The Bar A "back" Half Marathon takes place this coming Saturday. See link to the left for an application - on line registration is available at JerseyRunner.com. It's a fun half starting at Donavan's at 11 AM in Sea Bright and finishing at Bar A in Belmar with a great post race party and buffet. Transportation to the start will be provided before and after the race - see the application for details. On Sunday its the Joe Kleinerman 10K in Central Park, NYC. This is the final NYRRC Championship Team Race for the Season and two JSRC teams are vying for top spots for the series. The teams need your support either to sign up and run (make sure you list JSRC as your team) or just to cheer the team on. The race starts at 9:30 AM. A large group will be going up - wear your orange JSRC gear to show support for the Team and Club. There will be a post race celebration at Carlos' East.
Marathon Training for the Winter and Spring Marathon Season got underway at Bodman Park this past week despite the snow. Its not too late to jump in and get in on the fun and get ready for all the up coming marathons. All different paces are represented so you will always find someone to keep pace with from sub 3 hour marathoners to 5 plus hours. The courses are challenging to build up your stamina for any type of course and scenic and interesting and with a group the run just seems to fly by. We have plenty of water stops and post run refreshments.
A huge crowd of runners turned out for Ocean Running Club's Reindeer
Romp in Point Pleasant starting and finishing at the Ark Restaurant.
Despite the cold windy conditions there were many stellar performances
put in. For the men it was Dave DeMonico (on the left) back in winning
form coming in first overall in a speedy 15:48. For the women it was 12
year old Brianna Jacucewicz in a time of 17 something who bested some
of the states best women runners including Alicia Kelly and Laurie Gordon. The JSRC again
helped out at the race assisting the Ocean Running Club who put on a great event. Runner's were
treated to what had to be the best post race buffet in the state.
Among the many Club finishers were:
Joanne Dreicer 20:30
Jennifer Gunn 20:35 (on the right)
Nicolas Vanier 18:18
Pat Weir 29:22(RW)
Theresa Marciani 20:27
Jon Lowrie 21:40
Vivian Smith 21:48
Dave Zurheide 18:45
Chris Wilcox 19:54
Margerie Olon 22:30
Partrick Asay 20:25
Paul Krentar 22:40
Kevin Gaine 18:03
Victiria Elbrecht Alpert 24:30
John Tashjiiun 18:59
Amanda Cavallo 19:17
Bobby Cavallo 18:18
Coleen Louden 27:18(on the left)
Alexandra Cavallo 6:55 (mile)
Lynn Brady 23:39
Kim Daley 21:22
Tom Mulvaney 20:45
Mary Conry 20:45
Heather Schlisserman 25:50
Melinda Brenner 24:54
Diane Cheer 27:20
Theresa Miranda 26:10
Frank Pelcher 29:20
Nancy Thorne Parnell 22:07
Bob Gilski 24:25
Dave DeMonico 15:48
Linda Piff 25:09(1ag)
Desmond Abazia 25:30
Mark Griggs 19:16
Bruce Locke 23:01
Bill Koch 21:01(2ag)
David Picascia 20:24
Antonietta Picascia 24:39
Christine Picascia 23:31
Diane Cheer 27:20(3ag)
Frank Pelcher 27:36
Lynn Brady 23:42
Linda Piff 24:50(1ag)
Frank Pelcher 31:36(3rw)
Dave DeMonico 15:57(2oa)
Frank Pelcher 27:36
Diane Cheer 27:03(3ag)
David Picascia 20:33
Antonirtta Picascia 24:42
Christine Picascia 22:52
Looking for a perfect gift for your running friends? Why not get them some distinctive "JSRC Gear". Check the link above - "JSRC Gear"- for a complete description and pictures of all our items.
Start getting ready for all the Spring Marathons. Marathon training is now starting at Bodman Park every Sunday with a group also meeting every Saturday in Spring Lake.. The Bodman location is ideal for the winter as most of the trails are protected from the cold winter winds. There are plenty of hills and varied terrain to prepare you for any upcoming marathon. We'll also have runs at other locations to mix things up. Watch this page and the marathon training page for updates. The group will be increasing mileage as the program progresses. Visit the Group Runs Page for directions to the park.
Complete Results Posted
Dawn Ciccone 35:09(1ag)
Mike Chudkowski 39:23 (3ag)
Kathy Porzio 40:16
Lynn Brady 39:38
Frank Pelcher 54:40(2ag, RW)
Chris Wilcox 35:10
Bill Burke 34:46
Tom Mulvaney 33:43
Susan Ardito 36:57
Mindy Brady 46:47(PR)
Mike Bair 31:04(3ag)
Desmond Abazia 44:00
Diane Cheer 46:30
Mike McCauliffe 32:09(PR)
Bill Koch 34:33(3ag)
Dave Slovinsky blew away the 2000 plus field to easily take this Year's Turkey Trot in Manasquan. This was the twentieth anniversary of the race. Dave finished in just over 25 minutes (25:09) with the nearest competitor over 2 minutes behind. For the women (pictured below on the left) it was Heather Bury of Morgantown, West Virginia who finished in a speedy 29:20. It was a cool windy day and runners battled the stiff head winds going west toward town. The club again supported the race and did baggage check for several hundred runners.
Among the Club finishers were:
Peg Weiloand 41:14
Sue Pringle 44:20
Dennis Hart 41:44
Patrick Mastrolilli 41:42
Jennifer Boudrea 53:25
Paul Krentar 38:28
Terence Foley 48:55
John Foley 48:14
Joe Donahue 29:00 (on right)
Theresa Miranda 45:10
John Sullivan 47:19
Tina Shymko 53:32
Kathleen Sullivan 53:26
Daver Pattit 36:48
Peter Englehardt 32:29(1ag)
Gary Krebs 32:46
Frank Pelcher 45:25(pr)
Lynn Brady 41:02
Tom Mulvaney 34:03
Frank Harczuk 37:52
Emery Messenger 46;21
Nancy Thorne Parnell 37:44
Kathy Porzio 39:35
Mark Griggs 33:15
Jim Dunn 39:51
Desmond Abazia 44:00
Craog Lynch 41:10
DennisHart 41:44
Barbara Keenan 47:20
Mindy Brady 47:50
Brenda Moy 57:44
Ann Richards 54:45
Tyler Richards 57:59
Jim Buckler 37:50
Dennis McPartlan 58:50
Kate Clarke 58:55
Ellen McSorley 58:47 (1st 5 Mile Run -Congrats)
Nancy Elliot 40:00
Frank DeMarco 38:07
Lisa Tozzi 41:33
Diane Cheer 48:02
"What an awesome marathon. I took 5th in my division with a 3:26 AND I sang the National Anthem! I am on the starting line and something possessed me to go up to the staging area and ask the race director if they had someone singing the National Anthem. They said they weren't sure and were waiting for the mayor. I offered to sing, told them my race # and went back to the start. A few minutes later I hear my # being announced to come on stage and there I was, in front of 9,000 runners and spectators singing the National Anthem. It was the best version I have ever done and the race committee thanked me over and over and I said that I was thankful as it was an honor to me. Anyway, there was news coverage and photographers etc" - Dawn Ciccone
Dawn Ciccone 3:26 (5th ag)
Karen Charles 3:27:31
Jon Brodsky 3:57:49
Bob Boyd 4:14:45
Maggie Freeman 3:29:20
Bill King 3:36:46
Wendy McKnight 4:19:58
Tom Natoli 4:14:50
Brian Homer 4:21:57
Tom Natoli 4:54:50
Graham Wisdom 3:42:24
List of Club Members celebrating Birthday's in December
Dave Zurheide 19:23
Bob Bythell 17:35J(2nd oa)
The Club's Annual Trip to the NYC Midnight Run is filling up. So if you are interested sign up soon.information here.
If you had signed up for the E-Mail version of the December Club Newsletter you would have received it already. If you are a member and would like to get your newsletter via email just send an email to membership@jsrc.org and request your email newsletter. You will also save the Club a couple of dollars and allow us to improve membership services and keep your dues down. If you are not a member you can easily join. Just click on the membership form on the left. New members get a club t-shirt.
If you registered and missed the Race due to the weather the shirts will be available for pick up at the Club Meeting This coming Tuesday at the Deal Fire House. They will also be avaialable at the Reindeer Romp.
Despite some wet and windy conditions, Long Branch's Elias DeOlivera and Rumson's Dorian Meyer both set impressive course records on the challenging Navesink 15 K course. Elias' time was 53:10 and Dorian's was 1:01:32. In the 5K it was Bronawyn O'Leary of Cliffwood Beach for the women in 20:41 and Slater Mitchell of Cliffwood Beach in 17:17 for the men. The race benefitted the Middletown Youth Athletic Association. Congratulations to Dave Zurheide in his first go at Race Director who under "challenging" conditions did a very impressive job.
I have run in probably 100 races the past twenty years, and I can't think of a more enjoyable and picturesque course than yesterday's 15k. I came back with my wife later in the day to take pictures of some of the vistas of the course. Nice event, thanks! > > > > Chris Andreach
Club Finishers included:
Bill Burke 1:11:01
Dawn Ciccone 1:10:22
Bill Koch 1:12:32
Sutah Robins 1:24
Jon Lowrie 1:15:47
Vivian Smith 1:15:58
Tom Natoli 1:30:23
Diane Cheer 1:40:49
5K
Chris Wilcox 20:15
PS - The owner of the Black "lab" who followed the runners to the finish was found. The dog's name is Hope or "Hopeless" as the owner likes to call her. Seems she lives in a very big house on Locust Point and is very well known by the Middletown Police and the local animal shelter.
Coming next Saturday is the Manasquan Turkey Trot - one of the big races at the Jersey Shore.
Complete Results Posted
With many past and present Presidents of the Jersey Shore Running Club
in attendance a group of runners met at Bar Anticipation for the
President's Run along the Belmar Boardwalk this past Friday. The
evening run was followed by a post run party. Pictured are a group of the
runners before the start on the boardwalk.
Jeananne McFadden 4:21:36
Mary Moriarty 4:36:36
Jessie Joseph 4:36:36
Jacki Franz 4:04:24
There'll be no full moon in the sky tonight - Saturday November 9, but today IS the birthday of a man who has mooned the Grand Canyon (no wisecracks-there were two big cracks in the photo of that, already), the Eiffel Tower and many other international sites (true-and proof exists !!!), was JSRC's 2001 President (and current Treasurer), and can occasionally be found at Bar A, El Presidente, Jerry Frazee. When he's not working at, or running, a race (or baring buttocks to history's great landmarks), Jerry likes to sit down to his recliner to continue crocheting what is currently Ocean/Monmouth County's largest turtleneck sweater (records ARE kept for such things) and also is an accomplished badmitton player, having been regionally ranked in his age group for 6 of the last 7 years. Jerry likes Old Spice, Yanni records, and his favorite movie is "Old Yeller".
A large group of club members again volunteered their services at the NYC Marathon. The club members worked at the finish line and escorted celebrity and fire and police runners to their meeting areas. We were even visited by Mayor Bloomberg (although Phil Hinck tried to get him off the runners path). Many club members participated and some great times were recorded. It was a great day for a marathon. More pictures are posted of many runners and volunteers in the photo album. Some of the Club Finishers included:
Tom Hall 2:50:03(pictured on the right being interviewed by Jane Hansen of NBC)
Nicolas Vanier 3:15
Linda Puzzo 3:23:19
Pat Dorgan 3:33:11
Mike Anstadt 3:34:01
Russ Stallone 3:35:00
Jerry Convery 3:38:00 (on the left)
Gene Napolitano 3:41:24(30th Marathon)
Pat Asay 3:43:30
Mike Kinsella 3:56:07
Ray Soya 3:57:21
John Pape 3:57:27
Rick Vegh 3:59:08
Brian Marley 4:07:04
Daniel Pitzer 4:09:06
Rick Johnston 4:09:35
Bob Boyd 4:13:35
James Ropel 4:14:08
Victoria Ryan 4:19:53
Linda Piff 4:28:59
Rafael Aguirre 4:30:39
Anna Gonella 4:30:44
Mary Del Gorno 4:30:44
Maricar Acab 4:36
James Cummings 4:36:36
Bob List 4:38:10
Patricia Summers 4:41(pr)
Diana Burton 4:46:24
Joe Mirachi 4:51:16
Rich Porfido 4:52:02
Bill Connelly 5:04:51
Joe Zarate Sanderlin 5:06
Diane Cheer 5:09:55(on the right)
Tom Natoli 4:59:36
November 1st was the Birthday of one of JSRC's favorite law enforcement figures, Mr Tim Mahoney, and tomorrow, November 3rd is the Birthday of one of our most devoted lunatics, er uh, I mean Ultramarathoners, Mr Gene Gatens. Trooper Mahoney was just recently competing on yet another marathon, this past week, in Ireland. A week after last year's New York Marathon, Time was still grinning ear-to-ear, as he ran down the Belmar boardwalk, as he was and should have been , proud of his acheivment - that's what the sport is all about !!! Other than devising intricate law enforcement plans to prevent me from getting to a Wall Summer Series race, Summer of 2001 (his plans didn't work), Tim also is well-known for his specialty Lenten Hot Cross Buns and his research into snail mating behavior. His favorite cartoon was "Catch That Pigeon".
Ultra-nut Gatens has run 50 kilometer, 50 mile and 100 mile races !!! That's some sreious time on one's feet. Knowing Gene has assured me that the times in my career when I trained with broken toes was quite normal, as I saw him finish up about 20-24 miles at Bodman with a broken toe DUCT-taped to the other !!! With that said, and all those miles accounted for, you realize this is one disciplined and tough runner. When he's not putting his body through hell, Gene likes to read poetry of Shelly and Keats to animals at the local ASPCA shelter - it helps to calm them and assist in the healing of mange. Gene likes french fries with hot fudge on them. Happy Birthdays, Tim and Gene !!!!
If you did not receive your November Newsletter ( you should have received it last week) it means that you did not renew. All memberships run through July and we provide a 3 month grace period before removing you from our membership roster. So if you did not get your newsletter please consider renewing now. A convenient renewal form is located at the Club Information link above - on line renewals are also available at the same location. You can also check on your membership status. Renewals are only $12 and you will receive all the benefits of membership.
New members can also use the above links to join- All are welcome!
Top Ten List (through Oct 20, 2002)
1. Larry Murphy 435
2. Elizabeth Ireland 426
3. William Michalski 340
4. Martin Dugan 293
5. Patrick Dorgan 289
6. Raman Lakshmanan 263
7. Kathy Soto 257
8. Susan Ardito 253
9. Clifford Russell 252
10.Jennifer Gunn 240
Total runners with 200+ runs - 18 Total runners with 100 to 199 runs - 26
Total runners - 15,079 Averaging 10 miles, it is over 150,000 miles! 6 times around the world!!
Key West, Florida
Frank Pelcher 26:20
Bob Boyd 22:28
Bob Boyd 22:22
Dave DeMonico 34:20(1st oa)
Peter Englehardt 31:46
Desmomd Abazia 25:22
Dave Zurheide 19:25
Randy Brown 22:21
Chris Wilcox 20:01
Dave Picascia 20:37
Antonietta Picascia 25:11
Joe Coccaro 20:44
Chris Martin 20:38
Joanne Driecer 20:55
Bob Bautsch 21:53
Vivian Smith 37:37
Dawn Ciccone 35:06(2nd F)
Jon Lowrie 37:00
Bruce Locke 39:10
Nicolas Vanier 3:09
Doreen Donahue 5:32:48
Dotty Winston 4:21:04
Suzanne Parton 4:44
Tony Tracy 3:16:09
Jacki Franz 1:54:07
Mike McAuliffe 24:12(1ag)
