Donna
Hahl, Vice President
Lois
Timpanaro, Treasurer
Joe
Tito, Secretary
www.VSRunningClub.org
Vol. 26 No. 10 October
2006
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Next meeting - after
the Inwood race on Sunday
10/22. We will hold it over breakfast after the race.
Aphorisms from various running thinkers:
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'A setback is the opportunity to begin again
more intelligently' - Henry Ford
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'It is never too late to be what you might have
been' - George Eliot
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‘Nice guys finish first. If you don’t know
that, then you don’t know where the finish line is’ -- comedian Garry Shandling
October -The Morning Run
I
just returned home from jogging, it was a cold windy morning run, when I heard.
"Did anything occur during your run with Rambo?" The question was
from my wife Carol as I entered the house with Rambo the Running Dog. We were
dog sitting this month while Brian (Rambo’s master) had some repairs scheduled
for his house. Rambo does not like loud noises except when he is making them.
I searched my mind for something brilliant to report---Someone hit
by junk falling from a passing plane, perhaps? Or collapsing of a neighbor’s
porch on top of his huge SUV? Maybe Rambo bit an old lady putting out her
garbage. What incident would interest
Carol? Patiently, Carol repeated the question. I remained silent. I was still
thinking about my cold windy run. I did not tell her about the race I did last
year. It was blustery cold at the starting line, I was in the back of the pack
talking to a fellow runner, when the race suddenly began and we headed right
into that driving wind, yet amid the huge mass of runners, it felt as still as
the eye of a hurricane. 25 minutes into the race my body was hurting as I
pushed for the finish, I must finish strong and get to the chow before its gone
- I hate faster runners and leftovers.
Then my thoughts shifted back to the morning run, Rambo stopped
our run 4 times to do his thing, I saw an old man walking with a small child in
hand and we exchanged “Good Morning.” There were stretched black cars lined up
in front of our church – I guess someone passed on. Sanitation did not pick up
the old refrigerator at the curb of a house a few blocks north of us – It is
still there. Oh yes, the sun feels good!
Carol was still waiting for an answer while Rambo was enjoying his
water. "Did anything occur during your run with Rambo?" She asked
once more, "No," I said. "It was just like every other
run."
If
you have any articles, photo, thoughts, or race results you wish to included in
the VSRC newsletter, please e-mail them to me: … Joe Tito
Tip of the Month
How does an orthotic differ from an arch
support you can buy at the drugstore?
The
arch support does just that-it helps the arch support your full weight. In many
instance, this may be all the runner needs. The orthotic,
on the other hand, maintains the foot in the normal position through the entire
footstrike, from heel contact through mid-stance to
toe-off.
What’s happening by Stan
Meeting
& Club Races: We
will have the October meeting after the Inwood
race on Sunday 10/22. We will hold it over breakfast after the race.
I encourage everyone to participate in
the club races as much as possible. Joe Tito has recommended the Ho Ho race for a club race. There is a
I am putting a lot of energy and time
into fall events and I put a lot into the relay. I have a ton of volunteer work
that I am doing so I don’t wish to put any time or energy to a pasta party this
year as the party hasn’t attracted much interest the last few years. Eddie is
the only member whom I know is running this year. You can join a group of us
who will take him out to dinner before the marathon. I will give the time and
place soon. If you wish to put on a pasta dinner I will be glad to give you my
blessing.
Lara
and Luke Celebration: If
case you haven’t heard the news: Lara and Luke have tied the knot and are now
husband and wife. We will be celebrating
their marriage with a bash in the downstairs room at Murph’s
in
Club
Discount: The cost per
person will be $30 which we will collect at the party. The club will kick in
$10 per person so the cost will now be only $20. Those who wish may
contribute an additional $5 per person toward a gift for the newly weds.
Please RSVP as soon as you can as we have
guaranteed Murph’s a minimum of 20 guests. If we
don’t get to 20 we will have to move the event at another site.
Training
Runs: I have gained a
lot over the years from the club training runs. I have recently joined the
Best
Wishes to all: I was
pleased to see that Janice has been recovering nicely from her foot surgery: My
hopes are for complete recoveries for all who are ill or injured.
What happened? – Joe Tito
I was jogging with my
friend Rambo the running dog, when he asked me why I was not my old happy self? Well, I replied as he began smelling a tree, I got
lost running leg 2 of the Ocean to Sound Relay race. Rambo replied; how could
that be? Did you not do leg 2 many times in the past? Did you not train to run
this easily 6 mile leg? Was it you who provided all the team members with the
directions? It was you who was in first place in the relay race for 5 minutes
due to Jon Falk’s great effort? Yes, Yes it is all
true. I quickly said; I was running by myself on
No
It
was later determined that a cop directed Petra to the wrong path, one of our
team member (I will not state his name, but his first initial is M.) came to
the race without his number and the Valley Stream Running Club did successfully
completed the 21st annual Ocean to Sound Relay Race.
By this time, Rambo moves on to a
telephone poll and says ‘What for supper? I replied, chicken for Carol
and me and Dog food for you. With that Rambo said ‘Left on Park and Left on
Lakeshore’, with a doggy smile.
The Guide Dog Foundation – Donna Hahl
The Guide Dog Foundation
bike ride was fun. If you are interested for next year, here's the deal. You
can register up to 4 people on one application for $50 as long as you say you
are related. This year we put Rochelle, Debbie, Theo (Rochelle's boyfriend) and
me on one application. It cost each of us $12.50. I've done this bike ride
for many years and never realized that a lot of people do this when they
register.
For the Newsletter – Mike Gillen
On a recent Sunday morning,
Denis, Tony and I saw a group of Senior Citizens in the Valley Stream Pool
Parking Lot waiting for a tour bus. In this group, we spotted Tom and
Ellen. We called to Tom, who didn't hear us, of course, so we went into
the pool building looking for a bullhorn to get his attention. He finally
heard us and came over to say hello and told us they were taking a bus trip to
Before we saw Tom, we had been measuring and marking the distance around the
Anyway, it was after we
completed marking the loop that we saw Tom and told him what we were doing.
He asked to mark off 100 meters in front of the pool and Denis obliged.
Tom took the wheel and reset it to zero and proceeded to mark the distance.
After measuring off what looked to be 100 meters, Denis started laughing
when he realized Tom had the wheel turned the wrong way and it was counting
backwards. Leave it to Tom.
Before we finished laughing, Ellen was calling to Tom because the bus was
loading, so Tom had to leave. As he walked away, we saw that Ellen had
pinned a name tag on Tom so he wouldn't get lost. Before the bus left,
you could hear the other Senior Citizens asking each other whether Ellen was
Tom's nurse.
Race Results
Ocean to Sound Relay race
Leg & Runner, Position,
Distance,
Time & Pace
on
leg
miles
1. Jon,
33/89,
6.0,
44:35
7:26
2. Joe,
88/89,
6.0,
3.
4. Donna, 83/89,
5.7,
5 Camille
68/89,
6.4,
55:34
6. Mike,
47/89,
5.7,
46:48
8:13
7. Luke,
46/89,
7.0,
54:23
7:47
8. Lara,
68/89,
6.8,
56:11
8:16
Donna Hahl 1:09, Lara Russoniello
53:55
Joe Tito – 5k Running of
the Bull @
Joe Cataldo - FALL INTO WINTER 5K @
Fun Runs, Speed Work, HILL WORK and Long Runs
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Wednesday evenings. Group Runs / Walk at the
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For Hill Work in
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For Long Runs we will meet on
Saturday mornings, time of
Upcoming Races
Sun. Oct 22 Inwood 5k Run Inwood
Sun. Oct 29 Hofstra GME Alum. 5k Hofstra
Sat. Nov 11
Sun. Nov 19
Thur. Nov 23
Sun. Nov 26 Rob’s Run Syosset
Sat. Dec 2
Sun. Dec 3
Sat. Dec 16 Ho Ho Ho Run 5k