Central Park Track Club

Posts from our tireless CPTC reporters.

New Club Records in 60m, Mile, 3000m & 5000m and Wins in the 60m, 1500m, Long Jump & High Jump…

Julius Mutekanga and Cat Beck each qualified for major championships with performances on Saturday.

2012 HAS STARTED OFF WITH A BANG! 7 BIG PRs!!!!

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 [...]

Marathon photos are posted…. http://spear.smugmug.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/andykiss/sets/72157628085819578/ http://web.mac.com/patrickcowden/Site/NYC2011.html Also there are more on facebook by Michael Ahern.

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 [...]