Tuesday, May 18, 2010

NYRR Healthy Kidney 10K - Central Park, May 15, 2010


Great performances by the whole PPTC gang at the Healthy Kidney - congratulations all!




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MAZZUCHINDANIELM34450PPTCBROOKLYNNY3002805339:380:19:356:2338:5941068.8 %
WANGGARYM36649PPTCBROOKLYNNY3323114440:000:20:016:2738:5439668.9 %
SINGERJEBM28590PPTCBROOKLYNNY43840012241:190:19:596:3941:1867264.9 %
SKILLMANBRADM421575PPTCBROOKLYNNY4724314241:480:21:006:4438:5439468.9 %
DESCHAMPSMAGGIEF461701PPTCBROOKLYNNY53849442:170:21:106:4938:463978.2 %
OAKLEYEVANM361443PPTCBROOKLYNNY1227107819446:110:22:097:2644:55132659.7 %
MULESLYNDAF372746PPTCBROOKLYNNY12721571646:260:23:047:2945:3422566.5 %
LUNAGERARDM372736PPTCBROOKLYNNY1298113820946:330:22:507:3044:58133459.6 %
DOWNERKATHRYNF292159PPTCBROOKLYNNY15122077247:250:23:447:3847:2533863.9 %
BOLSTADJENNIFERF333047PPTCBROOKLYNNY15632195247:370:23:587:4047:2333563.9 %
PLOCICAROBERTM382822PPTCBROOKLYNNY1724145327148:170:22:527:4746:18160357.9 %
SKLARENTYRONEM623595PPTCBROOKLYNNY179015062148:290:24:097:4938:1833970.0 %
CLANCYMATTHEWM244697PPTCBROOKLYNNY3713268214754:290:27:088:4754:29314649.2 %
MAATHEYRICHARDM377789PPTCBROOKLYNNY3932279952655:080:27:288:5353:16295850.4 %
COHENHOLLYF356106PPTCBROOKLYNNY4108122916855:360:27:528:5855:01137255.1 %
SUNGERALD TM665586PPTCBROOKLYNNY418729161755:500:27:109:0042:3287363.1 %
HASEMANVICTORM371261PPTCBROOKLYNNY4814319859557:380:30:059:1755:41330448.2 %
IMJEANNIEF427270PPTCNEW YORKNY4824162012957:400:29:309:1854:52134155.2 %
ADANENURYAF417006PPTCBROOKLYNNY4831162413057:410:30:059:1855:18142454.8 %
RIEMANMICHAEL EM665487PPTCBROOKLYNNY495232592358:020:28:009:2144:13117060.7 %
CLARKROLANDM487083PPTCBROOKLYNNY5170333528658:400:28:589:2752:08275651.4 %
NICKLESJOHNM395411PPTCBROOKLYNNY5403342263759:330:31:049:3656:41343947.3 %
TAMAYOMIRIAMF308602PPTC 556920895251:00:130:30:349:421:00:11234050.3 %
BERMANSTEPHANIEF419139PPTCBROOKLYNNY619425152121:02:530:31:3110:081:00:17236050.3 %
ROMANEMMAF5510562PPTCBROOKLYNNY64722717341:04:140:31:2410:2152:4195957.5 %
LESTERTRACIF4410082PPTCBROOKLYNNY654327722351:04:370:31:4110:251:00:26238250.1 %
ANTOINEVERONICAF549054PPTCBROOKLYNNY66252830721:05:070:31:3610:3054:07119956.0 %
NILESIRVAF4210347PPTCBROOKLYNNY702531112551:08:040:33:0710:581:04:45297646.8 %
IREGBULEMCHIF3611148PPTCBROOKLYNNY720832434771:10:090:34:0011:181:09:09333443.8 %
GOTTLIEBJANETF559697PPTCBROOKLYNNY74383409541:13:230:36:3311:501:00:11234150.3 %
PERZESZTYANNE EF7310445PPTCBROOKLYNNY7769367571:28:330:43:2614:1655:15141654.8 %

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

THE INSIDE LOOP TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

May 2010

THE INSIDE LOOP

TOM BYRNES and FRIENDS

Boston, Boston, Boston, PPTC rocked! Check the race results for all the best! Hope you were the Monday May 3rd PPTC general meeting to hear all about it up close and personal.

Now that Tupper Thomas has left her position at Prospect Park, whom do the insiders say stands the best shot for taking the baton and running with it? Stay tuned PPTC! Let’s all hope that the next up knows PPTC, why Harry’s Wall is so-named, and exactly where the inside loop starts and ends.

At the Prospect Park YMCA’s recent fundraiser, Spinners for Strong Kids, on April 10th, PPTC ‘s Bobby Fisher took to the saddle for the four fundraising spin bike classes in a row, one hour each, “strength, interval, endurance, and race day”. A Great way to ‘’spind’’ a Saturday afternoon with the Y family and friends and for a cause that can’t be beat.

PPTC sure crowded out the awards podium at April’s JFK’s Rotary 5k Runway Run. Congrats to Rebecca and Sarah the top two female finishers along with the other PPTC medalists throughout the age group categories. Thanks also to Mike Ring and Charlene for sharing this love as they say. For more specific times and places, check out the race result section.

Lots of competition for PPTC’s time and energy the weekend of May 1st and 2nd but some of us decided to get the bikes to the start of the annual Five Borough Bike early on the first Sunday morning in May in Battery Park and ride north through Manhattan, through Central Park, north through Harlem to “ da’ Bronx” , back along the upper East Side Drive for more of Manhattan, over the Queensborough 59th Street Bridge to Queens, up to Astoria Park, back south through Queens through Greenpoint and Williamsburg, cutting through some of Brooklyn Heights, into the BQE “trench’’ at Atlantic Avenue , along the Gowanus and the Belt Parkway to Bay Ridge’s Cannonball Park by the base of the Verrazano, and up and over into Staten Island for the ride’s festival at Fort Wadsworth. Great cross training , 42+ miles of riding , 30 thousand bikers in all.

I’m sure that Geoff Vincent will post the Kenny Dolan 5k on Sunday June 6th in June’s edition of his Let’s Go Racing column so when you see the mention, take out the red pen and circle the calendar for this “ya gotta do this one” 5K. In our park, registration at Bishop Ford, collector edition tee shirts, a too fast downhill start, timed splits at every mile, water tables at mile one and the top of the zoo hill, finish into the Bartel Pritchard lot from the inside loop roadway, and absolutely the best post race party and barbeque in town. While waiting for the race results to be posted on the wall of Bishop Ford’s 20th street courtyard, enjoy BBQ’d hotdogs and hamburgers, cold beer, icy soda, the sounds of the great live band Hell or High Water, and all the camaraderie that the Brooklyn running community has to offer. Shorter races for the “yoots” as the main 5k is winding down with medals to all the runners of tomorrow! Face painting and the fantastic balloon slide. Rain and the party goes indoors to the Ford student cafeteria adjacent to the outdoor courtyard. Kenny Dolan’s legacy is storied on the race app and all the proceeds of this great event go to the Kenny Dolan Scholarship fund at Iona College. PPTC shows up at this big time so plan to hook up.

‘Whatta’ a strong showing for PPTC’s women runners at Cinco de Mayo in Prospect on May 2nd. A very competitive race under rather sunny, warm conditions! An awesome women's team took 1st place and fast PPTC females placed 1st, and 2nd and 3rd OVERALL in the race!!Jenny Ingebrtsen took 1st overall, winning a trip to Puerto Rico (seems that in the last few years the Cinco D race committee has sent several PPTC fast females to Puerto Rico ! ), PPTC Sarah Scott took 2nd overall, followed by a close 3rd by Rebecca Rosenberg-Beran. Maggie Deschamps came in 4th overall and 1st in her age group. Coach Tony Watson placed 1st in his age group and led our men's team to a 3rd place male team’s victory. Several other PPTCers also won age group awards; Corre Kombol and Regina Cahill both placed 1st in their age groups and new member Lori Bezahler placed 3rd. On the men's side Frank Deleo and Gill Torres both took medals in their respective age groups. A great way to welcome in May! Thanks to many at PPTC who were at this race and reported it back on the PPTC group email! Sorry if anyone was left out, check our race results section in this newsletter for the rest of the details.

Although May has been designated National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, we should be vigilant about our exposure to the sun’s rays all year round. Many say that today’s skin cancers are the result of those bad sunburns we had when we were much younger but there’s no definitive proof that that’s the only way we can get this form of cancer. Sure many can remember those times as kids at the beach when we didn’t slather on the suntan lotion or that we stayed out in the sun too long without cover-up protection. Too late to do anything about those times back in the past but today we can think about our exposure to the sun, especially between the hours of 10am-4pm, use lotion with a high degree of sun protective factor ( SPF ) , and wear hats and clothing that covers exposed areas of skin. There are even running shirts and hats made out of sun block fabric. Eyes are also susceptible to sun damage, so wearing sunglasses that are UV protectant is also a good move. Remember, when you’re diagnosed with a cancer of the skin, it’s too late to prevent getting the disease. It’s never too late to be treated of course but the time to prevent skin cancer starts now and continues everyday for the rest of your life. Protect yourself, protect your kids, protect everyone in your family, and remind your friends!

Hope you‘ve checked the date on your running calendar for this summer’s Summer Speed 5k series, see you at first one, Wednesday May 26th.


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Monday, May 10, 2010

NYRR - Mother's Day 4m - Central Park - May 9, 2010 - 8am



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WANGGARYM36636PPTCBROOKLYNNY74671024:586:1424:1711069.3 %
O'BRIENCHRISTOPHERM40616PPTCBROOKLYNNY1391271626:136:3324:4614168.0 %
GONZALEZARTHUR JM632185PPTCBROOKLYNNY207213031535:308:5227:4851260.6 %
CANALEELIZABETHF593053PPTCBROOKLYNNY24029941436:399:0928:2712367.5 %
SOSKINDPAULM665476PPTCBROOKLYNNY324616591639:529:5830:2290855.4 %
BERMANSTEPHANIEF415033PPTCBROOKLYNNY3404169919640:4010:1038:59167349.3 %
NILESIRVAF426372PPTCBROOKLYNNY3405170019740:4110:1038:42162849.6 %
LESTERTRACIF445305PPTCBROOKLYNNY3740195822742:4010:4039:54182148.1 %
GOTTLIEBJANETF556204PPTCBROOKLYNNY392520925244:1611:0436:18119152.9 %
PERZESZTYANNE EF737383PPTCBROOKLYNNY46242651758:3914:3936:35124952.5 %
ANTOINEVERONICAF545012PPTCBROOKLYNNY470327141221:05:1716:1954:15265135.4 %

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Al Goldstein in the Blogishpere.

I was just about to do launch some publicity for the Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series.  But before I got started I wanted to see if anyone else was.  So I Googled "Al Godstein".  (Then I added "race" to the search and got ride of the nasty stuff.)  No body is talking about the Speed Series yet but Al is getting some love.

Ya know that he will be giving out the awards this summer (as usual) and he also gives out the awards for the NYRRC.   One of the great things about Al is that he gives a sincere handshake to all the male award winners but an even more sinner kiss to the female winners.

Here is what threlkeld, sadi in her blog Races like a Girl.  After she ran the Colin Caner 4 mile race she found out she won her age group......

"By the time I got back to Baggage they’d posted the results. Well. To make a good day better, I discovered that not only had I won my first ever award in a NYRR race, but I’d done it with style: 1st in the 40-44 women’s AG. It’s a good thing my birthday is a week away because the 45-49 winner beat me by 16 seconds. I was 12th overall, out of over 1,300 women. I’m still in somewhat of a state of disbelief.

Manning the awards table was an elderly gentleman named Al Goldstein (not to be confused with the Al Goldstein of Screw Magazine fame). He gave me a congratulatory hug and told me that hugging attractive women on Sundays was the biggest fringe benefit of his volunteer job, which NYRR founding member Kurt Steiner gave to him in 1992.
While I was standing there chatting with him, I had a quintessential New York City moment. A woman came up to the awards table and picked up one of the awards, which are all the same: half inch thick blocks of plexiglass with the award details engraved on the back, so they show through the surface of the plastic (they make good paperweights). Al said, in a friendly yet firm voice, “Please don’t handle the awards.” To which the woman replied, “I was just trying to see if they were glass or plastic.”
Al said, “They’re plastic.”
To which she testily replied, “Well, this is a race to fight colon cancer. They shouldn’t be made of plastic since that causes cancer.”
Al gave her a look that I can only describe as withering. I was somewhat tempted to ask her if she was concerned that runners would insert the awards into their asses. Otherwise, what was the issue? But I decided against it."

I can't wait to spend every other Wednesday evening with Al this summer

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

What You Do Not Know Because You Are Not Me.

What You Do Not Know Because You Are Not Me.

By Michael Ring

I am very proud to be Race Director of the Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series.  But I got a problem with the name.

First of all “Al Goldstein”; to quote Al “I am not dead.”  He sure isn’t.  He has been at almost every race since anyone can remember.  He also gets to kiss all the girls that medal.  I am jealous, (of the girls, I want a kiss too.)

“Summer”;   the series starts in May.  But that is no biggie.

But, finally, I have a big problem with “Speed”.   Yes it is a race and races are about speed.  But, I have been told that “speed” can be an intimidating word, they feel they won’t belong their because they are not speedy.  Listen, speed is relative.  You don’t have to be “speedy” to enjoy this race series.  Ya just gotta run as fast as you can.  And anyway, we give out so many medals to such a small filed of racers almost everybody gets one.

One more thing; if you can’t run the race, you can help me run the race.  We need people to help with starting and finishing the race, as well as people who want to help score the race.  It is just as much fun as running.  It is also a nice was you get your non-running spouse involved in your “hobby”.

Details are below:

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The Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series.


The Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series.

The Prospect Park Track Club is glad to announce the umpteenth annual Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series.  This series of races will be every other Wednesday starting May 26th.  Then June 9th and 23rd, July 7th and 21, August 4th and 18.  Each race starts and finishes near the Oriental Pavilion in Prospect Park at 7pm.  You can enter the park at Lincoln Rd near the Prospect Park stop on the B/Q and the Franklyn Ave Shuttle.  You can also park in the ice skating rink parking lot. (As of April 10th it is still there.)

The 5K course is a little less than one loop of the park and is marked every ¼ mile.

The race fee is $5 and there is no preregistration.  Students in high school and younger run 2 for the price of 1. 

There are no “t-shirts” or other race giveaways but we do go 3 deep in all standard age and gender categories.  So you are likely to go home with some hardware.

We would like to thank JackRabbit Sports for their continued support.

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Monday, April 26, 2010

Boston Marathon Results

Congratulations to PPTC finishers at the 119th Boston Marathon on April 19, 2010. There were some outstanding performances, including:


Men
  • Matthew Frey - 3:00:02
  • Chris O'Brien - 3:04:18
  • Ralph Yozzo - 3:10:15
  • Tyrone Sklaren - 4:17:34
Women
  • Tiffany Hendryx - 3:26:43
Great running, all. Way to go!

If we missed anyone, please speak up in the comments so we can stand corrected!

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