Welcome to our newest member Giovanni Taylor (ILiana's husband)& Edward Sheehy
Congratulations to Erin Dunne & Carol Hani on their recent marriages
Erin was married on May 10th to Keith Mercer and Carol was married on May 17 to Ian Agranat
We wish both these couple all the best and may you have a lifetime of love and happiness
To the Awesome Members of PRC
On behalf of Carol and Erin, thank you all for the wonderful cards, wedding gifts and "Bride's Night Out" party! We are touched at the Club's thoughtfulness and generosity.
While we are running every day in Hawaii and Italy (yeah right!), we will be planning how to spend our Crate & Barrel gift certificates! Thanks again! Carol & Erin
Thank You To the Parkway Running Club:
I want to thank everyone who contributed to the gift you gave my son Walter.
Your thoughtfulness and generosity in regards to the money you gave so I can get a plane ticket and see him participate in the Ironman triathlon in October was greatly appreciated
I know you are a great group of people, who care for each other and this act of generosity of yours has reinforced it for me Thank you
Walter Burgess Sr
Member news
Cindy Gillan & Matt Hickey have set a date for their wedding. Cindy and Matt will tie the knot on Aug 8, 2003
A reminder to everyone, that if your home address/email address/or phone number changes, let me know so i can keep the clubs list up to date Thank you
EAT N' RUN
Anyone 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.
Directions to our house are Take 128 North to Route 2 West. Go through the first light ( Bedford Road) on Rt. 2. At the second light on Rt. 2 you have to turn left to stay on Rt. 2. Go straight through the 3rd light on Rt. 2 ( this is the intersection to 126 and Walden Pond). At the 4th light, take a left onto Sudbury Road. Our house is on the right #970 Sudbury Road. Home phone number is 978 369 4456.
A big THANK YOU to everyone who came to the Eat 'N Run after the James Joyce Ramble and donated T-shirts. As usual, there was more eating than running with such a short rest period after the marathon.
The shirts (many bags :) ) were dropped off at Goodwill Memorial last weekend. Be certain that whoever wears them will be grateful to be so dressed in such sportive fashion! Thanks for your generosity and willingness to give up those hard-earned T-shirts.......Cindy
Great Mass Getaway
Hi,
Hope everyone had a nice weekend in spite of another rainy day on Saturday. Two weeks from now on June 21-22, I will be participating in the Great Mass Getaway. This is a 2 day 150 mile bike ride from Quincy to Provincetown to support the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
This ride helps raise needed funds for the MS society to help people afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis. A coworker of mine has MS and I can see how debilitating this disease can be at times and how much help events like this bike rides helps the MS Society raise needed funds to help people like my coworker
I need to raise a minimum of $400 to participate. This is my 4th year doing this event. In previous years, I have participated in this bike ride with other members of the PRC, but this year, I am the only one. If anyone would like to help me in my fundraising, any donation no matter how small would be greatly appreciated and can either be mailed to me at 55 Greentree Lane, #47, Weymouth Ma 02190, make the check out to the MS Society, or a donation can be made on line at
RACE OF THE MONTH (July)
Plymouth Road Race Saturday, July 12 @ 8:00am (Rain or Shine) 5 Mile Run 2 Mile Walk
Check out details on http://members.tripod.com/roadrunners _2/page4.html
FOLLOWED BY: SUMMER BARBECUE at the home of MARNEY & BILL KELLY hosted by JOHN GOVONI & DOROTHY GIARLA 123 Fairview Lane Plymouth, MA
Directions and details will be forthcoming. Registration forms will be at the Y soon! Bring the whole family! Please RSVP regarding the BBQ to Dorothy Giarla @ giarla@enders.tch.harvard.edu or 617-323-38
Stephen Peckiconis and Julie Hussey
Congratulations to Stephen Peckiconis and Julie Hussey for their recent running achievements
Stephen participated in the Mother's Day Six hour Run in Palmer State park in Bradley Ma Stephen ran 37 miles and finished in 4th place. Way to go Stephen. That is a lot of miles
Julie Hussey finished first women at the JCC Striar 10k road race
Please save the date, September 28th, 2003 for the Triathlon.
The PRC has been such a big part of this event since day 1 and we?d love to have you back as particants/volunteers/cheering squad!! More details to come? If you know you can volunteer, please email - Francine Ronan at fronan2000@yahoo.com I think since the event began 6 years ago, several PRC members have gotten the TRI-BUG, it is a great sport and we are glad to keep it going..but need a lot of help, especially with me (Francine) living on Long Island and due for baby #2 Oct 18th. We have a new bike route thanks to many helpers, ESP Cindy Gillan, Jon Connors, Erin Dunne, and John Donnelly. It was a time consuming effort and we are so lucky to have you guys!! The loop will be DOUBLE 4 mile loop. This loop avoids some danger spots and also reduces the number of volunteers. Route has been approved by the Boston Police and Steve Hughes is in the process of bringing the event before the Boston Events Committee for confirmation. Another change to the event to ?speed it up? is the swim. We will have our slow est Swim heat enter the pool at 7:40. The roads are open for bikes at 8:00. This way we?ll have them on the road right about 8:00?Next heat, our speed swimmers and as one comes out of the pool., the next swimmer goes in. No more waiting for a heat to end . We expect this will speed up the event by at least 1 hour. This is helpful for all involved, the participants volunteers and especially the Police Departments. Swimmers will be wearing colored swim caps to help keep track of them (counting laps). We hope these changes will improve our event and make it even more enjoyable for everyone! Please see our web page for applications:
www.westroxburytriathlon.homestead.com
Top 10 reasons "It may be time to take time off from running due to illness and or injury
A BIG Thanks to everyone who volunteered for the Chase Corporate Challenge.
Your guys are AWESOME. Another fine day. The rain held off. We managed to stay dry and had a great time afterwards going out for Mexican food.
Thanks for supporting the local running community and the PRC.
We had 16 volunteers and netted $480 for the club. Well done!!
Thanks to the volunteers:
Sarah Hull
THANKS AGAIN!!!!
Tom Purcell
Boston Marathon
Keith Shields Emily Firor Kara Holmquist Stuart Rose Stephen Peckiconis Janice Badessa
Ruben Carrizosa Dan Kennedy Peter Meagher Rob Kerwin Julie Connors Chris Hussey
Billy Grant Jay Crawford Iliana Taylor Ray Gonzalez Julia Kim-Hiltunen Patricia Cavanaugh
Danah Tench Kay O'Malley Matt O'Malley Megan Kellly Jim Sweeney Ricardo Hernandez-Pinzon
Ottawa Marathon
John Govoni Walter Burgess Dorothy Giarla Julie O'Connor (1/2 Mar)
You all should be very proud of your accomplishment. It takes a lot of hard work and some luck to get to the starting line of a marathon and it all pays off when you cross that finish line and get that medal Thanks to everyone in the club who helped with support during the marathon training. It was very much appreciated.
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
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.
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
Chris Hussey 31:13 (6:15)
Stephen Peckiconis 33:40 (6:43)
Stuart Rose 34:52 (6:58)
Keith Shields 35:25 (7:05)
Kara Holmquist 35:56 (7:11) 2nd/age group (30-39)
Janice Badessa 36:52 (7:22) 3rd/age group (30-39)
Walter Burgess 38:39 (7:44)
Judy Mcintyre 39:58 (7:59) 3rd/age group (40-49)
Cindy Gillan 41:35 (8:19)
Mike DeMattia 43:30 (8:43)
Julie Connors 44:55 (8:59)
Iliana Taylor 48:54 (9:46)
Giovanni Taylor 48:55 (9:46)
Steve Borbee 53:24 (10:40)
Julia Kim 54:06 (10:49)
Team results
Women Masters -- 1st place Parkway Running club $75
Women Open -- 2nd place Parkway Running club $50
Mens Open -- 3rd place Parkway Running club $25
Firecracker 4 Miler
Swampscott Ma
Jim Sweeney 28:35 (7:09)
Norwood Firecracker 5k
Maureen Larkin 20:28 (6:36) 1st/age group (30-39)
Walter Burgess 22:04 (7:07) 2nd/Veterans division
Chris Sargent 23:03 (7:27)
Steve Borbee 31:46 (10:15)
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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June |
July |
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Andy Ronan |
John Govoni |
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Joe Green |
Willie Williams |
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Maureen Larkin |
Jim Sweeney |
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Brian Savage |
Mark Thorton |
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Linda Moraski |
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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