CENTRAL PARK WINTER BIATHLON SERIES, Central Park, NYC (March 28th, 1999)

• Kurtis Edwards reflects: "Ever since I joined the Central Park Track Club, my biking has gone rapidly downhill."  Good ... right according to plan ...
• And who is the person hanging around the finish line?  It's Paul Sternberger who thought this was the best way to enjoy himself at the expense of the suffering of others.

RUN FOR THE RAINFOREST 5K, Central Park, NYC, NY (March 28th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

WOMEN, 1st Open Team

MEN, 3rd Open Team

• The Most Valuable Runners are always the last scoring member: Frank ("I never expected this") Schneiger and Mary ("I've been away for so long") Messite.
• On February 14th, Carsten Strandlod set a 5K PR of 17:50.   Today, he was almost a minute slower.  Why?  Because Tyronne Culpepper is not right behind him in this race.
• Here is the true story behind John Sargent's personal worst time --- Just when John got ready to leave for the race around 10am, he picked up the race pamphlet and saw that the start time was 10am.  He thought that he had missed the race and decided to go around the reservoir instead.  After running a couple of miles, he came to the north end and he heard the loudspeaker announce that the race would start in one minute.  So he dashed down to the start.  He was stuck at the back of the pack and it was 1 minute 10 seconds before he crossed the starting line.  So, there you have it!  John insisted that we publish these circumstances for posterity.

SUFFOLK COUNTY 5K, Seldon, NY (March 28th, 1999)

THAMES TOWPATH 10 MILER, Chiswick, London, UK (March 27th, 1999)

Colin Frew, 61:33, 18th overall

USATF NATIONAL MASTERS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Reggie Lewis Center, Boston, MA (March 26-28, 1999)

Men's 60m Preliminary Heats
--- Val Barnwell, 41, 7.24, fastest qualifying time

Men's 60m Final
--- Val Barnwell, 41, 7.16, 1st place M40-44

Men's Mile
--- Anselm Labourne, 39, 4:27.17, 1st place M35-39
--- Anthony Baker, 45, 5:44.62, 13th place M45-49
--- Sid Howard, 60, 5:11.17, 2nd place M60-64 (beat Henry Hawk's previous World record of 5.13.38; new WR of 5:01.76 was set by the race winner Dan Conway)

Men's 400m Preliminary Heats
--- Lester Wright Jr., 57, 1:01.85, 6th fastest qualifying time

Men's 400m Final
--- Lester Wright Jr., 57, 1:01.70, 3rd place M55-59

Women's 400m
--- Denise Whitaker-Crain, 42, 1:07.20, 4th place W40-44
--- Mary Rosado, 49, 1:14.14, 3rd place W45-49

Men's 800m Preliminaries
--- Tom Hartshorne, 45, 2:09.00, 2nd fastest qualifying time
--- Anthony Baker, 45, 2:18.53, 17th fastest qualifying time
--- Frank Handelman, 53, 2:17.85, 7th fastest qualifying time

Men's 800m Finals
--- Anselm Labourne, 39, 2:01.61, 1st W35-39
--- Tom Hartshorne, 45, 2:06.04, 4th M45-49
--- Frank Handelman, 53, 2:18.38, 8th M50-54
--- Sid Howard, 60, 2:17.96, 2nd M60-64

Women's 800m Finals
--- Mary Rosado, 49, 2:46.30, 2nd place W45-49

Men's 200m Preliminaries
--- Val Barnwell, 41, 23.41, fastest qualifying time
--- John Brooks, 40, 24.51, 7th fastest qualifying time
--- Lester Wright Jr. 57, 27.99, 7th fastest qualifying time

Men's 200m Semi-Finals
--- Val Barnwell, 41, 23.65, fastest qualifying time
--- John Brooks, 40, 24.82, 4th fastest qualifying time

Men's 200m Finals
--- Val Barnwell, 41, 23.04, 2nd M40-44
--- John Brooks, 40, 26.69, 6th M40-44
--- Lester Wright Jr. 57, 27.84, 4th M55-59

Women 30-39 4x400m relay
--- Central Park Track Club, 4:07.21, 1st place

Men 30+ 4x400m relay
--- Central Park Track Club, 3:23.13, 1st place

Men 40-49 4x400m relay
--- Central Park Track Club, 3:35.06, 2nd place

Men 50-59 4x400m relay
--- Central Park Track Club, 3:53.81, 1st place

• The M60-64 800m race was said to be the best race of the meet.  Sid Howard had been leading and not letting the other guy pass.  Right at the end, Sid's legs buckled and he leant backwards while the other guy dove for the line to grab the victory.
• Although Sid Howard broke the previous world record in the M60-64 mile race, Dan Conway won the race by a wide margin to set the new world record.  Sid says, "I've never beaten Dan Conway after all these years.  My string is still intact."
• In the M35-39 800m race, Anselm Labourne fell flat on his face after the third lap and got trampled.  But he got up and came back from dead last to win the race.  "The man is an animal," somebody said, which is a compliment of the highest sorts.

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US/WORLD INDOOR MASTERS RECORDS:  Here is a list of current records held by Central Park Track Club members, as listed and updated from the USATF National Masters Indoor Championships website prior to this meet:
--- 60m M35-39, Mitch Lovett, 6.98 (3/28/98)
--- 200m M35-39, Mitch Lovett, 22.04 (3/28/98)
--- 400m M35-39, Mitch Lovett, 48.58 (3/28/98)
--- 800m, M60-64, Sid Howard, 2:14.75 WR (2/26/99)
--- 1500m, W45-49, Robin Villa, 5:05.82 (2/3/90)
--- High Jump, W35-39, Skipper Clark, 5'4" (3/24/84)
--- Weight Throw, W35-39, Sarah Boslaugh, 12.51m (2/11/95)

ST. PATRICK'S DAY RACES, Yorktown Heights, NY, (March 21st, 1999)

POWERBAR 20 MILE RUN & RELAY, Central Park, NYC (March 21st, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN

WOMEN

RELAY TEAMS

• Kingsley-Arlyck (Audrey Kingsley, Kevin Arlyck), 9th overall, 3rd coed twosome, 2:07:42
• Figure Four (Ross Galitsky, G'mo Rojas and friends), 19th overall, 4th male foursome, 2:14:57
• Gutter Runners (Sheila McPhillips, Patrick McPhillips, Stacy Creamer, Stuart Calderwood), 23rd overall, 2nd coed foursome, 2:16:10
• CPTC Geezors (Irene Jackson-Schon, Frank Schneiger), 71st overall, 4th master coed twosome, 2:30:20

NOTES

• If you look at the official results, you will note that there were apparently no team awards.  That was only because no team fielded enough people.  We had certainly more than enough people out there and they ran well  (five men in the top 50 and three women in the top 20) , but not enough of you signed up for the team.  All those people who received the asterisk will be hearing from your team reps soon!  As Audrey Kingsley says, "Don't let your talents go to waste!"
• The Gutter Runners' splits were as follows:
  1st leg:  Sheila McPhillips--42:42 (8:43 min/mile) for 4.86 miles (on no training and under pressure from her visiting brother);
  2nd leg: Patrick McPhillips--33:34 (6:31 min/mile) for 5.14 miles (on no sleep due to two nights of ultradistance bar-hopping; good double after 60.8 for 400m at the indoor meet on Saturday);
  3rd leg:  Stacy Creamer--33:03 (6:25 min/mile) for 5.14 miles (on a roll-- 3 races in 21 hours, with 400m and mile races at the indoor track meet on Saturday; 5-mile en route was approximately 32:07);
  4th leg:  Stuart Calderwood--26:44 (5:30 min/mile) for 4.86 miles (400m and mile races at the indoor meet on Saturday;  no recovery from the infamous Alan Ruben Thursday night "recovery" run).

THE 1st ANNUAL FRONT RUNNERS INDOOR TRACK MEET, The Armory, New York City (March 20th, 1999)

Men 40-49 60m, Val Barnwell, 7.1, 1st place

Men 40-49 200m, Val Barnwell, 22.9, 1st place
Men 40-49 200m, Richie Stewart, 26.9, 6th place
Men 50-59 200m, Richard Hamner, 26.8, 3rd place
Men 50-59 200m, Frank Handelman, 27.8, 5th place
Women 40-49 200m, Denise Whitaker-Crain, 30.5, 1st place

Men 40-49 400m, Richie Stewart, 57.9, 4th place
Men 50-59 400m, Richard Hamner, 60.1, 2nd place
Men 50-59 400m, Frank Handelman, 60.3, 3rd place
Women 40-49 400m, Mary Rosado, 2:46.4, 1st place

Men 18-29 800m, John Sargent, 2:16.7 PR, 1st place
Men 30-39 800m, Paul Stuart-Smith, 2:03.7, 2nd place
Men 40-49 800m, Tom Hartshorne, 2:13.6, 1st place
Women 40-49 800m, Mary Rosado, 2:42.4, 1st place

Men 40-49 Mile, Stuart Calderwood, 4:34.6, 2nd place
Men 40-49 Mile, Tom Hartshorne, 4:45.4, 3rd place
Women 30-39 Mile, Stacy Creamer, 5:30.9 PR, 1st place

Men 30-39 3000m, Jud Santos, 10:02.3, 3rd place
Men 40-49 3000m, Alan Ruben, 9:08.5, 1st place

Men 4x400 relay --- Stuart Calderwood (59.0), Patrick McPhillips (60.8), Larry Glazer (55.5) and Paul Stuart-Smith (55.5), 2nd open team

Women 4x400m relay --- Mary Rosado, Stacy Creamer and friends.

• In an exciting finish, John Sargent had to lean to beat Hugh Sweeney's son, who is now in the ninth grade, by 0.1 seconds.
• Let us not forget to mention that the doctor in residence at the meet was Randall Ehrlich, who showed his healing skills after a nasty collision between two runners in one of the races.

SDA SPRING THAW 5K, Jersey City, NJ (March 20th, 1999)

Joey Gonzalez, 20:30 (6:36 min/mile), 11th overall, 2nd Masters

USATF EASTERN MASTERS REGIONAL INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, The Armory, New York City (March 14th, 1999)

(all results are unofficial)

PHOTO ALBUM

60m M40-44, Val Barnwell, 7.1, 1st place

200m M30-39, Alan Bautista, 25.86 (PR)
200m M30-39, Luca Trovato, 26.09 (PR)
200m M40-44, Richie Stewart, 27.30, 3rd in heat
200m M40-44, Val Barnwell, 22.93, 1st place
200m M45-59, Tom Hartshorne, 26.18, 3rd place

400m, M30-39, Alan Bautista, 57.18, 3rd place
400m, M40-44, Richie Stewart, 58.4, 4th place
400m, M50-59, Les Wright Jr., 1:01.30, 1st place
400m, W40-45, Denise Whitaker-Crain, 1:07, 2nd place

800m, M35-39, Anselm Labourne, 1:56.24, 1st place
800m, M40-44, Joey Gonzalez, 2:18.02, 4th place
800m, M40-44, Raphael Devalle, 2:25.57 (PR), 7th place
800m, M40-44, Anthony Baker, 2:34.97, 8th place
800m, M45-49, Tom Hartshorne, 2:06.42, 1st place
800m, M50-54, Noah Perlis, 2:38.40, 6th place
800m, M50-54, Frank Handelman, 2:19.6, 2nd place
800m, W45-59, Mary Rosado, 2:48.71

1500m, M30-39, Paul Stuart-Smith, 4:11.9, 3rd place
1500m, M40-44, Anthony Baker, 5:07.1, 8th place
1500m, M60-69, Sid Howard, 4:48.4, 1st place

3000m M30-39, Jud Santos, 9:59

COOGAN'S SALSA BLUES AND SHAMROCK'S 5K RUN, New York City, NY (March 14th, 1999)

Stuart Calderwood, 16:16, 1st Masters, 13th overall
Stacy Creamer, 19:38
Ellen Wallop, 24:something, 2nd Masters

Ellen wrote: "This was a wonderful race put on my dear old friend Peter Walsh and his partner David Hunt of Coogan's Restaurant (at 169th & Broadway).  There were cheerleaders, bands along the course, the course was interesting up through the Fort Tryon/Cloisters park with a nice downhill finish. It was a fun day.  When you post offiicial results (which there may not be because it was a fun run, though a fun run with cash prizes) please note I was there ! I was second masters woman in 24:something and got a big green trophy.  And my son Willie ran his first road race and got a medal (as all the kids did) in the six-year-old boys' division. He was thrilled and took the medal to Show and Tell today."

POLICE/FIRE RUN, Central Park, NYC (March 13th, 1999)

NANTUCKET MARATHON, Jared Coffin House, Nantucket Island, MA (March 6th, 1999)

Last December, we printed the following photo with an observation:

Holiday 15K Run: Monica Bonamego is probably training secretly for some marathon somewhere.

That was of course pure speculation (how very rare on this web site!) based upon the fact that Monica was skipping the speed workouts but running the longer distance races.  Plus the fact that she can be seen running around the park at all hours of day and night.

Now she has finally told us:  "Hi...you were right in your writeup for the Holiday 15K ... I was secretly training for a marathon (well, not secretly, I just didn't want to jinx myself by letting anyone know).  The Nantucket Marathon was run on Saturday, March 6th.  I was, again, blessed by the marathon weather gods (editor's note: this was a reference to her PR-setting Columbus Marathon last year on a perfect day), since the forecasted blizzard did not hit the island until I literally crossed the finish line.

Approxately 280 runners started the race with the option to run a 1/2 or full marathon.  Only 59 people finished the full ... 23 women.  I  finished in 3:25 for 12th overall and 3rd overall female (the winning female came in at 3:08...I don't remember the winning male...I think his time was around 2:48).  The course was slightly rolling, windy, and no mile markers between mile 14 and 23....this surely would have helped.

Organization-wise, it's not the best...late start (supposed to be 11am, but it was more like 11:35), no mile markers, and relatively little water (every 3-4 miles).   The runners and the handful of volunteers  were all very friendly and encouraging. I've been told the weather conditions for this race have always been challenging (very cold
and windy).  Given that the island completely lost power on Sunday due to the conditions, I'd say that this year's run on Saturday was a fortunate exception. Many of the marathoners seemed to be using this as a warm up to Boston.  All in all, if it weren't for the island setting, I'd actually prefer looping Central Park.

See you on the roads, Monica"

Monica Bonamego, 3:25:32, 12th place overall, 3rd place female overall, 3rd place F30-34

BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON, Brooklyn, NYC (March 6th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN, 2nd place Open Team

Women, 3rd place Open Women

• THIS MAY COME TO YOU TOO LATE BUT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG AT THE RACE TODAY:  Kevin Arlyck wrote us on the day before this race: "It's been a while since I've nitpicked about any of your workout narratives, and since I've been absent three out of the last four workouts,  I thought I'd turn my attention elsewhere.  You may want to put an item on the website pointing out that the course description for the Brooklyn Half given in the NYRRC mailings and website has been changed (well, the last 3.5 miles anyway):
  
  Upon entering Prospect Park (roughly mile 9.5), the new course heads, much like last year, east along South Lake drive to the skating rink (mile 10), north on east drive to the Grand Army Plaza entrance (mile 11), south on west drive (mile 12), then east again on the hill drive transverse to the finish.  This means that the latter half of mile 11 is a long, winding uphill, mile 12 is flat or downhill, the first part of mile 13 is a sharp downhill, and the course finishes with an uphill quartermile. This is somewhat different from last year's course; though the finish is in the same spot, the approach through the transverse is from the opposite side this year.  Pretty sadistic of them to put that hill right at the end, if you ask me. I don't know if you're planning on taking photos, but if you position yourself there, you'll be sure to catch some expressions that would do Cat Hill proud.
  
  Disclaimer: All course details are based on the assumption that the NYRRC information is accurate and will not undergo further changes.  I accept no responsibility for any poor race times (except my own) resulting from a reliance on my description.
  
  P.S. Contrary to what the NYRRC info sheet claims, the Parkside D train stop is in fact *not* the closest subway to the finish; it's actually the Prospect Park D stop (yes, I know they sound alike).  Also, the 2/3/4 trains are all fairly close by (about 10 blocks), for those who might find them more convenient."
  
  The course change confused Stuart Calderwood, who said he would have liked to have the last mile of the race run again.  When Peter Allen and Ramon Bermo passed him late in the race, he let them go because he thought there was still quite some ways to go and they must be crazy to kick so soon.  By the time he saw the finish line coming up, it was too late to catch up.

• An ecstatic Thomas Pennell wrote, "To my surprise, my 1:19:17 was a PR by 8 seconds, but it took nine years to do it.   Could you please note this for posterity on the fine CPTC website?  I think I'm on a roll."

• Most of the PRs asterisked above are based upon information that resides on our database or personally supplied.  The exception is Scott Willett, the non-runner for whom any time is a PR.  (Note: A self-appointed Scott-defender pointed out that Scott ran a respectable 1:23:22 in last year's Brooklyn Half Marathon (see Proof ))

• The closeness of the second through sixth runner on the Men's team makes this one of the best performances in recent years.

THE CRAZY EIGHT, Central Park, NYC (February 28th, 1999)

MEN

Comment: Odin must be very surprised to find himself the leading (and the only) Central Park Track Club runner at this race.  Only last week at the Snow Flake Run, he was happy just not to be at the bottom of the list.  Now he is at the top.
Rebuttal: An "Uncle Scrooge"-type wrote, "But Odin is at the bottom of the list too!"
Odin replied: To "Uncle Scrooge", paraphrasing Woody Allen, "I'm not afraid  to be last, I just don't want to be there when it happens."  I'm swollen with pride landing on the same page as "El Sid"!

Addendum: Another "Uncle Scrooge" pointed out that there was another CPTC runner in the race.  After due consideration, since this other person was not officially listed under CPTC, we will let list his result separately and preserve Odin's moment of glory. 

Harvey was pleasantly surprised that he ran so well, considering that he ran the first 20 miles of the 50K race on the day before with Tyronne Culpepper, Kim Mannen and Margarita Cabrera.

KURT STEINER 50K, Central Park, NYC (February 27th, 1999)

Alan Ruben won this race in 3:22:40 (=6:31 min/mile pace).   This meant that he erased the listed course record of 3:25:91 (oops, it is really 3:25:41) set in 1993 by Alan Rubin (oops, it is really the same Alan Ruben).  By Alan's watch, his time was 3:22:33 but he was docked a whopping 7 seconds (which was longer than the time that Val Barnwell took to cover 55 meters on the previous evening).

The circumstances of his victory were quite unusual.  Please bear in mind that this race worked out to be almost eight four-mile loops.  Alan ran the first half mile with Tesfaye Bekele (who ran 2:15 in the 1998 New York City marathon) at about 7 minute/mile pace.  Then Tesfaye just took off and vanished over the horizon.   After Alan covered about six miles, Tesfaye came up to him from behind and said that he ran off the course for an extra mile around the lower loop.  Then Tesfaye pulled away from him again.  Alan did not see Tesfaye again until about 1.5 miles left in the race.  At that point, Tesfaye looked like as if he was running 9 minute/mile pace, while Alan was running his fastest pace (his final four miles was in 23:15 (=sub-5:50 minute/mile pace)).  Please bear in mind that this race was just a hard training run for Alan on the way to Boston.

A number of spectators said that the runners seemed to be quite indifferent to their cheering.  The problem is that there are too many of you!  If you just stand at one spot, they will have seen you SIXTEEN times.  Think about the total energy expended to acknowledge you and the hundreds of others!  Give them a break!   Not all runners can be like Audrey Kingsley, high-fiving everyone in sight.  You can and you should cheer, but you should not be offended by the lack of recognition.

MAC MASTERS INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, The Armory, NYC (February 26th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

(Results are unofficial; please report any corrections to the web site guy ...)

Women 40-44 Shot Put, Sarah Boslaugh, 6.83m 22'05.00 , 1st place

Men 40-45 55m, Val Barnwell, 6.69, 1st place
Men 50-54 55m, Ken Kienzle, 8.09, 4th place
Women 40-44 55m, Denise Whitaker-Crain, 8.51, 2nd place

Men 35-39 200m, Alan Bautista, 25.91, 6th place
Men 35-39 200m, Luca Trovato, 26.49, 7th place
Men 40-44 200m, Val Barnwell, 22.96, 1st place
Men 40-44 200m, Archie Glaspy, 24.11, 3rd place
Men 40-44 200m, Richie Stewart, 26.87, 5th place
Men 50-54 200m, Richard Hamner, 27.85, 4th place
Men 50-54 200m, Noah Perlis, 28.61, 5th place

Men 40-49 400m, Richie Stewart, 57.63, 3rd place
Men 40-49 400m, Stuart Calderwood, 58.17, 4th place
Men 50-59 400m, Richard Hamner, 1:00.49, 1st place

Women 40-44 400m, Denise Crain-Whitaker, 1:06.63, 2nd place

Men 40-44 800m, Rafael Devalle, 2:25.25 (PR), 5th place
Men 45-49 800m, Tom Hartshorne, 2:04.94, 1st place
Men 45-49 800m, Anthony Baker, 2:39.33, 7th place
Men 50-54 800m, Frank Handelman, 2:21.69, 3rd place
Men 60-64 800m, Sid Howard, 2:14.75 (World Record in Men 60-64 age group)

Men 35-39 Mile, Paul Stuart-Smith, 4:31.79, 3rd place
Men 40-44 Mile, Joey Gonzalez, 5:24.68, 4th place
Men 45-49 Mile, Anthony Baker, 5:39.43, 2nd place

Men 35-39 3000m, Jud Santos, 9:57.02, 2nd place

4x200m, Alan Baustista, Val Barnwell, Luca Trovato, Archie Glaspy, 1:36.89

SIDESHOW:

• Above all, this meet was memorable for the world record in Men 60-64 800m set by Central Park Track Club's Sid Howard on the day that he turned 60 years old.  The event was witnessed by his family as well as his many teammates who came to cheer him.  Sid said that this was the most touching moment in his twenty-one years with the club.
• Central Park Track Club members were on hand to provide hand-timed splits for their running teammates.  Audrey Kingsley even took splits for the stops on the A train on her way home.

FLEET EMPIRE STATE BUILDING RUN-UP, New York City, NY (February 25th, 1999)

NYRRC CLUB AWARDS NIGHT, New York City, NY (February 21st, 1999)

Alan Ruben won the award for the Best Male Runner 40-44 in 1998.  That year was one that saw Alan dominating his age-group consistently over the year including an overall victory at the NYRRC Twosome 10K, as well as setting personal bests (such as at the Boston Marathon and the NYRRC Club Championship 5 miler).

Other Central Park Track Club nominees were Alayne Adams (W30-39), Mary V. Rosado (W45-49), Sylvie Kimché (W50-54), Irene Jackson-Schon (W50-54), Stuart Calderwood (M40-44) and Sid Howard (M55-59).

The Central Park Track Club also collected awards for 4th place Men's Open team and 3rd place Women's Open team.

We understand that there were a number of pirates wearing eyepatches and golden loops mixed in with our crew.   But the threatened appearance of Scotsmen in kilts never materialized, so we will never find out what is not underneath those kilts ...

SNOWFLAKE FOUR MILER, Central Park, NYC (February 20th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN

WOMEN

THE ARMORY TRACK CLASSIC, The Armory, NYC (February 20th, 1999)

Masters 400m

1. Archie Glaspy (Central Park Track Club), 53.45
2. Keith Royster (A.U.R.A. International), 54.41
3. Duane Green (A.U.R.A. International), 54.91
4. Tom Hartshorne (Central Park Track Club), 55.92

This was a special invitational event that featured four of the top local masters middle-distance runners.  These folks will continue to meet each other over the next few weeks: the MAC Championships, the USATF Eastern Regionals and the USATF Nationals.   Spectators were also treated to Steve Lewis winning the Open 400m in 46.68 and Rich Kenah winning the Open 800m in 1:48.11.  Those were excellent times on the new Armory track.

NEW BALANCE MAC OPEN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, The Armory, New York City, NY (February 19th, 1999)

Men 60m, Phil Lee, 8.23

Men 200m, John Sargent, 27.04
Men 200m, Phil Lee, 27.26

Men 800m, John Sargent, 2:16.12
Men 800m, Sid Howard, 2:16.99

Men Mile, Jud Santos, 4:59.10

Men 3000m, Jud Santos, 10:06.91

Women 400m, Denise Crain-Whitaker, 1:07.11

USATF-NEW JERSEY MASTERS INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ (February 14th, 1999)

(Results provide by Jud Santos)

Men 55m, Noah Perlis, 7.9, 2nd M50-54

Men 400m, Archie Glaspy, 56.2, 1st M40-44

Women 400m, Denise Whitaker-Crain, 68.6, 2nd W40-44
Women 400m, Mary V. Rosado, 76.9, 1st W45-49

Men 800m, Anthony Baker, 2:38.7, 3rd M45-49

Men 1500m, Jud Santos, 4:44.0, 3rd M35-39
Men 1500m, Anthony Baker, 5:20.6, 3rd M45-49
Men 1500m, Sid Howard, 4:52.5, 1st M50-59

Women 1500m, Mary V. Rosado, 5:50.8, 1st W45-49

VALENTINE'S DAY 5K, Prospect Park, Brooklyn (February 14th, 1999)

Kevin's annotation: "The trophy that I received for my age-group placing was surprisingly big.  I'll have to bring it to a workout this week so that Carsten and Tyronne can gawk at it.   Maybe if they're really lucky, I'll let them touch it."

At the Thursday workout, Kevin 'fessed up, "The trophy was not as big as I thought it was.  Audrey (Kingsley) tells me that it was what she receives every week anyway.  Actually, I would have preferred to have a faster time instead."

VALENTINE'S DAY 5K, Central Park, NYC (February 14th, 1999)

MEN, 1st Open Team

WOMEN, 3rd Open Team

When we saw the 17:50-17:50 dead heat between Carsten Strandlod and Tyronne Culpepper, we could not help but make this inquiry: "Hey, Tyronne, what is the story about the dead heat?  Who was the dead meat?"

Tyronne replied, "Well, I was the dead meat.  I was passed midway through the 102nd street transverse by a very energetic Carsten, who said something to the effect that I should 'get going'.  So, I spent the rest of the race attempting to catch him.  In spite of the great support by our non-racing CPTC cheering squad, he held me off at the end, but I'm pleased with my 8 second PR and he earned a true 5K PR.   So, we're even for 1999.  But there's always Snowflake ... "

Carsten piled on with the following: "This is just to report a slight inaccuracy in the scoring of the Valentine's Day 5K. In its mighty wisdom, the New York Road Runners Club decided to score a certain someone and yours truly at the exact same time, even though it was clear to everyone there that I was way ahead of him. We are not talking about  inches here (like Jud and Casey), but 5 seconds or so! Fair enough that he gets credited for a better PR than he actually did, but since he hasn't stopped talking trash since he beat me previously (for the first and definitely last time), I feel the urge to make a point here."

Carsten's time of 17:50 was a PR of 55 seconds faster than his time of 18:45 at the Gridiron 5K just three weeks ago.  Okay, how many people do you know can run so much faster within such a short time?  Has he been taking asteroids?

We understand that a protest was filed after the race concerning the eligibility of some of the CPTC male runners.  Even without those runners (whose names are double asterisked in the results table above), our team finished first by 128 points (5 + 24 + 25 + 30 + 42 = 126 to 254 for WSX).  Besides, this was a non-scoring race anyway.  But enquiring minds want to know: Who are these blokes causing all the hubbub?  Here is a photo of this group of illegal aliens (from left to right): Craig Chilton, Colin Frew, Paul Stuart-Smith and David Newcomb.

GASPRILLA DISTANCE RUN 15K, Tampa, FL (February 13th, 1999)

STATE PARK WINTER SERIES --- JONES BEACH 5K, Jones Beach, LI (February 7th, 1999)

LAS VEGAS MARATHON, Las Vegas, NV (February 7th, 1999)

LUCKY SEVEN-MILE REVERSIBLE, Central Park, NYC (February 7th, 1999)

Photo Album

MEN, 3rd Open Team

WOMEN, 2nd Open Team

Note: Kim Mannen asked, "Why was my name asterisked?"   Because the NYRRC web site did not list her as a member of CPTC.  There are many reasons how this can happen: people forget to write it down on their application forms, the data entry people skipped it, somebody out there has something against you, etc.  Sometimes when the error affects the final team position (which was not the case for the Women's race but which would have moved us up to second place Men's team if Theo Spilka was properly credited), we can file an appeal provided that 'CPTC' was written on the application form.   So, everybody, please write down 'CPTC' in all your races.  You should do that even if you think you are running for fun/training, because you just may be the very important final scorer.  In Audrey Kingsley's famous words, "Don't let your talents go to waste!"

CHASE MILLROSE GAMES, Madison Square Garden, NYC (February 5th, 1999)

Masters 4x400m relay

• Central Park Track Club (Val Barnwell, Tom Hartshorne, Rich Stewart, Archie Glaspy), 3:47.05, 2nd place.  The approximate splits were 58.1, 56.6, 57.5, and 54.8,

The CPTC team got off to a 'slow' start with a dropped baton on the first leg and had to claw themselves back from last place to nip the Philadelphia Masters Track Club by less than a second for second place.  The race was won handily by the A.U.R.A. International team, which featured four former CPTC runners: Keith Royster, Ron Johnson, Jesse Norman and Duane Green.   This race is just the first of many future encounters, which promise to be exciting and challenging for everybody.

Comment: Those of you who tuned to Channel 4 on Saturday afternoon hoping to see the Millrose Games must have been terribly upset to find Monica Lewinsky on the screen instead.  And the program title from the cable system does say "Track and Field".   God Almighty, will those guys just take a vote and get that thing over with!?

HOME DEPOT "5K" SPRINT, San Francisco, CA (January 31st, 1999)

Note: Actual official distance is 3.2 miles for this "5K" race.  Doug said, "They announced that the 5K was actually 3.2 miles.  I swear.  Scout's honour."  Okay, we believe you ...

AL GORDON 5 MILER, Central Park, NYC (January 30th, 1999)

Photo Album

MEN, 1st Open Team

WOMEN

GREATER BOSTON TRACK CLUB INVITATIONAL MEET, Harvard University, Boston (January 24th, 1999)

Masters 200m, Alan Bautista, 26.10, 5th place

Masters 400m, Alan Bautista, 56.6, 6th place

Masters 800m, Tom Hartshorne, 2:07.71, 3rd place

POWERBAR INVITATIONAL MEET, 168th Street Armory, New York City (January 22nd, 1999)

300m, Val Barnwell, 37.83, 1st M40-49
300m, Phil Lee 43.08
300m, Cliff Pauling, 47.00, 1st 60-69
300m, Denise Whitaker-Crain 49.20, 1st F40-49

600m, Sid Howard, 1:41.38, 1st M50-59
600m, Cliff Pauling, 1:54.31 1st M60-69

1000m, Jud Santos, 3:02.47, 2nd M30-39

Women's Shot Put, Sarah Boslaugh, 10.66m (=34'11.75), 1st W40-49 (asterisked as first non-embarrassing mark of the season for her)

• Sid Howard and Herbie Medina put on an exciting race in the 600m.  Herbie took the lead with 350 to go and tried to take the sting out of Sid's kick, but it wasn't enough. Sid won; Herbie was 2nd.  On the ensuing Tuesday at the Armory track, Herbie was observed to be running at full steam, while saying aloud, "I'm going to beat that guy!  I'm going to beat that guy!" 
  Postscript: When Herbie was told about the above report, he said to the publisher, "I'm going to sue you!"  Please note carefully that we only presented the observed facts and if you think that 'that guy' refers to Sid, then that is strictly your inference.
• Meanwhile, idol Cliff Pauling again paid us a visit from Georgia, where he lives now.
• This was Phil Lee's first track race.  He promised, "The best is yet to come."

GRIDIRON CLASSIC 5K, Central Park, NYC (January 24th, 1999)

MEN, 1st Open Team

WOMEN, 1st Open Team

• For the record, the five scorers for the Men's team were Stuart Calderwood, Michael Trunkes, Steve Eick, Theo Spilka and Carsten Strandlod.  Paul Stuart-Smith is not yet eligible to run for the team. 
• The surprise medal winner was Mette Strandlod.  She was not at the award ceremony, but Carsten Strandlod picked up the medal for her.   When he showed to her, she thought it was his medal.  So it was a real surprise when he said that it was hers!
• This was Chip Olsen's first race in almost two years.  He said, "This is harder than I remembered."  Why did he pick this as his comeback race?  "There was no shorter race, like a two miler."
• Doug Kabbash wrote:"Fox 5 had a quick one-minute bit about what happened this weekend in NYC and for five or eight seconds they talked about the Gridiron 5K. There, at the finish line, in his bright orange team jacket, was Bola Awofeso, dreads and all! I kept laughing to myself again and again. What a smile he has!"  Bola Awofeso said, "I even saw myself on television, as did a couple of people at the office."

HARTSHORNE MEMORIAL MASTERS MILE, Ithaca, NY (January 23rd, 1999)

The 31st annual edition of this race saw Tom Hartshorne clock a 4:40.82 mile.  The Hartshorne Mile was named in memory of Tom's dad, the founder of the Fingers Lake Running Club.

BANK OF BUTTERFIELD BERMUDA INTERNATIONAL MARATHON, Hamilton, Bermuda (January 17th, 1999)

Alan Ruben, 2:54:06, 11th overall, 1st M40-49

This was a long training run for Alan.  He ran the first half at 7 minute/mile pace, and then picked it up a little bit for the second half.  He thought that he must have finished behind at least 30 people.  He only found out that he finished 11th after he got back to New York.

HOUSTON MARATHON, Houston, TX (January 17th, 1999)

Condiitons: Humid (93%), warm (70+ degrees), streets slippery from morning dew

Kim Mannen, 3:42:12, 643rd place overall

Kim wrote us: "Just wanted to tell you that Houston was the hottest marathon I have encountered. It was 80 degrees and 80% humidity. I got sick 6 times between miles 20-26. I ended up with heat exhaustion and dehydration. There were 6000 people who started and 4000 finished. Guess I am conditioned now for the cold weather up here. Boston should be a PR for me then."

NORTHWIND 10K, Central Park, NYC (January 17th, 1999)

WOMEN, 3rd Open Team

MEN, 4th Open Team

• There were no photos because the regular photographer was in Miami for 4 days.   As Edwin Fajardo once said, it was 80 degrees with palm trees all around.   Unfortunately, for the whole time, he never got out of the Miami Airport Hilton because he had to attend business meetings while fighting cold/flu symptoms.  You would not want to trade places with him.

BANK OF BUTTERFIELD BERMUDA INTERNATIONAL 10K, Prospect, Bermuda (January 16th, 1999)

Alan Ruben, 36:37, 12th overall male, 2nd male 40-49
Sid Howard, 41:22, 32nd overall male, 4th male 50-59

Alan wanted to go for a training run.  But the streets were crowded with car traffic, so he thought he would run along with the 10K racers.  Before he knew it, they handed him a race number and he was officially in the race!

MAC INDOOR CLASSIC, The Armory, NYC (January 15th, 1999)

Women's Shot Put, Sarah Boslaugh, 10.04m (32'11.25), 1st 40-49

200m, Val Barnwell, 23.09, 1st M40-49

1500m, Tom Hartshorne, 4:21.99, 3rd in heat
1500m, Jud Santos, 4:47.07, 4th in heat
1500m, John Sargent, 4:47.24 (PR), 5th in heat
1500m, Raphael Devalle, 5:02.08

400m, Val Barnwell, 54:97, 4th M40-49
400m, Luca Trovato, 59.09 (PR), 2nd M30-39

3000m, Jud Santos, 4:47.07, 1st M30-39

COLGATE WOMEN'S GAME # 3, Brooklyn, New York (January 15th, 1999)

Mary Rosado, 5:31.6

MAC TRACK & FIELD MEET, The Armory, NYC (January 10th, 1999)

(Results and annotations provided by the Jud Santos and Sarah Boslaugh)

Roadies John Sargent and Raphael Devalle ran PRs in the 800, the third event of the meet. Other distance guys weren't as lucky. The Masters 1500m went off without a call to the line, leaving an anxious Anthony Watson, who had been waiting for 3 hours, wondering why he bothered to show up at all. His next chance to race came another 3 hours later in the 3000m, but by then he was tired and hungry. Hugh Sweeney, who had also originally planned to run the 3K, got bored with waiting  and jumped into the 400 instead.
Women's Shot Put, Sarah Boslaugh, 9.98m, 1st, F40-49

Masters (30+) 55m, Val Barnwell 6.83 1st 40-49

Open 800m, John Sargent 2:16.00 8th, PR
Open 800m, Raphael Devalle 2:29.20 12th PR

Masters 800m, Tom Hartshorne 2:06.79 1st 40-49
Masters 800m, Jim Aneshansley 2:37.16 1st 60-69
Masters 800m, Victor Broushet 2:47.90 6th 50-59

Masters 400m, Val Barnwell 54.42 1st 40-49
Masters 400m, Victor Broushet 61.65 2nd 50-59

Open 3000m, Jud Santos 9:56.67 2nd (1st 30-39)
Open 3000m, Anthony Watson 10:23.24 3rd (1st 40-49)

JOE YANCEY MEET, The Armory, NYC (January 9th, 1999)

(Results and annotations provided by the Jud Santos and Sarah Boslaugh)

• Jud Santos won the Masters 3000m!  What was his winning time?   He provided this illuminating comment: "Well, the fact that I won is all you need to know. Let's just say that there was an Open 3000m race in which I would have been lapped by the top ... oh ... 10 guys."  For the record, his time was 10:04.22.  Here is the race progress report from Jud: "The meet began with Hugh Sweeney rabbitting the Masters 3000m. Behind him were 3 familiar faces, including Bill Gaston, now president of Van Cortlandt Park Track Club. 'Stick close to my shoulder,' Sweeney said to me. 'I don't want to win by too much,' he said. But after all that hype, Sweeney disappointed us and dropped out at 2000m, handing yours truly the win on a plate. Asked later what went wrong, Sweeney claimed, 'I had a heart attack.'  Yes, that was vintage Sweeney."
• Luca Trovato ran in the 60m (8.27 debut PR), 200m (26.56 PR!) and 400m (60.07 as warmup).
• Bill Dunlop ran in the 1500m.
• Sarah Boslaugh was 1st open women's shot put at 9.80m

FROSTBITE 10 MILER, Central Park, NYC (January 9th, 1999)

Due to icy conditions, this race was turned into a fun run with no recorded times.  Here is a list of people whom we saw running around: Edwin Fajardo, Alan Ruben, Rick Shaver, Carol Tyler, Julian Allen, Lynn Blackstone, Monica Bonamego, Tyronne Culpepper, Kevin Arlyck, Audrey Kingsley, Bola Awofeso, Harry Morales, Blair Boyer, Doug Kabbash, Adam Bleifeld, Margarita Cabrera, Craig Chilton, ...  We have a photo album for their fond memories.

The winner of the race was the man in black, Paul Stuart-Smith, in a time of 58:43.  He won no hardware for his efforts, so don't even ask him about it!  Due to the change in the course to twice around the lower loop, the actual distance was 10.28 miles.  For all you compulsive people out there, this meant that Paul's time adjusted for 10 miles would have been 57:07.  Eddie Coyle wrote in his Daily News column, "I ran a 10-miler last month in 57:42, a minute faster," Stuart-Smith said. But the native of Cheshire, England, was elated with his first park win."

Thinking back to the cast of characters the previous week, we sent this congratulatory note to Colin Frew: "We don't think that we saw you in the Saturday race.  Good for you!  We're so proud of you."  Boy, were we wrong!  Here was the reply from Colin: "I indeed started the race, but my hamstring was a little tender, so I gave up at the 72nd Street cutoff.  But on the East Side I fell into Stacy (Creamer) and Stuart (Calderwood).  So I did a slowish lap with them in the opposite direction to the race. The weather was bad but still nowhere near the previous weekend.  Thanks for being so proud of me."

Kim Mannen wrote us: "I feel like a heel. I signed up for the race, but decided not to run since the weather was so bad. (First time ever to do that).  I am also running the Houston marathon on the ensuing weekend and I figured I needed to taper."  We don't understand why people have to feel sorry about being rational ...

DARTMOUTH RELAYS, Darmouth College, Hanover, NH (January 8th, 1999)

200m, Alan Bautista, 1st place M35-39, 25.82

400m, Alan Bautista, 1st place, M35-39, 56.80

COLGATE WOMEN'S GAME # 2, Brooklyn, New York (January 8th, 1999)

Mary Rosado, 5:40.0

FRED LEBOW CLASSIC 5 MILER, Central Park, NYC (January 3rd, 1999)

Conditions: Deluge of cold rain (2.42 inches of rain recorded in Central Park that morning), white-water rafting conditions by the 102nd Street transverse, gale-force winds, 709 people registered, only 272 finished ...
Photos: None!  We don't own underwater photographic equipment!

MEN

WOMEN, 2nd place Open Team

• These runners are supposed to be mature adults who should know better.  Apparently not ...
• Colin Frew is supposed to be just recovering from a cold.   What was he thinking?  (Colin wrote us: "It was completely miserable, and was like running through a paddy field. Mud, mud everywhere, and ankle deep in water.   But.......finally I won an award! 7th in age group 30-39!").  Indeed, as someone who only run in the sparsely attended cross country races, I can appreciate that quality ...
• The only people who were not washed out were the hardware winners: Colin Frew, Eve Kaplan and Carol Tyler.  In Colin's case, he was technically 8th in the age group and they give out awards for seven places in the 30-39 age group.  But the overall winner Hans Parrado was not included in the age group awards, which bumped Colin up to the hardware-winning seventh place.   In Carol's case, she was less impressed by her first place age-group finish than by her 18th overall placing.  She said, "I'll probably never ever place this high again."  That is not true, Carol --- just keep checking the weather report.
• We submitted the following questions to Eve Kaplan, but we have not received any answers yet.  And it may not matter anyway ...
  (1) Did you look out your window before you went out?  Did you care about what you saw?
  (2) Are you a swimmer too? when is your next triathlon?
  (3) Were you cursing all the way? or did you think it was fun?
  (4) How did you handle the deep puddles? did you glide? did you slide? did you tip-toe? did you trample?
  (5) Did you notice any spectators? did you notice any teammates among them? if yes, please name them.
  (6) How big was the trophy? did you even realize that you won one?
  (7) Finally, was it worth your while? would you do it again?
  (postscript) How bad was the cold that you caught as a result?
  Why were the answers not forthcoming?  Eve said, "I didn't have the time to think up something funny."  What has that got to do with it?  As it stands, these unanswered questions are just as funny.
• Only one Men's team fielded enough people to score.  If we had one another maniac running, we would have been at least second.  Specifically, we had Dave Blackstone in mind ... how could he let Lynn and Carol run in the rain by themselves? (Later, we found out that Dave was injured.)
• Bola Awofeso was observed to be running in the opposite direction of the race.  He could have been the fifth man if he joined the race instead.  What was he thinking?  He said, "Audrey (Kingsley) told me to meet her in the park, and there I was.  I even made sure that I wore bright orange so that it was impossible not to see me.  I ran two 6 mile loops and I never saw Audrey."  In her own defense, Audrey simply said, "Did you see what the weather was like!?"  We are proud of Audrey for finally taking a stand on the side of rationality ...
• Frank Handelman was not even the race, but he went out for a 5 mile run in the park and caught a nasty cold.

COLGATE WOMEN'S GAME # 1, Brooklyn, New York (January 2nd, 1999)

Mary Rosado finished 6th place among women 30+ in a time of 5:31 for the 1500m.  She scored 7 points in the series opener.

CJRRC HANGOVER 5K RUN, Westfield, NJ (January 1st, 1999)

• Sid Howard said, "I thought I was going to run this small race in peace and quiet.  Somehow, my time was posted on the web site the very same afternoon.   How does he do it?"

RUNNER'S WORLD MIDNIGHT RUN 5K, Central Park, New York City (January 1st, 1999)

This was a fun run, so there were no official times to report.  But there are lots of unofficial self-reports:

• Luca Trovato: "I just wanted to let you know that I finished the race in under 40 minutes! Believe me when I say it wasn't easy being distracted  by cute girls dressed as pussy cats, half naked vikings, et cetera et cetera."
• Blair Boyer: "I ran for fun in 22:08.  Harry (Morales) and Zofia sure have a fast 'fun run' pace."
• Harry Morales: "I finished within one second of my PR (18:06) and about 10 meters behind the first woman (Zofia Wieciorkowska)."
• Bola Awofeso: "I have no idea what my time was.  I was too busy looking at the fireworks." (Query from the 'Kelly Brown': "Bola must be really fast!  The fireworks display took seven minutes.  What kind of pace is 5000m in under 7 minutes?"