1994 5 AugSept - Raritan Valley Road Runners

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Raritan Valley Road Runners
*?£& Newsletter
August 1994
Volume 2, Issue 8
Inside This Issue
The Battle of
Volunteers Needed:
• Chemical Bank Corporate
Challenge
• Race for the Cure
• RVRR Club Picnic
Gettysburg
Off the Beaten Path
-to the Ironman
Brown and Wiesinger Hold Their Own.
RolfArands
RVRR'ers Survive Torrid Race Weather!
Well folks, guess what? Ironman Canada
John MacGillivray
is just a few weeks away now for me as
you are reading this. Yikes!!! I have found
RVRR Raffle!
Club Championships
If the weather during the Battle of Gettys
people have been asking me two ques
burg in early July, 1863 had been like it
tions. Why on earth do I want to do an
was this past July 9 for die Spirit of Get
Ironman triadilon? And, how am I training
tysburg 5K, tlie conditions might have
for an Ironman?
favored the Rebel troops and resulted in a
different outcome. Fortunately, the Fed
eral troops prevailed in 1863 as did two of
To set die record straight, any Ironman
RVRR's finest in 1994.
distance event has a 2.4 mile swim, 112
mile bike, concluding widi a full 26.2 mile
maradion run. The event I am doing is
The Battle of Gettysburg... Page 1
Off the Beaten Path
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Volunteers Needed
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Help Needed for Picnic
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Summer Series
Round-Up
Ironman Canada August 28, in Penticton,
humid weadier. Thus our only hope was
die Washington state border).
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up our race numbers on Friday evening
and before going to dinner, we rode die
course. (If Roger had been there, we
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Nominations for 199S
Officers and Board
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would surely have been running the
ation of long distance workouts versus the
all-out heart-pounding effort of the fast
stuff. With these two personal observa
and many hills. We quickly abandoned
any hopes for PR's.
The next morning we all ran and survived
tions and oodles of available training time
widi die completion of my PhD this past
April, I decided this year to do an Iron-
die nice. However, there was a question as
man. The distances were and are intimi
to whedier we would survive the wait for
dating, which is part of die appeal. To
boldly go where I have not gone before...
the results. There were 837 finishers and
RVRR 1994 Club
First, why do an Ironman? The Ironman
distance has always had a certain bizarre
appeal to me. I enjoy the rhythmic relax
course.) What we found was little shade
Tupper Lake
Tinman Triathlon
British Columbia (about 75 miles north of
for a flat and shaded course. After picking
Another Mile in the
President's Shoes
On the way to Gettysburg in die Brownmobile, we heard predictions for hot and
the race used boards to figure the places.
Apparently, race directors in central Penn
Championships
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Down the Road
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sylvania have not heard about computer
Race Results
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scoring. Or maybe dial Three Mile Island
Second, how am I training for Ironman
Canada? At first glance, preparing for die
Ironman distance was incomprehensible
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All volunteers for this event will receive a
Wednesday Night Runs
The Raritan Valley Road Runners have
met weekly for over eleven years of con
secutive Wednesday night runs! Come
join us at 6:15 PM at the Highland Park
YM-YWHA on Route 27 & South Ade
laide Avenue. Parking is available on the
streets. Come dressed in your usual run
ning garb.
After the Run, We Eat
Comejoin usfor dinner
Wednesday's schedule for each month.
Week
1
Place
Cafe Primavera
JFK Blvd., accrossfrom Rutgers
Plaza, Somerset
2
Dolls
Route 27S., 1" bldg. onright
past train station. New Bruns.
3
Another Mile in the
President's Shoes
John Pretzell
The hot weather is upon us, and another
Summer Series has come and gone. My
congratulations go out to Doug Brown
and Janice Reid, for without them the
Summer Series would not have been such
a success. I hope all of you who partici
pated in the Series ran as well as you could
given this summer's heatand humidity.
The first RVRR club championship race
will be the newlyformed George Sheehan
Classic (formally the Asbury Park 10K).
Race For The Cure
The race will be held in its new location in
Red Bank, NJ. I hope you will join us in
the first of three fall club championship
races. By the way, has any one seen last
year's club overallchampionAdam EyreWalker? I still have his trophy from last
The Race For The Cure is a unique event
conceived, designed and implemented by
the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foun
Olive Garden
I hope all of you areout there selling those
Route 18 S., near East Bruns.
RVRR raffle tickets! It's one of the best
azines.
Square Mall, East Brunswick
deals you can buy here in Central Jersey.
The odds of winning one of the three
prizes are great (1 in 83), and you will be
helping to finance our club's activities.
Pizza Hut
year.
New Brunswick
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Please, Volunteer:
dation to promote positive awareness,
education and early detection of breast
cancer. The series has been nationally rec
ognized as a premier sporting event by
Runner's World and Running Tunes mag
Corner ofAlbany &. Neilson,
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complimentary admission to the RVRR
picnic on September 11. This is the club's
way of thanking you for your loyal sup
port and dedication. The payments (he
club receives forevents like this help fund
our operations and keep our dues at a very
low level. Most social organizations
charge their members anywhere from $25
to $50 annual dues and provide far fewer
benefits than RVRR provides to its mem
bers. This is a great opportunity to help the
club and help yourself.
location varies
RVRR is managing New Jersey's first
annual Race for the Cure on October 2,
1994 at the Educational Testing Center in
Princeton, NJ.
P.O. Box 1197
Edison, NJ 08818-1197
Executive Board Members
President
John Ptetzell
1st Vice-President
(908) 545-1868
Mark Rogalski
(908)846-2863
2nd Vice-President
Secretary
Louise Narciso
(908)679-7838
will be held at the Princeton Forrestal
Kathy Wagner
Center in Plainsboro. The actual race site
Marty Dolphin
(908)846-2739
Rolf Arands
(908)249-4939
(908) 563-2622
(908) 846^355
Newsletter Editor
Paul Grassie
is the Chemical Bank building at 500 Col
lege Road East, just off Route 1. RVRR
has agreed to supply the volunteers for the
race in return for a fee to our club. The
race will be 3.5 miles. There will be a
Board of Directors
Eva Weinberger
GaryWiesinger
Chemical Bank Corp. Challenge
On Thursday, August 18 at 7 PM, the
Chemical Bank Corporate Challenge
(908)234-2679
Treasurer
Volunteers Needed:
(908) 788-5223
post-race party for all runners and volun
teers. I have heard that the food is unbe
RVRR will "manage" The Race For The
Cure by supplying approximately 15-20
club members who will captain various
functional areas, such as registration,
water slops and split timing.
These 15 captains will direct volunteers
supplied by the Breast Cancer Research
Center. Some pre-race coordination may
be necessary. In exchange for our efforts,
RVRR will receive a monetary contribu
tion which can help defray the costs of
some of our club activities (e.g. High
Point to Cape May Relay, Midland Picnic
and the Holiday Party.)
lievable. Volunteers need to be at the race
site by 6:00 PM. Those of you who are
Anyone interested in volunteering, please
able to come out and help your club on this
call Race Director (and RVRR member)
evening are asked to please contact John
Angela Garden at (908) 429-1245. Thank
MacGillivray at (908) 549-7882.
you.
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Help Needed For
Club Picnic
The annual RVRR picnic and Summer
Series awards presentation will be on
Sunday September 11 at 12 noon in
1994 Contributors to RVRR
The following members have made pecuniary contributions to the club. These
individuals will be recognized in the newsletter for their generosity for the
remainder of 1994. This list includes contributions received through June 6,
1994. By making a tax-dedutable contribution to RVRR, your name could also
appear in one of the following donor categories:
Donaldson Park.
1 Mile Club (up to $24):
Mark Rogalski
Conor Gaynor
We are in need of volunteers to handle the
following responsibilities:
Paul Grassie
Yevette Hendler
1) Three grill cooks
Kathleen Cammarata
Kathy Wagner
Ray Petit
2) One person to coordinatebuying and
preparation of beverages.
RolfArands
Barbara Gordon
3) One person to coordinate buying and
Larry Smith
Arnold Holgerson
distribution of salads and desserts.
John MacGillivray
4) One person with a pick-up truck or
van who can transport the gas grills in
the events that the owner of the grill
anonymous
5K Club ($25-$49):
does not have such a vehicle.
Bob Nelson
Rick Boyle
We are in need of the following items to
execute (he picnic:
10KCIub($50-$99):
John Pretzell
1) Three gas grills in good working con
dition. The larger the grill the better.
15K Club ($100-$249):
Hair Marathon Club ($250 - $499):
If you are able to help in any of these
areas, please contact Doug Brown or
Janice Reid at 254-3120.
Marathon Club ($500 and up):
Ultra-Marathon Club:
This category is reserved for the generous individual who buys the Highland
Park Y and turns it into a clubhouse for RVRR!
The following companies and organizations have also contributed their money
and/or services to support RVRR. The namein parentheses is the club member
who is affiliated with that organization and/or is responsible for soliciting the
contribution:
Blackstone Company
CoreStates / New Jersey National Bank
Apollo News Service
Sneaker Factory
New York Sports Club at East Brunswick
Highland Park Cyclery
(Bill Schwartz)
(John MacGillivray)
(Doug Brown)
(Dean Sbonts)
(EdHalper)
(Dave Fitzhenry)
Thomas Sweet Ice Cream of New Brunswick
Pizza Hut of New Brunswick
Cornerstone Preservation
Upcoming RVRR Events
Johnson & Johnson - Personal Products Company
Katherine Wagner, Attorney At Law
Lake Hazen Consulting
9/11
RVRR Summer Series Picnic
Runners World magazine
11/6
East Brunswick 10K
American Plastic Company
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(John MacGillivray)
(Peter Fama)
(Kathy Wagner)
(Paul Grassie)
(John MacGillivray)
(Steve Kornstein)
Battle of Gettysburg
Off the Beaten Path
Simply put, periodic training. Two weeks
hard, one week easy. Maximum distances
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swim, 150 miles/week bike, and 30 miles/
thing caused some massive brain damage
after all. I had not heard of the board sys
to me. Where do I start? Days of delibera
tion yielded no answers. What the hell do
I do to even begin (he long, intense physi
cal and especially mental training pro
tem used at a race this size since Phidi-
pedes won the Sparta marathon.
Determining the first three males overall
was easy, especially since Steve Spence
ran away with the race in 14:24. We knew
in each event have been 5 miles/week
cess?
I had no long distance experiences other
minute. That was it!!! — I started with
hour had passed with no age group results,
what I knew, and worked from there. I
an announcement was made for all finish
reviewed my training notes and perfor
ers between 18:40 and 20:50 to come to
mance of that race. I found some of the
the scorer's table. Another hour later,
mistakes I made back then and developed
my new program with the approach of
"What would I do different, knowing what
course in 15:50.
The RVRR contingent completed the day
with a pancake breakfast and then a tour of
the Batdefield. It was an enjoyable trip.
Road trips to races afford us the opportu
nity to visit locales that we might other
wise not and focus the trip around our
race. The sightseeing becomes a bonus. It
also testifies to the high quality of RVRR
race management when we compare our
events to these races. Join us next year on
July 8 for the 5th Annual Gettysburg 5K.
The club is always open to ideas for other
road trips to interesting places. So let us
hear your suggestions.
VtJMK/l,Otf
workout to simulate race conditions. Week
two, long distance workouts in each event.
Week three, all mileage cut way back and
all workouts optional. Focus on eating,
sleeping, and having some plainold fun to
slow the onset of burnout.
than the... NYC Marathon? — Wait a
we were in for a long wait when, after an
when the dust setUed, Gary Wiesinger
received third and Doug Brown, fifth in
their respective age groups. To show the
competitiveness and depth of this race, the
first male master finished this challenging
week run. Week one, I do a long bike/run
I know nowT
The answer was straightforward from
there — base, base, base, more base. I
added base-building workouts into my
schedule from January through midApril. Frommid-April to now, I have been
garnering information on how I handle the
stresses of longer distance workouts while
doing those workouts.
I spoke with experienced Ironvets (like
John Pretzell and Mark Rogalski of
RVRR) about their training and racing
experiences. I hopped onto the Internet
and asked for advice from experienced
Ironvets via e-mail. With the plentiful
information and my own experiences, I
developed the backbone of what has been
a really good program thus far. No major
injuries, no severe overtraining. Steadily
making progress.
Has it been easy? No. Am I scared? Yes.
Hasmy training program worked? Forthe
answer,readmy Tupper Lake Tinman Tri
athlon race report While my body and
bicycle broke down during this event, I
was able to stay focused enough to finish.
Anyone who has spoken to me recendy
should get a sense of my increasing anxi
ety over August 28. If my worry is not
obvious, I am certainly feeling it and I
won't lie about it. I am having doubts and
fears, and am second-guessing myself of
late. I expected this to happen, and com
mitted myself to sticking to the scheduled
key workouts as much as possible in these
last weeks of preparation.
What will happen come August 28? Don't
know. My goal is to finish, plain and sim
ple (or maybe not so simple!). I'll let you
know what happens. Tick, tick, tick,
tick...
(PS. At the risk of"hinting" a little, I could
use any and all words of encouragement.
Thanks!!!)
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Summer Series
Round-Up
RVRR members who ran June 28:
July 19: Hazy-Hot-Humid weather, and a
Name
Time
Team
GerhardWiesinger
Roger Price
16:45.8
17:03.7
Open A
Open A, 1st
BillPape
17:22.8
Masters A
tree falling across the course 5 minutes
before the gun didn't stop 128 hardy souls
(and 256 hardy soles) from completing the
race. The Open team competition contin
ues to highlight the race series, as the Mor
Herman Richards
17:51.4
Masters A
Chris Weiland
17:56.6
Open A
Rick Boyle
Chris Kelly
17:56.8
Masters A
17:57.0
Vincent Sica
18:07.6
Paul Fiorilla
18:22.4
Master
June 28: With the school year finally clos
Carl Rocker
18:24.8
Open A
Open A
Open A
OpenB
Joe DeJames
18:27.6
Masters A
Jorge Rivera
Scott Conary
18:38.9
Masters A
18:42.4
Ken Vercammen
18:45.6
Open A
OpenB
Douglas Brown
19:05.8
Masters A
Steve Fisher
19:20.2
James Boffa
19:26.7
OpenB
OpenB
John Nowalkowski
19:29.7
Masters B
ing, the ranks of the 15-19 age division
grew accordingly, and the maximum num
Robert Gambogi
19:44.1
OpenB
Pali Rosen
20:05.4
Female
David Alberts
20:23.7
OpenB
ber of entries allowed (150) was reached.
Vivian Hoch
20:55.0
Female
Conditions were again hot and humid,
although the course was drier than for
Dave Fitzhenry
20:56.6
Leigh Walker
21:48.1
Art Kestenbaum
21:51.9
Racel.
Tammy Locklear
22:00.6
Madeline Bost
22:05.1
Masters B
Judy Redling
22:06.2
Female
Barbara Brent
22:12.4
Female
Raritan Valley's Women's and Masters
teams will, no doubt, sweep the Series, as
they face little opposition. The Open team,
hampered by injuries, finished third
behind the Morris County Madmen and
Old Man Track Club, and are now tied
with OMTC in the Series. RVRR will have
to beat OMTC in both remaining races to
win the Open title.
Mike Doel
22:28.6
Cherilyn Garcia
22:48.1
ris County madmen again spoiled the
come-back hopes of the Old Man Track
Club. Several interesting agegroup battles
are shaping up for the final race, as runners
compete for the overall Series trophies
with their three best times for the summer.
The finalrace of the Series was August 2.
This was the 50th running of the Series,
and many special events were planned to
commemorate the event Look for a round
up of this race in the next issue of the
newsletter.
And don't forget RVRR's Annual Picnic
and Series awards presentation on Sunday
September 11. The picnic is fun for the
entire family, whether or not you ranin the
Series.
Masters B
RVRR members who ran July 19:
Name
Time
Team
Gerhard Wiesinger
BillPape
Chris Kelly
16:39.5
Open A
17:24.0
Masters A
17:35.5
Chris Weiland
17:43.7
Female
Adam Eyre-Walker
17:57.4
Open A
Open A
Open A
Masters A
Robert Distell
22:53.6
Herman Richards
17:59.6
Stephen Kornstcin
Anne Fitzhenry
23:17.7
Masters B
Rick Boyle
18:03.5
Masters A
23:54.8
Female
Vincent Sica
18:14.7
Open A
Masters B
Joe DeJames
18:15.9
Masters A
Scott Conary
Jorge Rivera
Douglas Brown
18:17.9
Open A
Julian Zammit
24:12.1
Yevctte Hendler
25:24.7
Alice Tcmpel
Jeffrey German
31:29.2
27:56.5
RVRR Raffle!
Drawing Sunday, September 11,1994
Don't miss out! Take a chance in the Raritan Valley Road Runner's Raffle.
18:44.5
Masters A
19:08.3
Masters A
John Nowalkowski
19:35.4
Masters B
George Kelly
20:30.0
Masters B
Peter Strom
20:38.3
Masters B
Vivian Hoch
21:04.5
Female
Daniel Berler
21:17.7
Leigh Walker
21:38.1
1st Prize:$800 Cannondale M600 Mountain Bike
Ait Kestenbaum
21:47.5
Masters B
2nd Prize:$100 Gift Certificate for The Sneaker Factory
Madeline Bost
21:49.0
Masters B
3rd Prize:$50 Cash
Judy Redling
21:58.5
Female
Melanie Nosal
22:14.1
Female
A maximum of 250 tickets will be sold, which guarantees yourodds of winning at 1
in 83 — much betterthan the New Jersey Lottery. So buy a ticket and help yourclub
Stephen Komstein
Cherilyn Garcia
22:31.0
Masters B
22:36.7
Female
defray some of its expenses.
Barbara Brent
22:38.3
Female
Mike Doel
22:50.1
Tammy Locklear
22:58.1
Ticketsare $5 each. If you would like to sell or purchase tickets, please contact Mark
Rogalski at 908-846-2863. Winnersneed not be present to win. The drawing will be
on September 11,1994, at the SummerSeries Picnic. Thanks for yoursupport!
Julian Zammit
23:53.1
Yevette Hendler
25:56.7
The clubwould like to thank Highland Park Cyclery andThe Sneaker Factory for
Jean Richards
26:48.2
donating the 1st and 2nd place prizes respectively.
Andrea Orlando
27:27.3
Jeffrey German
32:03.6
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Masters B
I ran into the transition area, wetsuit half
Tupper Lake
off by now.I ran by Mark, who wasnearly
ready to begin his bike leg. I arrived at my
bike and began my notoriously slow
Tinman Triathlon
swim-to-bike transition. With ferocious
July 16, 1994
intensity written on his face, Mark ran off
1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.2 mile run
and began the bike leg. Carl arrived a
minute later, and, with a change that made
Clark Kent look slow, was gone before I
even had my shoes on!!!
RolfArands
John
Pretzell, Carl
Rocker, Mark
1 finally got underway and spun an easy
gearto loosen up the "jets". "Will the legs
hold out?" ran through my mind as I
cranked up and out of the transition area. I
took down my first Powerbar right away,
athlon like this.
need to make it through the race. Tupper
Lake has a notorious reputation for its
About 30 minutes before the race start, the
clouds briefly broke and a rainbow arched
like a beckoning gateway above the swim
course over which we would begin our
70.4 mile journey by water, wheel, and
foot. This could be seen as either a really
good or really bad sign, depending upon
one's perspective.
Carl, Mark and I were in the first swim
wave. John started in the third wave, ten
minutes later. Carl had the misfortune of a
36 secondlate startas he tended to "family
matters" on the lake shore, not that it mat
tered much once he was on his bike!!! I hit
the water and quickly settied into my
relaxed distance- swimming rhythm. The
out-and-back
swim
course
was
well-
marked, and I still managed to bump into
nearly all of the giant orange buoys along
the course. Navigation was a bit tricky due
to the clouds and my tinted goggles. Com
ing back into shore, the race organizers
had an emergency vehicle parked cleverly
at the swim finish, with its flashing light
beckoning to the incoming swimmers like
a lighthouse calling to ships on a dark and
foggy night.
knowing about how much food I would
hills. Yup, it was hilly.
minute or so behind Mark and about a
minute ahead of Carl. John, starting two
waves later, gained some time on us
"young" guys widi his 31 minute swim.
nearly-23 mph ride. John did not fare so
well, suffering severe muscle cramps and
tightness toward the end of the chilly ride
that forced him to withdraw from die
event after the bike leg.
I puttered into the transition area on my
very poorly and it somehow managed to
slay on the rim nonetheless. The lack of
any push in my quads and (he pain in my
lower back had me considering withdraw
ing from the raceas well. A quick self-chi
ropractic adjustment alleviated the pain in
my back. I decided to see how far I could
go on the run.Clumsily, I changedinto my
running clothes, strapped on my heart rate
monitor, and, with a robot-like movement,
1 began running without even thinking
Mark looked really strong on his return
trip from die bike turn around as I
approached the 1/2 way point. Although I
temperatures held out for the run, making
the challenging hilly run course that much
never saw him, Carl showed some serious
easier.
cycling strength as he hammered through
the bike course, passing Mark in the pro
cess. Up to the 1/2 way point, I was right
on cue with my eating and drinking plan,
and a minute ahead of schedule in my
time. However, much to my dismay, the 1/
2 way water stop had only PowerAde,
which I had never used before, and not
water. I took on two PowerAde bottles, but
could not tolerate the stuff for whatever
reason.Meanwhile, John was making time
on me, cutting my ten minute wave-start
"lead" to a mere four minutes at the turn
twice about it The overcast skies and cool
Carl ran an impressive 1:34 13.2 mile run,
and Mark followed close with his 1:37
run. Admittedly, Carl said he felt pretty
bad at the end of his run, and I would bet
he feels pretty good about it now. Nice
work gentlemen!!!
Eating and drinking on the bike dictates
how much gas is left in the tank for the run
in these longer events. My missed snack at
2 hours in the bike ride came back to haunt
me at the end of the run. Anyway...
around. What do these guys eat anyway?!
At exactly mile 30, my rear tire disinte
grated with a gunshot bang. For 20 min
utes I fumbled about trying to get the glueon tire off the rim and its replacement back
on. I forgot to eat and drink while I was
stopped, which I later regretted. Finally,
after scores of cyclists sped by, I was roll
ing again, really pissed and hell-bent on
gaining back some time. Big mistake,
folks!!! Don't do this. It doesn't work. I
I emerged in about 34 minutes, about a
and Mark cruised in with an awesome
wobbly steed. I had mounted the rear tire
Rogalski and I made the 6-hour drive to
Tupper Lake, NY to compete in this chal
lenging and very hilly event on July 16,
1994.While John and Mark were experi
enced at these longer distances, Carl and I
had yet to experience a longer distance tri
The four of us were greeted on race morn
ing by cool temperatures (60 degrees,
maybe), lots of clouds and rain showers.
Carl smoked the challenging 56 mile
course with his stunning 23+ mph ride,
held 25 mph for about 10 miles, until I
blew up at mile 40 or so, but still managed
to hold just shy of 20 mph for the bike ride.
Lesson learned, stay within in one's race
plan, never above it.
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I passed mile 1 at... whoa!!!... 7:40. My
aching body took to the running quickly,
as I felt better and better with each stride.
My aching quads responded well, as die
burden of propulsion had been transferred
to their hamstring counterparts. I took in
some fluids and checked my heart rate.
180 bpm, and dropping. Soon it fell to my
normal 160 bpm training rate. I clocked
through the 3 mile mark in about 22 min
utes. Wow, I thought I am moving right
along. In retrospect, I should have slowed
down. It was too easy. I was passing too
many people. I was charging up the endContinued on Page 7
Tupper Lake
Tinman Triathlon
Continued from Page 6
Nominations for
1995 Officers and
Board Positions
less hills with reckless abandon. At mile
10, my quads, following the example of
my back tire, blew out quite abruptly. I
walked the uphills, and jogged the flats
and downhills towards the finish.
Nominations for RVRR officers and board
members will be taken at the September
general membership meeting. The elec
tion will take place at the November meet
ing.
As I closed in on the finish line, I think I
saw Elvis and the answers to life's most
cosmic questions among the dizzying stars
that surrounded the finish line. I quietly
finished in 5:37 feeling a distinct inner
happiness and peacefulness.
RVRR 1994 Club
Championships
As a follow-up to last year's hody con
tested club championship events, we are
designating three road races in the State to
serve as our club championship races for
1994. Similar to the Midland Run - New
Jersey Grand Prix, there are three distance
categories:
Category I
As always, all of the positions are up for
election as all offices are for a one-year
term. This year we will be losing three
officers, John Pretzell (President), Lou
ise Narciso-Fama (Second Vice-Presi
Category JJ
4 miles or less
more than 4 miles and
less than 15K
Category JTI
15K and up
dent) and Kathy Wagner (Secretary). All
It was over.
three of these officers have served the club
I did it!!! A half Ironman!!! First one will
well but have chosen not to run again.
Therefore, we will certainly need at least
always be in the heart, they say. Kind of
three members to serve as new officers,
like first love...
This is your chance to help keep our club
New Jersey's best
Ahem... this is a race report...
Carl ran an outstanding race, finishing in
4:38, and Mark in 4:47. Given my 20
minute stop on the bike, I give myself an
unofficial 5:17, with which I am abso
lutely pleased. John's smart decision to
withdraw spared him any further possible
damage. You can bet he's back tearing up
If you are interested in running for any
position or would like to nominate a mem
ber for a position, please speak to John
MacGillivray, chair of the Nominating
Committee. John can provide you with a
background as to what each position
entails. You can reach John at 549-7882 or
see him at most Wednesday night runs.
This year, we are choosing The George
Sheehan Classic (10K) on August 13 for
the Category II club championshipandthe
Liberty Waterfront Half-Marathon on
September 26 for the Category III club
championship. The category I champion
ship will be a 5K in October or November.
We will apprise the membership in the
next newsletter. In order to be scored for
the club championship, save your result
postcard from the race and turn it in to
Gary Wiesinger.
For 1993, our club champions were:
Category I
Mark Zamek
some more asphalt.
Category II
After the race, we crashed at John and
Mark's cabin, played some Scrabble,
watched Carl Jr. "terrorize" Pat and Bob's
cabins, and enjoyed the warmth of the late
afternoon Adirondack sun that had finally
pushed the chilly clouds out of its way.
After eating a dinner featuring wonderful
black raspberry milk shakes, we journeyed
Welcome new
members!
Maplewood
Vincent Sica
Milltown
Daniel Berler
Edison
Raymond Sabath
Union
Darlene Fackleman
New Brunswick
Tammy Locklear
Bound Brook
John Sanzone
Edison
Same time next year at Pat and Bob's?
GailLandron
Edison
We'll be there!!!
Dawn Irizarry
Woodbridge
local "natural" viewing area, but only one
bear showed himself to us that night. We
hit the sack early, and slept really well that
night
Madeline Bost
Adam Eyre-Walker
Dave Faherty
over to catch a little live bear action at a
Kathy Wagner
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Category UI
Madeline Bost
Adam Eyre-Walker
Congratulations to these members for
their championship performances. Hope
to see many of you vying for this year's
honors.
Saturday
Down the Road
August 13
Sunday
August 28
Beach Patrol 10 Mller
Key:
Day
Date
Name ofRace
Distance
Start Tune
Pre/ Post Registration Costs
LocationofStart
PhoneNumberfor Information
Sea Isle City NJ
(609) 263-3655
(201)764-6554
5:30 PM
Tuesday
Corporate Challenge
3.5 M
Saturday
5K
Middletown NJ
571-4836
August 17
Sunshine Summer Sizzler SK
August 2
RVRR If* Annual Summer Series
5KX-C
7:00 PM
Ttol-Llght Four Mile Series
4M
6:45 PM
S3 post only, lOyrAG
Hugh Moore Bikepath, Lehigh Canal
Donaldson Park
Saturday
August 6
Beach Haven Fire Co. Run for Run
5M
9:30 Am
Beach Haven NJ
August 18
Corporate Challenge
Saturday In the Park
(201)829-1542
5K, Women only
August 20
Belmar 5 Mite Run
8:00 AM
5M
9:00 AM
Neptune NJ
Belmar NJ
775-1615
(201)376-0231
Sunday
Sunday
August 7
8:30 AM
Weequahic Park Restoration Run
August 21
5M
10:30 AM
Harvey Cedars NJ
Sea Girt NJ
974-8164
9:30 AM
Ocean Running Club
Hammonton NJ
7 Third St
(609) 561-4441
Darncgat NJ 08005
Tuesday
August 12
George Sheehan Classic
August 23
open & masters miles
starting at 6:45 PM
4M
Verona Labor Day Classic
9:30 AM
Verona Park. Bloomfield Ave.
Verona NJ
August 27
August 13
77je Walker Run
S15/S20,5yrAG10Konly
USATF Masters Championship
USATF Midland Run Grand Prix Race
(201) 239-4111
Saturday
8:00 AM
654-9228
$11/515,10 yr AG
(201) 376-0231
George Sheehan Classic
9:30 AM
$12/515, Syr AG
Union County College
Springfield Ave, Cranford NJ
5M
South ML Reservation
(formerly Asbury Park Classic)
Fall Classic
7:00 PM
South Orange Avenue
South Orange NJ
S10
Red Bank NJ
974-8457 or 8426
September 5
5M
Sneaker Factory Couples Run
S7/S10.10 yr AG (combined ages)
The Broad Street Mile
(201) 372-8996
Good Old Fashioned Footrace
5M
5K
8:30 AM
S12 5M.S8 2M, lOyrAG
Weequahic Park Oval near
Dayton St, Newark NJ
Monday
(609)494-6100
Women's Distance Festival
9:00 AM
S10/S12
Bodman Park
Middletown NJ
571-4836
5M.2M
Dog Day S Mile Race
The Sea Girt SK
9:00 AM
(201) 447-6178
Princeton Forrestal Center
Neptune City Day
5K
2.5M.5M
Main Sl and Rock Rd.
Glen Rock NJ
3.5 M, 7:00 PM
Saturday
(609) 492-1247
9:00 AM
Nottingham Way
Hamilton Square NJ
(609) 890-8343
Glen Rock Arboretum Run
Thursday
254-3120
10K&5K
5K
EastonPA
Highland Park NJ
Saturday
September 3
Saturday in the Park SK
Bergen Community College
Wednesday
Tuesday
Friday
><&tpQ®tml£)®ir
7:00 PM
(201) 829-1542
5K
8:00 AM
August 16
Paramus NJ
Awgjimit
Vernon PAL 10K
10K
Vernon NJ
10M
(formerly Rockawoy Township Day 5K)
5K
Labor Day SK Run
5K
South Plainfield NJ
754-4620
9:15 AM
9:00 AM
Bamegat Labor Day Run
$10/512,10 yr AG
5M
Red Bank NJ
PetersonField, Mineral Springs Rd.
Rockaway NJ
974-8457 or 8426
(201)625-3198
(609)698-6351
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Bamegat NJ
9:30 AM
Monday
September 5
Sunday
Mayor's Labor Day Race
5M
8:30 AM
Ocean City NJ
(609) 398-6900
Thursday
September 8
September 11
6:15 PM
$12/515,10 yr AG
Warner-Lambert Building
Morris Plains NJ
9:30 Am
5K
10:30 AM
Camp Kilmer. Plainfield Ave
510/512,10 yr AG
Edison NJ
Smiths Industries, Vreeland Rd.
Florham Park NJ
985-0509
(201)314-4020
Wings of Fire SK
5K
The ARC Challenge
9:30 AM
Lumberton Village Green
10K.5K
Lumberton NJ
Mooreland Farms
9:00,11:00 AM
Far Hills NJ
(609) 267-0637
(201)540-7123
September 18
Smiths September Sprint
Edison Lightning SK
SK
Warner-Lambert/United WaySK
SK
Sunday
725-8544
Friday
Gold's Gym 5 Mile Classic
September 9
5M
Windmill SK Classic
5K
5M
HoweU NJ
6:45 PM
Bayshore Classic
11:00 AM
9:00 AM
Holmdel NJ
905-0999
Holland Township NJ
888-7376
Run for Life 10K
995-9025
Saturday
September 10
Cranbury Day SK
5K
8:30 AM
Municipal Building
10K
13.1M
Picatinny Arsenal
Picatinny NJ
(201)584-0679
Flat A Fast; USAT&F Midland Run Grand
Cranbury NJ
(609)448-1357
Prix 400 pis
Byram Day S Mile Race
5M
8:30 AM
Byram Township NJ
Paramus Catholic Benefit Run
5M
9:00 AM
(201)778-1677
(201) 347-2500 or (201) 786-6964
Do Run Run
Ramsey Run
10K.SK
5K
9:00 AM
Philadelphia Distance Run
10:00 AM
9:30 AM
8:30 AM
Philadelphia PA
(215) 293-0786
Saturday
15* AnnualHopewell Challenge
10K
9:00 AM
$12/515,5 &. 10 yr AG
Hopewell School, Princeton Ave
Hopewell NJ
(609) 737-8823
$10/515,5 yr AG men, 10 yr AG women
Cape May Beach Front Run
Ramsey NJ
Memorial Park, Plainfield Ave.
(201)327-1674
Berkeley Heights NJ
10K
Cape May NJ
(201)376-0231
(609) 884-9565
Brlelle Day 10K
10K
9:00 AM
Bridle NJ
223-2100
Run with Pride
Sunday
5K
SK
Liberty Waterfront Run
Saturday
September 17
(201)584-1227
SM
WildwoodNJ
Heartsmart SK Challenge
9:00 AM
(609)522-3290
Bud Kern Memorial Run
5K
Somers Point NJ
9:00 AM
5K
Sunday
RVRR Annual
Summer Series Picnic
5K Relay (3-person)
HalfMarathon Championship
St Clare's Riverside
Harvest Festival
10K
859-7103
5K, 10K
1:00 PM
$10/515,5 yr AG
Harvest Festival Grounds
10:00 AM
Morris Township NJ
Pocono Road, Denville NJ
(201) 625-3198 (6-8 PM)
(201)539-4900
West Orange Downtown Classic
The WyckoffRun
12 noon
Donaldson Park
5M, 2.5M
Highland Park NJ
WyckoffNJ
(201)848-8737
254-3120
(201)915-2040
9:30 AM
Country Squire Run
September 11
Liberty State Park
Jersey City NJ
510/58 no shirt, Syr AG
Ingcfsoll-Dresser PumpCompany
942 Memorial Parkway
Pbillpsbury NJ
(609)927-5253
9:00 AM
$15/518,10 yr AG
9:00 AM
Trolley Trot
September 25
13.1 M.5K
(609) 890-8877
Mine HiU NJ
8:00 AM (?)
10:00 AM
East Windsor NJ
Run for the Ore
September 24
5K
2:00 PM
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$10/512.10 yr AG
West Orange Township Hall
66 Main Stree, West Orange NJ
10:00 AM
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Saturday
Sunday
October 23
Seaside Heights Half Marathon
October 1
13.1M.5K
SK
10:00 AM
(201)882-8124
Sunday
8K.3K
October 2
5K
Great Swamp Devil Run
(609) 399-6111 ext 495
Marine Corps Marathon
8:00 AM
26.2M
9:00 AM
$17/520
Marine Corps War Memorial
Educational Testing Service complex
Arlington VA
(703)640-2225/2720
Princeton NJ
429-1245
Sunday
Firefighter Memorial Five Miler
SM
1:00 PM
Sl2/S18,5yrAG
Lord Stirling School
15K • Midland Run Grand Prix event
Turkey Trot
October 30
Burdette Tomlin Halloween Run
10:00 AM
5K
10:30 AM
Hammonton NJ
(609)561-4441
Cape May NJ
October 8
15K, SK
Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge NJ
5K
Sea Isle City NJ
November 20
Ocean City NJ
Race for the Cure
(609)967-8082
Thursday
November 24
Run Against Drugs
Run for Hope
5K
10K
11:00 AM
Picatinny Arsenal
10:00 AM
Ridgefield NJ
(201)313-1940
Adantic City NJ
(609)822-6911
M©w®imlb<Bi?
(201)361-5555
USATAF Midland Run Grand Prix500pts
Saturday
October 9
Long Beach Island Run
18M
Brant Beach NJ
Boardwalk Runners Turkey Trot
5K
Morris County NJ
Sunday
11:15 AM
Fenton Carey Classic
(609)272-8143
Saturday
Glralda Farms Run
Madison NJ
793-1002
Mays Landing NJ
Sunday
November 13
10K
Seaside Heights NJ
Jersey Devil Dash
Sunday
Jim runonly
November 5
Friday
Born to Run
5M
Noon
(609)494-8861
November 25
Run for the Crop
Seaville NJ
5M
(609) 390-3960
Court Street
Sunday
November 6
Freehold NJ
780-5959
Run Through Deal
East Brunswick 10K
5M
10K.3K
Deal NJ
$12/515,5 yr AG
12:30 PM
EB Baseball Managers Hall
The Paramus Run
Happy Birthday!
Dunhams Corner Rd.
10K.5K
East Brunswick NJ
Paramus NJ
Saturday
Sunday
November 12
October 16
ShowboatAJnited WaySM
Atlantic City Marathon
26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, SK
(609)822-6911
Saturday
SM
8:15 AM
October 22
12 noon
South Belmar NJ
10:00 Am
5M.5K
Sunday
November 13
Race Against Hunger
5M
12:30 PM
AUantic City NJ
(609) 823-5847
Raymond Crafton
Yevette Hendler
Eva Weinberger
RitaZamek
Craig Rd, Manalapan NJ
Mary Hurley
536-9595
Peter Strom
Hashathon Trail Run
6M
9:30 AM
Gail Anson
Susan Jackson
681-7422 ext 10
AC Fireman's Run
David Alberts
Linda Zammit
Atlantic City NJ
(609) 343-4361
Bar Anticipation SKFun Run
5K
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Cneesequake State Park
Old Bridge NJ
Jim Bethea
Madeline Bost
Kenneth Vercammen
Joseph Cammarata
531-3856
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Saturday
Race Results
June 18
Monday
Run For The Roses - -10K
For inclusion in future issues, please for
Leonla Run — 1 Mile
Denville, NJ
Lindsay Nakajima
ward your race results to:
35:54
P'Age Division
Yevette Hendler
c/o RVRR
Michael Doel
P.O. Box 1197
Monday
52:57
President's Cup Night Race — SK
Millbum, NJ
Roger Price
3M—20M—3M
Bill Pape
1:23:31
2nd Overall
Christopher Weiland
1:24:36
3rdOverall
John Pretzel
1:32:13
3rd in 35-39; U'h Overall
May 21
University City SK Run
18:46
3rdAge Division
May 30
16:10
Henn Richards
17:09
Rick Boyle
Doug Brown
Conor Gaynor
17:38
John Pretzel
Dave Lazarus
18:29
17:03
1stAge Division
June3
18:27
•
Roger Price
Shore AC—Monmouth
1500 Meters
Madeline Bost
5:45
I'1 Age Division
June 5
Judy Redling
21:51
Steve Komstein
23:23
1"AgeDivision
Ray Petit
24:30
Yevette Hendler
24:50
Sunday
June 26
RolfArands
Tuesday
July 12
4 Miles
4:54
Lindsay Nakajima
23:03
27:12
Madeline Bost
1" Master
1" AgeDivision
6:12
GSAC Track Meet — 800 Meters
Roger Price
2:24
Madeline Bost
2:54
Sunday
July 3
Midnight Sun Ultra-Marathon
Steve Komstein
29:07
Judy Kesin
34:07
Friday
July 15
SKFor Women
Tammy Locklear
Saturday
52.4 miles
July 4
Roger Price
July 16
Tupper Lake,NY
9:44:42 PR
Monday
1.2M—56M — 13.1M
Carl Rocker
Mark Rogalski
4:38:36
4:47:25
5:37:30
RolfArands
fiat tire
22:09
Madeline Bost
20:49
Tinman Triathlon
Sunday
July 17
27:22 PR
Forest Frolic-15K
Virgil, NY
Leonla Run —5K
20:46
33:09
2nd in 25-29 AG
1" Master
1" Master
3rdMaster
Swim —1.2 M
Seaside Heights
Randolph Township
16:20
Madeline Bost
21:77
25:77
under 30:00
Belmar, NJ
Parsippany, NJ
Roger Price
John McGillivray
Kathy Wagner
2nd Annual King of the Pier Ocean
1" Master
J&H Twilight Classlce SK
18:22
June 25
Firecracker Four Mile Run
June 8
16:32
3rdAge Division
Janice Reid
Saturday
Paul Grassie
2:54
Gold Medal
Gettysburg SK
Baffin Island, NWT, Canada
Masters Track & Field Meet
Shore AC — Monmouth
800 Meters
Madeline Bost
1500 Meter
Conor Gaynor
5*^ Age Division
Randolph Township
Masters Track & Field Meet
Silver Medal
Garden State Games
Doug Brown
Madeline Bost
June 5
100 Meter Dash
Donald Heilman
20:44
Roger Price
l"Age Division
July 9
Madeline Bost
21:20
Wednesday
Saturday
John McGillivray
16:33
1" Master
22:21
Gary Wiesinger
GSAC Track Meet— 1 Mile
Homilton.NJ
Sunday
Julian Zammit
19:49
20:37
Run Around the Lake — SK
Sunday
Garden State Games
17:58
Bar Anticipation — SK
20:53
Madeline Bost
July 7
Garden State Games
Gary Wiesinger
Lindsay Nakajima
Rldgewood Run — SK
Friday
16:09
1"AgeDivision
Phila., Pa
Madeline Bost
Thursday
l"Age Division
Staten Island Biathlon
Monday
6:17
SK
Or, you may leave a message for Yevette
by calling (201) 533-2384.
Rick Pangborn
Cherilyn Garcia
1" Female Overall
June 20
Edison, NJ 08818
Saturday
July 4
Cherilyn Garcia
Vivian Hoch
22:11
1" Female Overall
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Mclanie Nosal
Yevette Hendler
1:22:77
1:37:77
1:47:40
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September 1994
Volume 2, Issue 9
Inside This Issue
RVRR Picnic &
Raffle —Sept. 11th
Club Nominations
for 1995 —Sept. 21st
Another Mile in the
President's Shoes
John MacGillivray
John Pretzell
Recommended:
Attention All RVRR'ers: The "Y" will
Cranbury Day 5K (Saturday, Sept. 10 /
not he open for our use on the following
9:00 AM.):
Wednesday evenings: September 7,h,
14'\ 21st, and 28lh. There will be no use
of showers or locker rooms on these
nights. Please plan accordingly.
Race Previews
This is one of my favorite 5K courses
because it is pancake flat, has only a few
turns, has a field of only several hundred
and runs through the quaint downtown of
Fall Race Schedule
I hope all of you are selling Uiose Raffle
Tickets!!! It's one of the best deals you
can buy here in Central Jersey. A 1 in 83
chance of winning — now diose are great
tor, Paul Leetsma, started die runners
odds — and you will be helping our great
from the wrong point, taking at least 200
meters off the race. Doug Brown was
quick to realize that die course was short
running organization.
Another Mile in the
President's Shoes
Page 1
Race Previews
Page 1
Cranbury. In 1991, when they changed the
start/finish to the Cranbury School from
the town's playground, the co-race direc
As mentioned in the previous newsletter, I
will not be running for President again in
;d'tcr die race and informed Paul of this. At
1995. My wife Kris and I are expecting
next year, the start was quiedy moved to
its proper point, making the race an accu
the time, Paul vehemently denied it. The
Race for the Cure
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our first child in Janu;uy, and I will be re-
Thanks to Corporate
Challenge Volunteers
focusing my time and energy on our new-
rate 5K again. That is, unless Yevette sets
Page 2
bom.
a P.R. Then we will consider it a short
Summer Series
Page 3
Ten Years After: Part 2
Page 5
Down the Road
Page 6
Race Results
Page 8
course.
President, please feel free lo contact cither
myself or John MacGillivray about this
Why Bother:
position or any other Executive Board
position. Hither one of us could oudine the
The ARC Challenge: This race has tried
to imitate the genius of Harry Brown's
Midland Run. However, the event ends up
being nodiing more than just a frivolous
duties and responsibilities that go with
Nominations for 1995
Officers and Board
If anyone is interested in the position of
Page 8
each office.
attempt to try to capitalize on die success
Youth Running Series
Surpasses 1993
Page 9
USATF/NJ Corner
Page 9
Our next scheduled general membership
meeting will be Wednesday, September
of New Jersey's greatest road race. As a
volunteer running club, we are die true
21. Due to die Wednesday closings of the
guardians of the sport. Midland is run-
Continued on Page 2
Continued on Page 4
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Wednesday Night Runs
Another Mile
Race for the Cure
The Raritan Valley Road Runners nave
met weekly for over eleven years of con
secutive Wednesday night runs! Come
join us at 6:15 PM at the Highland Park
Two meetings for Race for the Cure vol
"Y" in September, the placeof themeeting
unteers have been scheduled. The first is
has yet to be determined.
September IS"1, and the second will be
laide Avenue. Parking is available on the
streets. Come dressed in your usual run
ning garb.
Congratulations from allclubmembersgo
held at the Princeton YMCA at 7 PM. A
After the Run, We Eat
hope your life together will be filled with
love and happiness!
join us.
On Saturday, August 13 many of our club
members competed in the 1st Annual
George Sheehan Classic in Red Bank NJ.
worthy cause.
This wasourclubChampionship race for
Thanks to Corporate
Challenge Volunteers
September 27*. Both meetings will be
YM-YWHA on Route 27 & South Ade
out to the new Mr. and Mrs. Michael
Burke. Let's hope they both found some
time to run while they spent their honey
moon in the Canadian Rockies. We all
Come join usfor dinner
Wednesday's schedule for each month.
Week
1
Place
Cafe Primavera
JFKBlvd., accrossfrom Rutgers
Plaza, Somerset
2
Dolls
Route 27S., 1" bids, on right
past train station, New Bruns.
3
Pizza Hut
Corner ofAlbany & Neilson,
to name a few). All times and results will
Square Mall, East Brunswick
location varies
this year.
Olive Garden
Route 18 S., near East Bruns.
5
that competed were: Gary Wiesinger,
Steve Fisher, EvaWeinberger, MartinDol
phin, John Pretzell, Conor Gaynor, Ed
Adamsky, Jim Bethea, Scott Conary,
Linda Kwatkoski, andJudy Redling (just
be factored in and merged with the other
championship races to produce our"Club
Champions". The winners will be
acknowledged at theAwards banquet later
New Brunswick
4
the 10K distance. Some of the members
P.O. Box 1197
Edison, NJ 08818-1197
Executive Board Members
President
John Pretzell
(908)545-1868
1st Vice-President Mark Rogalski
(908)846-2863
2nd Vice-President Louise Fama
(908)679-7838
Secretary
Kathy Wagner
(908)234-2679
Treasurer
Upcoming RVRR Events
9/11
RVRR Summer Series Picnic
9/21
General membership meeting
11/6
East Brunswick 10K
group of RVRR volunteers areplanning to
car-pool from the Highland Park"Y". We
will be leaving the Highland Park "Y" at
6:30 PM each night Please feel free to
Please becomeinvolvedandhelpwith this
Listed below are the RVRR members and
family who graciously served as volun
teers for the Chemical Bank Corporate
Challenge on Thursday, August 18, at the
Forestal Center in Princeton. RVRR will
receive a contribution from Chemical
Bank for their efforts. The money that we
recieve from working events such as this
help defray the cost of operating our club.
It essentially allows us to continue to have
all of the great benefits that you receive
from the club, including use of the Y on
Wednesday nights,the High Point to Cape
May relay, the picnic at Midland and
countless other amenities that help all of
us to better enjoy the sportof running.It is
only through the efforts of these people
and thousands of others in the running
Welcome New Members!
Kenny Cymbalisty
Edison
Andrea Orlando
Piscataway
Billy DeFalco
Milltown
Marty Dolphin
(908) 846-2739
Happy Birthday!
Board of Directors
community who unselfishly give their
time to make the club andthe sportof run
ning better for all of us. In gratitude to
these members, the club rewarded each
volunteer with a complimentary pass to
theannual RVRR picnicon September 11.
Thank you again for a job well done!
Maryanne Brogan
Chris Pretzell
Daniel Berler
William Krempa
Marty Dolphin
Ron Bier
David Lazarus
Louise Fama
David Brown
MelanieNosal
Carl Rocker
Peter Fama
Marty Siederer
J. Patrick Cusick
Linda Kwatkowski
David Siederer
Newsletter Editor
John Dale
Len Vaccaro
John MacGillivray
Andrl Smith
Paul Grassie
Paul Grassie
Thomas Wolf
John Pretzell
Gary Wiesinger
RolfArands
Eva Weinberger
GaryWiesinger
(908) 249-4939
(908) 563-2622
(908) 846-4355
(908) 788-5223
Martin Keoughan
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Ray Petit
Sharon Rogers
Vinnie Sica
1994 Contributors to RVRR
The following members havemade pecuniary contributions to the club.These
individuals will be recognized in the newsletter for their generosity for the
remainder of 1994. This list includes contributions received through June 6,
1994. By making a tax-dedutable contribution to RVRR, your name could also
appear in one of the following donor categories:
Summer Series
The celebration of the 50th Summer Series
race was exciting! Lots of pre-race media
coverage and a special invitation to the
'Top 50" runners of all time in the male,
female, and masters divisions made for a
overcrowded field of 180 runners. All
1 Mile Club (up to $24):
Mark Rogalski
Conor Gaynor
comers were welcomed, however, for this
special event, and 172 of the runners suc
cessfully crossed the finish line. For the
Paul Grassie
first time, prize money was awardedto the
top male and female runner ($50, what
else?), and $50 gift certificates were
Yevette Hendler
Kathleen Cammarata
Kathy Wagner
Ray Petit
donated by Dean Shonts of the Sneaker
Factory for the top male and female mas
ters runners. RVRR's own Bill Pape and
RolfArands
Barbara Gordon
Madeline Bost won these awards.
Larry Smith
Arnold Holgerson
John MacGillivray
The Series comes to it's conclusion at the
RVRR Annual / Summer Series Awards
anonymous
Picnic on September 11.All RVRR family
and friends are invited to attend... it's an
5K Club ($25 -$49):
all-you-can-eat barbeque, special 3-person relay race, and softball game fest that
will last from noon until dusk. Come any
time, and enjoy the food for just $5 per
person (kids under 6 free). (RVRR mem
bers are asked to also bring a salad or des
sert) Call Doug Brown or Janice Reid at
254-3120 to make your "reservation"
today!
Bob Nelson
Rick Boyle
10KCIub($50-$99):
John Pretzell
1SK Club ($100-$249):
Half Marathon Club ($250 - $499):
Marathon Club ($500 and up):
RVRR members who ran on August 2:
Ultra-Marathon Club:
This category is reserved for the generous individual who buys the Highland
Adam Eyre-Walker
Gerhard Wiesinger
16.09
The following companies and organizations have also contributed their money
and/or services to support RVRR. The name in parentheses is the club member
who is affiliated with that organization and/or is responsible for soliciting the
Tom Crochunis
17.03
BillPape
17.15
Chris Weiland
17.24
contribution:
Herman Richards
17.39
Chris Kelly
Rick Boyle
Gene Gugliotta
17.44
Park Y and turns it into a clubhouse for RVRR!
Blackstone Company
Apollo News Service
Sneaker Factory
New York Sports Club at East Brunswick
Highland Park Cyclery
(Bill Schwartz)
(John MacGillivray)
(Doug Brown)
16.41
17.48
18.02
Joe DeJames
18.09
(Dean Shonts)
Vincent Sica
18.2S
(EdHalper)
(Dave Fitzhenry)
Scott Conary
Jorge Rivera
18.31
18.32
Thomas Sweet Ice Cream of New Brunswick
Ken Vercammen
18.33
Pizza Hut of New Brunswick
Carl Rocker
18.40
Cornerstone Preservation
Johnson & Johnson - Personal Products Company
Katherine Wagner, Attorney At Law
Lake Hazen Consulting
Runners World magazine
American Plastic Company
(John MacGillivray)
(Peter Fama)
(Kathy Wagner)
(Paul Grassie)
(John MacGillivray)
(Steve Komstein)
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Paul Florida
18.47
Robert Gambogi
Douglas Brown
18.56
18.59
Steve Fisher
19.11
John Nowalkowski
19.21
Continued on Page 4
Summer Series
Race Previews
Continuedfrom Page I
Jim Calandriello
19.37
Peter Strom
20.21
Billy DeFalco
20.23
Daniel Berler
2037
Melanie Nosal
20.56
Vivian Hoch
20.56
Leigh Walker
Judy Redling
21.10
ning's version ofthe pilgrimage.Anything
that even remotely tries to attenuate Mid
land is sacrilege.There are plenty of qual
ity races to run in September. Let's not
waste our effort and money on the poor
ones.
21.15
Madeline Bost
21.23
Ed Levy
21.36
This new section will be dedicated to com
21.43
ments on recent road races.
Mike Doel
22.00
Stephen Komstein
Arnold Holgerson
22.08
Barbara Brent
22.20
21.55
23.18
23.27
Yevette Hendler
24.43
Janice Weinberg
Alice Tempel
25.20
26.52
Diane Thomas
28.13
Jeffrey German
30.17
Doug and Janice would like to especially
thank the enthusiastic and professional
RVRR volunteers who so generously give
their time to make our Summer Series the
premier cross country event in New Jer
sey. They do all we ask, and more, and
usually the pizza's all gone before they're
done! This yearwe had help from:
RolfArands
Bill Krempa
Jim Bethea
Dave Lazarus
Madeline Bost
John MacGillivray
Rick Boyle
Bruce Nadler
Tom Crochunis
Angela Narciso
John Dale
Sal Narciso
Marty Dolphin
Adam Eyre-Walker
John Nowalkowski
Allen Paul
John Pretzell
Louise Fama
Peter Fama
Roger Price
Cherilyn Garcia
Carl Rocker
Angela Garden
Mark Rogalski
Sharon Rogers
Mindy Scherr
Conor Gaynor
Paul Grassie
Charles Gromer
Matt Sharak
Spook Handy
Alice Tempel
Yevette Hendler
Dave Hoch
Janice Weinberg
Gary Wiesinger
Mike Hoefele
Tom Wolf
Stephen Komstein
Jim Zinsmeister
important were two changes that I wanted
to see. (Due to other commitments, I was
unable to direct the 1994 race. It ended up
being directed by someone from the world
of track and field.) One change was to
end of rush hour traffic in Raritan Center.
The staff of the GS Games made this
21.39
Larry Kestenbaum
After I directed the 1993 Garden State
Games 5K road race, there were two
move the start of the race a half hour later,
to 7:30, to beat the heat and avoid the tail
Art Kestenbaum
Julian Zammit
I ate at least 50, or so it seemed.
Cool Down:
Tammy Locklear
Christy Richards
22.19
dentsCup badno food andranout ofjuice.
This year, there was plenty of juice and
about 1000 of those mini bagels, of which
The first George Sheehan Classic, for
merly the Asbury ParkClassic, was staged
in Red Bank. I expected the race to face
nightmarish logistical problems, knowing
the layout of Red Bank. To the credit of
John Haulenbek, Jeff Decker and the
rest of the organizing committee, the race
was managed extremely well. Most of the
runners that I spoke with were extremely
pleasedabout the event. And any race that
serves turkey subs will always rank high
in my book. I am disappointed that I will
have to miss next year's Sheehan Classic
because of a trip that I have to make to
change. Unfortunately, most of the race
flyers that I saw had a 7:00 RM. starting
time. This meant that many runners
arrived a half hour earlier than they bad to
and then had to wait that much longer in
the 95 degree humid weather. The second
issue had to do with the freight trains that
run through Raritan Center. I stressed the
importance of assuring that no trains
crossed the course while runners were on
it. Last year there was a.minor problem
with the trains, but nothing that affected
the runners. This year, a train stopped on
the course and blocked the road,delaying
the start of the race for more than 15 min
North Dakota. I lost a bet.
utes. As I mentioned, it was oppressively
One of the shortcomings I have seen in a
hot, so any delay was a hindrance to the
runners. Having had knowledge of this
problem, it is unforgivable that the GS
number of evening races is that there is
often little or nothing in the way of food. I
view this as a problem becausemost of us
are coming from a day at work. Even if
you eat a small snack on your way to the
race,by the time most night racesareover,
it is well past dinner time and we are usu
ally famished, (or in Peter and Louise's
case — Fama-ished.) At the very least,
these evening races should have fruit and/
or bagels. This problem of no snacks was
acutely evident at the J & H Twi-Light
Classic and it was compounded by the fact
(hat theyquicklyran outof water andjuice
before all of the back of the pack runners
had finished. This is an unforgivable sin
for any race and is surprising for such an
establishedrace,knowing thatthe weather
would be hot
On this same issue, I commend Dean
.. .and I'm sure there are others we've for
Shonts and the Presidents Cup for
gotten. Thank you all!
addressing this matter. The 1993 PresiPage4
Gamesstaff showed this disregard for the
runners.
At the 50thrunning of the RVRR Summer
Series on August 2, Doug Brown made
mention of the fact thatI am theonly per
son to be at all 50 of these runs, dating
back to May, 1984. Upon bearing this,
Mark Sepkowski, a longtime participant
and frequentwinner of past summer series
races, came up to me to verify this. Then
in that unique Sepkowsltian manner,Mark
said to me, "When are you going to geta
life!"
Ten Years After:
Part 2
David Lazarus
T-shirts, t-shirts everywhere! When you
have raced and volunteered for the past 10
years you accumulate all kinds of running
paraphernalia. There are hats;baseball,
painters and ski. There are also bags,
mostly from Midland, towels, mugs and
probably some other things I've forgotten.
But most of all there are t-shirts. Hot
weather races often give out the sleeveless
kind. Colder weather races give out long
ites. Although I set a personalbest for the
10K distance, the most significant event
forme thatday was picking up anapplica
tion for the Central Jersey Road Runners
Club. I recently saw the application at a
race and the message on the application
hasn't changed in the 10 years since I first
picked it up. It asks the simple question
"Why join a runningclub?" andthen gives
some answers. I remember how excited I
was when I read the answers and checked
off most of them.
Unfortunately I didn't join right away
whichprobably contributed to me missing
most of the important wintertraining sea
son. A late December injury, which came
sleeve shirts for those cold winter runs.
from toomany consecutive bard days was
One race used to give out singlets and
there are a few that give out sport shirts.
But far and away the most popularis the
short sleeve shirt, usually filled with the
of correctwinter running gear. When I did
run that winter I suffered the usual prob
lems from incorrect dressing;I either got
names of the sponsors.
too warm or too cold.
Many have found their way into the rag
pile, some are worn once(after the race is
over). Many have drifted into permanent
Finally in lateMarch I made it to my first
Central Jersey Meeting. It wasanawaken
ing into my next stage as a seriousrunner.
I learned about the running community.
Most of those at the meeting werealready
in mid-season form from winter training.
oblivion. But one such shirt, that is
approaching its 10th birthday, will always
hold a special place;my firstshirt from my
first race, the 1984 Nutley Five Mile.
No amount of training can properly pre
pare you for your first race. It amazes me
to see the amount of runners who make
their first race a marathon. Since no
amount of training can prepare you for a
marathoneither,it doesn't surpriseme that
there are many people who have run only
a second factor. A third factor was the lack
I remember an announcement about a
group that ran intervals on Tuesday nights
atColumbiaHigh School. I also got a siz
able number of race applications.
the Asbury Park 10k.
Going to Asbury gave me a firsthand view
of the running elite. My race didn't go too
well;I badly misjudged the heat and
humidity and went out way too fast,
almost walking to the finish. But every
other part of the weekend was a great
experience. I entered the fall season in bad
need of tapering, but I had signed up for
another big race-the Philadelphia distance
Classic. This time I madea really badmis
take: I tried to go to bed around 9 o'clock
the night before. I must have tossed and
turned until about 3 and felt as unrested as
could be the next morning.The racewas a
nightmare. I never figured out who the
impostor in my body was that day, but it
wasn't me. I may have run worse, but I
don't remember when. To compound mat
ters, I got a bad case of chills afterward,
which may have explained my perfor
mance.
After thatI reduced my racing during Sep
tember and October and was able to run
some good races during November. I
approached Winter in excellent shape,
armed with a full contingent of recently
acquired winter running gear.
Luckily that Winter was mild and I got
I joined that group shortly thereafter,
which was led by Dean Shonts and mostly
contained Sneaker Factory members.
Most of the runners were far more accom
one race, a marathon. The race started at 1
plished than I and I tried to acquire as
PM meaning there was more time than
usual to get nervous. I don't remember
that much except it was very warm and I
wanted badly to stop at four miles. My
much information as I could from these
before.
experts. I didn't enter my first raceof 1985
until late May. By late June I was hitting
an incrediblepeak. Almost every racewas
a personal best time. I entered the Sneaker
Factory Tuesday night races every week
and broke my personal 4-mile record 7
times, lowering the time from 26:47 to
I ran four more races that first season, all
24:22. In lateJune I ran 10 straight sub 6
minute miles duringa 6 hourrelay.A week
time of 34:29 satisfied my goalof running
under7 minutes a mile. The following day,
my legs felt a tightnessthey had never felt
doing. I finally got stalein lateJuly which
led up to the first "big" race of my career,
some excellent mileage in. I was more
ready than most for the early March races
and found I really enjoyed racing in the
cold late winter/early spring weather.I had
now established a year round routine that
hascontinuedrightthrough to the present.
Getting to that point took a number of
stepping stones which I attempted to detail
in this article.
The first race, joining a running club,
learning about the type of races you like,
finding a training group, entering big
races, planning for a peak and training
year round is a logical progression. Cer
tainly there are more building blocks that
lOk's. Three of the four have long since
earlier I had broken 40 minutes in the 10K
been canceled. The other one was the Fall
for the first time and also broke 19 minutes
Classic, which that year was held the first
week of November. This fall will be my
for 5K. In early July I ran three races in
three days. I had so many top perfor
can be inserted.
11th straight When I find arace I like, I try
mances in such a short time that I didn't
to stick with it and this is one ofmy favor
have any appreciation for what I was
After ten years I am still excited about run
ning and still accumulatingt-shirts.
Page 5
Saturday
Down the Road
September 10
5K
Somers Point NJ
Date
Name ofRace
Distance
Start Tune
Pre/Post RegistrationCosts
LocationofStart
Phone Numberfor Information
9:00 AM
September 17
Country Squire Run
Bud Kern Memorial Run
Key:
Day
Saturday
5K, 10K
10:00 AM
Morris Township NJ
(201) 539-4900
(609)927-5253
Sunday
September 11
RVRR Annual Summer
Series Picnic
5K Relay (3-person)
12 noon
The WyckoffRun
SM, 2.5M
2:00 PM
WyckoffNJ
(201) 848-8737
Sunday
September 18
Donaldson Park
Smiths September Sprint
Highland Park NJ
254-3120
5K
Edison Lightning SK
Thursday
September 8
Warner-LambertAJnlted WaySK
SK
6:15 PM
SK
10:30 AM
S10/S12, lOyrAG
Smiths Industries, Vreeland Rd.
9:30 AM
Camp Kilmer, Plainfield Ave
Florham Park NJ
(201)514-4020
Edison NJ
The ARC Challenge
985-0509
10K.SK
$12/515.10 yr AG
Warner-Lambert Building
Wings of Fire SK
Morris Plains NJ
5K
(201)540-7123
Lumberton Village Green
9:30 AM
Lumberton NJ
Friday
September 9
5K
Gold's Gym S Mile Classic
6:45 PM
5M
11:00 AM
Holland Township NJ
Howell NJ
995-9025
905-0999
Saturday
Bayshore Classic
(609) 267-0637
Windmill SK Classic
5K
8:30 AM
10:00 AM
5M
8:30 AM
Byram Township NJ
Paramus Catholic Benefit Run
SM
9:00 AM
SK
9:00 AM
Ramsey NJ
(201)327-1674
9:30 AM
Berkeley Heights NJ
Sunday
Liberty Waterfront Run
SK
13.1 M.5K
10:00 AM
223-2100
(609) 890-8877
Saturday
September 17
HalfMarathon Championship
St Clare's Riverside Harvest
Festival
9:30 AM
S10/$8noshirt,5yrAG
Trolley Trot
10K
Ingersoll-Dresser Pump Company
$10/$15,5 yr AG
Wildwood NJ
942 Memorial Parkway
Phillpsbury NJ
Pocono Road, Denville NJ
(609) 522-3290
859-7103
(201) 625-3198 (6-8 PM)
5M
9:00 AM
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9:00 AM
Liberty State Park
Jersey City NJ
(201)915-2040
Heartsmart SK Challenge
5K
September 25
S15/S18, lOyrAG
9:00 AM
Mine Hill NJ
(201)584-1227
8:00AM(?)
Cape May NJ
(201)376-0231
East Windsor NJ
Run for the Ore
10K
(609) 884-9565
Brielle NJ
5K
Hopewell NJ
Memorial Park, Plainfield Ave.
Run with Pride
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
$12/515,5 & 10 yr AG
Hopewell School, Princeton Ave
Cape May Beach Front Run
$10/515,5 yr AG men, 10 yr AG women
Brielle Day 10K
10K
15th Annual Hopewell Challenge
Do Run Run
Ramsey Run
September 24
(609)737-8823
(201)778-1677
(201) 347-2500 or (201) 786-6964
10K.5K
(215)293-0786
10K
Prix 400pis
Byram Day 5 Mile Race
8:30 AM
Saturday
Picatinny NJ
(201)584-0679
Flat & Fast; USAT&F Midland Run Grand
Cranbury NJ
(609)448-1357
888-7376
S19/$24,5yrAG
PhiladelphiaPA
Picatinny Arsenal
Municipal Building
9:00 AM
Philadelphia Distance Run
10K
Cranbury Day SK
5M
Holmdel NJ
13.1M
Run for Life 10K
September 10
9:00, U:O0AM
Mooreland Farms
Far Hills NJ
725-8544
Harvest Festival Grounds
1:00 PM
Sunday
September 25
Sunday
West Orange Downtown Classic
SK
10:00 AM
$10/512,10 yr AG
West Orange Township Hall
66 Main Stree, West Orange NJ
October 16
Atlantic City Marathon
26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, 5K
10:00 AM
Mays Landing NJ
Saturday
Lawrenceville NJ
5M
October 22
Bar Anticipation SKFun Run
October 2
SK
12 noon
10:00 Am
Adantic City NJ
(609)343-4361
Sunday
South Belmar NJ
Race for the Cure
5M
8:00 AM
Educational Testing Service
complex
November 13
Race Against Hunger
681-7422 ext 10
5K
$17/520
November 12
ShowboatAJnhed Way SM
Saturday
(609) 272-8143
Sunday
10:30 AM
$12/515,10 yr AG
Village Park, Yeger Rd
Dunhams Corner Rd.
East Brunswick NJ
(609)924-6280
Jersey Devil Dash
12:30 PM
EB Baseball Managers Hall
Run for the Kids
5K
10K.3K
S12/$15.5yrAG
(609)822-6911
October 1
November 6
East Brunswick 10K
8:15 AM
10K
Saturday
Sunday
AC Fireman's Run
SM.SK
12:30 PM
Craig Rd, Manalapan NJ
9:30 AM
536-9595
Adantic City NJ
Hashathon Trail Run
(609) 823-5847
6M
Princeton NJ
Sunday
429-1245
Firefighter Memorial Five Mller
5M
October 23
Seaside Heights Half Marathon
11:00 AM
Cbeesequake State Park
Old Bridge NJ
531-3856
13.1M, 5K
Sea Isle City NJ
Seaside Heights NJ
Saturday
793-1002
October 8
10K
Fenton Carey Classic
Run for Hope
10K
11:00 AM
Picatinny Arsenal
Morris County NJ
(201) 882-8124
Sunday
Ocean City NJ
(609)399-6111 ext 495
USAT&F Midland Run Grand Prix500 pts
October 9
Long Beach Island Run
18M
11:15 AM
Madison NJ
8K.3K
(201)361-5555
Sunday
Giralda Farms'Run
November 20
Great Swamp Devil Run
Marine Corps Marathon
26.2M
9:00 AM
Marine Corps War Memorial
Arlington VA
15K, 5K
1:00 PM
$12/518,5yr AG
Lord Stirling School
Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge NJ
(703) 640-2225/2720
15K - Midland Run Grand Prix event
Noon
Sunday
$20 by 9/30 only, 10 yr AG
St. Francis Community Center
Burdette Tomlin Halloween Run
Brant Beach NJ
5K
(609)494-8861
10:00 AM
Cape May NJ
Run Through Deal
Turkey Trot
October 30
SK
10:30 AM
Hammonton NJ
(609)561-4441
Thursday
(609)967-8082
November 24
5M
Run Against Drugs
DealNJ
5K
The Paramus Run
10K.SK
Paramus NJ
Boardwalk Runners Turkey Trot
10:00 AM
5K
RtdgefieldNJ
Atlantic City NJ
(201)313-1940
(609)822-6911
Jun runonly
Saturday
October 15
Cherish the Children
5M
Friday
Saturday
November 25
November 5
Born to Run
10:00 AM
Run for the Crop
$10/512,10 yr AG
5M
South Entrance, Veterans Park
5M
Kuser Rd, Hamilton Twp NJ
(609)989-6982
Seaville NJ
Freehold NJ
(609)390-3960
780-5959
Court Street
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11:00 AM
Saturday
Race Results
August 13
George Sheehan Memorial Classic
Red Bank, NJ
For inclusion in future issues, please for
10K
ward your race results to:
Ed Levy
42:54
Yevette Hendler
Louise Fama
50:10
c/o RVRR
Peter Fama
P.O. Box 1197
Yevette Hendler
Steve Komstein
Edison, NJ 08818
Or, you may leave a message for Yevette
??:??
training run
up-all-nite-run
George Sheehan Memorial Classic
Red Bank, NJ
by calling (201) 533-2384.
5K
Nominations for RVRR officers and board
John McGillivray
Saturday
July 16
Tupper Lake Tinman
1.2 miles — 56 miles — 13.1 miles
4:38:02
Sunday
July 31
Sunday
August 14
1/2 mile —16 mile hill climb (bike) — 3 mile
Sunday
7* overall, 2nd agegroup
As always, all of die positions are up for
election as all offices are for a one year
John Pretzell
17 overall, 5thage group
term, commencing in December. This year
27' overall, 6th age group
August 7
Tuesday
August 23
4 miles
Bronx Museum Biathlon
Christopher Weiland
48:18
27:56
28:28
Yevette Hendler
31:06 PR
1st couple 50 - 59 age group
7" overall
John Pretzell
53:33
6 overall, 1"age group
Larry Glazier
53:46
Chris Kelly
Saturday
August 27
54:06
11' overall. 4 age group
2.4 miles — 112 miles — 26.2 miles
RolfArands
14:06:49
first Ironman!
your chance to help keep the club as New
Jersey's best.
If you are interested in running for any
position or would like to nominate a mem
ber for a position, please speak to John
MacGillivray, chair of the Nominating
Committee. John can provide you with a
background as to what each position
Canada's Ironman Triathlon
Penticlon, British Columbia
/ overall, 2" age group
RVNNWCr
Steve Komstein
Yevctte's Partner
wc will be losing at least three officers
who have chosen not to run again. There
fore, we will certainly need at least three
members to serve as new officers. This is
South Orange, NJ
2mile run — lOmi bike — 2mile run
ing.
Carl Rocker
l mile— 30 miles — IOK
2:36:04
members will be taken at the September
21 general membership meeting. The elec
tion will take place at the November meet
Mark Rogalski
Fairmont Park Classic
Carl Rocker
20:20
Harriman Park Triathlon
Carl Rocker
Nominations for
1995 Officers and
Board Positions
entails. You can reach John at 549-7882 or
see him at most Wednesday night runs.
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Youth Running
Development
Series Surpasses
USATF/NJ Corner
Compiled by John MacGillivray
In the most recent Midland Run - New
1993
Jersey Grand Prix rankings, RVRR
members continue a formidable presence
Over 100 Kids Run in Summer Event
in the competition, as detailed below:
This summer saw the second annual
Females
Madeline Bost
Ranking
Points
7
3098
Ranking
Points
2
4906
Youth Running Series. In a cooperative
effort
with
the
Metuchen-Edison
Optimist Club, a civic service club which
promotes beneficial programming for
youth, we far surpassed 1993's
participation levels. Over 100 children,
including many whose parents are RVRR
members, participated. Held on the same
nights as our summer cross-country
series, we drew children from throughout
the Middlesex and Somerset area (a.k.a.
RVRRland.)
The series was underwritten with a
generous grant from the CoreStates /New
Jersey National Bank. Post race
refreshments were provided gratuitously
by Pizza Hut and Thomas Sweet Ice
Cream, both in New Brunswick.
We graciously thank RVRR club member,
Paul Fioril!a of The News Tribune and
Jim Reilly of the Metuchen-Edison
Review (Forbes Newspapers) for thenkind wordsandinvaluable publicityon the
event.These two talentedjournalistsmade
the effort to interview me in orderto pro
vide the publicity needed and of which the
event is deserving. It is the foresight of
these two writers that will truly help our
sport grow and remain strong for years to
come.
Since the focus of our series was to help
the children develop their running skills,
competition was low-key. We emphasized
participation and finishing. The 40 kids
The. parents of the
children
were
extremely supportive of this running pro
gram, in light of the dearth of youth run
ning programs in general. Most major
sports, such as baseball, football, soccer,
etc., have well funded, pervasive youth
development programs. Unfortunately,
Males
Roger Price
Jeremy Stratum
Doug Brown
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Lindsay Nakajima
Gary Weisinger
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we, as runners, have ignored the need for
equivalent programs in our sport. If we
Upcoming
expect running to become a mainstream
races are:
sport, we need to get our youth involved in
it early.
One of theadditions to theyouth program
this summer was the coaching sessions
held on four of the Tuesdays, on which
there was not a race. RVRR member and
Metuchen High School Girls Coach, Len
Vaccaro provided muchoftheexpertise to
the children on how to develop their run
ning.This will help them performbetterin
races as well as give them a betterinsight
to the sport and simply enjoy running
more, which is really what it is all about
USATF/NJ
championship
Masters Men and Women 5 Mile:
CJRRC Fall Classic, Cranford — Mon
day, September 5
Open and Masters Men and Women
Half-Marathon: Liberty Waterfront
Half-Marathon, Sunday, September 25
Open and Masters Men and Women 8K
Cross-Country: Deer Path Park, Readington — Sunday October 2
Open Women 10K: Paramus Run, Para
mus — Sunday October 9
Masters Men and Women 10K: East
The prospects for expanding our youth
programs
appear
good.
MacGillivray is talking with the director
of the Metuchen YMCA about the possi
bility of doing a joint youth program to
bring our message to more youth. We are
also holding a Kids Run event in conjunc
tion with the Race For the Cure on Octo
ber 2 in Princeton and one is tentatively
who completed at least three of the runs
planned for East Brunswick on November
will receive a trophy at the Club picnic on
September 11. In this manner, each runner
feels like he or she is a winnerjust because
they madetheeffort—and in runningthat
5. If anyone is interested in helping with
these worthwhile events, please contact
John at (908) 603-9390. Much help is
needed if the youth runs are to continue
is the case.
and our club is to benefit from it.
Page 9
Brunswick 10K, Sunday,November 6
John
Remember, these races give all Midland
Run- New Jersey Grand Prix competitors
bonuspoints for yourrankings.
RVRR CLUB CALENDAR
Sunday
Monday
OCTOBER 1994
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Saturday
1
Towpath Run 9fl0 am
BlackwelTs Mill road
cafl 846-2739 for info.
2
3
Race for the Cure
ETS-Princeton NJ
call John Pretzell for info
9
16
23
30
10
17
24
31
7
8
4
5
6
Track Workout 5:00 pm
Highland ParkHigh
Group Run 6:10 pm
HighlandParkY
Highland Park Hieh
Dinner at Cafe Primavcra
BeginnersTrack with
Doug Brown
call 846-2739 for info.
Towpath Run 9:00am
14
15
11
12
13
Highland Park High
Group Run 6:10pm
HighlandParkY
Towpath Run 9KX) am
Highland Park Hieh
Dinner at Dolls
BeginnersTrack with
Doug Brown
21
22
18
19
20
Highland Park High
Group Run 6:10 pm
HighlandParkY
Towpath Run 9:00 am
Highland Park Hieh
Dinner at Pizza Hut
Beginners Track with
Doug Brown
caU 846-2739 for info.
25
26
27
Highland Park High
Group Run 6:10 pm
28
29
Towpath Run 9KX) am
Highland Pa* Y
Highland Park High
BlackwcU'sMulroad
Dinner at J.P. Lees
BeginnersTrack with
Doug Brown
caU 846-2739 for info.
Upcoming Events
November 6 - East Brunswick 10K
If you have and club avanta or Into, to list call Martyat 84&&T&
SEPTEMBER 1994
RVRR CLUB CALENDAR
Monday
Sunday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
1
Towpath Run 9:00 am
Highland Park High
Highland Park High
Doug Brown
8
10
Group Run 6:10pm
Highland Park Y
Towpath Run 9:00 am
Highland Park High
****Y CLOSED **•*
Dinner at Cafe Primaveia
Doug Brown
12
13
14
15
Board Meeting 7:30 pm
Highland Park High
Group Run 6:10pm
Highland Park Y
Highland Park High
Race for the Cure meeting
****Y CLOSED ****
Dinner at Dolls
Doug Brown
at Donaldson's Park
RVRR raffle
18
25
19
26
20
21
22
Highland Park High
Group Run 6:10pm
16
Towpath Run 9:00 am
23
24
Towpath Run 9:00 am
Highland Park Y
Highland Park High
****Y CLOSED ****
Dinner at Pizza Hut
Doug Brown
27
28
29
Track Woikout 5:00 pm
Highland Park High
Group Run 6:10pm
Highland Park Y
Race for the Cure meeting
***»Y CLOSED ****
Dinner at J.P. Lees
Doug Brown
Highland Park High
Upcoming Events
October 2,1994- Race for the Cure
November 6,1994 - East Brunswick 10K
if you have and club events or info, to list call Marty at B4&-2739
MMMMMMMMMMM
o
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11
Summer Series Picnic
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30
REMINDER!!
The best picnic of the summer season
is at Donaldson Park!
AWARDS PICNIC:
SUNDAY - SEPTEMBER 11
12 Noon Till Dusk
3-Person Relay Race
12:30 PM
Male -- Female -- Mixed -- Masters teams
1st two runners run 1 mile each, 3rd runner has 1.1 miles
All You Can Eat Barbeque ... 1:00 PM
featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, salads, breads, drinks ...
Awards Presention
2:00 PM
Overall, Age Groups, Teams, and Special Recognition
Annual Softball Challenge
all day!
or as long as Mark Sepkowski is winning ....
All this for $5 per person (kids under 6 free)
Call 254-3120 for reservations!
pay when you get there
no charge, of course, for
awards presentation only....
RARITAN VALLEY ROAD RUNNERS
PO BOX 1197 EDISON NJ 08818
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1994 5 AugSept - Raritan Valley Road Runners

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