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We all know that running with headphones on can be dangerous, and that in nearly every race it is officially banned by the race organizers (though that ban is rarely enforced). But ESPN s Jeff Pearlman has discovered an even better reason to go pod-free in the marathon: wearing headphones makes you really [...]

UPDATE 12/7/07!!
(We have learned of two more victories by CPTC members:
Melissa Sherman won the Andrea Holden 5K (18:03)in Massechusetts, and Micah Adriani won the Tallahassee Turkey Trot 5K (18:39) in Florida.)
Central Park Track Club members can’t help themselves when it comes to racing. Instead of relaxing on Thanksgiving weekend, we’ve [...]

It was back in September, but we still want to acknowledge the great performances of all of our cross country runners in the only club points cross country race of the year. This was the second points race in two weeks, due to the rescheduling of the previous week’s 4 mile as a team [...]

Back in September, on the same day as the 5K cross country points race, many CPTC members traveled to Pennsylvania to run in the Philadelphia Distance Run half marathon. The results are now posted in the “race results” section of the website. Can you say total domination? The first four teams [...]

Was it really only three weeks ago? Everyone was there, it seems. Le tout monde, in glittering medals and jewels. And what a picture they made. Little Emma Bovary, waltzing with the Baron!
Seriously…that was one memorable gathering on October 30th. The CPTC 35th Anniversary Benefit, aka An Evening with Frank Shorter, Featuring Olympians Past [...]

What a vile idea. Getting up early on the only holiday between Labor Day and Christmas–a morning invariably overcast and bone-chillingly wet–just to run an obscure race that no one will hear about. And the name is a misleading come-on, just like in “turkey shoots” not a single turkey-fowl is harmed or processed at these [...]

Tony s distance group will be starting training indoors at The Armory (168th Street and Fort Washington Avenue) on Tuesday, December 4th at 7:30pm. (Devon s middle-distance group will start on November, 27th at 6:35pm.) These coached workouts will be held every Tuesday night through to early April. To participate in these workouts you will [...]

The age-graded lists for the CPTC oudoor track season have just been posted in the “Race Results” section of the website. These lists were put together by Joe Bolster. The top 20 performers are included for men and women, for both open and masters (each person has their best performance listed). We [...]

We received the following email today:
I m a student at Columbia s graduate school of journalism. I was assigned to write an opinion column for one of my classes. Since I m a runner myself, and am planning to run my first marathon this weekend in Philadelphia, I thought it would be interesting to write [...]

Tired of running the same boring Van Cortlandt Park course every time? Want to see the hidden parts of Prospect Park instead? (The answer to both of those questions should be yes). Then head over to Brooklyn this Saturday, for City Coach s Autumn 4-Miler. Sure, they might not have given [...]