THE LONG RUN MEMBER: An Official Publication of: The Freehold Area Running Club, a.k.a. FARC We serve and give back to the community! Website: www.farcnj.com Join* FARC Facebook! E-mail (results & letters to editor): [email protected] VOL. 33 NO. 3 (April.2015) also see: FARC Flash (e-mailed monthly) NJ’s 3rd Largest Club, 486 strong & Growing Don’t Miss COMING EVENTS! RECENT EVENTS: DATE EVENT LOCATION TIME St. Paddy's 10 Mile Returns & FARC Hosts at H. Race Walk: FARC NJ 5K Race Walk Wright Lk, Whiting Sat., 5/2 10:00 AM Leprechaun 5 K Races (Manchester) NJ Club Meeting FARC attends Caffrey’s Dinner, then Sold 6:30 fun Out Irish Night at Albert Music Hall, 3/21 Scholarship Awards. Michael J. run Wed., 5/20 & Special Guest Speaker, Dave Ro- Tighe Park 7:00 Club FARC Hosted USATF PanAm Cup Trials & USA mansky (*SEE p. 2) Meeting National Masters & NJ Race Walk Apr.12th 6:00 Kids’ Event Featured Past and Future Olympians at 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 33rd Annual Summer Battlefield State Races. 6:45 15, 7/22, 29 Series 5K and KSN Park, Manalapan beautiful Harry Wright Lake in Whiting, NJ PM 5 K 10/04/2015 Jersey Shore 13.1M &5K Sandy Hook, NJ 9:00 AM FARC’s 2015 Executive Officers FARC team in Shore AC Thompson, Tatum, 10/03, 10, 17, Cross-Country 5K Wolf Hill, Huber 24, 31, 9:00 AM Saturday AM Race Wds., Shark River, 11/07/2015 Series & Holmdel Parks More Details on Events Coming Soon JimJensen Dave Friedman Jim Bergum Isabel Lewis Janet Bergum President Vice President Vice President Treasurer Secretary FARC Hosts NJ 5K State Race Walk Championship, 5/2 (App./Series Flyer) Support FARC Sponsors: FARC hosts the NJ state 5K championship in the Race Walk series May 2nd at 10:00 AM at Harry Wright Lake in Whiting NJ. Flyer is attached. To volunteer, send an e-mail to [email protected]. Club Meeting: May 20th 6:30 PM Fun Run, 7:00 PM meeting: FARC’s Matt Stuper Scholarship awards will be presented at M. Tighe Park to qualifying members continuing their education after high school. Olympic race walker Dave Romansky will speak! 33rd Summer Series: Starts June 24th FARC’s Wed. night 6 PM Summer 5K and Kids Summer Nights at Mon- mouth Battlefield in Manalapan is approaching. Flyer is attached. A FARC family favorite for generations! See more race results on p.2 & FARCnj.com!) DAVE ROMANSKY, May 20 Scholarship Meeting Speaker EARLY NOTICE Early career BROADCAST!!! Dave Romansky was born in Penns Grove, New FARC men and women and Jersey and later moved to Pennsville, New boys and girls not already running on school Jersey.[1] Although he began racewalking only in teams: The SAC 2015 FALL XC Series February 1967, he qualified and represented schedule has been announced! You have time to plan vacations to avoid scheduling the United States in the 50 km racewalk at the conflicts. Time to break in your new running 1968 Summer Olympics, finishing 26th in sneaks or spikes. The Series starts in late 5:38:03.4 while suffering from the flu in the September and runs on Saturdays at 9:00 high altitude of Mexico City. AM into early November. Plan to be part of the fun and action and participate for the Romansky's personal best was 4:15:24, FARC team! Contact Walter Rutsky achieved in 1970, the year he ran the United ([email protected]) or States National Championship table, winning [email protected] (Jim Bergum) if inter- every distance between 10 km and 40 km[2] ested in running with FARC. Follow (10K, 15K, 20K, 25K, 35K, 40K and the 2 Hour farcnj.com for future updates or changes. rd racewalk)[3] That same year he finished 8th in October 3 – Thompson Pk. (Longbridge Rd) th the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in Escborn, October 10 – Tatum Park (Holland Road) th West Germany. His time there was 1:30:46.2, October 17 – Wolf Hill Park October 24th –Huber Woods (Brown’s Dock Rd.) just off his personal record of 1:29:50.[4] He was October 31st – Shark River Park (Gully Road) intending to compete in the 1970 national November 7th – Holmdel Park championship 50K race, but went to the wrong location to race.[5] Later career Club Member Trail Race Results Romansky has continued to walk into the A note on our young award winners masters age divisions, setting numerous Nolan Kus and Rachel records. He holds current M60 American Kenny. Recipients came out 2nd and records on the track for 5,000 meters, 10,000 3rd overall in the Indian Trails 3 Mile [6] meters and 20,000 meters, as well as road race coming in within 1 second of each [7] records for 10K, 25K and 30K. other. FARC is making some great He was elected to the USATF Masters Hall of choices for the awards!!. –Contributed by Fame in 2002, along with the Penns Grove High FARC runner & board member Frank Kus. School Hall of Fame in 1998, the Delaware Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1999, the Shore We all wish Patti Ferriola well in her rehab. Athletic Club Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Salem County All Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. from recent knee surgery, meniscus cut and repair. She says all went well...resting now. Frank Haviland, National Champion New Jersey finishers at 119th Frank is an age group National Champion in 3 categories: sprint, middle-distance, and distance, Boston Marathon on 4/20/15 after recently winning 3 events at the US track meet Several New Jersey marathoners turned in in North Carolina.: fine performances. Freehold Runner’s 400 meter dash – 1:20 High’s Craig Segal led the state’s 800 meters – 3:17 contingent with an average per mile pace 1600 meters – 7:56 of 5:40 for a finishing time of 2:28:23. Please congratulate our speedy friend Frank - & who For several years, Craig and Runner’s would believe he’s 80! High have been heading up the Topanemus Park aid station (serving water and Gatorade) in FARC’s annual November Born to Run race. As quoted by Olympian and legendary race walker If you ran Sunday’s (April 26) New and Asbury Park Press correspondent Jersey Marathon, starting and Elliott Denman, Craig Segal has said “I finishing in Long Branch, please send measure my days not in minutes, but in your results to [email protected]! miles.” As Denman further quotes Segal, the former Holmdel High School and collegiate distance star in the Sat., April 25 Press: “Running is intangible. You can measure progress, success, failures, triumphs and defeats. It is emotional. Use your volunteer points for You have your ‘ups’ and ‘downs’, your good days and your bad.” The first New FARCware, Races, Banquet! Jersey woman finisher, Roberta Groner, 664 Volunteer hours have been of Randolph, also had a good day, crossing credited to date by Secretary Janet the Boylston Street finish line in 2:50:48. Bergum. When you get that urge to Other leading Shore area men in the help out at races, please simply Patriots’ Day race included the following: NJ MEN NJ WOMEN contact FARC at [email protected], 2.Matt Dahl, 2:37:03 2. Amanda Scheer, 3:15:49 and volunteer coordinator Marcia 3. Pat. D’Alessandro, 2:41:59 3. Amy Nalven, 3:17:36 Shapiro will absolutely give you a 4. Robert Ditota, 2:50:58 4. Heather Scott, 3:20:45 5. Joseph Lesniak, 2:52:13 5. Christine Conti, 3:21:51 friendly call back regarding time 6. Michael Stomiany, 2:53:10 6. Beth Reed, 3:26:51 and place. You’ll feel good about 7. Brian Prendergast, 2:53:20 7. Patricia Caulfield, 3:29:14 helping and the runners will thank you! 12. Jeffrey Bier 42 W. Caldwell 1:37:31 RECENT EVENTS: 13. Jim Bergum 66 Howell 1:38:09 St. Paddy's 10 Mile Returns 14. Nicole Cyr 31 Freehold 1:40:36 15. JamesMurphy 57 Howell 1:41:52 & Leprechaun 5 K Races 16. Lucina Monica 69 Farmingdale 1:44:13 Sunday, March 15, 2015 17. Sandra Etlinger 55 Howell 1:45:10 18. Karen Rega 47 Freehold 1:46:42 th 19. Jessica Martin 20 Freehold 1:47:15 26 Annual 10 Miler 20. Olie Nelson 79 Farmingdale 1:49:29 10 Mile Male and Female Champions Leprechaun 5 K Start 5 K Male and Female Champions Mark Leininger (24) 52:59.03; Meghan Bruce (24) 1:07:17 The races started and finished in Michael Tighe Park in Freehold Township, amidst some wind and somewhat cool albeit Peter Castronova (16), 18:08; Amanda Trepodi (39) 20:30 seasonal temperatures: Pretty nice for the 5 K Male and Female Winners 391 finishing runners (no snow or ice Leprechaun 5 K race winner in a field of 164 underfoot) – a bit chilly for volunteers! finishers, Peter Castronova (age 16) was Beautiful Course with 227 10 Mile and 164 5 the 5 K race winner in 18:08. Amanda K finishers. Race director Tom Wendel and Trepodi was the first woman & 8th overall in his team put on a great race. 20:30.8. 10 Mile Male and Female Winners 10 Mile Racewalk St. Paddy’s Day 10-mile race winner, Mark Leininger (52:59), starred several years ago at Colts Neck High School and more recently at American U.