Box 87, Ansonia Station, New Yol`k 10028

--Decemllel' 1888
No/. XL No. 12
Box 87, Ansonia Station, New Yol'k 10028
From the President
Thanks for the
Memories,
Bitter and Sweet!
Marty King
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LGPR 1994
Yes folks, the LGPR '94 is less than
seven months away. lbreefore,
the LGPR '94 Task Force will
hold its first meeting on Friday,
December 17 at 7:00pm at my place,
302 W. 87th St #96 (212) 874-7066.
Feel free to call for information.
Lenore Beaky
Memorial
I report with great sadness that Ron
Haefka, a member of Front Runners,
died of AIDS on Sunday, October
17, 1993. He is survived in
New York by many friends
and by his lover, Leonard
Cadiente. Rest easy, dear friend.
And the horror goes on .............. .
James Minter
[Ed. note: call if you need more
information. (212) 942-3929 home
or (212) 854-1973 work] .
Business Meeting Notes
The latest news from Front Runners
apparel buyers: we are soon to acquire
Front Runners Tyvek jackets. The board
approved $200.00 as prep charges for the
required order of 100 jackets.
Front Runners has a tradition at the end
of the year to give $100.00 to three
nonprofit organizations. A motion was
proposed to give $100.00 to following
three organizations:
1) Rutgers' Deacon Fund
2) Community Health Project
3) Lesbian Herstory Archives.
This motion was tabled to be voted on at
the December business meeting.
Congratulations to all our Marathoners
and thank you to our volunteers that made
the pasta party and pancake breakfast
a great success. Seth Slade will be
representing us at the club council
meeting on December 30. If you have
any suggestions, compliments or complaints about the NYC Marathon please
let him know.
The board regretfully accepts the
resignation of Les Goldstein, Bagelmeister extraordinaire. Anyone who
would like help out and/or chair next
year's brigade please let the board know.
The next Board meeting will be at
Charlie Wintczak's 2130 Broadway #415
in the Beacon Hotel near West 74th Stat
7:30pm. Tel.# (212) 799-1215. The next
and last business meeting of the year will
be at Rutgers Church in the basement on
December 15 at 8 pm.
Ruth Ribner
New Members
~We welcome these
new members:
John Edwards, Kurt Engelriter,
Michelle Greenberg, Van Harriman, John
Kiley, Nancy Killian, Cynthia Knorr,
Marla Korchmar and David Latina.
Get Out and Vote!!!
annual meeting at Rutgers. Enclosed with this
The results of the annual election will be tallied on December 15, 1993 at the
ical order); President: Gary Apruzzese, Paul
newsletter is the ballot The candidates running for office for 1994 are (in alphabet
Arabia, Bob Nelson; Secretary: Jeff Erkman;
Brockmann; Men's Vice President: Jim Gibb; Women' s Vice President: Donna
Each candidate has submitted a statement which
Johnson.
Carl
Treasurer: Judy Spina; Directors at Large: Edna Benitez, Paul Harris,
er 15, 1993. Fill in the enclosed ballot, and
Novemb
of
as
standing
good
in
member
is printed below. In order to vote, you must be a
er 15. We must receive the ballot by the 15th.
mail it to the FRNY box office or bring it to Rutgers (the basement) on Decemb
. The envelope must have your name on the upper
Whether you mail the ballot or hand it to us at the meeting, put it in an envelope
Tina lsselbac her
on the ballot!!
name
your
put
NOT
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left corner, and must have the word "Ballot" on the front.
& Jim Schmidt
a t e s
I'm Gary Apruzzese,
a candidate for Front
Runners NY president,
and I would like your
support in the corning
election. This next year
exciting one for FRNY
and
crucial
a
will be
and for our community and I look forward
to the opportunity and the challenge.
Many of you know me from the year I
served as FRNY race captain, along with
Ann McHugh . I hope to get to know many
more of you in 1994. When Ann and I were
race captains, we set two goals: making
everyone feel a part of our racing efforts
and making sure that FRNY was more
visible not only to the running commun ity
but to the community at large. As FRNY
president, I would like to accomplish an
expansion and evolution of those goals.
No club member should feel that he, or
she, is less than an integral part of FRNY.
Everyone should be able to take away from
the club that which drew them to the club in
the first place. That may be running, racing,
simple camaraderie or social outings. Our
board should ensure that the club provides
support in all of those areas. In fact, our lack
of a social chair this year was unfortunate.
I will fill that position with a dynamic
individual who will make sure that 1994 is
l::Wgay.
Regarding our visibility, Gay Games will
present our club with an amazing opportunity to be the focal point for all the runners
who will be corning to New York. I believe
we have the responsibility to be the best
hosts and guides that we can be. We must
build an alliance with Unity '94 that utilizes
our talents and helps make the Games a
resounding success. We owe it to our
community and to Front Runners NY.
Why me? I strongly believe in Front
Runners and I am extremely grateful to the
club for being an integral part of my corning
out - the ultimate liberating experience.
Front Runnner members represent the best
of our community: strong, determined and
focused homosexual women and men who
are proud of themselves and their accomplishments. I will do everything I can to
solidify the club' s standing and its future.
1994 promises to be a
very exciting year for Front
Runners. The club will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, and our new
Charitable Foundation will
enter its first full year and begin to really
take off. In June, many of us will participate
in Gay Garnes IV, and all of us will enjoy
the spirit of Stonewall 25. As New York's
largest lesbian and gay athletic group, Front
Runners can be a big part of a fantastic year
for the lesbian and gay community (and its
friends) in New York. I hope to be president
of Front Runners next year because I
believe I can help organize and motivate the
club so that we all can get as much from and
give as much to the club, the Foundation,
the Garnes and Stonewall 25 as possible.
I have a deep love of the club, a lot of
organizational experience, and 12 years of
being out and proud with family, friends and
co-work ers- qualities which I think will
serve the club well if I am elected.
I joined the club in July 1989, and since
then Front Runners has given me my lover,
lots of friends, and two new athletic
passions: running and skiing. I worked on
the running gear committee for two years
and chaired it for one;
I organized last year' s ski trip and am
working on the next one; and I've pitched in
on mailings, race volunteering and several
other jobs. Every time I've had fun, and I've
always had the satisfaction of helping the
club. I am proud to be part of the club that
does so many things so well: runs, races,
social events, race volunteering, fundraising
for the Foundation, trips, water stops, and
more.
With so many people and so many events,
the club needs a good central nervous
system to keep it running smoothly . I think
the best president for this club is someone
who can keep track of everything that' s
going on, and who has an ability to put
people's interests together with an upcoming event or volunteer opportunity. Above
all, I think the president and the board serve
to rootivate and energize the club.
In my professional life, I have been
working in magazine production for eight
years. I am responsible for keeping track of
deadlines and working with editors, the art
department, advertisers, the printer and
other outside suppliers to make sure each
issue comes together on time and prints
well . I like working with people and
juggling projects, and that' s part of what
excites me about the idea of being president.
Another quality that would serve the club
well is that I am very proud to be gay and
out. As I said, next year will be a big year
for both the club and the lesbian/gay
community in New York.
I would be able and proud to represent Front
Runners in all of our communities. I have
also been active, often in a leadership role,
in several gay and lesbian groups, including
the Oberlin and Teachers College UGIB
groups, and the media committee for the
1987 March on Washing ton. I have a lot
of experience with groups and a lot of
experience at representing lesbian and gay
concerns and issues.
In summary, I hope you will vote for me.
But roore important than that, I hope that
you will give to and get from this club as
much as possible next year. I hope that you
and all of us will make 1994 a banner year
for Front Runners New York.
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Newsletter Staff
Editor & Calendar: Patricia Kuharic
Lenore Beaky
Proofreaders:
George Schlein
Lee Abbey
Mailing :
Borden
Claudia
E.ditor's Helper:
Men's Vice
President
Women's Vice
President
JimGibb
Bob Nelson
Hi. For those of you
who don't know me,
I'm Jim Gibb, 40-something program
guide editor/writer for HBO /Cinemax
(Blood Revenge of the Kickboxer VII"fun for the entire family!"). I've been a
member of Front Runners New York for
two years. I've also been a member of my
co-op's board of directors for the last four
years (that and a token .... ).
Why do I want to be Front Runners
Men's Vice President? Over the last two
years, as I've gotten more involved with
the club, I've discovered the joy of
working together with talented people on
projects that mean something to me (such
as this fall's Meet the Membership
mystery event). I want more of that, and
with all that's going to be going on in
1994, I don't think there'll be any shortage of things to do ... and looking at the
slate of people that I' 11 be working with,
I can't wait to get started.
Women's Vice
President
Donna Arabia
I have been a member of Front Runners
for almost two years.
During that time I have met so many wonderful people and have enjoyed the many
activities our club offers.
The support that Front Runners lend to
one another has been so inspiring to me
that I even found myself running (and finishing!) the NYC Marathon this year.
I am confident that with my enthusiasm
for running, my enjoyment of people and
my organizational abilities, I can contribute the energy and creativity needed to
meet the challenges of the exciting year
ahead. I look forward to that opportunity.
I am Bob Nelson, and
I am running as the
Anti-Bob. In true
Zen fashion, I have
determined that the
most satisfying campaign is that of the
underdog, and I wish to remain
perpetually behind throughout the election
and counting of ballots. I therefore have
christened my approach the ZBV (Zero
Bob Vote), not to be confused with the
TGV (Tr~s Grande Vitesse) or ZPG (Zero
Population Growth, though I can think of
politicians to whom I would like it postnatally applied). I hope to achieve the
complete perfection of zero turnout for
Bob. The slogan I have endorsed is "No,
Bob, No!" or, on those giddy occasions
when I feel the irresistible chanting of my
adoring public, "Don't Vote Bob!"
Bob, running against Bob?
Schizophrenia, you say? Bob, how can
they say that? I don't know, Bob, I think
they're really off base. We don't have
any trouble with mistaken identities.
You're Bob, and so am I. Paranoia,
maybe. (Look out! !!) Schizophrenia,
never.
As part of my Un-Campaign, and in the
political esprit du moment, I, Bob, have
decided to model my electioneering on
that of my mentor and fellow New
Jerseyan, Christine Todd Whitman, a
paragon of virtue, as am I. But rather
than suppress my opponent's votes with
payoffs, a tacky and rather obvious
technique, I in true Zen fashion wish to
suppress the votes of my own athletic
supporters. No, I won't pay walkingaround money- I will only pay lyingdown-and-spreading-your-legs money,
as well my supporters might guess.
I therefore urge you to vote for my
opponent, who is loyal, trustworthy,
energetic, hardworking and a veritable
woman - qualities which I do not
possess, nor do I wish to. She also
possesses the particular virtue of Not
Being Bob, one that I - we - highly
recommend to our Front Runner voting
public. For if you elect Bob, you will
righteously deserve what you get, which
is a good spanking. Won't they, Bob?
Some have questioned my suitability
for this position, or for any position.
I herewith declare that I willingly will
submit to a breast examination, at any
place, at any time, as many times as are
necessary to ascertain my suitability. Just
don't spill any birdseed. It's a bitch to get
out of the carpet.
Secretary
JeffErkman
Representing you on the board this past
year, as Director at Large bas been a
rewarding experience. At times
exasperating but ultimately fun . I thank
you for this opportunity to serve Front
Runners. During the year, I believe the
board bas acted with prudence, a
minimum of controversy and always in
the best interests of Front Runners. As a
consequence of our pragmatic approach
to all club business including positive
changes in the structure of membership
dues, FRNY finds itself in a healthy
financial position. We anticipate a
successful running of the 1994 Lesbian
and Gay Pride 5K Run as well as active
participation in Unity ' 94.
One disappointment though, bas been
our inability to locate and appoint a Social
Chairperson. Though we have had much
to keep us busy this past year, FRNY
social events have suffered. To help alleviate this problem in the coming year, I
have received approval from the board to
apply for institutional membership with
Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
Membership in TDF will enable FRNY
to offer significantly reduced ''group"
theater tickets to our membership for
available Broadway and Off Broadway
plays. You'll be bearing more about this
in the coming months.
If elected I'll continue to represent you to
th best of my ability and in addition, offer
my assistance to the new Social
Chairperson. My chief qualification for
the position of Secretary? "Hey, what can
I say. He takes good notes"!
Wanted: Room or apartment share.
December 20 until late January 1994.
Call: Yasu Nakamori at
1 (608) 259-9468 or (212) 366-5691.
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Treasurer
Judy Spina
Financial Analyst,
former Women •s
Vice President,
long standing
member of Front Runners. These are my
qualifications to be your Treasurer. I'll
bring creativity, experienc e, and sound
judgment not only to the position of
treasurer, but to the club as well.
Director at
Large
Edna Benitez
Hi, I'm Edna! I had
the pleasure to work
with some of you
when a handsome gentleman charmed me
into co-directing the 1993 Lesbian and
Gay Pride Run. This huge organizational
event exposed me to many powerful individuals in the gay communi ty. Our sponsorship and visibility grew. In a smaller
and more personal level, as one of this
year's Special Run coordinat ors, I have
befriended numerous Front Runner members. I want to continue my enthusias m in
arranging many activities within the
FRNY family. The challenge s that face a
Director at Large are inviting. Both Carl
and Paul are exception al candidates, so to
say "may the best one win" would be an
injustice. So how about voting for the best
pair of legs!
Give the Gift of Class
(Running)
The Late Fall tO-Week Bargain
Running Classes coached by Front
Runners' Coach Cliff Held began on
Thursday, Novembe r 18, 1993. They
continue every Thursday evening until
January 27, 1994 (eleven weeks). We'll
skip Thanksgiv ing (11125), but for
you Recovering Fall Marathon ers, the
extended class length lets you recover for
a month and jump right back in! Wow!
How inspiring! Boston's only 24 weeks
away! And - Gay Games Marathon is
only 34 weeks away! Still only $40
for the series, the gift of a class makes
a wonderful, romantic Holiday Gift for a
loved one or a practical early New Year's
Resolution for yourself.
Director at
Large
Director at
Large
CariJohm on
Paul Harris
With the Charitable
Foundation in place
and Unity'94 just
around the comer, Front Runners New
York is in a very exciting and challenging
position. I would very much like to continue my presence on the board as a
Director at Large. I have served the club
in several different capacities, coordination of housing 1991, co-chair of membership 1992, and this past year as
Secretary of the club. I would like to offer
my experience and help to see the club
during the challenges of the coming year.
Carl Johnson
Some scholarships are available, so
please ask Jeff if your current finances are
inhibiting your running potential (or if
you would like to fund a scholarship).
If you don't already know about our
Running Classes, they are given all year
around, usually in eight week sessions.
Under the watchful eyes of our coach,
new runners learn good habits and old
runners learn new tricks. We run short
intervals in a variety of places in and
around Central Park: the 91st St. Hill, Cat
Hill, the Delacorte Oval, the 97th St.
Oval, the Finish Line and other exciting
locales. Get This: This year, if more than
30 people are in a class session, half of
the extra money goes to Front Runners!
Also, every class will have a coaching
assistant - some from Front Runners, and
some from the local running scene.
I am running for the
post of Director at
Large because, I have
t from being a
enjoymen
gained great
would like to give
and
club
the
of
member
something back.
During 1993, I served on the Gay Pride
Task Force and managed to get our race
directors on three different TV cable stations as well as getting one of the largest
write-ups we have ever bad in the New
York press. I have served as our
Charitabl e Foundatio n •s frrst Executive
Director organizin g the gala.
In 1992, I came up with the idea of the
Communi ty Challenge and served as one
of its two directors and helped organize
the gala at the end of last year.
I hope to see the board working well
together as a team next year. It promises
to be one of the most challenging in the
history of our club. Goals that I think the
club should have for 1994 include:
1. Increasing membership to over 500
2. Supporting Gay Games fully as it offers
the gay movement a wonderful
platform.
3. Encouraging participation in NYRRC
points races.
4. Seeing if we can win one of the awards
given by NYRCC for having 50 runners
finishing the NYC Marathon under 4
hours.
5. Trying to make the club more friendly
and welcoming to new members.
6. Maintaining a sense of humor at all times.
Each session will have at least one videotaping and each runner will receive a written evaluation from the coach before the
final class.
We meet at the New York Road
Runners Club at 89th St. and 5th Avenue
in all weather except lightning and heavy
ice. A 50 cent baggage check and limited
changing facilities are available. The
6:15pm session is generally gearedtoward
newer runners and those who train at 8 to
12 minutes per mile (and those who get
too hungry to wait until later). The
7:00pm session tends to have more runners who train faster than 8 minutes per
mile. Anyone, however, can come to
either session.
Please call me if you have any questions
or comment s at (212) 316-0065.
Jeff Singleton
Holiday Run
Don't miss the Special Run
lflb.for the HO! HO!
HOLIDAYS.
W
On December 19th we'll meet at Carl
Johnson's, 210 W. 101 St #2A (212) 7494176at llam. We'lljingledown to Radio
City Music Hall, Rockefeller Plaza (can't
miss the tree). It's then off to the festive
sights of Fifth Avenue taking in the
Christmas windows of Saks and Lord &
Taylor, finishing with the decorative
Plaza Hotel, and for that inner child
there's FAO Schwarz! Then we go back
to Central Park to admire the ever
spectacular Tavern on the Green.
The distance for the complete run is
6 miles with all paces considered.
Shorter distances are always available.
Maps will be provided. Everyone will be
welcome for a fabulous festive brunch
afterwards at Carl's. We may even sing
some Christmas Carols (get those vocal
cords tuned!). For futher information call
Edna Benitez (212) 580-0342 or Diane
Batchelor (212) 663-6707; better yet, see
Carl! Please RSVP by December 17th.
See you there.
P.S. Diane & Edna wish to thank all
the Front Runners that volunteered their
homes and invented some wonderful runs
and scrumptious brunches during 1993.
A big thanks to everyone: Lenore Beaky,
Susan Ziering, George Mayer, Bob
Nelson, Judy Spina, Ruth Ribner &
Lenore Martin, Diane Westerback &
Denise Cuttita, Beth Collins, Seth Slade
& Paul Brockmann and Carl Johnson.
Diane Batchelor
& Edna Benitez
New Directory
The New 1994 FRNY Directory will
be mailed with the January newsletter, so
take a moment to look at your listing in
the present directory and/or August
Update. Is it correct?
Please send me the new directory
information if: 1) You have a new
address or phone number, 2) You have a
new worl<. phone number, 3) You have
already informed me o ·our changes of
1e a new phone
address but did not i
ypo in your
,
is
There
4)
number,
and now
ted
listing, 5) You are n'
wish to be listed.
The deadline is De~ ber 15, 1993.
Changes cannot be made after this date.
Lee Abbey
Photograp
On Saturday, December 11 th Front
Runners will be holding their first photographic competition. You can enter as
many photos as you like, either black
/white or color, and of any size,taken during the past twelve months. Please bring
them to the Saturday morning run at
9:45am and we will display them. There
will be prizes.
The judge will be Anthony Colantonio,
a professional photographer.
Any questions call: (212) 265-6845.
Paul Harris
Gay Games Relay Teams
Interested in running in the men's or
women's or coed relay events? You don't
need to make a final commitment now
but, you .QQ need to register for track and
field by December 31 or pay late fees.
We've volunteered to help organize the
teams but are not experts on this and plan
to learn as we go.
Debbie Bell
Women40+
(914) 353-6925
Beth Collins
Women<40
(718) 935-9072
Jim Gibb
Men40+
(212) 586-5117
Seth Slade
Men<40
(718) 788-0567
Debbie Bell
mpetition
FRNY's "Fab"
New Team Jackets!
Thanks to the artistic talents of New
York Front Runner Joe Piliero and the
fabulous rag trade skills of Gary Sambo,
FRNY is now able to offer its members
a stunning club team jacket. The bold,
colorful and innovative jacket design
incorporates the FRNY banner with the
USA and Rainbow Nation Flags. The
graduated silver "tyvek" jacket discreetly
displays the design on the front while
BOLDLY proclaiming the designs on the
back. Darlings, the colors glow and the
fabric flows divinely when you run. It will
make a gorgeous Christmas gift and won' t
New York Front Runners look just
"FABU'' at Unity '94!! Although orders
are coming in FAST and FURIOUS, we
must have 100 PAID orders before our
talented tailors' nimble fingers begin their
fierce and frenzied stitchery. Guarantee
your place at the finish line and be one of
the first to proudly wear this exclusivel y
designed item. Cost? Why, it's just
$35.00, silly!
Sizes: M, L and XL (Please be aware
this garment runs small i.e. M=S).
Questions and orders? Call Jeff at (212)
243-6204. (Personal fittings on request.)
JeffErkman
Volunteer Race of the Month
December
Joe Kleinerman 1OK
Sunday, December 5
90th & 5th Ave.
Place:
8:00am
Checkin:
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I would like to volunteer.
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Name:
Phone: ___________ ___________ ___________ __
Race:
• For more information or to volunteeer, contact: Sam LaFata at
(212) 222-1345, or send this form to Sam at 752 West End Ave.,
#19K, New York, NY 10025.
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Bagel
Bye Bye
Lsten Junior
Mella, Santa
Claus is hittin'
the road. As much as the siren call of
untapped alliterative lures me on (some
favorites: Blasts, Bleats, Blathers,
Blarney, Breeze, Bttises, BBs, Beaming,
Basking, Barking, Barfmg, Bowling for
Bagels!! and of course, Beaky,
Birchenmtisli), never the less ... I leave
you with final thank yous, uncharacteristically unalpbabetized, for Tim McCann
and Rob Galloway, Susan Rogers and
Donn Peppler, Jon Livingston, Bob Brins,
Jeff St. Denis. And oh, the hands down,
runaway selection of the Brigade
Honorific Search Committee: lJkmd.
Bubj Qfthe Bagel The nominees and
winners all are Leslie Minkler, Sandra
Levine, Marnell McNamara, John Keams,
Jim Connolly, Bill Dale, Rob Galloway,
JeffErkman. Bubies, you are good
people. I salute you! I embrace you! I take
you home and cook dinner for you! And
one fmal final note-this Helpful Holiday
Shopping Hint a handsomely-bound
collection of the complete Goldstein bagel
columns is now available paperback,
$1.50, or fully-annotated in a luxuriouslybound, pinch-gutton velvet, Spanish
fringe affair, a real stocking-stuffer steal,
at $2. 75. See George Schlein for ordering
details.
Meanwhile, kids, it's either Act III of
Boheme or better yet, short and sweet,
I'm outta here!
Les Goldstein
NYC Marathon
Volunteer Thanks
Lane 3 will never be the same again!!!!
Thanks to: Dick Hamilton, Bob Brins,
Judy's Jog
Wanted: Fabulous Skiers
At September's special run in Brooklyn,
those Front Runners undeterred by
forecasts of continuing rain were rewarded
with an enchanting run/walk through a
peaceful Prospect Park just as the clouds
lifted. The park's indigenous collection of
Sunday runners, strollers, and cyclists
remained graciously in hibernation,
allowing us plenty of room to dodge the
drops still drippi g from the overhanging
trees. Several • attanites were even
heard to comp· the terrain favorably to
Central Parle!
Following tb n, we adjourned to Judy
Spina's Ocean J arkway abode, where we
devoured a scrumptious lasagna and
quiche. There was much talk of once and
future races, especially the upcoming NY
Marathon.
Many thanks to Judy for hosting such a
warm and friendly event!
Jamie Baker
In case you missed the announcement
in last month's newsletter, planning is
well under way for the annual Front
Runners Ski Trip from February 25-27.
By the time you read this, most of the 40
slots may be full. Our destination is Mt.
Snow, Vermont- a wonderful place for
crosscountry and downhill skiers of all
levels, and a great place to learn.
(Actually, since our ritzy condo complex
will have an olympic swimming pool and
an ice rink, it's also a great place to go if
you just want to get away for the weekend
with a fabulous group of Front Runners!)
Register for the weekend by sending your
(non-refundable unless you fmd a
replacement) check for $160 to the Front
Runners mail box now. The $160 covers
roundtrip carpool costs, two nights'
accommodations, two breakfasts, and one
dinner. If you have any questions, you can
either read last month's article or
call me at (718) 788-0567.
Paul Brockmann
Water Stop Volunteer Thanks
Pasta Dinner
A big thank you to all who made the
Pasta Dinner a success. A special thanks
to: Bradley Reynolds, who coordinated the
salads and Greg Valerie who managed the
desserts.
Thanks to everyone who provided us
with the wonderful pastas, salads and
desserts. It was a fun evening with plenty
of food for all.
Carl Johnson
Pancake Breakfast Thanks
Thanks to these volunteers for making
the Pancake Breakfast a success: Leo
Boneau, David Lawrence, Mike McMahon,
John Riordan, Robert Galloway, Donn
Peppler, Edna Benitez, JeffErkman,
Patrick Barlcer, Gary Apruzzese, Nancy
Bernardin, Frank Buffone, Jim Connolly,
Jim Gibb, George Mayer, Richard Tesler,
Chris Frieman, Bradley Reynolds, Jeff
Singleton, Jerry Lorden, Judy Spina, and
anyone else I may have overlooked.
Charlie Wintczak
Donn Peppler, Robert Galloway, Marty
King, Patrick Barker, Doris Stoll, Michael
Russ, Butch Stolinsky, Patrick Guilfoyle,
Ken Shereda, Gary Sambo, Steve
Nowling, Gary Stefanick, JeffErkman,
Denise Cuttita, Jim Gibb and Terri
Harding. Great Fun!
Sam LaFata
Key West Trip
FRNY trip to Key West on 1n194 - 1110194.
Great package_deal includes: airfare and lodging for $445
Call: Matt Majeske at (212) 366-5691, if interested.
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Michael
and I want to take this opportunity to
thank all those who worked to make the
24th mile water stop a successful,
smoothly run operation. You made our
ftrst official assignments as Front Runners
relatively painless, even a bit enjoyable.
So here goes:
Thanks to the set up crew who bore
with us while we floundered about,
pretending to know what we were doing.
Thanks to everyone who stayed on long
into the day when things got bot and
heavy. (In particular, you boys who
schlepped water barrels back and forth for
refLlls. Very butch of you!)
Thanks to those who showed up at
the end of the day for clean up. What a
thankless job- no glory, only the guts.
Thank you Edna for the pep talk. Thank
you Charlie for putting up with me in the
early a.m. when I was grouchy and
uncaffeinated.
Finally, thank you Jim, Doris, and
Marty for your guidance and support.
And now, if I may, I'd like to pass on
a piece of advice to next year's co-chairs.
(There must be two more suckers out
there!) When it comes to crowd control:
Speak~ and carry a big rake!
Hillary Jackson
WHAT S GAY GAMES,
ANYWAY?
Why is it so expensive? June is too hot
for a maralhon, and I don't know anytl1ing
about track and field, so maybe I' II just
volunteer, or s1<1y home, or go to Fire
Island for lhe week ....
If you've never been to Gay Grunes allll
you've had lhoughL~ like lhese I guess
!hat's understandable. But as someone
who b.!lli been there, I can't conceive of
not participating. To explain why, I
thought I'd reproduce for you edited
versions of the reports that Ril:hanl
Walker and I wrote for the newslelter in
1986 (hi, Richarll!) .
From me: "The uniforms are hri"ht reo
snappy blue, ice gray; the Australi<ms r~e
there, and tl1e New Zealanllers, ru1d the
Parisians. As we wait to enter the
stadium [for opening ceremonies] we take
pictures, tell stories about nights to Sm1
Francisco, exchange pins, stare at each
oU1er, and grin. Finally, we are inside
Kezar Stadium; t11e aullience goes will!;
I get misty; and Gay Grunes II hw; begun!
For the rest of our stay, people will come
up to us in the Muni and on C<L~tro Street.
and say, 'Welcome to San Fnmcisco!
What's your sport? How dill you •.vin
those medals?' Coming into t11e Patio
restaurant, I feel like Dustin Hortm;m's
Tomsie at the Russi<m Tea Room. But
most of all, there is the running . Under
the cool, cloudy skies, the track awaits
us, unfamiliar, yet friendly and tlat! We
gather slowly, putting on the new track
shoes, taking off the new warm-ups,
taping up legs and feet , signing up for
races and !hen massages, Hashing our
TAC cards ... hey, !his is serious' We llo
our warm-up jogs, like Slcmey <mll
Kristianson. The !OK is a linely tuned
race, all pacing m1d patience, and no
water. FR cheers spur us on. Despite
lap-counting problems, our women do
well at !his most unappetizing of events
('A lOK on the track? Ugh!') In the
afternoon, there is one of several 'nearly
all-New York' races: the 1500 meter.
Then, and for the rest of U1e week, there
are sparkling performances <md medals .
[Judy Spina placed tirst, 30-34, at the !OK
in 42:10.50. See the photo.] We lliscover
in ourselves new reservoirs of strength,
toughness and speed. The women collect
dozens of medals <md new notions about
themselves. Not that women at11lctes
from other teruns go unnoticell: t11e
explosive grace of the LA and SF
sprinters, the strength and llepth of the
San Diego masters, anllthe brassy muscles of the California bodyhuilllers which
catch our eyes ru1d make us catch our
collective breath."
From Richarll: "San Francisco has almost
a magical quality about it, and Gay
G:unes II raised the excitement to a peak
level. Wherever one tumed. there were
men <mll women in their city's warm-up
suits, beruning from ear to ear with
happiness ~md friendliness . Wit11 cheers
of 'Go New York' fort11coming from
every wrner, I swon: to never take off my
bright reo 'Te:Ul1 New York' jacket. [He
regrettell that oat11.] All 188 New
Yorkers mm-chell into Kezar Stallium for
opening ceremonies, ready to compete for
our own pt:rsonaJ anll te;un bests as proud,
gay anlllesbim1 atJtletes. The te;un spirit
w:t~ :unazing; you c;m't imagine what it
does for your perli>rmwKe-not to
mention your ego-to have 40 te:urunates
chanting your n;une as you p<L~s the track.
Yards cUJd yarlls of Kodak lilm were
exposell ~L~ our tecun members stood on
Why llo we do t11e Lesbian and Gay
Pride Run? Why did we march in
Wa-;hinglon'! Gay Grunes IV will be an
event which will outstrip these. For one
week in New York, we will have lesbians
and gay men from all over t11e worlll,
showing their pride <md their abilities.
The week will end wilh an International
Gay Pride March, not to Christopher
Street but to the United Nations.
As for track anxieties, the 5K <mll IOK
will start rmd end on !he track but will
NOT be run entirely on the track (no matter what you've heard). For you speedsters, you can llo the 1OOM or the 200M .
Millllk distance experimenters should try
the 400M, 800M , or 1500M
(I plan to essay the 800M once again).
This may he your ch~mce of a lifetime to
try track events with others who are also
not track stars. You don't get this
t11e platform to receive bronze, silver <md
gold . I3 y the end of the relay events, you
would have thought we were olll pros at
baton passing-not a single person tried
to twirl these colorful items! Then,
several FR' s pack ell away their spikes :md
turned to t11e marathon . On a course for
which the elevation prolile coulll be
descri hell <L~ :m EK G of a person
undergoing electric shock treatments, our
mighty FRs gave quite m1 impressive
showing: Rick Buckheit. Marty King
and lnger-.lo Berger took medals."
opportunity often, folks! And don't
ti.>rget the relays: 4 x 100, 4 x 200, 4 x
400 men's, women's, anll mixed. You
certainly don't need spikes, anll you may
not even want to wear track shoes (but
you cru1) . For the lOOM, you get to le<ml
how to use blocks. The rest of us get
standing starts. It's fun, dammit!
So before it gets even more expensive,
be sure to register by December 31. If
you haven't gotten an at11kte registration
book, call Gay Grunes at 633-9494 to get
one. And I'll see you at Opening
Ceremonies!
Lenore Beaky
Back to me : ''But tinally and
astonishingly s<xlll (it always happens like
t11is), we are c<UTying our hallmns and
pins ~mll w;mn-ups into Kezar Stallium
for closing ceremonies. We release the
balloons: some of us let go of our pins
and warms-ups, but none of us will lose
t11e feelings we have from t11is week. As
expressed hy a sign from opening
ceremonies. 'Thank (iolll'm Gay!'"
Copy Due
Copy anll photos are due t11e night of
t11e business meeting. Copy can also
he mailed to my address hut, give !he
mail at least tluee days.
Any copy recieved after this time will
not he included in that months
newsleuer.
Pat Kuharic
~ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~
~~~~~~~;;;;;;;~~~h~e~~~·~n;i;sh~L;in;;e~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Philadelphia Distance Run
Philadelphia, PA
September 19, 1993
Patrick Guilfoyle
Alex Matuszeski
13.tM
1:18:41
1:24:00
Brooklyn Biathlon
Brooklyn, NY
October tO, 1993
3M runlt 8M bike/3M run
Beth Collins
(1st, 35-39
FRNY Open Male - Team A
Time: 4:01:42
Pla~ed 17 of 32
1:18:41
Patr.tck Guilfoyle
1:21 :19
Davtd Bell
1:21 :42
Tor Hansen
1:21 :45
Gary Apruzzese
1·24 ·oo
Alex Matuszeski
. .
FRNY Open Male- Team B
Time: 4:21:17
P!aced 22 of 32
1·25·52
Rtck Buckheit
1~26 ~38
Seth Slad.e
1:28:47
Paul Harns
1·37·39
Peter Johnston
. .
FRNY Open Male - Team C
Time: 4:55:21
P~aced 29 of 32
1:36:41
Mtc~eal Davies
1:38:33
Cratg.Booth
1:40:07
Char1t~ Wintczak
1:54:00
Acot Titelbaum
1·56·36
Paul Brockmann
. .
FRNY Open Male - Team D
Time: 5:32:57
Placed ~2 of 32
1:37:18
Marty Ktng
1:56:11
Jeffery StDenni s
1:59:28
Carl Johnson
2:15:47
Donn Peppler
2:16:14
Rob Galloway
FRNY Masters Male Team
Time: 5:18:23
Placed 7 of 7
1:40:09
Greg Valeri~
1:43:24
Steve Nowl!ng
1:54:50
~hom~s Gnffith
1:57:09
Jtm Gtbb
FRNY Women's Team
Time: 4:56:33
Placed 5 of 6
1·23·56
Susan Foster
1~39 ~36
Beth Collins.
1:53 :01
Donna Ar~bta
1:54 :03
Edna Benitez
Porlland Marathon
Porlland, OR
September 26, 1993
Jeff Singleton
Tina lsselbacher
NYC Marathon Tune-Up
Central Park, NY
October 10, 1993
Steve Van Dyk
Craig .Booth
Joan Lilly
Chris Fitchett
Gary Kelley
Dan Feinman
Miriam Wozniak
Roger Binion
Ken DeCarlo
Lauren Schiff
John Steinbach
Lenore Martin
Susan Ziering
26.2M
3:18:40
3:33:20
25K
1:53:51
2:02 :04
2:04:41
2:09 :40
2:11:46
2:12:02
2:17:16
2:27:43
2:33:25
2:33:26
2:34:53
2:49:33
2:35 :02
Pitches
Dave
Debb" B 11
te e
1:47 :02
4th overall)
(1st , 45-49)
Paulette Meggoe
(2nd, 35-39)
Lenore Beaky
1·52·00
· ·
M2:00:21
2:06:00
M2:16:10
(3rd, 45-49)
Double Discovery 5K
New York, NY
October 1o, 1993
Bob Nelson
5K
+20:30
Les Foulees du Luxembourg
Paris, France
10K
October 10, 1993
M51 :07
Les Goldstein
Long Beach Island 18 Mile Run
Long Beach Island, NJ
18M
October 10, 1993
M+2:28:00
Tom Pedas
Green Mountain Half Marathon
South Hero, VT
13.1M
October .16, 1993
1:49:59
Jerry Smtth
34th Atlantic City Maratho n+ tOK
Atlantic City, NJ
1OK
October 17, 1993
38:08
Rick Buckheit
(3rd, 35-39)
Coed 5KMRun
Central Park, NY
October 17, 1993
Gary Kelley
Norlh Country Classic
Baldwinsville, NY
October 23, 1993
Jerry Smith
Hudson-Mohawk ..ar.·""thon
"" a
Schenectady, NY
October 24, 1993
Jerry Smith
Liberty State Park Run
Jersey City, NJ
October 23, 1993
Loraine Simunek
Marine Corps Marathon
Washington, DC
October 24, 1993
Ric Munoz
5K
22:09
26.2M
4:29 :00
5M
41 :17
26.2M
2:57:43
Roosevelt Island FalltOK
Roosevelt Island, NY
October 24, 1993
Desmond Groarke
Paul Brockmann
Gary Kelley
10K
38:43
44:30
51 :21
Run for Hope tOK
Dover, NJ
October 31, 1993
Loraine Simunek
10K
52:09
Central Park Biathlon
Central Park, NY
October 31, 1993
3M run/20M bike/3M run
Diane Batchelor
1:47:29
(1st, 30-34)
Paulette Meggoe
1:57:10
(3rd, 35-39)
M2:06:51
Lenore Beaky
5K
24:45
Stamford Half Marathon
Stamford, CT
October 17, 1993
Marnell McNamara
Susan Ziering
13.1M
1:49:00
1:57:30
Women's Half Marathon
Central Park, NY
October 17, 1993
Sandra Levine
Joan Lily
Dorothy Fuscaldo
Gigi Madore
Miriam Wozniak
Laura Collins
Debra Fierro
Lenore Beaky
Jennifer Levin
Leslie Minkler
Lenore Martin
13.1M
1:38:39
1:39:12
1:39:24
1:50:47
1:50:48
1:53:37
1:59:51
2:05:35
2:06:06
2:26:21
2:26:32
(3rd, 45-49)
Chicago Marathon
Chicago, IL
October 31, 1993
Marnell McNamara
Susan Ziering
26.2M
*3:54:51
M4:34:00
Blue Cross Rhode Island Marathon
Rhode Island
26.2M
November 7, 1993
3:08:15
Desmond Groarke
Nyc Marathon Computer Run
Central Park, NY
5M
November 7, 1993
34:56
Gerry Valentine
Symbols used in race results
+ First Time at Distance
* Personal Record
M Masters Runner
• First time for event
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