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Send comments to webmaster@centralparktc.org. Week of December 27, 2005 - January 2, 2006 Week of December 20, 2005 - December 26, 2005 This Week's Track Workout This week's distance group track workout with Coach Tony Ruiz will be held at the Armory on Wednesday, December 28, at 8:00 pm. There is no workout on Tuesday. The Thursday workout will take place at the statute of Daniel Webster at 7:00 pm, as usual. It is recommended that runners attend either the Wednesday workout or the Thursday workout, but not both. You do know you're not supposed to do hard workouts two days in a row, right? You'd Think the Times Might Be Getting Just a Little Bit Embarassed About This By Now Alessandra Stanley screws up again. In related news, the sun continues to rise in the East. It's a Wonder We All Survived Slate covers the extraordinary lengths some people went to get to work this week. Born to Be Wilder Makor presents Chinese Food and a Movie on Christmas Day!: Born to be Wilder: Films from Billy Wilder and Gene Wilder. Feast on unlimited Chinese food and watch Some Like It Hot and The Apartment (Billy) and Young Frankenstein and Silver Streak (Gene), starting at 1:00 pm, and again at 7:30 pm. We're so ditching our family for this. We came across an interesting tidbit about Billy Wilder today: he almost directed the Marx Brothers in a movie set at the United Nations, but that fell through when Chico and then Harpo died. That beats out Sergio Leone's proposed film on the siege of Leningrad for the honor of Greatest Film That Never Was. We Still Hated Him on Star Trek Bill O'Reilly and co.'s bombast about their imaginary "War on Christmas" has mostly gone unanswered, probably in the foolish belief that if we ignore him he'll go away. But this week brings two responses, one from Christopher Hitchens in Slate that's equally bombastic and confrontational — though also funny — and one from Wil Wheaton (yes, that Wil Wheaton) in Salon.com, that's spot-on:
We Don't Have Time For a Full Airing of Grievances, But Rest Assured That We Are Very Disappointed In Each and Every One of You Happy Festivus, y'all! Okay, Now Have the Jews Suffered Enough? Some of the options available for Members of the Tribe™ tomorrow night: Just Remember What Happened to Samson When They Made Him Cut His Hair What with the strike and all, we almost forgot that the Yankees went out and signed Johnny Damon (f/k/a "The Passion of the Damon"). We probably should care about this in some way, but we've long grown sick of both the Yankees and the Red Sox. We actually think is this something of a bad deal for everyone around: the Yankees overpay for a guy who's numbers have never quite matched his reputation; the Red Sox lose both a key position player and a team symbol; and Damon has to cut his hair, stop being an idiot, and deal with the hatred from both Boston fans who think he's the next Benedict Arnold, and from Yankee fans who still want to see the sainted Bernie Williams in center. (Note to those fans: while Damon and Williams have equally weak throwing arms at this point, Damon does hit better.) But what really struck us about this is that Damon is about the 50th player to jump between the two teams in the last decade. So can everyone please shut up about how great arivalryy this is? Yes the fans still care, but it's clear the players, with one or two exceptions, don't. (Compare this to the good old days, when Jackie Robinson retired when the Dodgers traded him to the hated Giants). So, please, FOX, ESPN, and everyone else who shows baseball on TV, give us some variety. Let the die-hard Yankees and Sox fans watch these games all they want, but give the rest of us something good. 2006 Races NYRR has released their 2006 schedule. No announcement yet as to what the points races are, but the first one is usually the Snowflake, which has been renamed the NYRR Al Gordon Snowflake 4M (guess Al doesn't get his 15K anymore), and takes place onSaturdayy, February 25. If history is any guide, there's a good chance the Brooklyn Half will be March's scoring race (March 18), and also a good chance that weather conditions will force a last-minute change in the race course. Can Someone Explain to Us Why No One Has Lynched the Writers of the Styles Section Yet?
Sure, you had to get up at 4:00 am to walk 15 miles to work; and your cousin had to use up his vacation days because he couldn't even make it in to work from Marine Park; and the transit workers all lost six days' pay; and the TWU may get fined a few million dollars; and Roger Toussaint could still go to jail, or get beaten up by either angry commuters who are pissed that he started the strike, or by angry union members who are pissed that after all this they may end up with a worse deal that the one they were offered on Monday; and the City lost a billion dollars. But let's not lose sight of the real victim here: fashion. Remember people, just because it's freezing out and you can't afford to get to work any way other than by walking for hours, that's no excuse for not being dressed head-to-toe in haute couture. Update: Gawker's response to this is funnier. Eat and Run Many runners don't eat as well as they should. But it's only the folks on the Flyers who were willing to admit it to Runner's World. Well, not directly; 35 of them filled out surveys on what they eat and then let Runner's World publish a big article about it. At least the article doesn't use anyone's name. Like Any of You Are at Work to Read This Anyway We work so hard to post these photos for you, and do you even look at them? Clearlyy not, since only Stuart Alexander noticed that we included the wrong link, and sent everyone to the old marathon photos. We meant to have you look at photos from the Wall of Orange, which is where the links now go. Strike One, We're Out Since we couldn't make it in to the office today, we decided to catch up on some photos instead, including a bunch more from the NYC Marathon and a set from the Healthy Kidney 10K. Hope you enjoy them. We're off to stay with relatives a bit closer to our office for the remainder of the week (damnbuildingg management won't let us bring our bike into the office, and we're not walking 10 miles each way). We'll have limited web access there and limited free time at work, so this may be our last update before Gentile Day/Silly Jewish Candle Night. Whichever one you celebrate, have a good one! Week of December 13, 2005 - December 19, 2005 Ethiopia I just wanted to tell everyone about an incredible race and country we just visited: Ethiopia and the Great Ethiopian Run. First, my thanks to Toby Tanser and everyone who has contributed to his Shoe4Africa program, donating used running shoes for up and coming professional runners who cannot otherwise afford shoes. We delivered nearly 100 running shoes to Great Ethiopian Run race director (and 2:08 marathoner and former English National Cross Country champion) Richard Nerukar.
The Great Ethiopian Run, now in its fifth year, is the largest road race in Africa. I joined 26,000 runners in this 10k race through the country's capital, Addis Abba. Ethiopians have great passion for running and their runners – it is unquestionably their national sport and Haile Gebrsellaise is without a doubt the most popular person in the country. This enthusiasm was clearly present at the race where the energy of fellow runners and spectators was off the charts and deafening, an intensity level that I've only seen rivaled at the NYC Marathon. The race itself ran exceedingly smooth and has become one of the major annual events in Addis.
Especially coming from sea level, one needed all the support possible as it was an extremely hilly course (think Riverdale Ramble) at over 7,000' in altitude, not quite PR material. Still, the winner, Ethiopian Ketema Negussie ran a 28:24, only 2:04 or 7% off the flat/sea-level world record. At the same time, the race – like the New York City Marathon – was a very inclusive affair with many other competitive runners and others slowly jogging and walking. The race itself ran exceedingly smooth and was particularly special to the Ethiopian people this year given the recent political challenges and government crackdown on dissent. In fact, many runners were chanting over and over at their top voices the slogan "Yifetu" which I assumed to be a soccer chant but we later learned meant "Set Them Free," a reference to the political detainees. The rest of the country was no less stimulating. We visited many fascinating sites and cities, including the following UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Simien Mountain range; the rock hewn churches of Lalibella, our personal favorite; the incredible obelisks of the city of Axum (many still standing with inscriptions that have barely aged despite their erection nearly 2,000 years ago); and the network of 17th century castles in the city of Gonder. I think if any of these attractions were located in a Turkey, Israel, or Egypt, they would be a highlight of a visit to one of those countries. Being Ethiopia with its starving child image and the world's practically non-existent knowledge of what it offers, we were often the only tourists in many of the places we visited (the city of Lalibella, for example, had only about 100 tourists when we were there). Training was similarly enjoyable. Though the 6,000 – 9,000 feet of altitude took some getting used to, I always felt welcome and in fact the local runners seemed to find me and show me their favorite trails and hills. In Ethiopia, unlike many places in the U.S. and abroad, runners are common and respected.
The country was also quite safe though their political situation is far from perfect. Fortunately, it was calm when we visited. Hopefully things will stay stable so the people of Ethiopia can flourish and more tourists can enjoy this most fascinating of countries.
Tuesday's Workout The Armory will be closed this coming week. The reason for this is so that the lines can be repainted. This is all part of the continual maintenance which is needed for The Armory to retain it's position as a first-rate venue for competition and indeed for our workouts. Book 'Em We've added more books to the book list. Look's like somebody on the team is either a big Goosebumps fan, or is the parent of a big Goosebumps fan. What Are Words For? The editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary have decided that "podcast" is the Word of the Year for 2005. Somehow it beat out options including bird flu,IED (improvised explosive device), sudoku and trans fat, all of which we've heard much more than podcast, and we subscribe to about a dozen podcasts. The Oxford folks define podcast as "a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar program, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal audio player." We think of podcasts as the reason we're now behind on our radio listening, just as our DVR (like everyone else we normally refer to it as a Tivo, even though our system not made by that company, and they really don't want us to use the term to describe their competition) is the reason we're behind on our television watching. And to think that a year ago all we had to worry about was a backlog of books, magazines and DVDs. The Oxford press release states that podcast "will be added to the next online update of the New Oxford American Dictionary, due in early 2006." It doesn't say whether the runner-up words will be added as well. Also, it doesn'texplainn why the online version can't be updated right now. Isn't the whole point of this internet thingy is that it allows for immediate updates, rather than waiting for the next printing? Also, are they really going toincluded runner-up word squick (cause immediate and thorough revulsion: "was anyone else squicked by our waiter's piercings?"), now that they know its purported etymology? Do not click either of those links if you a naive and innocent soul who does not want to be exposed to filthy sexual terminology, a category that we doubt includes more than three readers of this site. MAC Results MAC has posted full results from the December 11 meet, so we'd like to take back all those snide comments we've been making here. We had most of the results already, but now we've included the rest. Caveman Workout Didn't get enough chest-thmuping in King Kong? Check out this video of our own Dan Hamner punching himself in the chest. It's all part of his Cave Man Medicine idea, which you can read about in this article from the Washington Post. Thanks to Jeff Wilson for that link, and also for this profile of Stefani Jackenthal. Haven't the Jews Suffered Enough? From the Times: "A Happy Hipster Hanukkah." Armory Closing As most of you know, the Armory will be closed all next week for no good reason. In his workout description, Coach Tony asked people to "please call the Armory to voice your displeasure at the timing of the cancellation of work outs, especially after the increased fees." For those of you wondering who to call, you can find a list of all their main staff here. We'd probably start with Ed Small (212-923-1803 ext.11, ed@armorytrack.com) since he's listed as the director of the track. Fixed MAC The folks at MAC have fixed the typo on their website. Still no results, though. Between Rock Center and a Hard Place One of the advantages of writing for this page instead of some prestigious outlet where tens of thousands of people would read our work and we'd even get paid for it, is that we get to write our own headlines. Sure, most of our headlines are uninspired, insipid or groan-worthy (or all three, like this one), but at least they accurately reflect the content of the post. The same can't be said of Witold Rybczynski's review of Rockefeller Center, which the editors at Slate unfortunately titled "Flags Snap, Heels Tap: The holiday glory of Rockefeller Center," even though it has nothing at all to do with the holidays. We didn't care, because we like to read about architecture — it certainly beats dancing about architecture — and Rybczynski is one of the better authorities out there (though as much as we liked City Life, we were a bit disappointed by A Clearing in the Distance). Actually, we were expecting to be annoyed, since — as we've mentioned here before — we work near Rockefeller Center, and we can't stand it during the holidays. But Rybczynski doesn't try to change our mind. Other than a brief mention of that stupid tree, he makes no reference to the holidays at all. Of course, that didn't stop Gawker from ripping into the review:
We agree with all of that, but it's a response to the headline, not the article — something Gawker has done before when it comes to Slate. We're not surprised that a professional blogger would just skim the headlines of the subjects she's covering, rather than reading the full articles, but we do expect the editors of a major magazine to read their articles before writing headlines for them. So, we have an offer for all Slate writers: if you ever want a guarantee that your readers won't be misled by a poorly chosen headline, simply submit your articles to us. We can't afford to give you any money for them, but we can offer an assortment of unlabeled race medals as payment. Correction to Standings NYRR had updated the results from the Joe K 10K, and Warren Street moved up to 4th for Men 40+. That gives them enough points to hold on to 2nd place for the year, edging us out by one point. All the other standings are as we reported them. There's a Pun About "At the Bar" In Here Somewhere, But We Can't Find It FromThe Wall Street Journal, via Wonkette:
We don't know what the original article said (anyone with a WSJ.com account want to send it to us?), but we agree with everything Bork says in the second paragraph. (There's a sentence we never thought we'd write!) However, we find the debate enitrely academic, since we generally feel that theonly appropriate drinks are ones with names that include all of their ingredients (e.g., rum and coke, gin and tonic, whiskey and whiskey, etc.), and for those libations a "plain words" understanding is sufficient. And People Wonder Why Track & Field Doesn't Get More Respect Speaking of corrections and errors, Margot Sheehan pointed out that the MAC website, in addition to never posting results, also has a major typo.
She sent them a correction today, so this should be fixed by February. And speaking of websites, thanks, we're sure, to our complaint, the Millrose Games website now has some content. Sure it's got a hard-to-read layout, a dearth of useful information, and an annoying and completely unnecessary use of Flash; but at least it's something. Really, the Quote Works Either Way From Regret the Error's top corrections of 2005:
SOY Classes Cooking classes are back! Currently open for registration: Basic Japanese Home Cooking - Saturday, January 28 ***Basic Japanese Home Cooking*** Learn basics of Japanese home cooking, such as how to cook rice, making dashi (soup stock) and miso soup, about seasonings and handling of common Japanese food products. We'll prepare a simple but savory traditional style meal with fish and vegetables. ***SOY Cooking for Clueless*** Cooking with soy food can be absolutely effortless. We'll teach you basics about all kinds of tofu and other soy food products, and show you tricks & shortcuts for great soy dishes. ***Sushi Master*** Learn how to cook sushi rice, prepare ingredients, and make your own sushi rolls. Then go home and make more to impress your friends! We can also arrange a private class on Sundays for minimum of 4 students. Call me if you have any questions! Week of December 6, 2005 - December 12, 2005 Uniforms Team uniforms are now available exclusively from Alan Ruben. CPTC Singlets are $25; CPTC Shorts, $25; and CPTC Jackets, $50. For more info, email Alan at aruben@montran.com, or cal him at 212-519-1372 (day) or 212-222-7216 (eve). A Day Late, A Dollar Short For those of you wondering why there are a bunch of posts with yesterday's date on them that you didn't the last time you logged on, it's because we wrote them yesterday but couldn't upload them because of a balky server. We don't want you to think we'd forgotten about you, or were too busy having fun to update the site, since we weren't (though there have been days when that's the case). But we've never seen the value of having other people think our life is exciting even when it's not. We prefer to have our life actually be exciting, at which point we're too busy living our life to give a damn what other people think of it. But even if we had spent Sunday painting the town red, we still would have found time to cover the Joe K 10K. Speaking of which, Coach Devon sent her own comments about that race:
Millrose Games With track and field always having to battle for attention, you'd think the organizers of the Millrose Games would want to make some effort to reach out to what's left of their audience. Apparently not. So far their website is just one picture with a not-very-prominent link to an external site for tickets. Plus, it seems that they haven't been doing much to publicize the Masters 4x400m relays. In fact, the folks at MastersTrack.com only learned about it from our post. Now, we'd be happy to have the entire running world reading this page, but we'd rather not be forced into the role of source of breaking news, since that would limit the amount of space we can devote to complaining about the minor annoyances of life. Best Times Not everybody was running the 10K this morning, since there was a MAC meet in the afternoon. We expect official results will be posted sometime just before hell freezes over, but until then we've got most of the details from Frank Morton. Frank also noticed that Caryn Waterson and Natalie Gingerich grabbed the number 8 and number 10 spots, respectively, on the Best 1500m list. One of the women they knocked off the list was their very own Coach Devon, so they may be in for a punishing workout on Tuesday. Joe Kleinerman 10K NYRR hasn't updated the team points standings yet, but based on today's results from the Joe Kleinerman 10K, we moved up in two categories. First, the Open men — William Berriel, Thomas McCarney, Aaron Beim, Joseph Tumbarello, Daniel Seidel — who fought off Greater New York to take second place. In so doing they pushed our point total to 82, while holding GNY to 81, meaning that CPTC wins third place for the year. While the young punks were doing their bit, the old fogeys — formerly known as "Masters," but now referred to oh-so-poetically as "Men 40+" — were showing that they still know how to bring it. Alan Ruben, Michael Trunkes and John Affleck finished in third, pushing us past Warren Street and into second place for the year. The Open women — Lauren Esposito, Kathy King, Sarah Alari, Katy Masselam and Andrea Costella — also finished second but, with Moving Comfort holding on for fourth, they stay in fourth place for the year. Likewise, the Men 50+ (nee "Veterans") — Tom Phillips, Phil Vasquez and Stuart Alexander — remain in fourth for the year despite their third place finish today. [Stuart writes: "I woke up late so I had to do a 15k cross-country run through the snow and jump over a fence in order to get to the start only a minute after the race had already begun. I was feeling bad about my race until I noticed that I scored for the team for the first time, so it appears it was worth making the effort to come out and race." Let that be a reminder to all of you about the value of showing up for a race even when you aren't having your best day.] So, assuming our math is correct, CPTC finishes the year like this:
USATF Cross Country Championships The USATF Cross Country Championships will be February 18-19 at Van Cortlandt Park. CPTC's intrepid masters men will definitely field a team for the event. While inquiries have been made, we don't want to miss anyone. According to the rules, we can declare eight runners, and five will score (I believe we have five or six firm commitments at this time). All scoring runners must be American citizens and USATF members. Interested runners should contact John Prather at jprather@susd.org or speak with Alan Ruben or Stuart Calderwood. See here for more information. More on the Quiz According to Roland Soong, the multiple choice options for the crocodile tears question were:
We're guessing that 2 would be the answer they're looking for, but, as the sites we linked to show, that's been pretty much debunked. Also, if you read this site using Firefox — and you should, becuase it's much better than Internet Explorer — the answers would not have been hidden. That's fixed now. Kind of embarassing, since one of our jobs involves testing pages for cross-browser compatibility. Unfortunately, we posted everything yesterday from a different job, where all we have is Explorer. We'd complain, but we can't think of any good way to ask our boss to help us spend more time at the office working on this site. Common Ground The Prince George Hotel, where our Awards Party was held last Saturday, is part of Common Ground, the same organization that manages Top of the Times, the site of our annual dinners in 2003 and 2004. The income generated by renting out these spaces goes to support their efforts to house chronically homeless adults. You can read more about the Prince George's renovation in this article from the Gotham Gazette. Tuesday Night Armory Workout Report — Early Session In the local media tradition of giving you yesterday's news tomorrow, we note that more than 40 runners showed up Tuesday night at the Armory for the middle distance workout, and a good crew followed for the distance session (sorry, no numbers there). The revamped Armory is clearly no longer a somewhat-undiscovered secret in NYC running, as evidenced by the congestion on the track and declining etiquette. We used to joke about him, but the official with the sonorous voice chanting "watch lane two, watch lane four" is sorely missed. Sonorous, by the way, is a word we learned from Stuart Calderwood. Other news: Sean Fortune is back following a bike accident, which is nice to see; meanwhile the general joy of running of on a springy 200-meter oval started giving way to those familiar looks of discomfort about 7:35 p.m. Tuesday night. Also nice to see. Millrose Games Masters Relay There will be a 4 x 400m relay for masters men and women at the Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on February 3, 2006. The fastest 6 men's teams and 6 women's teams will be considered, based on time trials run by December 30, 2005. If you are 40 years old or older, and would like to run this relay, please email Devon Martin immediately at dmartin@cravath.com. The CPTC teams will run their time trial at the December 30 MAC Meet at the Armory, so we need to start assembling the teams now. Answers to the Quiz In response to your pestering, we have the answers to Roland Soong's quiz. These are not the official answers, but what we, Frank Morton and Stuart Calderwood found on the web. According to Roland, many of these questions were actually multiple choice, though he didn't send us the choices. Anyone planning to take the civil service exam in Wenxue City should not rely on these answers being detailed enough for the test. Actually, anyone planning to take the civil service exam in Wenxue City who happens to be reading this should email us immediately and tell us how you found this page. (1) Why are there no polar bears in Antarctica? From the FAQ of the Polar Bear Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission:
Or, if you don't like evolution, there are no polar bears in Antarctica because the Intelligent Designer didn't put any there. Of course, if you believe that, you have to explain what's so intelligent about polar bears that need therapy, people who try to swim with polar bears, and people who call themselves polar bears and go into freezing water all winter long. (2) Why do crocodiles shed tears when they encounter food? Well, they don't really. There have been some suggestions that crocodiles use their "tears" to lubricate their food. The Crocodilian Biology Database disputes that, however:
(3) Why did Britain discontinue weather reports during the WWII? From Weather War by Cdr. Carl O. Schuster, USN:
By the same token, depriving your enemies of accurate forecasts hinders their operations, and Weather War shows just how far both the Allies and Germany went to get control of the forecasts. After putting in all that work to deprive Germany of accurate weather information, it would be foolish to broadcast the same information over the radio. (4) Why is the air especially fresh after a summer thunderstorm? What you're smelling is ozone, as Thomas Valone explains:
(5) Why can't sea water be consumed? Because there's too much salt in it, which causes dehydration. Bill Bryson explains:
(6) Fill in the next number in the sequence: 2, 3, 13, 175, ? From Ligaya Mishan: "The sequence appears to be the last number squared, plus the prior number doubled"
Unless someone else has another answer, we're going with 30,651. (7) From 12:00 to 13:00, how many times are the hour hand and the minute hand at 90 degrees to each other? During that one hour, the minute hand makes a complete revolution of 360°, and the hour hand moves 30°. Therefore, the hands start at 0° apart, and finish at 330° apart. Because both hands move smoothly (i.e., they pass through every angle, rather than jumping around), they have to pass both 90° and 270° (which is 90° in the other direction) en route to the finish, so the answer is twice. (8) 50 people are doing lab exercises (in physics and chemistry). 40 people did the physics exercise right, 41 people did the chemistry exercise right and 4 people got both wrong. How many people got both right? Let x equal the number of people who got both exercises right. The number who got both right (x), plus the number who got only physics right (number who got physics right - number who got both right), plus the number who got only chemistry right (number who got chemistry right - number who got both right), plus the number who got both wrong (4), equals 50. Or:
35 people got both exercises right. (9) Color blindness is a hereditary disease. But more men are observed to be color-blind than women. Why? From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute:
(10) To produce a certain decorative necklace, you need 25 pearls, 3 strings, one zipper and ten minutes of labor. You now have 4,880 pearls, 586 strings, 200 zippers and four workers. How many necklaces can you produce in 8 hours? You have enough pearls for 195.2 necklaces (4,880/25); enough strings for 195.3 necklaces (586/3); enough zippers for 200 necklaces (200/1); and enough time to make 192 necklaces (10 minutes labor per necklace = 6 necklaces/worker/hour * 4 workers * 8 hours = 192). Therefore, you can produce 192 necklaces. (11) Which of (A), (B), (C), (D) is next?
Choice (A) follows the pattern of both removing the rightmost dot on the top row as you move across the grid, and adding a dot to the bottom of the leftmost column as you move down the grid. Club Standings With the final points race of the season this Sunday (the Joe Kleinerman 10K), we thought we'd give you a quick look at the current standings:
As you can see, all our teams are in fights to the finish, with a chance to move up or down in the standings. So don't let the cold scare you off from running or spectating. Remember, there are serious bragging rights at stake here, along with some nice commerative plates from NYRR. Books You might have forgotten, but we are still an Amazon The Times Settles Another Controversy From yesterday's Science Times:
Correction In Frank Handelman's speech he reported that Devon Martin had run the mile in 4:37. This is not quite accurate, as Devon reports:
Please note that the important detail from the speech — that Devon is really, really fast — remains true. New Arrival Congratulations to Victor Osayi, whose wife Ajaemuta gave birth to Oghogho Julliet Osayi (7 lbs., 11 oz.) on Sunday night. |
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affiliate, which means we still know what you buy — though not who you are — if you do it through our link. Not that you buy that much through us, but we've posted the seven items that team members did purchase in the last few months on our 