taconic road runners spring 2008 newsletter
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Taconic Running LifeSpring 2008
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Men Age 65-69 NYRR Runner of the Year
Tom Maile
Men 50+ Team - First Place NYRR
Men Age 50-54 NYRR Runner of the Year
Steve Calidonna
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Taconic Running Life
Taconic Road Runners Club P.O. Box 711 Shrub Oak, NY10588. Taconic Running Life is the official publication of the
Taconic Road Runners Club, Inc. Publication is quarterly and isintended for distribution to club members at no charge.
OfficersPresident-Ed McLaughlin
[email protected] Groneman
845-225-5064VP-Tom Maile
[email protected] Membership-Greg Diamond
[email protected] Treasurer -Joe Porcaro
845-526-3524 [email protected] Davies
914-302-2082 [email protected] Mgr.-Rich Nash
914-248-6363 [email protected] Coord.-Deb Kenney
914-245-9629 [email protected] Ed.-George Grenier
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Womens Vet - Cathy Groneman 845-225-5064 [email protected]
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Mens Masters - John [email protected]
Mens Vet - Rich Nash914-248-6363 [email protected]
Mens Super Vet. - Tom [email protected]
Presidents Emeritus1976-86 Dan Caffrey (founder)1986-88 Owen McCrudden1989-90 John Hallinan1990-91 Ed McLaughlin1992-93 Fred Loehfelm1994-95 Ed McLaughlin1996-97 Lee Saroken1998-00 Ed McLaughlin2000-01 Lee Saroken2002-03 Debra Kenney2004-07 Tom Maile
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Spring is here and the our raceseason is in full swing. Four bigrace days down and many moreto come. On top of that, manymembers, including myself, arein the final phase of training fora spring marathon. Saturday longruns have become a whining ses-sion to air our aches and pains tosomeone who might understand.For me, I have lost my main
training partner to a stress fracture and ever since, have beenfighting my own pains. My hope for Boston at this point; to havefun, hang out with other runners, party hard after the race and justtry to get through the with as little pain as possible, in a reason-able amount of time.
One of the most popular questions this month on our Yahoogroup had to do with sports doctors. In response to this we haveintroduced a new health segment. This month we meet Dr. StuartWeitzman a TRRC member and a Chiropractor with an office inBedford Hills. His insight will hopefully get more of us to thestart line healthy and strong.
Member, Susan Riley has written a review of runner and authorBenjamin Cheever’s book . Strides: Running Through Historywith an Unlikely Athlete. I trust you will enjoy it and hopefullywe can encourage these members and others to continue to con-tribute and make this publication more interesting than ever.
Finally, in an effort to be more environmentally friendly, the clubwill be offering the newsletter in electronic ‘pdf’ format. If youchoose to receive this version, you will save a couple of bucks offyour yearly membership dues and you will be offsetting your car-bon footprint. Details on how to subscribe to the electronic ver-sion will be available soon.
Peace,George
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From the EditorGeorge Grenier
RRCA Certified Running Coach
Lee and I have been traveling formost of March, so we've been abit out of touch with what's beenhappening. We missed the St.Patrick's Day races, but under-stand that our first-time racedirectors, John Intile and GuyRotondo, did a great job.Congratulations!
The Taconic Road Runners Clubhas a motto: FACTA NON VERBA. This Latin phrase literallytranslates as "Deeds not words". Two Taconics have recentlydemonstrated that they live up to this standard. Praise goes toSteve Calidonna and Tom Maile both of whom were awarded"Runner of the Year" in their respective age groups by the NewYork Road Runners Club. Truly a case of FACTA NONVERBA.
An update on the Harry Neeson memorial: there will be a cele-bration to commemorate Harry (someone who knew what FactaNon Verba meant) on April 13, the anniversary of Harry’s pass-ing; it will be a gathering at the newly planted tree at DowningPark followed by a short run and refreshments. The time will be12:00 noon . Carol Neeson will be in attendance. This will markthe “official” unveiling of the memorial plaque and tree.
Our next two events are, by far, my favorites on our schedule:Mudders & Grunters, and "Sybil". Both are special events.M&G is oldest trail race in the area, edging out Leatherman'sLoop by a bit. Lee likes to remind me that she participated in thevery first Leathermans's event. I then remind her that I partici-pated in the first Sybil (not the 50K, but there used to be a short-er run as well).
Sybil has a lot of history, going back to April 26, 1777 (I'm sureyou'll agree that Sybil clearly embodied a Facta Non Verba spir-it). TRRC didn't catch up with Sybil until 30 years ago when wedecided that it would be a good idea to simulate Sybil's route. Itis one of the premier ultramarathons in the New York area, andcertainly is the most challenging and scenic.
Forget the New York Marathon, forget Boston, if you want toreally understand what FACTA NON VERBA means then youshould plan on completing a Sybil 50K before you hang up yourrunning shoes.
P.S: Steve and Katy Quinn are now firmly ensconced in TheRepublic of Texas, and have applied for visas to return to NewYork later this year.
Yours truly,Myles O'RhodesThe Prez
President's ColumnEd McLaughlin
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Tales of a Winter Warrior - A Snowshoe Shoe Double HeaderNick Jubok
Nothing clears the cobwebs out of your head better than theblast of cold air you get when you open the door and its only12 degrees outside, and there's 12" of new powder glisteningin the morning sun. While most of New England was diggingout from this latest snowstorm, us die-hard snowshoers weregoing to take advantage of the perfect conditions with the tworaces that were on tap for that weekend. Luckily I had goneout the night before to clear the first 8" so getting out of thedriveway early in the morning was not problem.
The first up was the Covered Bridge 4 miler, at the base of MtGreylock in Adams Ma. Again, conditions were perfect with10-12" of new powder over a base of almost 18". The racestarted across an open field, which allowed the "runners" tospread out before entering the woods. Position was every-thing, as once on the single track in the woods, passing wouldbe the real work. Step off the track and you could end up insnow almost up to your knee. We climb for the first mile anda half, sucking in the cold air and getting warmed up real fast.Finally, over the top of the mountain and now the real funbegins.
The cleats on the bottoms of the shoes have a hard time grap-ping into all the powder so we start to slip slide our way downthe other side. No choice but to pick up the pace, go with the
flow, hang on and enjoy the ride. This is my favorite part ofthe race. Running/sliding down the hill, avoiding some trees,trying to grab onto others for balance, powder is flying every-where. The sun is out, not a cloud in the sky; it doesn't getany better those this! I can see two guys not far in front ofme….Quarter mile to go, back into the open field, I manageto pass those two runners and finish 8th in a respectable 42:58One race down, we'll see what tomorrow brings.
Sundays race was the Hollockville Pond 5 miler. What a dif-ference a day makes. The warmer temperatures from yester-day afternoon and the cold nighttime temps have caused thesnow to become crusty. The snowmobiles have also been outand packed some of the course into hardpan. Not to mentionthe 2 big climbs in this race and tired legs from yesterday. Ialready know that this one is going to be ugly.
Once again, we start with a climb, only this time it's on thehard packed snowmobile trail. This can best be described likerunning on blacktop wearing football cleats. By the end ofthe first mile, my legs are shot, and I know its going to be along morning. At last, into the woods, anything to help keepmy mind off my burning quads. I'm far enough back in thepack that the trail thru the crusty snow has been well brokenup. This offers me little comfort. I can't imagine how hard theleaders are working to run though this stuff! Plus it seemsthat we are not any real trail, but just following ribbons andbushwhacking our way thru the state forest.
Down into the ravine we go, again, hanging onto trees to slowus down, across a small creek and start the 400-foot climb upthe other side. The last thing you want is to get your snow-shoes wet, the snow sticks and the cleats ice up, like runningwith a golf ball under the ball of your foot. It's a slow go andthere are so many switchbacks, that you can see people thatyou think are close but are 100s of yards in front of you. Itseems we all crawling. Yahoo, finally I can see the sky, I'vereached the top. Only rolling hills and a half mile downhillto the finish, but even those small rolling hills need to bewalked at this point. I'm toast. The finish line is in sight,thank God. No passing for me today, I'm the one gettingpassed today. I finish 14th in 1:07:12.
While there were a small handful of runners that did bothraces, this was definitely a race to do on fresh legs. Would Ichange anything for next year? Probably not!
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2007 Taconic Road Runner AwardsTom Maile
Our Holiday Weekend party last December was the venue for ourannual Award presentations. This is the occasion when we canhonor our outstanding members both for their running perform-ances and for their backbone support of the Club.
Our Runners of the Year, Jane Lundy and Steve Calidonna, bothhad extraordinary years facing the stiffest competition around.This is a repeat award for both of these outstanding runners. Forher never ending support of the Club, her management of our 1stplace Women's Vets team, and her own successful running andracing Cathy Groneman was proclaimed Member of the Year.Greg Diamond was awarded Taconic Team MVP, entering theVet's age-group with a bang. Greg is also our webmaster andmembership maven.
The Watermeister Award went to Dave Pacchiana who did asuper job managing the Saturday morning water stops. GeorgeGrenier earned the Rookie of the Year Award for his very timelyand important contributions as the new Editor of the TRL, organ-izer of the weekend Katonah runs, and for his sage and freshadvice as a new Board member.
We always realize that our volunteers, officers and others whocontribute their time and effort in support of the Club, in additionto their own time spent running, do so with the blessing of theirspouses and families. The 2007 Spouses of the Year award wentto Jean Porcaro and Steve Rubenstein. Thanks again to Jean andSteve, not only for enabling Joe and Karen, but for your ownindividual contributions.
2007 also brought two new award categories. The Harry NeesonFacta Non Verba Award will be presented each year to the Clubmember who beast exemplified Harry's spirit and tenacity. FranPisano was the inaugural winner. The second award is probablynot destined to be an annual presentation. Rich Adamski wasawarded the first, and hopefully last, Taconic "Pisca Non Peda"Award. Rich was thanked for his sixteen plus years as Treasurerand for all his other support over the years. Rich is a three sportathlete; running, fishing and golf. While a runner, it seems fish-ing is his real forte, it certainly couldn't be golf. Thus the "PiscaNon Peda".
Congratulations and thanks to all the Award winners from themembers of the TRRC. All well deserved.
Cheever, Benjamin. Strides: Running Through Historywith an Unlikely Athlete. NY: Rodale, 2007.
In this heartfelt, but very
scattershot narrative nonfic-tion book, local authorCheever melds the historyof running as sport with hisown personal experience asan unlikely athlete whoturned into a runner.
In 1977, as an out-of-shapecopy editor at Reader'sDigest who was stuck in adifficult marriage, Cheeverdecided to start biking towork. At first it was tortur-ous. Over time, the effortlevel decreased and
Cheever became hooked on fitness. When he added running tohis routine, he realized that he had found the activity that wouldchange his life. He became more and more involved in the sportand lost 30 lbs, while increasing in confidence as his body grewleaner and stronger.
Cheever's descriptions of his own running career form the mostinteresting and emotionally involving parts of this book. I wasparticularly intrigued by his list of 26.2 "top" books about run-ning and enjoyed his brief reviews of them, and noted a few formy own personal reading. In contrast, his anecdotes about thehistory of running beginning in 490 BC, and name-dropping ofnoted individuals in the field are much less successful.
If you're like me and prefer to sort of blip by the parts that aren'tof interest, you'll still find plenty to enjoy in this book. I'm sureyou'll recognize many of his favorite running routes and trailsand will also identify with his true love of the sport. This bookhad mixed reviews; the New York Times Book Review was verynegative, but other publications such as Booklist and PublishersWeekly were much more positive and enthusiastic. Strides isavailable in most public libraries in Westchester.
<note about me: Susan Riley has enjoyed a long career as alibrarian throughout Westchester County and is currently theDirector of the Mount Kisco Public Library. She describes her-self as possibly the world's worst runner. >
ReviewsSusan Riley
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North County News 5k Official Entry Form (may be duplicated)I know that running a trail race is a potentially hazardous activity. I should not enter and run unless I am medically able and proper-ly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a race official relative to my ability to safely complete the run. I understand that thecourse involves water crossings of about 3 feet depth. I assume all risks associated with running in this event including, but not lim-ited to: falls, deep water, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, including temperature and/or humidity, traffic andthe conditions of the course, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these factsand in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release theTaconic Road Runners Club, FDR Park and all sponsors, their representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of anykind arising out of my participation in this event even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part ofthe persons named in this waiver. I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, recordings orany other record of this event for any legitimate purpose. I understand that bicycles, skateboards, baby joggers, roller skates orblades, animals, and radio headsets are not allowed in the race and I will abide by this guideline.
Name:__________________________Date of Birth____/____/___Age race day ____ Sex M F Address________________________________________________________________________City________________________________________State______________Zip_______________ Email address__________________________________________Tee-shirt, size M___L___XL___In case of emergency, contact:Name____________________________________________________Phone_________________Signature___________________________________Parent's or Guardian's signature if under 18)
Make check payable to TRRC. Send to TRRC, PO BOX 711, Shrub Oak, NY 10588
Register on-line at www.active.comRegister by mail postmarked by May 26th
TRRC members - $13 non-members - $15Race day registration - Open 2pm-3:15pm - $20 all
T-Shirts to 1st 150 registeredQuestions or to volunteer please contact the race directors:
Tom Maile (914) 736-5254 or Barbara Brittan (914) 747-7431
AwardsCash Awards
Male and Female Overall $100, $50, $25Masters $50 (1st place only)
Age-Group AwardsNorth County News Race Sweatshirt
Northh Countyy News5K Race
New Venue - New Time28th Annual Road Race
Presented by Taconic Road Runnerswww.runner.org
Sunday June 1, 2008FDR State ParkYorktown, NY3:30 PM
Parking Lot 1
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The Taconic Road Runners Club With the Carmel Recreation and Parks Department -James R. Gilchrist, CPRP, Director
Present the 31st Annual
Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 8:45 AM SYCAMORE PARK, Long Pond Road, Mahopac, NY
3 MILE RUN followed by a ½ MILE SWIMDIVISIONS: Individual and Team (One Runner, One Swimmer)
AWARDS: Top 3 Male and Female Overall, Ten-Year Age Groups, and Top 5 Teams
REGISTRATION Register by mail postmarked by July 28:
�� TRRC Members $20 �� Non members $25 �� Team member (both members of team must register) $18 each �� Make checks payable to TRRC PO Box 711, Shrub Oak, NY 10588�� OR Register online at active.com
Race day registration (7:30-8:30): Individual entrant $30 Team members $20 each
Race Directors: Karen Davies (914) 302-2082 [email protected] Ted Pernicano [email protected]
Directions: From Taconic State Parkway, take Rte. 6 East toward Mahopac for approx. 8 miles. You will pass the Jefferson Valley Mall, SomersCommons Mall, the town of Mahopac, and K-Mart/Key Foods on the right side. The road widens, and Valley Market/Citgo are on the left. Turn left onto Long Pond Rd./ Crane Rd. (green park sign on corner). Go 1.5 miles and bear left at fire station. Entrance to Sycamore Park is 0.2 mile past fire station on the left. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIATHLON Registration Form NOTE: Each member of a team must complete a form
CHECK ONE: Individual race, TRRC member_________ Individual race, non member_________ Team member__________
Name_____________________________________________________ Teammate’s name (if applicable)_______________________
Circle: Male Female DOB _______/_______/________ Age Race Day________________
Address__________________________________________________ City______________________ State_____ Zip____________
Phone___________________________ E-mail______________________________________________ T-shirt: S M L XL
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY CONTACT:________________________________________________________PHONE:____________________
I know that running a road race and swimming in open water are potentially hazardous activities. I should not participate unless I am medically ableand properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a race official relative to my ability to safely complete the run and/or swim. I assume all risks associated with running and swimming in this event including, but not limited to: falls, deep water, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, including temperature and/or humidity, traffic and the conditions of the course, all such risks being known and appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and in consideration of your accepting my entry, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on mybehalf, waive and release the Taconic Road Runners Club, Town of Carmel and all sponsors, their representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation in this event even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver. I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use any photographs, motion pictures, recordings or any other recordof this event for any legitimate purpose. I understand that bicycles, skateboards, baby joggers, roller skates or blades, animals, and radio headsets are not allowed in the race and I will abide by this guideline.
Signature (Parent’s or Guardian’s if under 18)__________________________________________________ Date________________
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Taconic Teams Score Again in New YorkTom Maile
2007 was another good year for the Taconic racing teams thatcompete in the New York Road Runners Club ChampionshipSeries. There are probably 40 to 50 Taconics who participate inthe dozen or so races every year and the competition is fierce.The biggest powerhouses in the area including the Central ParkTrack Club, Westchester Track Club, Warren Street, UrbanAthletics, Millrose, NYAC and many, many others are our com-petition. The runners have a special club corral that puts themright at the front of the start for the races, which range from a 5Kall the way up to the NYC Marathon.
We are strongest in the 40, 50 and 60+ age groups although wehave some very successful Open runners as well. The men's 40'steam came in 4th place overall. It was a tough year for them asmany of their runners were unavailable or injured over the year.The 50's team, led by Steve Calidonna, Joe Porcaro and GregDiamond was once again the best of the Veterans, decisivelyoutscoring their nearest competition, the Nike Central Park TrackClub. After being the number one team for the last two years theTaconic 60+ was edged out by the Greater New York RacingTeam. They vow revenge in 2008.
The Lady Taconics also had a very good year. Our strong 40'steam came in 2nd for the year and the 50's team was once againnumber one. The competition among the women runners is everybit as fierce as the men's team face and it is a tribute to their teamspirit, hard training and dedication to score so well year in andyear out. This year we will be fielding a 60's women's team thatwill be very, very competitive.
If you are interested in going down to NY to race in this seriescontact one of race captains. They are always glad to have moreteam mates and you may be opened up to an aspect of runningthat you haven't experienced yet. Being part of a team can pro-vide added inspiration, motivation and fun.
Remaining schedule for 2008
5/3/08 - NYRR Half Marathon Grand Prix: Brooklyn - 5/17/08 - Healthy Kidney 10K - Central Park6/07/08 - NYRR - New York Mini 10K - CP6/15/08 - WABC Father's Day Fight Against Prostate Cancer 5M 7/19/08 - CPC Run for Central Park 4M - CP8/16/08 - NYRR Team Championships 5M - CP - Double Points9/06/08 - Fitness Magazine Mind, Body, Spirit Games 4M - CP10/04/08 - Norwegian Festival Grete's Great Gallop 13.1M - CP11/02/08 - ING New York City Marathon 26.2M12/07/08 - NYRR Joe Kleinerman 10K - CP
Oh What a Night...Cathy Groneman
Once again, NYRR Club Night held on March 6, 2008 at the NewYork Hilton was a festive affair that provided a wonderful oppor-tunity for New York runners to exchange running shoes for danc-ing shoes, running shorts for more dressy attire, and to mix andmingle with fellow runners, who are competitors on the courseand friends off it.
The celebration of New York Road Runners 50th anniversarywas also a celebration of local running clubs, providing themwith an opportunity to shine, not the least of which was TaconicRoad Runners.
Taconic had 6 age group nominees: Steve Calidonna, JoePorcaro, Tom Maile, Greg Diamond, Jane Lundy and CarolHansen. The Taconic tables cheered the loudest for our nomi-nees, and our winners: Tom Maile, who tied for first place withSidney Howard, and Steve Calidonna, who tied for first placewith Alan Ruben.
The cheering continued for our award-winning teams. TheVeteran Men (50+) took home the first place award, while theSuper Veteran Men (60+) finished the year in second place. TheVeteran Women finished in first place for the third consecutiveyear.
There was more to the evening than awards, though. There wasan excellent dinner followed by ample opportunity for dancing,and I understand Taconic attendees took full advantage of theopportunity!
If you've not run with Taconic's teams, consider joining us thisyear. We'd love to have you join us on the starting line (and in thedeli afterwards for coffee and bagels!)
Team Racing
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Are You Breaking the Law?Dr. Stuart Weitzman
There is a great principle thatdescribes what we do to our-selves as athletes and in everydaylife that Dr P. Michael Leahy pro-poses. It is called the Law ofRepetitive Motion. It says that aknot, ache or pain you feel inyour joints or muscles will beaffected or further damaged bythe time, reps and/or miles ofexercise you do. This damage isthen magnified by the amount of
force applied to the affected area while exerting your body. Asan athlete, perhaps you are putting yourself at risk by ignoringyour bodies warning signs, overtraining or not allowing sufficientrest and recovery time. If so, then you are guilty of breaking thelaw. This, my running friends, is how an ache or pain slowlybecomes a repetitive stress injury (overuse injury) or a cumula-tive trauma disorder. Either of these unfortunate outcomes causeyou to take unwanted time off from workouts, necessitate treat-ments, and/or could lead to permanent dysfunction.
The body has defense mechanisms in place when attempting torepair these overused areas. It does so by forming adhesions andscar tissue. This action could be effective in protecting us fromfurther damage if we stopped the activities that caused them.However, if you choose to ignore the subtle warning signs, theseareas with adhesions and scar tissue will become less pliable, lessefficient, less elastic and more susceptible to further injury. Thiscan then cause a negative feedback loop that interferes with nor-mal function and joint biomechanics thereby limiting one's abili-ty to perform at desired levels.
So What Can you Do? What are your options?
You can do nothing and hope that it goes away. In many casesthe pain, pulling or sensation can go away, but the problem maystill be there. I have seen many people that continually strugglewith the same injury depending on how intense their training gets
by ignoring the problem. This is an option, but the worst onebecause ignoring a problem will not make it completely go away.These nagging problems that "come with the territory" will slow-ly and perpetually creep up on you until it is happening more fre-quently throughout the year. These are ticking time bombs thatare just waiting to put you on a long and unnecessary break.
You can go to a provider that may not understand the demands oftraining on the body. This person can give you a short-term solu-tion that may not address the cause, such as "Stop doing that" or"Lay off it for a while" (everyone loves to hear those), they mayprescribe NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) and/orpalliative modalities to deal with the pains and discomfort, butthey may not address the function of your body and how it relatesto the tissues and joints.
Or you can go to a provider that understands running and train-ing that wants to see you not only get back to what you lovedoing comfortably, but excelling at it. There are techniques thatget rid of adhesions in the muscles, ligaments, tendons, andnerves which restore normal function to the affected area.Myofascial Release Techniques, Active Release, PNF stretchingand adjustments to the spine, pelvis and extremities to restoreproper movement to the joints that the tissues attach to are high-ly affective forms of this type of therapy.
I love running, training and camaraderie. It is my mission to helppeople get back to doing what they love to do. I am a member ofthe TRRC and I run in many of the races. As a Chiropractor, Ilike to look at the mechanics of the whole body as it relates to thisproblem. I am trained and certified in the techniques mentionedin this article.
If you have any questions or would like more information aboutwhat I do, please do not hesitate to email me [email protected], go to my websitewww.DrStuartWeitzman.com
2008 Summer Youth Track ProgramRich Nash
It seems as if we just closed the books on the 2007 season and the2008 program is upon us shortly. My many many thanks to peo-ple behind the scenes especially with the enormous amount ofpaperwork and the tedious tasks involved with registration. Someof these people include Deb Kenny, Karen Davies, CathyGroneman, and last summer Nick Jubok, who work tireless forthe program donating their many hours of volunteer work for itssuccess. This year we will have our usual kick off meeting with the coach-es and the administration to discuss new ideas, program changes,staff, equipment, etc., sometime in either April or May depending
on the availability of most coaches as it is essential to have theirfeedback on all issues. Fortunately we were able to have the Somers High School trackin 2007 unlike 2006 because of ongoing construction. The venueshould be even better this season as this facet is just about com-plete although adjoining construction will be in full swing. Forthis reason, please pay attention to signs and program instructionsfor your safety.If you would like to participate in the program ages 5 to 15, orcoach the students, please call me Rich Nash - 914-248-6363. Itis a fun thing to do by all and the mental rewards are great!
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As the spring road-racing season is upon us, the summer seasonand the Summer Youth Program, headed by Rich Nash, and theSummer Twilight Meets are just around the corner. The SummerYouth running and track and field program features almost 400children during the course of the summer running, getting fit,learning about running and track & field, and of course havingfun! The program has also increased interest in the area in run-ning and track and field that has greatly benefited our local highschool and middle school running and track and field programs.The Summer Twilight meets on Tuesdays in the summer for thelast 25 years provides an opportunity for races and an introduc-tion to many field events. In addition we have almost 50 highschool and college students who help each year with the programand the meets, which is hopefully developing an in interest incoaching in the future.
Many of our youth programs participants and "alumni" havemoved on to participate in cross country and track and field at themiddle school, high school, and college levels. Many of our localTRRC youth program participants have competed this winter intrack and field and have excelled.
Several of our high schools have athletes from the TRRC youthprogram and Summer Twilight Meets competing for their WinterTrack and Field programs and doing very well.
Manu Kumar of Yorktown, attended the Summer Youth Programfor several years at Somers and is now a sophomore, competingfor Yorktown High School. He was All League in Cross Countryand ran a 4:46 for 1600 meters which placed him second in hisLeague. Alex Moore of Yorktown participated in the SummerYouth Program and later helped at the Summer Twilight Meets,competes in the long jump and runs on the 4 x 800 meter relaywith a best time of 2:09. Dave Racciopo, who has volunteeredfor several summers at out Summer Meets, now competes forSienna College in Cross Country and Track and Field. MikeBurke also of Yorktown has also helped at our meets and at theSummer Youth Program, competes for SUNY Cortlandt and runsthe 400-meter hurdles and has run 50.5 for 400 meters, as well as1:59 for 800 meters.
Hendrick Hudson High School has several athletes now compet-ing in college programs who have helped for years at ourSummer Track and Field Meets. Tom Yee is competing at Ithacain the javelin throw. Duke Hannigan, a pole-vaulter at HendrickHudson is competing in track and field at Stony Brook. AlexRaffio is also competing at Stony Brook and has cleared 6' 2" inthe high jump. Tom Flynn competed at Dickinson College forfour years in the field events after competing in and helping atour summer meets for 6 plus years.
Peekskill High School has had a very successful winter track andfield season. Several of their athletes have competed in ourSummer Meets for several years. Catie Davis has been a regularat the Summer Meets and had a great season in the 1500-meter
race-walk, winning the Westchester County Meet, the LeagueMeet and the Section 1 Class B Meet. She also placed third in theNational Scholastic Indoor Track and Field Championship Meet,earning All American honors with a time of 7:49 for a full mile.Lawrence Campbell set the Section One 600 meter record at1:20.40 and placed 4th in the New York State Championships inthe 600. Lawrence also competes each summer in our summermeets. Ashley Ramsay, another summer meet participant had thebest triple jump in Section One at 37' 7". She won the SectionOne State Qualifier meet in the triple jump.
Somers High School and Middle School have 20 plus athleteswho have participated in the summer program or have volun-teered to work and help with the program. Rob Gorecki, a soph-omore attended the program for several summers and placedfourth in the 3200 meter run at the Section One Class B Meetwith a time of 10:17.4. Stephanie (10th) and Kaylee Hart (9th)both attended the summer program for many years and had greatseasons for Somers High School running the middle distances.Neil Hart, their father is one of our mainstay summer youth pro-gram coaches. Sophomore Crosby Tillman, also attended the pro-gram for years and was the League Champ in the 1500 meterrace-walk at 7:59.9 this winter season. Her father Dan Tillman isalso one of our dedicated summer youth coaches. GiulianaViglione attended the program and now volunteers and also hada solid season for Somers, competing in the race-walk and the1500 meter run. Avery Faeth who coaches the high jump in thesummer program was the League Champ in the high jump thiswinter with a height of 5' 2". Her sister Megan, who coaches theshot put and discus at the summer program was the league champin the shot put this winter and had a best throw of 34' 10".Several Somers alumni continue to help with the program. AlexBean, who has helped for the past few summers, ran a 4:06 mileand a 1:51 for 800 meters this winter for Georgetown. NikoViglione, another mainstay during the summer had a breakoutcollege for SUNY Cortlandt, running 1:53 for 800 meters and2:59 on a 1200-meter distance medley leg. Alexandra Swiatochahas volunteered for the past five years and is competing in thepentathalon and heptathalon at Holy Cross College.
It is clear that we will see many more area Cross Country andTrack & Field stars coming out of the TRRC summer youth pro-gram. Our area middle school and high school coaches are veryappreciative of having a feeder program such as this and are verygrateful to Rich Nash and TRRC!
The next TRRC Youth Cornerwill feature results from area youthraces. The Somers Joe Wynne Lions Club Invitational Track andField Meet on Saturday May 3rd at Somers High School willhave a 400 meter run on the track at 9:00AM for kids ages 5&under to 14 years of age. Sign up at the Track. Check the TRRCwebsite for information.
Youth CornerRoy Arnesen
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Summer Youth Program Sponsored by Taconic Road Runners Club
In cooperation with the Somers Central School District
�� The group will meet Monday and Thursday evenings from 6-7:30 p.m. for 90 minute workouts at Somers High School track, from June 26th through August 7th 2008. Arrive 15 minutes early.
�� Pre registration June 23 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Primrose Elementary School. �� Ages 5- 18 welcome �� Program under the instruction of area NY State certified high school coaches �� Children grouped by age and ability with an NYS certified coach for each group �� Focus on fun, life fitness, running and field events �� Perfect for the beginners wanting to learn a sport or the experienced athlete looking to increase fitness for
any sport�� Training for the serious track and field athlete�� Fun competition in summer track and field events is optional (Summer Twilight Series - Tuesdays)�� Fee is $30 for membership, t-shirt, program, and picnic�� Scholarship available to a graduating senior or college undergraduate (2009)�� For information contact Rich Nash (914) 248-6363�� Registration limited to the first 200 applicants-early registration is encouraged�� Check the TRRC website, www.runner.org, for more information�� Program held rain or shine -- canceled when lightning
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Mail checks payable to TRRC to P.O. Box 711, Shrub Oak, NY 10588 I know that track and field is a potentially hazardous activity. I should not allow my child to participate unless medically able. We agree to abide by the coach's instructions relative to ability. We assume all risks associated with running in this program, including but not limited to: falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, including high heat/humidity and the conditions of the facility. All such risk being known and appreciated by us. Having read this waiver and knowing these effects and in consideration of you accepting my application, we for us and for any one entitled to act on our behalf waive and release the Taconic Road Runners Club, the town of SomersSomers Central School District, program coaches, and all sponsors, their representatives and successors from all claims of liabilities of any kind arising out of participation in this event.
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Freezer Fives 2008Joe Porcaro
Thanks to absolutely fabulous weather on February 3rd and coldbut bearable weather on February 17th the Taconic Freezer Fiveshad a record turnout for both races. We had 167 participants at the5K and another 137 at the 5 miler.
Breaking the grip of the Master's runners at these races, JorgeGarcia, who is 15 years old, finished 18 seconds ahead of JayDuggan in the 5K for the win. The veteran runners prevailed inthe 5 miler with a win by Greg Diamond.
As for the ladies, it was the reverse. Master's runner LauraDiMarino finished the 5k in a time of 19:42 just ahead of 15-
year-old Libby Lazare. Master's runner Suzanne LaBurt won the5 miler in a time of 33:36. It's great to see some fast finishes byreally young runners.Both events had a classic race within a race. The 60 to 69 agegroup category was very competitive this year. Tom Power fromthe NYAC won both races. He finished the 5k in a time of 21:45and the 5 miler in a time of 35:37 out distancing Ray Marrero,Tom Maile, and Leo Gormely who all finished within seconds ofeach other.
Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped out, especiallythose who did double duty by helping at both races.
Freezer 5k ResultsSex Age Name, age Time Pace
1 1 0 Jorge Garcia, 15 17:34 5:402 2 0 Jay Duggan, 47 17:52 5:453 3 0 Dan Isleib, 38 18:26 5:564 4 1 Takashi Ogawa, 51 19:08 6:105 5 2 Ken Pfaff, 53 19:12 6:116 6 1 Andrew Vaccaro, 23 19:13 6:117 7 1 Noah Pearce, 32 19:27 6:168 8 1 Douglas Murray, 47 19:30 6:179 9 2 Paul Zanis, 44 19:36 6:1910 1 0 Laura DiMarino, 41 19:42 6:2111 10 2 Ray Pryblyski, 36 19:44 6:2112 11 3 Jay Holbrook, 40 19:47 6:2213 12 3 Scott Mosenthal, 55 19:50 6:2314 2 0 Libby Lazare, 15 19:59 6:2615 13 3 Patrick Leone, 34 20:04 6:2816 3 0 Jeanne Halloran, 29 20:23 6:3417 4 1 Hannah Rose, 18 20:33 6:3718 14 4 Bob Hermesch, 57 20:34 6:3819 15 4 Patrick Tobin, 45 20:39 6:3920 5 1 Tanya Mohatt, 30 20:41 6:4021 6 1 Jeanette Shelow-Macdou 20:44 6:4122 7 2 Kim Chalfin, 37 21:04 6:4723 16 5 Doug Rose, 50 21:05 6:4824 17 6 Robert Albanese, 50 21:09 6:4925 18 1 Matthew Levy, 18 21:13 6:5026 8 1 Carlie Brittan, 14 21:17 6:5127 19 5 Barry Naft, 49 21:31 6:5628 20 6 William Foley, 47 21:33 6:5729 21 7 Ray Lienau, 55 21:42 7:0030 22 1 Tom Power, 61 21:45 7:0031 23 7 Dan Miller, 42 21:54 7:0332 24 2 John Monahan, 21 22:07 7:0833 25 4 David Atkins, 30 22:12 7:0934 9 2 Shelley Glover, 46 22:18 7:1135 26 2 Raymond Marrero, 61 22:21 7:1236 27 8 Peter Ryan, 44 22:28 7:1437 28 3 Tom Maile, 65 22:30 7:1538 29 9 Steve Blackburn, 47 22:33 7:1639 30 4 Leo Gormley, 65 22:50 7:2140 10 2 Kaitlyn Dibello, 16 22:52 7:22
41 31 10 Brad Shilling, 46 22:55 7:2342 32 11 Nicholas Sperenza, 46 22:56 7:2343 33 12 Richard Collender, 45 23:15 7:3044 34 8 Thomas McShane, 51 23:27 7:3345 35 9 Mike Kelly, 50 23:33 7:3546 36 13 Robert Herde Jr., 43 23:35 7:3647 37 1 Luke Speranza, 10 23:37 7:3748 38 10 Jeff Dain, 51 23:38 7:3749 39 5 Roger Neibuhr, 33 23:41 7:3850 40 11 Ernest Joseph, 51 23:46 7:4051 41 6 Scott Seals, 39 23:47 7:4052 42 5 Arthur Weisberg, 63 23:53 7:4253 11 3 Angela Sellman, 32 24:14 7:4954 12 4 Andrea Fortino, 35 24:24 7:5255 43 2 Ryan Anderson, 15 24:26 7:5256 44 14 David Issac, 45 24:30 7:5457 45 12 Gary Steinel, 55 24:31 7:5458 13 1 Leah Londrigan, 21 24:34 7:5559 46 13 Michael Londrigan, 53 24:35 7:5560 47 15 Nick Stanton, 40 24:40 7:5761 14 2 Ericka Finan, 12 24:46 7:5962 48 7 Joseph Scarfone, 39 24:47 7:5963 49 8 Marc Panitz, 35 24:52 8:0164 50 9 Bryant Pappas, 34 24:59 8:0365 15 3 Karen Johnson, 49 25:00 8:0366 16 4 Ruth Littman, 44 25:03 8:0467 51 14 Frank Greene, 53 25:09 8:0668 52 3 Jonathan Toomey, 25 25:11 8:0769 17 5 Beatriz Lynch, 32 25:13 8:0870 53 6 Bob Glover, 61 25:17 8:0971 54 7 Harold Rhodes Jr., 62 25:18 8:0972 55 15 Michael McKenna, 51 25:23 8:1173 56 16 Daniel Assuma, 56 25:25 8:1174 18 1 Bette Clark, 52 25:26 8:1275 57 17 Patsey Perroto, 54 25:35 8:1576 19 5 Catherine Cousin, 44 25:36 8:1577 20 6 Jenifer Kelly, 35 25:40 8:1678 58 18 Tom Moloney, 50 25:41 8:1779 59 16 David Pacchiana, 46 25:49 8:1980 60 10 Mark Gueren, 36 25:59 8:2281 21 7 Lena Hickey, 38 26:00 8:2382 22 2 Joanne Alesevich, 29 26:01 8:2383 61 1 Rudi Einhorn, 71 26:02 8:23
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Freezer 5miler Results Sex Age Name, age Time Pace
1 1 0 Greg Diamond, 50 30:11 6:022 2 0 Paul Willis, 38 30:28 6:053 3 0 Matthew Daly, 27 31:13 6:144 4 1 Ken Pfaff, 53 31:29 6:175 5 2 Takashi Ogdwa, 51 31:49 6:216 6 1 Noah Pearce, 32 32:10 6:267 7 1 Paul Zanis, 44 32:17 6:278 8 1 Chris Hawkins, 25 33:07 6:379 9 2 Neil Leibowitz, 33 33:14 6:3810 1 0 Suzanne LaBurt, 44 33:36 6:4311 2 0 Jeanette Shelow-MacDouga l 33:48 6:4512 10 2 Eric Janorzowski, 48 33:58 6:4713 11 3 Paul Mackey, 44 34:16 6:5114 12 3 Doug Carter, 54 34:23 6:5215 13 4 Bob Hermesch, 57 34:25 6:5316 14 4 Pat Kelleher, 45 34:29 6:5317 15 5 Robert Albanese, 50 34:40 6:5618 3 0 Joy Jaworski, 46 34:50 6:5819 4 1 Julie Gillis, 25 35:11 7:0220 16 5 Bill Foley, 47 35:17 7:0321 17 6 Lee Davis, 41 35:20 7:0422 18 6 Ray Lienay, 55 35:22 7:0423 19 7 Barry Naft, 49 35:25 7:0524 20 1 Robert Klein, 13 35:33 7:0625 21 1 Tom Power, 61 35:37 7:0726 22 3 Frank O'Reilly, 35 35:38 7:0727 23 8 Daniel Dejardius, 42 35:45 7:0928 24 2 Robert Almodovaz, 61 36:04 7:1229 5 1 Tina Batten, 36 36:08 7:1330 25 3 Tom Maile, 65 36:13 7:1431 26 9 Franz Martin, 44 36:38 7:1932 6 1 Marina Veatch, 48 36:49 7:2133 27 4 Peter Servedio, 61 36:57 7:2334 28 1 Roy Anderson, 15 36:57 7:2335 29 2 Thomas Assuma, 24 36:58 7:2336 30 7 John Kiselak, 57 37:06 7:2537 7 1 Nicolette St. Lawrence, 1 37:07 7:2538 31 5 Leo Gormley, 65 37:18 7:2739 32 8 Mike Kelly, 50 37:45 7:3340 33 10 Nicholas Speranza, 46 37:46 7:3341 34 4 Gregory Cohen, 39 37:51 7:3442 35 5 David Atkins, 30 37:53 7:3443 36 2 Matt Spatafore, 15 37:58 7:3544 37 6 John Shert, 60 38:04 7:3645 8 2 Emmy Stocker, 49 38:19 7:3946 38 7 Pablo Penages, 66 38:21 7:4047 39 6 Tom McDonough, 39 38:22 7:4048 40 8 Arthur Weisberg, 63 38:33 7:4249 41 11 Richard Collender, 45 38:41 7:4450 42 9 Michael Londrigan, 53 38:42 7:4451 43 12 Brad Shilling, 46 39:01 7:4852 44 7 Stuart Weitzman, 34 39:02 7:4853 45 13 Mike Cavanaugh, 47 39:05 7:4954 9 3 Lori Cassia-Decker, 47 39:24 7:5255 46 3 William Caruso, 28 39:36 7:5556 47 8 Martin Cmejrek, 33 40:10 8:0257 48 14 Nick Stanton, 40 40:18 8:03
58 49 10 Gary Steinel, 55 40:30 8:0659 50 11 Anthony Berndt, 54 40:41 8:0860 10 1 Erin Begg, 13 40:45 8:0961 51 15 Bill Begg, 44 40:51 8:1062 11 2 Andrea Fortino, 35 41:13 8:1463 52 12 Ernie Spatafore, 52 41:21 8:1664 12 2 Melissa Maxey, 23 41:29 8:1765 13 3 Kellie Faircloth, 24 41:30 8:1866 53 13 Robert Scott, 51 41:32 8:1867 14 4 Catherine Cousin, 44 41:34 8:1868 54 2 Luke Speranza, 10 41:40 8:2069 15 1 Bette Clark, 52 41:41 8:2070 55 14 Daniel Assuma, 56 41:51 8:2271 56 4 Dan Bengyale, 25 42:15 8:2772 16 5 Ruth Littman, 44 42:28 8:2973 17 2 Jill Staats, 56 42:29 8:2974 18 3 Caitlin Drap, 31 42:46 8:3375 57 9 Mark Gueren, 36 42:46 8:3376 19 2 Camille Mackey, 15 43:00 8:3677 20 4 Beth Dexler, 32 43:04 8:3678 58 16 Patrick Reagan, 49 43:07 8:3779 59 15 Tommy Lapp, 51 43:09 8:3780 21 3 Fran Pisano, 51 43:28 8:4181 60 10 Scott Nurnberger, 33 43:37 8:4382 61 11 Peter White, 33 43:38 8:4383 22 6 Wanda Bills, 46 43:40 8:4484 62 16 Michael Berardino, 56 43:40 8:4485 23 5 Deborah McKillop, 38 43:41 8:4486 63 12 Frank Davidson, 39 43:44 8:4487 24 4 Joanne Alesevich, 29 43:58 8:4788 64 13 Andrew Bell, 30 44:01 8:4889 65 17 Bob Lazerson, 53 44:11 8:5090 66 5 Juan Liriano, 29 44:13 8:5091 67 9 Dennis Burns, 61 44:40 8:5692 68 17 John Bills, 40 45:08 9:0193 69 18 Brendan Higgins, 40 45:16 9:0394 25 4 Enid Burns, 54 45:25 9:0595 70 14 William Russell, 33 45:27 9:0596 71 15 Thomas Baker, 37 45:29 9:0597 72 10 James Wenzel, 65 45:31 9:0698 73 18 David Douglas, 51 45:32 9:0699 74 11 Bill Walsh, 69 45:43 9:08100 75 19 Pete Warner, 49 45:45 9:09101 76 20 Mark Hanley, 48 45:50 9:10102 26 1 Rita LaBar, 60 45:55 9:11103 77 21 Bob Herde Jr., 43 45:56 9:11104 78 16 Kevin Herde, 39 46:12 9:14105 27 7 Marina Zats, 48 46:28 9:17106 79 19 Jose Cooper, 58 47:01 9:24107 80 20 Dan Ciarcia, 50 47:18 9:27108 81 12 Steven Karp, 61 47:21 9:28109 28 5 Angie Delgado, 27 47:52 9:34110 29 6 Mary Wilson, 31 48:02 9:36111 82 22 James Pappas, 40 48:23 9:40112 83 13 Bill Smith, 63 48:39 9:43113 84 14 Frank LaBar, 62 48:46 9:45114 30 8 Elizabeth Palmer, 44 48:47 9:45115 31 7 Lena Hickey, 38 48:55 9:47116 32 9 Peggy Meenan, 45 49:01 9:48
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Freezer 5k Results - cont.Sex Age Name, age Time Pace
84 62 17 Patrick Reagan, 49 26:04 8:2485 63 11 Andrew Bell, 30 26:13 8:2786 64 19 Michael Berardino, 55 26:18 8:2987 23 2 Enid Burns, 54 26:35 8:3488 65 20 Richard Byquist, 53 26:39 8:3589 66 18 Joel Finan, 43 26:42 8:3690 24 8 Tamra McCarthy, 36 26:48 8:3891 67 3 Mike Levy, 16 26:52 8:4092 68 19 Ed Vreeland, 42 26:54 8:4093 25 3 Rebecca Levy, 13 26:55 8:4094 69 20 Brendon Higgins, 40 26:59 8:4295 26 6 Jeanette Sanderson, 49 27:11 8:4696 70 21 Joel Forbes, 48 27:17 8:4897 27 3 Adrian Smith, 54 27:24 8:5098 28 9 Caitlin Drap, 31 27:26 8:5099 71 21 Bob Rifkin, 54 27:31 8:52100 72 22 Bob Attinelly, 43 27:35 8:53101 73 12 Thomas Baker, 37 27:36 8:54102 29 7 Wanda Bills, 46 27:40 8:55103 30 8 Marybeth Stefano, 40 27:48 8:58104 74 23 James Pappas, 40 27:56 9:00105 31 10 Daina Bray, 31 27:59 9:01106 75 8 James Wenzel, 65 28:00 9:01107 32 11 Nirvana Macdonald, 34 28:00 9:01108 33 12 Marie Galiano, 36 28:01 9:02109 76 9 Mike Baker, 65 28:08 9:04110 77 24 Gerhard Werni, 42 28:19 9:08111 78 13 Louis Netter, 32 28:31 9:11112 79 22 Dan Ciarcia, 50 28:40 9:14113 80 25 Kevin Herde, 40 28:54 9:19114 81 23 Karl Eilers, 55 29:06 9:23115 34 13 Cathy Drumm, 36 29:23 9:28116 82 14 Simon Fludgate, 36 29:44 9:35117 83 26 Joseph Woska, 43 29:45 9:35118 84 2 Alex Lazare, 14 30:03 9:41119 35 9 Marina Shults, 44 30:25 9:48120 85 24 Tom Roberts, 57 30:30 9:50121 36 10 Elizabeth Palmer, 44 30:32 9:50122 86 10 Dan Moffitt, 60 30:33 9:51123 37 11 Katsura Ogawa, 49 30:42 9:54124 87 15 Patrick Kelly, 38 30:43 9:54125 38 12 Marie Calo, 48 30:55 9:58
126 88 3 Camden Holbrook, 8 30:56 9:58127 89 27 Steve Schwank, 41 31:02 10:00128 39 14 Jannita Stokey, 33 31:03 10:00129 40 4 Eileen Kenny, 56 31:16 10:05130 90 28 John Doino, 49 31:27 10:08131 41 13 Patty Cartelli, 43 31:30 10:09132 42 5 Yvonne Harris, 52 31:31 10:10133 91 11 Ed McLaughlin, 61 31:40 10:12134 92 12 John Scanlon, 63 31:42 10:13135 93 25 Kevin O'neill, 57 32:20 10:25136 94 13 Roy Westmoreland, 68 32:48 10:34137 43 15 Kerry Mammola, 37 32:53 10:36138 44 16 Racahel Colombo, 33 32:55 10:37139 45 14 Wanda Smithson, 42 33:22 10:45140 95 29 Victor Ruiz, 46 33:23 10:46141 46 17 Michele Ocampo, 30 33:49 10:54142 47 6 Ethel Zai, 57 33:56 10:56143 48 15 Cheryl Langus, 47 33:59 10:57144 49 7 Dagny Hyde, 55 34:17 11:03145 50 18 Glenda Moran, 39 34:19 11:04146 96 2 Stanley Goldstein, 72 34:28 11:07147 51 3 Shannon Higgins, 17 35:04 11:18148 97 30 Mike Dignelli, 49 36:01 11:37149 98 16 Carlos Jativa, 32 36:24 11:44150 52 19 Lori Lerman, 37 37:16 12:01151 99 14 Howard Solow, 64 37:17 12:01152 100 31 Chris Davis, 42 37:27 12:04153 53 16 Bernadette Pye, 41 37:59 12:15154 101 15 Peter Servedio, 61 38:23 12:22155 54 1 Diana Cecul, 60 40:44 13:08156 102 4 Eamonn Sullivan, 4 42:46 13:47157 55 20 Andrea Leva, 31 42:46 13:47158 103 32 Steven Fusco, 48 42:47 13:48159 56 4 Rachel Levy, 11 44:54 14:29160 104 33 Ed Levy, 41 44:55 14:29161 105 3 Frank Patterson, 79 45:13 14:35162 106 16 Frank Schmidt, 69 46:21 14:57163 107 5 Chad Finan, 10 48:21 15:35164 57 17 Cheryl Higgins, 43 50:10 16:10165 58 18 Michelle Holbrook, 40 54:32 17:35166 59 5 Catherine Holbrook, 8 54:37 17:37167 60 2 Peg Meisler, 61 54:38 17:37
Freezer 5miler Results - cont.Sex Age Name, age Time Pace
116 32 9 Peggy Meenan, 45 49:01 9:48117 33 5 Tara Lansen, 50 49:02 9:48118 34 6 Melinda Walsh, 56 49:03 9:48119 35 8 Nirvana MacDonald, 34 49:39 9:55120 85 21 Karl Eilers, 55 49:44 9:56121 86 15 Ed McLoughlin, 61 50:00 10:00122 36 9 Marie Galiano, 36 50:03 10:00123 37 10 Kerry Mammola, 33 50:19 10:03124 87 1 John Bates, 84 50:26 10:05125 88 23 John Doino, 49 51:41 10:20126 38 10 Christine Rossiter, 40 52:12 10:26
127 39 11 Lauren Carnazza, 43 52:12 10:26128 89 24 Robert Klein, 44 52:19 10:27129 90 3 Kevin Klein, 7 52:20 10:28130 40 6 Gail Marquez, 29 56:38 11:19131 41 7 Kathy McGuinness, 54 56:40 11:20132 91 1 Stanley Goldstein, 72 57:27 11:29133 42 12 Lisa Toregossa, 45 59:28 11:53134 92 25 Michael Dignelli, 49 1:02:00 12:24135 93 2 Joe Handelman, 77 1:08:07 13:37136 43 2 Peg Meisler, 61 1:18:26 15:41137 94 26 Steven Goran, 49 1:30:46 18:09
St. Patrick’s Day Races 2008John Intile
Perhaps for all of us who were at this year's Saint Patrick's DayRaces it cannot be said that the wind was at our backs and thatthe sun shined warmly upon our faces. But although this year'sSaint Patrick's Race Day at FDR Park arrived with brisk andwindy weather conditions the Luck of the Irish was with us all.Although it was March, FDR Park was virtually free of snow andice contributing to excellent running conditions on the parkroads.
In the 2 miler, John Raneri age 16, ran a blistering 10:30 to beathis closest competitor in this race, Jorge Rojas who finished in11:00. Leah Londrigan, age 21, captured the 2 miler win for thewomen in 14:50. Of special note is Paul Mackey who finished the2 miler in 13:06 and at age 14 was the youngest finisher in the 2miler top ten. Thank you John, Leah and Paul for providing aninspiration to everyone! Once again the Saint Patrick's Day 2miler proved to be a great race for family members of all ages andabilities to participate in together.
For the 10K, Christopher Lamperski, age 26 and Shannon Duff,age 30 were the top Male and Female and 1st and 2nd overall.Christopher's time was 34:48 and Shannon's time was 38:22, verystrong performances on an always challenging FDR Park course!Congratulations Christopher and Shannon! In the top ten 10Kfinishers were masters runners Ken Pfaff (38:57), Ogawa Takashi(39:27), Paul Zanis (40:36), Jay Holbrook (40:46) and Roy
Altman (41:32). Top female 10K finishers were 16-year-oldKaitlyn Dibello (43:43) our second place finisher and ElsieDeLorenzo (46:23) in third place.
This year's post race activities culminated with many raffle prizesto our participants with one raffle prize, plane fare for two toIreland, having been won by Deirdre Moynihan of HawthorneNY. In addition to the plane fare for two raffle prize we also raf-fled off several excellent prizes provided by Pepsi and Adidas.To add to the post race activities and true to the Saint Patrick'sDay theme we had Irish Music and beer for all those over twen-ty-one years in age.
To our Sponsor's of this year's Saint Patrick's Day Races whichincluded: United Way of Westchester and Putnam; State Farm /Michael Berardino Agency; Michelob Ultra (D. Bertoline andSons); Pepsi; Bevi Bags and Adidas- from all of us in the TaconicRoad Runners Club we express our overwhelming gratitudebecause you made the Saint Patrick's Day Races possible.
To all our volunteers a special thank you. The efforts by the vol-unteers who worked in every capacity supporting the 2008 SaintPatrick's Day Races truly made this year's race day a rewardingexperience. Until we all meet again at next year's race, may run-ning not only add years to your life but also add life to youryears!
2 Miler ResultsPlace Name Sex Age Time1 Raneri, John M 16 10:302 Rojas, Jorge M 28 11:003 Diamond, Greg M 50 11:064 Ryan, Christopher M 17 11:415 Prybylski, Ray M 36 12:266 Stern, Greg M 29 12:297 Thompson, Mark M 45 12:428 Mackey, Paul M 14 13:069 Albanese, Robert M 50 13:1110 Shilling, Brad M 46 13:3211 Hart, Scott M 30 13:3612 Rubin, Greg M 49 13:5113 Cousin, Kevin M 14 14:1414 Hashmall, Joseph M 10 14:2315 Ryan, Sean M 10 14:2416 Londrigan, Michael M 53 14:3717 Gormley, Leo M 65 14:4018 Lubarsky, Richard M 48 14:4219 VanBladel, Johan M 44 14:4420 Brennan, Jack M 66 14:4521 Cousin, Patrick M 10 14:4722 Londrigan, Leah F 21 14:5023 Steinel, Gary M 55 14:5124 Cillis, Christopher M 22 14:5525 Mezzancello,Jeff M 28 14:5826 Cousin, Timothy M 12 15:02
27 Gargiulo, Thomas M 11 15:1028 Hashmall, Ellie F 50 15:1229 Rhodes Jr., Harold M 62 15:1430 Cousin, Conor M 12 15:1931 Young, Nancy F 52 15:2432 Cousin, Christopher M 14 15:2833 Kuchta, Dan M 43 15:3234 Smith, Jim Kelly M 42 15:5235 Klammer, Nicole F 36 16:0836 Rodnigner, Petra F 13 16:1837 Ryan, Kaitlyn F 8 16:4338 Pacchiana, Jason M 9 16:5939 Pacchiana, David M 46 17:0240 Flynn, Peter M 15 17:0541 Wasserman, Danielle F 15 17:0742 Isaac, Rachel F 14 17:0943 Mackey, Camille F 15 17:0944 Sullivan, Jack M 9 17:1545 Sullivan, Michael M 36 17:1646 Baker, Michael M 65 17:2247 Franzova, Eva F 17 17:2848 Berardino, Michael M 56 17:3049 Reilly, Kerry F 15 17:3250 Isaac, Harrison M 9 17:3351 Isaac, David M 45 17:3452 Raneri, David M 52 17:46
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2 Miler Results - Cont.Place Name Sex Age Time53 Johnston, Walter M 60 17:5054 Foley, Tim M 15 17:5455 Foley, William M 48 17:5556 Egan, Annie F 46 17:5857 Kenny, Matt M 10 18:0058 Calo, Marie F 48 18:0259 Toccafondi, John M 48 18:1160 Tinkhauser, Noah M 10 18:2561 Winter, Robin F 46 18:2662 Katsura, Ogawa F 50 18:3363 Muratore, Lindsay F 14 18:3864 Galfano, Nina F 28 18:5965 Barkman, Peter M 39 19:0066 Rodingner, Ingela F 42 19:1367 Rotondo, Christine F 13 19:2168 Mackey, Rosemarie F 13 19:2569 Velonis, Miranda F 27 19:2770 VanBladel, Cristina F 41 19:4471 Curreri, Sal M 52 19:4472 Redmond, Abby F 30 19:4973 Redmond, Rob M 29 19:5074 Dunn, Jason M 31 20:2275 Sartelli, Quinn F 13 20:2676 Ivey, Bryan M 8 20:4877 Ivey, Hailey F 8 20:5478 Walsh, William A. M 46 21:0779 Walsh, William E. M 11 21:0880 Huvane, Christina F 33 21:0881 Levi, Howard M 51 21:1482 Thorp, Larry M 72 21:1783 Doyle, Flori F 54 21:2184 Ivey, Lynn F 48 21:2485 Riley, Susan F 50 21:2686 Cartelli, Austin M 10 21:3087 Salzillo, Rita F 39 21:4188 Dorazio, Julie F 42 21:4189 Kenny, Nancy F 42 21:4990 Gargiulo Jr., Jack M 13 22:1291 Klammer, Melissa F 32 22:1592 Gargiulo, Nicholas M 7 22:2593 Cartelli, Vincent M 7 22:26
94 Cartelli, Ken M 46 22:3195 Velonis, Peter M 31 22:4096 Kirsch, Kenny M 43 22:4297 Isaac, Lorraine F 45 23:0898 Kwee Isaac, Lia F 43 23:0999 Kenny, Shannon F 14 23:14100 Zipkin, Awi F 14 23:25101 Davies, Kathleen F 62 23:43102 Warsaw, Susan F 53 23:49103 DiBello, Mikaela F 10 24:09104 Rotondo, Marisa F 46 24:34105 Downing, Ellen F 46 24:51106 Leva, Andrea F 31 25:12107 Sullivan, Eamann M 4 25:12108 Kirsch, Izzie F 13 25:17109 Kirsch, Miles M 11 25:19110 Williams, Tyler M 7 25:21111 O'Brien, Candi F 58 25:34112 Rotondo, Rita F 68 25:54113 Moynihan, Noreen F 29 26:01114 Farrier, Kim F 50 26:02115 Meslener, Christina F 39 26:03116 Moynihan, Deirdre F 31 26:16117 Lap. Joseph M 11 26:18118 November, Pauline F 11 26:34119 Kuchta, Bridgette F 15 27:00120 Ivey, Emily F 11 27:21121 Blackburn, Margaret F 15 27:38122 Lindstrom, Nadia F 15 27:40123 Marin, Brooke F 15 27:41124 Isaac, Julia F 13 27:41125 Meisler, Pete M 64 28:04126 Dillon, Kathleen F 61 28:09127 Saitta, Joseph M 43 29:29128 Murray, Mary F 35 29:30129 Goran, Steven M 49 30:17130 Murray, Abby F 9 31:20131 Murray, Diane F 45 31:35132 Murphy, Dick M 75 32:01133 Meisler, Peg F 61 34:38134 Carney, Mike M 52 34:38
Anthony Portera, Emmy Stocker and Frank Colella
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10k ResultsAll Sex Age Name, Age Time Pace1 1 0 Chrstopher Lamperski, 26 34:48 5:362 1 0 Shannon Duff, 30 38:22 6:113 2 0 Jonathan Scott, 27 38:30 6:124 3 0 Ken Pfaff, 53 38:57 6:165 4 1 Christopher Ryan, 17 39:07 6:186 5 1 Takashi Ogawa, 51 39:27 6:217 6 1 Chris Kumrow, 36 40:22 6:308 7 1 Paul Zanis, 44 40:36 6:329 8 2 Jay Holbrook, 40 40:46 6:3410 9 2 Roy Altman, 50 41:32 6:4111 10 2 Noah Pearce, 32 42:05 6:4712 11 3 Petr Polivka, 45 42:11 6:4813 12 3 Michael Tirrrell, 53 42:29 6:5114 13 4 Doug Miller, 48 42:35 6:5215 14 4 Bob Hermesch, 58 42:43 6:5316 15 5 Mark Thompson, 45 43:38 7:0217 2 0 Kaitlyn Dibello, 16 43:43 7:0318 16 6 William Foley, 48 44:08 7:0719 17 3 Adam Stone, 38 44:50 7:1320 18 7 Paul Mackey, 44 45:00 7:1521 19 5 Ray Lienau, 55 45:00 7:1522 20 8 Joseph Bencivenga, 41 45:21 7:1823 21 1 Dave Ulmer, 60 45:30 7:2024 22 9 Barry Naft, 49 45:36 7:2125 3 0 Elsie DeLorenzo, 42 46:23 7:2826 23 10 Martin Franz, 44 46:23 7:2827 24 11 Nicholas Speranza, 46 46:39 7:3128 25 1 Luke Speranza, 10 46:39 7:3129 4 1 Janet Rosenthal, 39 46:44 7:3230 26 12 Edward Fahey, 45 46:49 7:3331 27 2 Tom Power, 61 46:55 7:3432 5 1 Emily Rodriguez, 19 47:12 7:36
33 28 13 Gregory DiBello, 46 47:55 7:4334 29 6 John Kiselak, 57 48:07 7:4535 30 7 Wayne Rubin, 57 48:25 7:4836 31 14 Frank Colella, 45 48:25 7:4837 32 2 Ryan Anderson, 15 48:50 7:5238 33 2 Connor Kelly, 13 48:59 7:5439 34 4 Stephen Pagliari, 30 49:02 7:5440 6 2 Marcia Valenzuela, 28 49:54 8:0241 35 8 Anibac Barrero, 58 50:23 8:0742 36 15 Leo Cunningham, 40 50:30 8:0843 37 9 Sam Lewbel, 57 50:42 8:1044 38 5 Matthew Robinson, 31 50:48 8:1145 39 6 Mark Gueren, 36 50:50 8:1146 7 2 Caitlin Drap, 31 50:54 8:1247 40 16 Edward Lyons, 49 51:23 8:1748 41 3 Jim Best, 64 51:40 8:2049 42 7 Roger Niebuhr, 33 51:47 8:2150 8 3 Laura Sugantino, 35 51:55 8:2251 43 10 Rich Bagwell, 54 51:55 8:2252 44 4 Anton Deiters, 67 51:56 8:2253 9 4 Patty O'Lanterna, 39 51:58 8:2254 45 11 D.j. Lap, 53 52:16 8:2555 10 3 Nina Coulter, 24 52:28 8:2756 46 12 Michael Courtney, 56 52:34 8:2857 47 5 Bill Schwarz, 64 52:44 8:3058 11 5 Ilana Robinson, 30 52:45 8:3059 12 6 Pamela Harrison, 39 52:51 8:3160 48 8 Joseph Scarfone, 39 52:58 8:3261 49 13 Pat Perrotto, 54 53:12 8:3462 50 14 Robert Scott, 51 53:25 8:3663 13 1 Catherine Cousin, 44 53:27 8:3764 51 17 John Murray, 45 53:46 8:40
Start of 2 Miler
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10k Results - Cont.All Sex Age Name, Age Time Pace65 52 9 James Furey, 34 53:50 8:4066 53 15 Edward Cousin, 53 54:18 8:4567 54 3 Eb Sanborn, 18 54:46 8:5068 55 16 Daniel Assuma, 56 55:02 8:5269 14 7 Margaret Macchetto, 38 55:08 8:5370 15 2 Joyce Silverstein, 49 55:18 8:5571 56 18 Dan Sherman, 41 55:23 8:5572 57 17 Bob Rifkin, 54 55:30 8:5773 58 19 Patrick Reagan, 49 55:48 9:0074 16 4 Kathryn Laganza, 29 55:54 9:0075 17 5 Jenna Manders, 20 56:20 9:0576 18 8 Maria Zullo, 34 56:32 9:0777 19 3 Virginia Sanborn, 49 56:38 9:0878 59 20 Jim Kelly Smith, 42 56:53 9:1079 60 21 Daniel Kuchta, 43 57:22 9:1580 20 1 Rita LaBar, 60 57:31 9:1681 61 22 Glenn Nilsen, 42 57:39 9:1782 62 23 Mark Hanley, 48 57:49 9:1983 63 18 Dan Ciarcia, 51 57:53 9:2084 21 9 Lisa Moran, 38 58:00 9:2185 64 10 Anthony Portera, 37 58:01 9:2186 65 1 Stephen Conroy, 28 58:19 9:2487 22 10 Heather McOuat, 38 58:42 9:2888 66 6 James Whalen, 65 59:17 9:3389 23 11 Elisabeth Tischler, 37 59:23 9:3490 24 12 Jill Wagner, 38 59:33 9:3691 67 11 John Huvane, 35 59:45 9:3892 25 13 Kim Fahey, 37 59:50 9:3993 68 19 Quimm Chastant, 50 59:57 9:4094 69 7 Steven Karp, 61 1:00:04 9:4195 70 24 Ed Vreeland, 42 1:00:27 9:4596 71 12 Frederick Clarke, 35 1:01:29 9:55
97 72 20 Alex Bursztein, 56 1:01:30 9:5598 26 4 Doreen Gadigian, 46 1:02:31 10:0599 73 1 John Bates, 84 1:02:44 10:07100 74 8 Howard Solow, 64 1:02:45 10:07101 75 25 James Pappas, 40 1:03:49 10:17102 27 5 Patty Cartelli, 44 1:04:04 10:20103 76 13 Daniel Saldana, 30 1:04:09 10:20104 28 14 Sainimere Clarke, 32 1:04:26 10:23105 77 21 Karl Eilers, 55 1:05:12 10:30106 78 9 Frank La Bar, 62 1:05:46 10:36107 29 6 Heidi Moseby, 40 1:06:07 10:39108 30 7 Donna Nygard, 45 1:06:08 10:40109 79 10 John Scanlon, 63 1:06:14 10:40110 31 8 Lori Stockel, 42 1:07:03 10:48111 32 15 Takami Dunn, 31 1:07:20 10:51112 33 16 Juliann Curabba, 39 1:07:44 10:55113 34 9 Barbara Gargiulo, 42 1:12:34 11:42114 35 17 Britta Degenshein, 37 1:13:23 11:50115 80 1 Joe Handelman, 77 1:19:46 12:51
Beer after... it must be St. Patrick’s Day!Pipes before...
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Boston Build Up 10K Rowayton CTJanuary 6, 2008
Bob Hermesch 42:12Nick Jubok 44:50George Grenier 44:55Margaret DeLuca 51:27Emmy Stocker 55:30
Boston Build Up 15K Ridgefield CTJanuary 29, 2008
Bob Hermesch 1:06:59Karen Davies 1:10:22 - 5th W-40George Grenier 1:10:25Emmy Stocker 1:11:56Margaret DeLuca 1:19:41
Boston Build UP 20K Southport CTFebruary 10, 2008
Emmy Stocker 1:31:42 - 2nd W-40Bob Hermesch 1:32:00Karen Davies 1:32:25 - 5th W-40George Grenier 1:36:42Joe Handlman 2:05:11
Boston Build UP 25K Silvermine, CTMarch 2, 2008
Karen Davies 1:54:10 - 2nd W-40Ted Pernicano 1:56:24Barbara Brittan 2:01Francine Pisano 2:31
***Karen Davies placed 3rd for the series in her age groupwhile only running 3 of the 4 races***
Bunny Boogie 3 Miler Darien, CTMarch 22, 2008
Tom Maile 20:40 - 2nd 60-69Arthur Weisberg 21:38
If you would like your results in the next newsletter, pleasesend them to Nick Jubok, at [email protected]
Also, whenever you enter a NYRR race, be sure to claimyour club affiliation on your race application.
Happy racing!!!
Other Races - Other PlacesNick Jubok
TACONIC ROAD RUNNERS CLUB"HOOKED ON RUNNING" SCHOLARSHIPS
The Taconic Road Runners Club believes that young people who are involved in the sport of running experience a healthy lifestyleand a high level of energy and self-confidence. In the spirit of a healthy race, graduating seniors are invited to apply for a $1,000 schol-arship. Four scholarships will be awarded.
Your application should consist of:· an essay (approximately 300 words) on how running has affected your life;· evidence of admission to a post-secondary school;· letter of recommendation from a school faculty member;· any other information regarding your commitment to running that you would like
us to consider.Please submit your application to:Taconic Road Runners Club - ATTN: SCHOLARSHIPPO Box 711Shrub Oak, NY 10588You may submit part or all of your application electronically to: [email protected].
Your complete application must be received by April 30, 2008.The winners will be announced by May 15, 2008.
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Westchester Summer Twilight Track & Field Series
A series of 6 summer track meets for youth and adult competition Sponsored by: Town of Cortlandt Dept. of Parks and Rec., and Town of Somers Dept. of Parks and Rec., &
Held in Conjunction with the Taconic Road Runners Summer Track Series.
Meet Schedule for Summer 2008 Tuesdays - July 8th, 15th, 22nd @ Hendrick Hudson HS July 29, Aug 5th, 12th @ Somers High School
Youth Events – 4:30pm 4:30pm 55m dash all ages 4:45pm Long Jump & High Jump all ages
1600m run ages 6-14 Shot Put (6 lb. or 4k) ages 8-14 55m hurdles ages 8-11 Discus Throw ages 10-14
110/100m HH ages 12-14 100m dash all ages age categories: 5 & under, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-14400m dash ages 6-14 ribbons to all finishers in these 5 separate age groups800m dash ages 6-14 200m dash all ages Entry Fee: $5 per event, $6 unlimited events 4x100m Relay all ages
High School & Open Events - 6:30pmThe featured TRRC Series Event will be 1st event each week & not run in its regular spot in the order of events. 6:30pm 100m/110m Hurdles 6:45pm Long Jump then Triple jump
100m Dash Shot Put then discus 400m Dash High Jump & (Pole Vault) Sprint Medley (4-2-2-8)
1600m Run 200m Dash TRRC Track Series Adult Age Cat.
400m Hurdles July 8th 400m 15-18 800m Run July 15th 800m 19-29 3000m/5000m Runs July 2 2nd 1600m 30-39 400m Relay July 29th 5000m 40-49 1600m Relay August 5th 100m & 200m 50-59 3200m Relay August 12th make ups 60+
Awards��Ribbons to top 3 finishers in all adult events and to all competitors in youth events. ��Team trophies to top 3 youth teams with most points at all six summer meets. ��Team trophy to adult team with most points at all six summer meets. ��T-Shirts to individuals in each adult age category with the most summer points (10-8-6-4-2-1). ��David Smith Memorial Award to the master's competitor who has the most points for the summer. ��The Taconic Road Runners Track Series Award to the winner of the Track Series (5 events over 6
weeks- see above). Must be a TRRC member. For more info on the TRRC Track Series, contact Roy Arnesen at (845) 416-8075
For more information on the Summer Twilight Series, call Roy Arnesen at (845)416-8075 or log onto http://www.runner.org. or e-mail Roy at [email protected]
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On February 27th approximately 30 TRRC members gathered toprovide a heartfelt send-off to Katy and Steve Quinn as they pre-pared to move to their retirement home near Austin, Texas. Stevewould be working his last day of a very long career at Con Edisonwithin the next 10 days and then, with barely a breath in- betweenhis last moment in Manhattan and his arrival at home inMahopac, the couple would be driving off to their dream homeoverlooking a golf course in Georgetown. Josephine’sRestaurant on Rte. 202 served as the setting for the westernthemed event, which included cowboy hats, a fabulous Texaslonghorn wall hanging (ok – so it was plastic but so what?) andmuch good cheer.
The Quinns just missed celebrating the 20th anniversary of theirTRRC membership, with records indicating that they first joinedin June 1988 and hit the ground running. They’re both veteranvolunteers and TRRC board members with Katy having servedas a stellar newsletter editor, race director, dinner dance planner,welcome wagon chief and professional support crew chief andcheerleader. For his part Steve has served as TRRC VicePresident, race director (his work expanding Mudders andGrunters has become legendary well, at least in his own mind!),all around event volunteer and Rye Derby finish-line chief.Needless to say both Kate and Steve have served as soundingboards and voices of reason when it came to planning the futureof TRRC.
In addition to all their work on behalf of the club, the Quinnsoften served as our unofficial entertainment organizers, frequent-ly opening their home to gatherings of friends and friends offriends after Taconic events. Celebrating the 4th of July at theQuinn home after the Putnam Classic had become a traditionwe’ll cherish — afternoons at the pool or on their boat on Lake
Mahopac were routine, with Steve working on his barbecuingskills. For a long time we watched as Steve and Rich Adamskiupped the ante on their race competition — something we’vesorely missed in the last few years. Although we do think thatpulling down your competitor’s running shorts could violate arule or two. For those of us who’ve spent an uncountable num-ber of Wednesday evenings sharing pasta and wine with Kate andSteve, this departure has been looming for months, and we oftenjoked that perhaps they might never leave. They proved uswrong however, and, despite Steve’s oft-voiced political beliefswe’re missing them already.
On a personal note: I’ll never forget the support Kate offered mewhen I was training for my first marathon, nor the incrediblesmile on her face when she finished her first – The DutchessClassic – having run the second half completely alone. And somethoughts from others:
Peg Meisler remembers Steve allowing her to borrow his truck sothat she could take one of her “monster power wheel-chair”bound patients up to Lake Minnewaska, where he could enjoy thebeautiful views. And she has especially fond memories of doinga couple of Bike New York trips with Kate and Steve with theadded bonus of a front row start thanks to Steve and Con Ed.This past Sunday was especially bittersweet, with Bill Foley not-ing that the Quinns were especially missed as we celebratedanother Taconic St. Patrick’s Day race. Rest assured though,Katy and Steve will be back, on a part-time basis, when the Texassummer heat brings them back to their daughter’s weekendretreat in Putnam Valley. So until then —- here’s wishing themmany rounds of non-frustrating golf and country-line dancing!
A Fond Farewell to the QuinnsNancy Young
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ING NYC Marathon 2007 - A First Timer's PerspectiveJudy Finelli
On a sunny but chilly autumn morning, the race that I waitedso long to be a part of was ready to commence. The INGNYC Marathon took place November 4, 2007. This was it...the moment I had worked so hard to get to.
As I stood on the starting line, a big panoramic screen sud-denly appeared in my mind. It showed virtually, every singledetail of my journey up until then. The day that I decided torun for charity and honor the memory of my mother-in-law,Arlene, was the first image. My eyes swelled with tears asrecollections of her laughter echoed in my brain. My heartwas beating faster than ever as I thought about the dauntingstruggle she had ahead of her when she was diagnosed withlung cancer three years prior. I felt that if she could fight ashard as she could, I would fight too and complete the 26.2miles ahead of me. It was the least I could do considering heranguish and the pain that, Craig, my loving husband, has beencarrying with him since her demise.
I also saw countless images of myself running through theheat, rain and darkness of summer mornings gone by. Themost vivid image throughout these runs was the injury I sus-tained at the peak of my training. I couldn't believe I had astress fracture in my right foot! I was extremely tense when Irecalled my orthopedist's words, "Ms. Finelli, I really don'tthink it would be a good idea to run the marathon this year..."Then quickly, my mood changed to complete jubilation whenI remembered his words a month later. His new diagnosis hadgiven me the green light to run the marathon after all. I wasprayerful that I would not re-injure myself but I just couldn'tquit without attempting to run it. So many people had gener-ously donated to my cause; in my mind, there was too muchat stake. Granted, I'm not a Paula Radcliff by any means, butI felt it was my duty to keep my word to Arlene, my support-ers and of course, to myself.
Among all the mixed emotions that I felt at the starting line,emptiness was one of them as the news of Ryan Shay's deathlingered like a dark cloud above us all. It was intense andinexplicable. I guess, somehow many of us felt blessed tohave had the opportunity to take part of this amazing race andto be running at all.
Down to the last minute before the gun went off, I remem-bered how I had not slept as much as I would have liked andhow I was feeling a strange pain on my left foot and Ithought... "not now, please God, not now…" and finally, howI had almost missed the bus to the starting line and almostfreaked out that it would leave without me.. and we're off!
In this particular marathon, countless members of runningcommunities in the local, national, and international scaleunite causing an incredible experience. I had goose bumpsthroughout the first eight miles and felt very proud to callNew York my home as we ran through all the boroughs. I wasso excited to finally start running that I almost forgot aboutpacing myself. I kept thinking about the countless conversa-tions I had had with fellow Taconics and the advice they gaveme. Based on all those chats, I knew that the real race wasgoing to begin around mile 16. Throughout the first ten milesI was concentrating on not using all my energy and lookingalive by the time I reached Manhattan, where the marathonreally came to life and familiar faces cheered me on. I knewthat if I had made it that far without an injury, I was doingpretty well. Little did I know that many were worried I wouldbe taken away on a stretcher or worse!
I couldn't believe the euphoria that pushed me through mile16. I had to keep in mind that there was still ten miles to go;which was more than a lot to achieve knowing my body hadonly been trained to run fifteen or so miles. Once again, Irecalled my foot injury and how I had to modify my training.Thinking back, I'm not sure if it was gutsy or really stupid tomove forward with the marathon. Well, by mile 17, my legsdecided they couldn't run any longer. I was panicking but Iexpected this to occur. I was prepared to speed walk when Ineeded to and then run as my legs allowed.
I was more than grateful to see my brothers and friends at dif-ferent mile makers thereafter; and I believe that their encour-agement helped me finish the race. Above all, I felt thatArlene's spirit truly motivated me to continue despite mystruggles through the last five miles. Craig and my brother,Danny waited for me at the finish line. I cried with pure ela-tion when I saw them. I phoned Cathy Groneman shortlythereafter and decided there and then, that I would stick to theHalf-Marathon instead. She wisely suggested not makingsuch a decision in haste. Of course, I feel differently aboutthat now. I can't wait to have the opportunity to run the INGNYC Marathon again. Having learned from my first attempt,I know I'll be better prepared next time around.
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Furthermore, I realize that the marathon changed my life for-ever. The process was a true learning experience for me on somany levels. I learned that I am much tougher than I ever hadgiven myself credit for. I also learned that fundraising is dif-ficult but reaching a financial goal is not impossible whenyour heart is truly in it. In addition, I learned that humankindness can move mountains. I was and still am completelyoverwhelmed by the generosity, encouragement, and amazingsupport that I received from you, fellow Taconics throughoutmy journey. Craig and I are forever grateful to you for self-lessly helping us reach our fundraising goal to the Thomas G.Labrecque Foundation. Once again, many thanks. Yourbenevolence will never be forgotten.
ING NYC Marathon 2007 - cont.Judy Finelli
For those of you who watch this column closely, you no doubtnoticed that the last issue covered 1989. Turns out the inter-ceding years were covered in earlier issues. So to both ofyou - I haven't lost my marbles, yet, not to worry!
1992 started as usual with the Freezer 5s - and temps swungwildly as the first race was held on snowy and slippery roadsin "freezing" weather and the second race nicknamed thefreezer 555 miler (or the Global Warming 5-miler) had 55degree temps,
Ed McLaughlin was our fearless leader - who said the morethings change, the more they stay the same? However, Edwas coming to the end of his term and asked others to step up.I believe it turned out to be Lee. Stay tuned to the nextnewsletter to find out!!
The Sybil Race was enhanced, if that is the correct word, bya "Tag the Nag" contest to name Sybil's horse - Jim Walshwon with "Sisyphus" and Charlie Sprauer was a distant sec-ond with "Hilly." Charlie claimed to have met ShirleyMcLaine at a séance and, as he described it, in one of hertedious past lives she was Sybil and the horse was named"Hilly." Somehow the Taconic judges did not buy this story(I wonder why?)
TRRC offered a grand prix, consisting of St. Patrick's,EFB/Yorktown 10K (who was Edna Fauser Brown, anyway?)and others. Winners were Kathleen Ford and Bob Hermesch.
Francis Burdett and Laurie Simunek won the St. Patrick'srace, and Kathleen Ford and Tom Piazza won Lincoln Hall.Mother's Day was again a hit with raffle prizes added to thetrophies - Kathleen Ford took top honors that day.
In the November issue, poet(esses) Melanie Benvenue(Somers 10K Lament) and Midge Miller (New York CityMarathon) displayed their talents. Space prohibits repeatingthese poems here unfortunately, or maybe fortunately for ourreaders. However, the May 1992 submission by FrankMincieli is too good to pass by:
Why do I run? T'aint no mystery, wanna have a good medical history
Doctor tells me running is great - helps them blood cells circulateGreat for the lungs, great for the ticker,
Can't nothin' get you in better shape quickerFeels so healthy, feels so sweet,
pumpin' my arms and flappin' my feet.Moldin' my muscles, firmin' my form,
pantin' like a pack mule, sweatin' up a storm.Keeps me youthful, keeps me loose,
tightens my tummy and shrinks my cabooseBeats being sluggish, beats bein' lazy - why do I run?
Maybe I'm crazy.
Many road trips by Taconic members were detailed this year,including the nearby (team run in Central Park) to the mostdistant (Roger Gocking did several events in South Africa. Inbetween were the New Haven 20K (men's Masters secondplace), a Veterans' X-C race in Boston (2nd place), AmishCountry ½ marathon, and the Ocean to Sound Relay.
A Jog Down Memory Lane - 1992Melanie Benvenue
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