Parkway Running Club Newsletter

A long time friend and active club member of thr PRC will be leaving us soon. Francine Ronan will be moving to Long Island N.Y. to be with her husband Andy.

Francine has been a valuable member of the club for many years and her friendship and enthasuism was greatly appreciated and will be misssed . She will be a great addition to any other running club she joins.

Andy, although we haven't known him as long as Francine has become a friend to many of us, and we thank him for all his advice and assistance. The PRC has been honored to have someone who finished 3rd in the 1991 Boston Marathon as a member.

We wish Francine and Andy well. They are a great couple and will be missed

YOU'RE INVITED: To a Farewell Celebration honoring Francine and Andy Ronan

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Glad to have you as members of the club. Hope to see you at our weekly runs, social events and upcoming road races.

New member Margie Canty is offering a Yoga/Stretch class in the Roslindale/West Roxbury area starting in February. If there is enough interest she would offer a class specifically for runners. People can reach her at treelifeyoga@earthlink.com or 617/469-2139.

Congratulations to Evan and Michael Mages on the birth of their son.
Robert Mages was born on January 20th at 9 PM and weighed in at 10 lbs and 6 ozs. It was a long labor for Evan but everyone is doing well. This was their first child and we wish them nothing but a life-time of happiness with their new son.

MARATHON QUOTE: "The Marathon, like most things worth doing, offers risks and rewards. Because it gives a chance to go beyond uaual boundries and at least an equal possibility of failing - the race both attracts and frightens runners"
Joe Henderson, The Complete Marathoner

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All members are urged to meet at the "Y" (15 Bellevue Street) for training and fun runs:

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As former president and also vice president of the PRC I wish Jim Sweeney the best as the future president of the club.
See you all on the roads.
Julie A. Connors

The PRC annual Rosolution Run was held on New Year's Day and was a big success. 43 members renewed their memberships and we had 7 new members join the club. If you haven't renewed your membership yet please do so.

The day began at 9:00 a.m. with membership renewals at the Y in the gym. Then at 10:00 a.m. weall headedoutfor arun of varyingdistances. At 11:00 we had abrunch in the gym, where we got to mingle,talk and meet new members. The highlight of the brunch was the drawing of the Boston Marathon numbers , also out going President Julie Connors was presented with a bottle of wine and a gift certificate to Runners Edge as a thank you from everyone for all her hard work as president of the club for over the past three years. The day ended with some members heading to Doyle's Cafe.

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A special thanks goes to Julie Connors for all her hard work organizing this race. Rachel McGregor for coordinating the volunteers. Beth Delahunty for taking care of the raffle prizes. Rob Kerwin for organizingthe Kids Race and to everyone else in the PRC who volunteered to make this race a success.

This race is a good way to promote our club and with 200 runners we were able to Raise money for the YMCA Reach Out program. The following members participated in the race

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Members who schedules conflict with the regular runs can join Rob's (Kerwn) Renegades on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 6am at the "Y'' for an early morning run. Distances are usually 5 or 6 miles.

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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Entry frms for the NEY YORK CITY MARATHON , November 4th are available online or by mail. To apply online, go to NEY YORK CITY MARATHON
or send a self addresses stamped envelope to:

All completed entries accompanied by a $7 nonrefundable processing fee must be returned by June 1 to be eligible for the random drawing thet will fill most of the 30,000 spots in the field.

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Another New Year is upon us. Lets hope that 2001 is a good year for every member of the Parkway Running Club and a good year for the Club itself.

As secretary of the club, I am responsible for the club E-mail, phone and address lists, so if you have any changes in address, phone or E-mail, please let me know, so I may keep the club lists up to date and you won't miss any important club info. Also, if you have any info that yoy want to send out to the club, send it to me and I'll send it out via club E-mail.

I now have a scanner installed with my computer, so if you have any pictures you would like to see in the newsletter, I can scan them in.

Walter's E-mail address is: runwalter1@aol.com Walter Burgess

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Are you running the Boston Marathon and loking to do a long run? Then this race is for you. Make this yourlast long racebefore Boston.

Designed as a Pre-Boston Marithon training race, The Eastern States 20 Miler (formerly the Border to Border) racce is run in three states, through 7 towns, Starting at theTriap Academy in Kittery Maine, the race runs through historic Portsmouth N.H. alongscenic Route1A overlooking the Athlantic to the finish in Salisbury, MA.

The "RUN FOR THE BORDER" 10 Miler is run from Rye Beach N.H. to Salisbury, MA.

for more info phone: 781-340-0616 or E-mail: Don Allison

The Parkway Running Club had it's annual Boston Marathon number lottery in January 1 after the "Resolution Run". The following PRC membes will receive numbers for this years marathon.

Jim Sweeney, John Donnolly, Kay O'Malley, John Govoni, Ricardo-Hernandez-Pinzon

Congratulations and best of luck in your training.

Their were also five alternates chosen. Peter Meagher, J.T. Lenoch, Tony Moscaritolo, Carol Hani, Keith Shields

They will receive a number in the order they were chosen if any of the top 5 can not participate

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. Diane's 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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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. Piease note, the PRC club # is 176.

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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