Faster Masters - Joe K, Holiday 4, XC

Conventional wisdom is that masters athletes take longer to recover than younger runners. Some coaches – heck, one of…


Team Championships Preview

Remember how Joan Benoit won the 1984 Olympic Marathon by over a minute? This isn't like that at all. Three team…


Faster Masters - Deliver, XC and 60K

I called teammate John De Csepel to get some details on his ever-accelerating fall season. Sunday at the four-miler,…


Faster Masters - NYC Marathon

Good news for website readers: my fingers are the only part of my body that is not sore. The best news from the 2008…


Faster Masters - Kickoff and X-C

Yumi Ogita has painted the park orange this fall. Since the team championships in August, Yumi has knocked out a streak…


Faster Masters - SI Half

The Staten Island Half was the third half-marathon put on by the NYRRC in about a month, plus an 18-miler thrown in as…


Faster Masters - Grete's

Welcome to masters running Jill Vollweiler.  Jill won the Nike world race thing in August, ran a flying 5:08 mile in…


Faster Masters - Tune-Up

CPTC masters won three medals in the Marathon Tune-Up on Sunday. Unfortunately, I can't rank the performances…


Faster Masters - 5th Avenue Mile

Jamaica may have Usain Bolt, but we have Rae Baymiller. Rae ran a 6:09 mile Sunday, which, had it been run on a track,…


Faster Masters - Queens Half

What is it about the Queens half marathon that inspires CPTC masters to stay home in huge competitive packs? Just five…