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'Tis A Cold Wind That Blows...Sub-freezing temperatures, cou

pled with a wind chill factor hadmore to do with the low show in January 4th's 5K. as did hangovers fromthe fest ive season methinks. Icy cond i t ions made foo t ing t reacherousa n d i t a l l c o m b i n e d f o r s o m e s l o wt i m e s .

John McNui ty of the host c lubwas an easy winner in 16:56 overt e a m m a t e s P a u l P i l i e r o a n d P a u lW o o d . O u r o w n M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l ltook the ladies tit le in 24:39.

Vinnie Roscigno (14 and under),and Hugh Sutherland (40-49) captured first place trophies. Howie Ba-shant took second in his age group(30-39) little realizing what lay aheadin the upcoming races. Owen Mc-Crudden (running for Millrose A.A. 1might add) was another runner-upwith Bob Burbank nipping Don Villen-euve for fourth in the Masters. JerryRosenfeld was third among the 50plus men.

Susan Solow was in the show position (30-39) with Somers' TheresaPennington champ among the 40-49group. Theresa was not alone. SonPaul, home from college, threw in a19:40. 11th place overall, to grabsecond place in the 15-19 division,N i c e r u n .

Feelings from thsoe who did runwere complimentary toward the excellent facil it ies (lockers, showers,etc.). "I was a little put out at havingto t rave l to Purchase fo r the Win te rSeries." one participant remarked,"but the deep freeze and wind madem e s h u d d e r e v e n m o r e w h e n Ithought about what it would havebeen like at the big M (Mohansic)."The w inner. . .

W e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s h a d t o i mprove for the lOK, but there was stillroom for improvement . From theoutset Paul Wood charged into thelead with Gary Steinel right behind.Waiting rather (im)patiently for thepack to put in its appearance at theend of the first lap it was anyone'sguess as to whom the leader wouldb e .

"Here he come. " came the c ry.C o u l d i t b e ? S u r e d i d l o o k l i k e

h i r n . A n d s u r e a s t h e r e ' s t e a i nChina, i t was. Howie Bashant movingand looking ever so well - well, atleast moving wel l - went throughwith an eighty yard lead over Wood.A t t h e e n d i t w a s a b r e e z e a n d H o w i ehad his day in the sun. t imed in33:23. Wood hung on for second.

John Holland, with a seventh placefinish, and Gary Steinel, two placesfurther back, also ran well .

Terry Walsh was an easy winner ofthe women's race in 40:06 finishinga full five minutes ahead of her nearest r iva l . There was a consolat ion inthat, though. The gallant runner-upwas none other than Judy Pickert.Terry's high school coach and edu c a t o r. c l a i m e d t h e 3 0 - 3 9 c r o w n i nthe process.. Jeannie Arnett's 46:14took third in the 20-29s and gaveher a four second overall edge onM e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l f o r t h e t w o r a c e s .Sixty-five year old Adrienne Salminidid it again, this time winning theover fifty division.

Not to be outdone Crompond'sJerry Rosenfeld checked in secondamong the same age group for men.Jerry also checks in at 64. In theyounger set Hugh Sutherland, 48,J o h n A n s e l l , 4 5 . a n d B o b B u r b a n k .41, made it a clean sweep for Taconic in the Master's Division and VinnyRoscigno took second in his (14 andu n d e r ) .

...and still championProgressive rise in temperatures

d r e w o v e r t w o h u n d r e d f o r t h e 1 5 K .

O t h e r t h a n t h a t t h e o u t c o m e w a sm u c h t h e s a m e . B a s h a n t m a d eshort work of the opposition buildingup 75 yards on former Yonkers mar-aathon champ Ray Hal l af ter thefirst 5K loop and extended his margin of victory to almost a minuteo v e r t h e v e t e r a n M i l l r o s e r u n n e r

breaking the tape at 50:25.T h e t h i r d c o n s e c u t i v e w i n i n c l u d

ing Carmel's Winter Carnival enabledHowie to wrap up the overall title.H a r t s d a l e ' s P a u l W o o d w a s s e c o n dwith Gary Steinel and Steve Arnettfinishing third and fourth, respectively. Diminutive Jeannie Arnett wrapped up the overall title for womena n d s h e a n d H o w i e r e c e i v e d r a i nsuits in addition to their trophies.Jeannie was the club's only trophywinner among the distaff set withs e c o h d i n t h e 2 0 - 2 9 s .

Jay Girardi and Gary Steinel finished 3-4 among the 20-29 men;Vinnie Roscigno (again?) and Bi l lMcCaffrey (yes, again) took runner-up honors in their age groups; DCtook third in the Masters edging outHugh Sutherland by 5 seconds.Hearty congratulat ions to our twochamps on a fine, fine performance.

Everyone Showed.....But The GroundhogO n l y t w e n t y d a y s p r i o r G u s s i eGroundhog took one look and decide d t h e r e w a s t o b e s i x m o r e w e e k sof Winter. Someone forgot to tell thew e a t h e r m a n o r M o t h e r N a t u r e . U n -seasonal temperatures had jogginga t t i r e s t r e w n a l l o v e r t h e W e s t - P u tarea as Herr Farenheit registereds c o r e s i n t h e s i x t i e s .

Ou r George Wash ing ton racesw e r e t h e r e c i p i e n t o f t h e c l e m e n tspell. Mike Doyle and Gina Gormanheld club colors high and to the fore.Mike, in his usual impressive manner, outdistanced the field winningthe five mi le in 25 :27 . G ina was thewomen's champ in the shorter twom i l e w i t h a t i m e o f 1 2 : 5 1 . J e a n n i eArnett followed shortly after in 13:24a n d M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l t o o k t h i r d i n13:26. The gir ls finished in 30th.36th and 37 overall, respectively.

David King of the Bronx was the

men's two mile champ, and SusanB e a c h u m , W h i t e P o a i n s , w o n t h ew o m e n ' s fi v e m i l e .

I t w^s in terest ing to note howmany of our members stepped downto test their two mile speed. YoungEddie Kehoe, son of young DanK e h o e o f " N o U - T u r n " f a m e ,chalked up an excellent 10:14, onlytwo seconds behind runner-up PaulW o o d s .

M a r c O x m a n c o n t i n u e d t o i mprove (11:17) and let's not becometoo blase and bypass the efforts ofPete Corsino. 34. and Bob Rogan,w i t h t i m e s o f 1 0 : 4 9 a n d 1 2 : 1 7 r e

spectively. (Sometimes we take certain runners times for granted.)

B o b c a m e b a c k w i t h a 3 6 : 4 4 f o rthird place in the five. Jay Girardi(age group 3rd in the two) also doubled with a second in the 19-29 (29-

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Bashant Cops Carnival RunT h e r e w a s M i c h e l e B a s h a n t

screaming her head off at the sightof our Howie heading for first placeat Sycamore Park's Winter Carnivalrace. I mean after all he just won theweek before and it was getting kindo f o l d h a t a n d a l l t h a t s t u f f . Tu r n so u t t h a t s h e w a s n ' t e x c i t e d a b o u thim winning the race: it was the firstt ime she'd seen him in three weeks!!

Apparently Howie is on this kickabout getting smoke out of his lungs.W h e t h e r i t ' s t r u e o r n o t t h e r e ' scredence to it. for he sure is runningu p a s t o r m . ( A n o t h e r r u m o r h a s i tthat he resigned as Editor-in-Chief ofTaconic Running Life as he felt tooembarrased about the prospect ofputting his name in headlines.

L e a v i n g H o w i e a l o n e f o r amoment - af ter a l l he d id i t to everyone else - a hearty round of applause is indeed in order for all thosewho tu rned ou t fo r the Win te r Carniva l ' s race . Forecas ts fo r snow werep r e m a t u r e , b u t t h e a r e a w a s i n u ndated w i th ra in . The f reeze tha t fo llowed during the night and earlymorning hours created as dangerousdriving conditions as there has beenall year. The ensuing result broughta cance l la t i on o f the Carn iva l . However. runners being what they are...

With yours truly and DC drivingaround the course applying fluor-

A n n u a l A w a r d sD i n n e r D a n c e

T h e c l u b w i l l h o l d - i t s a n n u a lawards night on Saturday. May 9th,1981, at St. John The EvangelistChurch Hall, Eastlake Blvd. Maho-pac."Awards scheduled to be presenteda r e :

1980 Road Racing Handicap Championships1980 Track Championships1980 Cross Country Championships1 9 8 0 C r o s s C o u n t r y H a n d i c a pChampionships(And perhaps a few others unnan-nounced - Cavat Emptor!)Festivities will get underway with acocktail hour at 7:30 p.m. A hot andc o l d b u f f e t w i l l f o l l o w a t 8 : 3 0 . M u s i c

by the Pas t Times w i l l s ta r t a t 9 :00and continue through until 1:00 a.m.Beer and soda will be provided free.BYOB for those wishing to indulge ins t r o n g e r " b e v e r a g e s " - s e t - u p sa v a i l a b l e a t n o e x t r a c o s t .Tickets are moderate ly pr iced at$12.50 per person. Reservations area m u s t .

Reserve now by calling:J o h n D A n g e l o 6 2 8 - 2 5 7 9D a n K e h e o 6 2 8 - 1 5 7 7H a r r y N e e s o n 2 4 5 - 3 6 9 8Your guests are welcome and cordial ly invited to attend.

escent paint a la Van Go and Mich-ae langelontherun, and a verydependable corps of student policemen, the course was se t . (S ix thtenths was chopped off due to ashaded area not complying with thelate morning thaw.)

Pau l Wood , as he so o f ten does ,was the early pace setter and ledthrough the first mile. Seventy-fiverunners followed suit and headed upi n t o t h e h i l l s o f W i x o n P o n d R o a d .Bashant joined Wood and the twodid battle for a while. With just overa mile to go Bashant led by as littleas fifteen yards. At the end it was a15 second margin. Gary Steinel whohas improved by leaps and bounds -no pun intended - beat out Brewster 's Doug Mi l ler for th i rd. Pete

Corsino grabbed fifth and SteveA r n e t t s i x t h .

Barbara Meiset, Wayne, N.J., tookthe women's division finishing 37thoveral l in 32:03. Margaret Greco,B e e c h u r s t , w a s s e c o n d , a n d J o a nHayes, Yorktown. was third.

Three more plaudits if you will.One to Ken Schwa lb , York town. Two

years ago Kenny, since referred toas "sure footed ibes." slipped on iceduring a two mile race. He incurreda broken ankle and after six weeks ina cas t had t o have i t r eb roken andreset. As if that was not enough apin was needed to pull it all together,injuries have plagued him ever since.I n r e c e n t m o n t h s t h e v i s i b l e i mprovement was very evident, and hisrunner-up effort in Sycamore wasparticularly pleasing.

And a cheer for Jim Hall, principal0'. Mahopac's Austin Road Elementary School. In keeping with thecredo tha t t he re wou ld be no racesif it wasn't for the last runner, Jimwas the one who made it a race. Ourt h a n k s , a d m i r a t i o n , a n d e n c o u ragement are yours, J im.

Finally, but certainly not minimally. a note of congratulations to allwho ran. In a race, run over a verytough course, which provides threeor four very convenient places todrop out, there were as many finishers as the re were s ta r te rs . Somefirms can't even get that for bondparticipation. Good show.

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E d i t o r i a l C o m m e n tAs can be well Imagined the job of

reporting, typsetting, and printingevery name in every race is toovoluminous to be practical. Consequently. our function is reduced toselecting award winners or highlighting non-winn ing accompl ishmentssuch as competing (and completing)one of those 26.2 mile grinds.

Invariably, we are somewhat rem i s s i n o u r s e l e c t i o n i n t h a t w efrequently miss performances bym e m b e r s w h i c h s h o u l d n o t h a v eg o n e u n m e n t i o n e d . T r u t h o f t h em a t t e r i s t h a t w i t h o v e r o n e t h o usand members it is hard to keep upwi th who a re members and who a ren o t .

Wa t c h i n g a p r e - N Y m a r a t h o nspecial, I saw an interview betweenP a u l M a s s o n , 11 , a n d K e n a C o l o n .Only recently it was brought to myat tent ion that th is charming ten-year-old is a member of our club andwas the Big Apple's youngest mara-thoner, finishing with a time of 4:37.H e r m o t h e r , C a m i l l e , a l s o fi n i s h e d(5:26). Veteran Charlie Kennedy,N Y C r e s i d e n t , i s a l s o a m e m b e r o fTaconic and a formidable competitorin the Master's Division. Again, wehave been remiss on h is per form a n c e s o n n u m e r o u s o c c a s i o n s . N i l sEkiund, 30, not only ran New York in3:02, but followed it up with a 2:57in Balt imore. But. we are not alone.

Some race organizers are tardy -and I use the word loosely - in getting results out. Those who are usingrunning to ra ise money for the i rfavorite charities are usually the

worst offenders. Here is a major factor in omission of names.

So if you are planning to run amara thon o r have some unusua l runin store, we would love to hear aboutit. I'll promise to try and aquaint myself better with the membership listand if you hear of any member doingwell, drop me a line.

In this regard we'll be glad to hearfrom you on any subject, favorableor unfavorable, praises or criticism.Your anonymity, if so desired , willbe respected and guaranteed. This isyour newsletter more than it is mine.As the man sa id , "A l l the news tha tfits we'll print."

Good running.- Harry

Taconic Running Life StaffHarry Neeson - Editor

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Qp®n OpinionBy BOB BERGIN

Recently, a local runner ran therace of his life during a 3 mile runand was finally able to break that 6minute per mile barrier with a clocking of 17:53. Maybe Rogers couldn'thave been proud but this runner surely was because it represented a finepayoff from his first winter of running. The same runner took anotherracing test two weeks later and averaged 6:30 per mile for a lOK race.This was, by comparison, very disappo in t i ng as h i s expec ta t i on wascloser to 15 seconds per mile fasterthan his actual performance.

During the aftermath of a February snowstorm, a good friend ofmine was packing down a ski slope inorder that a group of Lincoln Hallboys could enjoy some sleigh ridingand skiing. While turning to avoid ar o c k w a l l , t h e s n o w m o b i l e ' s t h r o t t l ejamed open. The ensuing accidentresu l ted in some ra ther severe bonebreakage in his right ankle requiringthat pins be placed in the lower legduring major surgery.

I'm sure it's not easy to endurethe pain when one severly breaks hisankle. But it is not easy to watchbandclosely observe the period of recovery either. It was painful for metoo! Watching my fr iend while hewas confined to a 7th floor hospitalbed; watching him fight not to takepain killing medication, watching himgrunt and grimmace in pain, whilejust trying to stand up - I'd feel helpl e s s a s t o w h a t I c o u l d d o t o e a s e a tl e a s t s o m e o f h i s b u r d e n .

Last year, this same friend and Ihad a friendly bet as to who wouldw i n a l o c a l 5 m i l e r u n . W e h a d a

great deal of fun taunting each otherin the weeks prior to the race andu s e d p s y c h o l o g i c a l w a r f a r e t h a tw o u l d h a v e m a d e M u h a m m e d A l i

proud. This made us train harderand kept our spirits high. Due to afalse start, we were able to competesomewhat unevenly than we hadwished but were able to laugh abouti t a f t e r t h e r a c e a n d v o w f o r arematch this year. Due to one problematic snowmobile there will tie norematch this year or, for that matter, maybe no rematch - ever.

People who run are gifted. Notbecause they run but because theyare able to. We have all been giventhe most important, but often themost taken for granted, physical att r i bu te : ou r hea l th . And fo r runners ,as for everyone else, it can be takenaway from us in a moment's time nom a t t e r h o w c a r e f u l w e a r e a b o u t

driving, or carrying something heavydown a s ta i rcase, o r cu t t ing thelawn, or riding a snowmobile. In onefraction of a second, we may nolonger be able to do what we can doright now. While the above thoughtsare not particularly revelaing. theys h o u l d , n o n t h e l e s s . b e m o r e t h a n

occasionally reflected upon.When I ran that 17:53, I was excit

ed. proud of myself, and swept by afeeling of satisfaction for having accomplished a goal. The feeling mademe want to get right on the roadsthe next day and work to make then e x t r a c e b e t t e r .

When I ran the lOK race in 40:30instead of 39:00 flat, I was initiallydisappointed. I was working harder

in practice and expected a taster"payoff . " Maybe I was t i red f romtraining harder, maybe I had a badday. maybe the poor 1 mile splitthrew me off, maybe...

Maybe: Who cares? On my wayhome I thought about my friend whois still in a cast. Suddenly the 40:30was no longer important. The fact isthat my friend is not able to run. Thefact is that, for now. I am.

Personality ProfileBy Owen McCrudden

M o v e o v e r J o e E r s k i n e h e r ecomes Tom "La Machine" Barclay.Tom, who will be 50 years old inA u g u s t h a s s o m e v e r y c r e d i b l ecredentials to speak of and is notjust another "pret ty face" aroundt o w n .

Tom who res ides in York town w i thh is wi fe , Chr is t ine, and son, Andrew,has been running off and on for quitesome years. It's only In the past twoyears that he has put his mind tosome serious running. Asked why hetook up the sport of the black toeand ca l loused foot , Tom rep l ied ."Well when you're overweight andfind out you have a heart murmur. Ithough I had better do somethingabout it," Tom who has always beenan active person, found running wasmore his style for getting into shapeand to expell an excess of energy.

When talking to Tom, you will findan easy going, straight-talking downon the heels type of guy. Ask himwhy he continues to run, he'll tellyou," just for the fun in it." not forany esoteric feeling or runners high,nor for a personal best in the nextrace. Yet. when you're moving alongand suddenly find your breathingand body in sync with the tempo ofyour feet hitting the ground you justfeel good all over,"

W h e n i t c o m e s t o r a c i n g . To m ' sa t t i t u d e i s m u c h t h e s a m e . M e d a l sa n d a w a r d s a r e n i c e t o r e c e i v e b u t i fh e d o e s n ' t r e c e i v e o n e t h a t ' s o kalso. He knows if you came in aheadof him you had to run your tripe off.And that's just what you have to dowhen you consider Tom's trainingload . P r io r t o h i s 2 :45 in the Wor ldM a s t e r ' s M a r a t h o n i n S c o t l a n d l a s tyear, he put in five weeks of 100miles, running six days a week at a7:30 pace. When Tom is marathontraining he's in bed at 9 pm. up at4:30 a.m. and on the road by 5 to dohis eight miles. In the afternoon he'sback in Mohansic park for anotherquick eight, for 16 miles per day. Hetakes Saturday off then a long 20 onSunday gives liim his 100 mile week.Now. that 's a hard act to fo l low, but

Tom says there is no easy way otherthan doing the roadwork. Tom, whodoesn't do any stretching, says ifyou want a good marathon time youjust have to put in the miles, discipline yourself, watch what you eatand go to it.

T o m ' s fi r s t m a r a t h o n w a s i n 1 9 7 9a t M i d d l e t o w n . C o n n e c t i c u t , w h e r e

TOM BARCLAY

he posted a 3:22. Not a bad time fora novice and at Boston six we^ksla te r he come in w i th a 3 :06 , Wheny o u c o n s i d e r h e w a s o u t a l l w i n t e rwith a sciatic injury thus limiting histraining he still did last year'S Bost o n i n a s o l i d 3 : 0 9

Tom's feeling about the club iso n e o f c o m a r a d e r i e . t h e c h a n c e f o rmaking new friends and the oppo-t run i t y to "shoo t the bu l l . "

So a tip of the hat to the lad andthe bes t o f t imes in '81 . Now. whenthose other guys grow up they willhave something to shoot for.

C a l l F o r Vo l u n t e e r s . . .With the recent appointment of

Liz Bergin as Volunteer Coordinator,t he c l ub i s l ook ing to se t up an e t w o r k o f v o l u n t e e r s t o a s s i s t i nv a r i e d a c t i v i t i e s . W e k n o w t h e r e a r e

many members with talents whichwould be an asset to our organization and we would love to get you involved. Even if you are not into racing right now or are a "non-running"member we could use your talents inone of our social functions.

Hopefully this network will belarge enough to prevent the samepeople doing all the work (or havingal l the fun?) . People are a lwaysneeded for working at finish lines,water stations, time splits, registrat ion and re f reshmen ts .

If you'd be interested in helpingplease call Liz or Bob Bergin (225-7458) or drop them a note in care oft h e c l u b .

Hea l t h Fa i r I n SomersOn Saturday. April 4th. a "Help

yourself to health" fair will be heldat Somers High School. There will beworkshops by var ious physicians,health foods for sale, blood pressureand other type of testing. Of specialinterest is a hal f-mi le run (10:00a.m.) for beginners in which the clubwill offer one year's free membership (Tom Barclay need not apply).B e t w e e n 1 0 : 3 0 a n d 1 2 : 3 0 a e r o b i cfitness level runs will take place. So,

if you really want to find out your fitness level, grab your gear and headf o r S o m e r s o n t h e 4 t h .

Membership RenewalsCheerfully Accepted

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