Sunday, November 15, 2009

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!

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Monday, November 9, 2009

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!

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

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.

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


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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.

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Sunday, November 1, 2009

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


379360705038CHRISBITHER39M NYUSA02:50:06


PlaceGender
Place		Age
Place		Runner
No.		First NameLast NameAgeTeamState/
Country		Official
Time		5 km10 km15 km20 km13.1 mi25 km30 km35 km40 kmMinutes
per Mile
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179416943217524DANIELMAZZUCHIN33MPPTCNYUSA03:09:3700:22:0200:43:0901:04:4301:26:5001:31:4001:49:2902:11:3002:35:0402:59:1007:15
2072194644011620CHRISTOPHEROBRIEN40MPPTCNYUSA03:12:1100:22:1800:44:0501:06:1301:29:1201:34:1601:52:5102:15:3602:39:1003:02:1707:21
208812928619SARAHSCOTT32FPPTCNYUSA03:12:1800:21:5000:43:3801:06:0701:28:4901:33:5401:52:2502:15:0502:38:4303:02:2007:21
23802215123669WILLIAMABRAMS52MPPTCNYUSA03:14:4800:20:0600:39:3200:59:1401:20:3001:25:1901:44:0602:08:5802:36:4103:03:0207:27
63375446106020694JEFFREYNAR39MPPTCNYUSA03:34:4600:24:2900:47:4101:11:2701:35:4201:41:0502:01:1602:26:4602:54:0503:23:0008:12
7827660216822222FRANKDELEO56MPPTCNYUSA03:40:1000:25:0200:49:4701:15:2501:41:1801:47:0102:07:4502:33:4003:01:2003:28:4508:25
826569461740713HARVEYROTHENBERG66MPPTCNYUSA03:41:4400:24:4300:48:5501:14:1701:40:0901:45:4702:06:0902:31:0902:57:5903:29:3408:28
89287469164728541TIMOTHYMCELREATH40MPPTCNYUSA03:44:0100:25:3800:50:2201:15:0901:39:5001:45:1102:05:1602:30:0302:57:2803:29:0708:33
8995147832915378MARIANNEHERBST27FPPTCNYUSA03:44:1400:26:3500:52:3701:18:4501:44:2601:50:0102:10:2602:36:3003:04:5203:32:4308:34
10668877616939853PIETERVAN HATTEM35MPPTCNYUSA03:49:3000:25:0400:50:5001:17:4401:44:0101:49:4902:10:5202:37:3303:06:2403:36:0708:46
12622238651229541DOROTHYMCPHEE29FPPTCNYUSA03:54:3600:27:3000:54:5701:22:0301:49:2401:55:2402:17:2202:44:4803:13:3903:42:2108:58
135721093337719827TOMTOBIN55MPPTCNYUSA03:56:4400:26:2300:52:1001:18:4901:45:0801:51:2102:14:1202:43:0303:13:1003:43:4109:03
1785813941299651336TODDHOLDEN40MPPTCNYUSA04:08:2000:26:4300:53:3801:20:4201:47:4901:54:2602:16:4302:45:4903:19:1703:54:1109:29
1912914791283033669JOHNRANDALL39MPPTCNYUSA04:11:5200:28:0200:55:2801:24:1801:51:5701:58:1102:21:3902:52:5503:26:3503:57:5909:37
1945915015323231510MICHAELLEVINE40MPPTCNYUSA04:12:5200:29:5100:58:0501:27:1901:56:2102:03:4602:26:5202:57:1503:30:0704:00:4409:40
21297509092530410JULIETKENNEY43FPPTCNYUSA04:18:0100:29:5901:00:4401:29:5702:00:4602:07:1802:31:2003:00:5803:32:3204:04:1309:51
214211628831263629ALPRAWDA62MPPTCNYUSA04:18:2300:28:5300:57:1701:26:1101:57:0402:04:0802:28:1202:59:4503:31:5104:04:0509:52
215115174106625225AMYDUQUETTE30FPPTCNYUSA04:18:3800:28:4900:57:1501:27:2101:57:2402:04:2802:29:1102:59:4003:32:2804:05:0209:53
23134575197445061ROSEMARYBEZUIDENHOUT37FPPTCNYRSA04:23:0200:30:5901:01:1401:31:2802:01:4902:08:4102:33:3203:04:2703:36:2704:08:4310:03
24010609639357401MARY ANNEKILLEEN53FPPTCNYUSA04:25:2500:29:0500:57:2701:26:3701:56:5202:03:4202:30:4903:02:2603:37:2104:11:0910:08
253156638110240261SANDRAFERRARI36FPPTCNYUSA04:28:5000:28:4500:56:3401:25:0401:54:1802:00:5202:25:2402:57:2503:35:5304:12:1310:16
256486772138747882EMMAWATERS29FPPTCNYGBR04:29:4700:32:1301:05:1901:37:4502:10:0302:17:1802:42:2103:14:0303:46:1204:16:5810:18
27082739814522140ELIZABETHCANALE59FPPTCNYUSA04:34:1500:29:2800:58:3601:30:1902:02:0502:10:0002:36:3103:10:3503:45:1204:19:3110:29
271497422133344394JEANNIEIM41FPPTCNYUSA04:34:2600:30:5901:01:3401:33:1102:06:0902:13:3902:39:4403:12:3003:46:2604:20:1610:29
27534199528940247ROBERTFALK66MPPTCNYUSA04:35:4900:31:2701:03:1001:35:1702:07:5202:15:0102:40:4703:13:1303:48:3904:21:2310:32
289708215162953784SONIASTROBEL33FPPTC
CAN04:40:1500:32:4401:07:1901:44:1402:17:3802:26:4902:53:3003:26:3803:58:0204:27:4210:42
291682086649925321ARTHURGONZALEZ62MPPTCNYUSA04:40:5800:27:5500:56:1101:25:5401:56:1602:03:0302:28:3303:01:0503:37:2404:25:3510:44
2936120968382616536BRIANMENDOZA37MPPTCNYCAN04:41:3700:29:5101:00:3401:30:5802:02:4402:09:4002:36:1303:09:4403:47:3104:25:4010:45
301862140852757680LUISRIOS61MPPTCNYUSA04:44:2400:33:4401:04:3201:35:3102:08:4102:16:2202:43:5403:18:3203:53:5404:28:3210:52
3082321774331850722MICHAELRING46MPPTCNYUSA04:46:3500:32:4701:05:1601:38:2502:11:3002:19:1602:45:5803:19:0103:54:3204:30:1410:57
318669480170061187YVETTEDE LEON41FPPTCNYJAM04:50:2100:34:3201:08:2701:42:4702:17:1702:24:5902:52:3203:26:5804:01:0304:35:2511:05
3275922899108643748NATHANIELSASSON55MPPTCNYUSA04:53:3400:31:4901:00:4601:28:4601:58:4802:05:2502:30:1803:04:1803:44:2304:31:2011:13
33001996174154064LORIBEZAHLER50FPPTCNYUSA04:54:2900:31:4501:02:5101:35:0202:13:4402:20:5402:47:5603:22:5004:01:3204:38:1011:15
3618424764444437627JOHNNICKLES38MPPTCNYUSA05:09:5600:29:1900:57:1801:28:4902:00:4202:08:0402:37:4903:13:4303:58:5104:51:1611:50
3773212171143752186JACKIEDEANE49FPPTCNYUSA05:20:3400:35:4701:10:4501:47:5102:24:4402:32:2603:00:4303:37:2604:20:1505:03:1412:15
378781224396838020VERONICAANTOINE53FPPTCNYUSA05:21:5100:32:3101:05:0101:38:2302:14:5602:23:1802:57:1503:37:2304:20:2505:02:5312:18
3788825642457459857ROBERTUNDERWOOD37MPPTCNYUSA05:21:5600:34:3301:08:3701:45:5302:24:3602:33:3903:04:4903:44:1304:25:2605:06:0512:18
4012713371237145475TRACILESTER43FPPTCNYUSA05:44:3000:34:2101:10:0201:44:3602:24:1502:35:3903:10:2303:53:4004:41:0105:26:0813:09
4087913729241960624IRVANILES42FPPTCNY
05:55:2600:35:2601:11:1401:47:5302:34:0702:43:2803:19:4804:03:0304:53:2605:38:2913:34
4266127953154451409AARONKOFFLER59MPPTCNYUSA06:44:0100:40:1501:19:3702:06:3703:02:2103:15:1604:02:3704:52:1405:31:0206:14:5015:26
42936148706861500MARGARETLONG66FPPTCNYUSA06:58:0700:40:3201:22:3102:08:0402:56:2203:07:5903:48:2004:37:2805:33:1306:35:4715:58
4312928151157263153JOSEPHCUNIGLIO59MPPTCNYUSA07:13:4100:51:0601:42:5902:34:2703:29:4103:41:48

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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…







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Monday, October 26, 2009

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 %
TCHITCHUIETIENNEM37700PPTCBROOKLYNNY4946630:186:0329:167072.8 %
DOLEHELENF27187PPTCBROOKLYNNY1829233:136:3833:133272.8 %
OBRIENCHRISTOPHERM40531PPTCBROOKLYNNY2882702734:126:5032:1927666.0 %
MCELREATHTIMOTHYM40469PPTCBROOKLYNNY4784345335:397:0733:4144863.3 %
BRACAMONTEJESUSM2482PPTCJACKSON HEIGHTSNY5645063036:057:1336:0584059.1 %
SLOTWINERDANIELM361651PPTCBROOKLYNNY123699419939:247:5238:19121755.6 %
GONZALEZARTHUR JM622244PPTCBROOKLYNNY175313112041:348:1832:5034364.9 %
HOGANMEGANF283299PPTCBROOKLYNNY244480926743:548:4643:54105255.1 %
PENDARVISMARKM514549PPTCBROOKLYNNY2472165110743:598:4738:09118955.9 %
DE VRIESTINEKEF414156PPTCBROOKLYNNY2872104910545:159:0343:2293855.7 %
RIEMANMICHAEL EM663582PPTCBROOKLYNNY320819551346:169:1535:1571560.5 %
BLADESFREIDAF504060PPTCBROOKLYNNY329413083946:399:1940:4853259.3 %
RODRIGUEZELBAF564601PPTCBROOKLYNNY388616962048:569:4739:3638061.1 %
SOSKINDPAULM665675PPTCBROOKLYNNY398922231749:249:5237:38110056.6 %
WATERSEMMAF295744PPTCBROOKLYNNY4060181056249:499:5749:49201948.5 %
ISRAELJAMES FM646308PPTCBROOKLYNNY430023196351:0510:1339:38142253.8 %

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