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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Andrew Combs NYRR Elite Mile Runner-up New Club Road Record 4:06.1 Cat Beck New Club Mile Record 4:43.5

Group photos and Women’s Club Team Championship photos are posted here: http://tinyurl.com/3qwvvz8 Patrick Cowden’s photos are posted here: http://web.me.com/patrickcowden/Site/club_champs_011.html#grid

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 [...]

                        Photos by Stuart Alexander are posted here: http://tinyurl.com/3mha3zs Photos by Patrick Cowden are posted here: http://web.me.com/patrickcowden/Site/founders2011.html Photos by Jeff Dengate are posted here: http://www.jeffdengatephoto.com/Sports And photos by Sue Pearsall are posted here: http://tinyurl.com/3hdgjr6

The masters team will get a very swift addition in July, as Thom Little crosses the Rubicon and heads for the 40+ front. I called him up to hear how one of the team’s finest open runners is approaching his 40th birthday. After consulting my thesaurus, I will go with confident insouciance.  “I don’t think [...]

Photos are posted here: http://cptcphoto.ning.com/photo/album/list

Over 300 runners and spectators, from founders to the next generation, were present at the 1st Founders 5k in Prospect Park. The first batch of pictures are posted.