your list of running resolutions for 2010 yet? What are you waiting for? More quality training? Starting a training log? Fewer junk miles? Enrolling in Coach Tony and Charlene’s speed classes? More cross training? Supporting someone to check out Gil Torres’ classes for beginning runners? Getting a PPTC singlet so all the world can see you run for ‘the’ club in Brooklyn? Just do it! 
Hey, 2010, bring it on, see you all on the roads! 

NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K List by Team: PPTC

NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K List by Team: PPTCDistance:  6.2 Miles, 10.0 Kilometers Date/Time:  Dec. 6, 2009, 8:00 a.m. Location:  Central Park, NYC Weather:  33 deg., 70% humidity, wind 7 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

Overall Place

Gender Place

Age Place

Finish Time

Pace/ Mile

AG Time

AG Gender Place

AG %

CROWTHER

MARK

M38

142

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

182

168

34

39:21

6:20

37:44

228

71.1 %

MAZZUCHIN

DANIEL

M33

1880

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

228

208

36

40:11

6:28

39:43

346

67.5 %

WATSON

ANTHONY

M51

679

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

240

219

12

40:26

6:31

35:04

89

76.5 %

DOLE

HELEN

F27

171

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

313

38

12

41:37

6:42

41:37

79

72.8 %

WOOLVERTON

ALEXANDER

M23

1698

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

460

400

30

43:18

6:59

43:18

664

62.0 %

DESCHAMPS

MAGGIE

F46

164

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

492

67

7

43:38

7:02

40:00

53

75.8 %

OAKLEY

EVAN

M36

1810

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

724

604

130

45:56

7:24

44:41

808

60.0 %

MULES

LYNDA

F37

2808

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

816

148

17

46:34

7:30

45:42

210

66.3 %

DELEO

FRANK E

M56

1153

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

955

774

22

47:30

7:39

39:32

340

67.9 %

KILLEEN

MARY ANNE P

F53

4345

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2066

640

23

53:38

8:39

45:09

190

67.1 %

GONZALEZ

ARTHUR J

M62

2255

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2132

1465

30

53:59

8:42

42:39

603

62.9 %

SLOTWINER

DANIEL

M36

2612

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2165

1479

279

54:08

8:43

52:39

1649

50.9 %

SUN

GERALD T

M65

3632

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

2932

1817

15

57:52

9:20

44:30

792

60.3 %

DE LEON

YVETTE

F41

6150

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3034

1181

98

58:25

9:25

56:00

1062

54.1 %

ISRAEL

JAMES F

M64

7318

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3628

2064

56

1:02:23

10:03

48:24

1217

55.4 %

SOSKIND

PAUL

M66

6617

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3641

2068

22

1:02:29

10:04

47:36

1116

56.3 %

KOHLER-BRITTON

CHARLENE

F58

6352

PPTC

BROOKLYN

NY

3737

1641

24

1:03:19

10:12

49:51

454

60.8 %

and check out a nice Race Report by our own Lynda in Perpetual Unfolding

Prospect Park Track Club 2009 Turkey Trot Results and Photo Gallary

    Click this for an amazing photo gallary

and

Click here for results.

Please note that we are aware of the inconsistencies in the posted results, we are working on making the corrections. Please check back in a few days, thank you for your patience.

Please report questions/issues/problems with the results toraceresults@pptc.org

The Turkey Trot on the Blogosphere (Update XVII)

The official counts are not in yet but the race reviews are rolling in.  Here is a summary

Richard from Dumbo Books of Brooklyn  took many photos and correctly quoted Santa shouting "Way to go"!


To Badwater blasted out a 30:40 and learned not to take water on such a short race.  Thaw was last years race.


Check out pixonony's photosream. on Flikr  Looks like someone got a personal best! and a great flickr photo of the start from ceonyc


Julie knows why we have Turkey Trots "like knocking out a morning run in preparation for eating a huge meal.


Along came Polly was looking for an adult to sign her waiver.  I hope she got one.


The Brooklyn Beast ran with his kids.  Why does he think that is not running?


Brooklyn Running hopes everyone had a good time.  I hope s/he did.


We are waiting for some reviews in Runner's World


Tony Martinez posted this photo of the start and these pictures of kids for Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.


Morrissey of Mozzer Confessionals had a PR, and was supprised by it!


We have are own Facebook Fan club: I Run to Eat: 2009 Prospect Park Turkey Trot Victims


Our own One Runner kept it positive.


Kat on Track burned some calories.


I like what NYCGO said to promote the race.  I will quote the whole thing....

On Thanksgiving, a day usually associated with colossal feats of gourmandization and tryptophan-induced naptime, the Prospect Park Track Club invites you to roll out of bed and run five miles at 9am. In return for their efforts, participants burn off some calories in advance of the big meal and help raise funds for the Bishop Ford track teams.

Dennis Kuczynski  shows off some medals and a nice dinner.

Charlie Pendejo had a "PR by over a minute."


Lela from a Diamond in a Rhinestone world liked the race because it was "great and rare race in that there was little sense of competitiveness or urgency in the air."  Yea!


The Birders of Prospect Park even counted us!


shif whiteman  in Around these footsteps ran with her friend Shavit and got swanky medals!


ChadT of Brooklynrunning's Blog had negative experience at race registration but negative splits in the race.  


Bill Boyd came all the way from Central New York state and said some wonderful things

"Once the race ended, all of us runners continued through the shute after having the chips removed from our shoes and headed for the Prospect Park Pavillion. Awaiting us were Brooklyn bagels, coffee, and hot chocolate. A bagel and hot chocolate never tasted so good. Oh, the prospect park Track Club gave us all a running cap to commemorate the run, running gloves, and a gold medal. Even after being delayed by that girl, I still pulled of a victory, i finished and felt good, and earned a GOLD MEDAL with a picture of a turkey. Oh yeah. You gotta love it. I can’t wait until next year."

The Downtown Star had a great article with photos!!




Ayobami had a good time but I think she miscounted our hills




We even got a tweet



and we are in another Flikr Pool


Citi Coach at needed proof that she ran there race.  We this can be it.


and I just found Hog and Jog's race review! " It was awesome."




Tons of comments on Active

Turkey Trot Update!!!!!

If you - or your family and friends - haven't yet signed up for the
Turkey Trot, and want to get this year's race souvenirs, you should
register TODAY (Tuesday) at JackRabbit on 7th Avenue between 4 and 7 pm.

We ordered giveaways for 1200 people, and they will most likely be
gone by the end of the day!

Knickerbocker 60K List by Team: PPTC

Knickerbocker 60K List by Team: PPTCDistance:  37.2 Miles, 60.0 Kilometers Date/Time:  Nov. 21, 2009, 8:00 a.m. Location:  Central Park, NYC Weather:  59 Degrees, 66% Humidity, Wind 8 mph, Sunny Search Results   Wheelchair Finishers   Award Winners   Complete Laps Results   Statistics  Race Photos / Race Coverage    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 Net Time Finish Time Pace/ Mile DELEO FRANK E M56 68 PPTC BROOKLYN NY 81 66 6:04:51 6:04:51 9:48 REYNAR JEFF M39 227 PPTC NEW YORK NY 110 89 6:29:17 6:29:17 10:27 FALK BOB M66 4021 PPTC NEW YORK NY 134 107 6:53:37 6:53:37 11:07 FERRARI SANDRA F36 84 PPTC BROOKLYN NY 136 29 6:56:03 6:56:03 11:11

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!