From Thom Little of the M Open:
The men’s open team placed 4th in the half this Saturday.
The top 5 are TBD as we are unsure if Patrick’s time will count for the team, so here is the top six:
Phil Falk 1:11:52
Patrick Hynes* 1:12:11
Tom Dichiara 1:14:31
Greg Cass 1:14:44
Jonah Blumstein 1:15:45
Jesse Green 1:51:51
Many many great PRs:
| Time | PR | |
| Derek Saville | 1:18:16 | 0:08:00 |
| Henry Tong | 1:28:48 | 0:07:56 |
| Tyler Silverman | 1:23:14 | 0:01:04 |
| Gabriel Loeb | 1:20:13 | 0:00:56 |
| Rohit Mitter | 1:19:40 | 0:00:44 |
| Ken Tso | 1:22:00 | 0:00:38 |
| Jordan Hare | 1:20:58 | 0:00:11 |
| Stephen Curtis | 1:19:40 | 0:00:01 |
From Jim McQuade of the M 40+:
Another strong showing by the Men’s 40+ team on the revamped Brooklyn Half course this past weekend. The team was led by Neil Fitzgerald (1:18:09), who ran a brilliant race in his first attempt at the half marathon. David Greenberg (1:21:45) and Michael Ahern (1:24:41) followed with very solid races. Andre Lejeune (1:25:34) also turned in a stellar performance, crossing the finish line next with a huge 3 minute PR. Others who laid out nice races were George Ross, Nigel Francis, Carlos Rodriguez, Marvin Cabrera, Michael Siegell, Ricardo Mora, Michael Caggia , Ken Winfield, and Andy Kiss. Congratulations to all.
From Andrew Moore of the M 50+:
Congrats to the 50+ road team for returning with a first place finish at the Brooklyn Half this Saturday. A near-perfect day, a new route and an early start added up to solid performances all around. Scoring was led by Mike Rennock with 1:23:50 and Alan Ruben close on his heels at 1:23:57. Chris Donnelly closed out the scoring with a 1:26:10. It seems that the team is taking turns with the scoring honors so far this season, showing great depth and overall speed.
Our scorers were backed up by Peter Allen, Coach Tony Ruiz (stepping out of his comfort zone mileage-wise), Andrew Moore, Oscar Garcia and Brett Fromsom – A job well done by all.
Hope to see you all at the Father’s Day/Portugal Day 5 miler in Central Park June 17th
From Hank Schiffman of the M 60+:
What a beautiful day for a race. A half might be less half brutal than a full marathon, but it too is a race of attrition; a tough one to get wrong or to soldier on with a nagging injury. Been there, done that.
For whatever reason, NYRR put me in the second coral. Perhaps divine retribution for the crime of hubris. Instead of running with Joe Porcaro, I ran with our team mate Elisabeth Lopes. A memorable run it was. We reasoned out options and kept a steady effort. And yes, Joe took me to the cleaners for 3rd in age group by 8 seconds but the big concern of leg cramps never raised its ugly head. The last 300 meters were out of Coach Tony’s playbook, bless his injured soul. He finished the race not hitting on all cylinders, as Captain Andy, unrecovered from his chronic injury. Kevin too is on the mend but sat on the sidelines. We 60+ guys aren’t generally hot to race this distance. Who can blame us? If you aren’t injured, ramping up mileage for this event is likely to put an aging athlete on the disabled list.
CPTC did not field 3 scorers for our women 50 and 60+. Thus we honor Fred and Dale for stepping up to the plate. Our mens 60+ finished a less than wonderful 7th, but we did score, with an heir to spare. Dan scored second with Fred as 3rd man and Dale was our insurance policy.
Racing through Brooklyn on such a fine day was our reward for throwing ourselves on this pyre, and lighting a match. Sorry I missed a post race reunion; I had committed to hand out Founder’s Day 5k fliers and rush to the F train for sailing on LI Sound. No wind; divine retribution again.