MEMBER: THE LONG RUN An Official Publication of: The Freehold Area Running Club, a.k.a. FARC Website: www.farcnj.comTU * T Join* FARC Facebook! E-mail (results & letters to editor): [email protected] VOL. 31 NO. 2 (April 2013) also see: FARC Flash (e-mailed monthly) NJ’s 3rd Largest Club & Growing Support FARC Sponsors: COMING EVENTS! CLUB MEETING WED., MAY 15th @ Michael Tighe (formerly Liberty Oak) Park: Annual FARC MATTHEW STUPER --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS’ AWARD FARC’s 2013 Executive Officers: PRESENTATIONS AT 7 PM Club Meeting after 6:30 Fun Run starting and finishing in parking lot; Also Refreshments & Our Special Guest Speaker ALWAYS A FAVORITE DON’T MISS MEETING! Rich Edwards Jim Jensen Cathy O’Flaherty Isabel Meldrum Fran Kugelmas President Vice President Vice President Treasurer Secretary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAINING AT MANASQUAN RESERVOIR 24th Annual St. Paddy’s Day 10 Mi. &19th 8:00 AM EACH SUNDAY: RUN! 5 K Race Results (more on page 2) 8:00 AM EVERY SATURDAY: WALK “We are just not right in the head. That’s why we are interested in it” [quote from Gold medalist 2012 Olympics Sergey Kirdyapkin of Russia, on being a race walker.] -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 New Jersey RACE WALK Series presented by FARC starts with a 5K at th 10 AM on April 13 at Harry Wright Lake in Whiting, NJ. The 5 event series over the next 7 months (L) Well-dressed helper: Stu K.; #1 in 5K: (LC) Chris Poss’,16:01; #1s includes 10, 15, 20K, and 1 hr. race walk. FARC in 10M: (RC) Craig Segal, 51:55 & (R) Jaclyn Janicky, 1:06:56. members get $5 discount. See attached details-flyer! ST. PADDY’S Races brought out over 500 race Directions: Ron at 609-758-5454 or [email protected] competitors on a cool day for the runners, with snow still covering the ground but not the paved NEXT FARC MOONLIGHT 5K RUN ON THE course on this one of the two biggest FARC race TRAILS & PATHS AT MANALAPAN REC. IS days of the racing calendar year. No fewer than TH ON THURSDAY APRIL 25 AT 7:00 PM 339 and 191 long-distance runners and race ALL FREE SO COME JOIN THE FUN & RUN! walkers traversed the 10-mile and 5 K courses, th th respectively. Some excellent performances were SUMMER SERIES: JUN. 26 -JUL. 31 seen and our veteran Race Director Isabel and her st 31 Annual SUMMER SERIES 5 K, 1 Mi, ½ Mi, & Kids’ committee (Marcia Shapiro called many dozens of Dashes, on the varied terrain of Manalapan’s volunteers) and helpers did an outstanding job! Monmouth Battlefield State Park on Route 33 – 5:45 Complete results are at www.farcnj.com in the race PM Registration, 6 PM Races of the Kids’ and archived results section. Rumor has it next Summer Nights Series, then the 5K at 6:45 PM year’s race will be held a couple weeks later (end of June 26, and July 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31, 2013 March in order for the spectators to bask in the sun). (See www.farcnj.com for Photos., Apps., Calendar & Results) There are a lot of good hills out there and that makes for a nice challenge,” said Janicky in describing the course and is looking St. Paddy’s 10 Mile Race and Leprechaun 5K forward to doing this event again next year. NEWS BRIEF – LOCAL NEWS WRITTEN BY JIM ROBBINS TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2013 10:54 FREEHOLD, NJ – Five hundred and 22 road racers (522) competed In the 24th annual St. Paddy’s 10 Mile Race (333 total) and 19th an- nual Leprechaun 5K (189 total) presented by the Freehold Area Run- ning Club (FARC) at Michael J. Tighe Park, Freehold Township, on the cold and sunny, somewhat-windy morning of Sunday, March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day, and the “wearing of the green” was prevalent in most of the competitors’ running outfits. pictured: Start of St, Paddy’s 10 Mile Race. Photo: Bob Both, JSRC Coming in first of the Leprechaun 5K (3.1 miles), that used a short- ened part of the main course, but included Eagle Nest Road was Chris Poss, 23, of Manchester at 16:01. The female winner was Carolyn Rodgers, 49, of Toms River at 22:41 (20th place overall). Coming in first place of the 10-miler from the out-and-back course The 10-Mile race winner, who started and finished at the Park, and used the Roads of Georgia, Nomoco, Pittenger Pond, Jackson Mills, Stone Hill, along with De- Cicco Circle, and Brandon, Diamond and Aimee Drives was Craig Se- gal, 28, of Highlands at 51:54 (51 minutes and 54 seconds). This rac- ing time was 43 seconds faster than Segal’s championship time of this event last year. Coming in a distant second was Kyle Hall, 34, of Bronx, NY at 57:00 and third place went to Jeff Propert, 32, of Wall Township at 58:13 and this was eleven seconds faster than his third-place finish last year. “I want to compliment the organizers; it was a well-planned race; There wasn’t a chance that any of us would take a wrong turn, the markers were easily seen and the course marshals knew their job,” said Segal when asked his thoughts on the event. “It’s definitely not flat,” he said of the course and the weather: “It’s cold and a bit windy but actually good for running.” The champion thinks that today’s time was his best “I thought it was going to be a ‘pancake course,’ (Poss’ term for for this race and is looking forward to competing again next year. completely flat) but I soon saw and felt the hills so I was glad of the “This is my favorite running weather,” said runner-up Kyle Hall and challenge,” said the 5K champion when asked to comment. Highly explained: “I love seeing the snow and the cool temperature prevents decorated Vietnam veteran with Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart, dehydration.” He was very happy with his racing time because his PR Joe Renzella, 71, of Neptune City finished at 31:00 and said of the (personal record) for a ten-mile race was 58:09, “now I can boast of weather, “it was a bit chilly, but perfect for running.” He further added, “I’m looking forward to running the Zinn races next weekend.” That having a 57:00 PR.” Hall belongs to the Bronx Van Cortlandt Track th Club. would be: The 48 Annual Captain Ronald Zinn Memorial Races in honor of Olympian Ronald Zinn and the other men and women killed in Vietnam, presented at the Wall Township Complex on Sunday, March 24, at 9:00 (5K Run) and 10:30 a.m. (10K racewalk). Fellow octogenarian (he, 82, me 83) Harry Papirman of Whiting finIshed at 31:12. “Hey, Jim, tell all your readers that they should come out and run this delightful race; they would have a good time,” and so I did. At the starting line at 9:30 a.m., located about a mile into the Park On the entrance road, Isabel Meldrum, race director, using a portable loud speaker, thanked the 10-mile racers for coming and asked them to follow her in The Pledge of Allegiance. She then wished them well in the race with an Irish blessing: “May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be at you back and may the clock put a smile on your face.” She then asked them to make sure they crossed over the plates of the Chrono Tracking System D provided by Elite Racing Systems which would record their racing time. Meldrum then gave a three-com- mand start and the racers were off, following the lead vehicle driven by Michael O’Flaherty, past-president of FARC. Fifteen minutes later Jaclyn Janicky, 21, Brick Township, was the top female at 1:06:56 the 5K would start on the same entrance road but closer to the exit th (17 place overall). Rounding out the top three of that distaff catego- and FARC board member and noted race-walker Ron Salvio would nd ry were Morris Plains Michelle Quinlan, 30, at 1:08:00 (22 overall) drive that lead vehicle. Race director Meldrum, former president of th and Heather Jasontek, 34, also of Brick at 1:11:56 (35 overall)“. 2 both FARC and SAC and active race walker, presented Ceramic Frank Crivello 29:54, Ron Podel 30:14, Aimee Goodman 32:03, Leprechauns and Green Place Finish Sweatshirts and Ceramic Sham- Elliot Goodman 32:04, Kevin Omalley 32:20, Steven Pfeffer 33:23, rocks to the aforementioned winners and age-group leaders at the Noah Goldstein 33:40, Steve Goldstein 33:49, Marie Turino 34:51. pavilion of the Park, which served as the staging area. A great picnic was provided: Other hot Monmouth County leaders: Will Spector 20:40, Manalapan; soup, hot dogs, bagels, fruit and soft drinks. Stephen Harrett 21:55, Hazlet; Jarrett Lynn 22:35, Farmingdale; "I'm very excited about the excellent turnout, 522 runners/racewalk- Rachel Kenny 23:20 and Charles Kenny 24:21, Matawan; Jeff Tee- ers, and want to thank all the competitors for their support. It was a sun- ter 24:59, Asbury Park; Dillan King 25:29, Matawan; Ryan McLaugh- ny, cold spring-like day but near-perfect for running. I want to acknow- lin 25:34, Tinton Falls; Stephen Gordon 26:12, Holmdel; Frank ledge also the know-how and cooperation we get from the volunteers Niedzielski 26:15, Colts Neck; Jeff Forgach 26:30, Ocean, Ron (total of 203) from the area clubs (FARC, Jersey Shore Running Club Ackerman 27:15, Howell; Steve Harrett 27:18, Hazlet; Jason Cha- and Shore Athletic Club).