Parkway Running Club
Newsletter
USA Track & Field club#176 Vol. 9 No.5
"PARKWAY RUNNING IS FUN RUNNING"
October / November
2002
Walter Burgess, Editor
Cindy Gillan,Co-Editor
Webmaster, Mike Jasko
Next Club Meetings: Thursday, November 7th, 7:45 pm at the
YMCA
Note: Meetings occur every other month.
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****** MEMBER NEWS ******
PRC HOLIDAY PARTY
PRC is having a Holiday Party at the Milky Way Lounge & Lanes (403 Centre Street, JP) on Sunday, December 22nd @ 6-9pm. This is a very funky place with bowling lanes, pool tables and great pizza - the same place as last year. Hope you can make it!
The Club will pay for the bowling lanes and subsidize the tax and tip, but each member would be responsible for $16 for food (appetizers, Caesar Salad and an assortment of gourmet pizzas), plus whatever beverages consumed at the cash bar. Kids will only be $8.
Please e-mail me to let me know how many in your party. Then, you can send a check to me at 183 Beech Street, Boston, MA 02131 or leave it at the Y. We need to collect the money up front.
If you are interested, please RSVP to
Dorothy Giarla
or 617-323-3831 - BEFORE NOVEMBER 21.
Dorothy Giarla
Administrative Assistant
for Leonard I. Zon, M.D.
HHMI
Children's Hospital
320 Longwood Ave.
Enders 761
Boston, MA 02115
Telephone 617-355-7707
Fax 617-738-5922
http://zon.tchlab.org/
Come join the McGregors for some Christmas cheer!
Bring the kids!
Date: Saturday, December 14
Time: 4:00 to 8:00
Place: 53 Nedham Street, Dedham
No running, no rain date
The Parkway Running club has now reached 100 Members. Welcome to our newest members Elizabeth and Paul Sutliff who joined the club last week. Elizabeth is our 99th member and Paul becomes our 100th member. The PRC has never had 100 members so this is a first
Also a reminder to everyone that if you are interested in running on Thanksgiving morning, to meet at the Walter St. gate of the Arnold Arboretum at 9 am
Best wishes to everyone for a Happy Thanksgiving holiday
Willie Williams will be hosting a fundraising event for the Leukemia Society on Friday DEC 13th at the Brighton Elks Lodge in Brighton.
Details of the event can be found in the PRC newsletter which is being mailed out Monday or contact Willie willeez1@hotmail.com for more info
** CLUB ELECTIONS **
Sarah Hull & Stuart Rose were both candidates for the open Vice President spot being vacated by Tom Purcell. After much discussion at the last club meeting in November, the Club members present at the meeting voted overwhelmingly that there was more than enough work to add a sixth member to the Board, so both Sarah and
Stuart will be joining the Board for the upcoming year.
Congratulations to Rob Kerwin on his Ironman triathlon finish.
Rob completed the Lake Placid NY Ironman
triathlon on July 28th in 16:13:30. This was Rob's second ironman triathlon
Welcome to new members, Millie Resha, Julie Donohue, Patti Cavanaugh and Trish Rohrer
Congratulations to Carol Hani and Ian Agranat on their recent engagement. The big day is set for May 17, 2003
Carol would also like everyone to know her new address and phone # which is..970 Sudbury Road, Concord Ma 02174...978-369-4456
Arlene DiSalvo and Peter Hirsch will tie the knot on Oct 13. We wish them all the best in their life together
Maureen Larkin finished in the top 100 of women in the Falmouth Road race. She finished 90th overall and is qualified for next years race. Great run Maureen!
Congratulations to John Mulkern & his wife Monica on their recent new home purchase
; John and Monica now live in Foxborough
Trish Rohrer & Julia Kim participated in the Reach the Beach relay race in New Hampshire on Sept 28th
Anouncements
Good luck to all the PRC members who are running a fall marathon.
We have members running the New York City, Philadelphia, Cape Cod, Mystic, Ocean State marathons to name a few
May your trianing go well and you all have a great race
Congratulations to Stephen Peckiconis who ran the Ocean State Marathon yesterday in Rhode Island. Stephen finished the marathon in 3:47:35. Way to go Stephen! Another marathon under your belt
Good luck to Janice Badessa who will be running the Bay State Marathon next Sunday (Oct 20) in Lowell. May you have a good day and a great race Janice
Francine Ronan ran in the Hartford 1/2 marathon on Saturday and finished in 1:54:24. Great run Francine!
Due to recent thefts at the Y, it is
advised not to bring valuables into the Y. If you must bring valuables, make sure they are locked in a locker or given to the front desk until you return from your run
Also make sure to lock your car while parked in the Y parking lot
The new address for Felix Protasi & Diane Sagnella is Via Nettuno 105, Primo Piano/Interno4, Francavilla Al Mare
66023 (CH) Italia
Membership update: The PRC continues to grow. As of Sept 30th, The PRC has 94 members
I would like to thank each and every one of you who participated in the Lake Winnipesaukee Relay this year; what a great success! Also, a special thanks to those folks who didn't run, but made great contributions to the weekend by driving the course,
dropping off and picking up runners, and most importantly,
enthusiastically cheering our teams as we made our way around the lake. Its quite a long day for the runners probably more so for you, so I think that I speak for the entire group when I say much appreciated!.
A special tip of the hat goes to Janice Badessa and Willie Williams. Janice not only accepted her fate as the sucker who runs the last leg, but stepped up to the plate and ran another leg in the middle of the race when we lost some team
members. Willie vowed to show up at Winni no matter what, despite not even appearing on the roster of any team... a man without a leg!! He wowed us with sheer will and determination (in addition to his penchant for Advil every couple of miles) while he picked off at least 5 runners over 8 miles, absolutely nailing the pace we needed to make the 5:15 cutoff at leg 8. How appropriate it was that he passed the baton to Janice. That's teamwork.
I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did heres to next year!!
Cheers!
Chris
Editors note: Thank you to Kim Dooley, a
coworker of Dorothy Giarla's for coming up to Lake Winnie and helping us by running one leg of the relay for one of our teams
Also great job by John Govoni, John Donnelly
Cindy Gillan, Jon Connor & Chris Sargent, who were fighting injuries of some sort, but were still able to participate and complete their leg of the relay
;
Results
PRC Team #1 8:34:51
PRC Team #3 9:34:58
PRC Team #2 9:43:13
Notes from the club president
SAVE THE DATE
-- The Parkway Running Club's Santa Scamper is scheduled for December 15, 2003 at 11:00, with a Kid's Race at 10:45. Please save the date. We really need all the volunteers we can use that day. We will also need quite a bit of help in organizing the race, so watch your emails and the bulletin board at the Y and please help out whenever you can. Thanks.
ELECTIONS
It may be hard to believe, but another year is quickly coming to an end and it is time for elections to the PRC Board. Nominations for any of the five Board positions (President, two Co-Vice Presidents, Secretary and Treasurer) may be made by email to Club Secretary Walter Burgess
(runwalter1@aol.com) or by leaving a note in the PRC mailbox at the Y. Each of the current Board members is willing to serve again, except for
Co-Vice President Tom Purcell. Please send in any nominations by October 15. If there are any
contested positions, we will have voting at the November Board meeting and for a short time thereafter.
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1st Annual Mount Desert Island Marathon
Hi. I am writing to tell you about an exciting event for Marathon Runners.
The 26.2 mile world class event is the 1st Annual Mount Desert Island Marathon
which will be held on Sunday, 20 October 2002. The event location is on
Mount Desert Island, Maine where beautiful Acadia National Park is located.
Go to http://www.mdimarathon.org . I think it's going to be a great run.
Greetings from the MDI Marathon! A friend of yours, Ricardo hernandez-Pinzon
sent this to you from the Mount Desert Island Marathon website.
This will be a World Class Event of 26.2 miles on 20 October 2002.
We would certainly enjoy having your participation.
Check out the official website, http://www.mdimarathon.org, or
Email us at Marathon@MDIMarathon.org for more information
BOSTON MARATHON Qualifying Times
"We are different, in essence, from other men. If you want to win something, run 100 meters. If you want to experience something, run a marathon."
--Emil Zatopek
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Two quick things here. First, those of you who are 45+ (or
planning to get there soon enough) or 55+, the BAA have an
extra-special gift. 5 and 10 minutes, respectively, added to
you BAA qualifying times for 2003! And 4 hours for the 60 yo
crowd. Just as an example, that means a 3:45 for John Govoni
and 4:15 for Dorothy. Definitely something attainable! And did
you run an almost fast enough time at Bay State in Oct 2001?
You might have just retroactively qualified.
With the BAA crowd getting larger each year and times getting
slower everywhere, I don't agree with watering down the Boston
Marathon even more than it already is. But I guess this is the
new reality. The chip times are probably making this easier and
the proper seeding means faster runners shouldn't be bothered so
much. Wonder if they are throwing out the supposed
15,000-runner limit?
This means that in 2004 I'll only need a 3:30 instead of a 3:25.
But I'm one of those guys who'd rather have the challenge of
needing a 3:25 instead of a 3:30. It means more that way. I'm
interested in hearing opinions of others and I'm guessing this
will be well received. I definitely think I might need this
when Im 64!
http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/Qualifying.asp
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
LOOKING FOR ADVERTISERS
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The rate is $30.00 for 6 issues of the newsletter.
Update E-Mail
If your email/home address or phone # changes, Please let me know runwalter1@aol.com
so I can keep the club list up to date
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Please remember to be courteous to YMCA members when we are meeting for our runs. Many times when we meet before or after a run, we have a large group of very chatty runners! Remember that others are using the Y as well, and avoid blocking the hallway or the ramp leading to the exercise room. The exercise room is more crowded now that there are many new pieces of equipment, so please try not to monopolize the limited area available to stretch.
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YMCA Discount
As a member of the PRC you are entitled to a 20% discount off a YMCA membership.
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.
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PRC MEET/RUN FROM WEST ROXBURY YMCA
All members are urged to meet at the "Y" (15 Bellevue Street) for training
and fun runs:
Tuesday 6:40PM - Thursday 6:40PM - Saturday 8:30 AM - Sunday 9:00
AM
ADDITIONAL 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.
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EAT N' RUN?
Congratulations to all the PRC participants (volunteers and runners) in the second annual BAA HALF MARATHON.
Thanks to all for attending our post race Eat n' Run party.
Jean Sarno & Mike Jasko
The PRC had one more Great Event Thanks to Walter Burgess For hosting an August Eat n' Run.
Thanks to
Ruben Carrizosa. Ruben hosted an EAT'N RUN on April 27, 2002
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.
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PRC LIBRARY
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
- Adventure Running ( the 100 Greatest Runs in Norths America) by Jerry Schad
- Strectching by Bob Anderson
- Running after 40 by the editors of Runner's World
- Running Injury-Free by Joe Ellis
- Marathon (The Ultimate Training and Racing Guide) by Hal Higdon
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ROAD RACE RESULTS
HI
Congratulations to all our Philadelphia marathoners. Here are the results
Mike Jasko 3:38:37
Sarah Hull 4:15:41 (PR)
Julie O'Connor 4:17:22
Carol Hani 4:23:36
Dorothy Giarla 4:42:54
Ursula Kelly 5:12:18
Great job by everyone! You should all be proud of your results
BAA HALF MARATHON
Brian Savage 1:26:46
Chris Hussey 1:29:10
Keith Shields 1:30:12
Ricardo Pinzon 1:31:37
Mike Jasko 1:38:39
Chris Sargent 1:44:51
Karen Powers 1:46:17
Rubin Carrizosa 1:48:15
Janice Badessa 1:51:54
ILiana Taylor 1:51:54
Julie O'Connor 2:07:08
Rob Kerwin 2:08:16
Janice Kerwin 2:08:16
Eavan Mages 2:08:16
Carol Hani 2:09:47
Rachel McGregor 2:11:07
Trish Rohrer 2:12:04
J.T. Lenoch 2:13:04
Kay O'Malley 2:15:00
Here are the team results from the B.A.A 1/2 marathon. The Parkway Running club did very well. The men finished 2nd in the Open division and 2nd in the Masters division
The Parkway women finished 9th in the female open division and 4th in the female masters division. Great job by everyone.
Male open team results (Top 4)
1) B.A.A 6:02:26
2) Parkway Running club 7:36:58
3) Somerville Road Runners 7:44:56
4) L. Street Running club 7:54:15
Male masters team results (Top 4)
1) B.A.A 7:31:56
2) Parkway 8:08:46
3) L. Street 8:23:47
4) Boston Police 8:38:36
Female open team results
1) B.A.A 4:37:15
2) Team Envision 4:53:07
9) Parkway 5:31:09
Female masters team results (Top 4)
1) L. Street 5:34:00
2) Winchester Running club 5:40:20
3) Boston Police 5:47:50
4) Parkway Running Club 6:04:47
Congratulations to everyone on a great race and thanks to all the
Volunteers and runners for attending our Eat N' Run after the race.
Mike Jasko and Jean Sarno
Results from the Timberman 1/2 Ironman triathlon and Sharon triathlon that a few PRC members participated in
Timberman 1/2 Ironman triathlon (swim 1.2 m...Bike 56 m...Run 13.1 m)
Lake Winniepausekee N.H
Keith Shields 6:23:55
Louise Brooks 6:42:55
Walter Burgess 6:43:20
Pam Bashian 8:19:43
Sharon Triathlon (swim .5 m....Bike 12.2 m.....run 4.4 m)
Sharon Ma
Maureen Larkin 1:35:16
Cindy Gillan 1:39:20
MORE 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 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.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
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October |
November |
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John Cotton |
Rob Kewin |
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Cindy Gillian |
Tom Purcell |
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Peter Meagher |
Chris Sargent |
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Feliciano Protasi |
Diane Sagnella / Protasi |
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Walter Burgess |
Pam Bashian |
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Rachel Kreks |
Janice Badessa |
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Kara Holmquist |
Ricardo-Hernadez-Pinzon |
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Ray Gonzalez |
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CORPORATE CHALLENGE UPDATE (06/13/02)
A BIG Thanks to everyone who volunteered to for the Chase Corporate Challenge.
It was a rainy day, but everyone still showed up and had fun. Thanks for supporting the local running community and the PRC. We had 17 volunteering and netting $510 for the club. Well done!!
Thanks to the volunteers:
Diane Setteducati, Linda L. Moraski, Mike Jasko, Tom Purcell, Beth Deluhunty, Jim Lalonde, Stephen Peckiconis, Arlene DiSalvo, Jean Sarno, Barbara McDermott, Sarah Hull, Jim Sweeney, Carol Hani, Ursula Kelly, Pam Bashian, Bill Lyons, Julie O'Connor, John Govonni .
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HOW TO RECEIVE A PRC BOSTON MARATHON NUMBER
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).
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USATAF MEMBERSHIP
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
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PRESIDENT: Jim Sweeney
CO-VICE PRESIDENT: Tom Purcell & Erin Dunne
TREASURER: Dorothy Giarla
SECRETARY: Walter Burgess
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