From Lauren Carter of the Open:
Ken Tso and Alysia Dusseau
Grete’s Great Gallop:
On a gray and dreary day with temperatures that reminded us that winter is just around the bend, the Women’s Open team took to the road for the second week in a row. Their third place finish was once again led by Veronica Jackson’s 1:26:12 finish.
Jacy Kruzel (1:27:04)and Alysia Dusseau (1:27:38) followed closely behind, in lock step for nearly the entire race.
Nicole Green laid it out in the 2 laps of the park crossing the finish in 1:27:48. And making her quiet appearance, Annie Onishi(1:27:49) rounded out the scoring.
The CPTC Women’s Open also held it down in Upstate New York. The Wineglass Marathon saw double when twins Erin Conroy and Tara Ellis set big PRs. Erin was the 5th overall finisher with a 19s PR with her time of 3:09:20, and Tara ran for a 1:19 PR in a time of 3:12:20. And Crushing it the Fall Leaves 14K the week before, Cat Beck was the overall female winner with her impressive time of 52:54.
Congrats Ladies! On to Chicago and NY Marathons!
Bronx 10 Miler
It was a brisk fall morning for the Bronx 10M. The one so many of us had been hoping for for so long. And just like the morning itself, the Women’s Open team was also quite brisk running to a first place finish. Leading the way (and making the podium in the process) was Veronica Jackson with her 1:00:09 finish placing her 6th on the all time list.
Veronica Jackson
Photo: Nigel Francis
Jacy Kruzel set a new 10M PR on her 1:00:38 run through the Bronx that morning. Making her smashing debut, Ivette Ramirez stayed cool and collected as she cruised to a 1:00:38 finish.
Ivette Ramirez
Alexandra Bernardi (1:01:48) and Kir Selert (1:01:53) are looking in top shape for the Chicago Marathon as they paced through the finish and rounding out the scoring.
Also tuning up for Chicago, Lindsay Kos ran negative splits from the 2 mile mark on to complete the course in 1:04:55. And Alexis Lamb had her first successful race after over coming several injuries. Alexis proved to herself that she still is capable of that next level by setting an unintentional PR when she finished in a time of 1:06:35.
Jacy Kruzel, Alysia Dusseau, Veronica Jackson
Photo: Nigel Francis
From Lynn Blackstone of the 60+:
The CPTC-NB Women’s 60+ Team of Barbara Byrne, myself, Lynn Blackstone, and Caryl Baron, finished Grete’s Great Gallup in third place.
Barbara, Super Barbara, finished first for the team, followed an hour-or-so later by Lynn and Caryl. The latter two – myself and Caryl – heeded the exhortations of our leader Sylvie, who is biking in South Africa so obviously could not run Greta’s Great Gallup. Sylvie’s exhortation, “Run/walk to the finish line”; and so we did. Way to go Team! And we three were also the CPTC-NB Team for the Women’s 40 and 50 year-old groups, who were probably at Van Cortlandt Park, running The Harry Murphy Race.
From Sylvie Kimche of the 60+:
So not only kudos to Lynn and Caryl, but also to Barbara who will lead the team at Grete’s, and LOTS OF THANKS to THE 3 OF THEM from their team captain and the whole team!
“I started conservatively and was able to pick it up at the end (in part thanks to Tony’s and Sue’s cheering). I guess i could have shaved a few seconds to reach the magic 90% if i had known the course better (it was my first time running the Bronx 10 miler) and if i had not been thrown off by a number of mile markers in the wrong place. In any case, after a crowded start, it was nice to be running on a wide avenue with plenty of space around me, not having to slalom past runners in front of me. Overall, a good experience!” ☺