Member news
Welcome to new members Danah Tench, Karen May, Kevin Platt, Maureen Tripp, Jay Crawford & Jennifer Boyle
All members who have renewed their membership and haven't received their PRC long sleeve T-shirt, see Jim Sweeney, Dorothy Giarla or John Govoni
Our deepest sympathy and condolences to Mike Jasko & Jean Sarno in the loss of Mikes mother. Flowers were sent in memory by the PRC
Diane Sagnella who currently lives in Italy, has renewed her membership and becomes the PRC's first international member
Congratulations to the following PRC members for their recent home/condo purchases
Tom Purcell & Beth Delahunty Kara Holmquist Kay O'Malley Maureen Larkin Diane Smith
Willie Williams Army reserve unit was activated and he is currently in the Kuwait/Iraq area. We wish Willie a safe return back to the U.S.A
Wedding bells will be ringing for 3 PRC members
May 10th Erin Dunne & keith Mercer
May 17th Carol Hani & Ian Agranat
May 31st Joanna Bench & Brian Aalto
LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE
Well, it's been a good run (pardon the pun), but I have come to the realization that I must share the joy. I will relinquish my duties as the jamoke who plans and organizes the PRC's annual pilgrimage to Laconia, NH to participate in the 66 mile Lake Winnipesaukee Relay. I am passing the baton, figuratively and literally, to the next person who can manage this weekend event for the PRC. You can't get rid of me, though, I'll run leg 4 slower than anyone can, and be proud to have done it.
I know there are many of you out there just chomping at the bit for this opportunity; I will enter your name into my lottery if you want. Just kidding, folks who want to run this? I have lots of information and material which makes it fairly easy to plan and manage - just make sure you give me Leg 4, cold beer, and a comfortable bed as far away from Brian Savage as possible.
If anyone is interested, let me know soon and I'll debrief you on all the bribery and scandal you can anticipate as you weave your way through demands for certain legs, elimination of hills on the course, and, of course, figuring out who gets to sleep with whom! You can really have fun with this one.
Looking forward to hearing from someone...anyone. I can always stay on as a consultant, it pays better.
Chris Sargent
Thank you
Thanks to one of PRC's great sponsors, Diane Ducharme from Yoga for You for kicking off our January Expert Speaker Series with a talk on "Yoga and Running". We all learned how Yoga can help with our stretching and injury prevention.
In February, Diane also led us through a 2 hour sweat-filled Bikram Yoga master class. Thanks to Diane and all PRC runners who participated!
Boston Marathon
Good luck to all the PRC members who will be running in the Boston Marathon on April 21 May all your hard work and training pay off and you have a great race The Boston Marathon Health & Fitness expo where you pick up your race number, will be held at the Hynes Convention Center on Saturday April 19 and Sunday, April 20 from 9 am-6 PM
Good luck to John Govoni, Dorothy Giarla & Walter Burgess who will be running the Ottawa marathon in Ottawa Canada on May 11. Julie O'Connor will be running the 1/2 marathon Registration is still open , so if anyone wants to join them, you can still sign up. There is a Marathon, 1/2 marathon and 10k-road race that weekend
Keith Shields 3:15:58 Ricardo Hernandez-Pinzon 3:25:15 Emily Firor 3:29:10 Kay O'Malley 3:45:00 Kara Holmquist 3:49:44 Stuart Rose 3:51:27 Stephen Peckiconis 3:55:41 Janice Badessa 3:59:13 Jim Sweeney 3:59:25 Ruben Carrizosa 4:03:18 Dan Kennedy 4:08:08 Peter Meagher 4:16:31 Rob Kerwin 4:18:17 Julie Connors 4:20:29 Chris Hussey 4:20:55 Billy Grant 4:22:09 Jay Crawford 4:22:45 Iliana Taylor 4:40:03 Ray Gonzalez 4:43:49 Julia Kim-Hiltunen 4:46:31 Patricia Cavanaugh 4:48:51 Danah Tench 5:03:04 Kay O'Malley 5:04:37 Matt O'Malley 5:04:48 Megan Kelley
NOTES FROM THE CLUB PRESIDENT
Boston Marathon
Once again, we have a number of people running in the Boston Marathon on April 21st. Good luck to everyone who is running. We have a slate of activities scheduled around the Marathon.
Pre Race Party
First, we will have our pre - Marathon pasta dinner for everyone who is running a spring marathon (including those adventuresome international marathoners who are running the Ottawa Marathon on May 11.) We have reservations for Saturday evening, April 19 at 5:00 at Vinny Testa's, 1700 Beacon St. in Brookline. The restaurant is at the 23-mile mark on the course.' This is NOT the Vinny Testa's by the finish line. You will have to wait until Monday afternoon to make in to the finish line.
Marathon Bus info
Second, we have a bus out to Hopkinton again this year. The bus will leave from the Y at 7:30 a.m. on the morning of the marathon. We have to be out to Hopkinton before 9:00. The BM is very strict on this requirement, so everyone needs to be on time. The cost of the bus is $20 for Club members and $25 for non-members. Officially registered runners' only are allowed on the bus. This is also a strict requirement, of the BAA. If the requirement is violated, the Club and members of the Club may be banned from any future participation in the Boston Marathon .The buss 45 seats, so please feel free to invite other official registrants who are not Club members. We will fill up the bus on a, first - come first served basis, so please Sign up on the sheet on the Club bulletin, board at the Y or with Jim Sweeney or Walter Burgess.
Sheraton hotel room
Third, we have again reserved a room at the Sheraton on the day of the race. The cost per person is $20.00. We will have drinks, and, snacks in the room. If you would like to change or shower in the room, please bring a gym bag with your change of clothes to the Y on the morning of the marathon. We will have someone bring the bags into the Sheraton during the day so they will be in the room when you finish. Again, please sign up on the sheet on the Club bulletin board at the Y or with Jim Sweeney or Walter Burgess. By the way, there will be no Power Bars, Power Gel or Gu allowed in the room as the sight or smell of them may provoke a violent reaction from anyone, who ran the marathon.
Post Race Party
Fourth, we will return to the Dogwood in Jamaica Plain (directly across from the Forest Hills T stop) for our post - Marathon party at 6:30 p.m. on the night of the marathon. The cost per person is $5.00.The Club is subsidizing the food, drinks are on your own. Please sign up on the sheet on the Club bulletin board at the Y or with Walter.
Finally, if you are volunteering at the marathon in any way, please let the BAA. know that you are with the Parkway Running Club. The BAA. has advised us that volunteering at BAA. events will be a more important factor in the Running Club's invitational number program next year, so it is important that the BAA. knows when a Club member volunteers at a BAA. event.
Good luck to all the PRC members who will be running in the Boston Marathon on April 21 May all your hard work and training pay off and you have a great race The Boston Marathon Health & Fitness expo where you pick up your race number, will be held at the Hynes Convention Center on Saturday April 19 and Sunday, April 20 from 9 am-6 PM
AGE MEN WOMEN 18-34 3hrs 10min 3hrs 40min 35-39 3hrs 15min 3hrs 45min 40-44 3hrs 20min 3hrs 50min 45-49 3hrs 30min 4hrs 00min 5 min jump 50-54 3hrs 35min 4hrs 05min 55-59 3hrs 45min 4hrs 15min 10 min jump 60-64 4hrs 00min 4hrs 30min 20 min jump 65-69 4hrs 15min 4hrs 45min 70 4hrs 30min 5hrs 00min
Traditionally PRC has a lottery for Boston Marathon numbers for club members each year.
The BAA gives the club 5 invitational applications.
Club names are deawn from a hat. You have an opportunity to have your name in the hat several times.
Each volunteer event puts your name in the hat. Each club member has a name in for membership in the club.
The club has a list of events that members can volunteer for.
1. YMCA Triathlon
2. Santa Scamper
3. Tufts health Care 10K
4. Chase Corporate Challenge
also by attending 3 of our 6 club meetings
For example, if you volunteer for 2 of the 4 events listed above, and attend 3 meetings your name will go in the hat 4 times (one for membership alone).
Some of the benefits of a West Roxbury YMCA Membership are:
Access to all the facilities and programs
Wide varity of fitness classes
Aquatic activities auch as lap swim and family swim
Free babysitting service while you work out
Early registration for programs
UPDATE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS
If you change your e-mail address or haven't been getting Club e-mails
lately, please send Walter Burgess your current e-mail address. Walter will keep the
PRC's current e-mail address list. If you need to send a general e-mail to PRC
members, contact Walter.
Walter's e-mail address is: runwalter1@aol.com Walter Burgess
PLEASE REPORT YOUR ROAD RACE RESULTS
You can report your race results
three ways. You can e-mail them to runwalter1@aol.com, Walter Burgess
or drop them off in the club mailbox at the front desk of the YMCA or give them to either Walter Burgess, Francine Hughes or Cindy Gillan.
Our apologies if your results are not included for a particular race. We have a lot of members running a lot of differant races, so we need your help by reporting your results to us.
All members are urged to meet at the "Y" (15 Bellevue Street) for training
and fun runs:
Members who schedules conflict with the regular runs can join Rob's (Kerwn)
Renegades on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 5:25am at the "Y'' for an early
morning run. Distances are usually 5 or 6 miles.
EAT N' RUN
Cindy Gillan will host an Eat n' Run on April 27 following the James Joyce Ramble in Dedham. The race starts at 11:00a.m. The first ones to finish and get over to Cindy's house get the best food! Cindy lives at 236 East Street in Dedham, on the stretch of East St., which is between Dedham center and Washington Street.
Cindy will also take up a collection of t-shirts for donation to a local charity at the Eat N' Run
This will help those less fortunate than us, and will also help you clear out the ever-growing pile of running t-shirts in your closet!
DIRECTIONS TO CINDY & MATT'S: 236 EAST ST, DEDHAM 02026Anyone interested in hosting an EAT N' RUN? We are looking for volunteers. An EAT N' RUN is when a club member will host other club members at their home for a brunch after one of our Saturday morning club runs. It's a nice social event that brings club members together.
Fun Run
The April 10 "Thank Goodness Winter Is Finally Over" Fun Run and Meeting.
Yes, it was a long, cold, snowy Winter. It was very difficult to get outside to run many nights. But finally, spring is here, the snow is almost gone, the days are warmer, and once again there is daylight in the evening. In order to welcome everyone back to running, including the many of us who have not gotten out to run much in the last few months or are new to the Club, we will have a fun run on Thursday evening, April 10, at the regular time, 6:40
p.m. After the fun run, we' will have snacks, pizza and drinks on the Club. If the weather is nice, we will have it outside in the park by the Y. We will also have this as our postponed March meeting. This is a good chance to reconnect with the Club and get started again on a running program.
Have any books at home that other PRC members may be interested in reading?
We would like to start a PRC library. Julie O'Connor has volunteered to be the club "Librarian"
If you have any books about running, training, nutrition, health or any other subjects that you have read and think other PRC members may be interested in reading, you can drop them off with Julie. She will have them to loan out to other PRC members to read.
These books are now available
Sunday, Jan 26, 2003 Boston Prep 16 Miler Derry N.H. Keith Shields 2:01:38 (7:37) Sunday, Feb 2, 2003 Lynn Stew Chase 9.3 Miles Lynn Mass Paul Sutliff 1:06:28 (7:08) Joe Green 1:08:07 (7:18) Ruben Carrizosa 1:12:01 (7:44) Scott Sharek 1:18:51 (8:28) Saturday, Feb 15, 2003 Martha's Vineyard 18 Miler Keith Shields 2:10:10 (7:14) Ricardo Pinzon 2:12:24 (7:22) Bill Grant 2:22:07 (7:54) Emily Frior 2:24:41 (8:03) Setphen Peckiconis 2:26:49 (8:10) Jim Sweeney 2:27:16 (8:11) Dan Kennedy 2:32:31 (8:29) Dorothy Giarla 3:07:02 (10:24) 3rd in Age Walter Burgess 3:08:10 (10:28) Bradford 5 Miler Bradford, MA Scott Sharek 38:55 Saturday February 22, 2003 Outback Steakhouse 12K Chris Hussey 48:05 Sunday February 23, 2003 Foxboro 10 Miler Foxboro, MA Louise brooks 1:14:52 (7:24) Scott Sharek 1:22:00 (8:12) Iliana Taylor 1:25:30 (8:33) Walter Burgess 1:26:28 (8:38) Steve Borbee 1:45:08 (10:31) Sunday March 2, 2003 Stu's 30K Boylston, MA Chris Hussey 2:21:18 (7:35) Ricardo Pinzon 2:26:21 (7:52) Bill Grant 2:26:53 (7:53) Jim Sweeney 2:39:25 (8:34) Walter Burgess 3:09:50 (10:12) Claddagh Pub Lawrence, MA Steve Borbee 36:42 (9:11) Sunday, March 9, 2003 Law Enforcement 1/2 Marathon & 5K 5K Steve Borbee 1/2 Marathon Stephen Peckiconis 1:35:29 Kara Homquist 1:48:11 Julie Connors 1:50:00 Danah Tench 2:05:01 Sunday March 16, 2003New Bedford 1/2 Marathon
PLACE NAME NO. DIV/TOT DIV TOWN FINISH PACE
258 MICHAEL JASKO 928 34/158 M4549 BOSTON MA 1:35:43 7:19
286 JOSEPH GREEN 1218 20/135 M5054 ROSLINDALE MA 1:36:44 7:23
WALTER BURGESS 1:49:55
788 JOHN GOVONI 871 32/64 M5559 BOSTON MA 1:53:31 8:40
1205 JULIA O'CONNOR 958 38/59 F4549 ROSLINDALE MA 2:07:45 9:45
1334 DOROTHY GIARLA 870 5/7 F5559 BOSTON MA 2:15:31 10:21
1351 KAREN MAY 460 ROSLINDALE MA 2:16:54 10:27
S. Boston Boys & Girls Club 5K
Boston, MA
Janice Badessa 21:17 (1st in age)
Rebhayim Romp 5K/10K
Newton, MA
Louise Brooks 45:10 (7:17)
Rasnah-Eireann U.S.A. 3.4 M
Steve Borbee 30:10 (8:53)
Saturday March 22, 2003
Across the Bay 12K
San Francisco CA
Scott Sharek 59:00 (7:54)
Charbo's Run 5M
Ricardo Pinzon 31:37 (6:19)
Paul Sutliff 33:44 (6:45)
Bill Grant 34:58 (7:00)
Judy Mcintyre 41:36 (8:19)
Steve Borbee 46:38 (9:18)
Our apologies if your results are not included for a particular race. We have a lot of members running a lot of differant races, so we need your help by reporting your results to us.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
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Aprin |
May |
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Sarah Hull |
Dorothy Giarla |
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Matt Lawlor |
Angela Rose |
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Illiana taylor |
Joe Bowers |
Traditionally PRC has a lottery for Boston Marathon numbers for club members each year.
The BAA gives the club 5 invitational applications.
Club names are deawn from a hat. You have an opportunity to have your name in the hat several times.
Each volunteer event puts your name in the hat. Each club member has a name in for membership in the club.
The club has a list of events that members can volunteer for.
1. YMCA Triathlon
2. Santa Scamper
3. Tufts health Care 10K
4. Chase Corporate Challenge
also by attending 3 of our 6 club meetings
For example, if you volunteer for 2 of the 4 events listed above, and attend 3 meetings your name will go in the hat 4 times (one for membership alone).
Just a reminder that PRC encourages all runners to start/renew their USA track and Field memberships. Why is this important? For a number of reasons:
(1) Every year, PRC receives a number of waivers for the Boston marathon. These waivers allow runners who have not yet met their qualifying times to "bypass the system" and get an official race number. The number of waivers PRC receives can be related to the # of PRC folks who are active members in USATF. So if you want to run Boston -- or even if you merely want to help out PRC friends who want to run -- your mentership in USATF is really important'
(2) USATF membership is cheap, comes with cool runner benefits (e.g., a local newletter) and is a great way to support the sport we all love....
How do you join USATF? Simple. Goto USATF New England and scroll down to the bottom and click on Membership Benefits. There is a form you can fill out online. Please note, the PRC club # is 176.
PARKWAY RUNNING CLUB
WEST ROXBURY YMCA
15 BELLEVUE STREET
WEST ROXBURY, MA 02132
PRESIDENT: Jim Sweeney
VICE PRESIDENTS: Sarah Hull, Erin Dunne, Stuart Rose
TREASURER: Dorothy Giarla
SECRETARY: Walter Burgess