Parkway Running Club Newsletter

Our deepest Sympathy and condolences to Diane Smith in the loss of her father

Julie, Chris, & boy's (Matthew, James, Timothy,) would like to announce the birth of Luke C. Hussey. He arrived on Tuesday, August 7, 2001 @ 11:45PM sharing his birthday with his brother Timothy (age 2). Julie and Luke are doing terrific. Luke is a lightweight at 5lbs 11oz. 18" in length easily fitting into the organized chaos. We are not sure when they will all make their debut in a 4x400 but now know we have a complete team.

A reminder to everyone that the next club meeting is this Thursday (Sept 6th) at 7:45 at the Y. Nominations for 2002 club officers (President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary) will be taken at this meeting Ballots will be mailed out with the October newsletter and be returned by either email or U.S mail by Oct 15th

Congratulations to PRC member Matthew Lawlor and his wife Ann Marie on the birth of their daughter Theresa Lawlor weighed just over 9 lbs. This is the second child for Matthew and Anne Marie

Good luck to the following PRC members who will all be running the Chicago Marathon in October John Govoni, Dorothy Giarla, Julie Connor, Walter Burgess, Sarah Hull, Carol Hani, Nelli Moore and possible Pam Bashian This will be Sarah's , Carol's and Nellie's first marathon

Welcome to new members Pamela Bashian, Stuart & Angela Rose, Julie Kampersal, Elizabeth Adams & Rachel Krebs

Andy Ronan appears in the July/August issue of New England Runner. His picture appears on Page 82, wearing a Parkway Running Singlet. Way to go Andy! Good way to help promote the PRC

Steve Peckiconis appears on the back cover in the ad for the Cape Cod Marathon

cookout update
Thanks again to Joe Green for his annual Labor Day cookout. It was a good way to end the weekend

Everyone is invited to Joe Greens for a Labor Day cookout. Joe will supply the hot dogs, hamburgs, potato salad and beans Salads (veg or fruit), appetizers, chips and beverages are welcomed Please contact Joe JFGREEN@PARTNERS.ORG if you plan to attend and plan on bringing something

* Volunteer Opportunities *
There are a few volunteer opportunities coming up in the next few months which could increase your chances in the PRC lottery to get 1 of the PRC complimentary numbers for the 2002 Boston Marathon
1) YMCA Triathlon (Sept 30)
2) Tufts 10k (Oct 7)
3) Santa Scamper (December)

The following announcement is from Dorothy Giarla
There is a "Beat the Heat" group that goes out at 7:30am on Saturdays from the Y starting July 7 through Labor Day. Anyone is welcome to join us - even the guys!

Congratulations to Kay O'Malley and Arlene DiSalvo for recently graduating with their masters degrees Kay graduated with a masters in Information Systems from BU and Arlene graduated with a masters in Marketing Communications from Emerson College

The PCR Water Bottles are in ! If you have yet to receive one, see Dorothy Giarla or Erin Dunne.

7th Annual Don McCulloch Memorial Ride to Eat

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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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.

The following announcement is from Dorothy Giarla
There is a "Beat the Heat" group that goes out at 7:30am on Saturdays from the Y starting July 7 through Labor Day. Anyone is welcome to join us - even the guys!

With the approach of summer and the warm weather that comes with it, why not combine your love of running with a bike/swim event. There are numerous triathlons/duathlonsheld in this area over the summer. Listed below are events put on by "Time out Productions". They are well organized and managed, with lots of raffle prizes at the end. Why not give one a try!

Please let us nkow if you can VOLUNTEER this year, as you know the event requires many volunteers on the course to ensure safety for participants. If you have friends or family members who can help out we'd appreciate you spreading the word.

Last year we had excellent volunteers which are critical in making such an event a sucess. This year we are adding splits at each transition and need even more volunteers.

please Let Francine Ronan and Cindy Gillian know if you can help out and if anyone you know would be able to help out!! We are looking for a minimum of 60 helpers for the day.

Detail will be sent out as the day approaches but these are approximate times we need you based on your responsibility.

Applications and info can be found at "Time out Productions" or by e-mail at timeout@capecod.net
There are also other triathlons/duathlons listed at "www.firm-racing.cnchost.com"

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Anyone else 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.

The BAA is looking for VOLUNTEERS to help out with putting on the race. They would like to have us do a water stop if we can get enough Club volunteers. It is a great opportunity to helpout the BAA (which, after all, is the organization which gives us numbers for the Boston Marathon and it can't hurt to help them out since we are always looking to see if we can increase the number of numbers we get from the BAA). It is also a good opportunity to help out the Boston running community and to have a good time together. If you can help out with a water stop, please let me know as soon as possible. We need to get 15-20 volunteers on race day in order to have our own water stop. If you are running the race, the BAA is also looking for volunteers the day before the race for set-up and registration. Please let me know also if you plan on volunteering the day before. Thanks very much, lets try and get a good turn-out from the Club for this one. Jim

Boston Athletic Association
131 Clarendon Street
Boston, MA 02116

Telephone 617-236-1652

Now that the Boston Marathon is over, you may be thinking of doing a Fall marathon
Listed below are a few Fall marathons (also check the club calendar)

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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

1. Adventure Running ( the 100 Greatest Runs in Norths America) by Jerry Schad
2. Strectching by Bob Anderson
3. Running after 40 by the editors of Runner's World
4. Running Injury-Free by Joe Ellis
5. Marathon (The Ultimate Training and Racing Guide) by Hal Higdon

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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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. Please note, the PRC club # is 176.

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