Central Park Track Club

A weekly post update by our own photography guru Sue Pearsall

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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 [...]