The Central Park Track Club Journals -- June 2003

The Journal: The Life & Times of the Central Park Track Club

WEEK OF JUNE 24, 2003 - JUNE 30, 2003

NOTICE [6/30/2003] It saddens us to report that on Sunday, June 29th Michelle Santomassino's father passed away.

The funeral arrangements are as follows: There will be a wake at 2pm to 4pm and again at 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday July 2, 2003.

Meislohn-Silvie Funeral Home
1289 Forest Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10302
(718) 442-9047

The mass will be held on Thursday at 10am at:

Holy Family Church
366 Watchogue Road
Staten Island, New York 10314
(718) 761-6663
MARATHON ENTRY [6/30/2003] Teams may request, and NYRR will approve, entry for any runner who meets the ING NYC Marathon qualifying time standards, even if they are not current NYRR members and even if they have not yet applied to the NYC Marathon. This includes the current Marathon and Half Marathon qualifying times. The qualifying times are listed on the Marathon website under "How to Apply in 2004." The marathon times must have been run between September 1, 2001 and August 1, 2003. The half marathon times between July 1, 2002 and August 1, 2003.

If you have such a qualifying time and you wish to run in this year's ING New York City Marathon, email Alan Ruben at alan@montran.com ASAP. The absolute deadline for CPTC to make such requests on your behalf is August 1st.
A WIN! [6/30/2003] On Sunday the 29th of June I ran the 10k portion of the Kawasaki Monthly Time Trials. I have done this several times before. But this time was different – I won! I am very happy. I ran in a time of 38:38 at the age of 38 years in a race that started at 09:38. (Yes, I intend to buy a lottery ticket with the numbers 3-8). Why such a slow time? Well, it was hot. How hot? The race organizers have clearly stated that they want their series of races to be "health" oriented and when the ambient temperature at the start exceeds 30.0° centigrade (86° farenheit) they shorten the race to 5k and over 35 they call the race off. Sensible. The start temperature was 29.8°C (85.6°F), enough for a go. The first two runners dashed ahead of everyone only to pay about 1k into the race as they were reduced to a slow pace and in one case to walking the last portion of the race. So as most runners struggled with the heat, I breezed by in my cool CPTC singlet (OK breezed by for about the first 400 meters and sweated a lot after) and about the 1/2 way point resorted to the Paula Radcliff method of pain relief; count to 100 three times. Does it work? Not really, but it gave me something to think about for a few minutes.

An ecological aside: The race is run next to the Tama River between the river and the bank protecting the homes along the river which is presently being reinforced through extremely expensive and advanced soil reinforcement techniques. Much too complicated for a non-engineer like myself to be able to describe. Suffice to say there is a lot of drilling and concrete involved. Why would a country do this when the five dams on the river are so great that the previously "wild" river itself has been reduced a meandering stream that has not threatened anyone in over 40 years? Because the plans for this were drawn up and planning permission received years and years and years ago and no one can stop the governmental bulldozer once it is in gear. There is a lesson here for each and every one of us. Be careful where you buy property because it may be the sight of a protracted construction site.

Congrats to Yves-Marc and Jesse on PRs.

— Charles Allard Jr.

[Editor's Note: This win changes all the percentages in our historian's mid-year review below. The men now have 29% of this year's victories, the Margarets, 33%, masters, 27%, and masters women, 19%.]
WEEKEND UPDATES [6/30/2003] Sorry, but we were out of town all weekend. Not that we're the type to spend a weekend neglecting our duties while out having fun. In fact, we spent most of our time assembling furniture in our aunt's beach house, which left us no time to work on getting her computer (and internet connection) running again. We'll tackle that next time, which means we'll be able to spend our future vacations working on this site.
MID-YEAR REVIEW [6/30/2003] Half of the year 2003 has passed by. You all know just how much we don't care about how many road races we win, so we have asked our self-appointed club historian to give you a very short review of what has happened so far.

We begin with a reminder that our list is based upon those results that we located ourselves or were otherwise reported to us by the winners themselves or their betrayers. Based upon past experience, this means that the count is an understatement as there appears to be a significant number of people who take perverse delight in seeing that their victories are NOT recognized on this website. Nevertheless, we will pretend as if this is the real state of affairs.
- The total number of road race wins so far this year is 25. When we began our official count in 1999, the highest number of wins per year has been the total of 50 achieved in 2001, of which 17 came from someone named Toby Tanser. In that banner year, we had already reached 28 wins by June 30th. This means we are behind that pace, and we may have to increase our travel budget to send people out to the obscure races in the boonies (note: sending people to Florida seemed to have a guaranteed payout).
- To formulate strategic initiatives, it is essential to gain an understanding of the factors that contributed to those wins and maximize our strengths. The first dimension is, obviously, ... SEX! Of the 25 wins, only 6.5 (26%) were achieved by men. This deviates significantly from the 48% of men in the total population of the country. This is rather unusual, because we are sure that the gender representation on the club should be the other way around (note: confirmation from the membership secretary is needed). To put it bluntly, our men are LOSERS!
- Next, we looked at individual names. We observed that 8.5 (34%) of the wins were achieved by people named Margaret. Upon information and belief, this incidence of Margarets is significantly higher than the incidence of Margarets in the general population of the United States of America (and you can add Canada too). Obviously, there is something magical about that name. We did our due diligence on the local NYRR race results, but there do not seem to be any more Margarets available for recruitment (except for Margeret Okayo who is way beyond our budget of zero dollars and Margaret Morrow who is already with MCNY).
- We have rigged the rules so that a road race win is any win in a race that includes some form of road running. This permits us to include oddities such as duathlons/biathlons and triathlons. Indeed, four of the wins have come from biathlons in which Margaret Schotte figured. Upon information and belief, multi-sport events are extremely unfair with respect to economic resources, in that an expensive bike makes for a much faster time. Upon information and belief again, Margaret Schotte could go a lot faster if she had a real bike. Therefore, if any wonderful person could step in to sponsor a proven winner, we could rack up many many more wins for the rest of the year. How about that?
- The next dimension is agism. Of the 25 wins, 7 (28%) were achieved by masters (age 40 or more). The membership secretary can correct us, but this does not necessarily differ outrageously from our membership profile. So we will not assert that the young punks on our team are LOSERS! However, if we cross age with sex, we find our three women masters (Catherine Stone-Borkowski, Alayne Adams and Stacy Creamer) accounted for 5 wins (20%), almost as many as the total for all our men. But to say more at this point would be 'piling on.'
- Apart from any interest in the quantitave aspects, we should mention that we witnessed the first wins for Ana Echeverri, Catherine Stone-Borkowski, Victor Osayi and Joseph Tumbarello (though we should point out that Ana Echeverri was part of a championship relay team in 1999). For some of them it was their first lifetime victory, and for others it was their first wins for this team.
Of course, in the end, you know that we don't care much about any of this stuff about winning. Or do you ... ?
THURSDAY NIGHT PARTY REPORT [6/27/2003] So much to say here about the Kozuskos' farewell party, but most of it will have to wait until we can put the pictures up, which will probably be sometime next week (we're out of town for the weekend). A few quick notes:
THURSDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/27/2003] Another hot humid night that had 10 of us dripping wet before the first interval of 400, 300, 200 (2 sets). The fired official reporter was there and we discussed whether he quit de facto before he was publicly fired. We agreed it didn't matter and no one cared so we will not bother reporting about it anymore. A report is a report is a report.

Side discussions heard or participated in/instigated:
This could be the beginnings of a thread, but the website is not set up for it. If you wish to comment, reply to crlny@att.net and maybe we can find a way to create one or more useless dialogues (blogs), or e-mail the webmaster and give him more reading to do since he has too much time on his hands already. (Will this part be edited out? If not, it shows you this gets posted without being read by the webmaster). [We edit these reports only for style, not content, regardless of how silly the content may be. And, if anyone wants to add more to this topic we'll be happy to publish it. - Ed.] (We do not get paid by the word. In fact, we do not get paid at all. Hmmmm ... is this why the recently fired/quit irregular reporter went out on strike?) [How about if we give you half our salary? - Ed.]

Our apologies to Jerome for thinking he was wearing his pajama bottoms when we left the track to go home. He gave us a short tutorial on sartorial splendor.
THURSDAY NIGHT ROAD WORKOUT REPORT [6/27/2003] "So," a co-worker of ours asked in the afternoon, "How hot does it have to be before you won't run?" Hotter than it was last night, it seems, since about 40 runners showed up for the workout (We came up with a count of 40 at one point, but we forget whether that number included Margaret Schotte, who joined late and left early, perhaps so as to not tire herself out before racing this weekend or Kieran Calderwood, who is not, technically speaking, a runner.) Of course, Sid would have replied that it's never too hot to run, and that only lightning keeps us out of the park, but then he had the good sense to skip the workout. A wise move, since Tony is off to Puerto Rico for two weeks, so he designed a workout to make sure our legs remain sore the whole time. The total distances was about 10K, with roughly half that done at 10K pace. Of course our runningmates decided that this meant their 10K pace in optimal conditions, so we saw them mostly on the recoveries, as we were still too tired from Tuesday's workout (and Wednesday's party) to match their pace.

Before the workout started, Tony reminded everyone to stay in the inside lane, so as not to get hit by cyclists who show little regard for the safety of runners (we won't identify the team member he singled out as an example, except to say that his name starts with "Z"). The real risk, however, turned to be within the running lane, as a jogger on the East Side collided with Otto Hoering, almost causing a domino-like collapse of several runners in the B group. Thankfully, all runners escaped without injury, including non-member Sarah Rivlin, who was attending her first CPTC workout, and actually started the workout with the D group. It took us over a year to advance one group, and she moves up two groups in 10 minutes....
SHORTS [6/27/2003] The navy blue CPTC shorts have arrived at Urban Athletics in the World Financial Center. The new singlets and shorts are $25 each, or $45 for one singlet and two pairs of shorts (one royal blue, one navy blue). A storewide discount of 20% is available through Tuesday, July 1.
TUESDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/26/2003] Hot, humid, sunny. A turnout of 6 male and 6 female middle distance runners, plus one aging sprinter and one decathlete who recently finished 4th nationally in his age group. The male grouping further broke down into shirts versus no-shirts, but the females declined to follow suit despite the heat and the absence of bystanders.

While Craig managed some of the intervals of 800, 400, 800, 400 (all at about mile pace for the regulars), he also got in some practice with his other events. When he came to practicing the discus, Sue P. got noticeably nervous about being hit after her ankle was bruised from an erratic discus at last Thursday Night's races at Van Cortlandt track (and we thought only the 6th Street track was dangerous). Craig also joined the ranks of the newly converted who visit Baker Field to workout and suddenly comprehend the heavenly oasis hidden among the turmoil of city life.

No timer tonight as Frank Morton deserted us for the downtown crowd. Come back Frank! We promise more respect and seniority status, plus you'll only have one group to time and never a soccer ball to dodge.
TIMERS WANTED [6/25/2003] Are you injured? Getting ready for a race? Recovering from one? Just don't like running on Tuesdays? If, for any reason, you can't run on Tuesday nights, please, please, please come down to the track and time your teammates during the workout. We'd love to have one timer for each of the four groups every week. We can work with three timers if we need to. Too often we've had to try to make do with two, or even one.
TUESDAY NIGHT DOWNTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/25/2003] It was hot. One of the water fountains wasn't working. There were a lot of runners. There was only one timer (Frank Morton, who usually times the uptown runners). Alan Ruben unveiled the new singlets and shorts, which are available at Urban Athletics in the World Financial Center starting tomorrow, or maybe even today. Audrey Kinsgley tried to convince some of the soccer players not to set up their goals right next to where our intervals start, but was not successful. The original Tuesday Night Workout Reporter made a special appearance, but refused to write this report, so we fired him. We realized that we've been running with the same people for so long that we can now identify some of our teammates by the way they breathe. We find that a bit disturbing.
RACE ACROSS AMERICA [6/25/2003] Stefani Jackenthal and the rest of Team Hydrocharge won the 4-person co-ed team division of the Race Across America. While they were unsuccessful in their quest to break the co-ed record, they did cover the 2921.7 course in 6 days, 16 hours and 33 minutes, an average speed of 18.2 mph.
SINGLETS [6/24/2003] The new singlets and shorts will not be available until Thursday.
MASTER MASTERS [6/24/2003] This website lists the WMA bests of the year. Start your engines and begin to look for names like Sid Howard, Catherine Stone-Borkowski, Stacy Creamer, Stuart Calderwood, Frank Handelman, Sylvie Kimche, Mary Diver, Darlene Miloski, Ana Echeverri, etc. (But please, since they do not pretend to complete, do not send any complaints to us!)

WEEK OF JUNE 17, 2003 - JUNE 23, 2003

MEDICAL STUDY [6/23/2003] Attention CPTC Women: Marsha K. Guess, M.D. and Kathleen Connell, M.D., two ob-gyns at Montefiore Medical Center, are doing a study on frequent bicycle riding and sexual function. (Remember the study on men and the ill effects of extensive cycling on sexual function? Now someone is getting around to looking at cycling's effects on women). The doctors are looking for female members of running teams to participate in the study — to serve as the control. If you cycle some, it's okay — just as long as we're not talking 100-200 miles-per-week. A little cross-training on the side won't D.Q. you. For two hours of participation you can earn $50. If you’re interested, please contact Dr. Guess as soon as conveniently possible at 718-920-2220 or 718-920-6326 or at mguess@montefiore.org.

— Stacy Creamer
SUPPLEMENTS [6/23/2003] Ads for diet supplements often trumpet studies showing dramatic results from using their drugs. Yet every study we've seen finds that drugs like ephedra have little to no effectiveness for dieters. What expalins this conflict? Turns out it's mostly manipulation of data on the part of the supplement industry, with a little good, old-fashioned fraud thrown in. Researchers are pressured to produce the desired results, participants are replaced in the middle of the studies, and negligable results are rewritten to make the drugs sound effective. Because supplements are not regulated as strictly as other drugs, the manufacturers can get away with this. For the most part, that is. Since October, three supplement manufacturers have been found to engage in false advertizing, in each case resulting in multi-million dollar verdicts, with more lawsuits on the way. We've long felt that lawsuits are a cumbersome method of changing society, but as long as the FDA refuses to regulate the supplements industry, it's nice that some DAs are filling the void.
FAREWELL PARTY [6/22/2003] As most of you already know, we are heading to sunny Florida this Friday, but before we go...

Pick your favorite reason to celebrate:

The "Last Night in NYC" and/or "Oh my ... Joseph is 30"

After much difficulty and laziness -- the location will serve as an homage to the destination.

Run a comb through your mullet and throw on your sleeveless NASCAR T-shirt ... we is goin' to Brother Jimmy's Bait Shack!

1644 3rd Ave.
(S.E. corner @ 92nd)
212-426-2020

Although we will miss the ever-popular "White-Trash Wednesday" with all you can eat corn-dogs and cans of PBR -- it should be fun nonetheless.

All are welcome to join us after the workout (9:00ish) this Thursday, June 26th.

E-mail jmkozusko@yahoo.com or lauralcarter@yahoo.com if you have any questions.

— Joseph Kozusko

TRACK MEET [6/22/2003] The Danbury Area Track Club will be hosting a twilight track meet on Saturday, July 12 at Danbury High's brand new 8 lane mondo track. The competion will consist of the following events: 100m, mile, 400m, 5000m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 800m, shot and disc. The entry fee is $10. There will be $100 prize money to the first man who breaks 4:15 for the mile and the first woman to break 5:00. For more information go to www.datc.us or call Marty Ogden at 203-730-2868.
SUMMER SOLSTICE [6/21/2003] Today is the longest day of the year. Does anyone else find it appropriate for this year that we get no sunlight at all today? We've been trying to make the best of being stuck inside by catching up on some necessary chores, but the gloomy weather has sapped us of all our energy, so we've spent most of the day laying on the couch doing nothing. We're still waiting for a nice weekend full of sunshine when we can spend the entire day in a much more enjoyable manner: laying on the beach doing nothing.
NEW YORK FLYERS SUMMER SOCIAL [6/21/2003] The New York Flyers have about 600 members, but they know that a party's not really a party without some CPTC folks in attendence. So they've invited all of us to their "Spring into Summer Social" this Wednesday.

WHEN: Wednesday, June 25th from 7-10 pm

WHERE: The Havana Room
306 E. 76th Street (between 1st & 2nd Ave.)

WHAT: A good time! With music and DJ for those who desire to dance...

FOOD & BEV: Appetizers all night and first two hours open wine/beer bar (last hour is cash bar). So come on time and get your drinks!

COST: $30 for non-members, pay at the door.

NEW CPTC SINGLETS AND SHORTS [6/20/2003] The new CPTC singlets and shorts will be available at Jerry Macari's Urban Athletics store in the World Financial Center from Wednesday, June 25th.

Singlets will be $25 each and Shorts will be $25 each. But the 'Deal of the Century' (while stocks last) will be $45 for one singlet and two shorts (one Navy Blue and one Royal Blue) all with CPTC logos. What's more is that from this Wednesday through Saturday, June 28th, all other merchandise at the store will be available with a 20% discount. Outside of this special window the discount will be a still generous 15%.
KEY NOTICES [6/19/2003] We have added a new page to this site, titled Key Notices. This page contains information on various club policies, including those on pacing, recuritment and scoring races.
COLOR CODING [6/19/2003] Spend enough time running in New York, and you'll start to recognize a lot of faces. So many, in fact, that you may have trouble remembering who is who unless you have some clue as to their identity. Usually that clue comes in the form of a bright orange singlet or the less colorful singlet of another team. Yesterday's race deprived us of those identifying jerseys, as almost all the runners wore identical race shirts with numbers printed on them (finally, a race where we didn't have to safety pin a piece of paper to our shirt). We were still able to identify our friends when they were standing still, but we doubt we would have had much luck picking them out of a mass of navy blue shirts whizzing by us. Luckily our cheering section has better eyes than we do. Our thanks to Stuart Calderwood, Stacy Creamer, Jerome O'Shaugnessy, Dion Mulvhill, Lauren Eckhart and Ana Echeverri for being out there and cheering on all the runners who normally wear orange. (One of those runners actually did wear orange last night. Yves-Marc Courtines eschewed the official shirt in favor of the orange shirt he wore as a pacer for the Nike runs last year. Perhaps it was the orange that gave him the extra speed he needed to set a PR?)
HOPE & POSSIBILITY 5 MILE RUN/WALK [6/19/2003] From the Achilles Track Club:

Dear Runners & Walkers with/without Disabilities:

WHEN TO HAVE FUN: On Sunday June 29th in Central Park, The Achilles Track Club and Trisha Meili will hold our First Annual Hope & Possibility 5 Mile Run / Walk. The race starts at 8:30 am on East Drive at East 99th Street. This is a mainstream event open to everyone. We feature people with disabilities and offer our venue as a fundraising opportunity for not-for-profits and corporations to raise funds for their favorite charity.

WHY TO RACE: The race will honor Trisha Meili, the Central Park Jogger, Achilles board chair and Achilles member. Her book, I Am The Central Park Jogger, is subtitled "Hope & Possibility." Our race is in recognition of Trisha and her recovery. She will be running the race with New York State Senator David Paterson who is severely visually impaired and also an Achilles board member. Additionally, inspired by the model of the London Marathon, we are encouraging each registrant to raise money for the nonprofit organization of their choice.

PRIZE MONEY: We are featuring a male and female 1st, 2nd & 3rd place award in 5 divisions, highlighted by 10 $500 First Prizes.

HOW TO SIGN UP: Applications and fundraising forms and instructions can be downloaded at www.AchillesTrackClub.org.

SIGN UP YOUR FRIENDS: We invite you to forward this message to friends, family, fellow employees, club members, etc. Cut and paste this info and add your own personal message of invitation to fit your needs.

VOLUNTEER: If you do not want to run or walk 5 miles, volunteer with us at AchillesTC@aol.com and then show up on June 29th on Central Park's East Drive at 99th Street at 6:30 AM. Many will volunteer for pre-race set up, then race/walk as a timed entrant (fee paid) and/or finally volunteer at the post race activities in the East Meadow, also at 99th Street and East Drive.

POST-RACE ACTIVITIES: Trisha will have a book signing, we'll have food, disability awareness activities such as blindfold running, handcrank and pushrim tryouts, and much more.
LUNCH TIME! [6/18/2003] SOY is now open for lunch on weekdays! The new hours for Etsuko Kizawa's restaurant are Mon-Fri 12pm - 11pm, Sat 5pm - 11pm, closed Sundays. SOY is located at 102 Suffolk Street (between Delancey & Rivington), and is on the web at www.sonync.com.
TUESDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/18/2003] Baker's Field Columbia University, Tuesday June 17. We had 10 middle distance runners, plus Sue P. as our timer, and including the young/new and the old. Frank H. was the old(est) getting ready for his first outdoor 800m of the season this Thursday Night At The Races, and wisely did his own pre-race routine. Sue also plans to race Thursday and got her pre-race routine in by striding across the field for the staggered interval starts, with the session comprising a ladder of 600, 800, 1000, 800, 600, with 2 1/2 minutes rest, at 3K pace. Coach Devon was back from her severe cold and running healthy, and it was refreshing to see some justice as she was not allowed to reduce the interval load for herself which she designed for all of us.

The young/new was Dr. Chris who came across our info on the website and raced the 800 in college 5 years ago. (In 2 more years he can be referred to as Dr. Dr. when he gets his Ph.D to go with his recently acquired M.D.). Otto led the way tonight, with Chris Potter showing no worse for wear after his fine 800m this past Sunday (his first 400m split was under 58). John Gleason finished the last interval with a pick-up the last 200m as though he was rushing for a — (sorry, I can't say it - you fill in the blank).

The regular reporter was not in sight, so either he did not show or was successful at hiding in the bushes where he has been known to lurk. We know we shouldn't rag on the regular reporter, no matter how irregular he is, since we won't have him around much longer to abuse when he goes off to grad school in a few weeks (yes, he found a place to accept him, obviously without a character reference from our club).
TUESDAY NIGHT DOWNTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/17/2003] Cool weather at the track tonight; almost perfect for running, (though not quite so good for timing, which was our job tonight, along with Fred Trilli and Yves-Marc Courtines). Indeed, everything about the workout was close to perfect. We had another rare day without rain. The workout was challenging and rewarding (1x1000m, 1x600m, 2x800m, 4x400m). Even the usual soccer hooligans were replaced by a women's league, comprised of players who actually had ball-handling skills and showed no interest in kicking the ball really hard at our runners' heads. Here's hoping they show up every Tueday night. (Speaking of soccer, David Beckham was sold to Real Madrid for $41 million. Real Madrid is already the best team in the world, but they acquired Beckham as much for his marketing potential as for his athletic abilities. Also, the sites for the Women's World Cup were announced, and no games will be played in the New York area).

Alas, some of our members will soon be showing up to fewer workouts than the soccer players. This penultimate track workout for the Kozuskos saw Mrs. K in the bleachers and Mr. K (actually Dr. K, but that's already taken) bringing up the rear of Group B. This might have something to do with the eating tour of NYC they've embarked upon in their last weeks up north, just in case there is no good cuisine in Pensacola (we're not sure there is good food anywhere outside of NYC). But for every departure there is a new arrival, in this case one runner who happened across us at the track, and another who was seen handing in her membership application after finishing the workout. Now, if we can just get those fast people we met at the Nike runs to show up, like they keep saying they will (you know who you are).
BOILERMAKER [6/17/2003] A group of people from the Central Park Track Club will be going down to Utica, NY to run in the Boilermaker 15K on Sunday, July 13th. This co-ed race is one of the largest and well respected events in the summer, and should be great preparation for the upcoming Club Championships. Check out the race website at www.boilermaker.com for additional details. If you're interested in running in the race, please contact Josh Feldman at joshua_feldman@swissre.com. Financial support might be available, depending on interest.
NYRR SCORING RACES [6/17/2003] Each year, the NYRR (in consultation with club representatives) designates about twelve races as team scoring races. The overall club standings for the year are based on each club's position in these races. For more details about this club competition, please refer to www.nyrrc.org/runningclubs/clubpoints.html.

The main purpose of this notice is to assure our members that how much they do or don't contribute to our scoring teams in these races has absolutely nothing to do with how valuable they are to our club. Our main raison d'etre is and always has been to provide structured workouts and a friendly, supportive atmosphere to enable each individual to achieve his or her potential as a runner.

Within this context, this notice is also to convey to our members our club's view on the importance of the NYRR's annual scoring-race series.

We are a competitive running team, and as such it makes sense that our members be encouraged to run in these scoring races. They take place regularly, they are conveniently located, and they are some of the highest-quality races in the New York City area. They also provide us with an incentive to compete against ourselves and other teams, and they give each of our runners pride in being part of one of the top teams in the city.

However, whether you can be a regular scorer for the team or not, these races are a fairly random collection of distances and you should not feel pressured to run in them just because they are scoring races, but instead do your best to incorporate them into your schedule when that makes sense to your overall training goals.

There are many facets to CPTC, and many kinds of competitions in which our members take part. The NYRR series is a valuable opportunity for our distance and middle-distance runners to compete and excel, and our current high placings are evidence of the improvements that our training programs are helping to make possible for our members. Recent successes in indoor and outdoor track, marathons, biathlons and triathlons, and many more events are other such evidence, and the CPTC members who concentrate on those areas are equally central to the team and its goals as are those who concentrate on local road races.

The NYRR scoring series remains a valuable medium through which all CPTC members can compete together, from first finisher to last. We all contribute to one another's success, whatever our event or pace per mile. That is the intrinsic value of a team.

— Alan Ruben
TRIVIA QUIZ [6/17/2003] Or maybe this is not so trivial after all ... How many times has Mary V. Rosado been the third and final scorer of the CPTC Masters Women team to insure that they have an undefeated season so far?

WEEK OF JUNE 10, 2003 - JUNE 16, 2003

FILMING CANCELLED [6/16/2003] The filming of Harry Lichtenstein's documentary scheduled for this Wednesday has been postponed. A make up date has not yet been set.
THE FAT OF THE LAND [6/15/2003] Americans are getting fatter. They're not alone; obesity is on the rise throughout the developed world. The reasons are pretty simple: people eat too much food – especially junk food – and don't get enough exercise. The solution (eat healthier and exercise more) would seem to be apparent to everyone out there. But healthy people keep getting fat, and fat people keep getting fatter, and that's a problem. A $100 billion problem in fact. That's the cost to the U.S. economy each year from overweight and obesity (half of that is increased health costs for diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, etc., while the rest is the indirect cost of lost wages and productivity). The strong market for diet and exercise books suggests that many fat people are trying to lose weight, but it seems they aren't succeeding. Luckily the government is here to help.

In the last month health advocates and government officials in Britain, Australia and the United States have suggested adding new taxes to junk food. These so-called "fat taxes" would, theoretically, cause people to buy less fatty foods, and the revenues raised from the taxes would be used for health education programs. The 1% tax proposed by New York State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz would probably have a rather minor effect on junk food purchases, but the 17.5% tax being promoted by the British Medical Association would probably be more noticeable. But would it reduce the number of people in each country (about 60%) who are overweight? Probably not. A tax on high-fat and high-sugar foods will affect spending habits, but people are just as likely to spend less money on movies, or clothes, or even healthy food, rather than cut back on their junk-food expenditures. And even Ortiz's proposed tax on video games isn't going to make people exercise more.

But at least more people are talking about the obesity epidemic. Prior to these suggestions the only major initiatives we knew of were a couple of weight-loss programs in Philadelphia in Brooklyn. (Borough President Marty Markowitz's Lighten Up Brooklyn campaign runs throughout June this year.) There is a lot the government can do – educate people about the importance of a healthy weight; add more parks and greenways where people can easily run, bike, or even walk; offer incentives for grocery stores to set up in poor neighborhoods that lack any source of healthy food – that would be far more effective than any "fat tax."

Taxes on junk food may be too controversial to pass in Britain or Australia right now (in New York the proposal will not even come to a vote), but that was once true of smoking restrictions. Government advocacy helped changed the cultural climate to the point that taxes and restrictions on smoking have become routine. (In fact, the public condemnation that made those taxes possible has probably done more to reduce smoking that any government restrictions.) Fighting obesity means changing people's lifestyles. Do that, and the price of Twinkies won't matter.
SPECIAL DAY [6/15/2003] In addition to being a points race, and having a special significance for all those who got a chance to run with their dads, the 5-Miler today has extra meaning for one of our members. Stuart Alexander writes: "I ran the race today because exactly two years ago on this date I had a knee operation and feared I would never run again."
ANOTHER ONE GETS AWAY [6/15/2003] Tyronne Culpepper is moving up to Funny Cide's hometown. Luckily that area is already in our results search, thanks to Adam Newman's habit of racing up there.

To all CPTCers,

We will be leaving NYC and moving to upstate New York (Saratoga Springs) on the 1st of July. Our emails will remain the same. It was great to be a part of the Central Park Track Club and to get the opportunity to meet so many great people.

Take care,

Tyronne, Bernadette & Amalia
PICTURES [6/15/2003] Neeraj Engineer has added photos of last week's Mini Marathon and videos from today's Father's Day 5-Miler to his website.
BELATED THURSDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/15/2003] The former workout reporter reappeared last week and filed the following story:

He's back. The strike is over. We won. Everybody wins. Whatever.

A whole eight people were at the workout tonight. It began promptly at __________ .

It was quick and dirty. Like some people we know...

Also, Frank Handelman curses like a sailor. Wears his earring like one too.

The rain came more than an hour after the workout ended. Ha ha, rain, you lose.

We're happy to hear from our old correspondent, but even happier that we've been getting more useful workout reports from his replacement. Although one reader did ask if we noticed anything contradictory in the part of the other Thursday report that referred to "Mrs. Kim as the single woman who braved the trek to uptown." Well, no. We're sure everyone figured out that Mrs. Kim is still married, but happened to be the one woman at the workout. True, it would have been better if our reporter had referred to her as the "sole woman" or the "lone woman." If only there were some person who could read these reports, and maybe even edit them, before they were published. Maybe we'd give that person a title like "webeditor," and he ... um ... heh heh... never mind.

SAY WHAT? [6/15/2003] We've always taken a certain amount of pride in our ability to write clearly. We may never write any memorable poetry, or win the Imitation Hemingway Contest, but even when we're stuck writing in the first-person plural we generally get our point across. It's not much, but it's what separates us from consultants, lawyers and techies. (Not you. The ones who aren't on the team and don't read this site.) But no longer, perhaps, now that Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has developed a new program called Bullfighter. This free software works like Microsoft Word's built-in grammar checker, but instead of searching for run-on sentences or inconsistent verb tenses, Bullfighter searches for vague or overused terms like "value-based paradigm shift," "leverage," "core compentencies," "extensible" and "incentivize." (No, that last one isn't a real word, but that doesn't stop a lot of people from using it.)

Will this Miracle Matador slay the dragon of overblown prose? (It doesn't appear to be designed to catch troubled mixed metaphors like that one.) We hope so, but don't be surprised if the buzzwords that Bullfighter finds offensive are simply replaced with new meaningless terms. In the present time frame, CPTC will continue to serve as a value-driven center of excellence, fulfilling content requirements for both core and non-core end users.
THURSDAY NIGHT MIDTOWN WORK REPORT [6/12/2003] No running for us tonight, as we were stuck at the office until past midnight. We spent our evening toiling away at boring, pointless tasks, surrounded by annoying coworkers and unable to pick up the Mets game on our walkman. Basically the same as working during the day except that the building air conditioning gets shut off at night, so the air gets stuffy. And we get a little stir crazy spending 14 hours in the same worthless cubicle.
THURSDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/12/2003] Your regular reporter, who has been on a self-inflicted strike, said he would report on tonight's results. In case he does not within a reasonable period (by which reasonable people may differ), then you may report that 7 men turned out to welcome back Mrs. Kim as the single woman who braved the trek to uptown and the threatening skies to give Baker Field a tryout. The official workout was 3 x 500m at 800m pace, with a 7 minute rest. While we did not have the benefit of Frank Morton, who has been dutifully timing on many occasions despite his chronic leg injury, we were able to form a consensus on when each of the 7 minute recovery periods should end.

Yesterday's three race events most likely contributed to the small turnout, as did the threatening skies and forecast for thundershowers. John Affleck was left to his lonesome to lead the small pack at each of their different race paces. Fortunately Devon Martin (Coach and Mother Hen) took some good advice and stayed away to rest her ailing head cold, or else she might have faced a rebellion and protest strike had she shown up again despite the common wisdom of resting when necessary.
SEND IT LIKE BECKHAM [6/12/2003] Poor England. Mark Twain once remarked that "The transition between [living in] Manchester and death would be unnoticable" We can never remember if he was talking about Manchester, England or Manchester, New Hampshire (both would probably qualify), but we've never heard anything good about either one. Except, of course, for the Manchester United Football Club (they play soccer). Alas, even that won't be worth much any more, as Man. U. is prepapring to send its top player, David Beckham, to Barcelona for $50 million. We would think Becks would be excited about the prospect of trading in gloomy England for sunny Spain (though he may be less enthusiastic about having to play Real Madrid more often), but he's actually against the idea. As is the rest of England, as they apparently have little else left in the way of national pride, what with all their best runners (aside from Paula Radcliffe) moving to New York and joining the Central Park Track Club. Take heart, old chaps. The Seattle Mariners let the best player in baseball leave for Texas, and used the money they saved to build a first place team. The Rangers, who picked up Alex Rodriguez for $25 million/year are perennial cellar-dwellers, and were last seen dropping two games in a row to the hapless New York Mets. Manchester United may be dumping its best player, but it will probably get better in the process.
UNEVEN TERRAIN [6/12/2003] Robert Cheruiyot won the Boston Marathon this year in 2:10:11. That's nothing to sneeze at, but it hardly compares to Khalid Khannouchi's world record of 2:05:38, right?. Not according to Cheruiyot. In today's Runner's World he challenges Khannouchi's ability to run a hilly course. "You know why Khannouchi does not run Boston? He doesn't like the hills. Khannouchi knows that if he runs Boston he will run 2:10. And he won't be two or three minutes ahead of me." While Khannouchi would obviously run slower through Boston's hills than he does on the flat London and Chicago courses, there's no formula that can tell us exactly how much slower his time would be. Comparing times across different courses is a problem inherent in road racing in general, and the marathon in particular. (Track times for the 5k and 10k can be used for rough comparisons with road races, but there's no marathon that consists of 105 laps around the oval.)

This does not mean that the world record should be any less meaningful for being set on a non-"hard" course (no marathon course could ever be called "easy"). The record is for the fastest time covering 26.2 miles; it has nothing to do with the number of hills, the number of turns, the weather or the number of spectators lining the route. (If Cheruiyot could beat Khannouchi on a flat course, he'd sign up for London and take the world record away.) Runners choose their races for a number of reasons, but one of the most important criteria is finding a course suited to their styles. Like hills? Choose a race with steep climbs and pass everyone else on the way up. Not bothered by the heat? Pick a sweltering summer day and cruise to the awards podium while runners around you drop like flies. Have the strength and speed to set a world record? Find the fastest course you can and do it. As long as Khannouchi can keep setting records he'll keep running flat courses. As long as Cheruiyot is strong in the hills he'll keep running hilly courses. But they might meet next year. Both men hope to represent their countries in the Athens Olympics, where Cheruiyot thinks he'll have the edge. The founders of the Boston Marathon modeled their course (including Heartbreak Hill) on the first Olympic marathon, held, of course, in Athens.
RELAY [6/11/2003] Watching six Houston Astros pitchers combine to no-hit the Yankees reminded us of our own upcoming relay, the 150-miler in Central Park on July 19th to celebrate the 150th birthday of Central Park. For those who've forgotten (or never knew about it in the first place), Bill Haskins is putting together a group to run the 150 miles on the park's birthday. The length of each leg will be determined by the number of people who sign up. Anyone interested can contact Bill Haskins at bill.haskins@verizon.net or Audrey Kingsley at ask231@stern.nyu.edu.
NIKE RACE [6/11/2003] The Nike I Run NY 4-Miler next Wednesday is sold out, but there are still spaces available for people who have participated in the training runs. Even if you haven't been to any of the training runs yet, you can still show up tonight at either the Westside Brewery (Amsterdam and West 76th) or Chelsea Piers at 6:30. While there, you can not only sign up for the race, but also enjoy a nice run with numerous CPTC pacers.
ROOMMATE WANTED [6/10/2003] George Robertson is looking for a roommate:

$850/month (incl. Elec/Gas) for your OWN BEDROOM.
2-bedroom prewar apt
78th Street (at York Ave)
2nd bedroom is avail after June 15

Apt is 2nd floor walk-up shared with a male professional in 30s.
Great access to East River Park
Hardwood flrs, good sized living room and kitchen, lots of cabinet space
Nonsmoker. No pets.
Length of stay negotiable.

Your 8' x 12' bedroom has large window, shelves and A/C.
Require 1st & last month's rent.

Contact George.Robertson@JPMorgan.com or (347) 524-7709
SUMMER TRACK RACES [6/10/2003] Last summer, the New York Road Runners Club did a series of Thursday night track races at City College. On an average night, half the runners at these races were wearing orange. Thursday Night at the Races returns this year, but the action has shifted north, to the Van Cortlandt Park track. June 19 and July 17 feature the 400m, 800m, mile and 2-mile. July 3 and July 31 will have 400m, 800m, mile and 5K. Registration is at 7:00, and costs $8 for members, $10 for non-members, and includes as many races as you like. Don't expect much recovery time if you plan to do more than one race a night. Since turnout at these races is significantly lower than at the Armory, things tend to move quickly. The races are scheduled from 7:30 - 9:00 pm, but don't be surprised if the evening ends earlier than that.
A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS [6/10/2003] Four members wrote in to protest our incomplete results from the Harriman Triathlon. Our thanks to them, and our apologies to Otto Hoering and Adam Manewell (1st in his age group!) for omitting their results. Thanks also to Fast-Women, for some nice photos of CPTC's women at the Mini Marathon. Alayne Adams and Amy Sheeran are on page 4, Andrea Haver, Lauren Eckhart, Andrea Costella and Etsuko Kizawa are on page 5, and Mary Rosado is on page 6.
TUESDAY NIGHT DOWNTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/10/2003] Hot and humid, but not as bad as it could have been, and not raining. Too many people for us to count (especailly since we were stuck wearing an old pair of glasses which made everything a bit blurry), but it looked like about 40, plus the fast woman who arrived late, since she thought the workout started at 7:00 pm (we think she's been spending a little too much time with the middle distance group). Tony Ruiz gave lots of congratulations to the women who raced last weekend (a club-best five women under 40:00), but Amy Sheeran was the only representative of the top scorers there to accept them, though Andrea Haver and Alayne Adams did show up later. The workout itself was 1x1000m, 4x600m, 3x300m with not enough rest. The timers were Kevin Arlyck and Ali Rosenthal. Kieran Calderwood showed up at the end of the workout to collect some birthday wishes (he turned 1 last Friday). We ran too hard to remember anything else.
TUESDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/10/2003] 13 mild-weathered opportunists plus 3 timers (Frank Morton with his chronic strain, Sue resting for tomorrow's Corporate Race in CP, and Devon with her head cold) celebrated the first decent day in a long outdoor wet/cold spell of the last many weeks with 6 x 600 at 3K pace with a 2 minute recovery. When Armando made his warm-up appearance, this reporter dutifully waited to see which Armando showed up tonight. It turned out to be the runner tonight, and not the coach, cheerleader or jogger sometimes showing up instead (all are welcome, but only one helps push the front pack or leads it).

Our small number tonight with the good weather is most likely due to the representation we expect at the Holmdel Invite tomorrow night and the 2 other local races in the city. The MAC Champs are this weekend in Astoria - always unpredictable because of the tattered saying - "what if you gave a track meet and nobody comes?" If we field half of our runners we may end up outnumbering the combined competition in some of the events based upon the poor turnout in recent years. This may be a chance for some runners looking for easy wins to bring home some of their first medals. When we say easy we really mean by default. Don't even think about it, as it will be caught by our global surveillance unit and most likely duly noted as such in the footnotes by our trustworthy webmaster. Only a PR will save you, unless it is a first-time event.

WEEK OF JUNE 3, 2003 - JUNE 9, 2003

RUNNING WITH PARKINSON'S [6/08/2003] I have a running friend here in Santa Fe who has early-stage Parkinson's, and he asked me if I know anyone who has had the disease and continued running. And if so, what might he expect as the disease progresses? Since our membership is pretty broad, I'm hoping someone at CPTC has some useful information. They can e-mail me at JacksonSchon@aol.com. Meanwhile, hello everyone. Herb and I are fine, although he does keep falling off bikes.

— Irene Jackson Schon
SUNDAY NON-RACE REPORT [6/08/2003] In seven years of racing, we have yet to record a DNF. This has been due partly to luck in not injuring ourselves duringe races (or at least not noticing any potential injuries until later), partly to our stubborn nature that keeps us from quitting even when know we should (New York Marathon 2001 is a good example), and mostly to our willingness to skip races when we're not in the mood. We probably would have finished the Eagleman Half-Ironman today, but we didn't see any possible way we would enjoy it, so we stayed in NYC instead. Still, as unpleasant as racing for six hours might have been, the alternative we chose was little better: heading out to Shea to watch the Mets drop both games of a doubleheader in embarassing fashion. You know, if you're not going to at least try to win, you might as well just stay home.
SATURDAY RACE REPORT [6/07/2003] It rained, of course. Not too hard during the race, although it certainly got heavy later in the day. Well, everybody's used to the wet weather by now, and it's not every day you get to run with some of the top women in the world. Or maybe just a few minutes behind them, but the CPTC women still turned in some impressive races. Alayne Adams led the team, followed by Catherine Stone-Borkowski, who scored for us for the first time. We may have been missing Stacy and the Margarets, but we had Amy Sheeran, Andrea Haver (who really needs a singlet so that our photographers stop missing her) and Lauren Eckhart, who combined to guide the team to a second place finish. Such was the depth of our turnout, that replacing those three women with our next finishers, Shula Sarner, Etsuko Kizawa and Andrea Costella (why don't any of the Andreas have singlets?), would not have changed the standings.

We are indebted to Stuart Alexander for his photogaphs. Ever modest, he comments: "Being accustomed to a manual camera that actually takes the picture when you push the button, apologies are in order to all those runners missed because the digital camera has an unreasonably long delay between pressing the button and making the picture. There are many splendid pictures of pavement and elbows." We haven't seen these rejected pictures, but we did see many splendid photos of CPTC runners. We had a similar issue with our camera, which, in addition to the delay in taking photos, also suffers from being low resolution. We're hoping to get a new one soon, but if anyone out there wanted to donate one...
THURSDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/05/2003] Temp 70, cloudy, wind at times exceeded the legally permissible level. 4 middle distance runners made it there on time and 1 reporter, thus barely outnumbering the Milrose AA team also there for practice.

Chris and John did 2 sets of 4 x 200m each set, with a 30 sec rest, at their 800m pace, while the ladies contingent of Sue and Kira did the same workout at their own pace. Your reporter needed a few intervals off as additional recovery to avoid total oxygen depletion or else this report might not have been as detailed or accurate. To compensate, he forced himself to run the fastest single interval of the evening (age-graded).

It was discovered that Chris Potter's track specialty in college was the 400m hurdles, which explains why his legs are so long and also his seeming tolerance for pain. The very few times in college that this reporter was asked to race the 400m hurdles, it was thought of as selective punishment by the coach for doing something to really upset him, but it also developed a healthy respect for those who brave both the "long sprint" and the 10 obstacles thrown in for good measure (each hurdle seeming to get higher and higher as one approaches the end).
THURSDAY NIGHT NON-WORKOUT REPORT [6/05/2003] We weren't there again. Nothing worth a report this time, just a dinner with some of the non-running members of our family. We do want to report, however, that we finally have phone service, and therfore, internet access at our apartment. It's not highspeed (that will take another week), but just having the ability to update this site from the comfort of our own home is a welcome relief. And all it took was repeated phone calls, a month of aggravation, and a day off from work, which was a disappointment. Not that we enjoy being at the office, but if we're going to sacrifice a day's pay, we would at least like to get out of the house. Not knowing when the Verizon tech was due to arrive (we'd been told between 8:00 am and 12:00pm, but when we called at 12:15 to find out where he was we learned that the appointment had actually made for 8:00 am - 6:00 pm; he showed up at 3:30), we spent our day playing computer games and reading books about poker — which was exactly what he would have done at work had we gone in.
STREAKING [6/05/2003] All good streaks must eventually come to an end, and so it was for Serena Williams' today. After winning 33 consecutive singles mataches, including four grand slam victories, Serena was beaten by Justine Henin-Hardenne, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Normally we would care more about this, but right now we're more focused on a different streak: the 24 years since a horse last won the last Triple Crown. Will hometown hero Funny Cide break that streak? We're not betting on it. Not that we don't think he'll do it, but at even money, the potential pay off isn't worth the time on line at the betting window. Given what we know about handicapping horses – which is absolutely nothing – we'd take the longshot (Scrimshaw, 50-1) to show. That would give us the best case scenario: seeing a triple crown winner, and making a couple of bucks. Or we could save ourselves the trouble and just throw several dollars into the nearest trash can.
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN [6/05/2003] After running my first few races as a CPTC member without the team singlet, I finally got one and I'm 2 for 2 in setting PR's while sporting the orange. I attribute this performance entirely to the singlet (OK, maybe Tony's workouts have something to do with it), and look forward to a new PR every time I throw it on. The team colors even helped get my photo on the website!

— John Kerner
MINI MARATHON PHOTOGRAPHERS WANTED [6/04/2003] We're looking for members to help out with photos at Saturday's mini marathon. If you are available to take pictures, please e-mail us, so we can coordinate our photographers so that they are spread out across the course.
MINI MODIFICATION [6/04/2003] Due to construction on Central Park West, the start location of this Saturday's Mini Marathon will be moved north by about two blocks from the normal 61st street start. As a result, the finish line will also be further north – apparently next to lamppost W6803 (almost 69th Street), right past the crosswalk there and over the crest of the Tavern on the Green hill (rather than at the normal Marathon finish, which is prior to the crest). While this is not a dramatic change, it may make a difference to all you serious runners.
DOCUMENTARY FILM RESCHEDULED [6/04/2003] Due to tonight's poor weather, Harry Lichtenstein's documentary has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 18 at 6:30pm. Male runners who are interested in being in this film should contact Harry Lichtenstein at 917-492-7518 from 12:00pm-6:00pm. The filming will be at the Riverbank Park Track Track (near 147th St. and Riverside Drive; take the '1' train to 145th Street). Runners will not be paid for appearing in the film.
TUESDAY NIGHT UPTOWN TRACK WORKOUT REPORT [6/04/2003] Middle Distance Group tonight consisted of 10 hardy regulars and one intrepid reporter, almost all of whom showed up on time (yes, even Harry L.) and were eager to start the workout so we could all go home and get out of the drizzle/rain, temp. in the low 60's. Minimal dialogue, and no gossip heard to report. All business approach; how boring.

Workout of 2 x 400, 600, 800, 2 x 400, with about 2 minute recovery, but all at mile pace. Question of the night: did any of the runners realize that the total workout was 3000 meters run at 1600 meter race pace?
MINI MARATHON [6/04/2003] At Satuday's Mini Marathon there will be a corral for local team runners; We need to give the names of all members who are running to the NYRR asap, so please email Audrey Kingsley at ask231@stern.nyu.edu and she'll have your name added to the list. On race day, please assemble at 65th and CPW on the west side of the street. The NYRR's Andy Kimmerling will lead you to the special coral. Please be there by 8:45 at the latest (the start is at 9:00).
TUESDAY NIGHT CONCERT REPORT [6/04/2003] It was the last concert of the season in our New York Philharmonic subscription, and even though though it appeared to be one of the weaker ones in the series, we decided to skip the track workout in favor of an evening at Lincoln Center. A good decision on our part, since (1) we don't really enjoy track workouts in the rain and (2) the concert was not as bad as we feared. Mendelsohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream was pleasant. We had no opinion of Penderecki's Adagio (Symphony No. 4) before the concert, and hearing it performed failed to change that. Luckily, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5 ended the concert, and the year, on a high note. Over the season we heard some truly memorable performances (including Lang Lang playing Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2), heard unfamiliar pieces that grabbed us (Janáček's Sinfonietta), heard unfamiliar pieces that bored us (Janáček's Capriccio for Piano Left-hand and Winds), and heard pieces by contemporary composers (John Adams and Poul Ruders) that almost resembled music. We've also heard what's on the schedule for next year, and, other than a two-week Best of Beethoven (all 9 symphonies, all 5 piano concertos, and several overtures), there's not much that interests us. On the plus side, we'll have more time to train.
CPTC TV [6/04/2003] "To see Amerigo wearing the CPTC singlet live on TV in such a quality 1500m race was truly inspiring."

— Alan Ruben

MALE RUNNERS NEEDED FOR DOCUMENTARY FILM [6/03/2003] Male runners who are interested in being in a documentary film should contact Harry Lichtenstein at 917-492-7518 from 12:00pm-6:00pm. The filming will be tomorrow (Wednesday, June 4) at 6:30 pm at the Riverbank Park Track Track (near 147th St. and Riverside Drive; take the '1' train to 145th Street). Runners will not be paid for appearing in the film.
FAT OF THE LAND [6/03/2003] A recent government study found that 19% of Americans engage in virgorous exercise on a regular basis, but 26% of American get essentially no exercise. We imagine that practically every person who reads this site falls into the "vigorous exercise" group. For the rest of you, please do the following:
1. Turn off the computer.
Now, don't you feel better?