Central Park Track Club

From where I sit, racing flats put to bed, my singlet working its way down deeper into my running drawer, my running glove situation already starting to deteriorate, I can say that 2011 was a fabulous year for CPTC masters. The numbers are fantastic – let’s start with the team points competition: Three of six CPTC [...]

From Sylvie, captain of the 60+: On an overcast, humid but otherwise not very cold day, the CPTC W60+ team of Deborah Barchat, Lynn Blackstone & Sylvie Kimche took 2nd place in a total time of  2:11:34  (behind Millrose in 2:07:44 & ahead of Mercury Masters in 2:12:33). Which was all we needed to finish [...]

From Cap’n Hank of the M 60+: This was a perfect day for a road race; no sun, temperatures in the 40s and calm. So many of us pounding out the miles, alone, sometimes in the dark, today we all ran together, in the light of day. I could see Tim Delaney of Taconic slowly [...]

The Central Park Track Club men’s masters team turned marathoning into a team sport at the 42nd New York City Marathon.   The orange packs took down both the men’s 40+ and men’s 50+, a coup des pieds not accomplished by any team in at least five years.  The victory of the 40+ was particularly sweet [...]

From Andrew Moore of the 50+ NYC MARATHON recap:  Congrats to all our 50+ team mates on a fine day of marathon racing resulting in a team first place finish.  On a beautiful sunny day, leading the 50+ team was Alan Ruben (2:49:17), Michael Rennock (2:54:27), and Peter Allen (3:01:06).  A solid team turnout was [...]

From Andrew Moore of the 50+ The CPTC 50+ team took first in their age group again at the Grete’s Great Gallop half marathon in Central Park.  The top three scorers were Michael Rennock (1:22:41), Peter Allen (1:23:25), and Alan Ruben (1:23:46). The team had good depth with Andrew Moore, Yasuhiro Makoshi, and Kevin McGuire [...]

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 [...]

This just in: CPTC wins five of six age groups – read all about it from your captains: From Hank Schiffman of the 60+:  CPTC Mens 60+ 2011 5th Avenue Mile Wrap Up  What a difference a second makes. Mens 60+ hinged on a second for the first 4 teams in this year’s 5th Avenue [...]

Going into her eighth race in nine days at July’s  World Masters Track and Field Championships, you might have expected Lisa Daley to wonder if she had checked off too many boxes on her application. But there she was, with USA on her uniform and a teammate barreling toward her,  hand reaching out with a [...]

Our own world record holder was profiled this month in Running Times (with a picture from Patrick Cowden): http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=23259