Parkway Running Club Newsletter

Whether you qualified or not, you should be very proud of your achievement You all had a goal in mind, and went out there and put in the months of training and long runs, and it all paid off when you crossed that finish line and received your medal.

A big thank you goes out to all the club members who, even though they weren' t running the marathon, helped out with support during the months of training to make sure everyone would have a successful marathon also thank you to Sarah Hull and Melissa Moore on the work they did getting the hotel room ready for all our tired marathoners and for their own unique awards they handed out at the Dogwood at our celebration. It was fun and very much appreciated

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

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Good luck to Rachel McGregor, Pam Costello and Steve Peciconis in their upcoming marathons.

Rachel and Pam will be running the Vermont City Marathon on May 28. Rachel will be raising money for the Scleroderma Foundation.

Steve will be running the Comrades Marathon (54 miles!) in South Africa on June 16.

May you all have a great race Congratulations to Alex Narinsky on his marathon finish. Alex completed the Fred's Marathon, which was held in Worcester on April 16

Julie Connors ,Walter Burgess, Ton Purcell and Beth Delahunty are participating in the Great Mass Getaway Cycling Tour June 24-25, to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Bill Roach by running the Boston Marathon raised $2,200 for Spaulding Rehab as part of the Hospital's Run for Rehab Marathon Challenge.

Welcome to new member: Robin Williams

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

You can report your race results three ways.
#1 You can-e-mail them to runwalterl@aol.can, #2 drop them off in the club mailbox at the front desk of the YMCA or #3 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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FALL MARATHONS
Now that the Boston marathon is over, you may be thinking of doing a fall marathon.
Listed below are a few of the fall marathons.

The New York City and Marine Corp Marathons are filled and not accepting anymore entries for this year.

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Chase Corporate Challenge
Help the PRC by volunteering for the Chase Corporate Challenge, 3.5 Mile Road Race. This years race is on Wednesday June 7, 2000. Volunteers need to be at the Boston Common by 4 PM. The race is at 7PM.

Our effort helps the PRC as we receive $30 from the race orgnizer for each club volunteer. Participation will also increase your chances of reciving a Boston Marathon number in our annual marathon number lottery.

I need to get a list to the race organizer by May 15, 2000.. If you are interested; let me know via return email or sign-up on the PRC bulletin board at the'Y'. Thanks
Tom P - tom.purcell@fmr.com

Avon Breast Cancer Walk

Volunteers are needed for Avon Breast Cancer 3- Day walk. More than 1000 volunteers are needed for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Boston Avon Breast Cancer 3-Day. We have a variety of volunteer opportunities from May 31st to June 2nd in Fitchburg, MA and from June 2nd to June 5th in Cambridge, MA. We need volunteers to help register participants, direct traffic, and set up for opening ceremonies in Fitchburg. and dosing ceremonies at MIT. Various shifts are available from 4:30am to 9pm. Those interested in volunteering, getting a group together.to volunteer or needing more information, please contact Sue O'leary, Assistant Volunteer Manager 617-491-3329 ext.11 soieary@flashcom.net

This years trip will be on the weekend of August 25, 26 and 27. The accommodations will be different from last year. No more bunk house! We will be staying Friday and Saturday night at The Cranmore Mt Lodge, a quaint B&B at the base of 'Mount Cranmore in North Conway New Hampshire. We are renting the lodges townhouse which sleeps 15 people. The cost is $70 per person for two nights. This incIudes breakfast. The lodge has an outdoor pool and jacuzzi. The hike will be on Saturday. We may try Mount Adams instead of Mount Washington this year. We'll see what the group consensus is. Saturday night dinner will be at the Appalachian Mountain Clubs Pinkham Notch Visitors Center. They serve a great family style meal for $15 per person. Total cost foT the weekend is $85 per person. I won't need a commitment until the summer. Hope you can all make it...
Tom

Mens winner: Simion Karori (30:22)
Womens winner: Pauline Konga (33:10)
Wheelchair: David Estrada (West Roxbury)

COURSE RECORD HOLDERS:
Andy Ronan Ireland 29:20
Pauline Konga, Kenya 33:10

JAMES JOYCE RAMBLE CHAMPIONS
Andy Ronan (1\85' and 89')

MARY ROSE FANNING HAS RENEWED HER MEMBERSHIP SO WE WELCOME HER BACK. MARY ROSE HAS BEEN RECOVERING FROM AN INJURY AND IS READY 10 TACKLE HER 2ND ANNUAL CORRIB 5K ROAD RACE COMING UP IN JUNE. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU MARY ROSE.

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last year the Parkway Running Club played a big role in the event, as a sponsor, partcipants and volunteers. We hope a repeat this year! Please mark your calendar and check out ourweb page:

Volunteers, please email Francine at fhughes@meditech.com or call at 617- 325-2393, thanks very much.

Sarah and Melissa, you are truly outstanding women and friends of Parkway who have only started on your running journey. Here's hoping to see you both at the starting line in Hopkinton next year and perhaps on the ballot in November.

Come and join the Parkway Running Club at the Philadelphia Marathon, Sunday, November' 19, 2000. We are attempting to get a significant number of members together go to Philadelphia to run this flat, fast, beautiful course as a group this fall. We are investigating group rates at a hotel. If you are interested, please contact John Govoni or Dorothy Giarla (323-3831). There is life after the Boston Marathon!

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Last year several Parkway Runners elected to cross train through local cycling trips on the weekend. We're interested in trying it again. Weekly Bike rides of 20+ and 40+ miles will resume weather and interest permitting on Sunday, May13. Contact Rob Kerwin at rjkerwin@aol.com if interested. Rides usually include local trips through Dover and Point West, Walden Pond and beyond.

The Corrub Pub 5k will be held on June 4th. They are looking for volunteers, so if you will not be running, why not help

And the winner is:
Congratulations to Julie Connors on finshing first overall for women in the Hyde Park Community Center Road Race (5 Mile). With a little support from Walter Burgess and John Donnelly who followed on their bikes, Julie was able to overcome the hot tempartures and high humidity and finish first by over 1 minute over the second place women.
Way to go Julie!

This Is a race around the entire Lake, coverina about 70 miles, done with a team of runners. The legs vary in distance from 4 miles to 11 miles. In past years, the Club has had a great time doing the Relay. We spend the day rooting on each PRC runner on their leg of the run. There are usually abut l60 teams in the race, including most of the other running clubs in the area. We will plan on finding a place to stay in New Hampshire for Friday night. We can field as may teams as we can fill. Please let Jim Sweeney (781-255-9484, james.sweeney@ago.state.ma.us) know if you have an interest in running this year. We will be looking for a definite committment by July.

E-MAIL ADDRESSES
If you change your e-mail address or haven't been getting Club e-mails lately, please send Tom Purcell your current e-mail address. Tom will keep the PRC's current e-mail address list. If you need to send a general e-mail to PRC members, contact Tom. Tom's e-mail address is: tom.purcell@fmr.com