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FLRC Newsletter - Feb 2004 |
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The results are finally in for the 31st annual Thanksgiving Day Prediction Trot at Ithaca HS. A photo appeared in the Ithaca Journal. Prizes were awarded for most accurate (and least accurate) guesses. And the winners are...
Bob Congdon says there was a record turnout of 122
runners. Next year, keeping in line with the Boston Marathon's new entry
fees, Bob also says he will charge a pre-registration fee of $95, plus an
online $6 processing fee, to be refunded to each runner race day if you
show up (just kidding!).
The 24th annual Empire State Winter Games will be held on Feb. 20-22 in Lake Placid. The snowshoe sprints and 5K are held on Saturday and Sunday. For information, visit www.empirestategames.org; or call the Games hotline at (518) 474-8889; or e-mail Mark Elmore at snowshoeguy@yahoo.com. Also visit the U.S. Snowshoe Association Web site at www.snowshoeracing.com.
The Empire State Games require participants in
scholastic, open and masters competition to qualify at sanctioned
races. Elmore will be able to tell you where those races will be held in
the next few weeks.
I know some of you are considering doing this all-female masters marathon and team half marathon. A press release recently arrived, and here's what to expect for the Mar. 21, 2004 race in Central Park, NYC:
As of early January, 500 runners already had registered for the marathon. Online registration is being accepted right now. Go to www.nyrrc.org, and click on MORE Marathon. The marathon fees from Feb. 2-Mar. 20 are $50; race day $55. A bit less for the half marathon.
It's the first ever masters marathon for women. You must be ages 40 and over to enter the marathon. The course, multiple loops of Central Park, is USATF distance certified. You must be able to complete the marathon in 6 hours, 30 minutes.
A half marathon team event, for two female runners, will accompany the marathon. One person must be age 40-over; the other team member doesn't have to be masters. The half marathon and full marathon will be run together, and all runners begin together. The relay is not a typical relay-style, hand-off event. Your team will be scored by the combined finishing time of both team members.
The winner of the marathon and the first relay team will win $1,000. All runners will receive T-shirts and finishing medals. Limited age group awards will be given in numerous age categories (it doesn't look like three deep), in both the marathon and half marathon team event.
All runners registered before Mar. 17 will be entered in a raffle. The prize is one year membership to Equinox Fitness Clubs, value $2,200. That's not going to be of much value to upstate New Yorkers.
NYRRC and MORE magazine are co-sponsors of the marathon.
Kathrine Switzer and Grete Waitz are the official spokeswomen for the event, and will appear in person race day.
For information, go to www.nyrrc.org; www.moremarathon.com.
Thanks to contributions from FLRC members, and to the efforts of the organizers (listed below), the campaign to collect gently used running shoes for the community is off to a great start! So far about 15 pairs shoes have been donated, including two pairs from a nice guy in Massachusetts who read about the program on the FLRC web site. He thought that this was a great idea, and had two pair of racing flats that he could not use but did not want to throw away, so he mailed them to Lorrie.
Lorrie says that once the collection grows a bit more, perhaps to 25-30 pairs, she will send a letter to area school coaches to let them know they are available. They will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis. She says that there are quite a few large men's shoes donated.
Please look for the posters and drop off bins at upcoming FLRC track events. Also feel free to contact a member of the "Put the Shoe on the Other Foot" committee if you have shoes to donate but do not have access to a collection site or if you have questions about the program:
Lorrie Tily — ljm2@cornell.edu
Sarah Posegate — sarahkp@verizon.net
Geri Lake-Bakaar — gl77@cornell.edu
We're right in the middle of our very popular indoor track season, and I've been asked to run the National Masters News All-American track standards. Please note these standards are for performances on the track, not roads. (I'll run the USATF age-group national road ranking standards in another issue.) Masters in track & field begins with the 30-34 age groups and ascends by five-year age groups throught 90+.
The 5,000 and 10,000 on these charts must be run on an indoor or outdoor track.. Note the 5,000 meters in our Feb. track meet would be a good opportunity for you to hit that standard.
You can also access these standards charts by visiting www.nationalmastersnews.com.
These are not standards for rankings; they're
performances which have been deemed worthy of All-American status in your
age-group. Note men's and women's tables, and a race walking category as
well. Clip 'n save! Aim high; go fast.
Andris Goncarovs of the Ithaca United Cross Country Team earned All American status for the second year in a row at the USATF Junior Olympics National Cross Country Championships in Albuquerque NM this past weekend. Goncarovs placed twenty second out of 350 nationally qualified youth runners in the Midget Boys(age 11 and 12) finals. The course featured a unique split start line with multiple sweeping switchback turns. At an elevation of 5500 feet the race was challenging for most of the athletes. The USATF Junior Olympics is the premier Cross Country racing event for youth and is held annually at a different location each year. This year USATF invited over 3200 distance runners to the event from a pool of 54,000 athletes who competed in 16 regional and 54 Association races for the national honors.
IUTC runners also earning the invitation and competing
include, Natasha Way, Elizabeth Reamer, Christopher Thompson, Pat
Thompson, Jonathan Fazzary, and Brandon Morseman.
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