Faster Masters: Marge DeMarrais Profile and March Update
Member of her high school state championship cross country team? Check. Ivy league champion in the mile? Check. Hedge fund manager? Check. And as of February 11, teammate Marge DeMarrais is the unofficial American record holder in the 1500.
Faster Masters Midwinter Update
Faster Masters has been more like Slower Writers recently. But with the new season, I have sharpened both my spikes and my pen, hoping to keep you orange folks in the know. . . .
Faster Masters – Neil Fitzgerald Profile and November Update
Hey, you – masters road runner who thinks a 1500 is way, way out of your comfort zone. Or you, masters track athlete who is only vaguely aware that a full cross country season could be had in the nearby Northeast. Read on.
Faster Masters – October Update
With an eclectic set of races in October — from 1.7 mile sprints to 13.1 mile expeditions through the New York Harbor littorals, and with members training for both marathons and indoor miles — it was hard to pick out a performance of the month. However, I have the website password, so I will: Deborah [...]
Faster Masters – September Update
David Greenberg gives us his monthly recap of CPTC’s Masters runners for September …
Faster Masters – Sylvie Kimche Profile and Club Champs
When even Alberto Salazar says about his career that “I always thought I was a big baby, a wimp,” I think it makes it okay for the rest of us to admit that our sport is tough mentally. Competitive running is a celebration of suffering in pursuit of personal growth, and that can be tough year in and year out …
Faster Masters – June Recap
Remember when Tom Hanks used to win an Oscar every year, which was generally ok because he was a good actor and kept finding interesting roles? Or when the New York State Senate would meet most days? Or when Johnny Gray would go out too fast? These were things that were written about a lot, but they happened so often that they lost their bite. So how do I keep writing about Yumi Ogita’s accomplishments in a fresh way? …
Faster Masters – Mother’s Day, Kidney, Wall Street
I interviewed Yumi Ogita a few weeks ago, in March, after Coogans – and we talked mostly about that race – which looked plenty fast to both her and me. I did ask her back then for her short-term running goal – and she said that her target for the Kidney 10K was to break [...]
Faster Masters – Parks, Scotland, Run as One
The best race in Central Park this month came from the new baby of the masters team: Joshua Rayman. Josh turned 40 this winter, and it must have fired him up somethin’ awful, since he tore up the Scotland 10k with a 33:51, or 83.9% on the age-graded tables. Since it looks like Josh is [...]
Faster Masters: Coogans, 8000, Colon X 2
Runners move through their athletic careers in both shallow and steep parabolas. Some appear at their first chalked starting line virtually as quick as they will ever be. Most improve for the standard seven years and then start to fade. Others get fast and somehow manage to keep their speed for years. This small last [...]
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