Parkway Running Club
Newsletter
USA Track & Field club#176 Vol. 9 No.1
"PARKWAY RUNNING IS FUN RUNNING"
February / March
2002
Walter Burgess, Editor
Cindy Gillan,Co-Editor
Webmaster, Mike Jasko
Next Club Meetings: Thursday, March 7, 7:45 pm at the
YMCA
Note: Meetings occur every other month.
Newsletter Index
****** MEMBER NEWS ******
PLEASE REMEMBER TO RENEW YOUR PRC MEMBERSHIP
If you were unable to make the Resolution Run on Jan 1 and would like to renew your
membership early, you can fill out a
membership renewal and leave it in the PRC mailbox at the Y
Please see Jim Swenney if you have renewed and not received a PRC singlet.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Congratulations to Diane Sagnella and Felix Protasi on the birth of their son
Francesco Gabriel Protasi was born at 4 am on Saturday morning Jan 5 and weighed in at 8 lbs 8 oz
This is the first child for Diane & Felix and we wish them a lifetime of happiness with their new son.
A Message from Felix,
Diane and I are very happy to introduce you to our son Francesco Gabriel.
We would like to thank you for everything you have all done for us and we hopr to see you soon.
A presto
Ciao
Diane and Feliciano
Our deepest sympathy and condolences to Louise Brooks on the loss of her father.
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Notes From the President
THANK YOU.--Thanks again to everyone for the tremendous amount of help in putting on the Santa Scamper. Together, we were able to donate $4634.00 to Globe Santa. We had over 300 entrants for the 5K race, and more than 30 for the kids race. I would like to particularly thank the members the members of the Scamper Committee, Angela Rose, Carol Hani, Sarah Hull, Keith Shields and Jon Connor. They contributed creative ideas, lots of energy and many hours of work to make the race a success again this year. I would also like to thank the many people who organized the race in past years, particularly Julie Connors and Diane Smith, because they laid such a strong foundation for the race.
Sponsor-- As you may have noticed from the new PRC singlets, we are now being sponsored by Sally Coyne Real Estate. They have contributed $1000 to the Club to be our sponsor for this year. We are exploring ways to use their sponsorship to enhance the Club's activities. We will be discussing that further at our March meeting. Eavan's brother Ultan Connolly is with Sally Coyne Real Estate and was instrumental in helping to arrange the sponsorship. Be sure to keep Sally Coyne Real Estate in mind if you or someone you know is looking for real estate.
Singlets --Many thanks to Erin Dunne for all her work in designing and ordering the new singlets for the Club. Although it is a bit chilly to wear them now, we'll be looking good in the new singlets this summer! If you haven't picked up your singlet yet, please see me. I will have them with me at the Y for the next few weeks. Of course, you have to renew your membership for the year to get your singlet
** As always, please remember to be courteous to other Y members when we meet for our runs. The Y gets quite busy this time of year, and be sure to keep theexercise room ramp and corridor open. Enjoy the winter running and be sure to watch out when the roads are dark and slippery! Jim
BOSTON MARATHON NUMBERS
The Parkway Running Club had its annual Boston Marathon number lottery on Jan 1 after the Resolution Run.
Congratulations to the following PRC members who will receive a number for the 2002 Boston Marathon.
1) Carol Hani 2) Karen Powers 3) Linda Moraski 4) Sarah Hull 5) Rob Kerwin
Good luck to them and everyone else in the PRC, who will be running the Boston Marathon as they begin their training for the big day.
Five alternates were also picked.
1) Jon Connor 2) Mike Jasko 3) Ursula Kelly 4) Pam Bashian
5) J.T Lenoch
They will receive a number in the order they were chosen if any of the top 5 can not participate
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SKI WEEKEND
The weekend will be March 8-10. The accommodations will be at the Cranmore Mt Lodge. This is the same place that Tom Purcell used for his Mt Wash hike in August of 2000, so any of you that went on that hike will be familiar with it.
Its located in North Conway, right next to Mt Cranmore. Cross country trails are right outside the lodge and downhill skiing can be done at nearby Attitash, Wildcat and Black Mt. Also ice skating can be done at their lighted ice skating pond. The lodge has an outdoor heated pool and Jacuzzi, restaurant and the outlet stores of North Conway are nearby.
The cost per person will be $105 for the weekend. That is based on 2 people sharing a room. The price includes 2 nights lodging (Fri-sat) and 2 breakfasts. Lift tickets for skiing are not included in that price but discount tickets are available.
I will need a firm commitment by anyone who wants to go, by Jan 5. You can either contact me at runwalter1@aol.com or Linda at lmoraski@hotmail.com . Money does not have to be sent at this moment but your reply will obligate you for the $105 even if you have to cancel later, because after Jan 5, I will reserve the amount of rooms we need based on the replies I receive and hold it on a credit card. I will need the money within the following 2 weeks.
You don't need to go skiing to enjoy this weekend. There are so many other things to do in the North Conway area, but the base price for everyone for the weekend will be $105 and depending on what type of skiing you want to do, the price will be a bit higher.
Once I receive the replies from everyone. I will make the reservations and send out the final details with directions to everyone that is going.
You can check out the Cranmore Mt Lodge. Best wishes to everyone for a safe and Happy New Year
Walter
Welcome to new members
Catherine Lyons, Sally Pym, Janice Kerwin and Kerry Romano
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
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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VANCOUVER MARATHON 2001
Not qualified for the Boston Marathon! Cant get a number or want to run a different marathon then Boston next year
How about the Vancouver Marathon in Vancouver Canada (May 5th, 2002)
We would like to get a group of PRC members together to go out to Vancouver next spring to run the marathon
Vancouver is a very scenic city and the marathon has about 3,000 entries. A few members have already expressed interest, so the more the merrier and with the exchange rate being so good for the American dollar compared to the Canadian dollar, good deals can be had.
Race details can be found at Vancouver Marathon
Vermont City Marathon, May 26, 2002
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Globe Santa Scamper 5K & Kids Run
CONGRATULATION TO PRC, OVER $4,500.00 RASIED FOR GLOBE SANTA
Date: Sunday December 16th, 2001
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: West Roxbury YMCA
Thanks to everyone who made the Santa Scamper Road race a big success. It takes a lot of hard work and effort to organize a race like this. It was nice how the club pulled together to make sure the race went off as smoothly as it did A special thanks goes to Angela Rose, Carol Hani, Sarah Hull, Keith Shields, Jon Connor and Jim Sweeney, the Santa Scamper committee, who worked very hard on the race details.
The race could not have been as sucessful as it was without all the support from everyone in the PRC. This race is a good way to promote our club and with 280 runners we were able to raise over $4,500 for Globe Santa
The following PRC members all participated in the race.
Chris Hussey 17:23 (5:36)1st age, Brian Savage 18:30 (5:58), Stephen Peckiconis 18:34 (5:59), Matthew Lawlor 20:04 (6:28),
Ken Klau 20:08 (6:30), Ricardo Pinzon 20:27 (6:36), John Donnelly 20:44 (6:41), Julie Hussey 20:56 (6:45) , Louise Brooks 21:08 (6:49), Stuart Rose 21:43 (7:00), Walter Burgess 22:27 (7:15), Chris Sargent 25:24 (8:12), Stacy Brennan 25:40 (8:17), Angela Tragos 26:42 (8:37), Francine Ronan 27:07 (8:45), Steve Borbee 27:28 (8:52), Sally Pym 27:53 (9:00), Jack Harrington 28:00 (9:02), John Govoni 29:18 (9:27), Dorothy Giarla 29:18 (9:27), Diane Setteducati 29:51 (9:38), Nancy Radford 29:57 (9:40), Catherine Lyons 30:10 (9:44), J.T Lenoch 30:12 (9:45), Janice Kerwin 34:46 (11:13)
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Resolution Run
Jan 1, 2002
The Parkway Running club had its annual Resolution Run on New Years Day and it was a big success. 48 members renewed their memberships and 3 new members joined the club.
The day began with membership renewal in the gym at the YMCA. Then at 10 am we all headed outside for our first club run of the New Year. The run conisisted of varying distances. After the run, we all headed back to the gym for a brunch
The highlight of the brunch was the drawing of the 5 Boston Marathon numbers that the Parkway Running Club had
The day ended with some members heading to Doyle's Cafe in Jamiaca Plain
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BEST BUDDIES BIKE RIDE
On May 18, 2002; I am cycling 85 miles from the JFK Library in Boston to the Kennedy Compound in
Hyannis Port as a rider in the 3rd Annual Hyannis Port Challenge. The challenge is a fund raising event
that supports Best Buddies, a non-profit Organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people,
with mental retardation by providing Qpportunities for one to one friendships and 'integrated'
employment opportunities'. In order to 'participate, I have' to' raise; $1000. All money raised by riders
.directly benefits "Best Buddies international.'
I am honored to'have the opportunity to make a diffencence and appreciate any support you could
provide in helping me attain my fund raising goal.
If you would like to make a contribution, you can do so with a check or credit card. You can send
your information to me at 100 Belgrade Avenue, Roslindale, MA 02131
Thank you inn advance for your generosity. If you want to learn more about Best Buddies,
you can check their web site at
Best Buddies Thanks again for your support
Cheers!
Linda Moraski
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.
BAA 1/2 MARATHON, PRC MEN'S TEAMS (MASTERS) FOURTH PLACE
PARKWAY RUNNING CLUB
1:34:06 1:38:06 1:40:55 1:42:56 2:09:17 = 8:45:20
MICHAEL JASKO, JAMES LALONDE, JOHN DONNELLY,
CHRISTOPHER SARGENT,
ROBERT KERWIN
1. BAA 6:59:39
2. L Street Running Club 7:54:07
3. North Medford Club 8:10:38
4. Parkway Running Club 8:45:20
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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.
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.
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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
- Monday, December 31, 2001
Last Night 5K
Somveville, MA
Chris Hussey 17:50 (5:44) ist in age
- Tuesday, Jan 1, 2002
News Year Day Run 4 miler
Steve Borbee 36:56 (9:14)
- Sunday, Jan 6, 2002
Cape Cod Road Runner
Bourne, MA
Steve Borbee 43:16
The Great Stew Chase
Lynn, MA, February 3, 2002
PLAC FIRST NAME LAST S AG TIME PACE DIV/TOT DIV NO. CITY ST
37 STEPHEN PECKICONIS M 42 1:01:53 6:39 6/34 M4044 300 ROSLINDALE MA
80 MICHAEL JASKO M 48 1:06:31 7:09 6/29 M4549 213 BOSTON MA
98 MATTHEW LAWLOR M 32 1:07:50 7:17 34/71 M0139 211 ROSLINDALE MA
97 JOE GREEN M 50 1:07:50 7:17 11/42 M5054 58 ROSLINDALE MA
114 KARA HOLMQUIST F 32 1:09:51 7:30 25/80 F0139 289 BOSTON MA
119 STUART ROSE M 36 1:10:10 7:32 4/6 M3039 223 WEST ROXBURY MA
136 WALTER BURGESS M 38 1:12:08 7:45 43/71 M0139 312 QUINCY MA
137 JOHN DONNELLY M 42 1:12:08 7:45 18/34 M4044 102 DORCHESTER MA
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.
NEW RACE RESULTS WILL BE POSTED SOON
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS
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February |
March |
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Margie Canty |
Kay O'Malley |
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J.T. Lenoch |
Jon Connor |
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Brendan O'Connel |
Tricia Thomas |
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Keith Shields |
Judi Sargent |
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Rachel McGregor |
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Julie Hussey |
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Erica Pilat |
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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....
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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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