Central Park Track Club

A lot of runners have rightly criticized my last post for the fact that I failed to mention that Ritz donated a potion of his winnings to charity. This is what led to the great human being line. I didn t hear of the donation until today, and wouldn t have written what I did [...]

Although the weathermen called for ongoing rain all day on Saturday, calm skies greeted thousands of runners to Central Park for the ill-named Healthy Kidney 10K Road Race. And with some of the top professional runners in the world present, along with it being the fourth team scoring race of year, the race clearly had [...]

A quiet crowd gathered at the Daniel Webster Statute this past Thursday for the weekly workout, as many runners took the night off to prepare for this Saturday’s Healthy Kidney 10K. But there would be no rest for those who showed up, as Tony had a difficult workout planned, almost as a punishment for those [...]

Numerous words have been used to describe Sid Howard, including prolific, energetic, inspirational, enthusiastic, team player, age group ace…. Well, starting this year, we can no longer use the term bandit. Since 1981, Sid has participated in the Bermuda Marathon Derby without an official race number. You see, in the past, in order to be [...]

Yes, we want to know what you re listening to while you work out!! So send a list of between five and ten of your favorite workout songs to jfeldman@iso.com so we can post them on the website. This is your big chance to share your favorite songs with rest of the club, so don [...]

We will be holding elections to the CPTC Executive Board shortly. If anyone is interested in serving on the board please contact Alan Ruben at aruben@montran.com.

I wasn’t supposed to make it to last night’s workout, as a mere two hours before 7PM I thought the odds of me making it to the Daniel Webster Statue were as close to zero as one can get. But for some reason, the workout somehow draws you in. There’s really no use fighting it. [...]

As you may have noticed, this week we have posted two first hand accounts of road races and track meets involving Central Park Track Club athletes. Andrea Ostrowski and Jim McQuade were kind enough to post write-ups for the Penn Relays and the Broad Street 10 Miler. When I first joined the club six years [...]

Four CPTC members traveled to Philadelphia this past weekend to participate in the annual Broad Street Run, a ten-mile race straight down Broad Street. As usual, the weather was ideal, the course was fast, the competition was deep, and the bands played the Rocky theme song all morning. Stacy Creamer was the 43rd overall female [...]

The Penn Relays is called a carnival which may seem odd unless you’ve been there. First off the crowds are incredible. The high school, college, and post collegiate athletes (Olympic development and masters) plus an always large Jamaican contingent are enthusiastic and loud. More than 400 races over 3 days means that on average one [...]