From Thom Little of the Open:
CPTC men’s open team performed like we knew they would and captured 3rd place in last Saturday’s Scotland Run 10k. The men truly ran as a team with only 29 seconds between our 1st place scorer and 5th place scorer. The team was led by Phil Falk who ran a PR of 32:53.
The team scorers were:
CPTC New Balance 02:45:10
Phillip Falk 32:53
Greg Cass 33:00
Stan Berkow 33:02
Rob Gill 33:03
Daniel Clayton 33:12
The team had a large number of PR’s including:
- Neil Sussman ran a 36:26 PR (previous 37:19)
- Anthony Chan PR 36:28 (previous 37:59)
- Ken Tso 37:40 (previous 37:57)
- Keiren Garvey PR 36:15
- Daniel Clayton 33:12 PR (previous 35:14)
- Greg Cass PR 33:00 (previous 33:18)
- Herb Plummer PR 36:53
From David Greenberg of the 40+:
Racing in the 40-49 is a good way to set personal records – we had six age-graded bests and two flat out PRs at Scotland. Not bad for the second race of the season.
The scorers were James Charlton, Richard Nelson and John Milone and the team took fourth.
Scotland was the first race with CPTC for James, and he made his mark with a 20 second PR and his best age graded performance ever in CP (36:04/80.59%) – his first race over 80% in the NYRR database. I think it was the orange that did it.
Richard ran a 70 second PR and all-time best age graded score (36:28/79.70%) in just his second CPTC race, despite having legs sore from some pre-race skiing. I think we’ll see a good deal more from Richard as the year goes.
John Milone showed his versatility and dependability with his 36:44/77.37 – bettering his AG score from last year. John was the only repeating scorer from Coogan’s.
Breakthrough race of the day honors go solidly to En Pum Cho, who ran a 39 second PR, and made a beamonesque leap through the age graded hierarchy – he entirely skipped the 73s and broke into the 74s. Those are the races we remember for years.
Michael Caggia also had a breakthrough race, hitting the AG 68s for the first time in a few years, and had what looks like an all-time CP PR at 10K: 43:18.
Laurence Go hit an all-time best AG score for NYRR races: 43:59/66.08.
In the ‘we can always go faster than last year’ category, Nigel Francis indeed ran faster than he ran at the 2012 Scotland race.
2013 debut races were had by Matthew Febles and Eric Cheung.
Our highest finisher in the groups was David Greenberg, with his 6th in the 45-49.
Finally, the pounda pasta award goes to Frank Ayala, who not only ran a better AG time at Scotland ’13 than he did at Scotland ’12, but came back the next day in the Colon Cancer 4m and finished 2nd in the 40-44.
The on the roads on the road running and repetition award goes to new member Peter Brady, who won the 40-44 at Cherry Blossom with his 56:53/82.40%. That time is the fifth fastest CPTC masters performance ever over ten miles.
Clearly we have some quick new blood on the team – they will continue to help as the year goes.
Next up is the Brooklyn Half on May 18. The good news is that registration will reopen on April 10 at noon.
Update on our field trip to the Newport 10k on May 11: We should register as individuals, and then we can sign up as a team once we get there. We may need USATF #s – bring ‘em if you got ‘em.
Please let me know what scoring races to which you can commit, and good luck out there.
David
From Andrew Moore of the 50+:
Congrats again to our 50+ team for another solid performance on the roads of Central Park. The 50+ team is now two for two by placing first Saturday morning in the Scotland Run 10K with some fast running and great team depth.
We were once again led by Alan Ruben, taking second place 55-59 in 37:46. Alan was followed by our honorary 50+ Yasuhiro Makoshi who won his 60+ division in 39:38. Our third scorer was Chris Donnelly, 7th in his division at 39:40. Dennis O’Donnell came in in43:20, Budd Heyman in 44:55, Oscar Garcia in 45:39 and Stuart Alexander in 48:40. That’s six competitors for us this race – a great showing and excellent running by all – thanks!
Good luck to those team members running next Monday in Boston (hope it is a little cooler this year).
Next up for the team is the Brooklyn Half, May 18th Hope to see you there.
From Hank Schiffman of the 60+:
Our 60+ men took first in 2:04:37 to Taconic RR’s 2:09:40 and GNY’s 2:12:50. We accomplished this with our talent and depth.
Although an open team can score with 60+ runners (not that they would be competitive) the 60+ division can only score with 60+ runners. Out of the 4077 men who finished this race, only 177 men were 60+. That means only 4% of the men’s field was eligible to count towards the magic three finishers needed to qualify for a team score. Out of the 48 CPTC men who crossed the line, nine were 60+. Look at it this way. CPTC men constituted just over 1% of the total male finishers. But just under 18% of our men were 60 and older. It must mean that it is easier to race a 10k when you are an old guy!
Our most gifted runner, Yasuhiro Makoshi, ran a sub 40 minute 39:38 (20 seconds faster than last year) at a 6:20 pace, 222nd overall men, 84.24% (20th overall AG). He was first in men 60-64, besting Jack McShane by 26 seconds and Tim Delaney by another 13 seconds. His time would have been good for fourth men 55-59. He is a low weight monster in running shoes. May all our younger male runners tuck away in the back of their mind to remember when they get to 60, can they run sub 40?
My time was 41:12 (4 seconds faster than last year), once again a bridesmaid. I figure if I keep this up I will beat Alan Ruben in the year 2597, I’m not sure this would impress Gordon, who pulled up and passed me like I was a meat loaf. But at least I am currently an uninjured meat loaf.
Chris Neuhoff, the White Rabbit, ran a 43:47, 77.61%, 103 overall AG, 9th men 60-64, putting him in the upper 2.5% of men age-graded. The great Sid Howard told me that Chris is our most talented track runner.
Youngster Phil Vasquez was our first backup in 46:44, 71.44% AG. Phil carried the potential to keep us in first place had one of our scorers come to naught.
Allan Dias, running this one on a whim, as he doesn’t have the training mileage, but he certainly has the potential, finished in 47:03, 71.59% AG. Like Chris, he was very fast when young and is finding his way back.
Kevin McGuire, CPTC’s mens 60+ most committed runner, ran 48:32, 69.4% AG, 365th out of 4077 overall AG. Last year he ran this race then went on the disabled list after a serious medical situation, and was back running in the fall. It has been a year for Kevin who never lost sight of climbing back up.
Dan Molloy, who puts only 1/3 of his training in running in his pursuit of triathlons, ran 49:27, 68.74% AG 409th overall AG. He was our fastest leg of our men 60+ 4 x 400 at The Millrose Games and will run for us at the Penn Relays.
Further backing us up was our oldest runner at 67, Fred Trilli in 56:12, 63.3% AG, 837th overall AG.
Dave Delano, also in the 65-69 year group, ran 56:50, 62% AG, 988th AG. This, and Fred’s AG, was still in the top 1/4 of men running overall.
Between those sitting on the bench recovering from injuries, those on the bench because their injuries are unrecoverable or have nothing left to prove having achieved greatness in their youth, and those who specialize in track, our mens 60+ group shines.
We are tied for first with the titians of Taconic Road Runners.
Next up is the Brooklyn Half on May 18th.
Captain Hank
A further note beyond the wrap up to our 60+ guys:
I am not a coach, just one of you who read and train. My regime evolves and my training revolves around free time and determination. Personally, I felt this race reflects a good balance of the above. We all want to achieve our potential. I feel I’ve come close to this because my mile splits were consistent and I had stuff left for the dash to the line.
Having achieved a base both aerobically and structurally (toughening my frame to handle the training) my week is 3 basic workouts:
Tuesday VO2 max track workouts (thank you Tony) would appear to be very difficult. However, regular attendance, warming up slowly and running the correct pace makes this a pleasurable workout. Sharing the session with others does as much as anything else to feel part of CPTC.
Thursdays I run Tony’s tempo, but I do it solo. For me, I can run this longer distance at my own pace and not be away from my wife this one evening each week. That said, I find this to be the most difficult workout of the week. But I also believe, but cannot prove, that this has been the key element missing in my past training where I did a compromised tempo run on my own. Sticking with Tony’s game plan is best.
Sunday, I do a solo long run at an easy pace. I find this to be my easiest workout. Lately I’m running 14 miles. Last year I was jogging back from the track on 6th St with Alan Ruben. I asked him how fast he runs his long runs. He told me that sometimes he runs at a 9:30 pace. I’ve dialed back my speed on these long runs since hearing his story. If it isn’t comfortable it is too fast. Let’s look at it in this light. If you push so much in any workout that you have not recovered by the time of your next, you will not get the benefit you need and you are setting yourself up for injury. Each Saturday, unless the weather is dreadful, I cycle all day, usually on mtn bike on trails. It is aerobic yet does not stress my legs. It is where I build and maintain my uphill capacity. As the days grow longer I’m hoping to get in some more base mileage, but even now being paranoid about an impending injury is de rigueur for my addled brain.
Jack Daniels statement rings true when he advises how to run a 10k: run the first 2/3 with your brain, and run the last 1/3 with your heart.
Cheers,
Hank