Cold, you want cold? We got cold for you right here.
Now that that’s out of the way, our 60+ men took 1st place, ahead of 2nd place Witold’s just shy of 10 minutes – 3:18:42 to 3:28:03. That puts us in 2nd place for the year. Taconic did not show today; they didn’t have to. We had to work for our spot. Taconic is on its second dynasty in the past 10 years. Brooklyn ruled in between.
2nd place come Club Night was a result of a collective effort. We have talent, depth and interest; thanks.
Our 70+ men only had 2 starters due to injuries, but it did not affect the year standings, we took 3rd place for the year. A big Thank You to Captain Dave! He looked at the spreadsheet and saw a spot on the podium on Club Night, marshaled our resources and there will be Tiffany to come. We now have motivation in the ranks.
Today’s scorers:
Don Favre 1:02:25 / 80.29% 1st AG and best time in CPTC’s records for men 60-69 in a 15k.
Charles Parchment 1:07:50 / 73.88%
Hank Schiffman 1:08:27 / 79.95%
1st back up:
Alan Ruben 1:08:55 / 73.42%
2nd back up:
Kevin McGuire 1:16:06 / 69.78%
Our 70+:
Alex Wilkinson 1:33:41 / 59.72%
Dave Delano 1:36:32 / 58.68%
Dave hosted his wonderful brunch with our 60+ ladies. Another big thank you to Dave.
Charles:
Traffic traffic at my start wheels were not turning properly my running speed was confusing at times I ended up on the side walk a slow start for a while but I enjoyed the run hot Jamaica on a cold AMERICAN day
Hank:
Factoid: if this race was on the day before I would have taken 1st in age group. John Shostrom turned 65 and entered the age group race day.
I thought I had played all the angles like an old pro but ended up feeling like a rookie. Wore all my high tech, lightweight stuff, had a cotton T-shirt over it all and wrapped myself in an old NYCC finisher, mylar race sheet. It even had the tape to hold it in place as a cape. But my fingers went numb anyway. Things turned around at mile 4, and felt comfortable for the better part of the second half of the race. It was all about concentration and focus. You can’t let up. Discipline and dignity. Well, better to focus on discipline and hope dignity follows.
Alan:
I thought I ran a pretty well-paced race, picking up about 10 seconds per mile on the second loop. It didn’t feel that much different from my golden era, except that the pace was 2 minutes per mile slower! I’m hoping that not all of that is due to age and that some is due to my problematic knee and current lack of fitness. Despite the cold, it was actually a good day for racing, and many thanks to Dave for the post-race brunch.
Kevin:
A great race to cap off a season of road and XC racing. I chased Barbara all the way around the park twice but just couldn’t close the gap. A little off last years pace but happy to still be at it.
I continued the chase to Dave’s after race holidays get together. What a fine group of 60+ & 70+ men and women. Bravo Dave.
See you at Coogan’s.
Back to the race. Certainly the cold temperatures brought out the best in some in the field. It was extraordinary in another respect; the number of men who ran their age in minutes. Iain Levine of Brooklyn RR ran 57 minutes at 58, a most remarkable 86.11% effort. I was told this was merely 6 days after running a 2:55 marathon. Jonathan Kline of Dashing Whippets at 58 ran 57.46/85.14%. Joe Kelly, unaffiliated, from Katonah ran 58.18 at 59 fro an AG% of 85.18. These are the youngest people to do so in this event that I can recall. Witold’s had a runner, Luis Tipan, who ran 63 at age 64, an effort of 82.62%. The last member of this bizzare club was myself, 69 years old, running 68:27/79.95%, the only dog who got a bone without running over 80%.Our Barbara Byrne‘s even more superlative effort of 86.77% which was 75 minutes at 67 years of age could not propel her into the age in minutes club because statistically, to do so, women would have to run over 100%. The phenomenon is a fluke, only open to men of a certain age and ability.
Registration is open for the Washington Heights 5k and the Healthy Kidney 10k, oh my.
On to the track!
Season End Scoring Tabulations
Washington Heights 5k
scored
Alan Ruben
Art Palmer
Hank Schiffman
finished
Kevin McGuire
Dan Molloy
(Charles Parchment 59 y/o)
Healthy Kidney 10k
scored
David Blumel
Alan Ruben
Hank Schiffman
finished
Dennis O’Donnell
Kevin McGuire
Bob Haig
(Don Favre 59 y/o)
(Charles Parchment 59 y/o)
Brooklyn Half
scored
Art Palmer
Alan Ruben
Noel Labat-Comess
finished
Yasuhiro Makoshi
Hank Schiffman
Gary Gosselin
Dennis O’Donnell
Bob Haig
(Don Favre 59 y/o)
(Charles Parchment 59 y/o)
Queens 10k
scored
David Blumel 85.08%!
Art Palmer
Yasuhiro Makoshi
finished
Charles Parchment
Hank Schiffman
Kevin McGuire
Team Champs
scored
David Blumel
Yasuhiro Makoshi
Charles Parchment
finished
Dennis O’Donnell
Chris Neuhoff
Victor Osayi
Kevin McGuire
Dan Molloy
Chip Olsen
Harry Lichtenstein
Dave Delano
Bob Haig
George Hirsch
Percy Sutton 5k
scored
David Blumel
Yasuhiro Makoshi
Charles Parchment
finished
Hank Schiffman
Chris Neuhoff
John Kenney
Chip Olsen
Dave Delano
Harry Lichtenstein
Bob Haig
5th Avenue Mile
scored
David Blumel
Don Favre
Charles Parchment
finished
Victor Osayi
Hank Schiffman
Alan Ruben
Dan Molloy
Chris Neuhoff
Dennis O’Donnell
Hal Lieberman
Norm Goluskin
Dave Delano
Bob Haig
Sid Howard
Bronx 10
scored
Charles Parchment
Yasuhiro Makoshi
Hank Schiffman
finished
Alan Ruben
Art Palmer
Dennis O’Donnell
Gary Gosselin
Kevin McGuire
Harry Lichtenstein
Alex Wilkinson
Bob Haig
Dave Delano
George Hirsch
Staten Island Half
scored
Charles Parchment
Yasuhiro Makoshi
Hank Schiffman
finished
Art Palmer
Dennis O’Donnell
Gary Gosselin
Rick Shaver
Alex Wilkinson
NYC Marathon
scored
Don Favre
Charles Parchment
Yasuhiro Makoshi
finished
Dennis O’Donnell
Alan Ruben
Gary Gosselin
Rick Shaver – streak of 41!
Corbitt’s 15k
scored
Don Favre
Charles Parchment
Hank Schiffman
finished
Alan Ruben
Kevin McGuire
Alex Wilkinson
Dave Delano
70+
Team Champs
scored
Chip Olsen
Dave Delano
Bob Haig
Percy Sutton 5k
scored
Chip Olsen
Dave Delano
Bob Haig
5th Avenue Mile
scored
Hal Lieberman
Norm Goluskin
Dave Delano
finished
Sid Howard
Bronx 10
scored
Alex Wilkinson
Bob Haig
Dave Delano
finished
George Hirsch
Yearly Totals 60+
scored
Charles Parchment 7
Yasuhiro Makoshi 6
David Blumel 5
Hank Schiffman 5
Don Favre 3
Art Palmer 3
Alan Ruben 3
Noel Labat-Comess 1
Finished
Hank 9
Charles 8 (+2 not yet 60)
Yasuhiro Makoshi 7
Alan Ruben 7
Bob Haig 6
Kevin McGuire 6
Dennis O’Connell 6
David Blumel 5
Dave Delano 5
Art Palmer 5
Don Favre 3 (+2 not yet 60)
Gary Gosselin 3
Harry Lichtenstein 3
Dan Molloy 3
Chris Neuhoff 3
Alex Wilkinson 3
George Hirsch 2
Chip Olsen 2
Victor Osayi 2
Rick Shaver 2
Norm Goluskin1
Sid Howard 1
John Kenney 1
Hal Lieberman 1
Yearly Totals 70+
scored
Dave Delano 4
Bob Haig 3
Chip Olsen 2
Norm Goluskin 1
Hal Lieberman 1
Alex Wilkinson 1
finished
Bob Haig 6
Dave Delano 5
Alex Wilkinson 3
George Hirsch 2
Chip Olsen 2
Norm Goluskin 1
Sid Howard 1
Hal Lieberman 1