Thursday, October 29, 2009

NYRR Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff 5 miler, October 25, 2009

Congrats to Gerald on the age group win.

Name AgeGroup Place AGPlace Time Pace AgeGrade
BURSTEIN, GERALD M70 1815 1 41:45 8:21 69.8 %
BURSTEIN, SUSANNE F31 1818 108 41:46 8:21 58.0 %
PAER, ANDREW M55 1957 44 42:18 8:27 60.0 %
MASTRANGELO, JIM M63 2804 33 45:00 9:00 60.5 %
LEBRON, IVAN M50 3801 153 48:32 9:42 50.2 %
CASOLARO, GIOVANNI M52 5033 189 58:35 11:43 42.3 %
CASOLARO, DYLAN M12 5034 7 58:35 11:43 41.9 %
RADAKOVICH, ROZANNA F62 5325 30 1:19:21 15:52 40.9 %

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Help Wanted: Bandit Wranglers

We just received this note from RRR member Jim Mastrangelo.

Want to Volunteer as a Bandit Catcher for Sunday's NYC Marathon?

Here's what we do...

When the runners come into Central Park at Columbus Circle on their last 1/2 mile of the race we check to see that everyone has a legitimate race number. As anyone who has run the race before knows, you have worked damn hard for the medal you are given once you cross the finish line.

We make sure that those who jump in somewhere on the course (usually the last 3 miles) don't get the recognition and medal as those who earned it.

Last year we pulled off the course over 200 "bandits" i.e. those who are trying to steal a medal. We need men and women to track down the bad guys. It is really fun being on the course not only keeping the "dishonest" racers off, but being there to lend a strong side by side support to those struggling the last few paces.

We have one of our RRRs at the 26 mile mark as the last "catcher" before the finish line and he always needs some help.

It's important, fun and it gets you as close to the finish line action as you can get if your not in the race itself. Also a final big PLUS: you can get right up close to the root on the Rockland Road Runners gals and guys finishing the race.

We meet about 11 to Noon on race day around Columbus Circle but you will need credentials to get on the course so if anyone is interested call Jim Mastrangelo @ 973-962-4545 for more information.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Life Lessons from NYC Marathoners

The Journal News ran a nice story featuring local marathoners, including multiple Rockland Road Runners.

http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200991022004

Monday, October 26, 2009

RRR Bus to ING NYC Marathon Reminder

The RRR bus to the ING NYC Marathon has a departure Time of 6:30 sharp!

Place Bus will Depart from: Across from the Home Depot at the Palisades Mall commuter bus area

Contact: Enilda at enildai@aol.com

Reminder: Please be advised that we switch back to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday morning! Don't forget to change your clocks back one hour. Enjoy the extra hour of sleep!

Enjoy the last of your taper and have a fantastic race!

Friday, October 23, 2009

ING NYC Marathon Information

Here are excerpts from the recent NYRR club council meeting notes.

Please urge your club members who plan to visit the ING New York City Marathon Health and Fitness Expo to do so on Thursday, October 29, if at all possible. The expo will be very crowded with out-of-town runners on Friday, October 30, and (especially) Saturday, October 31. Visiting on Thursday will allow local runners to avoid the crowds and should alleviate some of the crowding. Expo info: http://www.ingnycmarathon.org/expo.htm.

Local Competitive Program - Eligible runners from Team RRR have been notified.
Email has been sent out to all who have qualified to be in this program. If you log in to the marathon site, you will notice that your number has been updated to a new number between 500 - 900.

Corral:
The Local Competitive Program is designed to give a preferred starting position to those who meet a time standard based on gender and age. Your starting position will be at the front of the green start, Wave 1. This start is at 9:40am.

Your UPS Baggage truck will be the very first truck in a long line of UPS trucks. CLICK HERE FOR A START MAP.
Look for the UPS truck that has a green sign .
Keep in mind that your baggage truck is approximately ¼ mile away from the Local Competitive staging area. Please allow yourself enough time to check your bag and get back to your staging area before your group is moved to the start line.

Timeline:
6:00 am – Baggage Opens
8:30 am – Suggested baggage check
9:05 am – Wave 1 corrals close. Local Competitive athletes move onto the bridge, ahead of the general green start runners. If you are not in the Local Competitive staging area at this time, you will not be allowed the preferred starting position.
9:40 am – Wave 1 starts

Amenities
Amenities in this staging area will include:
Toilets
Bottled Water
Bagels
Gatorade
Powerbar
Please note that there will be limited quantities available. First come, first serve.

Course/Scoring
After mile 13 there will be mile splits at every mile (taken by Chronotrack.)

Course changes - There are SEVERAL changes on the course. Please forward this to anyone who is running the marathon this year:
Team RRR note: There are minor course changes because of construction projects and other issues. You will not need to worry about any of this unless you are out in front of the field. The most noticable changes will be:
- Some re-routing at the 8 mi mark merge
- Half marathon mark will now be before the bridge
- sharp turns (mostly in Queens) will be reduced
- An extra little around the block loop is added in the Bronx to make up for mileage lost from earlier changes.

Details on course changes:

CHANGE #1
Old Route for Blue/Green Course
- 4th Ave. N-bound in N-bound traffic lanes (92nd St to Ashland Pl)
- At jct. 4th Ave. /Hanson/Ashland, proceed N onto Ashland Pl. N-bound (4th Ave to Lafayette Ave)
- Right onto Lafayette Ave. at BAM (Ashland Pl to Bedford Ave)

New Route for Blue/Green Course
- 4th Ave. N-bound in N-bound traffic lanes (92nd St to Ashland Pl)
- Bear Left onto Flatbush Ave. N-bound in both N and S bound lanes – All courses will eventually merge into N-bound lanes (4th Ave to Lafayette Ave)
- Right onto Lafayette Ave. (Flatbush Ave to Bedford Ave)

CHANGE #2
Old Route
- North on Bedford Ave. (Lafayette Ave to 12th St)
- Left onto N. 12th St. (Lafayette Ave to Berry St)
- Right onto Berry St. Berry St. veers Right and becomes Nassau Ave. (12th St to Bedford Ave)
- At jct. Nassau/ Lorimer/Bedford, bear Left onto Bedford for one block (Lorimer St to Manhattan Ave)
- Left onto Manhattan Ave. (Bedford Ave to Greenpoint Ave)

New Route
- North on Bedford Ave. (Lafayette Ave to Nassau Ave)
- Right onto Nassau Ave. (Lorimer/Bedford to ManhattanAve)
- Left onto Manhattan Ave. (Nassau Ave to Greenpoint Ave)

CHANGE #3
Old Route
- North on McGuiness Blvd in S-bound lanes. (Greenpoint Ave to Jackson Ave)
- Sharp Left off Pulaski Bridge onto Jackson Ave. (49th Ave/Hunters Pt Ave to Vernon Blvd)
- Right onto 51st Ave. (Jackson Ave to Vernon Blvd)
- Immediate Right onto N-bound traffic lanes of Vernon Blvd. (51st Ave to 10th St)

New Route
- North on McGuiness Blvd in S-bound lanes. (Greenpoint Ave to 48th Ave)
- Left onto 48th Ave. (McGuiness Blvd to Vernon Blvd)
- Right onto N-bound traffic lanes of Vernon Blvd. (48th Ave to 10th St)

CHANGE #4
Old Route
- Bear Right onto 10th St., continue across 44th Drive (Vernon Blvd to 44th Rd)
- Turn Right onto 44th Road (10th St to 21st St)
- Turn Right onto 21st St. (44th Rd to 44th Dr)
- Turn Left onto 44th Drive (21st St to Hunter St)

New Route
- Bear Right onto 10th St. (Vernon Blvd to 44th Dr)
- Turn Right onto 44th Dr (10th St to Hunter St)

CHANGE #5
Old Route
- North on Willis Ave. Bridge (1st Ave to Willis Ave)
- Turn Left onto E 135th Street (Willis Ave to Alexander Ave)
- Turn Right onto Alexander Ave. (135th St to 138th St)
- Turn Left onto E 138th Street, Continue in W-bound traffic lanes of 138th St. (Alexander Ave to Madison Ave Bridge)

New Route
- North on Willis Ave. Bridge (1st Ave to Willis Ave)
- Turn Left onto E 135th Street (Willis Ave to Alexander Ave)
- Turn Right onto Alexander Ave. (135th St to 138th St)
- Turn Left onto 138th St (Alexander Ave to Morris Ave)
- Turn Right onto Morris Ave (138th St to 140th St)
- Turn Left onto 140th St (Morris Ave to Rider Ave)
- Turn Left onto Rider Ave
(140th St to 138th St)
- Turn Right onto 138th St and Continue in W-bound traffic lanes (Rider Ave to Madison Ave Bridge)

Please click on link below for a map of marathon course.
http://nycmarathon.org/documents/INGNYCM09_Map_Large_Rev_100909.pdf

ChronoTrack
Race will be scored with ChronoTrack. Please click on the link below for more information on how to put on the ChronoTrack D-Tag properly
http://nycmarathon.org/race_scoring.htm

o 9+1 Volunteering
Volunteering for Marathon itself will not count towards 9+1 due to lack of resources for checking in and checking out of volunteers.

o Marathon Application
The Marathon application for next year will go live the Monday after this year's marathon. This is ONLY FOR LOTTERY. Guaranteed entry will be same as last year.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Westchester Half Marathon, October 11, 2009

Tom Noonan, 1:20:32 (6:09), 4th place overall

Let me know if any other RRR members have results from this race.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Steamtown Marathon, October 11, 2009

Rockland runners showed up in force again at the Steamtown marathon.

Kim Chalfin 3:16:11
Kathy Gannon 3:19:47
Bill Carpenter 3:33:47
Mitch Pollack 3:33:48
Jessica Dovico 3:39:23
Rafi Shrem 3:44:27
Alisa Carbone 3:44:56
Tom Gannon 3:44:58
Eric Brand 3:45:34
Jerry Quigley 3:46:15
Kate Tormey 3:49:35
Pat Parietti 3:56:45
JC Santa Teresa 3:58:39
Myrna Rivera 4:00:53
Ann Mitlof 4:14:26
Mary Pat Wolff 4:16:12
John Gonzalez 4:19:37
Staci Rudnitsky 4:22:14
Tamara Singer 4:34:18
Michael Singer 4:34:18

If I missed anyone, please let me know their results.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

RRR Swifty Sixties Marathon Trivia

Talk about experience! From Ann and John SInger

Lawrence Ross looking forward to NYC Marathon his 27th consecutive!!
First NYC in 1983

Otto Mond 76, his 18 consecutive streak will end this year. Ft. Wadsworth won't be the same with you not being there. His 1st NYC was in 1991

Rozanna Radakovich Total Marathons 23
NYC Marathons 23
NYC Consecutive 19
First NYC in 1984

Ann Singer Total Marathons 69
All 50 States + D.C.
http://www.50statesmarathonclub.com/

1st marathon Atlantic City 10/16/94 5:49
NYC Marathons 6, 1st NYC in 1996
PR Walt Disney 1/7/96 5:20:45

Back to back marathons
10/22/05 The Breakers, Newport R.I.
10/23/05 Mystic Places, Niantic, CT.
3 marathons in 10 days
8/25/07 Run with the Horses, Green River, WY
9/1/07 Pocatello Marathon, Pocatello, ID
9/3/07 American Discovery Trail, Colorado Springs, CO
The above foolishness qualifies one for entry into the
Marathon Maniacs Club
http://www.marathonmaniacs.com/

John Singer Total Marathons 26
Total States 13
1st Marathon NYC 10/23/80 4:40
NYC Marathon 9

PR. Jersey Shore 11/14/82 3:20:47 at age 42
but missed qualifying for Boston by 10 minutes....
24 years later, at age 66
Boston 4/17/06 in 4:03:57

Narcis Aron Total Marathons 14
5 New York Marathons: 2004-2008
1st Marathon in 2003
P.R. 3:43:02 NJ 2006

Harriet Sottile Total Marathons 14
NYC Marathons 12
1st Marathon & 1st NYC in 1984 @ 4:25
P.R. 4:25 NYC in 1984 & 1989

Bob Dittemer Total Marathons 4
PR & 1st Marathon Philadelphia 2007 in 4:44:47
NYC Marathon in 2008
New Jersey in 08 & 09

Patrick Passero Total Marathons 19
NYC Marathons 14
NYC consecutive 8
1st NYC in 1990

Chicago Marathon, October 11, 2009

Congratulations to our Marathon finishers in Chicago.

Jim Dangler 2:56:44
Wojciech Cieszkowski 3:19:09
Mike Nusblat 3:26:06
Olga Carriel 3:45:13

If I missed someone, please send me the results.

NYRR Staten Island Half Marathon, October 11, 2009

Name AgeGroup Place AGPlace Time Pace AgeGrade
GUZINSKI, CAROL F42 237 2 1:31:31 6:59 76.2 %
PATTEN, BERNARD M54 429 10 1:36:12 7:20 72.0 %
PATTEN, JOSEPHINE F53 484 2 1:37:18 7:25 81.9 %
BROWN, EDWARD M47 1154 97 1:47:23 8:11 60.7 %
KIM, BENNY M66 1236 3 1:48:23 8:16 71.5 %
PAER, ANDREW B M55 1479 25 1:50:52 8:27 63.0 %
MASTRANGELO, JIM G M63 2760 35 2:07:10 9:42 59.2 %
PASSERO, PATRICK J M67 3456 17 2:21:40 10:48 55.2 %

Award List:
Carol Guzinski, #2 F40-44
Josephine Patten, #2 F50-54
Benny Kim, #3 M65-69
Bernard Patten, #10 M50-54

Monday, October 5, 2009

Upcoming Fall Races

NYRR Team Championship Series:

The next NYRR team points event is the greatest race in the world, the ING NYC Marathon. The Rockland Road Runners will again sponsor a bus to the start of the race.

The last chance in 2009 for Team RRR to move up the standings in the NYRR Team Points competition will be the Joe Kleinerman 10K on Sunday, December 6, at 8AM. Plan ahead for this grand finale to the 2009 competition.

Rockland Races:

Nyack College Homecoming 5K Race/3K Walk. This race takes place Saturday, Oct.10 at Nyack College, 1 South Boulevard (just off Route 9W) in Nyack. Click here for race information.

Turkey Trot 5miler on Thanksgiving morning, November 26. Now in our 18th year, the Rockland Road Runners' 5 Mile Turkey Trot has become the largest running event in Rockland County. Our patriotic atmosphere, charitable spirit, and superb organization attracts runners from all over the NY metro area and beyond. Join us Thanksgiving morning for a truly memorable running experience!

The 27th annual Rockland Alumni Cross Country Run will take place again at high noon on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (11/28). This 3mi XC race is for alumni of Rockland County High Schools and elsewhere. It is run on the Bear Mountain course. http://www.geocities.com/xcalumni/

Town of Orangetown 18th Annual 5K Santa Claus Run on Sunday, December 13. Click here for the application.

Great Cow Harbor 10K, September 26, 2009

A group of Rockland Road Runners drove to Long Island to run the Great Cow Harbor 10K on 9/26/09.

For anyone who wants to particate in the future, here are some race details:
  • The course is fast, with a net downhill. There is plenty of food plus many raffle prizes at the finish.
  • Buses are used to get the runners to the start from the parking area at Northport High School.
  • The start is staggered, with each group going off in one minute intervals.
  • The coral you are in is determined by your predicted time on the application.
  • If you go to this race, leave extra time for parking.

Results:
Michael Nusblat - 44:45, #7 in age group
Peggy Neil - 47:09, #18 in age group
Katie Ottenheimer - 47:39, #23 in age group
Olga Carriel - 51:11, #20 in age group
Alex Finger - 1:11:35, #1st in age group

Saturday, October 3, 2009

NYRR Grete's Half Marathon, Oct 3, 2009

We had another great turnout today with 31 finishers braving some thick humidity in the Grete's Great Gallop Half Marathon in Central Park. There were some impressive individual and team placings.

Name AgeGroup Place AGPlace Time Pace AgeGrade
SCOTT, LOGAN M47 246 26 1:32:06 7:01 70.8 %
JOSEPH, STEVEN M48 401 42 1:36:31 7:22 68.2 %
PATTEN, BERNARD M54 445 10 1:37:24 7:26 71.1 %
MACKENZIE, JOHN M29 452 115 1:37:42 7:27 60.6 %
PATTEN, JOSEPHINE F53 470 5 1:38:12 7:29 81.1 %
CHANDLER, WILLIAM M61 476 3 1:38:16 7:30 75.1 %
NUSBLAT, MICHAEL M56 516 5 1:39:05 7:33 71.2 %
OZUNER, GOKHAN M49 730 64 1:42:45 7:50 64.6 %
NIEVES JR, FRANK M60 909 6 1:45:57 8:05 69.0 %
HERNANDEZ, RICARDO J M56 1187 15 1:49:15 8:20 64.5 %
BROWN, EDWARD M47 1267 111 1:50:25 8:25 59.1 %
HERNANDEZ, GERARDO M54 1359 42 1:51:33 8:30 62.1 %
BURSTEIN, GERALD F M70 1632 2 1:54:35 8:44 70.4 %
PAER, ANDREW B M55 1687 25 1:55:16 8:47 60.6 %
KIM, BENNY M66 1956 4 1:58:08 9:01 65.6 %
MUHLFELDER, RON M63 2068 19 1:59:19 9:06 63.1 %
SIMCOE, DEAN M46 2502 176 2:04:26 9:29 52.0 %
KILLEEN, MARIE F72 2718 1 2:07:09 9:42 83.6 %
DITTEMER, ROBERT M70 3651 7 2:22:15 10:51 56.7 %
KANDUS, PETRA F42 3686 174 2:22:54 10:54 48.8 %
FALCON, JOSEPH M49 3745 240 2:24:16 11:00 46.0 %
CASOLARO, GIOVANNI M52 3772 134 2:25:09 11:04 46.9 %
SINGER, JOHN M69 3776 14 2:25:14 11:05 55.0 %
PASSERO, PATRICK J M67 3888 16 2:28:44 11:21 52.6 %
HERNANDEZ, ISABEL F64 3893 17 2:28:58 11:22 62.5 %
LEBRON, IVAN M50 3945 143 2:31:07 11:32 44.3 %
STERN, DOMINGO M63 4179 61 2:45:01 12:35 45.6 %
SINGER, ANN F66 4235 9 2:52:57 13:12 55.6 %
SOTTILE, HARRIET P F62 4266 26 3:00:31 13:46 50.0 %
SOSTRE, EUGENE M48 4298 255 3:15:07 14:53 33.7 %
RADAKOVICH, ROZANNA F62 4309 32 3:30:02 16:01 43.0 %

Award List:

Individual:

KILLEEN, MARIE #1 F70-74
BURSTEIN, GERALD #2 M70-74
CHANDLER, WILLIAM #3 M60-64
KIM, BENNY #4 M65-69
PATTEN, JOSEPHINE #5 F50-54
NUSBLAT, MICHAEL #5 M55-59
NIEVES JR, FRANK #6 M60-64
DITTEMER, ROBERT #7 M70-74
SINGER, ANN #9 F65-69
PATTEN, BERNARD #10 M50-54

Team:

Mens Open #16
Womens Open #28
M40+ #14
W40+ #14
M50+ #5
W50+ #5
M60+ #2
W60+ #3

NYRR Norway Run 1.7 mi, Oct 3, 2009

NAPOLITANO, JULIE F29 485 14:36 8:35
NAPOLITANO, ANTHONY M32 486 14:36 8:35