From Ani Go of the 40+

 Hello all!  Sorry for the delay in the race recap, the scoring was all messed up for the masters 40+ so I wanted to wait until it was all sorted out before I sent out a report.

Congrats to Resie for her 1st place age finish (10:32) in the Norway Run!  way to go Resie!!!

We had a small but stellar team for Grete’s–the amazing Jill Vollweiler (who also scored for the open team!) flew on winged feet finishing in 1:26:06, followed by wonder woman Wanda Wang in 1:34:26, and the mighty Maria Luz Caballero in 1:44:13 for our third place podium finish! 

Congrats to everyone who did the half!

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From Captain Sylvie: 

Here is the belated recap of last week’s team race, the Grete’s Great Gallop Half Marathon. Sorry for delay. That’s how long it took me to get my energy back after the race….

On Saturday October 1st, the CPTC W60+ team once more took first place, this time in the NYRR Grete’s Great Gallop Half Marathon race, just a week after the Fifth Avenue Mile….Judith came in 3rd for the team (9th in the W60-64 age group) in a time of 1:55:51 She used the race as a barometer on her training for the NYC marathon & was happy with the result.

Deb came in 2nd for the team in 1:51:31 (4th W60-64), only slightly slower than her time in last’s year race, showing that she’s getting her speed back!

Sylvie in her first half marathon in almost a quarter century surprised herself and her teammates by coming in 1st for the team (and 1st W60-64) in a time of 1:47:04 (I was elated that my streak of 1st place W60-64 was still alive, but I was really tired afterwards – still tired as of this writing 8 days later!)This experience has given me much more admiration for my teammates, Judith & Deb who run long distance races day-in & day-out!

It is to be noted that Deb, Judith & Sylvie also got 4th place in the W50+ team competition. As of this writing, the CPTC W60+ team is in 1st place. Unfortunately we do not have a team for the NYC marathon (however, we do have a W50+ team with Yumi, Deb & Judith). So the final standings will be decided in the last race of the year, the “Join the Voices” 5 miler on December 4th. Let’s hope that we will have a strong W60+ team for that race to keep our overall 1st place! Please email me if you are planning to run. Thanks! GO ORANGE! GO 60!!! Sylvie