VCTC CROSS COUNTRY 5K SERIES # 2, Van Cortlandt Park, NYC (June 30th, 1999)

David Pullman, 21:32, 20th overall

RANDOLPH/GSAC INTERNATIONAL MEET, Randolph HS, NJ (June 27th, 1999)

Men 100m, Luca Trovato, 13.08
Men 100m, Val Barnwell, 11.35, 1st place
Men 100m, Dean Kerr, 12.11

Men 200m, Dean Kerr, 24.69, 1st place
Men 200m, Luca Trovato, 26.56
Men 200m, Alan Bautista, 25.57
Men 200m, Val Barnwell, 23.37, 1st place (see photo finish)
Men 200m, Archie Glaspy, 23.61, 2nd place

Men 400m, Archie Glaspy, 51.48, 1st place

Men 800m, Brian Barry, 2:41.61, 3rd place
Men 800m, Tom Hartshorne, 2:10, 1st place
Men 800m, Mary V. Rosado, 3:08.68, 2nd place

Men Mile, Sid Howard, 5:23.6, 1st palce
Women Mile, Mary V. Rosado, 6:37.7, 2nd place

GREATER HARTFORD TRIATHLON, Hartford, CT (June 27th, 1999)

HARRY CHAPIN RUN AGAINST HUNGER 5K, Huntington, LI (June 27th, 1999)

FRNY LESBIAN AND GAY PRIDE   5 MILE RUN, Central Park, NYC (June 26th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN

WOMEN

FRNY COMMUNITY CHALLENGE 2 MILE RUN, Central Park, NYC (June 26th, 1999)

MEN

WOMEN

CORPORATE CHALLENGE # 2, CENTRAL PARK, NYC (June 23rd, 1999)

Craig Chilton, 19:14
Ramon Bermo, 19:15
Charlie Stark, 20:??
Jose LaSalle, 21:40
Tyronne Culpepper, 22:02
Adam Bleifeld, 22:04

Historical note: The winner of the CEO division was Tom Phillips of Deja News.  Some years ago, Tom was the publisher of the now defunct Spy magazine and routinely won the CEO division of the Corporate Challenge by a zillion yards.  To level the playing field, the NYRRC instituted a rule whereby corporations had to meet minimum revenue requirements to qualify their CEOs, thereby excluding Tom.  So many years after, he has now come back to haunt the Corporate Challenge once more.

Technical note: Observers on the race course informed us that, during women's race, the winner Kari Ann Bertrand was escorted by a lead car as usual.   She had a comfortable winning margin of over one minute.  Behind her, the other lead women were escorted by motorcycle cops.  Still, no sooner had the slower men parted for the motorcycles did they coalesce again afterwards.

WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY SUMMER CROSS COUNTRY SERIES-5K # 2, West Chester, PA (June 22nd, 1999)

Jonathan Federman, 21:59, 56th overall out of 123

ASSAULT ON MOUNT MITCHELL, Mount Mitchell, NC (June 21, 1999)

G'mo Rojas, 5:38, 38th place
Scott Willett, 5:40, 48th place
Aubin Sullivan, 6:14, 151th place
Ross Galitsky, 6:24, 186th place
Ramon Bermo, 6:26, 193rd place

MUSKOKA TRIATHLON, Ontario, Canada (June 20th, 1999) (2km swim, 55m bike, 15k run)

Stephanie Gould, 3:13:43, 118th overall, 3rd age group

BLUE KATS BIATHLON, Saugerties, Ulster County, NY (June 20th, 1999)

Kurtis Edwards, 59:32, 15th overall, 4th M30-39

LONG ISLAND GOLD COAST TRIATHLON, Port Washington, NY (June 20th, 1999)

(note: photo of Michael Trunkes crossing the finish line)

FATHER'S DAY FIGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER, Central Park, NYC (June 20th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

MEN, 2nd Open team

WOMEN

HELLGATE 5K, Astoria, Queens, NYC (June 20th, 1999)

Monica Bonamego, 19:34 (PR)

This is a almost completely flat and straight course (3/4 miles north, 3/4 miles east, 3/4 miles south, 3/4 miles west, finish on a track), and therefore makes for very fast times for tempo runners.  This also makes for a very competitive field because everybody wants a fast time somewhere (outside of Central Park).  The female winner finished in about 17:XX.

MAC TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP, York College, Jamaica, Queens, NY   (June 19th, 1999)

Central Park Track Club Master Men's Team, 1st place
Central Park Track Club Master Women's Team, 2nd place

Men 100m, Luca Trovato, 12.93, 4th place M35-39
Men 100m, Julio Rodriguez, 13.52, 2nd place M40-44
Men 100m, Noah Perlis, 13.73, 1st place M50-54

Men 200m, Luca Trovato, 26.33, 4th place M35-39
Men 200m, Julio Rodriguez, 26.85, 2nd place M40-44
Men 200m, Rich Stewart, 27.13, 3rd place M40-44
Men 200m, Frank Schiro, 24.45, 2nd place M45-49
Men 200m, Richard Hamner, 26.71, 2nd place M50-54
Men 200m, Noah Perlis, 27.65, 3rd place M40-54

Men 400m, Rich Stewart, 58.35, 2nd place M40-44
Men 400m, Jose Martinez, 1:01.56, 2nd place M40-44
Men 400m, Richard Hamner, 59.74, 1st place M50-54

Men 800m, Brian Barry, 2:40.28, 1st place M40-44
Men 800m, Sid Howard, 2:19.39, 1st place M60-64
Women 800m, Denise Whitaker-Crain, 2:34.27, 1st place W40-44
Women 800m, Mary V. Rosado, 3:01.18, 2nd place W45-49

Men 1500m, Tom Hartshorne, 4:32.60, 1st M45-49
Women 1500m, Mary V. Rosado, 6:06.90, 1st place W45-49

Men 400m Intermediate Hurdles, Rick Lapp, 1:03.09, 1st place M45-49

Shotput, Luis Teran, 7.33m (24'00.75), 1st place M50-54

Triple jump, Rick Lapp, 11.05m (36'03), 1st place M45-49

Long jump, Rick Lapp, 5.75m (18'10.50), 1st place M45-49

High jump, Rick Lapp, 1.41m (4'07.50), 2nd place M45-49

WYCKOFF TRIATHLON, Wyckoff, NJ (June 19th, 1999)

Peter Allen, 39, 1:33:28, 43rd overall, 5th M38-40

COOK YOUR BUNS 3-MILER, Old Greenwich, CT (June 18th, 1999)

Adam Newman, 17:08, 11th out of 700-plus
Peter Gambaccini, 19:07, 51st out of 700-plus

Our running writer Peter Gambaccini wrote: "This is a 6:30 p.m. Friday race down along normally exclusive Connecticut shorefront.  The course is a mix of grass, packed dirt, pavement, and a little bit of beach.  And there's an enormous feed afterward. Nobody larger than me beat me.  Three days later, my hamstrings are still screaming.  CPTCers should road trip en masse to this one next year; it's great fun.   Stopped in a faded cutoff orange CPTC t-shirt, coming in around 20:10, was '80s superstar and heartthrob Curtis Fletcher, who now resides in Cos Cob, CT."

Of course, Peter Gambaccini has been known to have a fondness for this particular race.  We found that in the May/June 1998 issue of New York Runner, he selected this race as a Great Reason to Leave New York for the Weekend.  Here was his endorsement message: "Tod's Point is the coveted strand of beach that documentarian Michael Moore tried to liberate from the locals on his short-lived TV Nation program.  But you can park and play there without controversy at Cook Your Buns, a sensational Friday night kickoff to a summer weekend.  The race, which is preceded by a one-miler for kids, is a less-than-taxing three-miler that's half on grass and packed sand trails and half on pavement, with nary a hill around.  Your entry fee then entitles you to a barbecue where Race Director Mickey Yardis and his crew fire up four grills with 200 pounds of hamburgers and 1,000 hot dogs, with salad and watermelon included."  He went on to recommend, in reckless disregard of the loss in American worker productivity, "Sneak out of work early with a couple of buddies and squeeze in a post-race and pre-chow swim."

RUN FOR R.E. DONOVAN SUNSET 5K, Norwalk, CT (June 17th, 1999)

Erica Merrill, 35, 19:39 (6:20 min/mile), 27th overall, 2nd F30-39

VAN CORTLANDT PARK 5K XC SUMMER SERIES # 2, Van Cortlandt, NY (June 16th, 1999)

Kurtis Edwards, 19:52, 11th overall

SUMMER SPEED SERIES # 4, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY (June 16th, 1999)

Chris Taylor, 17:40

PRESIDENT'S CUP NIGHT 5K, Millburn, NJ (June 14th, 1999)

MEN

WOMEN

LITCHFIELD HILLS 7+ MILES, Litchfield, CT (June 13th, 1999)

Claudia Malley, 49:35 (7:03 min/mile), 111st place overall

BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL ROAD RACE, Charlestown, MA (June 13th, 1999)

Eve Kaplan, 35:53 (7:13 min/mile), 69th overall, 6th age group

SUSAN KOMEN BIKE FOR THE CURE 55 MILE CYCLING EVENT, New Mexico (June 13th, 1999)

Herb Schon, former CPTC runner and present spouse of  the always lovely Irene Jackson was first finisher in the Susan Komen Bike for the Cure 55 mile road cycling event in New Mexico on 6/13/99. Finishing time was 3:12:56.  That same weekend found another former CPTC'er, Steve Kelton, paying a visit to Herb in Santa Fe. Steve now plays in Steamboat Springs, CO and considers road racing boring, preferring scabby, mountain bike legs to sleek and colorful jerseys.

PEQUANNOCK 5K, Pequannock, NJ (June 13th, 1999)

Guenter Erich, 66, 21:49 (7:01 min/mil), 28th overall, 1st M60+

THE MIGHTY MONTAUK TRIATHLON, Montauk, Long Island, NY (June 12th, 1999)

SHELTER ISLAND 10K, Shelter Island, Long Island, NY (June 12th, 1999)

• Where was Tyronne Culpepper?  Although this race was scored by state-of-the-art chip technology, Tyronne misplaced his chip à la Audrey Kingsley, and his time of 39:52 (=6:25 min/mile) was not listed on the official website.

DOUBLE ARCH TRAIL RUN (5K), Ossining, NY (June 12th, 1999)

Jeff Kisseloff, 44, 19:46, 12th overall, 4th age group

RESERVOIR RUN (5 MILES), Central Park, NY (June 12th, 1999)

MEN, 1st place Open team

WOMEN

• A team consists of five people.  Without five people there is no team.   Our men's team won because of those five good people.  Capito?

HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOOD 5K, Hoboken, NJ (June 12th, 1999)

CCRA, Central Park, NYC (June 12th, 1999)

Stephanie Gould, 4th place

TDI MUSEUM 5K RUN, Central Park, NYC (June 9th, 1999)

This is a fun run, so that there are no officially recorded times.  Of all the races that our web photographer did not cover, this is the one that he really wished he were there.  The particular attraction of this race was that there was a blank area on the race bib for the runner to do some artwork.  Wouldn't it have been wonderful to document all that?

The Central Park Track Club leader in this race was Craig Chilton, who finished seventh overall.  Also seen were Michele Tagliati, John Gleason, John Megaw, Tyronne Culpepper, Frank Schneiger, Eden Weiss, Kim Mannen, Diane Lebowitz, Laura Miller and Irene Jackson-Schon.

Spectator Stacy Creamer proudly said, "Hey, I didn't run this race."  This must have been the first time in many weeks that she has been able to make a statement of this sort.  Other spectators included Ross Galitsky and (of course) Bola Awofeso.

WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY SUMMER CROSS COUNTRY SERIES-5K # 1, West Chester, PA (June 8th, 1999)

Jonathan Federman, 22:24, 44th overall out of 80

NEW CANAAN CYCLERY DUATHLON, New Canaan, CT (June 6th, 1999)

Scott Willett, 1:02:57, 1st Men 30-39
David Diviney, 1:07:30, 8th Men 20-29
J.P. Cheuvront, 1:08:19, 8th Men 30-39
Ross Galitsky, 1:08:44, 10th Men 30-39
Steve Eick, 1:09:00, 11th Men 30-39

MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS RACE AGAINST TEEN SMOKING 5K RUN, Central Park, NYC (June 6th, 1999)

Carmine Petracca, 16:34, 3rd overall

BLACKWATER-EAGLEMAN HALF-IRONMAN TRIATHLON, Cambridge, MD (June 6th, 1999)

Ramon Bermo, 31, 4:48:15, 175th overall, 156th Male, 47th M30-34
Julie Denney, 31, 4:57:50, 247th overall, 30th Female, 11th F30-34

SPLITS

USATF-NJ Masters & Sub-Masters Outdoor Championships, Monmouth Regional HS, Tinton Falls, NJ (June 6th, 1999)

Men 100m, Dean Kerr, 11.9
Men 100m, Val Barnwell, 11.2, 1st place

Men 200m, Alan Bautista, 25.8 (2nd out of state)
Men 200m, Dean Kerr, 24.0
Men 200m, Val Barnwell, 23.5, 1st place
Men 200m, Archie Glaspy, 23.7, 2nd place
Men 200m, Richie Stewart, 26.5
Men 200m, Richard Hamner, 27.4 (1st out of state)
Men 200m, Noah Perlis, 28.4, 3rd place

Men 400m, Alan Bautista, 56.3 (PR), 3rd place
Men 400m, Archie Glaspy, 51.6, 1st place

Men 800m, Brian Barry, 2:40 (PR), 2nd place
Men 800m, Sid Howard, 2:15.2, 1st place

Women 100m, Skipper Clark, 15.0, 1st place

Women 200m, Skipper Clark, 31.0, 1st place

Women 800m, Denise Whitaker-Crain, 1st out of state

• Here is the real scoop about how the two-pack-a-day-smoker Brian Barry did it: "Originally, Frank Schiro planned for me to run 80 seconds in the first lap and then 79 seconds.  He said that he would yell out my 400m split.  When the race started, I followed somebody else and I went through the first lap in 76 seconds.   Frank was smart enough not to yell out the split time, because he thought I might be demoralized.  When I got to 600m, Ed Gonera was there yelling at me to pump my arms.  When I got to 700m, Alan Bautista was there yelling at me to kick it in.  I did the last lap in a very hard 84 seconds."

NORTH COUNTY NEWS 5K, Yorktown Heights, NY (June 6th, 1999)

MEN

** Double asterisked for being there against the advice of his doctor (Randy Ehrlich, MD) to rest his calf injury.  Stuart made it to the half mile mark in 2:27, but his calf seized up and he couldn't go on.  He stopped for about 5 minutes, then began to jog along the course so that he'd be able to cheer for the returning CPTCers along the partially out-and-back course.  He stopped again about a quarter mile past the finish line to root for the orange, then went on to complete the course himself.

WOMEN

• This is the team debut in a NYRRC scoring race for Erik Goetze, Gordon Streeter and Chris Taylor.  The cliché is "an auspicious start."
• This is Stacy Creamer first sub-6 minute/mile 5K.  This is also Audrey Kingsley's first sub-19 minute 5K.  But the most impressive female 5K is Ana Echeverri's one minute improvement over her previous PR of 22:39 at the Skagg-Walsh 5K only recently on April 18th.
• Historical note: On February 14th, in one of most exciting finishes ever, Carsten Strandlod and Tyronne Culpepper both set PRs of 17:50 at the Valentine's Day 5K.  Carsten has always insisted that his margin of victory was more like 10 seconds, not the tied time as listed by the NYRRC.  On March 28th, now running by himself and quite unmotivated, Carsten crawled in at 18:45.  He has since then fled the country.  On this day, now running by himself and extremely unmotivated, Tyronne jogged in at 19:58.  He said, "I was really trying to run 20:00 exact.  Unfortunately, they gave me two seconds and also not in the usual direction."  While we preach that your teammates make you better, we don't often say the converse --- you are lost without your teammates!
  
  This note came flying in from the cold: "Hi there, I must say that I'm pleased not to be forgotten completely, even though I do not appreciate the tone in which I'm mentioned.  I did not crawl to the finish line in 18:45 --- the course was the hardest one inside Central Park!  Anyway, I'm pleased to announce that my change of scenery has done me some good because I have won my first race.  A very low-keyed race, but still a race.  Don't bother looking for the website since they have none.  It was a 10K and I cruised to victory in 37:51.  Since then, I have finished 3rd. in a half marathon with prize money.   I think I will turn pro as soon as I get back from Malawi.  All the best to everyone. Carsten Strandlod" Shall we add, "Tyronne, eat your heart out"?
  
  This led Tyronne Culpepper to philosophize: "Some people will do anything for hardware, even if it involves traveling almost around the world.  But I guess we should believe you, since your time wasn't very fast:-)."  Shall we add, "Tyronne is eating his heart out!"

RIVERDALE RAMBLE, Bronx, NY (June 6th, 1999)

Efrain Gonzalez, 45:55, 66th place

MONTCLAIR YMCA 2 MILE, Montclair, NJ (June 6th, 1999)

Vanessa Jurkewicz, 13, 14:17 (7:08 min/mile) PR, 19th overall, 2nd overall female, 2nd female 14 & under
Chris Jurkewicz, 54, 14:17 (7:08 min/mile), 20th overall, 18th overall male, 1st M50-59

HOLIDAY HILLS TRIATHLON, Pawling, NY (June 5th, 1999)

Scott Willett, 1:01:59, 2nd overall, 1st M35-39
Michael Trunkes, 1:04:26, 7th overall, 4th M35-39
Thomas Pennell, 1:05:18, 13th overall, 4th M30-34
Ramon Bermo, 1:05:35, 15th overall, 6th M30-34
Joe Gravier, 1:06:02, 17th overall, 3rd M25-29
John Taylor, 1:06:03, 18th overall, 8th M30-34
Randall Ehrlich, 1:06:33, 20th overall, 10th M30-34
J.P. Cheuvront, 1:08:03, 36th overall, 14th M30-34
Katie Faunce, 1:17:49, 103rd overall, 3rd F25-29

• Scott Willett's time was only 2 seconds behind the winner.   This race was done in waves, so that Scott did not know about this very small differential, otherwise he would have used his vaunted track speed to kick in.
• For the record, J.P. Cheurvront was tied up at the registration table.  By the time that he got his race number, he had all of  seven minutes to set up his bike, change clothes, slip into his wet suit and get into the water before the first wave was started.  He wants to make sure that you know this.  Obviously, deep in his heart, he knew that he would have won this race otherwise ...

FREIHOFER'S RUN FOR WOMEN 5K, Albany, NY (June 5th, 1999)

Mary Rosado, 49, 22:21 (7:13 min/mile), 289th overall

SUMMER EVENING 5K SERIES # 2, Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island (June 2nd, 1999)

Chris Taylor, 17:56, 1st place

SOUTH SALEM MEMORIAL DAY 10K, South Salem, NY (May 31st, 1999)

Jack Brennan, 50, 40:38.2, 10th overall
Jonathan Federman, 36, 46:52.3, 35th overall

RIDGEWOOD ELITE MILE, Ridgewood, NJ (May 31st, 1999)

Sid Howard, 60, 5:23, 1st M50+, 3rd best age-graded result

RIDGEWOOD 10K RUN, Ridgewood, NJ (May 31st, 1999)

Frank Schneiger, 44:11 (7:11 min/mile), 208th overall male
Eden Weiss, 46:17 (7:27 min/mile), 257th overall male
Irene Jackson-Schon, 46:29 (7:29 min/mile), 40th overall female

Additional note: Kyra Weiss (shown here with her dad Eden Weiss at the East River Park track) made her road racing debut in a time of 9:51 for the fun run mile.

POTATOHAMPTON 10K, Bridgehampton, NY (May 30th, 1999)

Adam Bleifeld wrote: "I was the only club member present on this very, very hot and sunny day.  The course had absolutely no shade and, as a result, running times suffered.  I ran 39:32 (6:22 pace).  I was shooting for a 38:20 (versus my 38:27 PR).  I will try again at Shelter Island on June 12th."

VERMONT CITY MARATHON RELAY, Burlington, VT (May 30th, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

Central Park Track Club, 2nd place men's team, 2:26:27 (5:35 min/mile)
Craig Chilton, Alan Ruben, Stuart Calderwood, Ramon Bermo, Peter Allen

Central Park Track Club - B, 5th place men's team, 2:40:32 (6:08 min/mile)
Andreas Nolte, Gordon Streeter, Thomas Pennell, Andreas Nolte (again), Bola Awofeso

Central Park Track Club Women, 1st place women's team, 3:02:41 (6:58 min/mile)
Ana Echeverri, Audrey Kingsley, Eve Kaplan, Rhonda Allen, Stacy Creamer

Bola Awofeso wrote: "Hi, have you ever run a 2:40:32 marathon? Well, I now have, or at least that is what my finishing photo will show (editor's note: but can you see him in this photo?).  It was an unbelievable experience --- the first leg (3.3 mile) run by Andreas Nolte; second leg (7.6 mile) by Gordon Streeter; third leg (5.5 mile) by Thomas Pennell; fourth leg (4.1mile) again by Andreas ; and the anchor leg (5.6 mile) by me.   Ana and Eve travelled with me, and we were all concerned about not letting the team down.  In my case, I was probably even more worried about our women's team passing me at the last leg!

I was hoping that we would run under 2:40 but the A-Team sabotaged us by making me run over 3 miles to the exchange point instead of taking the bus.  During that run, I remember Peter Allen telling me this was good for me.  I said, "Three miles might be good for me, but not at this pace!"  Well, suffice to say I was tired before beginning on my leg and even more tired after the first mile because I was foolish enough to think I would be able to catch Erin Sullivan (editor's note: Erin is a legendary female national high school cross-country champion from upstate New York) who left 4 minutes ahead of me.  In the final 800m, two things happened which I will never forget --- (1) Stuart Calderwood and Alan Ruben saw me and Alan got very excited and said something like, "O my God! That's Bola!" and they both started to give me instructions; (2) then the crowd got so loud that I thought someone was gaining on me and I ended up running my fastest 800m ever.   After the race results were posted, I realized that the next runner was 2 minutes behind."

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From the Marathon Special Supplement in The Burlington Free Press, we read these excerpts:

"Our team got off to a fast start," said Stuart Calderwood, who carried the lead through the second leg for Central Park.  "We had a first runner (Alan Ruben) we weren't sure of but he ran the race of his life to give us the lead, which gave me the pressure of keeping the lead.  Not easy."  

While Calderwood gave the New Yorkers a 15-second advantage after 11 miles, in the third leg, Ski Rack's Randy Sightler blistered the course to put his team in front.  By the time he reached the end of his stage at the top of Battery Hill, Sightler had his team ahead by almost a minute.  The victory was nothing new for the team for Sightler.  Central Park was a distant second in a time of 2:26:27.

"What I think about them is that they're younger than us, so it doesn't count," said Calderwood, jokingly, as he referred to the Ski Rack team.

Central Park won redemption when its women's team claimed the women's open relay championship in a time of 3:02:41.

Comment: The Central Park Track Club brand of wacky humor as presented by Stuart Calderwood apparently went over like a ton of bricks with that reporter ... but the regular visitors of this website will have no doubt enjoyed Stuart's comments tremendously.

Historical note:  The reporter referred to the official lineup of the team, which named Alan Ruben, Stuart Calderwood, Paul Stuart-Smith, Ramon Bermo and Peter Allen, and he assumed that the lead runner was Alan Ruben.  We actually ran a slightly different team.  The actual lead runner Craig Chilton said, "I am glad that it was Alan Ruben's name that was printed in the newspaper.   Better him than me, in this case."

100km DEL PASSATORE, Faenza, Italy (May 29th, 1999)

Comment: The result was copied directly from the race website.  We don't know what 'pectoral' stands for either, so don't ask us ...

Michele Tagliati comes to the rescue: "Pettorale" in Italian stands for "Bib" number and it is so called because of its usual location over the chest ("petto" in Italian).  I guess that the organizers of the legendary 100 Km del Passatore transliterated "Pettorale" into "Pectoral", generating the perplexed comments of the web-site guy ...

SRI CHINMOY MASTER RACES, Roy Wilkins Field, Jamaica, New York City (May 29th, 1999)

200m, Val Barnwell, 22.77, 2nd place M40-44

400m, Val Barnwell, 53.90, 1st place M40-44

800m, Anthony Baker, 2:29.47, 1st M45-49

Mile, Anthony Baker, 6:04.20, 2nd M45-49

5000m, Victor Osayi, 18:01.86, 4th M40-44
5000m, Joey Gonzalez, 19:57.84, 7th M40-44

Skipper Clark
--- Discus 22.41m, 1st place W50-54
--- Shot put, 8.74, 1st place W50-54
--- Javelin, 18.95m, 1st place W50-54
--- 100m, 15.00 sec, 1st place W50-54
--- 200m, 31.81 sec, 1st place W50-54
--- 400m, 1:19.33 sec, 1st place W50-54

Victor said: "I finished second last year behind another master runner last year.  This year, I made sure that I follow the same guy closely when the race started.  After observing that he seemed to be laboring, I passed him and eventually I even lapped him.  Unfortunately, some other guy ran away with the race in the meantime."

In case you wondered --- no, the other guy was not Tyronne Culpepper.

WALL STREET RAT RACE (4.01K), Manhattan, NYC (May 25th, 1999)

Stacy Creamer accumulated more frequent racing mileage and finished as fourth-placed woman in this race.  She was also the second woman in a business suit.

Tyronne Culpepper was also in the race.  His time was 17:41, but we heard him say, "I was far behind Stacy."  But he pointed out that he was wearing blazer, shirt, tie and pants.   Theo Spilka was also spotted in the race.

COLUMBIA TRIATHLON, Elliott City, MD (May 23rd, 1999)

HOME DEPOT MID-MAY CLASSIC (4 MILER), Fairfield, CT (May 23rd, 1999)

Adam Newman, 23:48 (5:57 min/mile), 57th overall, 15th M30-39
Jane Harris, 29:14 (7:19 min/mile), 219th overall, 10th F40-44

AVON 10K, Central Park, NYC (May 22nd, 1999)

PHOTO ALBUM

3rd place Open Team (Top 5 scoring)

AVON 5K RUN/WALK, Central Park, NYC (May 22nd, 1999)

Diane Lebowitz wrote us: "By the first mile, which I ran in 6:40, I had built up an insurmountable lead.  Unfortunately, when I reached what should have been the turnaround point on West Drive, one of the police in the lead car leaned out the window and said to me "Is this it ?"  I said to him, "YOU tell ME !!  Where do I GO ???".  The lead car then proceeded past the turnaround point, leading me all the way uphill, far beyond the turnaround point.   When they finally realized that I had been lead far off course, someone jumped out of the car and told me that the turnaround was back at the bottom of the hill.  I turned around to see all of the other runners being turned around at the correct point at the bottom of the hill, while I had been denied what surely would have been a once in a lifetime chance for me to cross the finish line first in an all womens' event.   Devastated, I tried in vain to close the gap, but I had been lead so far off course that it was impossible.  After the race I told race officials what had occurred, and they promised to send me a letter of apology.  Unfortunately, as my 40th birthday approaches and I have to work harder and harder to run 5K's under 7 min/mile, I fear that the chance that I had, and lost, on Saturday is one that I will never have again.  I just thought someone should know.  Thank you for your patience.  Diane."

Dear Diane: I am truly sorry to hear this.  After the 5K race started, someone told me that he saw you leading the race.  Later, I found out that your listed results was 4th place in 24:08.  I was rather surprised with both the place as well as the time, because you ran 22:10 at the Women's Sports & Fitness 5K just two weeks ago.  That time (for a course which includes Cat Hill) was significantly faster than the winning time of 22:59 in this race.  Now your note has explained this disastrous turn of events.  The unfortunate part is that it was really not hard for the NYRRC to make sure that someone in the lead car knew where to go.  A letter of apology is hardly any consolation.  We want you to know that, in our hearts, you won that race, and we will always remember it that way.

15th ANNUAL QUEENS BIATHLON, Queens, NY (May 16th 1999)

Kurtis Edwards, 1:33:13, 32nd overall, 5th M35-39
Monica Bonamego, 1:48:02, 93nd overall, 2nd F30-34

COPENHAGEN MARATHON, Copenhagen, Denmark (May 16th, 1999)

Carsten Strandlod, 3:32:04, 299th M30-34

The posting of this race result is sufficiently startling that people (including his wife) have asked us about our discovery process.  Ordinarily, we would have smiled smugly and declined to answer, in line with our obnoxious persona.  But for your edification just this once, here is how we tracked it down.  We knew that Carsten was going to do this race on this weekend.  Since he would not be back for a few days, we could not ask him.  Besides, even if we did ask him, he would probably just smirk and decline comment.  We were totally unfamiliar with running websites in Denmark, so there was no obvious starting point.  We got on www.altavista.com and we typed "copenhagen marathon".  The first site listed was Sparta, a running club in Denmark.  We went to their website www.sparta.dk.   The fact that we know no Danish did not not deter us, because we noted that one menu item says "Resultatlister".  When we clicked on that, we found that the Copenhagen Marathon results were listed under either "kvinder" or "mænd".  When we clicked on "kvinder", we saw nothing but female first names (Anna, Mette, Linda, Christina, Louise, Karen, Britt, etc).  When we clicked on "mænd", we saw male first names.  So we started to search for the occurrence of the name "Carsten".  We couldn't believe how many Carstens were in the race, but eventually we found our man.  So, there you have it.  Just another day at the office ...

When Mette Strandlod read the above, she asked: "I looked at the Sparta webpage too. While I am very impressed with your skills in Danish, I was just wondering why you didn't click on the British flag in the upper left corner to direct you to ... ???? Right ... everything in English!? Still, why take that extra step when you did perfectly fine in Danish!?"

The website guy's response was as follows: "I am Australian, so there is no chance that I would associate the British flag with the English language ... ya da ya da ya da ..."

PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION 2 MILER, Philadelphia, PA (May 16th, 1999)

SEE STORY

Stuart Calderwood, 10:16, 2nd overall, 1st age group
Stacy Creamer, 11:37, 6th overall, 1st female, 1st age group
Shane Creamer, 21:43, 250th overall, 1st male 70+

• All three individuals above are listed as being from a place called Blue Bell.   But we know that the first two are ringers imported from New York City!
• Stuart's time and position must be asterisked for the following reasons.   When the race began, a couple of teenagers charged out really fast in the lead, but Stuart had passed them within a mile.  When Stuart got to what was supposedly the one-mile turnaround, he saw a clock and assumed that that would be the exact halfway point.  So he got up to the clock and turned around, only to find that the other runners had made their turn at an earlier point and that they now had a 60 meter lead on him.   Ultimately, Stuart finished in second place behind a nineteen-year-old.  These circumstances were recorded on videotape.  The race director offered his apologies but could not change the results.
• Shane Creamer started to get congratulations phone calls the next day.  He wondered, "How did they find out about this?"  It's the website, Mr. Creamer.

VOLVO MIDLAND 15K RUN, Far Hills, NJ (May 16th, 1999)

MAC DEVELOPMENT MEET # 3, York College, Queens (May 15th, 1999)

W40-49 400m, Mary V. Rosado, 1:17.9, 3rd place

M50-59 100m, Richard Hamner, 13.3, 1st place

M40-49 200m, Val Barnwell, 22.7, 1st place
M40-49 200m, Richie Stewart, 25.5, 4th place

M40-49 400m, Val Barnwell, 53.7, 2nd place

M40-49 800m, Jose Martinez, 2:32.0, 1st place
M40-49 800m, Julio Rodriguez, 2:38.4, 2nd place

LONG ISLAND ENDURANCE 50 MILER, Oyster Bay, NY (May 15th, 1999)

Steve Eick, 6:43:22 (8:04 min/mile), 3rd place overall

SPRING COUPLES RELAY, Central Park, NYC (May 15th, 1999)

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Randy Ehrlich & Sonya Witt, 1st place overall. 1:07:55
Stuart Calderwood & Stacy Creamer, 3rd place overall. 1:10:44
Odin Townley & Laurie Davidson, 32nd overall, 3rd combined 91-100 age group, 1:23:34

CARL HART BIATHLON (2 mile run, 10.5 mile bike, 2 mile run), Heckscher State Park, NY (May 9th, 1999)

Michael Trunkes, 50:08.46, 1st place
Kurtis Edwards, 57:05.95, 30th place

THE ELIZABETH McNAMEE 5K ROAD RACE, West Islip, NY (May 9th, 1999)

RUN FOR FREEDOM 5 MILER, Newark, NJ (May 9th, 1999)

Sid Howard, 60 years old, 31:44 (6:21 min/mile), 66th overall

RUN FOR FREEDOM 1 MILER, Newark, NJ (May 9th, 1999)

Brian Barry, 41 years old, 6:26, 38th overall

The main feature of this race was the running commentary from that Master of Ceremony, Frank Schiro.

WOMEN'S SPORTS & FITNESS HALF MARATHON, Central Park, NYC (May 9th, 1999)

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• This long distance race had to take place on the first warm and humid day of the year.  The ground was wet from yesterday's rain and the water evaporated in the morning sunshine.   Most runners have not yet been conditioned to these conditions.  Several of our runners experienced different degrees of physical discomfort.  We thank Audrey Kingsley in particular for doing this race so soon after the hot-weathered Boston Marathon to help the team place third.
• Right before the race, Sylvie Kimché was observed to go by in her team singlet.  This rare sight caused a teammate to say, "Hey, Sylvie, it's great to see you racing again.  And in a half marathon no less!"  Sylvie said, "Take a good look!  I have no race number.  I am only here to cheer my team!"

WOMEN'S SPORTS & FITNESS 5K, Central Park, NYC, NY (May 9th, 1999)

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Yes, people, this is the first place team, with two Boston Marathoners no less!

GULF COAST TRIATHLON, Panama City, FL (May 8th, 1999)

Stephanie Gould, 4:50:29, 6th overall woman, 3rd age group

CORPORATE CHALLENGE SERIES # 1 (3.5 MILES), Central Park, NYC, NY (May 5th, 1999)

MEN

Stuart Calderwood, 18:36, 9th overall, 1st master
Craig Chilton, 19:01
Randy Ehrlich, 20:04
Jose La Salle, 21:45
John Sargent, 22:??
Arthur Cooke, 23:20
Odin Townley, 27:40

WOMEN

Stacy Creamer, 21:24, 2nd overall
Margarita Cabrera, 23:45
Diane Lebowtiz, 25:15

• Stuart Calderwood's time should be asterisked by the fact that he finished ahead of top local master Paul Mascali.
• When advised "Give yourself a break -- you just ran Boston!", Randy Ehrlich said "So what?" with a shrug.  Doctor knows best ...
• Audrey Kingsley suffered a near-incapacitating fit of hysterics when she saw Stacy appear at the Engineer's Gate at 90th Street in second place.  Her shrieks of glee are presently halfway to the moon and will be heard in New Zealand tomorrow morning.

There is a set of correspondence on the subject of pacing.   Many of you have already read it.  Due to its extreme length, we have moved it to a separate page (last updated 5/29/1999) in order to minimize downloading time for people who are just looking for race results.

BROAD STREET RUN (10 MILES), Philadelphia, PA (May 2nd, 1999)

LAW DAY 5 MILER, Stroudsburg, PA (May 2nd, 1999)

Victor Osayi, 28:45, 7th overall, 4th age group
J.R. Mojica, 34:25 (PR), 19th overall, 7th age group

18th ANNUAL RUBIN 20K RUN, Tenafly, NJ (May 2nd, 1999)

Jack Brennan, 1:25:59 (6:56 min/mile), 44th overall

18th ANNUAL RUBIN 5K RUN, Tenafly, NJ (May 2nd, 1999)

Rasheed Azim, 17:34 (5:40 min/mile), 3rd place overall, 1st M30-34

RUMSON RUN 5 MILER, Rumson, NJ (May 2nd, 1999)

CANON LONG ISLAND MARATHON, Long Island, NY (May 2nd, 1999)

• Jose La Salle summarized his race succintly with these initial splits: mile 1 in 7:44 and mile 2 in 6:01.  It is not hard to fill in the blanks yourself ...
• Arthur Cooke wrote: "It was windy out there as well but not quite as windy as the infamous Queens half-marathon wind-tunnel effect on the 20th Avenue straight-away. I ran with Jose for the first few miles, but I couldn't keep up after 6 miles.  He, however, went out too fast and was walking by mile 18.  Overall it wasn't bad, a learning experience.   It was my second marathon and I didn't improve over last year's time (I ran Philly) as I'd hoped.  My training laxed over the last month and a half, as I said, a learning experience."

CANON LONG ISLAND HALF MARATHON, Long Island, NY (May 2nd, 1999)

REVLON 5K, New York City, NY (May 2nd, 1999)

MEN

WOMEN

WILDFLOWER TRIATHLON (Half Ironman distance: 1.2 mile swim, 56 miles bike, 13.1 mile run), Lake San Antonio, CA (May 1st, 1999)

Julie Denney, 5:12:35, 220th place overall, 6th F30-34

This was a mere two weeks after the Boston Marathon.  Julie said, "It was actually fairly easy.  Oddly enough, the most difficulty part for me was the bike.  I hadn't not done much training for it as I was preparing for the marathon."

SHARON RUN FOR TOTS 5 MILE ROAD RACE, Sharon, CT (May 1st, 1999)

Claudia Malley, 32:53, 1st sub-vet female

NEW YORK RELAYS --- MASTERS, York College, NY (May 1st, 1999)

Men 40-49 100m, Val Barnwell, 12:50, 1st place

Men 40-49 400m Intermediate Hurdles, Joey Gonazlez, 1:15:20, 1st place

MAYFAIR 5K, Austin, TX (May 1st, 1999)

Kim Mannen wrote: "I ran a 5K in Austin, TX over the weekend. I was 4th women and 1st in my age group out of 300 runners. My time was 21:10 but sad to say I was beat by a 40 year old woman who ran 18:40 and other high school cross-country girls. Oh well, not bad for 2 weeks after Boston I guess."

BRONX BIATHLON, Bronx, NY (April 25th, 1999)

Kurtis Edwards, 1:33:03, 37th overall, 7th age group.

• In his own words, "I was doing good on the first run in about 20th place.   When I got on the bike, about 15 people passed me ..."  Yes, that's what running with the Central Park Track Club will do for you ...

NEWARK DISTANCE 5K, Newark, NY (April 25th, 1999)

MAIN STREET 5K, Sparta, NJ (April 24th, 1999)

Candace Stanton, 21:04 (6:47 min/mile), 28th overall, 2nd female, 1st F40-49

TRI-GATORADE SPRINT TRIATHLON, Bermuda (April 24th, 1999)

Thomas Pennell, 1:09:09, 14th overall

Note: This was just five days after running the Boston Marathon in personal best time.

SYBIL LUDINGTON 50K, Carmel, NY (April 24th, 1999)

Norman Goluskin, 60, 4:38:48, 10th overall

Comment: Why, Norman?  Why ... ?  The answer would come on May 29th at the 100km del Passatore.

NYRRC TWOSOME 2M, Central Park, NYC, NY (April 24th, 1999)

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MEN

WOMEN

COUPLES

Colin Frew + Audrey Kingsley, 10:58 + 13:01 = 23:59, 5th overall, 4th age group
Chris Jurkiewicz + Vanessa Jurkiewicz, 15:18 + 15:14 = 30:32, 39th overall, 18th age group
Joey Gonzalez + Iraida Fajardo, 11:55 + 26:15 = 38:10, 118th overall, 51st age group
Craig Chilton + May Chilton, 16:34 + 16:30 = 33:04, 63rd overall, 25th age group

• While Audrey Kingsley's time was a technical PR, we should note a couple of things.  On one hand, she has run only one other 2 Miler in her life and that was a long time ago, so that anything she does now is virtually guaranteed to be a PR.  On the other hand, 6:30 min/mile pace is slower than her sub-40 minute 10K race pace.

NYRRC TWOSOME 10K, Central Park, NYC, NY (April 24th, 1999)

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MEN

WOMEN

COUPLES

Tim Evans + Alayne Adams, 35:07 + 36:58 = 1:12:05, 1st overall
John Megaw + Laura Miller, 43:06 + 44:45 = 1:27:51, 19th overall, 4th age group
Carsten Strandlod + Mette Strandlod, 38:06 + 52:00 = 1:30:06, 33rd overall, 16th age group
Odin Townley + Alison Gardy, 51:57 + 48:52 = 1:40:49, 106th overall, 13th age group
Bola Awofeso + Jessica Bryden, 43:09 + 58:11 = 1:41:20, 113rd overall, 50th age group
Eden Weiss + Valli McRoberts, 47:27 + 1:02:06 = 1:49:33, 182nd overall, 30th age group

PENN RELAYS, Franklin Field, Philadelphia, PA (April 22-24, 1999)

Men's Masters 40+ 100m, Val Barnwell, 11:38, 3rd place

Women's Masters 40+ 100m, Mary Rosado, 16:39, 2nd place

Masters Mixed Team 4x400m Relay, Cassandra Clark, Denise Crain-Whitaker, Mary Rosado, Frank Handelman, 4:45:36, 1st place.

Masters Men 40+ 4x400m Relay, Val Barnwell, Tom Hartshorne, Doug Finley, Archie Glaspy, 3:35:13, 3rd place

NORTHWEST REGIONAL DUATHLON CHAMPIONSHIP, Enumclaw, WA (April 22nd, 1999)

David Diviney, 2:13:38, 9th M30-34

BOSTON MARATHON, Boston, MA (April 19th, 1999)

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MEN

WOMEN

• Alan Ruben was 55th overall and 8th M40-49
• While Alan Ruben has the reputation of being able to run even splits (1:15:12 + 1:15:37 this time), the eight 5K splits for David Newcomb and Gordon Streeter are quite impressive --- their slowest 5K was 20:17 and their fastest was 19:56, quite oblivious to any change in terrain.  But, please, no S&M bondage jokes about them!
• Ramon Bermo had a time 1:39:58 at 25K and dropped out.   Why?  After starting out the first 5K in 17:57, his 20K-to-25K split was 25:54.  Ouch!  (Disclaimer: Ramon said, "I had started walking by mile 14, so that last 5K was not as slow as it seems.")
• Fasil Yilma's time needs to be asterisked, because he probably spent 6 minutes overall with his usual leg stretching multiple times.
• No time is listed so far for Audrey Kingsley (bib# 2616).   What happened to her?  Did she overtrain?  Did she miss the airplane to Boston?  Did she miss the train to Boston?  Did she miss the boat to Boston?  Did she go to the wrong city? Did she oversleep for this noon race?   Did a ski-masked Tyronne Culpepper whack her knee with a tire iron?  No, none of the above is true.  Audrey just did not have her computer chip at the start of the race!!! It will take some time for her official time to be sorted out.  Unofficially, she finished in 3:03:XX and about 50th place.
• Roster of non-running Central Park Track Club people seen around the course: Bola Awofeso, Blair Boyer, Stuart Calderwood, Stacy Creamer, Craig Buckbee, Ana Echeverri, Ross Galitsky, Scott Willett.
• Teamwise, the men's "A" team finished in 7th place, the men's "B" team in 32nd place and the women's team (after clearing up that technical problem concerning our lead runner) in 8th place.   How good was 7th place?  Well, some team named 'Ethiopia' was the 2nd place team ...

FLORA LONDON MARATHON, London, UK (April 18th, 1999)

Colin Frew says that everyone is welcome to stay at his house if they run next year's London marathon --- tip: the weather is better over there (that is, for marathoning) ...

GEORGE WODICKA HOOK MOUNTAIN HALF MARATHON, Rockland Lack State Park, NY (April 18th, 1999)

Ellen Wallop, 1:58:16 (9:01 pace), 30th overall, 5th F40-49

Note: This race has been described as having 'several major hills.'  That is an understatement.

CHERRY BLOSSOM 5 MILE RUN, Wilkes-Barre, PA (April 18th, 1999)

Jonathan Federman ran this race in 33:50, over a course of grass, concrete sidewalks, dirt paths, streets and running trails held at the very civilized hour of 2:00pm.  This was his best time since 1995.

CHERRY BLOSSOM RUN 10K, Newark, NJ (April 18th, 1999)

Sid Howard, 40:28 (6:31 min/mile), 51st place overall, 1st M60+

SKAGGS-WALSH 5K, College Point, Queens (April 18th, 1999)

MEN

WOMEN

QUEENS HALF MARATHON, College Point, Queens (April 18th, 1999)

MEN

• The time for Tim Evans needs to be double-asterisked, because he arrived two minutes late for the start.
• Our team rep Sarah Gross expressed thanks to all those women who forsake the half marathon to run the 5K scoring race instead.  She added, "If you really missed running the half, you will get your chance on May 9th at the next scoring race, the Women's Half Marathon in Central Park!"

CCRA, Central Park, NYC (April 17th, 1999)

Stephanie Gould, 3rd place

CRESCENT CITY CLASSIC 10K, New Orleans, LA (April 17th, 1999)

John Sargent wrote: "I ran my first 10K this past weekend in New Orleans.  I was down there for a conference last week/weekend and coincidentally it was the same weekend as the Crescent City Classic 10K which they advertised as the largest 10K in the Southeast with approximately 20,000 runners.  Unfortunately, because the race is so big, in order to get seeded, get a great start position and a race chip (to be officially scored), you had to have written confirmation that you ran a 10K within the past 6 months and ran faster than 49:59.  No matter how much I begged and pleaded, (I told them that I ran Thursday night workouts with the 38-40 min 10K group in Central Park - they didn't seem too impressed...) they did not let me start with the faster "elite" runners who could run a 49:59 or faster and I could not get a race chip.  Oh well ...

Despite starting with the slower runners and starting off with a 6:40 first mile, I managed to finish with a 39:17.  However, this is unofficial since I did not have a chip and therefore could not qualify as one of the Top 500 finishers and get a neat, official poster...  (It was a blast and run in true New Orleans style with lots of onlookers cheering from balconies, high school bands playing at several mile markers, and a huge party with live music, jumbalaya, and beer, beer, beer (at 9 AM).   There were helicoptors, over 40 invited elite world-class runners, and Rod Stewart (he was wearing a PowerBar T-shirt and started with the Kenyans --- I did not see him at any point during the race, however - hmmm.)"

Note: From the CCC10K website, John was probably the nameless person credited with a time of 39:13  in 245th place overall and 2nd chipless person overall.

SPROUTS APRIL SHOWERS 3.5 MILES, Fairfield, CT (April 17th, 1999)

Erica Merrill, 35, 23:25 (6:41 min/mile), 39th overall, 6th F30-39

Erica was a Central Park Track Club member in the early 90's and is now a resident of Rowayton, CT.  We thought that her friends would like to know that she is still running.

SKUNK CABBAGE 10K, Ithaca, CT (April 11th, 1999)

Tom Hartshorne, 36:54, 7th overall

SPRING THING TO DO 5K, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY (April 11th, 1999)

Eden Weiss, 51, 23:13, 3rd M50-54

NIKE TOWN RUN FOR THE PARKS, Central Park, NY (April 11th, 1999)

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WOMAN

MEN

• This is the first time in quite a while that a husband-and-wife duo has led the team.  Can anyone remember the last time this happened?

BUNNY BOOGIE 5K, Darien, CT (April 3rd, 1999)

Adam Newman, 17:39, 30th place overall

RABBIT RUN 10K, Central Park, NYC (April 3rd, 1999)

Men, 2nd Open Team

Women, 3rd Open Team

• We welcome the two newcomers who appear on the scoring team --- Noel Comess and Arthur Cooke --- in their first team race.
• Women's team would have been first-place if all the runners were scored correctly!
• The biggest winner of the day was Tyronne Culpepper, to whom Carmine Petracca gave the winning ticket for a dinner for two at Coogan's Restaurant.   Yes, we knew that we were onto something when we put the Coogan billboard on our front cover last week.
• Field notes of the absent-minded photographer: "When I got to the Rabbit Run, I took out my camera and pointed it towards the blissfully oblivious Irene Jackson-Schon.  Click.  Nothing happened.  Nada.  I had forgotten to bring the battery after taking it out for recharging.  Therefore, no photos today.  This news must come as a great disappointment to hardware-winning Tyronne Culpepper, who spent extra time to provide the start time and course description to make sure that I get to the right place at the right time.  P.S. This news must come as a great relief to that skilled photographer-dodger Irene Jackson-Schon."

BACKWARDS MILE, Delacorte Oval, Central Park, NYC (April 1st, 1999)

Stuart Calderwood, 7:44, 5th male overall, 1st male 40+
Carsten Strandlod, 8:20, 8th male overall ("It was painful")
Stacy Creamer, 10:18, 5th female overall

Stacy Creamer says: "Of all the people I know, I thought Carsten would have been the most likely to be there."  Is that a compliment or a condemnation?