Taconic Running Life
Newsletter of the Taconic road runners
- by Tom Maile
In addition to Tim Delaney winning Run-ner of the Year in his age group, 60-65,
the Taconic men‘s teams were honored
at Club Night. With all the pressures of family, job, training and life in general itis noteworthy that so many of our run-ners are able to schlep down to the Cityto compete in this series. In the 2009
Club Team Series the Taconic men‘s
Vets Team, 50+ runners, and the Super-Vets, 60+ runners were both honored atClub Night. The Vets Team came in third place forthe year in a real nail biter. The ekedout the third place at the last race of theseries, the Joe Kleinerman 10K in De-cember. Going into the race they were
trailing Witold‘s Runners and needed
three points to finish ahead of them topull it out. Roy Altman, Tim Delaneyand Bob Hermesch did it, finishing thirdVet team. As close as the finish was,every race during the year was just asimportant and we had a large number of runners contributing, many of themfrom the Taconic Super-Vets team. Team scorers were Roy Altman, GregDiamond, Bob Hermesch, Ted Perni-cano, Tim Delaney, Joe Porcaro, TomMaile, and Art Weisberg. The Super-Vets team had a Super year. After coming in second to theKorean Road Runners Club in 2008,they had a phenomenal runner whohad turned 60 going into the year, the Taconic Geezers wanted revenge. So,guess what? Tim Delaney and JoePorcaro both turned 60 for 2009. So,in addition to doing much of the scor-ing for our 50+ team, they did the bulkof the scoring for the 60+ team. Fromthe NYRR web site
—―Super
-Vet Men(60)+:A , major resurgence saw the TRR overwhelming second place Rock-land Road Runners, 144-104, and rele-gating 2008 winners Korean RoadRunners Club to third (93). Tim De-laney, Joe Porcaro, and Thomas Maile
were unstoppable.‖ But this was truly
a group effort as injuries came and went through the year. Tony Galfano,Art Weisberg, Leo Gormley and DanFritzche all scored throughout the year. This is going to be a tough teamto stop in 2010. Thanks to all the Taconic runners whoparticipated in the annual series,
whether you scored or not. There‘s
nothing like seeing a lot of Taconic
singlets at the races and a lot of TRR‘s
in the results.
Taconic Teams Honored at NYRR Club Night
From the President
3
Ask Dr. Stu
6-7
Run Report
8-9
Freezer Five Series
10
Financial Report
11
Book Review
22
Spring 2010Inside this issue:Upcoming Events :
Monthly Meetings:
2nd Wednesday of the month at 7 PM
Place:
Somers Tavern, 2 Old Tomahawk rd, Gran- ite Springs, NY
Upcoming Races:
Sybil 50K-April 24
Rye Derby-May 2
Mother’s Day 5K
-May 9
North County News- June 6
Taconic 60+ Men’s team receiving 1st place award
- Picture courtesy NYRR Tim Delaney receiving 1st place award - Picture courtesy NYRR
Taconic Running Life
Taconic Road Runners ClubP.O. Box 711 Shrub Oak, NY 10588 Taconic Running Life is the official publication of the Taconic Road Runners Club, Inc. Publication isquarterly and is intended for distribution to clubmembers at no charge.
OfficersPresident
-George GrenierE-Mail: george.grenier@runner.org
VP
-Lee McLaughlintrigranny@hotmail.com
VP
-Joe Groneman jgroneman@stinneusa.com
Membership
-Greg Diamondgd@runner.org
Treasurer
-Joe Porcaro845-526-3524 jjporc@hotmail.com
Secretary
-Greg Cohengreg@thecohenfamily.net
Equip Mgr.
-Rich Nash914-248-6363 ranashinc@aol.com
RaceDir Coord.
-Melanie Benvenue212-961-9487 melaine400@gmail.com
Newsletter Ed
.-George Grenier914-447-6269 george@runner.org
TeamsWomen Masters
- Maria Calidonna/B. Brittan914-736-7607 maria.calidonna@gmail.com
Womens Vet
- Cathy Groneman845-225-5064 cg2golong@compuserve.com
Womens Super Vet
- Lee McLaughlintrigranny@hotmail.com
Mens Masters
- Steve Calidonnasc52trr@aim.com
Mens Vet
- Rich Nash914-248-6363 ranashinc@aol.com
Mens Super Vet
. - Tom Mailetcmaile@aol.com
Presidents Emeritus
1976-86 Dan Caffrey (founder)1986-88 Owen McCrudden1989-90 John Hallinan1990-91 Ed McLaughlin1992-93 Fred Loehfelm1994-95 Ed McLaughlin1996-97 Lee Saroken1998-00 Ed McLaughlin2000-01 Lee Saroken2002-03 Debra Kenney2004-07 Tom Maile2008-09 Ed McLaughlin
TRRC TAC Number 0799TRRC Website www.runner.org
Taconic Running Life welcomes contributions from mem-bers for publication. Articles should ideally be submittedelectronically to george@runner.org orernest.joseph@runner.org. Graphics should be tif, jpg, oreps with a resolution of approximately 300 dpi.
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Taconic Running Life is published quarterly (Jan.,April, July, & October). The deadline for article submis-sion is the 15th of the month preceding the publicationdate, hence for the next issue, the deadline is June 15.All articles and photographs should be sent togeorge@runner.org or ernest.joseph@runner.org
This is my first time writing here asthe President of the Taconic RoadRunners Club. I can not tell youhow honored I am to have that title.I am certainly not worthy. Just two years ago, I am sure mostof you had never heard of me. Eventoday, I still have not met many of you in person. I havebeen editing the newsletter for the last two years. As of this issue, Ernie Joseph has stepped up to assist me.Nearly all the work you see in this issue is a result of hishard work and diligence. I hope that Ernie will have thetime and motivation to continue with this very consum-ing task. I know that this publication is very importantto most of you.As president, I do want to make sure you all know whatis going on in the club. Before I started working on thenewsletter, I always felt that this club was a very myste-rious group. Almost like, if you were not part of the coregroup, you really were not welcome. Boy was I wrong!Several years ago I decided to go to one of the monthly
club meetings. I really don‘t remember why. I was
warmly greeted by many of the same faces I had seen atthe races. Enjoyed some great food and drinks, talkedabout running and promised myself to come back nextmonth. At one of the meetings that followed, a sheet waspassed around asking for volunteers for an upcomingrace. I signed up as I was not planning on racing it. Tomy surprise, helping at the race was just as much funas running it, maybe more in some ways. I got to meetother runners and felt like part of a team.Soon after that, is when I offered to help out with thenewsletter. I was asked if I would like to sit on yourBoard of Directors as the Newsletter Editor. I am happyto say, have had a role in many aspects of the clubsince. Again, I am honored to have this opportunity.So, what is going on in the club?
Turn out at the first four races of this year is amaz-ing. Race attendance is up approximately 30% .
Financially the club is on solid ground with a run-ning balance in the checking account and a savingsaccount of over $13,000.00.
With the help of the ―Gregs‖, Greg Diamond and
Greg Cohen, the club has launched a new website. Ithas an all new look and up to the moment news,
From the President -
George Greiner
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at www.runner.orgAs you will read in these pages, the Race Teams aredoing great! The 60s Men are on fire, with a 1-2-3 fin-ish at the Scotland 10k. And there is life in the otherteams too. The 50 and 60s Women are showing theirlegendary strength and to the surprise of many, 30and 40 year old men and women are showing up torace at the New York Road Runner Club Champion-ship Races. The younger women are especially prom-ising with several fresh new faces on the team this year.
That‘s about it for now. I hope you enjoy this issue of
TRL and please, if you have any ideas to help makethis club better or just want us to consider doingsomething differently, email me at:george@runner.org.George
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