1 25 11 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/1e135551cb00e636d750877b6f5ef5f8.pdf 1e491df211a6d695b7ebc86b2d1384d9 PDF Text Text Volume XIV Issue 7 Box 87 Ansonia StaUon New York NY 10023 The Starting Line • • The official numbers are in from our Race events: I 04 7 entered our races, 876 in the 5 miler and 171 in the 2 miler. We had our own FRNY volunteers, and a surprisingly large turnout of regular NYRCC volunteers. Add to that count our five major corporate sponsors: Starbucks Cuffee, Amt:rican Express T1avei /Carnival Cruise Lines, the Tunnel Bar, Champs Sports Bar and Out Magazine. All in all, it was a very successful event. It was a terrific way to kick off the summer and the second half of our year! On behalf of the Club, I would like to thank our Race Director, Jay Pack, for all his work organizing our 1995 event. In addition, I would like to thank the Assistant Race Directors, Tom Griffith and Rich Sands, the entire Task Force, the corps of volunteers and all our individual and corporate contributors for helping make it all happen. As in past years, after our big event, the club will benefit from an influx of new people. You will see them on Saturday runs in the weeks and months ahead, sharing in the enthusiasm and energy which was generated by the Race. Be on the look out for these folks . When you spot them , please be sure go up and welcome them . Help start them on the road toward being active members of our running family . Let them know we have a lot of terrific activities lined up for the second half of the year. We have our Jones Beach outing in July and several other summer-related activities in the works, as well as track & field, cycling and race walking activities, coaching classes, the Philadelphia and Boston trips and our annual events tied into the NYC Marathon. So listen to the Saturday announcements and watch for the articles in the newsletters for more details. Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward! Equality is the absolutely necessary condition for freedom ... freedom outside of equality can create only privilege. Mikhail Bakunin None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power uf the hope of freedom to tho:;e who are not free. Pearl S. Buck This is a celebration of individual freedom , not of homosexuality. No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody. Rita Mae Brown Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. A. Lincoln Summary of the General Membership Meeting of FRNY June 14, 1995 Treasurer reported a positive operating expense of $5,309.41 for the year to date. Membership stands at 475 active members. The Pride Run remains on track. Remaining race T-shirts will be sold at the Christopher Street Fair for $5 .00 The topic of"apathy" and failure of the club to attract and retain new and younger runners was discussed. Who will lead and manage the club's activities in the future? Various suggestions, from a "mentor" program to active recruitment of Pride Run applicants were presented. Every New York Front Runner (including this writer) needs to reach out more to all the new runners, walkers and cyclists who attend our weekly runs. Your input to the board is encouraged. The club has purchased general liability insurance and officers liability insurance, covering our running and cycling activities. A motion for Front Runners New York to join a coalition of community organizations in endorsing the National Marriage Resolution currently being lobbied by Lambda Legal and Educational Fund was approved. See the article on page 2. A NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein Lee Abbey The next meeting will be on July 12, 1995 at 7:30 p.m. at Dave and Mike's, 170 West 74 Street, #609. �Page 2 Front Runners l~ltl\TY 'I'() l\71~1) Board Supports Marriage Resolution At its June Meeting, by a majority vote, Front Runners New York proudly joined a coalition of community organizations (gay and non-gay) in endorsing the national Marriage Resolution. The resolution is championed by the Lambda Legal and Educational Fund, Inc. and reads a follows : "Because marriage is a fundamental right under our Constitution, and because the Constitution guarantees equal protection of the law, RESOLVED, the State should permit gay and lesbian couples to marry and share fully and equally in the rights and responsibilities of marriage" l~llNY 1,() 'l,lll-(~Y(~1. 1~ The Front Runner hotline, 212.724.9700, now has a voice mailbox for the Fast and Fabulous Cycling Team. Ring us up there, or let us know your ideas at : Bob rjn2@columbia.edu or 212.567.7160 Debbie deb2@columbia.edu/914.353 .6925 TRI HARDER You don't have to be a tri athlete to participate in a triathlon. You can be part of a team and leave the swimming and cycling to someone else. It's not too late to do the half-marathon at the Tupper Lake Tinman on July 15. Call Gerry Valentine at 212 .932.2168 Or the Danskin Women's Triathlon on August 6. Call Ruth Gursky at 718.261 .2668 . You can also join a tri-team for Mrs. T's Tri on August 27 with the Chicago Smelts, queer swimmers that they are. Call Steve Young at 312.281.4692 AUGUST PREVIEW : We are also planning a two-day double century, August 13-14? A ride to some The Marriage Resolution Project evolved from a landmark court case now underway in Hawaii. Lambda initiated the Marriage Project in 1994 to coordinate the legal and political groundwork for winning and keeping the freedom to marry in Hawaii. Its second purpose is to promote national public awareness of gay people's need for l~lll\'Y the freedom to marry. FRNY is proud to 7 support this important individual right and basic freedom . For more information on what you can do to help, please contact the In 1992, I read a description of the Mt. Lambda Marriage Project at 212 .995 .8585 Washington Road Race by Bob Stevens, in the Front Runner San Diego newsletter: "highest winds ever recorded" (230 mph) i!?eai tJwu4 "often extremely cold at the summit," "7.6 miles uphill with no break," "ascent is uninterrupted," above the tree line "your Front Runner Ennis Smith returns to view is rock outcrops and scrubby Danny's Skylight Room, the Cabaret Room vegetation on otherwise bare slopes," at Danny' s Grand Sea Palace, on Saturdays, "covered by clouds," hardly any visibility, July 8, 15, and 22nd at 9:00p.m. His show final 50 yards "as steep as a staircase." I includes the songs of Harold Arlen , was charmed. How could I resist? Finally, Sondheim, Gershwin , and others. Danny's this year I made it to the foothills of the is located at 346 West 46th Street, between highest peak on the East Coast. At the 8th and 9th Avenues, on Restaurant Row. bottom, temperatures were about 70 degrees, skies mostly overcast. Hamstrung For reservations, call 212.265 .0133 by a hamstring injury (sorry!) months before the run, I found that my death quads ~~~~NY were not quite as lethal as I'd have liked. '1,() )1'1, l\ i\SIIIN()'J,()N f(JlNY 'l,f) SINft 'J'() JJ()NJ)()N distant point on Long Island, depending on who we can find to hostess us (volunteers?) Potential riders are encouraged to get LIRR bike passes. Go to the information window at Penn Station and get an application . Mail it with your $5 check before July 15. The pass is good for life. Also in August, Princeton Bike Rally on August 5; oneday round-trip to New Hope on August 20; SO-mile North Shore ride on August 27 . The Seagull Century on Maryland ' s eastern shore will not be until October 14, but registration closes July 31! About 4,000 cyclists pedal 100 miles of what Debbie Bell calls "obscenely flat" terrain . Your $20 registration fee includes four food stops and pre/post ride parties. SASE now to Salisbury State University, Campus Box 3046, 1101 Camden Ave, Salisbury, MD 2180 I. We will car pool. LAZY, HAZY DAZE: 7/9 Staten Island 212.362.4719 7/15 Tinman Tri 7/16 NY to Nyack 212.628.1697 7/23 Suffern NY 212.727.7346 7/30 to Jones Beach with other FRNY. 9 :00 a.m. at the Roosevelt Tram Station. See the article on page 4. • • Determined to take it out easy (this 7.6 mile race has half-marathon fmish times, with a winning pace of9-l 0 minute miles), I loped up the first steep ascent, heart-rate monitor leaping up just as steeply. The race starts at 1600 feet and ascends 4600 feet to a peak of 6288 feet. As we climbed skyward, paces slowed, vegetation thinned, and the wind blew up. And what a wind - 40 mph , steady! (Shakespeare must have run Mt. W - "Blow winds, and crack your cheeks, rage, blow ... ") I lost a sense of where I was in the race, but I certainly did get one heckuva view. Past seven miles, walking mostly now, I began to realize that I was actually going to do this. Those last staircase-steep 50 yards were nothing, just the last leap to the finish. As for next year, more quad work, more long runs, and a sub-two-hour age group award ... After all , you don't have to be fast... only dumb and strong. .!_~ ~ea4 ~----------------· Michael Davies is now living in London FRNY COPY DUE (the U.K., that is) and can be reached at Copy for the August newsletter is due by the Saturday run on July 22nd. If you are unable to make michael@tmdavies.demon .co.uk or by post the run, send the information to the editor at his address in the directory. You may also fax your copy. Call Donn at his work number for more information . Copy is preferred on disc in MS Word and discs must be at 44 Maybury Court, Marlebone Street, High Density. Please include a hard copy. Articles are limited to 250 words or less, or will be edited to London WlM 7PP. such. That's about half a typed page or one newsletter column. �New York • • • 11JIN'Y rJ~() J»JJIIAJAY ., 41 When I was an unemployed actor, friends often urged the publication of what they insisted were my ingenious tricks of survival on a shoestring. Silly people! The act itself would have, at the very least, mitigated the advantages reported . The reluctance to share then is similar to that which I now overcome regarding memories of yet another delightful weekend in the city of brotherly love, and more specifically, in the hands of our brethren Frontrunners/Philadelphia. After all, for the second year in a row, I have been the NY emissary, accorded warmth , hugs, and kisses like an accessible Bonnie Prince Charlie on tour. Screw you guys, but last year's Philly Pride Race was my first ever age group award (2nd old man), and none of you were around to muscle in on the scarfing of Will Weaver's finish line strawberries, bananas, yogurt and homemade chutneys. Philly's 5-miler, by the way, starts on Kelly drive at the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, parallels the Schuylkill towards the city, then back out again , on a course as pancake flat as pancake flat can be. Diversion en route is provided by U . Penn scullers, grunting on the river, and the Philadelphia Freedom Band tootling shore side. Massage therapy brackets the race , is administered by not one, but two caring, knowledgeable masseuses - simultaneously! - and is nothing less than hoo-hah, o-God bliss. The post-race raffle, this year conducted by cute-in-maie-drag Charies Busch, was astonishing in its generosity and breadth. It seemed every other participant walked off with a free dinner for two, if not a vacation in the Poconos with Ralph Fiennes. Here's a huge thanks to all of you who stayed away, and especially Jimmy Calnan who literally laid down to make it possible, because yours truly defended last years silver medal by actually winning age group gold! (Soundtrack: Veterans Stadium crowd roar. Thank you . Thank you so much .) There is no end to this gang's hospitality - no doubt this last being the handiwork of Mark Ferrante, Michael Atweh , and/or Rich White, honeys all, demonstrating the wonders of advance paperwork in quadruplicate. Now, besides the lure of Amish breakfast at Reading Page 3 Terminal Market (may the defense rest here?), there's also the entrance hall at the newly re-opened Academy of Fine Arts, the copulating dinosaurs near the Ben Franklin Institute, Crouching Woman and I am Beautiful among other knockouts at the Rodin, and oh, say, any of the Eakins or Cezannes - your pick - at the Museum of Art. There's bare-legged wading in the Logan Circle fountain pond, the dementedly deep-dish apple pie a Ia mode next to Giovanni's Room, Patti LaBelle, the Liberty Bell, Liberty Bell pencil sharpeners, the CoreStates cycling classic, Elfreth's Alley, fresh meat on the hoof, the city skyline, and Sunday brunch in the secret garden at the Inn Philadelphia. There's also what surely must be the most architecturally wonderful Town Hall, topped by a statue of an apparently randy, well endowed founding father. All thisI say, all this plus the early evening postrace terrace dining en plein air, Chez Rodz, where the club Oscars, the Glinda Achievement Awards, are announced amidst mind-boggling fanfare. This year, the Glindas included those for Rookie-ofthe-year, Best Dressed, Congeniality, and Overall Running Excellence. They were won by, respectively, Malcolm Clendenin, Bruce Bates & Ed Montgomery, Michael Zuzu (hmmm , the president wins most congenial), and of course, Tim Stockert. For the fifth year in a row, accomplishing a feat as remarkable as that of the early 60s Montreal Canadiens or maybe Lou Gehrig ' s consecutive game streak, the winner of the Best-Brunching, AbsolutelyNon-Running-Event-Participating, (or something very much like that) Glinda went to the every gracious, the very iuveiy, the very talented Miguel Santoni. (One side note here re: Tony Rodriguez, who seems to launch his share of zingers-a good job offer in Toledo, dahling, is an oxymoron. And you should preserve that Queen Without a Country T-shirt as long as possible , by hand-washing, inside out, in cold water.) Finalmente, the Lee Graham Award (the Philadelphia equivalent to a Guy Zelenak-Mickey Zacuto cup) was passed from last year's Debbie Kaplan to this year's Danny Smartt. Congratulations to two great buggers. Appropriating a Chris Stevens phrase, this is a club and a weekend of cumulative adorableness. Attention Front Runners everywhere! Do I sound like a happy guy? ,.,,. l~lll\TY lll~ltl.IN We went, we ran, we won, we mingled and now we share. After many preparations and some injuries, job obligations, money matters, etc. , that made some of us unable to go, Marty McElhiney and I departed to the now unified Berlin on Tuesday, May 23rd. We stayed until Wednesday, the 31st. Our hosts were a pair of very nice people who made us feel right at home. They were also v<:ry active as Oiganizcrs of this race and as part of the team planning for next year's Gay Eurogames (Track & Field is open to all countries) in Berlin. Our schedule of events, prior to the day of the races, included a gala reception as an opening ceremony for the races . The president of the Berlin parliament accepted an invitation to the ceremony and gave a speech in German and English. Locals felt it was a very important step toward being recognized as part of the sports federation in Germany. Everything was well organized and we got to mingle with the other athletes in training sessions, the noodle party, the picnic in the park and at the track on the day of the races. It was a great trip, even with the occasional "waves" (as in jet-lagged-sleepymoments) that we felt at some inconvenient times. We got ready for the ! 00 meter race at 8:30 a.m . (2:30 a.m. New York time) . Marty and I competed in the I 00 and 200 meters. I came in second in both ( 11 .50 sees and 22.60 sees) and Marty came in third in both (11.85 and 24 .22). Marty also competed in the 400 meters where he came in first (54.66 sees). We did the five leg relay with one German , one Italian and an American from LA . We won and broke last year's record! We had a wonderful time. The thrill of competing, the passion for running, our gay men and women so beautiful, a parenthesis in time, all of these made the trip an unforgettable experience . Come with us, Let's do Track! ?lt4#Utd e"~tek'lt4 �Page 4 From our friends in Orlando comes the following: "Hey, all you frontrunners [sic] from around the world, we have a question for you. How come some of you write the word "Frontrunner" as one word, while others use two words? We use one word solely because that's what we chose when we formed our club." Those who have been reading this column for several years may recall Lenore holding forth on this very topic once before. I am somewhat ambivaient about addressing this issue again since - of course - we here in New York know proper usage, even if the rest of the world sometimes seems not to. Moreover, as our "ambassador" to other clubs, I really hate to have to climb onto this high horse. However, when duty (and Orlando) calls, I must answer. So first, I ask you please to go to your book shelf or local book store and check out the cover of the book from which we all claim to derive our name. I ask you: do you see two words run together as one? Or do you see two clearly separate words, both clearly Front Runners capitalizecl? Now go the the front of this newsletter (yes, the one you are reading now) Does what you see there accurately reflect what you see on the book jacket, or does it not? Allow me clearly to state (or re-state, thanks to Lenore's earlier very fine work on this topic) that there is one, and only one correct usage with can accurately claim to come form the book title: Front Runners. All others may be wonderful clubs, with wonderful members, but they ain't goin' by the book! Now, for a survey of how our fellow clubs do. My absolute fave is the following: the mother club of us all - who make a big deal about how they chose the name from the book - yes, you guessed it, sorry to break the news, but San Francisco calls itself FrontRunners. (perhaps they think that capitalizing the second word somehow makes up for running the two into one?) They started quite the trend when they settled on that name, oh so many years (16?) ago . Among the other FrontRunner clubs are Min neap o I isIS t. P au I, Bay Lands, Toronto, and Honolulu (yes, my beloved Honolulu, which can otherwise do no wrong) . More common is Frontrunner. Offenders in this category include Long Beach, L.A. Calgary, Philly, Boston, Chicago (who add the unique concoction • "and Frontwalkers" to their title) Seattle and EastBay. (With a name like that, what can we expect? Perhaps we should change our city to NewYork? in the UnitedStates?) Philadelphia, a club and city very dear to our hearts, adds insult to injury. Not only do they call themselves the Frontrunners, but they refer to Patricia Nell Warren as author of l l i Frontrunner! As to Orlando, they're among the Frontrunners. I would like to respond to their question with one of my own. Since it's just the name you chose, why did you choose it? Had you not read the book recently? Were you unaware that English, unlike German, does not allow nouns to be thrust together willynilly, (Sounds kind of kinky, we'd all ~ to do it) in order to form obscenely long and hardtopronouncecompoundnouns? Hmmm? With the ugly stuff out of the way, let me call the honor roll. Joining us in virginal - and lonely- correctness, are the following select clubs: Ft. Lauderdale, D.C., Atlanta, and San Diego. Bravo to you all. And happy running, reading and weeping over the state of the Front Runner . grammatical world to all of us. "Peud ~~ l~ltNY 'J'() ~ '1'111~ 111~1\(~11 Planning is underway for our annual road trip to Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Distance Run. This year's race (a halfmarathon) is the weekend of September 15th. We'll be leaving New York on Friday evening and connecting with our hosts at a reception planned by Frontrunners/Philadelphia. Saturday we do the weekly fun run through the historic streets of Olde City, sometimes even over the bridge to Camden! After a brunch at The Reading Terminal Market we avail ourselves of the many museums, galleries and historic sites that Philadelphia has to offer. (Just take a look at Les' article on the previous page!) Saturday evening, Frontrunners/Philadelphia always throws a wonderful dinner dance with lots of good food and DJ music. That makes it hard to go home and get the rest we need, but somehow we do make a good showing the following day. The race winds through the city, then along the Schuylkill River in Fairmount Park. After the race the customary brunch spot is Woody's, a popular bar/restaurant/discomat. The owner, Bill Wood, annually brings a traditional Mummers string band to New York's Gay Pride March. There's time for a bit more sightseeing after brunch and then it's back on the road to New York. Details are forthcoming . Make plans to join Front Runners New York on their most popular out-of-town trip. It's time to escape the steamy streets of Manhattan for some salt air and a little sun and fun in the water. Strip off those running shorts and chill out in your Speedos. Mark you calendar for Sunday, July 30th. Pack your sand bucket, frisbies , beach balls and kites. Break out those cool shades, to view all those heavenly bodies under the sun . Front Runners are off to a day at Jones Beach. The cost is $10.50 round-trip for all public transportation, unless you cycle out at 9:00 a.m. from the Roosevelt Tram Station with the Fast/Fab Cyclists. The rest of us will depart from Penn Station on the I 0:06 a.m. train. We will arrive in Freeport at I 0:51 a.m ., and transfer to the bus to Jones Beach . There, we will walk to field #6, where the gays and lesbians have staked their claim on a • section of sand. Pack a bag lunch , ·soda, fine china etc ... Please RSVP to 787.8266 v~.t.~ Note! Rain cancels! �.. New York , Jam relentless. We haven t ,scored the last . . entrant m one race before I m pushmg to get volunteers for the next! Just call me the d h · b' ' Juggernaut. It s my JO . T e. gran . was due, m great success of our part, to the contributions of the New York . . Road Runners Club. Our volunteenng IS one way we can all say thank you for all I their help over the past 14 years.1 So, have decided to help you plan the rest of . . . your year m volunteenng. Please consider signing up to volunteer for one of the races · · listed to the nght. Why not choose this month ' s race, the Roosevelt Island Summer 5K? Check-in is at 8:00a.m. at the tram station. We try to choose races that have something different about them , so this time we get you out of Central Park. Whether you fly across the river, or travel underground, you will be let out right at the start. It' s an early start for a short race . We won ' t keep you long, but we will keep you from sleeping in and wasting half your weekend! To the rest, pick one or more from the following volunteer menu : • Pr~de ~un UA(~E (~AP'I'AINS' UJU•OU'I' • CONGRATULATIONS to all our marathoners who completed their 26.2 miles these last couple of months. Runners took part in Marathons in Burlington , Vermont, Duluth, Minnesota, and Marty King is about to head for Buffalo. Good Luck. You have the rest of the summer to relax and enjoy! Hopefully, this will mean more qualifiers for Boston's tOOth running next April. Your race captain, Jack Watters, is planning to run the London Marathon in 1996. If you're interested, let him know , and he ' ll give you details on how to apply. Talking of marathons , we have our own New York Marathon coming up quite soon. There were almost 5000 eager applicants in the line-up in Central Park on May 13 , the largest turnout ever. You should have received your application and mailed it back by now. If you haven 't yet, ough knickers , you're probably too late. However, if you are very, very nice to your Race Captains we will see what we can do . (No Promises!) , Nl17 'l,f) · l 111 lTf)J IJN'I11,1,1l J , ~' • J J , J • J , J • Volunteer Races for 1995 July: Roosevelt Island S ummer 5K , sun day, Ju1y 16 , 8:00 a.m. August: Hispanic Half-Marathon, Sunday, August 13, 7:30a.m . September: Race for the Cure Sunday Septembci 17, 8:00 a.m . October: Race to Deliver Sunday, October 22, 9:00a.m. November: NYC Marathon Sunday, November 12, 8:30a.m. December: Holiday Four Miler Sunday, December 17,8:00 a.m . Page 5 Of course, we cannot quit a volunteer · · artie 1e Wit h out saymg th an k s to a II our Ed A G 1 Ad . na B v.11 vo uBntbeerBs: . aryp plruBzzesek, roc mann, nns, au o emtez, H ld B 1 d Mik c 11 · s F os ter, e o an, ue rue an , aro Les Goldstein, Carl Johnson, Marty King, L d T L p K h · at u anc, 0 ave aurence, erry or en, Ma· K M L d G S Jerus, ue un , eorge ayer, en St B b N 1 · K · h M "l e son, o 1 osc1a, e1t · s hi eve G p 1 R · . N acme, ow 1mg, au d K Sh eorge c em, d S h Sl d en ere a. a e, an et . nner If 11 t Of course, you are no rea y a ru the NYC &th . d 't d o some mg ,,0 r you on Marathon! We will have our traditional 24-mile water station near the museum, and anyone who would like to be part of the finish line crew should see Rob or Donn as soon as possible. If you have never done it we can get you there, and if you are a returning volunteer, we would like to know as soon as possible. We will remind you So again, as each race day draws near. come join us! You will always be needed , and you might just have some fun! "Dtuut- Pt{l1dut The LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE RUN produced our largest turnout of Front Runners to date . (Gosh , if only we could have this turnout at a few more Central Park races, just think how different our Team standings would be!) Pride's new start and speedy finish at 97th Street were enjoyed by pretty much everyone (99.999999%, well there's always one or two!) . PRs were set by many runners and walkers. Congrats to all. Unfortunately Road Runners have had to cut down on the number of races in the park this year. This means that it is even more important to tum out for the races that are left on the calendar. So keep the a.m. of July 23rd free for the Club Team Championship. It's the second race for the year (as well as L&G Pride) that we ask as many Front Runners as possible to run . Hopefully we can improve our team standings. If not, well , we'll just have a good time! We've been told, in years past, that it really isn't just a race for the speedy. Every member counts regardless of your pace. If you all turn up we ' ll prove it! There will be an official photo opportunity after the race. A pretty enthusiastic group of female runners ran/walked the Advil I OK. Well done ladies. We didn't score any team points, but it was nice to see everyone do their best for the club and themselves. Ladies, mark your calendars for Saturday, July 8th. Why? Well , it's the Long Island Women's 5K and Front Runners usually sends a fairsized contingent of women . Last year's was missed due to Gay Games, but no excuses in '95. This year Nancy Bernardin has volunteered her garden for a Barbecue after all the post race events. Everyone is welcome to attend, providing you either run/walk the race or cheer the runners on . Not a bad deal, that way we include men and women! Please call Diane (212) 6636707 to RSVP to both the race and the post, post Barbecue. I'd like to know who's who for the teams and to make sure there is plenty of hamburgers and finger lick in ' chicken to go around. There will be a chipin for the barbie ($3-6). Car pool will be arranged, but I do need to know in advance! Please don't call the day before, begging for a ride, like last time! All the best to everyone in future races. Bring both speed and a smile - and your FRNY gear. As the saying goes "You're not fully dressed without it"! �-. Front Runners Page 6 (.}_• BROADSTREET 10 MILER Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 7, 1995 { GAY & LESBIAN PRIDE RUN 5 miles Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 3, 1995 Jeff Singleton ......................... ... mI :03:46 Les Goldstein ......... 1st 50+ .......... m41:33 NEW PRAGUE HALF MARATHON New Prague, Minnesota, May 13,1995 IMUS IN THE MORNING 6.5K Central Park, New York June 4, 1995 Sandra Levine ............................. I :38:55 RUBIN RUN 10K Tenafly, New Jersey, May 14, 1995 Marnell McNamara .... .3rd 30-34 .. 49:48 Susan Ziering ............................... m55.28 S-MILE YOU GOTTA HAVE PARK Prospect Park, New York May 20,1995 Richard Buckheit .... ... .. ......... ...... ... 34:05 Laurie Shlafmitz .................. .......... 38:47 Mark Basham ...... .... .......... ............. 49:38 MIDLAND RUN 15K Forest Hills, New Jersey May 21, 1995 Beth Collins ........... .................. 0 I: 15:51 Mary Spano .............. ...... .. .... ... . 0 I : 15:51 Marnell McNamara .............. .... OI:J8 :23 Loraine Simunek .... ........... .... ... 0 I: 18:47 Donna Arabia ............... ...... .. .... 0 l :24:15 HEALTHY HEART SK Morristown, New Jersey May 25,1995 Loraine Simunek ............................ 23 :29 L'ESPADRILLE EN FETE SK Hull, Quebec, Canada May 28,1995 Jerry Smith .... .... ... ! st 40-49 ........... 22 :56 L'ESPADRILLE EN FETE 10K Hull, Quebec, Canada May 28,1995 Jerry Smith ....... .. .. ........ ... .............. . 46: II 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE BOSTON PRIDE RUN 5 miles Boston, Massachusetts June 10, 1995 Gary Kelley .. .. ... ...... .. .. ...... .. ......... m35:51 Susan Ziering ................................ m38: 15 Ed Pyle .. .............. ! st 60+ ....... ... ... m39:55 Jim Gibb ... ... .. ... ..... .... ................... m41 :03 BOSTON PRIDE RUN 2 miles Boston, Massachusetts June 10, 1995 SHELTER ISLAND 1OK Shelter Island, New York June 10, 1995 Beth Collins ... .... .... ... ..... ... ..... .. ...... .46:28 Jeff Singleton ........ ... .. ........ .. ......... m46:28 Dot Fuscaldo ................................. m47.20 Tina lsselbacher .. ... .... ... ..... ......... .... 48:52 Donna Arabia .............. ...... ..... ...... .. 52.04 MEDIA CHALLENGE '95 3.5 miles Central Park, New York June 10, 1995 Les Goldstein .... .. ...... ..... .............. ... 28:01 ADVIL MINI MARATHON IOK Central Park, New York June 10, 1995 Frank Colon ........... 2nd 50-59 ....... 13 :54 BURLINGTON CITY MARATHON Burlington, Vermont May 28,1995 Jim Gibb ...................................... 4:48 :3 9 • MONTAUK TRIATHLON I mile swim/20 mile bike/IOK run Montauk, New York June 10, 1995 David Pitches ...................... .. ...... 2:36:27 HARRIMAN TRIATHLON swim/16 mile bike/ 3 mile run Harriman State Park, New York June 11, 1995 ~mile Diane Batchelor .............................. 44:21 Kim Roche .................................. !'44:32 Ellen Brenner ................ .... .... ........ ..45 :05 Joan Lilly .................. ..... ... ... ... ........ 45 :42 Marnell McNamara ........................ 49:24 Loraine Simunek ............................ 49:27 Beth Hassrick ..... .. ...... .... ............... .. 49:54 Ann McHugh ........................ .......... 50: 19 Carol Jaspin .. .............................. .. m51 :0 I Mary Unser ..................................... 52:21 Laura Collins .................................. 53:57 Susan Degutz ..... ..... .......... ... .... ..... m55:30 Debby Chapnick .... .................. ....... 56: I 0 Paulette Meggoe ........................... m57:50 Inger-Johanne Berger ................... m58: 14 Debra Fierro ................................ 1:02:05 Anne Marie Ring .. ..................... ml :06:32 Connie Cohrt .......................... ~m I: 13:07 ~ RACE WALKER Dave Lawrence .... ................... .. .. I :35:33 Bob Nelson ................................ ml :43:56 COLUMBIA TRIATHLON I.SK swim/40K bike/3K run Columbia, Maryland May 21, 1995 Bob Nelson .. .............................. m2 :54 :04 MT. WASHINGTON ROAD RACE 7.6 miles Mt. Washington, New Hampshire June 17, 1995 • Lenore Beaky .............................. 2:08:09 !' PERSONAL RECORD m MASTERS RUNNER �0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 g 0 0 0 0 • F I. FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK A runn_ ing/walking/ cycling club for lesbians, gay men, and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership info: 212.724.9700 "'A 7:00 p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW -~ ~:00 •$ II 131:rr ANT ()~ .C'l & ~lll CHEER THE Bl RIDE STAT!'- ISI.A'ID flRRY L O'AA R MA'-HATTA'- 7:00 p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72nd St & CPW II! 7:00 p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle ().M. M()l1( llollf3tfT 9:30 A;\ I. =li 7:00 p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW 1 7:30p.m. Board/Business Meeting I I I 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue i 10:00 a.m. I I 6:45p.m. Oooolll119 ud 1 TICIIIIIIIt PfC19rom NY ARC WOMEN'SsK .ond barbecue 9 East 89 St I '21 1;. 1--1 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run 6:45p.m. Oooollllltolld I TICIIIIIIIt ProtiCIIII 1 NYRRC I 9 East 89 St TUPPER LAKE TINMAN TRI 170 W 7. ST. 1609 ~~~; 17 I:J 1:00 A.M. CHECK-IN VOLUNTEER RACE OF THE MONTH 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW 9:00a.m. ROOSEVELT ISLAND SUMMER SK 7:00 p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72nd St & CPW 6:45 p.m. Oooollllltolld Ttc~llllllt P1e19rom NYRRC I~ 9 East 89 St •JO A. \t CYCLI'-G G'W'B TO '-YAO, ~:00 ().M. M()\1( llollf3tfT 8:30a.m. CLUB lEAM CHAMPIONSHIP 13~,-ANT VA~I\ ~lll 4'l & 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW 7:00p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72nd St & CPW 6:45p.m. Cooohl119 o11d Trolnint ProtiCIIII NY ARC 9 East 89 St NEWSLETTER COPY DUE 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue MONTHLY MAILING IHlO AM CYQING G'W'B TO Sllff!R '- :ILl ~ :J; ~·· . ~ . .' ' . . ' departure for JONES BEACH • 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue 10:06 A.M FOR TRAIN AT PENN STATION '>DO AM lOR CYCliSTS AT ROOS!\Ul lRA\\ ~:()() FUN RUN FOOD & BAG DROPS: FOR MORE INFO: 212.724.9700 TUESDAYS: BROOKLYN PAUL BROCKMANN 718.788.0567 WEDNESDAYS: AMERICAN RESTAURANT BROADWAY AT 75 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W73 ST EVENTS SCHEDULING: JEFF ERKMAN 212.243.6204 ().M. M()llt llollf3tfT 13 ~,-ANT ()~ 4'l ,J: ~ffi WA-1. 4 Wcdk ~ --- - --- ----- - - - - - - - �~~Life's ·' ------· : ... \ ', I' '·----···· I a Beach! ... ~ . _____•.•. - •' A Day in the Sun • It's time to escape the steamy streets of Manhattan for some salt air and a little sun and fun in the water. Strip off those running shorts and chill out in your Speedos. Mark your calendar for Sunday July 30th . Pack your sand buckets, frisbees , beachballs and kites. Break out those cool shades to view those heavenly bodies under the sun. Front Runners are off to a day at Jones Beach. The cost is $16.50 round trip for all public transportation . We will depart from Penn Station on the 10:06 AM train and arrive in Freeport at 10:51 AM then transfer to the bus to Jones Beach. We will take the bus to the beach, then walk to field #6 where the Gays & Lesbians have staked their claim on this section of sand. Pack a bag lunch, soda, fine china etc.. Please RSVP to 787-8266 David S. Laurence Note: If it rains, the event is cancelled. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 jCinema sotto le stelle. (Movies under the stars) • HBO is sponsoring The Bryant Park Film Festival. Front Runners will be organizing several evenings under the stars. Join in and invite your friends to share in some magical Hollywood moments with your fellow Front Runners. Pack your blanket and pick up something to dine on. We will organize as a group on our patchwork of blankets. Time: Mondays, 6:00 PM; Movies start at dusk. Place: Bryant Park (42nd St. between 5th & 6th Aves.) Location: Look for the Pink or Lavender Balloons. DATES: • July lOth, Laura • July 24th, Strangers On A Train • July 31, War of the Worlds • August 8th, Sabrina • August 28, A untie M a me Please note, if it rains, our gathering will be cancelled . • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 7, July 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/e607e6af02393420f1eea81cbe231c09.pdf e8d10bcf38369ca58ba3d1d5a87a088d PDF Text Text . ·-. ~ rrMTin~ un~ --------. My Favorite Year. This has been a very busy year for me. It has been a pleasure to have been able to serve as your president and to make some significant contributions to our club in return for all it has given to me over the years. It was all made possible with the support and help of some very dedicated people: this year's board, the LGPR race director and his task force, all ofthe committee chairs, the Foundation executive director, and all our many volunteers. There is one very special, patient and loving volunteer I must acknowledge for always being there for me, my partner and this year's First Person, Dave Laurence. Here are some of this year's highlights: A very successful Lesbian & Gay Pride Run and Community Challenge. We drew over 1,000 applicants and were able to secure sponsorship from several major corporations. We are currently starting to work on securing corporate sponsors for next June's race and run, our 15th. Our Charitable Foundation has been set on a solid course. It made a donation to a summer camp for children with AIDS and staged a highly successful fund-raising event, its second annual Scavenger Hunt. The club invested in a voice mail system and began to explore the Internet and how FRNY might benefit by creating a home page on the worldwide web. The International FR web site address is: http://www. webcom.cornl~bkrnlif.html We now have larger storage and office space at Rutgers Church. The membership count in 1995 remained fairly steady. The club continues to evolve due to and as a result of the '94 Gay Games. We have attempted to create a fun place where our members can feel free to expand their sporting activities to include Summary of the General Membership Meeting ofFRNY November 8,1995 Membership stands at 447. The Board thanks Scot Titelbaum and his volunteer staff for making the Scavenger Hunt a success. ~~-I V Mike McMahon reported that letters will be mailed to sponsors of the 1995 LGPR and potential new sponsors, seeking their fmancial assistance in the 1996 LGPR. v Ruth Gursky reported that 40 happy celebrants attended the Race To Deliver Brunch. The Board thanks Ruth, Donna Arabia and Jim Gibb for their great work. v Carl Johnson will host the Holiday I used to be Snow White Special Run on December 17th. - but I drifted. v Jim Gibb will proceed with producing the new glossy brochure and Mae West membership application insert. V A discussion ensued concerning Jeff shorter distance track workouts and race Singleton's report on FRNY and the walking or cycling, to support their Internet. The issues need further biathlon and triathlon training. This review and a detailed usage, manpower year's board started a program to actively and budget proposal. reach out toward a future generation of V $250 was approved as a deposit for our Front Runners by stepping up our comannual ski trip. munications with undergraduate and V Lee Abbey is seeking a person to take graduate college groups in the area. I on the duties of maintaining the club's hope the club will continue and expand mailing list data base. Lee has upon this effort next year. These are maintained the club's records for many some of the proud club accomplishments years. Thank you Lee. Anyone out in 1995. As I stated before, it took many there want to see all those birth dates? people with many ideas and their energy V Nominations for the clubs annual to make it all happen. From the bottom of community recognition awards, my heart, I would like to thank all of you three $100 cash gifts, were opened. who contributed in some way this excitNominations are: People With AIDS ing year. You all made this my favorite Park Central The Coalition, year at FRNY. Conservancy, The Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, GLAAD, West Side YMCA and Body Positive. Final vote is December 16. V Nominations for club officers ended on Saturday, November 11. NEWSLETTER STAFF v The year-end meeting is 7:30 p.m., Donn Peppler Editor & Calendar Saturday, December 16, at Rutgers. V V L...---------------' )_ Proofreader Mailing George Schlein Lee Abbey JtU~ �Page3 New York '10!1\HEJf ~ Unsung Heroes Holiday Music If you watched the NYC Marathon on TV, Tired of hearing you saw what the 'television news crews "Grandma Got Run deemed important: ~he winners. The Over By A Reindeer", more fi . h gave Well it's that time newspapers t . a httle th fi coverage, and a11 those other old .h . b ' e rrst filS. er chestnuts? Already in we review may e an fi ervtew wtt again ... when . . . old training logs (or from your borough. Those of us workfig a fr enzy antlctpatmg . · h 1· M , th e fifilS me got to see a lot more. We got th 1. another yet make acy s e mes at h F h th t · counter and unny, a~py, Clinique resolution to keep one!) ... when we reflect o_ see e marat oners. "th th e love of your ? d · on what we did ... and what we could do trmmphantd and sad. Batman, the ptzza at th e Gap. F"tght"fig wt d tu , . runners wrappe m 1. better next year. In the course of reflecting man, xe os, an you really don t want back, I would like to share with you my national flags. There was a woman who tfe ?~e; the rela~tves yourself a break! Treat journal entry from my first race, a winter crossed the finish line talking on her to vtstt . Then gtv~ wonder who yourself an~ a frtend to ~ Rann D ~oett duathlon (2-mile run/10-mile bike/2-mile cellular phone. I will always H~ll s ba~d will be run) held in February 1991: .. .finally, the shewastak ingto,andw hatshewas saying. perfo~ance. Dave bring the limo around, will you?" retumfig t~ one of ~etr favonte spaces, last leg, "it's only two more miles, " the "Arthur, Poet s Cafe, 236 East 3rd biathletes shout in the transition area There was the man wearing a helmet with a The. Nuyor1can My leg~ camcorder fixed to the top. My word, if Street, between Band C. It's on Saturday, (How'd they finish so quickly?) I 0:00p.m. Dave has been are like rubber. Can't even stand How 'm you dread seeing the slides of someone's Dece~ber 9th at than Ebenez~r Scrooge on I ever gonna run it? I jog slowly_ no way vacation .. . We saw a French woman, who workfig ~~rder tunes wh1c~ are sure to - then power walk. ~ mile _ I mile _ only ~ simply burst into tears as she crossed, and some excttfig new be crowd-pleasers. The cover IS only $7.00 mile left... A volunteer on a bike finds me. could not stop crying as she finished her This is a great "Come on 93 , they're waiting for you!" frrst 26.2. There were a lot of happy tears for two . packed sets. heartfelt opportunity to show support for an openly Give a dying woman a break (I think to and hugs of tandem runners. And breaking new ground in myself). What more do they want from me, compassion for the man who could only gay artist who is For all you the medics had the music world. my blood? "Hey, you' re gonna win a complete 26. I miles before just couldn't make it Manhattanites with cable, be on the lookout medal, if you ffiish!" And all of a sudden, to be called in. He Dave will be appearing a surge of energy comes from some hidden across that finish line. The robot could. in December, when there was a robot, part of a fund on Party Talk, singing and speaking his recess in my body... If I finish ? Of course, Yes, raising effort for Memorial Sloan mind. Happy Holidays! I'm gonna make it! I'm almost there! Poe ;e~ At the awards ceremony, I won a medal Kettering. Twenty-six people paid $1,000 each to run one mile in the first NYC (my only one to date). Immediately after ---- ---the race, I joined Front Runners and the Big Marathon relay. And that last 2/10 of a r--- ---Apple Triathlon Club - and like the rest of mile? Run by an Erector Set robot! Of Newsletter Copy Due you, became hooked. With this, my last course, he ffiished in our lane, lane three. shut the lane down just long Due to the holidays, the following dates column as your Women's VP, I want to We had to Copy for the January thank each and every one of you for enough for the robot's photo op where he are not negotiable. got his medal, blanket and WD40. By the issue is due by the Saturday run on granting me the opportunity to help shape preferred on disc in MS an organization I have grown to love. My end of the day, we were exhausted, and December 23. It is copy. You may mail sp~cial thanks go to my fellow officers: Mike Jahnke sounded like George Bums word, with a hard by that date to 40 Mike McMahon, Jim Gibb, Jeff Erkman, from all the yelling he had done. Still, we your copy to arrive New York, NY 10027Jeff Lymbumer, Kim Roche and Carl all loved it, and thanks to the cold, no one Tiemann Place 5-D, to fax or e-mail your Johnson and all t~e committee chairs and threw up on our new Nikes! We encourage 3348. If you wish it must be done by Thursday, to become a part of the copy, volunteers, for therr hard work, dedication everyone or inputting up with me! I excitement. Think about joining us in '96 December 21 . (212) 868-5910 ~d good humor ol.com. Limit is 250 words, w1sh all of yo~ a new year filled with good and at volunteer races throughout the year. Donn42@a You will always be needed, and hey, you about half a typed page, or one column. health, good times and lots of PRs! 'DtHUt- 'Pepp.tu might just have some fun. v~ "Pepfdu ieud tj~ (Ol~M~ Swan Song GAY CRUISE XANADU KEY WEST NYC to Bermuda July 14-21 , 1996 $849 + $125 port taxes (per person, inside cabin) Aval on Travel/Jane Steiner. Lesbian and Gay Ski House Jamaica, Vennont near Mt. Snow & Stratton fireplace & outdoor hot tub David at (914) 375-0601 2 bedroom/2 bath townhouse large-screen TV/stereo sun-deck & fenced-in yard. $500/week for 2 people $550/week for 4 (718) 833-5500 Chuck at (212) 581-6916 Elaine at (516) 483-5856 �Page 5 New York Cross-Country or Downhi,ll? Even if you've never been skiing, this year we make skiing as easy as sending in a check to Front Runners and bringing along a few simple grocery items. Sound good? Read on! This year's ski trip will take us back to our beloved Mt. Snow, the closest major mountain in Vermont, for the weekend of March 1-3. We carpool up on Friday after work, ski Saturday and Sunday, and drive home Sunday apres-ski. We stay in lovely two-bedroom (six person, last to sign up go on the sofabed) condos a five-minute walk from the lift lanes, with a nice indoor pool, Jacuzzi and sauna center right next door. For those who've been before, this year we're moving down the hill to be closer to the Jacuzzi after skiing. For those who have never put on skis, Mt. Snow and environs offer wonderful terrain for both cross-country and downhill, at all ability levels. There are good lessons for downhiHers and we always have a great group of cross-countryers to help the newcomers learn the ropes. A $175 nonrefundable payment secures your place. This payment should cover round-trip transportation, lodging for Friday and Saturday nights, breakfast Saturday and Sunday, and dinner Saturday night (which is a fun group affair to which everyone brings something). If we get too too few people or have to rent a car, we might need to collect a little more money, but that' s never happened in many years of doing this . In the past we've always given everyone a small refund check. There are only 24 spots and they tend to fill up quickly, so get your check in now to Front Runners, marked Ski Trip and reserve your spot. Make sure to include a note with your check telling me if you have a car and how many people you can accommodate. Also tell me if you have a strong preference for a single-sex condo, though I can't promise anything since the numbers don't always match up evenly. As always, we'll need condo coordinators, so let me know if you're willing. Newcomers who go on this trip always seem to have a great time, so don't be shy about signing up! Please call me at (718) 788-0567 if you have any questions, or seem me after a Saturday run. 'f)tUd, ~~ Holiday Special Run FRNY Exhibitionist The stores are filled with shoppers, a buzz is in the air to get that special gift. There are flurries in the air and the wind is whipping around us in its own special dance. 'Tis the season to take a little time for yourself and enjoy the company of your Front Runner t 11·00 a.m. on Sun day . ~ 'I . 1ami y. Jom us a 210 West 10 I Street, Apt December 17th at W J h f C 'd # 2A th e ' e resi ence o ar1 o nson. will get together for a special run/holiday brunch/music and sing along. You can participate in either the fun run or the NYRRC 25K race in Central Park. If you' re too tired to run from all your shopping, come by and help sing or spread some holiday cheer. The runs will be followed by brunch. Note! The cost will be a $5 .00 chip-in. RSVP by Dec. 12 to Carl at (212) 749-4176. If Front Runner outings are any indication, the most popular interest among the members, after running (and besides that) is architecture! The most highly attended non-running-related FRNY field trip was to the exhibit and lecture on Frank Lloyd Wright at the Museum of Modern Art. Well, all you structural stalwarts, do we have another treat for you! FRNY architect . . John Johnston will be havmg a second show of his work at the coffee bar of A Different Light Bookstore (which he also designed) . The working title for the exhibition is Current Readings. It will include architectural models and drawings on the theme of a house executed in the media of paper and cardboard. The dates for the exhibition are November 20 through December 8, 1995. The Day Without Art, of course, will be honored on December I . PMD --POST MARATHON DEPRESSION So, the Marathon Season/Extravaganza is over and you've hit PMD -- POST MARATHON DEPRESSION, that is... You know the signs ... mood swings, illfitting clothes, still eating like a marathoner... what's a Front Runner to do? Well, like any other 12-step recovery program, the first "step" to take is to recognize you have a problem. "Hello, my name is _ _ and I'm recovering from a marathon... " See? That wasn't so bad, was it? Unlike other recovery programs, this is a temporary condition! It's so much more like PPD (Post-Partum Depression) than anything else. Look-- you've invested the past few months of your life, where every decision you made was influenced by "your baby", the marathon. Scheduling runs, what to eat for runs, sleep needed for runs, can't go dancing because of early runs ...get Now, there's something the picture? missing-- oh yeah, those runs! Your body needs to recover -- I could show you the photos of muscle cells post-marathon, but take my advice .. .it's not a pretty picture! You have no infrastructure! (aaaahh!) THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD BE DOING. I~ R~NNING! But you're an en~orphm JUnkie ....where ca~ you get your Cross-tra:ners, tnathlet~~ and fix. shopp~~s. celebrate. The recovery ru.le of thumb IS to take .off one ~ay per mile -; yes, boys & k' L ,that s a month. d . h girls, . OK... rea1 c ec . et s compromise an Ity rest for two weeks after your race. NO RUNNING FOR TWO WEEKS T k ·. a e . . time to catch up on thm~s ... get ~n-hne and actually ~ead all of Bobs postmgs ... go to the ~ovies ... check out the buff cro~d pumpmg at the gym ... and come play With us on Thursday nights ... er, in two weeks! Z>OIUUI- 8~att note: My new e-mail address is "coachdonna@aol.com" Skiing, Anyone? 1-------- -------... ...------- -------- '!>Me .1.~ �Front Runners Page 6 Marty McElhiney ............. ............ .... 4:55 Manuel Chinchilla ............ ... ........ .... . 5:05 Lee Shermat .. ......... .......... ................ 6:33 CORNING WINE GLASS MARATHON Corning, New York October 1, 1995 Dave Bell .................................... 3:13:30 Rick Buckheit ........ .............. ... .... 3:15:15 MARINE CORPS MARATHO N Arlington, Virginia October 22, 1995 Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor ........ .~3:29:22 Dorothy Fuscaldo ............. ......... m3:38:l3 Ann McHugh ..... ............. ... .. ..... .. 3:49:06 Tony Meola ............................... m3:53 :35 Marnell McNamara ..................... 4:04:54 Mary-Ann Piamonde ................... 4:19: 16 WOODSTO CK 10K CLASSIC Woodstock, New York October 22, 1995 Dave Bell ......................... .............. 37:50 Rick Buckheit... ..... .3rd 35-39 ... ..... 38:08 Brrrr! The coldest New York City Marathon on record! We just can't win with the weather. It's either too hot or too cold. Whatever happened to 'in between'. We do believe that all FRNY runners who toed the line at the start also crossed the fmish line. Big hugs and congratulations to all. There were many superb performances and some outstanding PRs from, among others, Donna Arabia, Chip Schoonmaker, Ken Majerus and Paul Racine. The New York Road Runners Club has not been able to provide all the results to us yet. So, apologies for the disappointment at not seeing your time in this month's newsletter. We have listed 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE Jerry Smith ................................. .4:15:55 THE RACE TO DELIVER Central Park, New York 4 miles, October 22, 1995 Dave Laurence ................................ 25:48 Mike McMahon ...................... ........ 26:01 Lewis Tanner·····'·········· ·············· ~27:50 Charlie Wintczak .... ............. ........... 30:56 Butch Stolinsky ... .. ......... ............ ~33: 10 MOONLIGH T 8K Alhambra, California October 28, 1995 STOCKADE -ATHON 15K Schenectady , New York November 5, 1995 Jerry Smith ......................... ......... 1:13:10 SANTA CLARITA MARATHO N Santa Clarita, California November 12, 1995 Ric Mufioz ............... .................... 3:17:07 NEW YORK CITY MARATHO N New York, New York November 12, 1995 Chip Schoonmaker. ................. ~3:19:41 Ken Majerus ............................ ~3:24:51 Patrick Guilfoyle ............................ 27:54 Gigi Madore .... ........ ........ ..... .. ..... 3:46:02 Ric Mufioz ...... ........ ........ ...... .. ..... ... 33:02 Beth Collins ....... ....... ... ............... . 3:54:57 Craig Wright .... ...... .................. 04:04:57 BRUEGGER' S BAGEL HALLOWEE N 5K Heidi Griffiths .......... ... ................ 4:08:41 October 29, 1995 Donna Arabia .. ....... ................. ~4 : 18:23 Baldwinsville, New York Jerry Smith ........ .......... ... ................ 26:45 PHILADELP HIA MARATHO N Philadelphia , Pennsylvania DUBLIN CITY MARATHO N November 19, 1995 Dublin, Ireland October 30, 1995 Bob Nelson ..... ... .... .. .... ....... .........4:21 :53 Michael Norman ......................... .4:21:53 RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT those available to us. Anyway, lots of Front Runners obviously thrive in arctic conditions! For many, it was the first time (virgins), but hopefully not their last. Once again, congratulations to all. Congratulations also to our Boston qualifiers: Gary Apruzzese, Patrick Guilfoyle, Peter Niederl6hner, Chip Schoonmaker, Jeff Green, Tor Hansen (2nd time), Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor and t_ RACE WALKER Loraine Simunek ..... ... ......... ........ 3:56:59 Jim Gibb ................................ m~4:10:34 Dorothy Fuscaldo. Our best wishes also went with Jim Gibb and Loraine Simunek, who ran the Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday November 19. Many, many thank-yous to Howard Kessler and Andy Thomas who waited ' till the bitter end to greet Front Runners with their goody-bags (life savers to many). May the tradition continue. Finally, the last points races of the year are, for women, the December 2nd Hot Chocolate 10-Miler and for men, the Holiday 25K Run on December 17. Happy racing and Happy Holidays! ~PERSONAL RECORD t)la«.e & J~t<it. m MASTERS RUNNER �Page4 Front Runners Seventee n To Boston decided to . not only start sending Ft. ·. Lauderdale newsletters, but are trying to rm so excited about the efforts people have amass many used T-shirts to send down to made to reach their qualifying times for the the Sunshine State. In an earlier newsletter, 100th running of the Boston Marathon. Ft. Lauderdale's columnist asked clubs to The standards people have to meet in order send in sample T-shirts, with a promise of to run this historical race are difficult, and one in return. A lot of clubs have been as far as I know, arbitrary. It wasn't a engaging in politics and social action : Los scientific study that set the linear Angeles was recognized by the Gay a?d progression of times, but somehow it seems Adolescent Social Services for a fmancial to work both to frustrate and fulfill hopes. gift, and by the City of West Hollywood for Many members of Front Runners whom I their "stupendous staging of the Tenth admire as runners and competitors have Annual Tom Proctor Run ~nd Walk-_a- given their best efforts and narrowly missed thon". They also print a remmder t~ wnte the times they needed and wanted to run. I the International or call you House Member opposmg the know these people are disappointed, but all Everyone who attended and Front Runner Forum in San Francisco Lou Sheldon-inspired hearings on "the I've heard from them are the generous who have came out mighty fired up. The board infiltration of the homosexual agenda unselfish support for others out meeting notes of the Boston newsletter within the public schools". Chicago has qualified. I'd bet we see all of them helping us do our long open with five paragraphs of "Mike Breau been inducted into that city's Gay. and there this winter has just returned from the ... forum full of Lesbian hall of Fame- the on!~ officially- runs. We have big physical and emotional our fire and brimstone," followed with "Mike sanctioned city Gay and Lesbian Hall of investments in training for and running and in spite of efforts to wants ... Mike is interested," and so on. Fame in the country. BayLands reports marathons can Like our own Mike, Boston's is wondering that Mayor Richard Daley presided over the eliminate obstacles and distractions, we by headwinds, sprained ankles, about outreach, expanding activity levels ceremony, at which the club was h~nored be thwarted and so on. For starters, they inaugurated a "for all of its contributions to improvmg the food poisoning, 12-minute first miles, cold Front Walker group in November. Almost quality of life for all Chicagoans" . weather, hot weather, The Wall at 18 miles, every other newsletter I read {from Although it will be too late to check it out The Other Wall at 26 miles, purloined Orlando to BayLands ) gave prominent by the time you see this, a member fr~m luggage, not enough water, too much water, our notice to the new Front Runner home page Two Rivers was featured on a special a cold, our jobs, our families, bad race plans, overtraining, on the worldwide web - congratulations to Thanksgiving Day CBS documentary about relationships, our own Bob and Debbie, and to Brad from the World Ride '95, "an eight-month undertraining, a blister, a cramp, a Port-OI'll Shoreline for spearheading this effort. Can odyssey which demonstrated that people San visit a bad day, a bad attitude and things" .. In stop the~e. Don't even think that I've you give us any tips on sending Newt with disabilities can do amazing things that would curl his toes? A slightly new club news, DC reports the formation exhausted the list of reasons marathons contrary note came from our friends in of clubs in Miami and Dayton. I have a don't work out, but please don't mistake Philadelphia, who (after noting that one small complaint about missed mail of my them for excuses. Marathons are gambles by half of the delegation had a good enough own. Perhaps I've missed a newsletter or and we wouldn't continue to be intrigued runs, but I've clearly them if they were easy and predictable. time to not come home one night) pointed two due to missing out that "although some very good things missed a good update from Buffalo.. Both Among all the reasons we do marathons, arose from this year's meeting, I was a little Ft. Lauderdale and Boston appreciated a the one least mentioned and the one I hope disillusioned by the emphasis on the photo depicting "a gay romp of Buffalo everyone will take to heart is --when things is informality of our mission". The main kids in the buff in a Jacuzzi during a party"· work out, the easiest PR to improve upon lead a much too our age-group Marathon PR. So far, we problem was how and whether there would We in New York clearly be a follow-up on whatever was agreed at sheltered life. BayLands also feature~ a have 17 qualifiers from Front Runners New let the meeting. Putting in my two cents, photo touting their "FrontRunner [sic] York. 1n no particular order (and please Packing Sets All-Time me know if I've missed anyone), those perhaps the Internet connections will allow stew: Hot Tub us all to keep better tabs on how we're Record". However, al_l mem~ers of the co- qualifying are: Rick, Ric, Peter, Peter, T~r, doing. With small clubs run by volunteers ed group (seventeen, m a fairly small tub, Dot, Sandra, Gary, Gigi, Rod, Becca, Chip, I'm around the globe, steady progress is hard to looking pretty happy) appear to ~e Bob, Diane, Geoff, Patrick and Jeff. I c~ ~ay Is, totally impressed and, as far as I know, this achieve, but perhaps we'll see gradual appropriately bathing-clad. All_ the improvement in the follow-through? New Yorkers, come on the ski_ trip If you is the largest group of qualifiers in history of our Club. Get your applications On to Ft. want to try setting Jacuzzi-packmg records. Enough serious stuff. in, y'all and find a place to stay in Boston! Lauderdale, who have finally gotten a Shall we try for eighteen? basis, newsletter from Omaha and (on the Pel/- S~. 'PaJ- ?J"DdHtaltlt I deduce, of one newsletter) pronounced the Omaha club "really organized". Omaha �Front Runners Page 2 Elections Update Thank You, Volunteers! We have six .candidates for the '96 Board. If you are a member in gciod standing, ~ ?lee~ please vote · With · chilly temperatures and gusty winds as a backdrop, over 75 Front Runners turned out and braved the elements to make this year's marathon mile 24 water stop a great success. Your enthusiasm, energy and hard work were very much appreciated and made this an exciting and memorable event. Thank you again volunteers, for your time and effort, and congratulations to all the marathon runners. Mailing Update Front Runner Elections Below is your official FRNY ballot for the 1996 Board. President ........................ ....... Jim Gibbl:l Men's VP ........................ Jim Brandonl:l Treasurer ......................... Craig Boothl:l Secretary .. ...... .................. Craig Irvinel:l Director at Large ..... Mike McMahonl:l Director at Large ......... John Spoonerl:l Women's VP ............ .. ............ ...... ....... l:l We are looking for an able-bodied Front Runner to help prepare the monthly mailings. What is involved? Putting labels and postage on a few envelopes (renewals, should have renewed, foreign postage, etc.) It is not too difficult a job, but after nine years, I would like a little help. .t.u/1~ Directory Update The new 1996 Membership Directory will be mailed at the end of January. Please take a moment to look at your entry in the present directory and update. If it is not correct, please let me know, in writing. If you have sent me a change of address without a new telephone number, or if you have not put your telephone number on your renewal form, they will not appear in the directory. If you have failed to indicate that you do want to be in the directory (checked the box at the bottom of the renewal form) you will not be listed. The cut-off is January 10. Race to Deliver Update To vote: place a check mark ~ next to the you wish to elect. On a perfectly sunny, crisp October name of the nominee Place the ballot (or a copy of it) in an morning, over 3,200 athletes ran and walked in the second annual Race To envelope addressed to: Deliver. It was for the benefit of God 's Love We Deliver, a non-profit organization which prepares and distributes food to Front Runners New York persons who are homebound with AIDS. Box 87 Ansonia Station P.O. FRNY pride was in evidence, with New York, New York, 10023 approximately 25 FRNYers competing, volunteering and supporting our runners in Afterwards, club members envelope print, in large this race. On the front of the enjoyed a fabulous buffet brunch at the word BALLOT block letters, Patzo's, raising funds for the FRNY of the envelope, print your Charitable Foundation's holiday wish On the back name. Do not put your name on the ballot basket program A big round of applause to our Race Captains Diane Batchelor and itself. Jack Watters and my my special thanks to You may drop the envelope in the mail, or Donna Arabia and Jim Gibb for give it to an election officer by the coordinating the brunch in my last-minute on absence! meeting board/business/year-end Saturday, December 16th. Z'~/1~ PUH- 'B"attt:ID~t Thank You Volunteers! I should like to thank all those who offered to host visiting Front Runners over the Marathon weekend. I am glad to say that we had an excess of hosts over guests. (Paul could have worded that better, I think, or maybe.. . -ed.) Thank you, Thank You, Volunteers! My thanks to all those volunteers who made the Third Annual New York City Marathon Pancake Breakfast a stunning, sticky success! Thank You, Volunteers! Gee, is there a theme to this column? If so, then we must also say thank you to all the Front Runners (and a few friends) who formed the finish line crew for lane three of the New York City Marathon. By 2001 , you may all be scored electronically through electrodes in your shoe laces. Until then, we will be there to make sure that you have proof that you qualify for Boston. If you qualified, if you race, if you run, how about paying back all those volunteers for their excellent work on your behalf? They will say, as we do, "thanks, guys!". ~tJ4ut t;a.tto(,(la'l Z>cuue Peftldu �FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORI A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership info: 212.724.9700 DEPARTURE BOSTON WEEKEND 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK CLUB RUN OR 10M/2M HOT CHOCOLATE RUN BOSTON WEEKEND 7 4 BOSTON YULETIDE STRIDE 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 3RD ST & PPW 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 72 & CPW 6:45P.M. 10:00 A.M. OoGolll•tancll Ttcalalat Prottca• CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE RlJTGERS CHURCH 73 & BROADWAY 14 10:00 A.M. 10:00 A.M. JOE KLEIN ERMAN 10K 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 3RD ST & PPW 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 72 & CPW CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:45P.M. OoGolliAtGAcll Tralnlnt Protralll WEBSTER STATUE SPENCE SCHOOL 91 & MADISON BOARD/BUSINESS YEAR-END MEETING 7:30P.M. ELECTION POLLS CLOSE 20 17 9:00A.M. HOLIDAY 4M/25K 11 :00 A.M. CARL JOHNSON'S FRNY SPECIAL HOLIDAY RUN & BRUNCH 8:45P.M. 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 3RD ST & PPW 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 72 & CPW Coaohlnt and Ttcalalnt Protra• Rl1TGERS CHURCH 73 & BROADWAY NEWSLETTER COPY DUE VIA FAX OR E·MAIL 11 WiNTER 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN NEWSLETTER COPY DUE BEGINS 27 24 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 3RD ST & PPW 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 72 & CPW 10 21 6:45P.M. Ooaohlnt and TralniAt PtottcaM SPENCE SCHOOL 91 & MADISON fiJI HUI FOOD I lllmDHOPI: 718.788.0567 PAUL BROCKMANN BROOKLYN TUESDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST WEDNESDAYS: 236 W 73 ST RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SATURDAYS: 212.243.6204 JEFF ERKMAN EVENTS SCHEDULING: 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE NEWSLETIER MAIUNG � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 12, December 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/8c2b10df86901d3bfbcf9dba11ca70ee.pdf a37008bd574bc9333ba79b60a7ad9c7b PDF Text Text Volume XIV Issue 5 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 May 1995 THE STARTING LINE Firstly, I would like to formally announce that Peter Hoontis has been appointed as the 1995 Executive Director of our spin-off organization, the Chari- table Foundation of Front Runners NY, Inc. Please join me and the board in • • Summary of the General Membership meeting of FRNY Aprill2, 1995 V offering our thanks to Peter for stepping forward and heading up the work of the foundation. If you can lend him a band some time this year, I am sure he would welcome and appreciate it. Spring is fmally here! I bet most of you could not wait. I couldn't! We have warmer weather; the first sightings of new flowers and greenery in the parks; more light in the evenings for our runs; and the traditional rite of springing our clocks ahead an hour. OK. I hear all of you out there. You're saying, "Let's get to the good stuff." Well, we are all adults. Let's admit it. For most of us ~single or married), our favorite sport, "serious guy or gal watching" starts in earnest on the streets and in the parks as the heat stan:s to tum up and the winter layers of running gear give way to more revealing attire. And if those sights are not quite enough to bring you out to join us, here is a short list of some of the FABUWUS activities that are coming up in May, which I hope will do the trick. We have the Services and Goods Auction (this year's primary fund raising effort within the club), which wili help pay for some of the expenses of our Lesbian and Gay Pride Race; our Spring Meet-the-Membership Picnic; the start of Spring running classes, which includes training for the June race; the NYC Marathon Line-up; the GMHC Walk-a-thon; and a special run in Yonkers. You will fmd more infonnation about these events and many other activities, on the following pages. So, draw some big red circles around those dates on your calendars. Call to let us know you are planning to attend... and if you happen to be thinking "Hey, what else can I do?", if it works for you, call to volunteer and help make these events big successes. Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward! ?lttk?lte~ Tra-la! It's May! The lusty month ofMay! That darling month when everyone goes Blissfidly astray. Tra-la, it's here! That slwcking lime ofyear, When tons ofwicked little thoughts Merrily appear! Its May, It's May That gorgeous holiday, When all the world is brimming with fun Wholesome or unIt's mad, it's gay! A libelous display! Those dreary vows, That everyone tolces, Everyone brealcs, Everyone makes Divine mistakes The lusty month of May! The treasurer reported a negative operating expense of -$923.00 for the year to date. This is typical for the beginning of the year, when membership renewals are at a low point. V The club now has office space at Rutgers. This will eliminate the need for our storage locker. The additional increase in rent will be $11.00 per month. V Membership stands at 468 active members. V The 1995 Lesbian and Gay Pride Run has lost Christopher Street Financial, Inc. as a sponsor. However, Jay Pack reports that the race remains on "track". V Bob Nelson proposed that cyclists be made a formal part of Front Runners New York. The proposal has been tabled until the May pending meeting, business membership input. Please see the separate article on page S of this issue of the newsletter, for more information. V The cost of Saturday bagels and coffee has been raised to $3.00 V The next meeting will be on May 10, 1995. It will be at 7:30 at the home of Carl Johnson. ~~ NEWSLE TTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein Lee Abbey �Front Runners Page2 INCOME STATEM ENT for the quarter ending 3/31/95 FRNY Committee s as of April 12, 1995 REVENUES: Class Fees .................. ................ 1,795.00 Committee Treasure r's Report for the Events & Trips, Cash In ........... 4,810.00 Quarter ending 31 March 1995 Gear Sales .................................... 521 .00 Pride Run ' Interest Income .............................. 57.52 Jay Pack Race Director Tom Griffith Directors Assistant For the quarter ending 31 March 1995, LGPR Sponsors ............................ 450.00 Rich Sands FRNY Inc. recorded revenues of $12, l 00, Membership .............................. 2,610.00 Bob Brins Technical Director expenses of $13,023, for an operating loss Misc. Revenue .............................. 120.00 Wayne Schaeffer Sponsorship Director Kim Roche of $923. LGPR expenses of $2,002 Bagel Revenue .................. ........ 1,678.07 Community Challenge Ken Shereda exceeded LGPR sponsorships of $450 by Income- Other .................. ............. 58.71 Excluding the LGPR losses, TOTAL REVENUES .••••..•.•.• 12,100.30 $1,552. FRNY would have shown an operating EXPENSES profit of $62.8. March · Charity: Cash Contributions ......... 400.00 On the balance sheet, as of 31 1995, we had cash and cash equivalents of Spense School Rent. .................. 1,275.00 Tcrry Lorden BageVCoffee Table $23,093, with an additional $2,059 in the Event-Trip Cash Out ................. 4,558.05 Debbie Bell Biffriathlon &. Cyclists Bob Nelson Micky Zacuto endowment. Our running FRNY Ads ................................... 297.50 nts Coordinator JeffErkman Calendar/Eve gear inventory was $2,175. The only FRNY Phone ................................ 283.82 Donna Checkan Coaches liability of the club is the accrued amount FRNY Postage .......................... 1,209.56 Jeff Singleton due to FRNY Charitable Foundation Inc. LGPR Ads .................. .................. 790.50 Paul Brockmann FR Around The World George Mayer The Foundation receives the profit from LGPR Misc .................................. 399.01 Marketing Director Marty Perl Archivist Historian/ our running classes, which to date have LGPR Postage .............................. 800.00 Paul Harris Housing (in town) LGPR Printing ............................... 12.cp-· revenues in excess of costs of $520. Lee Abbey Mailing Coordinator Mini-Storage .................................. 18.<1. Significan t Events: Our Board of (open for 2 MIF) Marathon Wata Table Edna Benitez Directors has authorized the following new Misc. Office Expense ................... 326.01 Membership Harold Brueland . expenditures which they believe to be in the Printing ...... ................................ 1,301.80 Donn Peppler Newsletter Editor Rutgers Rent... .............................. 982.28 best interests of the club: Teresa Dougherty Photographers New voice mail services: Our club's Expenses - Other .......................... 269.63 Mary Spano Diane Kuzmintelephone number is now transferred TOTAL EXPENSES .....••.••..• 13,023.16 Race Captains Batchelor automatically to a voice ·messaging service NET INCOME/(LOSS) .••••••••••• (922.86) Jack Watters with indexing capabilities (i.e., press I for Jim Gaynor Race Walking LGPR, press 2 for weekly runs). The BALANCE SHEET Tim Hunt Running Gear messages may be retrieved by any board Ken Majerus Jim Minter member. This replaces an answering CASH & BANK ACCOUN TS John Spooner machine kept in a member's home. Chase Checking ........................ 2,128.27 Midge Maroni Social New storage space at Rutgers: Our Chemical Checking ................... 9,637.63 Jim Milton board has agreed to rent a larger office Money Market... .................. .... II ,252.23 David.Laurence Special Runs Manuel Chinchilla space at Rutgers Church for $70 per month. Track&. Field Petty Cash ....................................... 75.00 Lourdes Follins This will allow us to vacate the mini- TOTAL CASH & BANK ...... 23,093.13 Steve Coy Trips storage locker ($59 per month). New Tom Johnson Rutgers monthly rent is therefore $561.14. Rob Galloway Volunteer OTHER ASSETS Peppler DoAn New Banking Arrangem ents: LGPR Endowment .................... 2,059.56 (open F) Chemical Bank has requested that we close Running Gear ... ~ .................. ...... 2,175.00 our checking account, which had been an TOTAL OTHER··· ············-·- 4,234.56 "individual" account, and open a TOTAL ASSETS ................... 27,327.69 commercial account (i.e., lots of fees). After investigating competing banks prices, LIABILITIES & EQUITY our board voted to move the banking Accrued Liabilities ....................... 520.00 accounts to the Chase Manhattan branch in TOTAL........................................ 520.01 FRNX Charitable Foundation · Peter Hoontis Director the Rutgers building. Our banking fees will EQUITY •••••...••••...••.••..•..•••••••• 26,807.69 Peter Johnston Treasurer go up as we are now paying commercial TOTAL L&E •.•••••.•.•.•••••..•.•••. 27,327.69 (non-profit) rates, but Chase appears to be i the best choice for our club. Chain 1995 1 �Page 3 New York BAIL CODE QUEER PRIDE RUN HOUSING Where can you have wine or soda, finger food, desserts, entertainment, the chance to bid on fabulous auction items, and a lot of fun, all for just a $10 admission price? Why, at t,;; Front Runners New York Lesbian and Gay Pride Run Benefit Reception, to be held • on Saturday, May 13, starting at 7:00 p.m. on the 5th floor at Rutgers. This is the primary in-club fund raiser for the race. It would do my heart good to see the room full of people, having a good time, and supporting the ·race. See me for your tickets, soon. I anticipate a sell-out! On Sunday, May 7th, we will be holding a raffle at Champs Sports Bar. See Rich Tessler or George Mayer if you can help out with this event. If you an 't help sell raffle tickets, put on a ront Runner ·T-shirt, show up, dance, have a good time, and be visible. My heartfelt thanks to all of those who helped with the tfONSTn MAn.JNC on April 15th. We finished in record time! I was able to go to sleep that night with one more item crossed Burn the list! (Just off the list. kidding ... ) June 24 is approaching quickly. I'm so excited! ~P.d Race Queen, no, that's Race Director • Well, it's that time of year again! Every year, we welcome Front Runners from other parts of the country (and sometimes the world), to join us here in New York, to celebrate Gay Pride and take part in our Lesbian and Gay Pride Run. To do this, we offer to house our visitors for the weekend in members' homes. Anybody who has traveled with Front Runners to other cities, such as D.C., Philadelphia or Boston, will know how warmly we are welcomed by their members, into their homes. This is the time of year when we get the opportunity to reciprocate. If you can offer space to a wayward vagabond for Pride Weekend, please pick up a housing fonn at a Saturday run and return it to me by June I st. You can also let me know by writing to 305 West 45th Street, apartment #3-1, New York, New York, 10036, or calling 212.265.6845. Out-of-towners, please write or call with your housing requests by June 17th! P.J ';i/MIU4. Special Run Sunday May 7 Enjoy a mid-spring run along the Hudson River in Northwest Yonkers, NY. At II :00 a.m., we will plot a level course along the historic Croton Aqueduct, with the village of Hastings-on-Hudson as its A second route will add midpoint. challenging hills and a circuit of Untermeyer Park and its stunning views of the Palisades. The run will end with brunch at the apartment of David Lucas. Anyone interested may want to visit the Hudson River Museum on the way back to the Metro North Hudson Line train. Transportation is car pool or via the I 0:20 Croton Harmon Local from Grand Central Station. Please phone 914.375.0601 for details and to RSVP. (rain cancels) 'D~.t~ Her name is Annie, and they call her the She's a NYRRC volunteer, and she's there every week for you. She is the woman in charge of a cadre of race volunteers who take the bar code from you after you finish a race. Even after years of racing, many runners don't know why they do that, or how the bar codes are used. So here's the scoop. When a runner crosses the finish line, a time is recorded. It appears on what looks like an adding machine tape, a long strip of paper with finish times, one after the other. But that tape has only times on it. Which time is your time? That's where Annie and her crew come in. At the end of the finishing chutes, they collect your bar codes, which have all your personal information encoded on them: name, sex, age-group, etc. Annie's crew makes sure that the bar codes are kept in the same order as the runners finished. Then, as quickly as possible, the time tape and the bar codes come together. The computer just matches them up. The winner's bar code is matched to the first time on the tape, the second bar code to the second time, third to third and so on. They match the I ,256th bar code turned in to the I ,256th time listed on the tape, and they have my Hopefully, if there are finish time. 7,365 finishing times recorded, they have 7,365 bar codes, and everyone is happy. But what happens if they end up with 7,363 bar codes? What if someone Oh, no! passed you in the chutes? Something went wrong! Don't worry, not a problem. It's all taken care of by the people doing selects and batch But that's another article for times. another issue. You could also learn more about how it's all done by volunteering for a race yourself. Your next chance is our May Race-of-the- Month, the Advil Tune-Up SK on Sunday, May 14, 9:00 a.m. near Tavern on the Green. Let's see you all out there. You might even get to be a pre-cursor! Bar Code Queen. �Front Runners Page4 Meet The Membenhip Picnic HB CABOOSE OLV Saturday, May 20, we will meet in the north·west comer of the Sheep Meadow, across from Tavern on the Green for a pot luck picnic and entertainment Expect to get a telephone call. Help reactivate our missing members! ~ &ruhctf LAST PLACE & PROUD OF IT!' You know, they say there's a club for everyone, and it seems that I have found mine. Now, don't get nervous- I'm not WORK HARD, PLAy HARD, leaving Front Runners (at least not 'til my term expires!), but I did discover "the EAT HARD, SLEEP HARD Caboose Club". It's a club dedicated to AIDSWAL KNY That's what's in store for you at supporting those of us who finish best when Sunday, May 21st, we will run the IOK International Front Runners Week at finishing last. Finally, a club that AIDS Walk. Please sign up with the code Craftsbury Running Camp, Jul~ 23rd- appreciates my talents! Yes, although I try 0451. See our Front Runner New York 29th. Work hard, because each day IS filled as hard as 1 can, I usually wind up toward AIDS ·Walk Team Captain, Harold with activities from trail runs to mountain the end. ifnot bringing up the rear, in most Brueland. You can reach him at home at bike tours to hikes to lectures. Play hard races that I've entered. And I've completed 212.724.0485 or at work at 212.383.1948. (as if that's ever been a problem for Front in triathlon$ and swim meets, as well as - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ! R u n n e r s...) because there is a . sports road races. Yet, despite the inevitable massage package that guarantees some type outcome when the FRNY Women's NOTICE C of healing touch every day, and a two-mile Master's 'Team needed someone to compete The chureh administrators have asked us wide lake for swimming or canoeing. Eat in last year's Club Team Championship, not to bring our bikes and pets into the hard because the food is one of the reasons when a team member was called out of c:burch. This is effective immediately, due that people return year after year to town at the last minute, who did they ask to to fire, safety, and health c:odes. The Craftsbury. Sleep hard, because after all complete the team's roster? Yes, mot1 I dauR:h has openly adm~ Chat they. have that, what else. are Y~ a~le to do? No may be slow, but l"m always there, and not been strict in enforcmg the rules m the matter how active or mactave you plan to thanks to me the team maintained its put. Nevertheless, the dlurda bas, and be, Craftsbury is the place. BrochW'CS are standing for the year! So, with proof in · c:ontinues to be, very supportive and available ·at Saturday runs, Thursday hand that 1 c:ame in dead-last in my sex and generous to our club. Pleue be equally Coaching and Training sessions, or by age group, and, in fact, was the last runner supportive and respect their requests. calling me at 914 ·793.5908. to enter the chutes in that race, I qualified to 1Kth ~ Coach~~ join the "elite" club, whose motto is "Last Assistant Director Place and Proud of it!" I received a : • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ·: certificate, signed by the club's founder and Volunteer Race of the suitable for framing, which certifies ·that NEWSLETT ER COPY DUE Month for MAY "Ruth M. Gursky is a member of The Copy and photos for the June newsletter are • Advil SK due by the Sahlrday na on May 20th. If Caboose Club, having finished in last place in an organiZed running event." you are unable.to make the I'UD, send the Sunday, May 14, 1995 Sue Foster- eat your heart out! information to the editor at his lddress in Tavern on the Green 2td ~ the direc:tory. You may also &x your copy. • Check-in Time: 9:00 a.m. Call Donn at his work number for more • information. Copy is preferml on disc in : Name: MS Word, but any format is acceptable. : !.lP!ll!hone!.!. DI!'""":--------' Should any male member of the (discs must be High Density) Please • club ask you "Where is that poem include a bard copy of any articles on dis<:. : Mail to: 0om and Rob, so on the cover of the newsletter Try to limit copy to 2SO words or less • 40 Ttemann Place, NY, NY 10027 from?" Please report him about half a typed page or one newsletter : • immediately to a board member. • = • Tune-Up column. GREENWICH Cf SUMMER CONDO Available July IS-30 Access to beach. tennis courts and parks. Great biking, running, walk to shopping. $600 for one week/$11 00 for two weeks. Call Susan 203.661.7094 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Escape to Key West Vacation Home For Rent 2 bedroom/2 bath townhouse ~ full kitchen, dining room v large-screen TV/stereo sun-deck & fenced-in yard. $500/week for 2 peoplel$550/week for 4 call Elaine at 516.483.5856 ,/~,, i l ,. P-TOWN CONDO FOR CAaMIV.U WEEK Studio with full kitchen, microwave, TV. Swimming Pool, Jacuzzi, tennis courts. Available for the third week of August. $575 complete. Call Susan 203.661.7094 t �Page 5 New York Fast/Fab Proposal May, May Not.•• 3rd Annual Queens Lesbian and Gay Prid e Para de and Festival enou gh dilly.odallying! The Fast and Fabulous Okay, cyclists, 20,00 0 plus peop le are expected to and Fabulous Cycling Cycl ing Team co-chairs, Ride! It's the Fast leade r, since participate in New York City 's ..other " to the ride Debbie Bell and Bob Team! RSVP ges, or lesbian and gay pride parade and festival. with the there are sometimes last-minute chan Nelson, along a.edu) or It will be held in Jackson Heights, Queens, marketing e-mail Bob Nelson (rjn2@columbi comm ittee' s on Sunday, June 4, 1995. The parade will Debbie Bell (deb2@columbia.edu) director, Harold Levine, presented a step off at 12:30 p.m. from 89th Street and eting proposal at the Front Runner mark 37th Avenue. It will proceed down 37th May 7: board/business meeting on April 12. The Aven ue to 15th Street, wher e it will I) Bron x Rive r Park way. 9:45 a.m. consensus was that the proposal, if disperse into lhe festival. The festival is Good for beginners. 14+ miles accepted. could well change the nature of held on 37th Road, between 77th and 73rd Linda Carpentieri at 914.428.8576 FRNY and further discussion amon g the Streets. It will run from noon until 7:00 2)Riv er Road , 10 a.m. a hilly 20 mi. membership shou ld be pursued. The p.m. Majo r rec:ording stars and local Dick Goldberg 212.874.2008 the marketing plan calls for printing a Fast/Fab highl ight will perfo rmer s 3) S.Bo ro Bike Tour : Fee $30 brochure, to be distributed in cycling shops from the stage at the enter tainm ent 212.932.0719 20,000 riders. and lesbigay spots; a public relations festival. May 14 campaign to be cond ucted by Harold This will mark the third year a major le Rive r and brunch. Uppe r Sadd Levine; a separate voice mailbox on the lesbian and gay pride celebration is being IOa.m. 40 miles. FRNY phone line; a Fast/Fab membership held in New York City, outside the Mike Russ 212.249.2645 It has been card, good for bike shop discounts, and broug ht of Manhattan. May 11 available to any Front Runner who requests omed by the soun d of tumultuous 1)18tb Bloo mia' Metr ic, Fairfield, CT welc one. The board was asked to spend $325 appla use by local comm unity residents. $13 before May 13, then $16. Starts The separate on these activities. This is indicative of how far the Queens between 7 & 9:30 Lm. Call Debbie. membership card met with some lesbian and gay liberation movement bas 2)Co lumb ia Triat hlon I .SK swim, opposition, and will most likely be dropped ed come in just a few short years. 40K bike, lOK nan. $58 with Tri-F from a revised proposal. As far back as 1972, gay rights groups card, $63 with out Call Bob question is, will bringing in cyclists, The t began . o form in Queens. It wasn 't until 3)Moataak~•tary 125 miles, 5 a.m. . are not nanners, chan ge the essential A~ the anti- gay murd er of Julio Rivera in bus bade. · Ride: $14, bus: $25 ~ ofFR NY. If so, is that good or bad? 1990, that the movement became out, loud dinner: $13 212.932.2300 ext. 243 is Bringing in non-runners as members and prou d That crime, combined with the 4)Qu eens Biath lon Run 3, cycle 18, technically not against the club' s bylaws, vitriolic, anti-gay statements from former Run 3. 8a.m. $35 212.289.4113 which provide that the club' s purpose is to School Boar d 24 president, Mary May 17-1 9 "prom ote running and related activities". Cummins, over Children of the Rainbow, NY to New Hope Ride overnight stay. Though FRNY has adopted a program of led the Quee ns lesbian and gay community Adva nce regis tratio n ONL Y. multi-sports, none of the other activities has to a public expression of outrage. Doug Howe 201.792.1828 proposed so extensive a marketing plan, So succe ssful has the movement nor would lhey bring in non-runners. How become, that we can now boast that two of Breaking Away will these new segment of the club - already city- wide elect ed officials have d cycling party of 1995 is May three I 1 cyclists • fit in? Do they constitute Our secon serve d as Gran d Marshals: Public 13, 6:00 p.m. at the homo -frien dly potential volunteers, contributors to club Advo cate Mark Gree n, and NYC Hoboken home of Doug Howe, 820 activities, or a cliqu e and separatist Comptroller, Alan Hevesi. Judg e Karen Hudson St., ##27. It's potluck, and we'll element? Is that different from what now Burstein, who recen tly ran for NYS also extra ct $5 from you at the door to Ed Sedarbaum, a exists? Tell a board member your opinion. oted the party. Attorney General, and be submitted at the cover the mailing that prom A revised proposal will local gay activist, are servi ng as Grand We will pop that all-time fave cycling flick, meeting. May board/business Marshals. Breaking Away into the VCR about 9:00. For more information, Contact: RSVP, please to Bob or Debbie. Until then... Daniel Dromm at 718.460.4064 s Wednesday Ride Hank Krum holz at 718.279.8210 P'town Follies loops of Beginning May 3rd, we'll do The Boston to P'tow n ride is June 17, Ta/ce the E or F train to Roosevelt Ave. Central Park. Meet at 7:00 p.m. at the meaning we stay in Boston on the 16th, Exit there for the festival, or, for the come rof72 nd and Central Park West . Yes, room in Our Gay City the I 7th and parade, transfer to the ##7 toward Main St. the same come r where the Wednesday then We'l l reserve rooms and vans for and exit at 82nd or 90th St. Walk one unners meet. Talk amon gst yourselves. 18th. in anyone who calls before May 15. Payment block north. See you there! • Any ideas for bike-friendly restaurants will be due in advance. Call Bob. t>ud d ~ -;ilc&d the area? Call or e-mail Bob or Debbie. 1tduc- . d t)Ji k &It a u �Page6 Front Runners • The newest Front Runner Club (as reported in both the Shoreline and Chicago newsletters) is Togs (Transvaal Organization for Gay Sport), Front Boston Runners of Johannesburg. reports that Alden Clark was awarded a home office award for outstanding The citizenship by his company. company newsletter article that cited Long time member Connie Knapp has Alden related his membership in Front just successfully defended her dissertation Runners and his work with the Charitable to receive her Ph.D. in computer science. Foundation to support PWAs through the She received the doctorate from Baruch, Yuletide Stride and other activities. and teaches at Pace University. Chicago has its first Front Baby, with congratulations given to the proud father. (No mention of a mother, maybe an Next, we would like to welcome some adoption?) new members to the family. Say hello to Florida clubs appear to be .in a civic- the new Fast and Fabulous cycling minded mood these days. Orlando members who've joined Front Runnen! reports that their quarterly Adopt-a- Welcome, Phil Botwinick, Nicole Highway trash pickup was a success, LeBrun, Harold Levine, Ron Luce, Alma despite dreadful weather. Given the Montanez, Mary Ann Piamonte, Elliot weather, some of them were apparently Rebhun, Esther Rubin, Jacqueline Slivko, tempted to "keep picking up trash, Robert Sundeen & Kerry Weinberg. thinking we could go as far as Lake Buena Vista, then continue on to the Gulf Coast and then on to California." Gosh, And now, I have some great news of m y . even Floridians engage in California own! First off, my apologies to all of you Dreamin'. Ft. Lauderdale reported a for missing the last couple of newsletters. planned Beach Cleanup Day, and in a After three trips to London in the last six small example of intrastate rivalry, also months, and scores of interviews, I have threw some naaasty accusations at decided to move to London as of May 15 Orlando: they "must be size queens. It (yes, this month!) I am very excited must be a perpetual vacation up there." about my move, as I have dreamed of The cause of the dispute: Orlando ran an moving to Europe for years, but without a article on how many T-shirts of what size sufficient modus operandi (i.e. job) I've are sold, and "2% are small, 30% are stayed put in Manhattan, instead. I would medium, 44% are large and 24% are x- like to formally invite anyone who may large." Go fig. be interested in taking over this column to Finally, I was pleased to see contact me at 212.475.7507 or by e-mail Honolulu's newsletter back in my box at mdsiubhal@aol.com. It has been a after three months (it was a combined pleasure to write Front Runner Family issue). They're up to their usual fabu- these past few months. I hope that I will sounding stuff, like the second annual remain a member of the Front Runner yacht outing, hikes around the island, Family in the hearts and minds of my picnics, and so on. Hell, even the races friends, as I can assure you that you they plan sound great- Kilauea Volcano indelibly became a part of my extended Marathon & Rim Runs in late July, family these past five years. I'd love to among others. Wherever your perpetual hear from you if you come to London, or vacation is, I hope you'll get there soon are just passing through. I will send my and have great fun running and playing street and Internet addresses when I get when you do. them Please stay in touch! fAMILY Front Runners everywhere are continuing their peripatetic ways. Seattle's newsletter picked up on the Front Runner's week at Craftsbury, "the first running camp of its kincfin the country, open exclusively to the gay & lesbian community." Plailadelphia announces the start of a new group to go to far-away races. Their first trip is to Toledo ("No, for the Glass City Marathon. Dorothy, " says the writer, "not the Emerald City. j Atlanta features an article about the Blue Angel Marathon in Pensacola. This marathon is ''the official marathon of the Navy, sponsored by the Pensacola Naval Air Station." Given the comments I always hear, (and yes, I'll be honest, make) about the Marine Corps marathon, I must give the writer credit for not once in a whole page, mentioning the (moving) scenery. BayLaads planned a camping trip· to Yosemite. l hate to stereotype, but is it a coincidence that the club that has more women than any other, is also the only club that's done a camping trip since I started doing these articles? Los Angeles ran their annual Bay-to-Breakers, 21-mile long run, to prepare for the L.A. Marathon, and the president of the club compared himself to the group in The Hobbit, who wandered off to slay the dragon. For anyone who'd like to wander a bit in the late summer, BayLands and Portland are jointly organizing an International Front Runners team, for the the annual Hood to Coast Relay. It sounds like a fascinating race; rve passed the brochures along to our race directors, Jack and Diane, so see them if you'd like details. • �Page 7 New York Points Races- What's the Point? Front Runners is a member of the Metropolitan Athletic Congress (MAC), an organization which includes about 50 running ' clubs in tri-state area. These teams, like Front Runners, actively compete in races. Every month all the clubs' race captains go to a meeting called The Club Council, to discuss inter-club rivalries called Points Races. These Points Races determine who is the King or Queen of the Road (I know - this is not a fair contest) Each year, over a series of 13 races, a champion is ultimately determined for Open Women, Masters Women , Open (Masters means Men and Masters Men. _ over 40). Its not hard to guess that the teams with the most points win. Here's how points are awarded: Teams are awarded points forfmishing 1st through 6th place. Depending on the importance of a race, the team in 1st place might get 10 points, 2nd- 8 points, 3rd- 6, 4th- 3, 5th- 2 and 6th -I. Teams are made up of 5 runners in the Open category and 3 runners in the Masters. The first runners for each club, for these age and sex categories, become the scoring members of the team. The score for each team is the sum of the runners' finishing places. For example, if runners for a team come in 5th, 1Oth, 20th, 30th and 70th, their score I RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT • II Congratulations to all who have been out sporting Front Runner c.olors in recent races. We've had a busy and fruitful time. Twenty-four men and eighteen women competed in the Tappan Zee lOK. Dot Fuscaldo won medals in both the 2-miler and 1OK race. What a feat! Special acknowledgment is also in order for all the women who brought their teams awards. The Women's Open A and B teams came in second and third, respectively and the Masters Women's teams took first and second. Rebecca Canner, N<X!Ile Couvreur Nancy Bernardin, Ellen Brenner, Debbie Bell, Sean Pleasants and John Spooner all received individual awards in the 1OK. In the two-miler, Marty Mcilhenny and Candido Barosso were first and fourth in would be 5+10+20+30+70 = 135. If a second team's runners came in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th, their score would be 1+2+3+4+5=15. The lowest score wins. If all the other teams in our example were slower, the te.am with the score of 15 would get 10 points and the team with a score of 135 would get 8 points. Even thoU'gh the first team was totally destroyed by the second if you look at their raw scores, the actual points awarded weren't much different: 8 and 10. Over the course of a year, a whole lot of 2nd and 3rd places add up to a whole lot of points. In fact, sometimes those fast teams don't show up at all, and don't get any points I still didn't explain why the rest of us are important. here is an example in which four masters teams attend a race: 6 points Team A 1,2;3 24 points Team B 6, 8, 10 27 points Team C 7, 9, 11 0 points Team D 4, 5 their age groups, along with Dot Fuscaldo, who was first in hers. We also had an impressive turnout for the Queen's Half, the following week. braved the frigid Nineteen runners temperatures and had fun over the 13. 1 mile course which was, by no means, scenic or flat! Attention all New York City Marathon hopefuls. We can confirm that there will be a line-up this year on Saturday, May 13, 12:00 -2:00p.m. You will need a self-addressed # 10 business envelope (4x9112'1- do not stamp it- and a check for six dollars which is the nonrefundable handling fee. Only one check and envelope pg person! The NYRRC council once again urged us all to use the line-up as the best way to ensure early receipt of application fonns. We will be at least one day ahead of applicants who have mailed in a request for an But what if Team C, which has 500 enthusiastic members, shows up in full force, wearing intimidating teal shorts and Sue F~ster singlets. There is no limit to how many runners a team may have. 6 poiitts Team A I, 2, 3 28 points Team B 6, 8,14 Team C 7, 9,11,12,13 27 points 0 points Team D 4,5 By team C having pushed their non-scoring members (12 and 13) in front of Team Bs weaker 3rd runner, they eked out a second .mighty place finish. In this case, it was a_ sprint to 13th place that determined the outcome of the race. Team C's rwmers in 12th and 13th place, were the team's 4th and 5th finishers, and scored no actual points, but without their determined efforts to out-kick a rival runner, Team C would have remained in third place . That's how points races work. Our best runners always do well individually, and that's great for them, and a source of pride for Front Runners. But if you ask any of them what pumps them up the most, they'll aU say that a team victory really makes them proud to be a member of the Front Runners Team. So, come out and run in races. We need everybody. Wear your most visible racing clothes and don't forget to register as a Front Runner! Pelf Se.,teeu application form. If you are not going to be in town on May 13, arrange with a friend to do it for you. If you join the line after our Saturday run, there will probably be almost no wait at all. We will remind you as the day draws nearer NYRRC has ·also promised that their Race Calendar for 1995 will be out soon. The next men's points race is the Central Park 5-miler on May 7th. For the ladies, after such an impressive turnout for Tappan Zee, let's now tum our toes toward May/June, when the women's points races are the Advil Tune-Up, May 14th and the Mini-Marathon on June lOth. We are hoping to be the largest and most visible teams out there on all these dates, but of course, that won't be ~ible unless you are there! Everyone! Book these dates in your calendars now. Let's field our best teams ever! '!){ue ""Pu4 �PageS Front Runners • Sean Pleasants ......... 5th in age ....... 35:35 Rod Blacklock................................ 38:29 Gary Aprozzese .............................. 40:21 Tor Hansen ..................................... 40:37 Seth Slade ........................... ........... 40:39 Jeff Singleton ................................. 40:48 Bob Brins ..................................•.... 40:49 Rebecca Canner.......2nd in age ...... 41:19 John Spooner.......2nd lawyer......~41:26 Peter Johnston ...........................•.... 41 :39 Ken Majerus ................................... 42:38 Bob Nelson ........................... ......... 43:10 Dave Laurence ..........................•.... 43:04 Steve McLure ................................. 43:23 Geoffrey Perry ........................•...... 43:43 Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor.3rd in age44:2I Jack Watters ........ .4th doctor .......... 44:56 Ellen Brenner......... 1st medical... ... 45:21 Beth Collins ................................... 46:16 Tony Meola .................................... 46: 16 Tim Hunt. ....................................~47:20 Noelle Couvreur.......5th in age ..•... 47:24 Raymond Renault .......................... 47:~6 Marla Korchmar ............................. 47:47 Dot Fuscaldo........2nd in age ......... 47:49 Torn Johnson .................................. 48:00 Nancy Bemardin.......3rd in age ..... 48:03 Mary Spano ...............................••... 48:53 Paul Brockmann ............................. 48:57 Marnell McNamara ........................ 49:27 Jim Gibb ......................................~49:52 Jay Hill ........................................... 50:24 Dale Salyers ................................•.. 50:34 Ann McHugh ................................. 50:50 Debbie Bell....... 3rd in age group •.. 51 : l 0 Lany Schafer ............................•.... 52:38 Edna Benitez .................................. ·52:41 Donna Arabia ................................. 52:47 ·Tina lsselbacher ............................. 52:47 Susan Degutz ................................. 55:35 Kathy Kuilnin ................................ 58:09 Terry Dougherty ......................... 1:08:49 TAPPAN ZEE l-MILER Marty Mcllheliny..•... lst in age ..•.. II :39 Candido Barroso...... .4th in age...... 12:32 Dot Fuscaldo ............. lst in age ...... 14:22 Tor Hansen .................................. I:2I:04 Patrick Guilfoyle ......................... I :22:13 Steve Bloomfield......................... l :30:35 Bob Brins .................................. ml:34:00 Peter Johnston ........................... mI :34:03 Harold Brueland ........................ ml:36:00 John Watters .............................. ml:36:55 Paul Racine ............................mO I :38:09 Steve Nowling ........................... ml:40:0I John Spooner............................. ml:41:34 Diane Kuzrnin-Batchelor ............ I :42: 17 Allen Payne ................................. l :42:30 Jerry Levine .............................. ml:47:29 Fred Cabral... ............................... I :48: 13 Mary Spano •................................ l:48:18 Jerry Smith ................................ mI :50:07 Beth Hassrick .............................. I :52:41 Laurie Shlafmitz.......................... I :53:07 Tim Hunt ..................................... l:SS:30 Jim Gibb .................................... ml:55:30 Nancy Bernardin ......................... I :57:07 Deadline for Race Results Your Race Captains are Diane KuzminBatchelor and Jack Watters. If you register for a NYRRC race as a Front Runner, your finishing tinie will automatically be forwarded to them. For non-NYRRC events that you wish to have listed in the June newsletter, please notify the race captains by May 15th. Results submitted after this date will not appear until the July issue.Tell them the name of the race, its date; location, distance and your fmishing time. For any race, let the race captains know if your performance is a personal record or I a first time at distance. I Symbols used in race results 0 First time at Distance ~ Personal Record m Masters Runner THE RITES OF SPRING IOK Central Park, NY March 19, 1995 Patrick Guilfoyle ............................ 36:35 Richard Platt ................................. m41 :53 Gigi Madore ................................... 41 :54 Jeff Lymbumer............................ 042: 14 Manuel Gonzalez ......................... m42:54 Harold Brueland ........................... m43:02 Paul Racine .................................. m43:35 Steve McLure ............................... m43:S8 Jerry Levine ................................. m44:21 John Watters ................................. m44:40 Diane Kuzrnin-Batchelor ............... 45:57 Ken Majerus ................................... 47:28 Tim Hunt .................................... ~48:47 Marnell McNamara ........................ 49:13 Christopher Fitchett...................... m5l :05 V. Lynn Bauoom ............................ 57:02 Gary Kelley .................................. m58:33 Joan Brown .................................. m59: 10 • VINTERKARUSELL 3K Flisa, Norway January 14, 1995 Inger-Johanne Berger ..................... 16: 13 POWERBAR lO-MILE RUN Central Park, NY March 26, 1995 Harold Brueland ........................ m2:35:56 JerryLevine .............................. m2:59:19 Fred Cabral... ............................... 3:14:39 MERCER ISLAND HALF-MARATHON Seattle, Washington March 26,1995 Debbie Pastricli ........................... 1:52:05 RON DAWES MEMORIAL l5K Hopkins,MN April 1, 1995 Sandra Levine ............................. 2:04:33 • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Let me start with a small amount of background information . Members of FRNY have a long and distinguished history of caring and concern for other club members and their immediate families. This tradition also extends to our greater family , the gay, lesbian and gay supportive community. In J ~Y3 , FKNY officially established a separate organization, The Charitable Foundation of Front Runners New York , Inc., to carry forward . our goal of • RUMMEl And Winter slumbering in the open air, Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring. -Coleridge March 1995 Summary of the General Membership Meeting of FRNY February 8, 1995 Treasurer reported negative operating expense of -$548.78 for year to date . This is typical for the beginning of the year when membership renewals are at a low point. In addition , due to technical problens and hiehe•· fees at Citibank, we will transfer our checking account to Chase. Membership stands at 458 active members . The 1995 LGPR budget totaling $19,730 was presented and approved . Copies may be obtained from race director Jay Pack. Up to $200 each was approved for annual expenses incurred by the club's archivist and photographer. Donn Peppler assumes position of editor-in-chief of the newsletter with this issue. Good luck, Donn. Our ad in the 1995 Pride Guide will be renewed. A presentation was made by M. McMahon to redesign the club ' s directory and possibly expand advertising to others in the community for a fee . Any fees will help to offset increased production costs. Board will ;;;xploH.: fm ther. Membt:rship input will be encouraged. Next meeting will be March 8, 1995 at 7:30 p.m . at Jeff Lymburner's apartment, 966 Lexington Ave, #4E. continuing to make significant contributions to our members and our community . The Foundation has two faces - a private, internal one within the club and a more public one. The private face of the Foundation, as excerpted and paraphrased rom its bylaws, was "formed to provide goods, services and support" to people (club members and their families) on a temporary and emergency basis in their time of an extreme heath or personal crisis. The public face is a holiday gift basket effort for people who are homebound as a result of a heath crisis. The Foundation has been growing slowly and steadily since its establishment, but 1995 could mark a big leap forward in terms of fund raising. FRNY is allowing the Foundation to "~iggyback" and utilize our twc-mile · Community Challenge as a fund raising .& vehicle. The Crossroads we face : Each year, the board seeks out an Executive Director to coordinate the work of the Foundation with his or her staff and in partnership with the board. To date, Greg Valerie, our 1994 director, and the board have been unable to find a FRNY member to be the Foundation's 1995 director. We situation. As your President, I am making need an energetic and dedicated individual this very public request for immediate who can move matters forward this year. assistance from the membership in the Fund raising experience is not as crucial as "executive search". Please contact me or ·nterest in and dedication to the job. If we any board member before the April cannot fill the position , the work of the board/business meeting on April 12, 1995 Editor & Calendar Foundation may go unrealized, with the if you wish to help out. Thank you Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward Proofreader board restricted to low level maintenance 1/(ih. ?lte~ work. This would be an unfortunate Mailing )_ NEWSLETTER STAff • Donn Peppler George Schlein Lee Abbey �• FRNY Committees asofFebruary 14, 1995 C..ommittee • I Chairs 1995 I am thrilled to report that Tom Griffith has volunteered be one of the two Assistant Race Director Jay Pack Race Directors, joining Rich Sands, who Assistant Directors Rich Sands will primarily concentrate on public Tom Griffith Sponsorship Directors relations issues. We will still need a few Diane Westerback Wayne Schaeffer good men and women to either fill Community Chal lenge Kim Roche positions or handle specific projects. We (open MIF) can find a project that fits whatever amount of time and energy that you have to devote AJDS Walkathon (open for 2 M/F) (a lot or a little), so don't be shy. Bagel/Coffee Table Terry Lorden The Sponsorship Committee is actively Bi/Triathlon & Cyclists Bob Nelson pursuing the corporate sponsors that make Debbie Bell Calendar/Events Coordinator up a substantial part of the revenue side of JeffErkman Coaches Jt,ff Singleton the budget. What we really need is some Donna Checkan suggestions for fund raising within the FR Around The World Paul Brockmann club. We are considering the possibility of FRNY Marketing Director George Mayer Historian/Archivist a pancake breakfast or picnic lunch in lieu Marty Perl Housing (in town) Paul Harris of the annual dinner. My reasoning on this Mailing Coordinator Lee Abbey is that ( 1) either would be easier to prepare Marathon Water Table (open for 2 MIF) and coordinate, and (2) we would charge Membership Edna Benitez much less than the dinner and be able to Harold Brueland Newsletter Editor Donn Peppler include more people. Another fund raising NYRRC Correspondent Tom Griffith option is to have a services auction , an Photographers Teresa Dougherty event that was very successful in raising Mary Spano Race Captains money for the club in 1989. I would be Diane Batchelor Jack Watters interested in hearing from people who Race Walking (open M/F) might offer a service to be auctioned. Running Gear Tim Hunt Some examples would include preparation John Spooner of your special recipe, a haircut, tax Ken Majerus Jim Minter preparation, massage, dog walking , cat Social Midge Maroni sitting, bicycle repair/overhaul, etc. Please Jim Milton leave me a message at 212.563 .7721 or Special Runs David Laurence Track & Field Manuel Chinchilla drop me a note as soon as possible so that I Lourdes Follins can start to see if this is viable. Trips Steve Coy Brother Can You Spare A Dime? As Tom Johnson mentioned last month, membership Volunteer Rob Galloway contributions in support of the race is aiso Donn Peppler (open F) an important revenue item . Consider making a gift of $50 or more and get your name in what I am sure will be a smart race FRNY Charitable Foundation program designed by Sue Foster and Jon Director (open M/F) Livingston. The most important thing is Treasurer Peter Johnston to share your fund raising suggestions with me even if you don't have time to help. I will find someone to implement or Directory Correction: coordinate any suggestion that is viable. Take out your pencils. Get out The next task force meeting will be on your Directory. Go to page 19. Tuesday, March 28th at 7:00 p.m. at my Michael Russell's place, 444 West 35th Street, #2-D. real phone number is: 212.613.3128 Pride Run Le..e.. ass e.. y New Sign-Up System for Saturday Coffee Hours For 1995, we have introduced a new sign-up system for volunteering for Saturday's post-run bagel/coffee hours. Terry Lorden chairs an effort to obtain sign-ups for upcoming week 's stints. "We're currently running about a month in advance with sign-ups," Terry says, "and we need to keep about that far ahead." Terry points out that we ' ll need everyone to volunteer once or twice a year to keep this important FRNY feature (wo)manned . That 's a total of 100 volunteers for 1995. Easy, step-by-step instructions greet each week's two or three volunteers. No experience needed. An officer is always on hand to answer any questions . Feel free to call Terry at his new • number: 212 .877.6987 to volunteer. A sign-up list is passed around the gym each Saturday as well. BE ALL YOU CAN BE! Where else can a gay, lesbian and gay supportive athlete be made to feel corr.fortable to do his or her best? No, guys and gals, the answer is not in the Army. Now, more than ever, this is what FRNY has to offer you. How much and in what form is up to you! This year our club will support and be offering the membership an integrated broad-based program crossing several sporting disciplines: Road racing, cycling, track & field, bi/triathlons (incorporating swimming), and race walking. So what strikes your fancy? Just call Jack W. , Diane B., JeffS., Donna C., Lourdes F., Manuel C., Bob N ., or Debbie B., for • more information . However, for the army, you'll have to contact Uncle Sam . ~?Ke~ Page 2 �• . SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH BOB And sometimes, Debbie The Fast and Fabulous Cycling Team had a wonderful kickoff party on January 28 . It is an event that bears repeating ... sometime. In the meantime, I have taken vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and short-windednes s, so here ' s the skinny, skinnies: Any Sunday, when the temperature is above 40° F and the roads are dry. you'll find us cyclists gathering at I 0:00 a.m. at the corner of Central Park West and 72nd Street, to gab and do loops of the park-- unless there ' s a points race or some other special. fabulous Front Runner do, which we frequentl y do do . There are alsu a couplt: of joint ritle~ with New York Cycling Club in the works, which will be at the 10:00 a.m . time but will meet at locations other than CPW and 72 . At some point, too, we expect to move our meeting to an earlier hour, once rollerbladers invade the park en masse . So, any Sunday you want to ride, call Bob Nelson at 212.567 .7160 or Debbie Bell at 914 .353 .6925 , du jn2@columbia.e or deb2@columbia .edu e-mail at (Bob) us or (Debbie) (Yes, Burrr... rrrr! homosexual cycling is a worldwide conspiracy, run by the minions of Columbia University.) By the way, e-mailers, my e-mail address in the FRNY directory is incorrectly listed, so go by this, not by that. I really must apologize to rjn@columbia.edu , whoever that is , for all those porn photos. The kickoff party did provide us with a list of names of folks who want to lead rides, do triathlons, or do long rides, such as the Memorial Day weekend New York to New Hope Ride we are planning. The Columbia Triathlon, unrelated to the university, kicks off our triathlon season the weekend before Memorial Day. If you discover a newfound urge to lead or participate in one of these events, or through some unfathomable oversight failed to attend the party, call us! '8oJ ~ & 'De.Uu. '8dt ·~~"--~~~--~~(• ~ i)l .1 Sunday, March 12, 10:00 a.m ... Joe & Tom's Excellent Run! It was a bitter cold St. Valentine's Eve Special Run . Six brave souls battled the cold and wind on their scenic run in Queens. Jim Connoly, our guide and host, lead the crew on a course which provided a spectacular skyline view of Manhattan. Upon our return, we wert treated to wan-n 4uiches and pastry, as well as the warmth of new and old friendships . Jim , thanks for the fabulous time! If you missed this Special Run, you have another opportunity coming up soon See the following March Special Run article ... • Escape to Key West Vacation Home For Rent 2 bedroom/2 bath townhouse ,~ 7 full kitchen , dining room ...large-screen TV /stereo sun-deck & fenced-in yard. $500/week for 2 people/$550/wee k for 4 call Elaine at 516.483 .5856 Front Runners from all over the TriState area will be converging on Brooklyn, for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon. Let ' s be sure that a big contingent of FRNY members are there to cheer and support our racers. Get an early start now , for all roads will also be leading to our Special Run, hosted by Joe Criscione ar1d Tom Rozborii. Tie up those shoe laces, set that alarm clock, and join us for a run in beautiful Prospect Park. We will run/racewalk from three to six miles, in the opposite direction ofthe Brooklyn Half Marathon to cheer on our fellow Front Runners! A brunch will take place at Tom's after the run . Racers are also welcome. The run will start and end at Tom's home at 25 Plaza Street, Apartment #3-C, Brooklyn . Please RSVP to Tom at 718.857 .0668 or Joe at 718.965 .9081 . Transportation: Take the 2, 3 or 4 train to Grand Army Plaza. Tom's place is right off the Plaza. OCIAL CENE ~ pring is just around the corner (March 21st) and the unpredictable New York weather beckons that we plan our March social events in the comfort of indoor space. There are two social outings (pun intended) this month . First, on Sarurday night March II th at 7:30p.m., we will dust off those old bowling balls and head for the alleys at the Port Authority Lanes (42nd Street and 8th Avenue). This bowling facility is clean and furnished with state-of-the-art scoring sheets. It will be fun to see who throws the most gutter balls! For those who prefer not to bowl , billiard tables are available adjacent to the lanes. You can bowl and lor shoot pool in the same evening. Our other event will take place on Sunday afternoon, March 26th at I :00 p.m. Meet us in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located at 82nd Street and 5th A venue. We will tour special exhibits including Greek Gold (Classical jewelry from the Met and British Museum), R.B. Kataj (Retrospective of more than 70 paintings by the expatriate artist who for nearly four decades has lived and worked in London) and I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (A selection of powerful primitive paintings by a self-taught black artist from Pennsylvania.) There will also be works by Jacob Lawrence , Bill Traylor, John Kane, Grandma Moses and Arnold Friedman on view. Space is limited for these social gettogethers, so please call Jim Milton (212.734 .3447) for reservations to either or both events. Thartks ... 'D.H.~ Page 3 �• FRNY A. Out in America Book Features FRNY Members. FRNY members have a full page of coverage in the recently published " coffee table book", Out In America, a mostlyphotos tour across the nation . The next time you ' re in A Differenr Light or most any book store, take a look at page 80, leadin to the Sports Chapter (or buy it! ) FRNY members C-Jnnie Coh0rt, Andre'N Knox (since moved to California) and Terry Lorden tell anecdotes of Front Runner adventures. The article ' s author is noted writer Eric Marcus. His other books include Makin~: History, The Male Couple's Guide and Strai~:ht From the &m with Bob and Rod Jackson-Paris. He is also a FRNY member. Eric's new book, diver-actor Greg Louganis ' biography, will be released this month . Another, ~ Suicide, quickly follows . ~.''~,., ~JJ ~ .~ ~ I~ t.eA~~- P ~~d ~lA;f ·' Rann D Poett, the band Jed by Front Runner Dave Hall, is performing at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe on Saturday, March 18. The first oftwo sets begins at 10 p.m . and features Dave's original music, a mix of Jazz, folk and rock . Why not join those Front Runners who have become loyal Rann D Poett groupies, and come on down? The Cafe is at 236 East 3rd Street, between A venues B and C. Bring a friend , bring a buddy, bring a date ... for a fun-filled evening of rhythm and rhyme. • l'>.wt H.Jl. 'tis time now for the Rites of Spring (no, not that old Stravinski thing) We mean we need some volunteers, To score a race run by our peers. One mom each month we all agree , To help out NYRRC. For races don 't from magic grow, It's volunteers that make them , so ... Dissect your head from pillowcase, In Central Park, come interface. This timt:, it's Sunday, 9 a.m. On March 19th, a C:iadem. At East Park/97th Street, Without you, we ' ll be incomplete! Call Donn or Rob, they'll tell you more, at 864-3414. Come to our March Race-Of-The-Month . We ' re only going to ask you wonth . q)onn !Z!eppkr OSCAR PARTY OF THE YEAR . Big Buck Oscar Pool, great runner-up prizes, special guests & a giant monitor! • The guys from Team New York ' s Aquatics Water Polo are throwing an Oscar bash to raise money for their esoteric, but expensive , sport. We ' d love all you runners to dash on over and join us . You don't want to miss it. It' s kosher (we ' ve rented a ball room at a synagogue), it's kicky (the squad's two straight boys are doing the decorations, sort of reverse camp) and it's hot (don't you think nominees John Travolta and Paul Newman would rather be at a party hosted by water polo hunks? We do) . When: Monday, March 27, 8:00p.m. Where: The West Side Institutional Synagogue 166 West 76 Street $30 in advance, $35 at the door. Cost: Includes fab fmger food , Oscar pool entry, runner up drawings and the best party this side of Spago. Patrick Riordan 873 .7291 Info: Jack Curry 725.4514 I Premiering This Month: fiiRI BURRER IllES Fictional accounts of FRNY featuring The Wednesday Night Gang They live. They love. They love to run! especially on Wednesday nights in Central Exclusive Engagement at the Park. American Diner at Broadway and West Run/Showtimes: Every 75th Street. Wednesday Night in Manhattan. Bag dropoff by 6:45 p.m . at the American Diner. Run start at 7:00 p .m. atthe entrance to Central Park, West 72nd Street and Central Park West. Share a meal and share in the storytelling of Wilde on Wednesdays at the diner afterwards . Read all about them See the back of this month;s today! calendar. (Note: this article has not yet been rated.) COPY/PHOTOS DUE Copy and photos are due by the Saturday run on March 18. All photos will be scanned, then returned to you. If you are unable to make the run, send the information to the editor at his address in the directory. Copy is preferred on disc in MS Word, but any format is acceptable. Please include a hard copy of any articles on disc. Try to limit articles to 250 words or less -about half a typed page or one newsletter column . "DtUUt- Peflld« age • �~ .......... .......... ... ~ace • • Captains' Report March . The racing season is off to a great start with Front Runners racing in every one of the NYRRC races to date . We had a record tum out for Northwind I OK on January 22 with an impressive 30 runners including a good number of masters taking part. Congratulations to all! This was also an important race for members taking part in Donna and Jeffs Running Classes. They were using the race to test their strength as they prepare for Tappan Zee on March 26 . Races are an important part of training. So sign up and race and don't forget to let us have your results so that we can publicize your glory in The Finish Line! . The Points races for the rest of the year were decided at the recent NYRRC Council Meetin g. It's good to plan ahead so that you can target a specific race and our coaches are happy to offer their advice on training. So speak to Donna and Jeff after the Saturday run and make racing a part of your running year. Points race for March is The Rites of Spring, taking place in -:entral Park on March 19th. So that there IS no excuse for not knowing what, where and when the Points Races are, the list is enclosed in this newsletter and will also be available at Saturday runs . Thinking ahead , the New York City Marathon will be run on November 12 and we've heard that Front Runners Paris is planning to send a large contingent. Let's field our biggest team ever. There will be a line up to request applications and this is the best way of ensuring that you get your application ahead of the rest. Please let us know if you are planning to run this year's marathon and we'll be sure to keep you infonned . Application fonns for Tappan Zee are available at Saturday runs or can be mailed to you by calling Jack or Diane. We are expecting an enthusiastic turnout of both spectators and run:lers . We (:le~ the Roya~ WE) shall be arranging a car-pool and it would be helpful to know who is driving up and has space, also who requires a ride . Please infonn either of us if you need a ride or can offer one. There will be a brunch after at a location yet to be announced. Once again Front Runners, let's go kicksome-butt and be seen out there Fast (at any pace), Furious, Supportive and Proud! ~ & '!)~ Hey! What's Happening with Track & Field?! Girl. .. ! Let me tell y ou what 's been gain ' on! Not only did the Track & Field . contingent sweep up medals at almost every indoor track meet it attended, but some FRs who just came along for the ride also took medals in their age group events! As the indoor track season is coming to a close, I think it is only fitting to LOUDLY applaud the efforts of those brave young (hmmm ?!) men who competed, and in some cases, trounced the competition! Manuel Chinchilla, Candido Barroso, Marty McElhiney, Tim Gourley and Marty King, curtsy please! With the outdoor track & field season beginning in late-April/early-May, the track & field contingent will be taking the next month and a half to maintain and build its strength. Once the outdoor track meet schedule becomes available, you can be sure that we will infonn you of our upcoming meets! Oh , And .Miss Things ,. as you sit the!e and say to yourself, "I'm too old to do that! " , I am MORE than happy to infonn you that the Master ' s division in track and field begins at age thirty , and continues upward! So! If you are interested in our Saturday workouts, finding out what we actually DO or meeting with someone for a workout, please feel free to reach out and touch/grab (albeit gently, please!) either Lourdes (718 .638 .5774) or Manuel (718 .261.0451) on a Saturday, or via telephone. Okay, girlfriend?! Ciao for now! 15~rlin 11p6at~ ... You thought I' d let you forget about the 5th Annual Gay & Lesbian Run Berlin, Hunh?! Not a chance, sista! As you already know, the Run ( it' s actually a meet) is taking place in Berl in from May 25th to 28th, 1995 . Since the last ne,.vs!etter, ; have had the oppa:tun ity to speak to one of the organizers and gather some additional infonnation . First of all , as I told you before , housing will be provided. For those who are contemplating traveling with children, all you need do is mark the infonnation down on your registration fonn (found at every Saturday meeting) and there will be no problem! The actual running of the events is not until the 27th . The first two days are arrival , tourist events, a party, and oh' training time! On the 28th, there will be a picnic and then a send-off. It is expected that there will be approx imately 300 competitors, with about 30% women . For those who are concerned about the weather, the temperature should range from 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit. Airfares are currently ranging from $415 to $900 and the more FRs we can get to attend this meet, the more possible it is that we can obtain a group rate . So, it you have been dreaming of, or contemplating this, it is time to get our butts in gear and start planning! May is right around the comer, dearie! Now, as a matter of common courtesy, we need to Jet the organizers know how many FRs will need housing and/or the size of our team by mid-April. So please contact me at 718.638 .5774 A.S.A.P! Alright then! That' s all for now, but be assured that I will be harassing you in the near future! Ciao for now, J!:.ourbc& lJ. follin&! Page 5 �-~·- .. - ~· ~~ ~ ~~ · ~~Nort-!-~~--~-i-i-~11,--Li-ilt_e_\ Q-~-..- ~ ... i:::~:~:~;~·t~:S Tor Hansen.~~·~·~·~· ~·~..~.~.'..~.~·~·~··· · · 37 :31 Rodney Blacklock ... ......... ... ... ........ 38 :51 Patrick Guilfoyle ..... .... ...... ... .. ..... ... 38 :56 Paul Harris ...................... ............... 41: 15 Bob Brins .. .. ...... .. ........................ M42 :39 Manuel Gonzalez .... .. .... .. .. .... .... .. M43:38 Gigi Madore ..................... ...... .. .. .... 43 :41 David Pitches ...... .. ............ .... .. .... M43 :52 Harold Brueland ...... .. ...... .. .. .... .... M44 : I 0 Steve Nowling .. ... .... ... .......... .. .. .. . M44:52 Ste'.'e !v~~Lure ...... .. ......... .. ........... ~5 : 32 John Spooner .......................... !'M45 :47 Ken Majerus .. .............. ... .. .. .. .. .... 0 45:52 Brad Gretter .............. .... ................. 46:25 Marla Korchmar ............................. 46:57 Diane Batchelor .. .... ... ..... .. ............. 46:57 Jerry Levine ........ .. .. ... .... .. .. .. .. .. ... M4 7:26 Marty King .... ..... ... ... ................... M47 :48 Tina Isselbacher .... .. .......... .. .. .... .. ... 47 :52 Tony Meola ...... .. ...... .. ... .. ............ M49:00 Loraine Simunek .. ......... .... .... .. ....!'5 I : I 0 Donna Arabia .......... ... .. .... ..... .. ....... 51 :3 8 Judy Spina .. .... ...... .... ................. .. M5 I :47 Deborah Pastrich ................ .. ...... .... 51 :4 7 Dale Salyers .. .. .. .. .................. .. .. .. M52 :03 Timothy Hunt. .... .... .. ...... ...... ... ... .f'52 :58 Jim Gibb ........... ..... .... ... ............... M53 :05 Raymond Renault ........ .. .... ......... M53:49 Jerald Johnson ........ ................ .. .. .... 54:01 V. Lynn Baucom .... ........ .... ............ 54 :58 ~~J---- Valentine's SK Cent.al Puk, NY -..\ Bradley Gretter ... .... ...... .. ........ ........ 21 :20 Judy Spina .... .. ...... .. .. ................... ... 27:36 Donna Arabia .................. .. .......... ... 27:36 Beth Collins .. ....... .. .. .... .. ........... .... .. 27 :36 Deadline for Race Resu lts Your Race Captains are Jack Watters and Diane Batchelor. If you register for a NYRRC race as a Front Runner, your finishing time will 'automatically be forwarded to them . For non-NYRRC events that you wish 'to have listed in the April newsletter, please notify the race captains by 'March 15th. Results submitted after tthis date will not appear until the May issue. Tell them the name of the race, its date, location, distance and your fmishing time. For any race, let the if your know captains race performance is a personal record or a ifrrst time at distance . Symbols used in race results 0 f' M J\ First Time at Distance Personal Record Masters Runner Race Walker c~~~;;l ~:~~,5~y January 29,1995 Gigi Madore .......... .. .................... .. . 20:46 Christopher Fitchett ...... .... ........ M 21 :38 Farleigh Dickinson Chemical Bank Open January 29, 1995 Marty King M 600 meters ....... 2nd in age group ...... 2: I 2 1500 meters .. .. .2nd in age group .... .. 6:19 Candido Barroso M 600 meters ....... 2nd in age group .... .. 1:44 1000 meters .... . ! st in age group .. .. ... 3: I 0 Manuel Chinchilla 55 meters .. ....... ! st in age group ... 6.9 sec 300 meters .. ..... 2nd in age group 40.6 sec Frozen Half Marathon St. Paul, Minnesota February 4, 1995 Sandra Levine .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ........... I :40 :47 Leslie Minkler .... .... ....... .. ............ 2:14:50 • Central Park 20K (became 12 mile fun run) February 5, 1995 Paul Harris ...... .. .... .... .............. .... I :31:51 !CIMTI Bl jll !o~R THE ~EAR January 22 February 26 March I 9 April 2 May 7 June 25 July 23 August 13 October I October 14 November 12 November 26 December 17 NORTHWIND JOK BAGEL RUN RITES OF SPRING I OK QUEENS HALF-MARATHON CENTRAL PARK FIVE MILER BRONX HALF MARATHON CLUB TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP HISPANIC HALF MARATHON FRED LEBOW XC 5K NORWEGIAN FESTIVAL 5K NYC MARATHON PETE MCARDLE XC 15K HOLIDAY 25K RUN I 9 9 5 January 22 February 19 March 19 April2 May 14 June 10 July 23 September 17 October I October 14 November 12 December 2 NORTHWIND JOK SNOWFLAKE FOUR-MILER RITES OF SPRING JOK QUEENS HALF MARATHON ADVIL MINI-MARATHON TUNE-UP 5K ADVIL MINI-MARATHON JOK CLUB TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP RACE FOR THE CURE FRED LEBOW XC 5K WOMEN'S HALF MARATHON NYC MARATHON HOT CHOCOLATE TEN-MILER �FRO.MT RV.MMERI MEW ~ORit • CH 1995 T 2 FBMY: A running and walking club for lesbians, gay men, and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership info: 212.724.9700 5 I 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW '1 6 8 6:00-10:00 p.m. Track & Field Coors/MAC Indoor Masters' Championships 168 St. Annory 6:45p.m. Coaching Class Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison 9 10 7:00 p.!'!":. 10:00 a.m. NYRRC Race AI Gordon Five-Miler Engineers Gate 90th & 5th 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW ~ : 12 ,, 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW Joe & Tom's Excellent Run 25 Plaza St. 3C 20 10:00 a.m. Volunteer -of !he Spring 10K ~ ~ 1 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3.-d Si & PPW aMn & Women's Poirrt:! 1 ~ I rn St 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 21 11 , Month Rites Of Eut POll< OriYo ot 15 a:.e~ 7:30 p.m. wling/Pool Nite Port ALOIIority l.ane3 "2nd & 8th 16 1'1 6:45p.m. Coaching Class Spense School 91 st between 5th & Madison 22 7:00 p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 10:30 a.m. TAPPAN ZEE 10K 1:00 p.m. Met Museum 82 & 5th • 28 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW PRIDE RUN Meeting at Jay Pack's 444 W 35 St, 20 29 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 18 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue Newsletter Copy Due 25 6:45 p.m. Coaching Class Spense School 91 st between 5th & Madison I 2'1 26 ~- - lU:OO a.m. ntral Park Run Webster Statue 6:45p.m. Coaching Class Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison I Prospect Park 19 7:30p.m. Business Meeting Jeff Lymbumers , 966 Lexington, 4E 14 .y 10:00 a.m.. -.. Brooklyn Half-Marathon Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue JO 6:45 p.m. Coaching Class Spense School 91 st between 5th & Madison FUN RUN FOOD a BAG DROPS FOR MORE INFO: 212.724.9700 TUESDAYS: BROOKLYN PAUL BROCKMANN 718.788.0567 WEDNESDAYS: AMERICAN RESTAURANT BROADWAY AT 75 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST EVENTS SCHEDUUNG: JEFF ERKMAN 212.243.6204 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue Monthly Mailing �FRONT RUNNER TALES THE STORM My grandmother used to say things like, "Now that' s a mackerel sky!" You would know one if you saw one. The clouds are ponderous and they have ridges which look like fish gills. It always meant that a storm was brewing. The funny part about it was that Nanna was always right. But she never saw the likes of a mackerel sky in Manhattan. The clouds here are huge, cumbersome and eerily back-lit by the lights of the big city. That night was one of those gusty and frosty evenings, when Nanna would have told us that it was best to stay indoors, all cozy and snuggled up in front of the frreplace. Indeed, a storm was brewing. A big one! The storm of 1995 blew into town at 6:00 p.m . on a Wednesday. Nanna and Mother would have thought we were all crazy to be out in it. Five brave souls showed up at the American Diner on that Wednesday night. Broadway and 75th Street. We were soon to be joined by two equally brave novices on this momentous evening. For an evening with such horrendous weather, the diner was packed. The place was filled with concert-goers having a quick bite before the Allman Brothers concert at the Beacon. In the back, where we meet, change, and stretch before a run, Patrick was pacing back and forth . "Do you think anyone else will show up?" Patrick Fitzpatrick, a rugged, red-headed Irishman, was the only club officer to show up that night. He is very conscientious in all his endeavors. All good activists have that quality. Patrick is a city social worker and a member of ACT OUT. ACT OUT was set up to oppose POOF (People Opposed to OUT Fags) "I don't think so." answered Ruth, the blonde model-type in the booth . "Are you sure about that? I got two messages today on the info-line- a man and a woman - they both sounded very serious about coming tonight." "Of course I'm sure. Just look out the window. It's a frickin ' blizzard out there! It's a wonder Doc and I are here. I had to drag him away from his practice today. He is so devoted to his patients. Aren 't you, Doc?" Ruth Toast, a fast-talking ad ~xec, spoke with authority on any topic. She was destined to be the frrst female Senior VP at McMahon & Mates. Doc, one of the fastest members of the club, is a third generation American, born East Indian. He has a name. It is Sivanivat Cunnillngam. Hardly anyone in the club can pronounce or remember it, so we just call him Doc. He did not answer Ruth. He hates running in cold, inclement weather. He just kept staring out the window, his eyes focused on the large white flakes falling from the sky. "You spoke too soon, Ruth." Patrick told her, "Here comes Beau. The weather must have delayed him on his deliveries." Beau Manley, the stud-god who walks the earth, works for Federal express. He was already changed and hurrying toward the back of the diner. "Hey, everyone!" he called out, "I saw two runners heading up Broadway, man and a woman. Look like virgins to me .. and the guy is really cute! " "And there they are, coming this way!" A short Hispanic woman came over to the booth. "Are you with FRNY?" she asked, " My name is Simone. Simone Reyes. Oh, and I met my escort on the way up the street. His name is Gyorgy Molnar. He ' s just moved here from Hungary, via Paris! " Patrick extended his hand to the two new runners, and could not keep from staring into Gyorgy's eyes. It was a look of recognition that caught the attention of all the others. "I'm Patrick, and wei... come to our run ." "Nice to see you again, Patrick. If you got my message, I guess you didn't recognize my voice." Everyone hurriedly exchanged introductions and gathered their gear for the run. "Okay you two. You can get caught up back here after the run! Let's do it!" Beau tapped Patrick on the shoulder while motioning everyone out of the diner. Wilde on Wednesdays All characters and events are fictitious. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is strictly coincidental. • • • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 3, March 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/511c39a0306cee25f05a38b952028b91.pdf 32f3aa1ea1eabc3f0e92a579dd60df6e PDF Text Text .. Volume XIV Issue 11 Box 87 Ansonia Station NY NY 10023 November 1995 Summary of tbe General Membership Meeting of FRNY V A last minute NYC Marathon announcement: Friday night 11110 Welcome Party, Saturday morning 11/11 Pancake Breakfast, Sunday 11/12 Marathon Day, 24-mile water table & Family Reunion area reception. (Please see the calendar for more details or call the information line and leave a message.) Marathoners, bave a fabulous run! Result of the bylaws vote: The amendment was passed; 89% approval, 11% disapproval by those who voted. V V Leaders Wanted! The 1995 FRNY board's year is drawing to a close. It has been our goal to seek out ways to make improvements where needed, and build upon what has worked well for the club. We committed ourselves to leaving office with the club enhanced in its fmancial shape and membership participation through our race, athletic and social activities. On several of those accounts, I feel we succeeded. We still have the rest of November and December to be on the job, actively continuing our efforts on your behalf. What all this is leading up to is a reminder that it is time to look forward toward a "new starting line" on January 1, 1996. The election process started at the October business meeting. Nominations technically close at the end of the November 8th business meeting. At this time, the elections officers have not heard from anyone expressing an interest in leading our club forward in 1996. Mystery candidates, please contact them as soon as possible to express your interest. In closing my October article, I invited all of you to renew your enthusiasm and your sense of vision for our club for 1996. This November, I again invite you to do so. Be active in our election process. Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward ... VOTE! 1Jti4e 1Jte1Jtdu, V V Thanksgiving 'Twaa rounclecl be th' Puritan• to &ive thana tr bein' preaarvecl fr'm th' lDclyana, ... an'we keep it to aive thana we are preaarvecl fr'm th' Puritau. V FIDJey Peter DwuJe Boston Trip V The last of our out-of-town trips for 1995 is planned for the first weekend in December. This time we are off to the city made famous by the TV show, Cheers. (Although, I am told it had some notoriety prior to that series) We will be running or watching their Yuletide Stride, a race to benefit people with AIDS. The profits from the race go to Front Runners Boston's Charitable Foundation's holiday gift-basket drive. If you would like to join us, contact Steve Coy at (212) 769-1133 or Tom Johnson at (212) 927-1249. V V V V ~ NEWSLETT ER STAFF I Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein Lee Abbey v The treasurer reported a total YTD of 10/11/95 through income $48,258.31 and total expenses of $47,421.62. Excess coach class fees of $1,236.00 will be donated to the Charitable Foundation at the end of 1995. Membership stands at 454 members. A motion from Scot Titelbaum to appropriate $125 for general expenses related to the scavenger hunt was referred to the Foundation for payment, as it is now in a position to "pay as you go", and needs to begin planing its budget accordingly The board acknowledged the running gear committee's fabulous job. A revised "quick and easy club brochure is currently at the printer. A revised glossy edition is nearing completion. Ijme Out New York a new weekly New York magazine, supportive of the gay and lesbian community, has been placed on our event calendar mailing list. FRNY is listed in their weekly lesbian/gay events calendar. FRDC is planning a major women's event for their annual spring weekend. There are, as yet, no plans for this year's holiday party. The board is soliciting suggestions. Any ideas? Bob Nelson and Mike McMahon proposed FRNY enter the age of the Jeff Singleton is heading Internet. the project. A motion was made and approved to provide $500 to the International Front Runner Invitational to be held in Toronto in 1996. Funds are to be reimbursed to FRNY upon completion of the event and payment of all expenses. A discussion to establish monthly pot luck dinners resulted in general This will be a great approval. opportunity to socialize and make new friends in a smaller non-threatening space. Any interest? Next meeting: 7:30 p.m. November 8, 131 Barrow St., 58, home of... Pel/~ �Front Runners Page2 Amsterdam: Gay Games 1998 The group concluded there was a need to communicate to the organizers of Gay Games in Amsterdam and to the Federation of Gay Games what IFR would like to occur at the games since, we as an organization, represent a very large number of games participants with interests in long distance running events (including the marathon), short distance ( track) running events, team running events and race walking events. We decided the best way to handle this matter is to have the On the weekend when everyone here in the tri-state area was inundated with all of the activities surrounding the papal visit, I sat in a converted hospital chapel, now a condo meeting room above sunny San Francisco praying for all of you... ONLY KIDDING! I actually was with delegates from eighteen other Front Runner cities discussing our common needs and concerns. Sydney and Toronto delegates made it an international gathering. Here are just a few of the high points of the forum. What is International Front Runners ? The group voted to continue as an informal common interest, such as Gay Games. Communication among the clubs The forum delegates agreed to build upon the work of Brad Miyasato of Long Beach's Shoreline Front Runners. Brad has set up a home page on the internet's worldwide web. The page is dedicated to International Front Runner information, history etc. This web page also has a listing of all the cities with known FR clubs (the task of accumulating a comprehensive list is underway). Each club was asked to participate in creating a truly international network of information about our clubs. From Brad's page a web browser on the net could be linked instantaneously to information about other clubs by just clicking on a city's listing and be transported to a city's home page. Each FR club will work independently to create its own web site. A web site could include basic information regarding our weekly runs/walks, the Thursday night coached workouts, our June Pride Run and the Charitable Foundation. It could eventually have a modified version of our monthly newsletter and the latest club event information which could turn into another important communications tool for all our members. This will serve to complement our current information/voice mail system. Since my return, I have asked several club members, including Jeff Singleton, to help get FRNY up on the net and create an absolutely fabulous web site. The goal is to have our site with a corresponding Email address up and running before the end of this year. If you would like to help out International Front Runner Directory The organization recognized that the web is not the panacea to our information exchange needs. So, Andrew Rizzo of the Tampa Bay club is working with Brad to develop a very comprehensive list of all the Front Ru~n~r organ.ization~ around the wo~ld. This mformatiOn Will be made available .to all F~ont ~unner .clu~s: Both of them . Will . ass_1st m. mamtammg and up~atm~ this hst . until the ~ext forum, which Will be held m Orlando m 1997. IFI, The International ~ront Runners Invitational . . Toronto ~ delegates made a spmted presentation of what they have planned for Columbus Day ~ee~~nd, October 11- 1~, 1996. They are mvttmg the world to thetr ~ity for an invitati~nai which est. i.his iirnc: mcludes the followmg events: a ttmed IOK run, SK run an~ wa~, a 5 X~ Relay. H~st and hotel hou.smg will be available. Social events are bemg .planned. for t~e weekend. Costs and more mformatton Will be forthcoming. Women of the Northeast unite Speaking of invitations, the women of DC Front Runners want to meet, socialize and network with other lesbians from the sister clubs of the Northeast. The DC women have s~me id~as w~ich include ~o:ng so~ethm~ special dunng the n~xt April 96 Sprm~ Fhng. ~lease see me tf you want more mformation. Outreach and recruitment, membership interaction and involvement Various clubs reported on how they were successful or how they wanted to improve in these matters. We all agreed that making a good first impression on new, or potential members was very important. It was also noted how important it was for each club's leadership to set an example and tone f o r membership interaction and involvement. Moreover, it was stressed that all the members of our clubs have a role in this matter. Utilizing FR business cards as invitations to runs was used by several clubs. Some clubs used pot lucks and smaller group events to help bring members closer If you wish to help in these areas in FRNY, please call me. · Women'sissues, minorities and club sponsorship and fundraising It was recognized by the organizations attending that we had differences in perspectives. These differences stem from where the clubs stand on the development curve and by forces outside of our club, such as the size and complexity of the city in which the our clubs operate. We spent some time searching for common ground and ways to support one another in our individual efforts in these matters. Minutes from the forum are expected to be sent shortly. Please contact me should you wish to see the minutes or learn more about what was covered at the forum. 1/tth. ?lte?lt~ �Page 3 New York Treasurer's Report For period ending 30 September 1995 FRNY Inc. recorded revenues of $48,435 and expenses of$48,498, resulting in a net E~pected year-~nd loss of $62.00 payments to the Charitable FoundatiOn (approximately $1300) are included itt the expenses, resulting in the net loss to date. The LGPR Endowment Fund has been invested in a 6-month certificate of deposit that matured on 23 October 1995. The board has directed that the money be reinvested in another 6-month CD. In early October, the board has also directed an inquiry to New York Road ~unners Club to determine whether. F~Y IS owe~ money from LGPR registrations rece1ved by To date,. we have had no NYRRC. response from NYRRC. Pell-.1.~ INCOME statements for the period ending 30 September 1995 REVENUES Class fees ..................................... 3,460.00 Dividend ........................................ 447.54 Events & trips .............................. 8, 756.75 Gear sales .................................... 2,568.50 Gifts .................................................. 25.00 Int Inc ............................................. 242.86 LGPR fees ................................... 7,901.00 LGPR fund-raiser ........................ 4,249.00 LGPR sponsors ............................ 6,010.00 Membership ............................... 10,380.00 Miscellaneous ................................. 333.16 Rutgers ......................................... 3,971.07 ................................................. 90.55 revenue ........................... 48,435.43 Operating in«:ome .......................... (62.14) EXPENSES Bank charges .................................... 15.00 Business insurance .......................... 955.76 Charity contributions ...................... 400.00 Class rent.. ................................... 1,275.00 Events & trips .............................. 9,035.97 Fast & Fabulous .............................. 120.00 FRNY ads .................... ................ 1,392.50 FRNY phone ................................... 155.68 FRNY postage ............................. 2,618.56 Inventory ..................................... 2,392.08 LGPR ads ....................................... 790.50 LGPR postage ............................. 1,253.40 LGPR printing ............................. 4,512.36 LGPR supplies ............................. 8,226.91 LGPR miscellaneous ...................... 784.85 Mini-storage ................................... 118.00 Office ........................................... 1,902.41 Printing ........................................ 6,179.84 Rutgers ......................................... 4,259.12 Other ............................................ 1,509.63 Total expenses .......................... 48,497.57 What, Me Volunteer?! (vol'an-tir') n. Abbr. vol. 1. A person who performs or gives his service of his own free will. Ref: the American Heritage Dictionary. There are a lot of advantages to volunteering in Front Runners. You have the opportunity to meet new people and make new friends. It's difficult to do this at a bar or a night club. You learn more about yourself by trying things you never thought you could do on your own. You can. put your own personal stamp on vanous projects (As Frank Sinatra says, I did it my waaaay.) You get the opportunity to fmd out what goes on behind the scenes at races and the club. (the not so mysterious politics of the club) You enjoy the running and you want to share the good times with new people who aren't even aware of this fabulous group of gays and lesbians who run, walk, bike, and do track and field! Here's a way for you to learn new skills from others and this is always good for your resume! Hey, how fast can you flip a pancake, pour water into paper cup a~ a race, be a publisher, editor, clothmg designer? You're looking for romance as a volunteer too!? Rumor has it that this has taken place on more than one occasion. Hey! 1 don't want to share any more of the reasons why I volunteer, I am just too selfish! Find out for yourself, Volunteer. G.M.V. (Gay male volunteer) a.k.a z, .S. ./."""" ASSETS If You Don't Run or Vote... Then You Shouldn't Complain That's right! It's election time once again. Start thinking about who you'd like to nominate, or if you'd like to run for office. Nominations are now open, and must be in by the November business meeting. Elections will take place at the annual yearend meeting in December. To nominate, contact Richard Tesler at (212) 362-2808 or Lewis Tanner at (212) 799-1215 o·~~ Chase checking .......................... 12 ' 922 Chemical checking .. ;.......................... . MoneyMarket ........................... 11,699.77 Petty cash .......................................... 75.00 «:ash and bank ................ 24,697.57 LGPR endowment ....................... 2,000.00 Running gear ............................... 2,206.84 Total assets ............................... 28,904.41 Pancake Breakfast Gee, maybe you could try out some of that vo/'an-tir ·stuff on Saturday, November 11. That is the morning of our annual FREE FRNY pancake breakfast! All New York and visiting Front Runners are invited to our third pre-Marathon . hotcake happening. It will be on the 5th floor at Rutgers after LIABILITIES & EQUITY our Saturday run. If you would like to help Accrued liabilities ........................ 1,236.00 us flip a few fabulous flapjacks, call me at Equity ........................................ 27,668.41 (212) 799-1215. Total L&E ............................... 28,904.41 �Front Runners Winter Cycling Well, birds and bees might not do it, but Front Runner cyclists do, thank you very much. We don't anticipate this being a scheduled kind of thing, what with unpredictable weather and all, so if you're interested in going out for a spin, call (212) 567-7160 at Nelson Bob e-mail or rjn2@columbia.edu and he'll alert the Emergency Bike Calendar Network. There are late fall, winter, and early spring rides every weekend with the New York Cycling Club, which are to be highly recommended as long as you don't mL'ld lh~ compa!'iY of heterosexuals, who can actually be very i!IJ nice people. • . • Wmter Runmng. Front RuMers' Coaching and Training Program continues-through sun, rain, s~ow .and anything except hghtnmg. Coaches DoMa Check.an and Jeff Singleton will be concentratmg on Streng~h and Recovery Marathon Development in this session. People will be ruMing Thanksgiving Day races and the .t Winter Series Races in Cenn:al Park < wo 10-Milers, two IOKs, a 5-Miler, 4-Miler, 25K and whatever else they throw our way). We'll be meeting every Thursday (except Thanksgiving) at 6:45 at either The Spence School on East 9lst between ~th and Madison or at Rutgers Presbytenan Church on West 73rd between. Broadway and West End. You'll do a special workout designed just for you and your goals. As we move away from the track work and measured intervals that we did all summer and fall, we'll be doing hill~, Indian ladd~rs, adventure runs and honmg your racmg technique. New ruMers and ruMers of all speeds should consider doing this session, not only because it's hard to stay motivated during the winter, but because these winter workouts involve groups and we w~t lots of speed/ability groups to make It fun. Bring a friend with you, too. Look for an application with this newsletter and feel free to call or e-mail Donna Checkan (nyspencepe@connectinc.com) or Jeff Singleton Geff@kaz.com) for more info. Z'~ & P4l- Not Those Giant Duck Feet! Front Runners New York would like to establish a site on the World Wide Web, which, despite its name, is a so.und-andpictures computer netwo~k ~at IS part of the Internet. Anyo~e who d hke !0 help ?te scout out prospective We? providers, give Bob Nelson a call or e-mail. FR-S ports On The Internet Lesbian and gay ruMers have a new way It's called FR-spoits, and to hook up. it's a free Internet mail list that was the brainchild of Brad Miyasato, a software engineer and member of Shoreline Front RuMers in Long Beach, California, and Bob Nelson, a science writer for Columbia University and member of Front Runners We distributed the first New York. message, a welcome from Brad, on Sept. 25, at 7:51 a.m. PDT to 16 e-mail subscribers. Dozens of subscribers, from New Delhi and Sydney to the United States and Canada, have since added their names to the list. Though Front Runners is undeniably a sociable group of folks, un~il now there has been no quick, economic way to distribute the same message to more than a couple of clubs at the same time. With the inauguration of FR-Sports, we hope Front Runner clubs and their members can share news of individual achievements and of upcoming events. The e-mai! Jist, which requires a computer and modem to access, will also allow new or less experienced ruMers to query us oldtimers about running form, injuries and Already; 22 Front Runner psychology. clubs have created e-mail addresses or designated correspondents to send and receive messages. A list of official Front RuMer e-mail addresses is appended to the end of this document. To subscribe to FRSports, send an e-mail message saying subscribefr-sports to fr-sports-request@ netcom.com. Subscribers then receive a confirmation message. To send a message to everyone on the list is fr-sports@ netcom.com. Questions about the list? Send a message to fr-sports-owner@ netcom.com. Once you subscribe, you'll get a confirmation message asking for details of ·your running experiences, "whether it's your first race or your five hundredth, whether you set a personal record or whether it was a bad day." The message also asks subscribers to contribute news and announcements, and notes that the names or e-m:ail addresses ofFR-Sports subscribers are not made public, even to list Inspiration for the new subscribers. Internet service came from the Emergency Bike Calendar Network, a private list that Bob operated with · Debbie Bell, also of Front Runners New York, from their The respective offices at Columbia. list delivers news of moderated manual cycling events, queries about buying bikes and equipment, and first-hand race accounts to about 60 lesbian and gay cyclists in the New York metropolitan area, FR-Sports uses most of them FRNY. the Netcom computer service, where Brad has his personal subscription, to distribute · Messages that are sent to e-mail. fr-sports@netcom.com go to Netcom's computers and are automatically forwarded to everyone who has sent a subscription The list is message to FR-Sports. unmoderated, which means that anyone can say anything they like, though Bob and Brad ask subscribers to stay on the topic of lesbigay participation in sports, particularly running. Changes or additions to Brad Miyasato at bkm@netcom.com. Baltimore BayLands Chapel Hill Chicago Dallas DC East Bay GrandRapids Honolulu Indianapolis LA New Delhi New York Orlando Reading St. Louis San Diego San Francisco Shoreline State College Sydney Toronto gharris@CapAccess.org BayLands@aol.com kk@bbt.com FRFWchicag@aol.com DALFrontRJ&@aol.;;or.:• Warren.Snaider@gsa.gov ebfr@aol.com GRFrontRun@aol.com HonoluluFR@aol.com IndyFront@aol.com luvdh2o@aol.com tgilman@doc.gov rjn2@columbia.edu FROrlando@aol.com ReadingFR@aol.com WFHD53@prodigy.com fonz@aol.com trichris@aol.com SFRunners@aol.com jmg 159@psuvm.psu.cdu l00017.30l@compuscrve.com walkerd@inforamp.net �. PageS New York t I'OMIL.IrfJ(Ol~M~ How To Finish A Marath on You have not only run your marathon, you have terrorized everyone you know with a block-by-block replay of every step. You wait anxiously by the mailbox for that postcard from the NYRRC with your official time on it. Finally, there it is! You flip it over and scan the type: "Our records AIDS DANCE-A-THON show that you did not complete the New If this is not the case On Saturday, November 25, the FRNY York City Marathon. please call ..." It happens. I have seen it Dance Team will ''tum the beat around" happen. There is a lot written about how to and join thousands of other New Yorkers at run a marathon, but very little about how to the world's largest dance party. We will ~8% ar~ homo~~~u~l?d 1 ~~w ?m~y mish one, Crossing the fmish line is not boogie to fight AIDS and support people flll'l?er~ wo~en 0 tc ~ ~ es tans bl e enough! So, here are the rules for all you with AIDS, benefiting Gay Men's Health is from 7:00 p.m. to now d c assldcad _mdyths d borHtgm: _mdem_orathy fmishers. I won't ta.lce the time F' t to tell Crisis. Dancing · Th' · · . · · recor e an s ape y & esao urmg e you why, JUst be1. mtdmght at the Jav1ts Center. · 1s ts not a trs , _your 1eve me. rth f 1 th fr t 10 · d h ld b b 8th century B.C., se a comp ex e pmne to e onto marathon! You may take as m~y breaks anthropomorphic cosmology in which num er. s ou the plenttful supply women figure prominently as disruptive your shirt or shorts. When you cross the as you wish and enjoy ~~verages: .. ~is year's forces, such as Pandora and Aphrodite, or finish ~ine, you will see dozens of ropes of free .food and feature a funky farr wtth games as asexual virgins, such as Athena and stretchmg across all the lanes ... and they event wtll massages, and more! Artemis. Renaissance thought portrayed move! Under no circumstance should you raffles, tattoo artists, n forms will be available on the women as dangerous and disorderly. The ever step over or duck under a rope. This is Registratio at Rutgers Church. You architects of Christian orthodoxy, most called shooting yourself in the foot. A~ a information table must pre-register and tum in a minimum of notably Saint Paul, mistrusted sexuality in courtesy to the thousands of runners behmd ns at the door. Come general, and women in particular. you, try to move as quickly as possible. $75.00 in contributio any better join the FRNY Dance team and party with Increasingly, Christianity stressed both · Remember: it really doesn't feel DJs, celebrity hosts and Eve's responsibility for the fall of the to stop! Listen to what the cre\V at the New York's hottest TV news crews were performers (including Rosie Perez and The human race from divine grace and Mary's fmish line say. The If you have any virginity. What makes me laugh is we all there for the winners. The volunteers at the Village People!). you, the ones racing for questions, see or call Ruth Gursky. know the mischief of the male species in fmish are there for our society today. Prime example is car three, four, five, or more hours. Once you ~------------------------COPY DUE insurance; much mor~ for a ~an than a have crossed .the finish line, do not pass NEWSL ETTER other runners m the chutes. If you can help woman. Most of the mformatton stressed holidays, the the menial tasks of women and our it, do not allow anyone to pass you , either. Due to the up-coming not negotiable! Copy emergence into the women we are today, If you want the correct time, you have to following dates are issue is due by the Hurray! When we entered "lesbians" the stay in the same order as when you crossed for the December November 18. It is response was "no lis~ings found". We the fmishline. Should someone pass you in Saturday run on in MS word, with a hard entered "lesbian" and got the defmition for the chutes, politely try to rectify the preferred on disc The finish line crew will copy. You may mail your copy to arrive by lesbianism: "Homosex uality in women." situation. Place 5-D, New The name refers to the island of Lesb?s, probably have caught it (it's their job), but that date to 40 Tiemann . If you wish to fax where the poet Sappho --whose l?ve Iynes if not, let them know. They will put things York, NY 10027-3348 it must be done by are often addressed to women-- hved most right. When you have fmally reached the or e-mail your copy, 16. (212) 868-5910 ofhe,r l.ife. I th~ the message here is that end of the chute, hand the bar code from Thursday, November Limit is 250 words, theres mformatton everyw~ere today,- you your bib number to a volunteer. You are or Donn42@aol.com. page, or one column. never kno~ where you ~tght find tt and now officially and completely scored! You about half a typed z,.,_ 'P~ what you mtght fmd; you JUSt have to look. may go home and wait for your post card. Recently, on a rainy Sunday night, much to my _surprise, my girlfriend showed an interest in my computer. We decided to explore the Internet, and ended up in Grolier's Encyclopedia. We decided to look up women. There were a few interesting bits of information like: "3~% of th~ world's wome~ areunpartnered: smgle, Widowed, or divorced, th~y sup~o~ themselves and often others. Doesn t It make you want to ask how many of those GAY CRUIS ING XANADU KEY WEST NYC to Bermuda July 14-21, 1996 $849 + $125 port taxes (per person, inside cabin) Avalon TraveVJane Steiner. (718) 833-5500 Lesbian and Gay Ski House Jamaica, Vermont near Mt. Snow & Stratton fireplace & outdoor hot tub David at (914) 375-0601 Chuck at (212) 581-6916 l bedroomll bath townhouse large-screen TV/stereo sun-deck & fenced-in yard. $500/week for 2 people $550/week for 4 Elaine at (516) 483.5856 �Page6 Front Runners _Q__ ..... -------~~~- {~ VICTORY 10K TWIN CITIES MARATHON Minneapolis, Minnesota September 4, 199S Sandra Levine ................................ 43:58 Minneapolis, Minnesota October 8, 199S Bob Nelson ................................ m3:50:0I Michael Nonnan ...................... 03:55:50 MARATHON DE MONTREAL Montreal, Quebec, Canada September 17, 199S Ric Muiloz................................... 3:I0:42 NYC MARATHON TUNE-UP 30K Central Park, New York October 8, 1995 Marty McElhiney ........................ 2:I0:27 Steve Van Dyk ........................... m2:27:I7 Laurie Shlafmitz .......................... 2:3I: I2 Sally Yanchus .............................. 2:3I :49 Adam Rolston .............................. 2:32:20 Bradley Gretter ............................ 2:40:38 Beth Collins ............... .................. 2:40:57 Gary Stefanick .... ......................... 2:43:10 Donna Arabia .............................. 2:53:35 Daniel Feinman ........................... 2:57:47 Jody Reiss ................. ~ .................. 3:32:32 ROCKLAND HALF MARATHON Rockland County, New York September 24, 199S Marnell McNamara ..................... I :50:57 TORONTO HALF MARATHON Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 24, 1995 Jerry Smith .................................. I:45:57 PORTLAND MARATHON Portland, Oregon October 1, 1995 Ric Muiloz................... ;............... 3:04:55 TUFTS 10K Boston, Massachusetts October 9, 1995 Ruth Gursky ......................... J:. 0 I :32:23 RACEFORTHECURE5K Princeton, New Jersey October 1, 1995 Diane Villari .................................. 23:23 I J:. WAR AT THE SHORE BIATHLON Sandy Hook, New Jersey 3.1-mile run, 17-mile bike, 2-mile run October 15, 1995 . Diane Villari... ............................. I :48:43 NORWAY RUN SK Central Park, New York October 14, 1995 Tor Hansen ..................................... 17:46 Bob Brins ...................................... m20:52 Melanie Sutherland ......................... 27:29 I.995 Marathon ~ever ~~ at ~~ peak. By ~e tune you read thts, our mtreptd rwmers wtll have successfully completed the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. and Grete's Great Gallop in our own Ce. tral n Park, Congratulations are due to Gigi Madore, Kim Roche and Ellen Brenner, who all placed in the top 100! Our New 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE ROOSEVELT ISLAND FALL 10K Roosevelt Island, New York October 15, 1995 Omar Diaz ...................................... 42:37 Daniel Feinman ......................... ~ .... 50:40 GREEN MT. HALF-MARATHON Grand Isle, Vermont October 14, 1995 Jerry Smith .................................. I :50:00 VIRGINIA HOTFOOT HALF- MARATHON Prince William Forest, Virginia October 7, 1995 Jerry Smith .................................. I:57:00 RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT . . GRETE'S GREAT GALLOP Central Park, New York October 14, 1995 13.1 miles Gigi Madore ................................ I :34:55 Kim Roche .................................. I :38:09 Ellen Brenner .............................. I:43 :27 Laurie Shlafmitz .......................... I :46: II Mary Unser ................................. 1 :5i :22 Tina Isselbacher .......................... I:53 : I3 Loraine Simunek ......................... 1:53:37 Laura Collins ............................... 1:57:43 Lauren Schiff .............................. 2:07:33 Jody Reiss ................................... 2:17:27 D.A.R.E TO RUN 10K Laconia, New Hampshire October 21, 1995 Gt!h& Rai... :iff............... m~52: S6 York City Marathon hopefuls still have a couple of weeks to go but, of course, they will all be tapering by now. Philadelphia is the following week, on November I9. Wear your club gear and you're likely to get some encouraging cheers, especially in NYC. Looking ahead, yes, there is life after a marathon. You shouldn't race for a good Jour to six weeks after a hard marathon effort. This ties in quite nicely with the December points races- the Hot Chocolate 10-miler on December 2 for women and the Holiday 25K run on December 17 for men. Now that the heat and humidity have passed, and everyone has returned fonn the Hamptons, there are no excuses for missing the next one! If should be cool, crisp and fast! The first few points races for I996 will be decided at the NYRRC Council meeting in December and we'll let you know so that you can plan your 1996 racing schedule. The weather doesn't show much sign of changing but remember to dress appropriately, and marathoners- remember the Vaseline! On that note we'll wish you every success in your marathon and Happy Thanksgiving. p..d, & 't)t4ce RACE WALKER u ~ PERSONAL RECORD ........... m MASTERS RUNNER �s w T M 7 :00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 81CPW 4 3 ·2 1 s F T I I I I I 6 •48 . .... Oooolll•t••cl ,,.llllllt ,,.,,.. IIMIIIBANK ST.\TB PAIIIt I Jl It IIMIIISIDII DIIM! 10•00A.M. CEN11lAI. PARK. RUN WJ:U'BIIIITATVS whEre IN tHE World??? IICAWROU lfllliT 7 9 8 1ll 7 •00 . .... CJI:BTRAL PAJUt RUB/CYCL& COMPUI'ER RUN 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RDST81PPW TAVEIUI 08 THS GR&&II 10•30A.II. TRACK. FI&LD 10•00 A.ll. 7 •30 . .... Oooolll•t •ltd ,,.llllllt ,,.,,.. BOAR.D/BUSIIIICJI:TIBGAT JI:RXIIAII'B SPIINCII satOOI. •• a MAIDIION 11 •30 A.ll. IIYC IIARATHOB • WORKOUT 6tla IITR&ST TRACK 14 PARK. RUN 7:30P.M. WELCOME PASTA PARTY STHFLOOR RUTGERS CHURCH GIFT SHOP OPJI:BB 12 CEN11lAI. 6 •48 . .... 17 16 15 WJ:IIIITJI:R IITATVS PANCAKE BREAKFAST 18 10•00A.M. NEW YORK CITY MARATilON 7 :00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST81PPW CEN11lAI. 6 •48 . .... 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 81CPW PARK. RUN Oooolll•t••cl WJ:U'BIIIITATVS ,,.1111119 ,,.,,.. 1lJilKBY CLASSIC RUTGI!IIS DftJilOI 7J It BROADWAY 90 • PAJUt JI:AIIT NIIWSlBn1IB. COPY DUB l1A PAX OR SMAll. Fllft WATER BTOP 14 • PAJUt II:AIIT ~RWBLETTD con DUB 120 19 10•00 A.ll. 21 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RDST81PPW CROSS COUNTRY OQMPIOHSHIP VAB CORTLAIIDT PAJUt THSBROBX 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 81CPW 24 23 , 22 I I 25 10•00 A.ll. CENI'RAI. PARK. RUN IISWBL&1TIUIIIAlUBG 9 •30A.M. 7.00 . .... I [27 26 10•30A.M. TRACK • rn:LD WORKOUT ll •OOA.II. ISKCROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC 28 29 AIDS PROSPIIICT PAIUt BROOKLYB 1 11IRKEY TROT DANCE·A-THON 30 I 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RDST81PPW 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYLCE 72 81CPW 6 •48 . .... O..olliltt ••«~ ,,.llllllt ,,.,,.. SPIINCII satOOI. 91 It MADISON FUN RUN FOOD & BAG-DROPS: 718.788.0567 PAUL BROCKMANN BROOKLYN TUESDAYS: WEDNESDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST 212.243.6204 JEFF ERKMAN EVENTS SCHEDULING: Front Runners New York A ru1Ulin1, walldn1 and cyclin1 sports club for lesbians, I•Y men and supportive DOD-IRY people or all athletic abilities. 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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/c8e09fdb6b1a633c85252518110ab497.pdf 09761c5f460dd43b0ebfbce0f7eb5c47 PDF Text Text September 1995 Summer Memories Earlier this year, we sent out a "Course Map" to help you plan for the events the club has scheduled. Here's just a few of the key items on tap from now until the e!!d 0fth~ year. September: v Philadelphia trip v Sponsorship & community support drive for our 15th annual L&G Pride Run 1996 Race v Outreach efforts: Community Center orientations and outreach to colleges in the tri-state area October: v Vote on a bylaws change - either change the month of the club's elections or have race directors appointed in the fall v Blue Line Run, tune-up for the NYC Marathon ' Race To Deliver, with a post-race fund-raising breakfast benefiting our Charitable Foundation November: v 2nd annual Scavenger Hunt (the year's major fund raising event for our Charitable Foundation) v Marathon pasta/welcome party v Club's annual Pancake Breakfast v NYC Marathon v FRNY's 24-mile water table for the NYC Marathon v Post-NYC Marathon family reunion "goody bag" greeting v Nominations & elections for 1996 officers. December: v Boston tripNuletide Stride. v Charitable Foundation of FRNY "Holiday Gift Basket Program". v Plans for the "96 Ski Trip. I just love Jones Beach! On July 30th, I joined over a dozen Front Runners for a day of R&R at developer Robert Moses' most impressive park project. We arrived by train, bus and car, staking out a nice patch of sandy turf, a few minutes east of . famous Parking Field Five. A group of ' Front Cyclists made it to Jones on their bikes. They declined, however, to chance locking them up at the gate, so the group never made it to the shoreline. President and head honcho, Mike McMahon, had seen to it that the weather was flawless. He arranged an end to the steam bath heat and While Autumn, humidity of the previous few weeks. He Nodding o'er the yellow plain, erased the clouds from the sky, and chilled Comes jovial on. down the water, so the jellyfish went back James Thomson to ... well... whereever jellyfish come from. ..___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____.Yes, the water was refreshing. So Year round (weekly or monthly): v Coffee/Bagels (every Saturday). v NY Road Runners races (volunteers). v Welcome new members & visitors. As you can see, our plate is quite full. If we are to succeed in having all of it happen. then here's WHAT'S NEEDED: v YOUR HELPING HANDS v SOME OF YOUR TIME & ENERGY v YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT v YOUR PARTICIPATION AT THE EVENTS WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT ALL ON TRACK FOR YOU. IF THAT IS WHAT YOU WANT IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US (NOT nJST A FEW PEOPLE) TO MAKE IT HAPPEN Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward! 1lli'e ?lte~ )_ NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing D p onn epp1 er George Schlein Lee Abbey refreshing that it took your breath away and slowed down your heartbeat. But it felt great and shocked you out of our sunblasted stupor! The main activity was rigorous reading, with ~ HQl ~ and th_e Gay _Sports Section ~f the New York Tunes, (1.e. A_rts and Le1sure) as the most popular ch01ces. Snooze drills were scheduled for those so inclined. Next on the agenda was power strolling. The beach was chockablock with scantily clad beauties of every age, sex and persuasion. One could walk for a good forty minutes before Jones' gay neighborhood petered out. And petered out is an apt phrase, since about a half hour into our walk, we reached the nude beach at the Nassau/Suffolk line. The destination of our power stroll was the blanket of a friend in the naked section. We visited for a spell and jogged back, Achilles tendon hyperextending all the way. (I regretted the barefoot run later.) It felt great to fmish the run with a plunge into the surf. If only they'd install a wave pool at 72nd and Central Park West... No one stayed very late. The sun was strong and our water bottles were small. All in all, it was a perfect day (Why do I feel as if I've just written my third grade "What I Did On My Summer Vacation 'essay?) ?)fU!.id .!.eua4 �Page 2 Front Runners Board Needs Members' Input: Amendment to the Bylaws (October 1995) Below, you will find the actual wording of the changes being proposed to our bylaws. Please Should We Change note the changes are in bold & Italics. These The Election Year Or changes will be effective January I, 1996 and Appointment of will first impact the board taking office on that LGPR Directors? date. A vote on this matter will be held next month and a ballot will be sent out with the At the August board meeting two different October mailing. ' proposed bylaw amendments, which would be b.iJ.J.dirJg Ql1. ·~ ~ were discussed: (a) to move our elections from December to August and have the newlyelected board take office on September 1st instead of January I st or (b) appoint LGPR race directors in the fall, rather than after the new b oard tak es o ffi 1ce in January. After discussion, it was determined that ~ themselves and/or, after securing permission to do so, any other Club member in good standing. E.Nominations may be given to the election officer, either orally or in writing, by the July general meeting, at which time the nominations will be closed. F.Ballots and voting procedures will be mailed to the membership with the August newsletter mailing. G.No nominations from the floor will be permitted at the armual August meeting. H. To vote in the election, a member must be in good standing as a dues-paying member for (30) days prior to the armual meeting in August, the date of the election. Article XIII __ Tenus of Officers Directors and Chairpersons A.. Terms of office for officers, directors and chairpersons shall be one year, beginning January 1st and ending December 31st each year. - - - - - - OR Qm:mt Article XY -- Elections Article XII Committees ------- - --- A. Elections for officers and directors shall be A.. Committees may be established by the Board held at ~he annual meeting in December of cac:-1 of Directors as necessary to carry out the additional membership input was needed year. purpose of FRNY. Committee chairpersons and on this important issue. This matter was B.During September, an election officer other race directors shall be appointed by the tabled until the September meeting. than director shall be appointed by the Board of President and shall serve at the direction of one Briefly, those in favor of (a) cite the Directors. This officer shall preside over the of the officers. Committee decisions are subject following benefits: it would allow future entire election process. to approval of that officer and the President. . . b oard s an d race d rrectors more tilDe to p Ian C. Nominations for officers and directors shall Committee chairpersons and race directors may, come from the floor at the general meeting in with prior approval of the officer to whom they and carry out the work necessary to put on October from members in good standing. are assigned, negotiate, but may not make the Pride Run and Community Challenge; D.Members may nominate for any office either commitments or enter into contracts; only the it would put the race directors in a better themselves and/or, after securing permission to Board of Directors may do so. position to solicit corporate sponsorships; do so, any other Club member in good standing. with additional time to plan the LGPR and E. Nominations may be given to the election Article XIII -- Terms of Officers Directors and Community Challenge, it will avoid officer, either orally or in writing, by the Chairpersons burning out our race directors and task November general meeting, at which time the A.. Terms of office for officers, directors and nominations will be closed. chairpersons shall be one year, beginning forces. F.Ballots and voting procedures will be mailed January 1st and ending December 31st each Those in favor of (b) believe that a to the membership with the December year. simpler solution to this problem may be newsletter mailing. found in the appointment of race directors G.No nominations from the floor will be Proposed ChanL!es option (b) in the fall, allowing nine months (instead of permitted at the annual December meeting. Artjc)e XII -- Committees four) to timely contact corporate sponsors H.To vote the election, a.member must be in A..Committees may be established by the Board and carry out the work needed to put on the good standmg as a dues-paymg member for (30) of Directors as necessary to carry out the LGPR d C 'ty Ch 11 days prior to the annual meeting in December, purpose of FRNY. Committee chairpersons . . an . ommum a enge. the date of the election. shall be appointed by the President and shall H1stoncally, this has been done only once se1ve at the dircctiori cf One cf the officers. before, when Marty King and Lenore Proposed ChanLles option <a) Race Directors shall be appointed by the Beaky were appointed by the 1993 board toA cu.rtu:ic~<~l~e~Xul:uiiL..:-::.-..JTI..l;e:uon~s..!.!o:~...fJ.O!J.ffiucldear.,.s..JD.!iil!!re~cd!to~~.~r~s__ganiWold previous year's President in September and serve as 1994 race directors. This Chairpersons shall serve at the direction of the Boards until alternative would result in future boards A.. Terms of office for officers, directors and September of the following year. Committee (starting in January) working on two races chairpersons shall be one year, beginning chairpersons and race directors may, with prior during their term, finishing one, then September 1st and ending August 31st each approval of the officer to whom they are stating work on another. year. assigned, negotiate, but may not make Article XV -- Elections commitments or enter into contracts; only the Recognizing that the fmal vote on these A. Elections for officers and directors shall be Board of Directors may do so. options will have major effects on how the held at the annual meeting in August of each club will conduct business in the future, the year. Article XIII -- Tenus of Officers Directors and board is now reaching out to you, our B.During May, an election officer other than Chairpersons membership, for your advice and opinions director shall be appointed by the Board of A..Terms of office for officers, directors and on this issue. Please send your written Directors. This officer shall preside over the chairpersons shall be one year, beginning January 1st and ending December 31st each comments to Mike McMahon before the entire election process. C.Nominations for officers and directors shall year. Race Directors will be appointed by the September 13th board meeting. come from the floor at the general meeting in President in September for the following year's race and they will serve under two boards until ieudt;~ June from members in good standing. D.Members may nominate for any office either the following September. !n �New York TREASURER'S REPORT For The Period Ending 30 June 1995 For the first two quarters of 1995, FRNY Inc. had revenues of $38,879, expenses of$29,201, resulting in a gain of$9,678. Gains from the Lesbian Gay Pride Run (LGPR) contributed · $8,903 to that amount, although not .all race expenses had been presented by 30 June. On 24 July, we received a bill from NYRRC for T-shirts, toilets and ice for $5,305. Other Race expenses not yet reimbursed should not exceed $1500. Thus, the race should contribute about $2,000 to the Club's operating expenses. Other significant expenses for the year included about $900 in miscellaneous bank service charges (listed under misc. office expense) associated with our now having a commercial account. Also in the "miscellaneous" category are expenses of about $300 related to clearing the Mini-Storage space and refurbishing the new office in Rutgers Church. "Expenses-Other" is primarily amounts due to the FRNY Charitable Foundation Inc. resulting from running class fees exceeding class expenses (all gains from class fees are contributed to the Foundation). Revenues are slightly ahead of the same period last year, while expenses are substantially greater, primarily due to new voice mail services, commercial banking charges and FRNY Inc.'s joining Road Runners Clubs of America (RRCA). RRCA provides additional benefits to the Club in the form of newsletters, running information, and liability insurance Page 3 REVENUES Class Fees .............................. 3,035.00 Dividend Income ...................... 294.80 Eventffrips ............................ 6,679.50 Gear Sales .............................. 1,875.50 Gift .............................................. 25.00 Interest Income ......................... 105.63 LGPR Fees ............................. 7,552.00 LGPR Fund-raiser ................. 4,106.00 LGPR Sponsor ....................... 5,710.00 Membership ........................... 6,090.00 Miscellaneous ........................... 203.16 Rutgers ................................... 3,112.07 Other ........................................... 90.55 Total Revenue .................... 38,879.21 EXPENSES Business Insurance ................... 737.85 Charity Contributions ......... ...... 400.00 Class Rent.. ............................ 1,275.00 Event/Trips ............................ 6,411.05 FRNY Ads ............................. 1,095.00 FRNY Phone ............................ 488.72 FRNY Postage ....................... 1,924.56 Inventory ............................. 1,080.60 LGPR Ads .. .............................. 790.50 LGPR Misc ............................... 686.51 LGPR Postage ...................... . 1,095.00 LGPR Printing ............ ........... 2,753.03 LGPR Supplies .... .................. 1,598.83 Mini Storage ............................. 118.00 Misc. Office ........................... 1,259.67 Printing .................................. 3,311.08 Rutgers Rent.. ........................ 2,665.70 Other ...................................... 1,509.63 Total Expenses ................... 29,200.73 NET INCOME .•••.•............•.. 9,678.48 ASSETS Cash, Chase Checking ......... 22,816.16 Chemical Checking ...................... 0.00 Money Market.. ................... 11,547.03 Petty Cash ................................... 75.00 Total Casb ......•..•...............• 34,438.19 LGPR Endowment.. ............ .. . 2,000.00 Running Gear ........................ 2,206.84 Total Other........................... 4,206.84 TOTAL ASSETS .....•.•.•..... 38,645.03 LIABILITIES & EQUITY TOTAL LIABILITIES .......... 1,236.00 EQUITY .. _. ........ .. ................ 37,409.03 TOTAL L&E ...................... 38,645.03 FRNY Charitable Foundation Special thanks to Sue Foster and Joe Piliero for their work on the new Charitable Foundation brochure. This document highlights the goals of the Foundation, how the fund is managed, and offers an opportunity for people to contribute. As highlighted in the brochure, the goals of the Foundation are to: 1 conduct the community holiday wish basket program 2 distribute emergency fmancial assistance 3 provide scholarships to athletes 4 support community based activities All of this is in keeping with the mission of the foundation to provide goods, services and fmancial assistance to people with AIDS, ARC, HIV infection, breast cancer and other life threatening illnesses. The immediate goals of the Foundation are to: 1 produce and distribute a brochure 2 conduct one club-sponsored fundraising event 3 establish a procedure for assessing requests for Foundation funds The Foundation has achieved its first objective and is actively working on the second objective. Under the leadership of Scot Titelbaum, the Where In the World Part II Scavenger Hunt is planned for November 4th and will be the first official Foundation-sponsored club event. You will be hearing more about this in the future. The third objective of the Foundation for 1995 is the establishment of procedures for processing requests . This will be addressed in the next few months. It will include the establishment of criteria and funding guidelines in the areas of emergency fmancial assistance, supporting those in need of financial assistance for participation in athletic events, the execution of the holiday gift baskets and in determining the level of support for other requests. The next official event for the Foundation will be the creation of holiday gift baskets, which will be distributed during the holiday season in December 1995. The number of gift baskets to be created and distributed will depend on the amount of funds received through the Where in the World Part lJ club event. In the very near future, requests for help in regards to this effort will be made. The need to continue to recruit and gain support for the Foundation and its efforts is ongoing. If any club member is interested in volunteering to help in the achievement of the Foundation's goals, please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 362-4184. ~ ~~ �Front Runners Page 4 Mountain exuded support for women's teams and gay teams, although he was surprised to learn that Front Runners included women as well as men. (My mom had the same reaction Twenty-two five- when I brought her to the Blue Line brunch Our ride schedule teams last October. This sort of misconception is person this month is a bit in within our power to correct!) There were gathered abbreviated, what Phoenicia, N.Y., in only three master's teams; some fast FRNY with tapering for the the heart of the masters could win the masters division next . AIDS Ride and recovering therefrom. a After fo~ the fou~ annual year without a lot of trouble. (Good luck and Godspeed, AIDS Riders!!) Cats~tlls Aug. 13 - fast folks had to wait till 8 ll Mount am Road staggered start Call the Front Runne r Hotlin e at runmng of the Catski did two legs of a ten-leg , lOOK (62 miles) relay a.m., ha hal -each runner (212) 724-9700, option three, for any Relay, here between 5 and 7 miles each. through some of the most remote , scenic - somew updates , or send e-mail to: hilly th_e mountain preserve. Thank you, Brian, for keeping the deb2@columbia.edu rjn2@columbia.edu. and hilly! - parts of mid-80s, ten segments short. I drew segments four (5.9 Temperatures were m the &4. ~ "t)dJu. 'edt 4144 , painful, psychotic uphill) n degrees cooler than the pavements of miles of intense Septem ber 10 New York City Biathlo and nine (5.0 miles, moderate, almost By the second or third leg, men Central P:uk, 2.5-mile run, 12-mile bike ble uphiil, with sightings of the Women'~ were running shirtless and women in enjoya 2.5-mile run . Formerly e water waterfalls, a bear. and Slide Mountain). set up portabl Biathlon; men and women now have ogbras . Each team us Most of_ on the Fast and Fabulo us team Paulette Meggoe; stations for their runners, toting water separate starts. Power Bars ran 7-mmute to 9-minute miles- hey, there ever-present (718) 652-1752. SOS/S urviva l of the bottles and those the were hills, OK? - but anchor runner Mike eight-legged monster (~m!) . Most everyone recognized that Shawa ngunks This rs and there ~as plenty Breau, president of Front Runne includes a bike leg, four run legs and three pomt was to have fu_n, 41 :44 and his and cheenn g on of Boston, ran his 7-mile leg in swim legs; no transition areas so swim with of team camara dene dubbed even when they were trailing 5.1-mile downhill leg in 31:48. We your sneakers on. Donna Checkan has other runners, " Yes, tips from Team names included him the "pocket rocket. done this and Bob Nelson has applications. one's own teammate. on on what to do Team Haas, Roadk ill, the Mount ain Swami Jeff Singlet (212) 567-7160 legs (of the relay) worked Four teams were between our Septem ber 15-17 Boston to New York Mar_nas and the Slugs. eat and drink, lie y: Front Runne rs Philad elphia A well. Jog a warmdown, AIDS Ride Riders, you know who you are, lesbiga gradually get out of powersave team in the open down, then presumably, though there may be identity <::~8.: II' 5th place around, stretching and division), D.C. Front Runne rs (7:37:25 , mode by walking questions after 260 miles. But do you have eventually doing silly walks. Most of us Fast and Fabulo us, a a ride to Boston and a tentmate for those 6th place open); the second leg to be easier than the Tentmatcher pickup team with runners from Boston, found lonely nights? Call Bob's (7:47:29, 8th first. Buffet dinner at the home of Jerry New York and Philadelphia Service, (212) 567-7160. l, the sometime-D.C., sometimeEnglan d 1995 pla~e op:n) and Front Runne rs Hadsel New Septem ber 16 New York Front Runne r with a house in Annual Martha's P~Jiadelphta B (9:12:55, 3rd place team, Triath lon Festiva l n. The winning time Rhinebeck, finished off the day. I once Vineyard event has been rescheduled to mixed gender divisio runners who do uphill . . 5:5~; that's running the course, not again salute any road Lake Sunapee, N.H., after the neighbors year: ~orne up races - praise to thee, Lenore Beaky! - and Jronpe rson- dnvmg It. No~e for next _ Attracts compla ined. Runners who more articulate ana amusmg team c:ncourage far~flu11g .Front wannabees; shorter tris as well. Lenore to be in the region in August to look that happen teams Several !_ Martin, (401) 295-4123. ombing takes a distant recogmz~d the~e were gay people present up this race. Beachc Octob er 1 Fall Reviva l Ride to Nyack my book. The race second in y to us. Mike Russ awakens from aestivation to were qUite frtendl organizer, Brian Cavanaugh, positively lead a moderately-paced 50-miler to Nyack Cycling Notes and back. 9:00 a.m., GWB bike ramp, (212) 249-2645. Oct. 14 Seagul l Centu ry If you've already registered for this obscenely flat Maryland hundred-miler, call Bob Nelson, (212) 567-7160, who will direct you to queer cyclists and carpools. Oct. 22 Bridges of Morris Count y Doug Howe takes us on a steamy escape through beautiful, well-paved, Republican Morris County, N.J. Car pool to Morristown and leave from there at 9 a.m. (201) 792-1828. Mania • Ph Iladelphia Trip ••Iii• Act before midnight tonight! See the flyer with this newsletter and send in your checks for . the bus to the Philad elphia Distance Run and Saturday night's dinner dance. It's our most popular trip of the year. DON'T MISS OUT! S~ ~ ~tJJ.. ~ Newsletter Copy Due Copy for the Octob er issue is due by the Saturday run on Septem ber 23rd. You may also mail your copy to 40 Tiemann Place, 5-D, NY, NY 10027-3348 or fax it with a cover sheet to (212) 868-5910. Copy is preferred on high density disc in MS Word. Include a hard copy. Article limit is 250 words, about half a typed page or one newsletter column . 'DtuUt- 'Pefll d« �New York Page 5 party 0 f Life v really impressed with the word 'moot' and the use of a semi-colon in a sentence. Ft. Lauderdale's response this month is this: "How interesting that you worship on your knees at a bird monument, a lip ointment The Keith Haring Foundation presents and at a car part shop." I'll stay out of the Party of Life V on October 5, 1995 at the dispute for fear of incurring anyone's Palladium, to celebrate Keith Haring, Larry wrath, but I promise to keep you posted. Levan and David Spada. These three were On more serious topics, several Boston the originators of the Party of Life, which First of all, this month, an important members took part in the San Francisco to began in 1984 at the legendary Paradise correction: Ric Mufloz reports from Los Los Angeles AIDS Ride - and wrote an Garage. Beneficiaries are two non-profit Angeles (in a lovely note responding to my hilarious "diary" about the experience, organizations; God's Love We Deliver, mentions last month) that the response to acting like it was supposed to be a run, but which provides meals for homebound his Nike ad has, in fact, been "mostly the weather was " too cloudy to run, people with AIDS; and the American Run positive and not negative." He says he'll decided to ride our bikes to Santa Cruz for the End of AIDS.(A.R.E.A .), which never know where the story of the ad's instead," and then wandered around produced AIDS awareness events that poor reception got started, but is glad that looking for - an9 never finding - "the focus on AIDS education and prevention. the July issue of RuDJler's Ylm:ld set the cocktail tent". Good luck to any and all TopNYCDJs Junior Vasquez and Frankie story straight. It still can't hurt to phone Front Runners from anywhere (especially Knuckles will share the spotlight with some Nike - it's so rare to have such a positive here) taking part in the Boston to New world-renowned performers A Sponsor ad, plus I just love watching it and wish York Ride! Back in the inter-club news, party, hosted by celebrities from music, they'd air it more! On to other business: If Chicago will be spending Memorial Day fashion, art, dance and theatre (Betty imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, weekend (not, I trust, in white) visiting Buckley, RuPaul, Nathan Lane, Paul Chicago has been sincerely flattered by Minneapolis/St. Paul for a meeting of Rudnick, Todd Oldham, Dan Butler, San Diego, whose July newsletter was midwestern Front Runner clubs. Omaha Jennifer Muller, Joe Mantello and Jon printed on lovely shades of the rainbow - mentions the Chicago Smelts triathlon Robin Baitz, Heather Watts, Charles Busch remember my mention of Chicago's weekend in Chicago, but not the and Dick and Trish Schapp) will feature beautiful letter last month? San Diego does Minneapolis weekend - which is a pity, vocal and dance performances and an All thank Chicago for the idea, and then because if they don't go they'll miss the Classics Disco night with DJs Nick Siano Chicago turns around and notes San "All-New Mary Tyler Moore Tour". and Danny Drivit. Artist Howie Keck and Diego's emulation, in their version of this Chicago, those busy little beavers, were fashion designer Cesar Galindo are column. Closer to the Atlantic, all is not also planning to participate in the first collaborating to create an environment quite so sweet and light. Apparently I've Lesbian and Gay Sports Day at Six Flags filled with wonder and delight which will been missing a serious dispute between Great America - an event like the Disney blend their own stunning visuals with those Fort Lauderdale and Boston. The crux of World day, but with the possibility of of Keith Haring and David Spada. This the matter is whether white is to be avoided official sanction (maybe even and all-queer extraordinary musical and artistic team will between Labor Day and Easter, or between day!) next year. Speaking of sports, just keep the spirit of Keith Haring and the Labor Day and Memorial Day. Boston about every club seems to have been doing Parties of Life alive by creating the ultimate .apparently . chided . Ft. Lauderdale for the outdoor thing: Orlando went canoeing, party atmosphere, one that truly celebrates thinking it was Easter, at which "Ft. Omaha went picnicking, and BayLands is life. Current sponsors include Tribal OutLauderdale got their feathers ·all ruffled and heading up to Lassen Volcano National Wear, HX Magazine, Islanders/Kennedy · wrote back ••so ... you wear black to Easter Park to hike, run, walk, climb, and so on. Travel, DEF MIX Productions, Rainbows Services?" Boston pointed out that up Enjoy what's left of summer and have a and Triangles, Cafe Q, Garage Records, north, "the question is moot; as with many great fall - whether hiking, running, biking Colonial House Inn, Stonewall Community weekends, most worshipping is taking or even wearing white Foundation, Partners Condoms and ID place at the Eagle, Chaps, or Ramrod." Ft. 'Pa.ed 11~ Personal Lubricant. General Admission Lauderdale: "Weeeell, Ft. Lauderdale is tickets are available in NYC at Rainbows --------------------------~~----land Triangles, the Loft and the Pop Shop :-~ ·~) for $25 through October 1st, and $35 at the .:: c- ~) door, if available. A limited number of ,....,..._ ··~ 1;1J!ilft;:,AJ~~ . -~~~ $1 00 Sponsor Party tickets, as well as You can hear the band Rann D. Poett this 0 :11u 7 ul!._...,-,. general admission tickets can also be month at the New Music Cafe on Thursday, purchased by mailing a check or money September 21st at 8:45p.m. Come out and order to AREA Inc. at 2350 Broadway, hear us and support the musical endeavors NY, NY 10024. For more information call of your fellow Front Runners. (212) 580-7688. Rann D. Poett 'Z)~ ~ail �Front Runners Page 6 rewarded with fabulous prizes, but all of the teams will be rewarded with a huge buffet at the end, thanks to restaurants like You guessed Cucina Della Fontana and Tanti Baci Cafe. It's that time of year again! in it! Where in The World? ?? Part II. It's This event is not to be missed! Where The World?? ? Part II is being sponsored, . .- - - • the Charitable Foundation's second annual city-wide in part, by the Polaroid Corpora tion and scavenger hunt, taking place Naya Water. Groups from all over New York City will be participating and the on November competition looks tough this year. Last 4th. For those year, groups from AT&T to The Ricki Lake of you who 0 Show participated and are coming back! . ._ _. . weren't there urce, I was reading a pamphlet from the Road They are threatening to beat MetroSo last year, you missed some Why (first place last year) and Front Runner Runners Club of America, entitled moments, such as classic place). Let's get Run? Number five on the list was Edna Benitez dragging the Ray Bari Pizza team, Sixth Sense (second and "running is an excellent component of any Man across the fmish line, while Sue Lund those Front Runner teams together that weight control program." I don't know was attempting to talk, beg, and bribe her show Suzanne 's Pleshetts (3rd place) you can do more than run a lOK! about you, but the main reason I run is so I way into a subway token booth. Well, Why not get a team together ·and can eat whatever I want. Of course, the who can blame them? Each task was compete for fabulous prizes Look information following #5 did not agree worth over 100 points. Last year's for registration forms in this with my philosophy. Anyway, if you like scavenger hunt was a blast and we mailing and next month's. If you to eat and socialize, you are invited to a pot guarantee, whether you win or lose, are interested, want more luck dinner to be held Saturday night, you'll have fun . Don't miss your September 23rd, at Diane Kuzminsecond chance to put together a team and be information, or want to Kuzmin 's Kathy's and Batchelor part of the craziness. Teams consisting of help out, give me a call at t. You will fmd them at 305 W 98 apartmen four to six people will race again the clock (212) 876-7916. If you St., #7-D South. All you need to bring is a and the think you can fmd a Bette to hunt for the bizarre, the rare, pot of food. (preferably homemade.) You unusual. Your team will be equipped with a Davis trading card, or the may be as creative as you like, or just stick list of clues, a camera, and lots of luck. sexiest bartender in town... to your favorite dish. If you are interested From a Carol Channing look-alike to a or if you just want to try to on please RSVP to Diane at (212) 663-6707 or us Hawaiian license plate ... fmd and complete get into that token booth, join Kim Roche (212) 586-6836. as you can, within the time November 4th! as many tasks "KUH. 1!~ Seot limit. Of course, the top scavengers will be s~A\Ient7Ee All W omen f FRNY 7ite/J.au.m Jeffrey As usual, we shall be hosting visiting Front Runners who will be coming here to take part in the New York City Maratho n. This year, it is the weekend of November 10th-12th. Do you have a spare bed, sofa, or mattress that you can offer to a visitor for the weekend? It can be great fun, and also it gives us an opportunity to repay other Front Runner groups for their hospitality to us. Please call or fax me, before October 27th, if possible, at (212) 265-6845. You may also drop me a note at 305 W 45 St., apt. 3-I, New York, NY I 0036. Many, many thanks. 'Pa.td~~ FRNY Open House On Wednesday, August 23rd, over 50 Mark your calendars, everyone! FRNY er Front Rum1ers and their friends e!'Joyed the will host an Opeik !loase on Septemb 30. We are inviting colleges from the film version of Paul Rudnick's deliciously our witty off-Broadway show Jeffrey. It stars metropolitan area to join us for Wings, and Saturday morning run. They will meet us Steven Weber, from TV's I 0:00 Patrick Stewart, from Star Trek: The Next at 9:45 a.m. at Rutgers Church, or at g out the cast were in Central Park, at Webster's Statue. Generation. Roundin will wonderful cameo appearances by Nathan Immediately following the run, there at the church. Lane, Olympia Dukakis; Kathy Najimy, be an "Open House" back Christine Barabski, Sigourney Weaver, Besides the usual bagels and coffee, areas Robert Klein and others. The Front speakers will talk about the various If you have not run with us in Runners Charita ble Foundat ion, the of our club. to join beneficiary of this movie theatre party, a while we would also love for you us. If you have any suggestions or netted close to $300.00 Thanks to all club (212) members who joined us and helped fund questions, please give me a call at gift-basket drive 586-6836. the Foundations holiday "KiM ;e~ and its other worthy endeavors. ~ .. J/ ~---~L. Outreach Committee 7~ "'"'*" �New York I Don't Do Speed Work! Page 7 Track The Race to Deliver And somebody tell Jeff and Donna to take It's that time again! A time when all a hike with their hype! Here are the myths Front Runners gather together and fight to we hear which are keeping people away make a difference. We can do so by from the Coaching and Training Program: . HOW-DY! From running or walking the second annual Race I'm not fast enough. It's for real runners, the illustrious world of Track and Field! To Deliver on Sunday October 22nd. The not recreational runners like me. I'm too Since we know how you've been pining event will benefit God's Love We Deliver, old to run fast anymore. 1 do my away for more information from us and an organization that provides meals to speedwork on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and wondering just what the heck we've been homebound people with AIDS. Members Saturdays. I'm not in shape to do up to, we thought we'd fill you in on what can also volunteer their time to support the .·speedwork. Maybe I'll come later. (I'm we've been doing and what our immediate race and/or join us for a delicious brunch secretly afraid to show up) I'll get hurt. plans are! Well, for starters, since the track following the race. The proceeds from our We'd like to debunk those dusty old myths, and field season does not begin until late brunch ~ill benefit our own C~ar!table 'f 1 A Foundataon. Club members w1shmg to 1 you p ease: ny runner can bene fiat from December• as a group • we are focusing on ti . . k' longer distances (horrors') such as the mile orm or be part o f a teams hou ld contact our speedwork -- bY Iearnmg pacmg, wor mg · race captains Diane or Jack. Those on form and breathing and becoming a (gasp!), road races and the cross-country . d. ' . to h p h • . . more efficient runner· Guidance if you races (mostly 5Ks!) So, bemg tl}e dtverse mtereste . m vo 1unteermg t e1 out at t e ( our 0 ct o b er vo 1un eer race f th . . • . race o e want it. More mature C?K, older) runners ~roup. that we are (~), while most of ~s are month) should contact volunteer absolutely should mtegrate weekly ~cusmg on the Dtscover Card Mile on coordinators Rob or Donn. This year's speedwork into their schedules. If you're Ftfth ~~enue (September 30) a few us us absolutely fabulous buffet brunch will be finding it harder to run and it's less fun, are trammg for the Harry Murphy Cross- held at Patzo's at 85th and Broadway. It you've probably acquired some bad habits, Country SK on September 17! As for will be immediately following the race, but we can teach you some new tricks. what we do for FUN (bah!), we usually approximately 12:30 p.m . The brunch Running fast with (or against) other people (unless Coach Manuel is out of the buffet will feature hot penne pasta with is different from speedwork. If you get a country!) meet at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays chicken primavera, cold pasta with buzz by beating club members around the (yes the morning after your hot and heavy vegetables, French toast, vegetable quiche, park on Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday Saturday night!) at the Sixth Street Track, scrambled eggs, salad bar, fresh breads and runs, that's fine, but you haven't done (on the FDR Drive at 6th Street in muffin~, coffee, tea, juice and soda. The anything specific to help your running. Manhattan) for timed interval workouts! If cost wall be $18.00 per person. Checks Running fast ultimately won't make you you have any questions, concerns, or shou~d be made pa~able to Front Runners &:aster If you' t ·n . Charitable ,, . re no 1 shape, you ,re outright FEARS ab out the workouts or th h · Foundation. Look for d bl ft s flyers on · · 1. probabl y not runnmg enough . c ommg to anything regarding track and field ' please e ospatahtty ta e a er our atur ay runs, speedwork will get you one more day of feel free to contact 1/tU«d fUltce4.«14 or call ~ut at (718) 8~5-1611. Please sen~ · b b 'lib ~- -·-1-. runnmg, ut even etter, 1t' e a day when (212)56840 S 8 or 4 - . - "'-HL - (212 ) orcallmyour reservatlons by0ctober7t h . ''""""" you're not responsible for your own 674-2400, ext. 286. See ya on the roads! 'ie~ tJ~ workout. We all worry about injuries. Speedwork, though, is done in a very Wednesday Evening Runs Race For The Cure controlled environment. The coaches will Those who regularly attend Wednesday Our September Volunteer · Race-of-theknow (because you'll teUthein, every week evening · runs have expressed some Month has traditionally been me Race For if necessary) your current condition. You'll dissatisfaction with the American the Cure. This year, however, it falls on get a workout that's for you, not for some Restaurant. As an alternative, Rutgers the same date as the Philadelphia Distance generic runner. If you give it a chance and Church has agreed to allow us use of their Run and the Boston to New York AIDS do it right, that weekly dose of speedwork downstairs gym on Wednesday evenings Ride. So, our plea goes out to all those will reduce your incidence of injuries. from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Runners can drop who are not running or cycling, but will be You'll be more fit, more flexible, have off their bags from 6:30 until 6:50 p.m and in town. Give Donn or Rob a call at (212) better form and be more confident about we will lock them in the Front Runners 864-3414 and volunteer for this race. your training -- all of which conspire to Office. The run will still start, as usual, at NYC Maratho n keep away injuries. Here's what we do: · 7:00 p.m., directly across from the Dakota, H th h fh . 1 Stretch; do one of the 2 or 3 workouts that at Central Park West and 72nd Street. We haveNyou Yeverk Co~g tMo ethpmg?to slco~e . · . t e ew or 1ty ara on . t 1s Donna and Jeff have lovmgly prepared; can then eat at any of the restaurants m the h. FRNY d' . 1 W · N h' I' d. s · hborhood. We WI.11 try 1t tior a mont h another . L tra ttion. e score t he . stretc h agam. ot mg comp 1cate fi . h I . . · · · so -- netg . ane. t as one t he app 1 tcat1on IS m th'1s news 1 etter. tart or so an d see how 1t works. The fi1rst mas ers m ane 3, t e west 1 . f h .. . coming on Thursday evenings! Wednesday will be September 20th. We 0 t e mhost ~xctctmlgl Dnon-runnRmgbrunnd mlgl · . . h A . nyspencepe @connectmc.com wa 11 contmue to meet at t e mencan unti.1 events t ere as. a onn or o an te them you'd like to be there. 27,00 runners for Z'~ ~ then. ~ "JJte?lt~ will thank you! jeff@kaz.com for Pe# Si~t9fttu 'P~ & Field 1---- ----- ----- -11-- ----- ----- --- ZJtuUt- �Page 8 Front Runners . · 1 in well as the last long training run for the transport bags etc. Please call Diane (212) Marine Corps Marathon, too. So if you 663-6707 or Jack (212) 262-0098 if you want company on a 20 mile run, then can help out. We need to know likely October I is the day. We always have a attendance figures by September 23, so good turnout, so you can be sure to fmd please RSVP as soon as possible (40 someone running at your pace. There will maximum). If you were unsuccessful in be water and Gatorade stops along the way, getting into the NYC' Marathon and you let know, there is a fair September 17 is our next big date, in and afterward, there's a scrumptious your Race Captains be accepted. We had Philadelphia for the "Distance Run" a half brunch at the home of Diane, Kathy and chance that you will of refusals known to us to marathon. It is our most popular weekend, Eric, 305 West 98th Street, Apt 7D~South. to submit the list of August. Please let us and we have some excellent teams (Sign up sheet for baby-sitting will be at the NYRRC by the end if you hear that you've gotten in. If assembled. Good Luck to all! This race entrance!) RSVP is required, as is a check know a fall marathon please also comes at a strategic point in the payable to FRNY for $15, to cover the you are training for choose your races wisely during the next training of our fall marathon hopefuls. catered breakfast at the end, water during usually encouraging Speaking of which, the Blue Line Run will the run and, of course, the all-important use few months. We're and everyone to race as much as possible, but at soon be upon us. This year it is on October of the facilities at the start. Supporters important to focus on 1. If you've never run our Blue Line Run, volunteers are very welcome. The run this time it is more arrive no later the big one. If in doubt, consult our let us explain what it's all about. We choose starts at 8.00 a.m. Please Jeff. The Points Race a date, not too close to the New York City than 7.30 a.m! We will leave promptly from coaches, Donna and s, 670 President Street for September is the RACE FOR THE Marathon, and run the last 20 miles of the Marla Korchmar' 17. Gentlemen course. We do this as part of our training, to #I A Brooklyn. There will be a bag check. CURE SK on September will be taken directly to the brunch. If please note this is a women-only race, but establish pace and to give runners Bags as many men out there unfamiliar with the course a taste of what is you are not attending the brunch, please it's great to see make other arrangements for your bag. cheering the FRNY women on. Men get a in store - where the up- and downhills are, The next points race etc. It's also a good chance to practice We'll try and accommodate. Volunteers are break in September. I in Van Cortland Park. taking water on the run and to test if you needed to set up brunch, work the water for men is October '[)14«,e 41«f, can stomach Gatorade! This year's run fits stops and three cars are required to RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT pa,ei f~f~f~f~ff~f~f~ John Doe (born 01-11-50) Distance 5K Age 22 26 33 Since I have so much free time, I'm starting 45 a new project-- compiling a database of the SM 38 45 Top I 0 Best Age Group Times at selected Those Were The Days distances for members of Front Runners New York. I don't want your PR only-- I need to know your fastest time as a 26year-old, a 27-year-old and so forth. Get it? Don't be shy about submitting all your times! If you're a woman, for example, and think that a 4: 15 marathon that you ran when you were 32 couldn't possibly make it very high on the list -- remember that there were I 0 years between Sue Foster's 12th and 13th marathons -- maybe you'll actually be at the top of the list! I'm just doing this for 1 Mile, 5K, 3.5 Mile, 4 Mile, 5 Mile, 1OK, 10 Mile, I /2 Marathon and Marathon (it's my project, so if you're a 15K or 20K specialist, my apologies. If you're Inger-Jo, more apologies for omitting your 7.126K and 3.7726K races).Here's an example of what I want from your archives: Date 01-12-72 01-13-76 09-02-83 08-18-95 02-26-88 06-22-95 Race Name SuperBowl 5K Brooklyn 5K Mardi Gras 5K DownhiiiSK Winter 5M LGPR5M Time 22:30 21:48 19:19 18:20 33:30 32:32 The plan is for me to compile this list over the next few months, publish what you've given me, and let everyone look it over with awe. Then, the shy ones among us will suddenly discover that a crummy race that they ran back in the '80's still would rank them in the Top Ten, and I'll update this database with those races. I know that we'll be missing noteworthy times from people who have moved, left FRNY, passed away or simply (and this is totally incomprehensible to me) don't keep detailed notes containing the times of any of their races, their splits, the weather, which shoes they were wearing, what the course was like, what they ate for breakfast, whether Gatorade or Exceed was served and the other really fascinating and important minutiae that make running ever so much fun. Please give me this precious data either neatly handwritten in Catholic School penpersonship or on 3.5" diskette (Mac, PC, UNIX) using something common, a format like Word, WordPerfect, Lotus, Excel or Flat ASCII. You may email it to me Geff@kaz.com) in Flat ASCII format (plain text), too. Pelf Si~t-9l.ettue �New York Page 9 CLUB TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Centra l Park, New York July 23, 1995 5 miles Shawn Pleasants ............................ 27:46 Tor Hansen .................................... 30:55 Aaron Ashby ..... ............................. 31: 13 Gary Apruzzese ............ ................ m32:21 Candido Barroso .......................... m32:28 Jeff Singleton ............................... m32:45 Manuel Chinchilla ....... ................... 33:22 Steve Nowlin g .......•...................... m34:29 Peter Johnston .... ............ ... ........... m34:53 Bob Brins ......................... . ,.... ...... 1035:37 Harold Bruelan d ................ ........... m37:08 John Watters ................................ m37:40 Dave Bell .... ...... .. .. ............ ............ . 39:00 Richard Buckhe it .................... ....... 39:01 Laurie Shlafmitz ........ ............ .. ...... 40:42 Ed Pyle ............ ............ ................. m41:27 Jim Gibb .................................... ... m42:56 Lenore Beaky .... ........................... m46:15 Nol!lle Couvreur ............................. 46:15 Tina lsselbacher .... .. ............ ~ .... ...... 46:15 Ann McHugh .... ............ ........ ......... 46:15 Donna Arabia ............ ..................... 46:15 CORPORATE CHALLENGE Morrist own, New Jersey July 27, 1995 3.5 miles Loraine Simune k ............................ 27:31 K-ROC K RESER VOIR RUN Centra l Park, New York July 29, 1995 5K Mike Mahon ................................. m22:53 Beth Hassrick ............................... m23:39 Tom Podas ...... ............ ............ .... ... 24:55 Tim Hunt.. ........ ............. ................. 25:52 VOYA GEUR TRAIL ULTRA Carlton -Duluth -Carlto n, Minnes ota July 29, 1995 50 miles Sandra Levine .... 2nd female .... 09:14:2 6 (13th over-all out of 100 finishers) 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTA NCE t.. MAC 3K SPEED RACE WALK Centra l Park, New York August 6, 1995 Jim Gaynor ........ 3rd 40-49 .... ~ 19:54 DANSK IN TRIAT HLON Y4 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 5K run August 7, 1995 Sue Steeneken ...... 8th 40-45 ...... m1 :24:41 MEDIA CHALL ENGE Centra l Park, New York A:1gust l C, 1995 3.5 miles Marty Perl ........................ ............... 22:36 Terry Lorden ............. ..................... 26:56 Les Goldstein ........................ ........ m27:26 GEORG E SHEEH AN CLASS IC lOK Red Bank, New Jersey August 12, 1995 Diane Villari ............................... 049:45 Loraine Simune k ............................ 51 :04 HISPA NIC HALF MARA THON Centra l Park, New York August 13, 1995 Shawn Pleasants .......................... 1: 16:50 Tor Hansen .................................. 1:24:47 Dave Bell .. ........................ ........... 1:27:06 Conrad Rippy ........ ............ .......... 1:33:58 Steve Nowlin g .... .. ........ ............ .ml :34:26 Manuel Gonzale z ....................... m1:36:21 Ricardo Aivarez .... :................ ...... 1:3 9:52 Harold Bruelan d ........................ m1 :41:38 Paul Racine ................................ ml :44:22 Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor ............. ] :46:33 Fred Cabral .................................. ! :49:29 Mike Mahon .............................. ml:49:54 Ann McHug h ............................... l:50:03 Laurie Shlafmi tz .......................... ! :52:03 Beth Hassrick ............ ................... 1:56:02 Marnell McNam ara ..................... !:56: 15 Mary Unser .................................. 1:58:05 Jerry Levine .......... ............ ......... m1 :58:16 Dot Fuscaldo ...... .... ................ .... ml :59:30 Beth Collins ............ ............. ........ 2:00:47 Christopher Fitchett ................... m2: 12:00 Lenore Beaky .. ........................ .. m2:13:39 RACE WALK ER CATSK ILL MOUN TAIN RELAY Phoeni cia to Olive, New York August 13, 1995 100 KRelay Fast and Fabulo us ..................... 7:47:29 Danny Smartt Michael Nonnim Louis Nepreis Bob Nelson Mike Breau MAINE STATE RACE WALK CHAM PIONS HIPS August 20, 1995 SK Jim Gaynor ...... 3rd 40-59 ...... ~ 35:08 400 Meters Jim Gaynor ...... 2nd 40-59 ...... .~ 2:04 800 Meters Jim Gaynor. ,.. .3rd 40-59 ........ .~ 4:42 AFTON TRAIL RUN Afton, Minnes ota 25K Salldra Levine ...... 2nd female ...... 2:14:23 HALF VOYA GEUR TRAIL MARA THON Duluth to Carlton , Minnes ota Sandra Levine ......4th female ...... 4:13:42 KOLAC KY BUN RUN Montgo mery, Minnes ota 4 miles Sandra Levine .... 2nd 35-44 ...... .... .. 27:27 KONG SVING ER MARA THON Norway Inger-Johanne Berger .................. 4:56:52 'f PERSONAL RECORD m MASTE RS RUNNE R �FRONT RUNNERS NEW YOR K TRIP TO THE 18T H AN NU AL PHILADELPHIA DISTANCE RUN Sep t. 15 -17 , 199 5 HALF MA RA TH ON DEADLINE SEPT 9th SCH EDU LE OF EVE NTS 7:30 PM - Depa rture from 73rd & Broadway, NYC Frida y 15th 9:00 PM - Arrival at recep tion in Philadelphia 10:00 AM - Fun run with siste r clubs starts at 6th & Satu rday 16th Mark et Sts. followed by brun ch oppo rtuni ty at Read ing Term inal Mark et and surprise events! 6:00 PM - Dinn er danc e at Dou bletr ee Hote l, Broa d & Locust Sts. 8:00 AM - be at start ing line at 17th & Mark et Sts. Sund ay 17th 12:00 Noo n- Post race brun ch at Woody's, 13th & Waln ut Sts. 1'~ DelaCIJ ac.:i tclu1ldowcrpottitJ11~Cev~ ~f"'lll''~WcsC''i2nift!t:, <rb( 1Vl'c 9 Trip organize rs: Steve Coy, (212) 769-1133 and Tom Johnson , (212) 927-124 NAME: ADDRESS: TEL: Day: _ _ _ _ __ TAKING THE FRON T RUNNER BUS? DO YOU NEED HOUSING? YES ATTENDING DINNER DANCE? Eve: - - - - - - YES _ (Attach check payable to FRNY for $35) NO NO MALE FEMALE YES _ (cost: $40) A TrEND ING POST RACE QRUN CH? NO _ Y E S _ (~mt: $5) NO (Attach check payab1c to Front Runners Philadelphia for total cost of dinner dance and/or brunch) �SE s M .T Yl 1 FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK 2 A running. walking and cycling sports club for lesbians. gay men :md supportive non-gay people of a// athletic abilities. 10:00 A.M . CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE Membership Info: 212.724.9700 Is I Is 14 11:30 A.M. CROSS COUNTRY CLASSIC VAN CORTLANDT PARK 10:30 A.M. TRACK • FIELD WORKOUT llh STREET TRACK 10 I~ 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW ,\ 11 12 6 8 7 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 & CPW 18 9 6:45P.M. 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE OOIOHiftG lftD TRIIftlftG PROGRI. SPENCE SCHOOL 81 & MADISON 14 15 V:30 A.M. STATEN ISLAHD HALf. MARATHON 7:00 P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW NEW YORK BIATHLON SOS TRIATHLON 10:30 A.M. TRACK & FIELD WORKOUT 17 1~ V:OO A.M RACE FOR THE CURE 11 :30 A.M. CROSS COUNTRY 5K 10:30 A.M. TRACK WORKOUT I 19 7:00 P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW PHilADElPHIA DISTANCE RUN BOSTON TO NY AIOS RIDE 24 10:30 A.M. TRACK • FIELD WORKOUT 6TH STREET TRACK 7:00P.M CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 & CPW BOARD/BUSINESS loiEETING AT KUZioiiN·BATCHELOR' S 20 8·:00 PM WALl STREET RUN 25 26 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW 27 DEPARTURE FOR OOIOHiftG lftD TRIIftlftG PICK.RI. PHILADElPHIA RUTGERS CHURCH 73 & Bfi.OAr:INAY BOSTON TONY AIDS RIDE 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUNIC~CLE &l PW WEEKEND IJROAI:NiAY & 73 22 6:45P.M. OOIOHiftG lftD TRIIftlftG PICK.U. RIVERBANK STATE PARK l:.ttl 6 t11VC.M_,iUi L.Wi1Vt:. 28 6:30P.M. RUTGERS BAG·DROP 72 7:30P.M. 6:45P.M. 21 6:30P.M. RUTGERS BAG-DROP 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 & CPW 16 ~ 6:45P.M. OOIOHIRG lftD TRIIftlftG PICK.RI. SPENCE SCHOOL 81 I. MADISON FUN RUN FOOD&. BA6 DROPS: FOR MORE INFO: 212.724.9700 TUESDAYS: BROOKLYN PAUL BROCKMANN 718.788.0567 WEDNESDAYS : AMERICAN RESTAURANT BROADWAY AT 75 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST EVENTS SCHEDULING: JEFF ERKMAN 212.243.6204 NEW ENGLAHD 11185 TRIATHLON FESTIVAL BOSTON TO NY AIOS RIDE I'I&UliUH.\- 28 W~m = 29 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE 10:00 A.M CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE 1:00 P.M. WOMEN'S POT LUCK N; W:)LE'i"'i"t h W?'r W E 80 10 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN I OPEN HOUSE 1:00 A.M. IETIIO 10 IIILEJIOK 11:00 A.M. FIFTH AVENUE MILE tiONTHL y t.fAIIJNG �To assist you in planning for the balance of your FRNY year, and to encourage you to be a part of the wonderful things we have lined up, you will find below our revised course map. So, get out those big red pens and mark these dates on your calendar. • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • <e •• fro)lt runners new york front runners new york front runners new york ) , I ' II I ' 13 15-17 17 23 30 Fall/Marathon Running Classes Board/Business Meeting Philadelphia Trip and Philadelphia Distance Run Race For The Cure (women's points race) Women's Pot Luck Open House to Tri-State Colleges ~ ) ) ) ) 1 1 11 14 14 22 I I' Fred Lebow Cross-Country SK (men and women's points race) Blue Line Run (20-mile Marathon tune-up) Board/Business Meeting Norwegian Festival Run SK(women's points race) Women's Half-Marath on (women's points race) The Race to Deliver ) ) ) ) ) I ' II I ' 4 8 10-12 10 11 12 16 26 Scavenger Hunt (major fund·raiser for Charitable Foundation) Board/Business Meeting NYC Marathon Weekend Out-of-Towners' reception and pasta party Annual Pancake Breakfast 26th NYC Marathon (men and women's points race) Fall Running Classes (12 weeks) Pete McArdle Cross-Country ISK (men's points race) ) ~ ) ) ) ) t . ' II I ' 1-3 2 13 17 TBA Boston Trip and Yuletide Stride Hot Chocolate 10-Miler (women's points race) Annual Year-End Meeting Holiday 25K Run (men's points race) Holiday Party ) ) ) ) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 9, September 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/72e4c74657d46e45836ad4d652c05d48.pdf c4f3aff34a81006ea12e48245c372f99 PDF Text Text 1002~ RTinn lin( \J · rrA \ J It-\1 \ their new year. I'd l~e to invite all ofyou to renew your enthusiasm and your sense of ~- - - v i s i o n for our club for 1996. Be active in Here we are, about to round the bend to- our election process. Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward! ward another pinnacle of our running ~rnf year, the NYC Marathon. By now you should know that we have some fabulous events lined up for everyone racing and helping to celebrate the event. We will kick it all off on Friday night, November lOth, with a big NYC weicoming pot luck pasta party. On Saturday morning, we invite all of our FR family and friends to join us for our annual Pancake Breakfast. On Sunday, many of us will be helping out at our traditional spot on the marathon route, the 24 mile water station. Others will be dispensing goody bags at the family reunion area. Please see the related articles in this newsletter for more details. This is also my last opportunity to wish all Front Runners who are planning to run in the marathon all our best and a terrific time in your run. This month also marks other important events. At last month's business meeting, the board discussed a third, new bylaws change which we think will make the task of obtaining corporate sponsorship for our pride race more efficient and effective. We are sending it along to you a;1d recOctober ommending your approval. also marks the opening of our election season. Last month Dave and I had the special pleasure of witnessing the cubnination of the election process for one of our young sister clubs, Front Runners Paris. The Paris club has experienced a growth-spurt this year, from 20 to SO members. On our last Saturday in Paris, after the run, well over half of their members crowded into a small cafe to hold their annual meeting. They reviewed their year and cast their votes for nominees. It was wonderful to share in the enthusiasm and excitement the Paris members held for what they achieved and what they hope to accomplish in OeToun 1996 Bagels October's arrival means that there are a mere 25-or-so volunteers needed to staff the bageVcoffee table for the remainder of 1995. So far this year,over 75 members have stepped forward to do their bit. 11Uh. ?lte~ Visiting Front Runners remark on the . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . FRNY phenomenon, which permits a social hour after our Saturday runs. It only happens with a :;teady flow of volunteers. Saturday runners who have yet to take their turn, or injured/recovering members who would like to be a part of Saturday sessions, should contact Terry Lorden at (212) 8662457. It is all easy to do. Anyone can follow the step.. by-step instruction sheet. With two or three on each week's team, it's a cinch! Vet~rans are always hanging around to take .questions and offer help. FRNY will not be responsible for guilt attacks striking members who have neglected to sign up for their bagel table duties in this soon-closing year. FEED ME! _Charles B. Griffith '----- ------ ------ -l Pancakes Water And Gatorade It's that time again. The NYC Marathon is almost here. We need as many volunteers as possible to help staff the FRNY water station at mile 24. If you are not running in this year's marathon, and want to be a part of the excitement on November 12th, plan on joining us at the water station. We need people for all shifts, especially the p.m. shift. For information and/or signing up to volunteer, contact Dan Armstrong at (718) 428-6784 Come visit my pancake collection. It is unique in the civilized world. All NY and visiting Front Runners are invited to our third pre Marathon pancake breakfast. it will be after our run on Saturday, November 11th, on the Sth floor at Rutgers. Goodie Bags Volunteers are als~ n~eded. Please call (212) 799-1215. Its time that I pour out Another FRNY tradition will be resumed the batter and bake up a few hundred more. after a few years hiatus. How (Howard L.) Kessler and his partner Andy, will again be e~ 1fluae1ale greeting FR fmishers with a goodie bag and hug (if needed) at the family reunion area, under the letter F. Cool down and meet and families there, at the NEWSL ETTER STAFF your friends If you are running the FRNY banner. Donn Peppler marathon, please call me so I will have Editor & Calendar ~ Proofreader Mailing George Schlein enough. (212) 873-0517 or Andyjuil@aol.com Lee Abbey �Front Runners Page 2 If You Don't Vote, Then You Shouldn'tCom plain That's right! Its soon to be election time once again. So start thinking about who you'd like to nominate, or if you 'd like to run for office. Nominations open at the October general meeting. Elections take place at the annual year-~nd meet~g in Dec~m~er. All nominations must be in by the close of the November busmess metmg. Nommat10ns are now open, so please contact Richard Tesler at (212) 362-2808 or Lewis Tanner at (212) 799-1215 Amendment to the Bylaws Bylaws Change It's Time to Vote. (October 1995) Below, you will fmd the actual wording of the changes being proposed to our bylaws. Please note the changes are in bold & These changes will be underlined. effective January 1, 1996 and will first impact the board taking office on that date. Immediately below the proposed changes, you will fmd your ballot to vote either for or against the proposed changes. Please check just one and return it in an envelope marked "Bylaws Ballot" and your name clearly printed on the front. Mail it to arrive at our P.O. Box by the October business meeting or bring it in person to the October 11th meeting. Proposed Changes: Article XII -- Committees A. Committees may be established by the Board of Directors as necessary to carry out the purpose of FRNY. Committee chairpersons shall be appointed by the President and shall serve at the direction of one of the officers. The Lesbian & Gay Pride Race Corporate S p on so r s h i p two span shall Committee administrations. The Lesbian & Gay Pride Race Corporate Sponsorship Director(s) shall be appointed by the President and shall start in September and shall serye at the direction of t h e Board and the Race Director(s) until August I st of the following year . Committee decisions are subject to approval of that officer and the President. Committee chairpersons and race directors may, with prior approval of the officer to whom they are assigned, negotiate, but may not make commitments or enter into contracts; only the Board of Directors may do so. Over the last couple of months, we have discussed how we can improve our Lesbian & Gay Pride .Race efforts. Over the course of these discussions, what has emerged is the essential core problem to be solved: Ho~ can we make the task of solici~ing maJor corporate sponsors more efficient and effective?. We use ~e tenn efficient to refer to helpmg to reheve some of the tremendous pressure on the Race Director(s) and their Race Task Force. The tenn effective refers to a better marketing strategy and timing for the club's approach to corporate sponsors. I must acknowledge Current: that a discussion with Lenore Beaky helped Article XII- Committees uncover yet a third and more workable A. Committees may be established by the option. This third option would call for the Board of Directors as necessary to carry out appointment of the Lesbian & Gay Pride the purpose of FRNY. Committee chairRace Corporate Sponsorship Director(s) to persons and race directors shall be start their work/solicitations in September. appointed by the President and shall serve The LG Pride Corporate Sponsorship at the direction of one of the officers. committee would still report to the Board Committee decisions are subject to Article XIII -- Terms of Officerst and the Race Director. The committee's approval of that officer and the President. Directors and Chairpersons tenn would span two administrations Committee chairpersons and race directors A. Tenns of office for officers, directors starting on September lst and ending may, with prior approval of the officer to and .chair_pcrsons sh&ll be cne year, August 1st. This move would still require whom they are assi~ned, negotiate, but ~ay beginning January 1st and ending an amendment to our bylaws, which not make commitments or enter mto December 31st each year. There shall be requires a two-thirds vote of approval by contracts; only the Board of Directors may one exception; The Lesbian & Gay the general membership. The board agreed do so. Pride Race Corporate Sponsorship on the positive merits the proposed change Article XIII - Terms of Officerst Directorls) will be appointed by the . would have on the club 's race efforts and it Directors and Chairpersons President to start in September for the for officers, drrectors following year's race and will sene voted at the last business meeting to A. Tenns of office support this option and recommend that the and chairpersons shall be one y~ar, under the Board until August lst of the membership approve the proposed change. beginning January 1st and endmg following year. Please see the enclosed sheet outlining the December 31st each year. exact wording of the bylaws changes and .-------------:B:-A~L~L::-O::=T:------------, Yes. I am in favor of the changes proposed above to the Club's bylaws. the ballot. Please vote today and return No. I am not in favor of the changes proposed above to the Club's bylaws your ballot as soon as possible before the October meeting. Thank you for your consideration and attention to this .Mail to: Front Runners New York, P.O. Box 87, Ansonia Station, New Y~rk, important matter. 10023 to arrive at our P.O. Box by the October llth business meeting or brmg It m person to the October meeting! .N: �Page 3 New York ( ~ Charitable Foundation Scavenger Hunt This has been a year of building for the This is your last chance to regist~r to Foundation. Quietly, yet steadily, over the participate in the Charitable Foundatton's course of this year, the work of our second annual city-wide scavenger hunt on Charitable Foundation has been moving November 4th. For those of you who forward. In last month's newsletter the weren't there last year, you missed teams Executive Director, Peter Hoontis, cited dragging the Ray Bari Pizza Man across the some of the things accomplished so far this finish line, or over-zealous teams year. He also told us of plans for the attempting to talk, beg and bribe their way balance of this year, such as the November into a subway token booth. Well, who can 4th Scavenger Hunt (coordinated by Scot blame them. Each task was worth over 100 Titelbaum and his committee) an~ the points. Last year's scavenger hunt was a 17th, Front holiday gift basket program. He re~tewed blast and we guarantee you'll have fun. on Saturday, . September your second chance to put Runner women ~oined 5,000 other women the ongoing mission .of the Fou~dat10n .. I Don't miss 600 breast cancer would like to take thts op~ortumty to ratse together a team of four to six people and be and men, including craziness. Teams will race survivors, at tqe Fifth Anniversary New the profile of the Foundation and t~ tak~ a part of the Cure. Although it moment to acknowledge the contnbuttO.n against the clock to hunt for the bizarre, York Race fo~ the race, the runners and several . of our me~bers have made thts rare and unusual, from a Carol Channing poured for the entire and committed to year. Frrst, I would.like to acknowledge !he look-alike to a Hawaiian license plate. Find walkers were spirited fight against breast w?rk and leadership Peter, ow: Executtve and complete as many tasks as you possibly demonstrate tijeir 1 for a cure. The New Drrector, has offered. would like to th: can within the time limit. Of course the top cancer and the need Cure was sponsored by the me~bers of the current board and fi e scavengers will be rewarded with fabulous York Race for tJte Breast Cancer Foundation treasurer? Peterl John~~~~ ~r prizes but all the teams will be rewarded the Susan G.: Komen 0 and! one ~eir ~uppo~. In p~t~u;r ~ou k eA with ~ huge buffet at the end. Where In Foundation citi~sisacrossof a series of races the country. The r. firsst the World??? Part II is being sponsored held in 56 hptghhghhdt ~ ed.wotrd. ~ h' uart'cluersouy th furth · d · 'd C a m tea e m IS I , eter e er orporatiOn an proceeds are used to . arOI bi task this year was to produce a viable in part by The Po1 all over dNew organization's t.ocal and nat10nal goals ·by · · · g th broc hure, an out ward f:ace • fior the Naya Water. . Groups from · .. b . e advancing rese11rch, education, screenmg Foundation . The piece is fmished and if York ~tty wtl 1 e partt~tpatmg an ~ancer. Over ten you have not had an opportunity to see it or competton looks tough thts year.. L~t year and treatment 0f breast and The Rtckt Lake thousand runners had registered for the race u would like to present it to an groups from AT&T 1 'f · · b k So and approxima~ly $200,000 was ratse d fior · · yo interested outside party, please contact Show parttct~ated. an d are c.ommg ~c · hovered together under Peter Hoontis for copies. The brochure is a fill out a registratiOn ~orm ·~you thmk you this cause. Women a Bette ~avis tradmg ~ard or .the umbrellas bef~re the race started, and I strong and attractive one. It is the result of can fmd about why they were the work of many dedicated people: Peter sexiest bartender m town ... or If you JUSt talked with th~m loved ones who Hoontis, Sue Foster, Joe Piliero, our want to try to get into that token booth. running. Many honored had died of b{east cancer by displaying consulting attorneys and fmancial experts, Plan on joining us on November 4th their names o~ the back of their running Sut 7itet4au~H Ruth Gursky, Tina . Isselbacher, Rich gear. The name on my back was Helen Tesler, JeffLymbumer, Peter Johnston, and Rogers, my stepmother, who died of breast Alan Dee. The Foundation was also the cancer in 1989] In discussions with racers beneficiary of a $3,000 donation from 1 found many 1women had mothers and Champs Sports Bar, due to the fund raising Name: older aunts who had died of breast cancer. efforts of a couple of hard-working Front However, m~y also had friends and Runners, George Mayer and Rich Tesler. Phone: younger relativbs who were surviving from As a side note for those of you who are breast cancer. iThis gave me hope that the regular readers of LGNY, I was quoted out Team: younger gene,...tion· is becoming aware and of context in their 10/95 . issue. As of is practicing prevention methods of early to: September I s.t. we ~ad recetv~d half of the mail with $15 entry fee payab~e detection (i.e., i conducting self-exams and Foundation of The Charitable $3,000 donatiOn. Smce that time, we have getting mamlttograms). The scene in Front Runners New York received the entire amount. The net results Central Park was an absolute testament to ?f ~~~ of the . work of these a?d other 's dedik:ation to find a cure for Where In The World??? Part II on a mdtvtduals wtll put the Foundation · 1 was proud that Front wb ometn Scot Titelbaum very solid fmancial footing. It will be well reas cancer. th fi · · 0f Runner women and our club support this 169 East 92nd Street, #E-4 posi~Joned or Its next stage.s . grow ffi · New York, New York, 10128 outstde of our FRNY orgamzat10n. On Important e ott. behalf of the membership of FRNY, let me ~~ call (212) 876-7916 for more information . say thank you one and all. tlt s(,(.44«, ?ltiU?Ite.~ �Front Runners Page4 October 8 Fall Condom Usage Ride Rescheduled! Mike Russ lectures the group on condom usage ("How to Keep Your While Clean Fingers Putting the Chain Back a leads and On") moderately-paced 50-miler to Nyack and back. 9 a.m., GWB bike ramp, (212) 249-2645. October 14 Seagull Century If you've already registered for this obscenely flat Maryland hundred-miter, call Bob Nelson, (212) 567-7160, who will direct you to queer cyclists and carpools. October 22 Bridges of Morris County Doug Howe takes us on a steamy escape through beautiful, well-paved, Republican Car pool to Morr~s County, N.J. Momstown and leave from there at 9 a.m. Cars are needed!! (201) 792-1828. MY AIDS RIDE DIARY We leave Friday morning the lSth about 7:30 a.m., some 3,500 of us riding' out of Boston's World Trade Center into the cool September light and the lens of the CBS This Morning program. I'm wearing yellow/white/purple cycling jersey and:~ pearls. I'm blowing kisses to the cameras. I'm also carrying photographs of four wonderful guys who died of AIDS: G Zelenak, Richard Steinberg, Jonathan Be:. and Steve Peduto. There's also a photo of me and my boyfriend, Michael Norman, since it's about celebrating the living, 1 decide, as well as honoring the dead. Bostonians, primed by several months of AIDS Ride banners along their boulevards are wearing sweatshirts and carrying coffe~ cups to see us pass. At the Common lots of banners and crowds. 1 give the~ my fun, silly wave or 1 blow kisses r 1 salaam. We're ~n our way. In Mllf~rd Mass., the entire high school has been le; out to watch us pass and they scream at us with a fervor 1 c~ imagine only for a sighting of John Lennon or maybe Elvis. 1 learn later that one witty rider has stopped to teach the young cheerleaders a simple slogan, which they scream with ebullience: "YOU GO, GIRL!" The AIDS Ride crew, mostly volunteers, is extraordinarily supportive at the pit stops, which happen every 15 miles. The pearls do bring some reaction. A woman rider comments: "This isn't a formal ride." My response: "These aren't formal pearls." Finally, we're in Connecticut. Up a short hill, I discover riders waiting and, uh-oh, an ambulance and two police cars. I see blood on the road and a rider strapped into a stretcher. I later learn that he's headed for surgery for a broken jaw. A ride representative assures me he'll be O.K. We encounter a really well-done Jackie 0. clone in the coral-suit phase. She wants the pearls, but I fend her off. We get to camp, near Storrs Ct, just after 3:00p.m., 100 miles in 7-l/2 hours, the 92nd rider in. I find our tent site, marked off by color (purple) and number Saturday morning, I arise at 5:30 (213). a.m. and fmd lines for the washstands and for breakfast, though thankfully not for the port-a-potties, which have little mirrors inside the doors, no doubt for those of us who apply a foundation every morning. I bring Gerry Valentine, my tentmate, a cup of coffee and report that half the camp is already up and about. Quoth he: "Haven't these people _heard of brunch?" We're not on the road ttll8: 10 a.m. One rider sings "~e Lady is a Tramp" with mangled Iynes: "Hate Storrs Connecticut, it's cold and it's damp/That's why the lady is a tramp!" In ~tratford, I hear that several t~en-agers wtll throw bottles and rocks at nders later that afternoon, calling out "~aggots, go h~me!" The AIDS Ride crew wtll ~t~p the nde at 5:30 p.m. and bus the re~ammg 1,000 ri~ers into camp in Bndgeport. There ,w•ll be ~appy rider~, b~cause many wont .m~e _It to camp until 8.30 p.m ..or later. I m m JUSt before 5:00 At 5:00 a.m., p.m. I'm m bed by 7. we're up. No lines for breakfast today! We'll ~eon ~e road by 7! There's thunder and l~ghtnmg, . and t?e rai~ becomes torrential. I reahze there s nothmg to do but take a perverse pleasure in the rain, so I do. It's not particularly cold or windy, and as long as I pedal I stay warm. We cross into New York City shortly after noon, and I announce this major event to the riders around me. We pass Orchard Beach, site of the Gay Games .biathlon, and my homi~g ma8?ets are pullmg me full speed ahead. 'I can JUSt taste that New York City grit!" I say exu~erantly to a somewhat mystified B_oston nder. On the Pelham Bay Parkway btke path, I p~s a cop, who tells me h~'s seen about 75 nders already, folks who I m sure are also headed for hotel rooms and My route home differs apartments. slightly from the AIDS Ride route, and 1 pay no attention now to the yellow arrows on the pavement that have marked our way for more than 250 miles. I'm going home! Down East Fordham Road, I hit the University Heights Bridge into Manhattan and there's a marching band (in my mind, of course) playing the Marseillaise. Minutes later, Michael is at the door, and I shower, take a nap. then in my arms. Michael and I ride the last ten miles down Riverside Drive and Eleventh A venue to the Village. There are some crowds, but not what I'd expected, especially in Chelsea. Riders are absolutely in outer space, however, and their mood carries the day. The sun has deigned to appear. 0 u r ride has raised money for AIDS programs at the Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center and the Community Health Project, both in New York, and the Fenway Com~unity Heaith Center in Boston. But the nde's connection to AIDS still isn't concrete for me until I'm waiting with Michael in the pre-staging area, three blocks of Gansevoort Street in the West Village. There, among the spectators, is Steven Yee,. an old friend from Team New York Aquatics who I haven't seen since he lost his partner in June. Jonathan Berg, wonderful, witty Jo~athan, gone. Steven and I hug for a long ttme. 1 fmd the photo of Jonathan and show it to Steven, who st~es wordlessly back at me. The loss is stt_ll too close, too personal. We part: Ten mmutes later, the tears come as 1 think of Jonathan, anti Michael holds me. Later, it comes to me that perhaps Jonathan's death, and the deaths of thousands of others, hasn't bee_n quite so senseless as I've belie~ed, if therr deaths have brought us together m this battle. Riders have told stories of how the AIDS Ride has changed them, and 1 have hope. Michael and I ride across the West Side Highway, near the end of the pack, into the. bright sunlight of the closing ceremomes. I see a couple of people I kn~w, t~e pictures, but we don't tarry. Were gomg home. Where, on the comer of Broadway and 207th Street, there's a yellow arrow on the pavement. Love to all, . 'BJ. 1/d4.u, ! • �New York Page 5 Remember that you can read it. It's really good! little column I Incidentally, Calgary knows why they ~ did about what changed the name. There was an Ge ~ the correct Alcoholics Anonymous group already ~ Front Runner using the Front Runner name, and they 'fll. ~ name is? Well, wanted to avoid confusion. Moving on to Lenore had more important issues, like runs, there were prepared me quite a few doosies (how do you spell that?) ~ frn\0.. (based on the this time around. Definitely winning the absolute dearth pack was the Camp Pendelton Mud Run College Sweethearts of response to her similar column several 1OK, reported under the heading, "Mud, Connie Cohrt and Amy Reichman years ago) for no response. Times have Marines & Masochism" in the San Diego celebrated 20 years together on September apparently changed out there in Front newsletter. (Before you buy your ticket, th. They met as sorority sisters at 11 Runner Land, and now we are all eagerly read on, so you'll know when the next run Colorado College, in Colorado Springs. reading every newsletter we get. The happens, please.) When they say mud run, After 18 years together, they had a lengthiest response came from San Diego, they really mean it. 50-foot long pits, 12 commitment ceremony in 1993. On that under the heading "Stop the Presses! inches deep in mud, with 60-foot wooden October nd anniversary, they are heading 2 Controversies Rage in Front Runners." A walls in the middle which must be climbed, back to Colorado Springs for their 20th co-founder of FRSD mentioned that the as well as mud pits criss-crossed with wires class reunion. one-word vs. two-word debate was quite so you have to slog through on your heated when the club was founded in 1981, stomach. It's impossible to emerge from it as was the "San Diego Front Runners" vs. less that fully covered with mud. That is, of Uptown Boys "Front Runners San Diego" debate. course, where the fun comes in. "Open Robert Galloway and Donn Peppler also Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale also showers to rinse off the mud- and the shirts celebrate an anniversary. Their official day mentioned my article, making due note of began to come off. Eye candy is October 7th, and 1995 marks their third the fact that they, along with San Diego, everywhere!" This run is in November and year together. The cat is still alive. were deemed, by yours truly, to be among there are two other mud runs at various the elect few correct users. Ft. Lauderdale military installations in southern California The Reviews Are Out provides background to the original query in September. (I'm not even gonna start Paul Harris' play, To Have And To Hold, from Orlando. Apparently an Orlando with why the military is so into this stuff.) has opened at the Bailiwick Theatre in member and a Ft. Lauderdale member Honorable mention in the strange runs Chicago. At 1229 West Belmont, it is the discu~sed the issue at the Seven-Mile category goes to Seattle for the Bare Buns same theatre that premiered fiun. The Bridge Run and thence came the question Run (yes) and to Tampa Bay for the Water play is described as a serious comedy about and the ensuing international firestorm. Gun Run. I also have more in the gone but two gay men in their 30s. One is a stand-up And it is international. Calgary not forgotten category. Former New comedian and the other a female Frontrunners plucked my heartstrings with Yorkers have turned up all over the place. impersonator. Both are HIV+ and a sad story by the president, involving a Gary Sambo ran a 5K in Ft. Lauderdale; struggling to have a relationship. The fme article lost on a disc or a computer Paul Beito has appeared in D.C. (I director is David Zak and stars Chicago outage of some sort, followed by atrip to wondered why I hadn't seen him in a comedian Steve Matuszak and David the post office for the mail which brought while!) San Francisco reports that Dave Krajecki. Any Front Runners visiting my article. "You go to the mailbox, and Latina was seen working the crowd at the Chicago can show their membership card you whole life comes apart. You realize Gay Pride Parade as was Kurt Engeleiter. for a $5.00 discount. The box office is you live in Alberta, off all places, and your Finally, two notes.to Omaha: Would you (312) 883-1090. club's name is not even correct." Now I send Ft. Lauderdale a newsletter already, want to set a few things gay. First, so the girl will stop complaining about The Band Plays On ... Frontrunners is a fme name. It's just not a hearing your news through Chicago? Front Runner Dave Hall's band, Rann D. direct quote from the book. Second, I have She's obviously hoping to see some fine complete confidence that Calgary is a pictures of Midwestern beauties. Also, I've Poett, which also features Front Runner wonderful city; in fact, I sincerely hope to always wondered why you list all names Ennis Smith, is performing of Saturday, ski there some day, and hope (dare I?) that with only the first two letters of the last October 7th, at 10:00 p.m. at the Nuyorican Seth and I might run with the club and meet name. Is the closet truly so predominant in Poet's Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street. Dave will some of its members ifwe go. So let's not the land of Willa Cather, or do you all like be doing a solo acoustic set on Tuesday, get carried away, and Craig, I hope the rest to imaging you're in some sort of semi- October 10, at 9:00 p.m. at the Ludlow Street Cafe, 165 Ludlow Street. Dave and of that day went better. To Ken, who anonymous sex club? the band are grateful for the support of follows other clubs in Calgary, I'd be FRNY and invite others to check them out. happy to send you my copy of the book so A~ f'II04'"~, 1:'-. z g �Front Runners Page 6 Race To Deliver Brunch Marathon Housing Benefiting the FRNY Charitable Foundation As usual, we shall be hosting visiting Front Runners, who will be coming here to take part in the New York City Marathon. This year, it's the weekend of November 10-12. Do you have a spare bed, sofa or mattress that you can offer to a visitor for the weekend? It can be great fun, and also gives us an opportunity to repay other Front Runner groups for their hospitality to us. Please call or fax me, before October 27th, when I shall be matching accommodation requests with offers. You may also use the handy form below. M~y. many thanks. When: Sunday, October 22,1995 Where: Patzo, Broadway at 85th Time: Post Race, :1::12:30 p.m. Cost: $18.00 per person Contact: Ruth Gursky (718) 875-1611 please reply by October 14th See the back of the newsletter for the menu and reservations. DONT FORGET to enter the ra.:e as a Front Runner! You Are What You Eat The Pyramid Challenge I'm so confused! There's so much blasted information about nutrition in the media -and it seems like you need a Ph.D. to figure what's what... Most of us try to make good food choices, but aren't sure if we're doing the right thing. Don't/ear! All you need is a simple tool to help you look critically at what you eat and when you eat it. A place to start is with the "Food Pyramid" from the USDA. But the food pyramid confuses me! (There. I said it.) Most of us "get it" but have a hard time applying it to choices made at each meal. It didn't make sense to me until I used it. How, Coach? Start simple. Pick up the "Food Pyramid Worksheet" available at Saturday runs or Thursday night workouts. Carry it with you. Whenever you eat, put a mark next to that group. These are daily guidelines, so you should eat your 2-4 fruit group foods at sometime during each day. It's helpful to look at your food as serving sizes ... which will be cake for the Tetris addicts among us ...But be careful! One serving of pasta is halfa cup, one H&H bagel or one banana is two or three servings ... we're used to gagunda servings ... That's it? Yep. For all you visual learners out there, it graphically shows you what you're eating and when you're eating it. (Cool!) Any questions? See Z'~ M leU- The Race To Deliver Volunteer Race-of-the-Month If you are not running the Race To Deliver, come on out and help us score the race! It is our volunteer race-of-themonth. We would like to see the entire membership either running or volunteering, so come on! Call volunteer coordinators Donn Peppler or Robert Galloway at (212) 864-3414. Calling All Graphic Artists If you have an idea for a T-shirt design which incorporates all of our club's sports endeavors (running, walking and cycling, that is!) we want to hear from you. We want your fun, clever and innovative 'Peud~~WrU designs. Please submit them to Ken, John, or any running gear committee member. 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t G e t out those crayons! The deadline is October 28th. Housing Host Form Yes! I would love to help house visiting Front Runners over the NYC Marathon Weekend. I can offer accommodations to one/a couple (please delete) of visiting Front Runners from Friday, November lOth to Sunday, November 12th. My name is: My Address is: My phone number at home is: My phone number at work is: $$$ It's On Sale! $$$ Urban Athletics, a new running store in the World Financial Center is offering a 20% discount on everything to FRNY members. The owners, Jerry McCarey and Tim O'Brien, are both accomplished area runners. What the heck, save a few bucks on your winter running needs! Gay Men's Chorus Benefit "That's What Friends Are For" is a cabaret to benefit the NYC Gay Men's Chorus. It will be on October 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Symphony Space. Guests include Kaye Ballard, Stockard Channing, Linda Lavin, Dorothy Louden, Liliane Montevecchi, Billy Stritch, Elaine Stritch, Elly Stone, Eddie Korbich, Rita Mdreno, KT Sullivan, the Imperial Court of New York, and, of course, the Chorus. Tickets range from $25 to $100. The $100 Gold Partner tickets include a pre-show cocktail party, preferred seating, and a post-show party with the cast. There will also be a silent auction at 6:30. For more information or group sales, call (212) 724-7770. Newsletter Copy Due mail or fax this form to: Paul Harris 305 West 45th Street, #3-1 New York, NY 10026 (212) 265-6845 many, many thanks Copy for the November issue is due by the Saturday run on October llst. You may also mail your copy to 40 Tiemann Place, 5-D, NY, NY 10027-3348 or fax it with a cover sheet to (212) 868-5910. Article limit is 250 words (Bob), about half a typed page or one newsletter column. �Page 7 New York Q ~41\ ~~- ~~.;· ~ ==~~~~~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~----------~•r--------FULTON STEAMBOAT 15K Fulton, New York August 26, 1995 Jerry Smith .................................. 1:49:19 HEART TO HEART 5K Manchester, New Hampshire September 16, 1995 Gena Ratcliff .................................. 25:08 NORGESJO GGER5K Lillestrom, Norway September 2, 1995 Inger-Johanne Berger ..................... 3I :32 SUPERIOR TRAIL SO-MILER Silver Bay to Tofte, Minnesota September 16, 1995 Sandra Levine ............................ I0:04:00 NORGES LOPET IOK Lillestrom, Norway September 2, 1995 Inger-Johanne Berger..................... 57:54 SUPERIOR TRAIL 100-MILER Silver Bay to Grandmarais , Minnesota September 16-17, 1995 Harold Brueland ........................ 33:26:00 ONONDAGA LAKE SUMMER SERIES LAKE PLACID HALF-MARATHON Liverpool, New York September 7, 1995 L~e Pla~d, ~;~: ork 9 .~~~~~ .. ~~ .....~ .......~ .. !:51 :39 PHILADELP HIA DISTANCE RUN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 17, 1995 13.1 miles Shawn Pleasants ...................... !'t:I4:35 Patrick Guilfoyle ......................... 1:20:45 Jeff Singleton .............................. I :28:48 Gigi Madore ............................ !'1 :30:09 Dave Lawrence ........................... 1:34:15 Mike Jahnke ........................ :....... I:34:20 Kim Roche ...................... ............ 1:35:08 Paul Racine ............................. !'1:35:15 Jose Escarilla ........................... !'1:39:43 Jay Hill .................................... !' I :40:25 Dot Fuscaldo ............................... I :40:50 and Jay Hill. Congratulations John Spooner ............................... I :40:52 Gonzalez guys, Gigi and to everyone else that ran or Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor ............ I :41 :35 OSLO MARATHON spectated. There were a few that woke, Ann McHugh .............................. 1:41:37 Oslo, Norway looked out of the window, rolled over and Beth Collins ................................. I:45:11 September 9, 1995 Tor Hansen .................................. 3:0I:l 8 went babck to slkneep. Whe shan't mention any Alex Matuszeski .......................... 1:45:15 names ut we ow w o you are! We also Loraine Simunek ......................... l:53:00 t J hn t 3 Peer 0 son ........................... m: 35 :00 hadagreattu moutthewee kbeforeforth e DianeVilari.. ............................ OI:53:16 · 1 Staten 1san d HaIf. Th'IS IS a decepf1ve1 Tom Johnson ............................... I :55:50 Inger-Johanne Berger .................. 4:50:55 y mile Donna Arabia .............................. I :58:36 STATEN ISLAND HALF MARATHON tricky course, especially the last are well Ed Pyle ........................................ 2:0I:50 uphill. So congratulations 1112·02· 48 September 10, 1995 B ak deserved. Looking ahead, ladies, on L · · Ricardo Alvarez .......................... I :32:09 October 14th is 'Grete's Great Gallop' e~ore e Y............................ the Women's HalfMarathon Keith Greer ............................... 02:10:04 Ken Majerus ................................ 1:34:22 which replaces BELMAR 5 MILER although it still is a 13 .I mile race for Brad Gretter ................................ I :4I :31 Belmar, New Jersey only. The only half marathon I Mike Mahon ............................. ml:41:47 women August 19th, 1995 when you get to run down Cat Hill Beth Hassrick .............................. 1:43:3 7 lr.now of twice. Wow, what an opportunity. The Diane Villari ............................... !'38:49 Laurie Shlitfinitz ......................... I :44:43 the FLOYD PATI'ERSON CHALLENGE SK Fred Cabral ................................. I :47:25 start is on East 69th St. I do believe Central Park, New York Grete Waitz herself will also be Jerry Levine ............................. ml :52:03 great September2 2, 1995 part in the race. It is also a Points taking DanFeinman ............................... I:55:31 2:00:30 Race and we are pushing for a tremendous Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor ............... 20:51 Mary-Ann Piamonde ................... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t u r n o u t of Front Runner Women. It is o n e - - - - - - - - - - - - points races of the year and what Love ... " our support and it would be "We were running in the rain, just running of our last in the rain. What a glorious feeling to run better d~y to tum out for yo~r club than on tremendous if we could have the biggest 13.1 miles in the rain". Yes, about 25 eager Norwegian Day. lnger-Jo Will be proud of team. Please let us know if you plan to run. runners completed the Philadelphia us!. (P.S: spectator wanted to take care of Finally, the late date for Marathon 4 Distance Run on Sunday September 17th. Enk dunng the run.) <?n October I the cancellations is October 4. It is still Very wet and squeaky may we add. men al~o hav7 a pomts race - The possible that you will hear soon after that 5 Actually it was very refreshing and Gigi Norwegian Festival ~· So come and fmd date that you have been accepted. really IS. On October 22 we However, a refusal received after that date Madore even managed aPR, not to mention out what a troll the Men's Masters A team that came in hop~ to field a ~uge team for the Rae~ to is fmal and we're sorry, but there's nothing fifth. The team consisted of Paul Racine, Dehver. Please Sign up as soon as possible else we can do. More Marathon news next th 11_ ~~ 4#L ~. Jeff Singleton Gary Apruzzese Manuel and make sure you mark FRNY on your Ul.ll.e Tapplication form. We promised "God's mon · ' ' 2 miles 1 'th Jerry Sml ..................................... 3 :57 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE t. Jerry Smith RACE WALKER 9 PERSONAL RECORD m MASTERS RUNNER �RAC£ TO D£l1 V£R BRVNCH BVFF £T The buffet will f~ brab Ntb mufll.u. jl4i~e. sob£\. ~offee aHb tea. SE£ VOV THER£f 1t£S£1tVATIONS 1~.- _ _ x$•• =--- 'NO. 1 CAttftM Attmb. bwt wisk to ttWce A ~OHtribwtiMt to fmN CkaritAbl~ foambAtiM t bt tM followiH$ Amowt1t: TOTAL £NCLOS£O: - - , - - - MAK£ CHECKS PAYA\ll£ TO fltNV CHA1UTADL£ fOVNDATION Attb ~to: fRONT ll\INN£RS 'NV. Atttt: lll\VNCH. P.O.llox "· AAsoHIA StAtbt. 'NaYYork . 'NV l""ll· ..f YOVR£ COMl'NG TO THE lllt\INCH. S£ND CHECK BY OCT. M-tkf �T 1:00 A.IMI:OO A.M. Metropolitan 50M/50K 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW 5TH & 110 11 :30 A.M. Fred Lebow SK Cross Country 6:30P.M. RUTGERS BAG·DROP 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUNICYCLf 72 lo CPW 6:45P.M. ,......,,,.,,.. Ooeolll•t••cf RUTGERS CHURCH 73 & BROADWAY 10:00 A.M . CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE VAN CORTLANDT PARK. BRONX ' 10 9 10:30 A.M. TRACK ol AELD WORKOUT 6111 STREET TRACK 8:00 A.M AT GWB FAll CONDOM USAGE RIDE 11 12 ft ~ , .,~ I I ' 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW PU RUTGERS BAG·DROP 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUNI'CYCLf BOARD/BUSINESS MEETING AT LYMBURNER'S 6:45P.M. Ooeolll119 OAcf T,.IAIAt ,,.,,.. RIVERBANK STATE PARK 138 & RIVERSIDE DRIVE BYLAWS BALLOT DEADUNE ' 15 !17 16 10:00 A.M ROOSEVELT ISLAND FALL 10K 11 :30 A.M. KURT STEINER 5K CROSS COUNTRY VAN CORTLANDT PARK 10:30 A.M. TRACK ol AELD WORKOUT liTH STREET TRACK 22 9:00A.M FOR VOLUNTEERS 10:00 A.M. RUNNERS RACE TO DEUVER 4-MILE FUN RUN BETHESDA FOUNTAIN 72ND ST TRANSVERSE 12: 30 • BRUNCH BIKE:MORRIS COUNTY 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW 2u 10:30 A.M. TRACK ol FIELD WORKOUT 6TH STREET TRACK 6:30P.M. RUTGERS BAG·DROP 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN/CYCLE 72 & CPW 24 wmT mlti'IIDS .ur: f()IJ BENEFIT FOR NEW YORK CITY GAY MEN'S CHORUS 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW GALLOP EAST PARK & 69 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN BIKE: SEAGULL CENTURY 21 19 6:45P.M. ••ct OoeoiiiAt T,.IAIAt ,,.,,.. SPENCE SCHOOL 81 & MADISON 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE NEWSLETTER COPY DUE 126 7:30P.M. rnu•s uo 29 16 ; ,Q: A.;.;. NORWAY RUN 5K WEST PARK & 69 8:05A.M. GRETE'S GREAT 6:30P.M. RUTGERS BAG·DROP 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUNICYCLf 72 & CPW 6:45P.M. ,......,,,.,,.. Ooeolllnt oAcf RUTGERS CHURCH 73 & BROADWAY u1 7:00P.M. BROOKLYN RUN/CYCLE 3RD ST & PPW 10:00 A.M CENTRAL PARK RUN WEBSTER STATUE NEWSLETTER MAIUNG T ·SHIRT DESIGN DEADUNE F~ONT ~UNNl:~S w1:vr VO~K FUN RUN FOOD & BAG-DROPS: FOR MORE INFO: 212.724.9700 718.788.0567 BROOKLYN PAUL BROCKMANN TUESDAYS: WEDNESDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 W 73 ST EVENTS SCHEDULING: JEFF ERKMAN 212.243.6204 ·--------- A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. 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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/df2d5c5f8f3c86588c497fbdaf6600d2.pdf 0b416cbb981b89950ba6a050031ed299 PDF Text Text Volume XIV Issue 8 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY I 0023 The Starti ng Line We'd Like To Hear From You. We are all taking it a bit slower, now that our '95 Pride Run has been successfully staged. We are kicking back just a bit and enjoying the rest of the summer. Since the month of August is traditionally a slower time of the year for FRNY, it seems like the perfect time to ask you to take a moment to reflect and comment upon the club. Your board would like to know what is on your mind. Is FRNY providing you the right amoun t or type of support you are seeking for your running, racing, race walking, cycling, and short distance (track) goals? The bottom line we are seeking to learn is: Is FRNY still relevant for you? Has the club kept pace with your needs in the areas of running and related sporting activities since the first time you came to run with us? Are we creating sporting and social activities which hold your interest and make you want to becom e more involved? If yes, what is working? If not, what is not and why? Are there any committees you would be interested in joining? We have reestablished an Outreach Committee. Can you assist us with our Charita ble Founda tion or the planning of our June 1996 race? To date, this year, we've heard from various quarters of the club - the track team, the race walkers, the cyclists, the race directors, the coache s and participants in their classes. We would still like to hear more from newer members, our younger (twent ysome thing) members, women members, and our long standing members who may have cut back their participation. Again, the board is here to work on your behalf to help organize the contents of your club. We'd also like to work with you to create its context and vision for the future. Please write, call or speak to us at one of the fun runs. Thank you. Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward! The board would like to stress to all committee chair persons: please seek approval by the · board, prior to committing the club into any contract, rental agreement, event or any use of the Front Runner New York nam.e. V Harold Brueland and Edna · Benitez will investigate alternate events for the Membership the Meet Fall Celebration. It was suggested that a cocktail party be held and FRNY members be invited, along with members of other sports clubs. V A motion was approved allocating up to $850 for the purchase of 50 longsleeve Cool Max racing tops. Mike McMahon is exploring rental of The summ er that I was tenspace at Rutgers for the purpose of bag Can it be there was only one drop/stretching space. It would be Summer that I was ten? May Swenson available to all running class participants and regularly scheduled Wednesday evening run participants. Shawn Pleasants presented several Summary of the General excellent ideas to attract and retain new Membership Meeting of FRNY members to FRNY. The Outreach July 12, 1995 Committee has been re-established and / Kim Roche will chair and implement Treasurer reported a total income of the suggestions. Would anyone like to expense for Ill /95 to 6/30/95 es assist Kim? $9,731.19. Some LGPR expens the have not been paid as yet, howev er a V A motion was presented to move l election from December to genera profit is anticipated from the race August. The board suggested the proceeds. motion be presented to the general Membership stands at 484 active membership and acted upon as soon as members. possible. V The board wishes to thank Jay Pack up and his hard workin g team for the v A motion was approved allocating expenses for a FRNY s to $600 in airfare outstanding success of this year' the attend to representative Lesbian and Gay Pride Run. Front Runner Convention up International A motion was approved allocating in San Francisco this fall. to $800 for the rental of a bus/van for to all committee A reminder the fall trip to Philadelphia. rsons: please notify Jeff chairpe Erkman prior to scheduling events, to prevent conflicts with other FRNY events. The next meeting is at Carl Johnson's, 210W 101,2- A, Augus t16, 7:30p. m Donn Pepple r & Calend ar Editor ..... .--- ---- ---- --:- :-:-- -, V Proofr eader Mailing George Schlein Lee Abbey Nl~ �Fron t Runners Page 2 A Ne w Start Date in our July meeting. The topic concerns our club's A very important topic came up for discussion or der moving our elections from December to June calendar year. It has been proposed that we consi mber 1st instead of January 1st. Such on Septe August and have the newly elected board take office t to our bylaws, which requires be entered into lightly. They require an amendmen changes should not of ership. However, this matter merits a great deal a two-thirds vote of approval by the general memb how the club will conduct business. consideration because it will have major effects on d vote for these changes. is in favor of such a move and why the club shoul the change? I would like to articulate why the board Why There are four solid benefits from these changes: sary to put on our Pride ors more time to plan and carry out the work neces The chanees will allow future boards and race direct ~ two events in one- our s have been growing and evolving. We now have Run and Community Cha!lenee Our June event porated and promoted a unity Challenge Run/Walk. This year we incor traditional five mile race and the two mile Comm continue to do so in the future. charitable aspect to our event . It is likely we will orships and participation be in a better position to solicit corporate spons Future boards race directors and task forces will ~ tageous for us to seek more evolved in such a way that it has become advan Circumstances in the general marketplace have many of these marketers for tream corporations/marketers. In approaching sponsorship/partnership opportunities with mains marketers do most of their or four months. In fact, a vast majority of these support, it requires a longer lead time than three board would put them and of each year. A September 1st start date for a new budgeting and promotional planning .in early fall ding approaching most marketers. future race directors in alignment, timewise, regar communications with keY er span of down time in tenus of relationships and The chanees will create ereater continuity (a small ~ and active core members, , requires so much effort from both the leadership corporate and community sponsors Since our event the year. This is not a bad \ from the end of each year's race until the end of we have traditionally allowed ourselves a long break for the club to better utilize event has grown over the years, it would be wiser thing per se. However, again recognizing that our ing basis and avoid the unity and corporate relationships on a more on-go some of that down time to maintain all its key comm need to "reinvent the wheel" each year. axine and "humin~ out" our rs listed above our club will hOpefully ayojd overt With the additional time to handle the three matte ~ ers for a while, and who have forces. Those of you who have been memb future race directors and the members of their task year's board to secure a race that it traditionally takes a bit of time for each been active in the management of the club know have been able to assemble their some time in February when past race directors director(s) and task force. At best, it is not until unity Challenge. The bottom ng and begin organizing our Pride Run and Comm support team, gather all the members for a meeti most important yearly event just five short months to put on our club's line is, the race directors and their teams have had s which would go into effect the membership will vote for the change in our bylaw The board is in favor of the changes, and we hope the necessary breathing room and bel ieve that this move would serve to give our club January I, 1996 and impact the next board . We and Gay Pride Runs. the opportunity to put on the best possible Lesbian { , WHA T'S IT ALL ABOUT? .J;:f.J;:f.J;:f.J;:f.J;:f.J;:f.J;:f.J;:f.J;.J;:f.J;:f.J; Yes, the Lesbian and Gay Pride Run is an "\ GMl ,;.::.7:~":b~7;,:::~.a~nn~~~~~~~~~e;~. N D U c~ LC ~~~. ~ J:.:fJ:.:fJ:.:fJ:.:fJ:.:fJ:.:fJ:.:fJ:.:fJ:.J:.:f );_:( J:. ts also a chance to show our pnde m bemg lesbian or gay.... to come together as a community of friends, lovers and family. Yes, it's a chance to pick up some goodies in the raffle. But the run, and particularly the awards ceremony, are also an important opportunity to remember where we'v e been, who' s been there with us, and, as Ruth Messenger said, to "run for justice." The run and the awards ceremony should honor not only the runners who are there physically, but those who are there in our memories and our hearts. It honors those whose memories we keep alive for our own sake, because we need those memories to understand who we are. .t~t'u4 t'~ 1tl~tHe E4ltk �Page 3 New York elevator. Quoth Gerry Valentine: "I wouldn't jump from anything that has aircraft warning lights on it!" We also saw CYCLIN up-and-coming hotdoggers doing their stuff NOTES on nylon slopes into a pool. Every weekend has a running joke, and this one's was: TECHNOGEEK S How many uses for a Power Bar? Edible earplugs! Hold your helmet on! Remove UNITE! Anyone who would like to be part of body hair! Edible sutures, after that road Punch holes in it to make a FRNYnet, a Front Runner e-mail network pizza! in formation, please message Bob Nelson at harmonica! Put it in a LGPR goody bag! You must be a UNCOMFORT ABLE AUGUST -- You rjn2@columbia.edu. member in good standing of any Front need to be doing our rides if you'.re Runner club in the United States or planning to finish the three-day, 260-mtle overseas. We talk upcoming races, race Boston to New York AIDS Ride (thanks results, coaching, cycling, all thar good ever so, donors!) on Sept. 15-17!!! Here partiCipatory jock stuff. We generally we go: don't exchange rumors on which track or AUGUST 5 -- Princeton Bike Rally, tennis star might be gay. (We already Ryder College, Lawrenceville, N.J. Big rally with choice of routes from 16.to 100 know.) The Fast and miles. $15 registration fee . Debbte Bell, MESSAGE THAT! Fabulous Cycling Team, the two-wheeled (914) 353-6925. division of Front Runners New York, is on AUGUST 6 -- Danskili Women's the FRNY hotline at 724-9700. Select Triathlon. A must for first-timers! Ruth option three for updates on rides and Gursky, (718) 261-2668. Bronx Museum Biathlon. Paulette Meggoe, (718) 652Harold Levine's chatty prose. · TUPPERWARE -- Thunderstorms and 1752. high winds knocked out power to the AUGUST 13 -- Harriman Bi and Tri, central Adirondacks two hours before the take two. Dena Lenard, (212) 727-7346. Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon was due AUGUST 20 -- New Ho~e In A ~ay. to start at 8 a.m . on July 15. By I 0 a.m., Double metric century A nde, 125 mtles, wayward race buoys had been retrieved for meet at 5:30a.m. on the PATH platform in the swim, and two registration tents that the World Trade Center, or 6:30 a.m. at Be had been blown down were propped back Pennsylvania Station in Newark. Temperatures dipped to the mid- prepared for the distance; there is no sag up. 70s, while Manhattan sweltered at I 02 support on this ride. Mark DeRose, (212) degrees, but there were whitecaps on 242-6849. Central Park Triathlon, a Racquette Pond and another storm blew up boon for beginners. Big Apple Triathlon during the bike leg. Nevertheless, two Club,(212)289-4 113. Front Runners and two Front Runner teams AUGUST 27 --North Shore Animal Ride. completed the race, with one team -- Beastie Boys Pete Williams and Walter Lesbian Avengers-- taking third place in Lyons lead an 80-miler on Long lsl~nd's Both teams got fast, flat North Shore. A or B nders the team division. substantial boosts from their runners, with welcome. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Plaza Hotel Patrick Guilfoyle posting a 1:20 and Jay fountain in Manhattan. (718) 625-6~13. Hill a 1:50 half-marathon. Certain parties West Point Triathlon. Cadets. offictate. of the group informed the wait staff at both Need we say more~ Barbara Levttan, (914) dinner that night and brunch the next day 72~-4071. Mrs. T 5 queber that Bob Nelson was celebrating his Tna_thlon, y entnes hosted Its k , . . S wh1ch 1 wasn t, than you very Ch. btrthday, 1 Tme much and I was regaled with free cake, S .cago earn. w1m ' Levine H ld balloons and choruses of you-know-what. ' · hi h'k d aro Some who didn't do the full tnat on ' e (212 ) 688-6671 or kayaked; we all went to the top of the Lake Placid Olympic Center's freestyle ski jump, about 30 stories up a chairlift and G ,., / _ ~ __ .! _ A I~ .;;>~ 5 ~ R.ANN D POETT JUST KEEPS GOtNG Rann D Poett, the band Jed by Front Runner Dave Hall (who Roy Sander of Backstage calls " .. .interesting, even exciting ... ") and featuring Front Runner Ennis Smith (who, according to Cabaret has " ... a voice like a dream ...") haS a number of performances in town this month. On August 3rd, at 10:00 p.m. we will be at CB's 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery, near Bleecker. On August 17th you can find us at 8:00p.m. at The Sidewalk Cafe, 4 Avenue A, at 6th Street. Also look for 9 us on August 26th at 10:00 p.m. at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street, between Avenues Band C. Ifyou haven't heard Rann D Poett, check us out! Not only will you be supporting gay and lesbian artists, you'll be having a great time! The members ofRann 0 Poen thank those Front Runners who have become groupies (Rann D-ho/ics, to use the phrase coined by club member Bob Yarnall) and invite others to come on board this particular band's wagon. MOVIES UNDER THE STARS HBO is sponsoring the Bryant Park Film Festival. Front Runners will be there for the screenings. Bryant Park is behind the library, at 42 Street and 6 Avenue. Bring a blanket and some pop corn. We will be by the pink or lavender balloons. See the back of the calendar for film titles, dates and other details. BEACH PARTY 2 We had so much fun the first time, that we are off to Jones Beach again! This time we will be joined by the Gotham Volleyball Team, as well as the New York Gay Aquatic Team. The date is August 20. See the back of the calendar for further details. �Front Runners Page 4 TO GRAMDJ 4A•t summer. We're working on strength and . . .. pacing, focusing on the Philadelphi~' Distance Run, and, of course, Fall · Marathons. On June 17th, 13 intrepid Front . Runners traveled out to Duluth, Mmnesota, anticipating favorable weather, a flat ~ourse and PR's galore. "92o in Minneapohs, 95o in International Falls" said the weatherman. Somehow at race time in Duluth it was only 50°, so go figure. Grandma's Marathon, inspired by the real Grandma's "athletical~y ten~on A~hilles' Mile 7: Pete~'s problems magically disappear (learm~g that telling Coach Jeff your problems will make them disappear). Mile 8: Gigi, Peter and Jeff discover a totally Nike-clad Ric, who is a. few feet o.f f the course, apparently deeply mterested m the quality of a very fine telephone pole. Mile 9: Rebecca no longer can feel ~er feet, but spectators reassure her that her size . ll's are still attached. Mile 13.1 Rod checks his watch and discovers that he is as young as he used to . be. inclined" sister, is a favorite for Olympic trials qualifiers, Boston Marathon aspirants and people who just want a fast race. It didn't disappoint in any regard - the lOth place man ran 2: 19 and the 1Oth place woman ran 2:41. About 22 men and 25 women bettered the 2:22 and 2:50 Mile 15: Tim is joined by his pacer, Ken, who loves all those comments about how . fresh and perky he looks. . Mile 16: Noi!lle, with the endearmg .sp~nk of a 26-year-old, calculates her fimshmg time, and is annoyed that she'll only have a 26 minute PR. We meet at 6:45 on Thursdays. To get to Riverbank, take the e or 0 train to I 37th Street, and walk one block west into the Park. We meet on the bleachers. Rutgers Presbyterian Church is on the south-west corner of73rd and Broadway. qualifying standards for the Olympic trials. More exciting, eight FRNY's met Bos~on qualifying standards, with one near miss. Except for a severely dehydrated Mary Spano (who collapsed at 25.:S miles: then disobeyed the medic's recommendat1~n to quit), everyone either had aPR or quah~ed for Boston. We congregated at the startmg line, most of us no more than 10 rows fr?m the front (Coach Jeff likes to see this), yapping and making informal plans to run together. If you've ever run a marathon, you know that feeling just before the horn blows-- What's gonna happen this time? Is my Grandma right about how this has gotta be bad for me? Did I run enough? Eat enough? Drink enough? Are my shoes on the right feet? Then horn blows, and for several miles, you still have no clue. Here's Jeffs chronology of the race: Mile 19: For some reaso~, Gigi feels inspired to lie down on the side of the road and demonstrate the Road Kill, a new dance step out of Seattle from the grunge rock scene. The crowd loves it. Mile 20: Debby discovers tha~ marathons are a lot harder than RAMRODs (o~, ~o~e on -- that's Rae~ Around Mount Raimer m . One Day-- a bike race) . Mile 21: John calmly clicks another split into his watch. Mile 25.5:Mary inspec.ts the pavem~nt from a 1" proximity, notmg the fine quality of the asphalt. Mile 26: Tor learns that each mile was marked by enormous bright red and blue . . weather balloons. Mile 26.2: Sandra discovers that th1s race IS only 26.2 miles long and chides herself for · not sprinting. Jeffs goal is for Front Remember: Runners to be the largest club represented at the IOOth Boston Marathon in April, 6. With Bob, Rebecca, Tor, Rod, Gigi, 199 Jeff Peter, Ric and Sandra already quaiifying, we're well on the way. Do yon_ want to know if you can do it? Look up your age and sex on the handy-~andy c~art below. If you can run a !OK m the time listed, you can also meet your qualifying standard (BQT). Let Donna and Jeff help you get there. Show up on Thursdays! Mile 0: Everyone (except Debb.y, wh~se scissors did the deed. lodging tmy hairs deep into the Best Western's shag carpet) discovers a new poofy-haired Coach Jeff. Dinner at Grandma's Restaurant crowned a perfect day. As usual, it t~ok longer to ta~k about the marathon than 1t took to run It . The onion rings were fabulous , and we proceeded to eat what we shouldn't, but HOUlE WE WENT Call the Front Runners Information Line, (212) 724-9700, and check Box . 2 for weekly workout locations, but tentatively: 8/3 Riverbank State Park Track 8/10 Rutgers 8117 Riverbank State Park Track Rutgers 8124 8/31 Riverbank State Park Track AGE 10-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70+ WOMEN BQT 10K 3:40 47:00 3:45 48:00 3:50 49:00 3:55 50:00 4:00 51:00 4:05 52:00 4:10 53:00 4:15 54:00 4:20 55:00 MEN BQT tOK 3:10 40:00 3:15 41:00 3:20 42:00 3:25 43:00 3:30 44:00 3:35 45:00 3:40 46:00 3:45 47:00 3:50 48:00 Tor discovers his watch isn't fortunately were way too tired to do what Mark your calendars: July 31st is 12 weeks from the Marine Corps Marathon we shouldn't. working. and weeks from the Philadelphia Distance that the miles Mile 5: Tor complains 8 Run. August 21st is 12 weeks from th.e _u aren't very clearly marked. New York City Marathon. All you need •:, ~ ...,.. Mile 6: Peter (one of 92 John.ston~, good weeks of running and you'll be 31st, here's the work~ut Johnsons, Johnsens and Johansson's m this Until August 12 race) tells Jeff to tell Tor that he may drop schedule for the Front Runners Coachmg ready! Sit~f}letu and Training Plan. For $20, you can come out with Achilles' tendon problems. as often as you like until the end of the Mile 2: IU -"£11 IPJJD 94/ �Page 5 New York %e !R.gce to 'Defive DIRECTORY UPDATE NEVER VOLUN TEER FOR ANYTHING! That's one thing my father learned in the military. If you don't liste~ to your parents either, here are a couple thmgs you. may be interested in volunteering for: Ftrst, our race of the month is the Hispanic HalfMarathon . We meet at 7:30 a.m. at the new finish line at lOlst Street. Please come join us. We'd hate to see you waste another summer Sunday morning sleeping! Second, if you would like to be at the finish line of the New York City Marathon, without having to run 26.2 miles to get there, please speak to Donn or Rob at a run, or call. you can be part of the finish line crew. Just so there is no misunderstanding, we are talking about scoring the race at the finish line, not ten feet behind it, not handing out space blankets or medals and not working in Family Reunion. When we say Finish Line, we mean Finish Li~e! Lane# 3 is ours! However, it does requtre some experience. NYRRC knows we have people in training, so they defer to us at our race of each month in terms of volunteer assignments. If you want to pre-curse, record selects, or learn the ropes (literally!) just give us a call. If you are experienced, and want to work in the Front Runner lane t~'~ tr \A tr t, (#3 is the west lane, all you finishers, keep V Vt, VV t, IJt, VV You might also be interested in an eye out for us!) let us know that too. See volunteering for God's Love We Deliver. you in 26.2! Though it is not FRNY related, they need people at all times of the day to work in the kitchens or on deliveries. The pastry chefs ~-=:" ••••••••• ••••••••• ••••••••• •• • start at around 3:00 a.m., and the last meal • AUGUST Volunteer is stacked for delivery about 9:00 each Race of the Month night. Volunteers who choose to prepare 111E IDSPANIC. meals may find themselves doing HAI.F-MARA1li.ON everything from chopping onions to You making 50 gallons of chicken soup. Sunday, August 13, 1995 will work with a fantastic group of men and Place: East Park Drive at women, who find their time in the kitchens 101st Street (the finish line) has become something they look forward to Check-in Time: 7:30 a.m. each week. You only need show up for a few hours each time, so come on down and Yes, I would like to slice zucchini, peel garlic, and learn that are volunteer! fabulous recipe for couscous. If you interested, call (212) 865-6500 Name:____ ____ POSITION AVAILAB LE- SEPT. 1ST Furnished East 52nd Street townhouse Phone:. _______ _________ Basement studio apartment for rent. Call Donn or Rob at (212) 864-3414 $450 per month, utilities included. for more info or send this form to Minor chores. Need responsible person. 40 T~emann Place 50 New York, NY 2-year commitment. No pets. 10027.3348 Call owner: John Riordan (414) 285-3441 :'-II club members are in~ited to participate m The Ra~e To Dehver on _su~day, October 22 m Central Par~! Thts IS the run/walk five-mtle second annual sponsored by the New York Road Runners Club and Men's Health magazine. The race will benefit God's a non-profit Love We Deliver, organization that provides meals to Club homebound people with AIDS. members wishing to form or be part of a team should contact our race captains, Diane or Jack. This race will also be our October Volunteer Race of the Month. If you are not competing in this event, please consider helping us out. Contact volunteer coordinators Rob or Donn. A.ll m~m~ers and their friends are most cord tally mvtted to attend an absolutely f~bulous brunc? to benefit the FRNY Charttable Foundation, immediately followi?g the awar~s Look m next · month s ceremony. for further details. newsletter ;t:!ud, ~~ r.I'D'S nrtlvr . .................. ' .......... . We will be publishing a directory update at the end of August. Please take a moment to check your listing. If there are any errors please notify us in writing as soon as possible. If you have moved and not given us a new address and/or phone number, lease send the correct information to the p .4.u 1'1~ club box. BATTER UPI• No, it's not time for the pancake breakfas~. are up forts That's in November. ~at a bit of softball. We wtll be m Central Park on Sunday, August 13. The.field is ours from I :00 - 5:00 p.m. If you have equipment, please bring it along. Also, pack yourself a picnic lunch (something simple, brie with almonds, a split of your For more favorite champagne ... ) information contact Greg Valerie at (212) 873-9184 v:e FBNT/TDF TBB4!BB P!ITIES We have seen to date: Love, Valour, Compassion! Out of this World Sunset Boulevard Call Me Madam The Heiress Arcadia © If you'd like to attend our next low, low price theatre event, call Jeff at (212) 243-6204 NEWSLE TIER COPY DUE Copy for the September newsletter is due by the Saturday run on August 19. Copy is preferred on disc in MS Word. Please include a hard copy. You may also mail or fax your copy, call Donn at his work number. Copy is limited to 250 words, about half a typed page. Escape to Key West Vacation Home For Rent 2 bedroom/2 bath townhouse full kitchen, dining room large-screen TV/stereo sun-deck & fenced-in yard. $500/week for 2 people/$550/week for 4 call Elaine at (516) 483-5856 ;;·-'~--------------' �Front Runners Page 6 JC THE WOMlCNI§ COLUMN At a recent board meeting, it was suggested that a Women's Column in our newsletter would promote, strengthen, and encourage women runners to join our ranks. So, as your female V.P., it is my honor and responsibility to inaugurate and initiate this column. (Now let's see if they ever ask me to do anything again!) In preparation and anticipation of this task, for the past several nights, I've gone to sleep asking myself, "What's different, unique, and special about women who run?" I guess I hoped that the running goddess would swoop down with some much-needed inspiration but alas, all I came up with was sports bras. So let's talk about those nasty contraptions. They were probably invented by the last known heterosexual clothing designer, who was obviously the victim of serious physical and emotional abuse as a child, and is now a lonely hen-pecked het, stuck in a world of homo-fabulous designer divas. The good part about sports bras is that they come in a veritable rainbow of colors, stripes, checks and designs to meet any woman's fashion needs - and they permit prim and proper women to wear low-cut tank tops, or no tops at all, without fear or embarrassment. I don't know if all women will agree with me on this part or not, but I have difficulty putting it on and an even worse problem taking it off. Let me explain. To don this accessory, it is necessary to contort one's upper body in order to lower this form-fitting cast through one's arms and into (or is it "onto"?~ its proper place. Then, after running, when the lycra-spandex is fully saturated with hardearned perspiration (remember, women do not sweat...) imagine the joys of reversing the process to remove this elastic armorwear... why, it's enough to dislocate at least one shoulder and require an emergency chiropractic adjustment! In conclusion, I believe there's got to be a more comfortable alternative to protect our precious and beloved "jewels". Thank you for letting me share! I welcome any suggestions, be they inspirational, educational or funny, for the next Women's Column, 'cuz, obviously, I don't have a clue ... ! Long Island Women's 5K standing: Nancy Bernardin, Edna Benitez, Lenore Beaky, Kathy Kuzmin, Donna Arabia, Dot Fuscaldo bottom row: Debbie Bell, Susan Ziering, Marnell McNamara, Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor (with Eric) and Beth Collins. GMHC AIDS WALK standing: Mike Jahnke, Ken Shereda, John Flanagan, Donn Peppler, David Caraway, Terry Lorden, Connie Cohrt, Joe Piliero, Mike McMahon, Harold Brueland. kneeling: Robert Galloway, Howard Kessler, David Logan and Steve Coy. DEADLINE FOR RACE RESULTS Your race captains are Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor and Jack Watters. If you register for a NYRRC race as a Front Runner, your fmishing time will automatically be forwarded to them. For non-NYRRC events that you wish to have listed in the September newsletter, please notify the race captains by August 15th. Results submitted after that date will not appear until the October issue. Tell them the name of the race, its date, location, distance(s) and your finish time. For any race, Jet them know if your performance is a personal record, your first time at that distance, or your first time competing in that event (i.e. first triathlon) �Page 7 New York This summer finds Front Runners around the world in the news and, of course, very active. Dallas' newsletter included a copy of an article from a local (unidentified) newspaper in the "Lifestyle" section. (Don't you hate that word?) The excellent article mentions that Dallas is "one of 50 FrontRunner [sic] clubs in cities around the world." A piece in the newsletter says they hope the newspaper article will attract more women to the virtually all-male club. Across the world, Sydney enclosed an article from the St Geor~:e & Sutherland Shire Leader titled "Police 'gay squad' entered in triathlon." The article is about officers from Sydney's new gay and lesbian liaison program participating in the Front Runner-sponsored triathlon Sydney's fabulous Mardi Gras Festival. Ever the hive of activity, Sydney also included information and a newsletter from Team Sydney, which will be hosting the 8th Australian Gaymes during next year's at RACE CAPTAINS ' REPORT The Philadelphia Distance .Run (half marathon) is drawing close (Sept. 17th). Even closer, though, is the deadline for race applications if you want to be included on a team. It is around the second week in August so act fast. Please fill out your individual applications as normal with a check made payable to Front Runners New York and either hand it to Diane or Jack at a Saturday run or mail it to the Front Runner PO Box. It is important that we mail all the applications together. If you mail the application directly to Philly you will not be included on the team. Their Mardi Gras Festival. For advance planners, that'd probably be a great time to go on vacation to Australia. Elsewhere, Front Runners are pursuing our usual stunning array of summer activities. Honolulu celebrated the end of their third year at an annual picnic at Queen's Surf Beach in Kapi'olani Park. They're also, as always, planning events like sailing trips and volcano hikes and other wonderfulsounding things that make me wonder why 1 can't live there. Seattle celebrated their Run With Pride with a barbecue potluck and pool party at a member's house. We also have a few picnickers: Two Rivers (Albany) held a picnic at Saratoga, and San Diego held a bonfire picnic beach party at Ocean Beach. Naturally, clubs were also running and planning to run. Chicago, whose June newsletter was printed on red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple pages (it's really beautiful, but can you image the collating??), is looking ahead to the Chicago Marathon in October. For those unaware, do not be fooled by another marathon in Chicago, started by a disgruntled ex-C.M. employee: there is only one true Chicago Marathon, and our friends will be hosting a spirited water station again this year. (They tied for the team spirit award for last year's station.) Philadelphia is pulling together teams for the Catskill Mountain Relays on August 12 rules, not ours. It should be a fun weekend for socializing, running and of course shopping! So, even if you are not training for a marathon and aren't partial to running 13.1 miles on this beautiful flat scenic course, come along and just join in the fun and help cheer on your fellow Front Runners. This race will enable fall marathoners to start planning strategies and at least know what half the distance will feel like racing. It will help prepare for the upcoming Blue Line Run, which as most Front Runners know, covers the last 20 miles of the marathon course. The Blue Line run will be held sometime in October, the exact date will be in next month's newsletter. The first wave of NYC Marathon acceptances has been sent out and hopefully, you were among them. If you're in, please let us know. If not, don't despair just yet. The lottery takes & 13 -they sound like a lot of fun and it's always possible they'll still have team openings and/or last-minute dropouts, so call Chris Stevens if you'd like to head to Phoenicia for two lOK legs of the relay. Also, San Diego reports that one of its members was the first San Diego area woman to finish the Boston Marathon, as Union-Tribune. the in reported Congratulations! St. Louis returned to my mailbag with news that they're visiting the Kansas City club for a regional Front Runner gathering. St. Louis also mentions a runner of whom we're all quite proud, Ric Muftoz. They point out that response to the Nike ad featuring him has run overwhelmingly negative and suggest phoning Nike at I (800) 344-6453 to voice support for the ad. Ric got a full column (on the yellow page) in the Chicago newsletter: "Muftoz Highlighted Guest Speaker" at an evening titled "HIV+ Fitness at Spectrum," the Midwest's "first completely integrated care center for persons with HIV/AIDS." It's great to see that other Front Runner clubs are taking pride in Ric's many accomplishments. Here's hoping we aJI take pride in our many accomplishments and launch ourselves into a fall season of achieving whatever we set our minds to do! place in August, when you have a second chance of success. Only then does NYRRC send out definite refusals. As soon as you hear that you have NOT been accepted, let us know and we'H do our best to get you in. We can give no guarantees, but you can be assured that we'll do our best. We all know how hot and humid it has been out there lately and that is even more reason to stay hydrated. Try and stop at almost every water fountain or carry a bottle with you. I know that is cumbersome, but far better than spending a half day on a drip in the local hospital. Just as important is loading up with H20 the day or so leading up to a long run. And remember ID and enough cash for a cab home if you have to abandon your run at the other end of the park! Stay Cool! �Page 8 Front Runners Q___ ~,.. . VERMONT CITY MARATHON Burlington, Vermont May 28,1995 Paul Racine ............................ Om3 :41 :58 YELLOW BRICK ROAD 8K Chittenango, New York · June 3, 1995 Jerry Smith ................................... m45:47 FATHER'S DAY 5 MILER Point Pleasant, New Jersey June 18, 1995 Jerry Smith ................................... m39:39 BRVEGGAR'S RUN FOR THE BAGELS 10K Minneapolis, Minnesota June 3, 1995 Seth Slade ............ .3rd 30-34 .......... 31 :25 4th OF JULY l()..MILER Cazenovia, New York July 4, 1995 Leslie Minkler ............................. I :04:40 SOUTHWICKS BEACH DUATHLON 10K run, 17-mile cycle Henderson Harbor, New York Jerry Smith ................................ ml :50:14 EASY DOES IT 5 MILER Plymouth, Minnesota June 10, 1995 Sandra Levine ..................... ........... 34:56 BEAT BEETHOVEN 8K Kingston, Ontario, Canada June 11, 1995 Jerry Smith .: .......... ....................... m36: II GRANDMA'S MARATHON Duluth, Minnesota June 17, 1995 Rod Blacklock ........ ... ........... .... 02:59:29 Tor Hansen ............................... 03:02:23 Rebecca Canner ....................... 03:09:30 Ric Mui'ioz................... ............. 03:16:40 Peter Johnston ........................ Om3 : 18:52 Gigi Madore ......................... 0!'3:19:36 Jeff Singleton ......................... Om3: 19:3 7 Sandra Levine .......................... 03:28:40 John Spooner ........................ !'m3:31:10 Noi!lle Couvreur .......................!'3:45:54 Tim Hunt.. ................................ 'f3 :56:2l Debby Pastrich ......................... 04:16:07 Mary Spano ................................. 4:24:12 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE SWAMP RAT 10K Brewerton, New York June 17, 1995 Jerry Smith ................................ m1:19:26 LONG ISLAND WOMEN'S 5K Bethpage, New York July 8, 1995 Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor ................20:22 Dot Fuscaldo ................................... 22:46 Nancy Bemardin ............................. 22:47 Beth Collins ....................................23:24 Marnell McNamara ... ..................... 24:03 Donna Arabia ................................. 26:00 Lenore Beaky ................... .............. 26:40 Edna Benitez................... ................ 27:00 Susan Ziering ................ .................. 27: 16 Debbie Bell .................... ................. 28:23 Kathy Kuzmin ................................ 28:36 Denise Cuttita ................................. 31 :40 Diane Westerback ........................... 3l:40 TUPPER LAKE TINMAN TRIATHLON 1.2 mile swim/56 mile bike/13.1 mile run Tupper Lake, New York July 15, 1995 Lesbian Avengers ............................. 4:54 Rob Davis (3rd place team) Rebecca Uss Patrick Gvilfoyle Gerry Valentine ................................ 5:35 Bob Nelson ..................................... m5 :58 Fabulouser Than Thou ..................... 6:20 Barbara Levitan Harold Levine Jay Hill ROOSEVELT ISLAND SUMMER 5K Roosevelt Island, New York July 16, 1995 - Shawn Pleasants ....... ..... ............. Y 17:00 Candido Barroso .......................... ml9:38 Manuel Chinchilla .......................... 20:06 Beth Hassrick ................................. 23:30 ( GMHC AIDS WALK 10K New York, New York May 21, 1995 Some of us ran the course, some of us walked it, some just raised money but couldn't -cover the distance. Some just signed up, but all of the following helped to make an official Front Runner New York BOILERMAKER l5K AIDS Walk team: Gary Apruzzese, Paul Utica, New York Brockmann, Harold Brueland, David July 9, 1995 Caraway, Connie Cohrt, Jim Connolly, Oscar Correale, Steve Coy, John Flanagan, Manuel Gonzalez ................. ...... mI :09:07 Robert Galloway, Mike Jahnke, Howard Jim Schmidt ............................... ml :15:26 Kessler, Marty King, Sam LaFata, David Jerry Smith ..................... ............ ml: 16:45 Logan, Terry Lorden, Alan Lubliner, Steve McLure, Mike McMahon, Donn Peppler, CHICAGO DISTANCE CLASSIC 20K Joe Piliero, Raymond Renault, Ken Chicago, Illinois Shereda, Loraine Simunek, Andy Thomas, July 9, 1995 and Joyce Wendell. Thanks to all of you 1 from... ., Loraine Simunek ..................... 0 1:43:43 0 BOSTON QUALIFIER 9a.lf 11tu ~ 7rlutJ. ~ 9 PERSONAL RECORD m MASTERS RUNNER �• I I II 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW I 7:00p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72 St & CPW I 6 ~~ r7 !lllNJKIN VOM!:N"J iXII!Tt1LOI1 BRONX MUSEUM BIATHlON • VOLUNTEER RACE 8:30 start HISPANIC HALF g 8 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW I ' 14~ 15 ~w: "''QiT lliYY41« ll..llll'i 41 & f)ll1 MARATHON HARRIMAN Bl & TRI 1.00 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW FJ?NY saTBAI.l 20 7:00p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72 St & CPW 7:00p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 7:30p.m. Board/Business Meeting 22 21 PROSPECT PARK 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St & PPW A.M. CyclE TO NEW HopE Central Pork Triathlon BEACH PARTY 2 27 RIVERBANK STATE PARK 135 & RIVERSIDE DRIVE NORTH SHORE WEST POINT TRIATHLON ••4 6:45p.m. Oocaolll•t Ttc~lalat ProtiCI• 12 ~ RIJTGERS CHURCH 73RD & BROADWAY 18 17 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue 19 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue 6:45 p.m. Oocaolllat oa4 TICIIIIillt ,,..,.. RIVERBANK STATE PARK 135 & RIVERSIDE DRIVE NEWSLETTER COPY DUE 23 7:00p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72 St & CPW 25 24 6:45p.m. OOCiolli•t ••4 Ttc~ialat Prottc~• RIJTGERS CHURCH 73RD & BROADWAY 26 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue MONTHLY W.IUNG -2~.:--~9 30 31 fi:OO ll.M. ~\1( "''QiT llll'r41« ll..llll'i 41 & f)ll1 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run/Cycle 3rd St (~ PPW 7:00p.m. Central Park Run/Cycle 72 St & CPW 6:45 p.m. Oocaolli119 oad TICIIIIIIt ,,..,.. RIVERBANK STATE PARK 135 & RIVERSIDE DRIVE MRS. rs TRIATHLoN • PRINCETON BikE RAlly If 8:00A.M. 80-MILE CyclE 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue 210 W 101 ST. 2A 9:00a.m. GREENWAY10K ~ : 10 5 6:45p.m. Oocaolll•t oa4 TICIIalat 0101,.1 10 16 fi:OO ll.M. 4 3 12 FUN RUN FOOD & BAG DROPS: FOR MORE INFO: 212.724.9700 718.788.0567 BROOKLYN PAUL BROCKMANN TUESDAYS: BROADWAY AT 75 ST WEDNESDAYS: AMERICAN RESTAURANT 236 W 73 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EVENTS SCHEDULING: JEFF ERKMAN 212.243.6204 FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK A running walking cycling club for lesbians goy men and supportive non-goy people of all athletic abilities. Membership info: 212.724.9700 �!"!!News Flash!!! • ife's a Beach! Part II' Lesbian & Gay Sporting Groups Storm Jones Beach It's time to escape the steamy streets of Manhattan for some salt air and a little sun and fun in the water This time we will be joined by the Gotham Vollyball Team as well as the New York Gay Aquatic Team. Strip off those running shorts and chill out in your Speedos. Mark your calendar for Sunday August 20th. Pack your sand buckets, frisbees, beachballs and kites . Break out those cool shades to view those heavenly bodies under the sun. Front Runners are off to a day at Jones Beach. The cost is $10.50 round trip for all public transportation. We will depart from Penn Station on the 10:06 AM train and arrive in Freeport at 10:51 AM then transfer to the bus to Jones Beach. We will take the bus to the beach, then walk to field #6 where the Gays & Lesbians have staked their claim on this section of sand. Pack a bag lunch, soda, fine china etc.. Please RSVP to 787-8266 David S. Laurence Note: If it rains, the event is cancelled. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q lCinema sotto le stelle. • (Movies under the stars) HBO is sponsoring The Bryant Park Film Festival. Front Runners will be organizing several evenings under the stars. Join in and invite your friends to share in some magical Hollywood moments with your fellow Front Runners. Pack your blanket and pick up something to dine on. We will organize as a group on our patchwork of blankets. Time: Mondays, 6:00 PM; Movies start at dusk. Place: Bryant Park (42nd St. between 5th & 6th Aves.) Location: Look for the Pink or Lavender Balloons. DATES: • July 31, War of the Worlds • August 14th*, Sabrina • August 28, Auntie Mame • Correction from July calander Please note, if it rains, our gathering will be cancelled. • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 8, August 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/4dc29cad8cf66e387ba72b6300ad76b3.pdf 3d006c6f949b9e6585318d1f004495ec PDF Text Text • .• FBbi'UII'f 1995 Ru nn er s NY Fr on tRnsonia Station, New Yol'k 10028 Box 87, The Starting Line • Wim PRIDE, I would like to announce that our 14th Lesbian & Gay Pride Race is in good hands. Jay Pack has stepped forward and volunteered to lead the team that will work on our 1995 Race effort. Jay bas beeri joined by Rich Sands who will be one of our two Assistant Race Directors. There is still room for one other energetic person to come forward and be Assistant Director for our big June 24th event. While on the subject of pride, over the course of the years which I have been associated with FRNY, I have felt and continue to feel a strong sense of pride when I think of what we as a club have accomplished. Let me share with you a quick list of accomplishments which I feel we should all be proud of: • We have earned a very positive reputation with the NYRR Club and the greater running community in NYC. Our record of volunteering has been acknowledged and praised. And our club's continuing efforts to accept athletes of all abilities is well recognized. •The multitude of awards and notices of recognition which individuals and teams have garnered over the years such as the honoring of our own Sue Foster by the NYRR Club and the medaling of our T & F Team last year at a few meets. • Being there for our members in their time of need. The FRNY Charitable Foundation was able to extend emergency temporary assistance to a few of our members in 1994. • Doing our part last year by helping to play "hosts" to the world for Gay Games. Indeed, we have a tremendous amount to be proud of. From me, "I am very proud of you FRNY !" Let us keep up the terrific work and come out and help keep it going in 1995. Step OUT, Step safely, Step forward! Mike McMahon Business/Board Mtg. News A summary of the January Meeting is as follows: • Treasurer reported the club's finances are adequate and we begin the year on a sound financial footing. • Membership currently stands ay 463 members. • A flexible automated telephone answering service has been approved for club use. • The 1995 LPGR Race will be a scored 5 mile race beginning and ending at 97th SL The community Challenge will be a 2 mile fun run which will be utilized by the Charitable Foundation as the focus of their major 1995 fundraising campaign. • There will not be a picnic after this years race. • The next meeting will be on February 8th at 7:30pm at Tom Griffith's aparnnent. JetfErkm an Committee s 1995 (as or: 1117/95) LGPR Race Directors Assistant Race Directors Sponsorship Directors Community Challenge AIDS Walkathon Bagel/Coffee Table Cycling Calendar/Events Coord. Coaches FR Around the World FRNY Marketin~ Dir. Historian/ArchiVIst Housing Czar (In Town) Mailing Coordinator Marathon Water Table Membership Newsletter Editor NYRR Correspondent Race Captains Running Gear J. Pack (Open W) R. Sands (Open) D. Westerback (O_p::n) Open for 2 (M & W) Open for 2 (M & W) T. Loraen B. Nelson/D. Bell J. Erlunan J. Singleton/D. Checkan P. Brockmann Open for I (M & W) Marty Perl P. Harris L. Abbey Open for 2 (M & W) E. Benitez/H. Brucland D. Pep;>ler T. Gnffith J. Watters/D. Batchelor T. Hunt/J. Spooner/ K. Majerus/J. Minter J. Milton/M. Maroni D. Laurence L. Follins/M. Chinchilla S. Coyff. Johnson R. Galloway/ D. Peppier/Open (W) Social Special Runs Track & Field Trips Volunteer Charitable Foundation: Direc:tor Treasurer Peter Johnston �~ ocial \g) cene ~ Quee.n(s) Of Hearts "( ~ Spec1al Run Cupid's arrow will be rising high to point the way to February's Special Run. It will take place on Sunday, February 12,1995 at ll:OOam at the residence of Jim Connolly in Woodside, Queens. Jim bas promised to provide us with a fabulous course of 3 to 5 miles to see the highlights of Queens. So tie up those laces, wear a little red and put a little love in your step! Along with a great run, Jim will be providing us with a deee ...licious brunch following the run. Special Runs are a great way for new members to meet their fellow Front Runners. And for you veterans, it is a great way to get out of Central Park and to renew old acquaintances. So please RSVP today to Jim (718) 397-0821 !!! Jim's address: 59-15 47th Ave #4K, Woodside, Queens. How to get there: Take the #7 train to 61st and Woodside stop. Call Jim for more detailed directions. David Laurence ~f!~~j&:~ A question was presented by Mike McMahon to the new Social Committee Chairs, "What is your vision for social events this year?" That's a good question!! C!.uta Spudwaflm We need your help in answering it. During from : ·cow• of our Pfm.et,. /,y Gary Lar1on the next couple of weeks, we ask that you contact us with ideas. One suggestion has Vermont City Marathon, Anyone? been presented - a trip to Great Adventure Are there other members who plan to this summer. With your assistance, FRNY run the Vermont City Marathon in members will be attending creative social Burlington on Sunday, May 28? events each month in 1995. Want to share travel expenses and Our February Social Event of the Month accommodations? Train together? will be a Valentine's Day Skating Party at Please call me at (212) 362-4719. Wollman Rink in Central Park on Sunday, Paul Racine February 12, from 6-9pm. Group discounts are available if there are more than 15 Inaugural Run Fun attendees. Regular admission is $6.50 plus O ver 30 f.::llow Front Runners $3.25 for skate rental. Singles and couples inaugurated the flrst day of 1995 by are welcome. If you are single, you may attending the President's Run, hosted by our new chief executive, Mike McMahon. meet the Katarina Witt or the Canadian Elvis of your dreams!! Please contact Jim Most ran on a slightly warmer than if you plan to attend. You can reach us at usual day, afterwards, all noshed on Midge (212) 957-8351 and quiche, french toast, and fruit compote prepared with special care by our resident Jim (212) 734-3447. Thanks. Jim Milton Julia Child (First Lady) Dave Laurence. & Midge Maroni Charles Wintczak 1994 Trea~urer's Report Here ar~ the !994 Financ,: ial results: FRNY Income Statement 1994 Income Membership Interest Dividend Misc. Operating Income Expenses 14.077.00 230.05 375.06 ~ Office Operations Postage Misc. Operating Expenses 8,349.20 2,729.46 M2QJ.Q $12,498.76 2,TI8.85 2,019.39 Operating Reimbursable LGPR Profit ~ Netlnc:ome 5,865.11 $15,277.61 Assets Merchandise Events & Trips Rutgers Running Classes Reimbursable LGPR lncon.c Totlll In~ome 8,214.54 13,410.50 5,552.00 $31 ,842.04 Inventory Events & Trips Rutgers Running Classes Reimbursable $29,822.65 25,547.96 $72,667.61 LGPR Expenses Total Expen..,. :?4/S!.09 $66.802.51 .1.ill.QQ As you can see, the club is in excellent fmancial shape. Typically, operations run at a loss of $2,000 per year. 1994 was significantly improved, though. Higher running gear sales also contributed to a good year. The LGPR usually covers the losses from club operations. The 1994 run, bowever, was subsidized by the 1993 run. Although we show a $1,066 profit from the 1994 LGPR, that does not include $3,000 in related expenditures in December 1993. 6,718.86 12,895.11 5.893. 68 .uuJlO. Checking Money Market LGPR Endowment Petty Cash Inventory Total Aaeb U abilitie Equity 11 ,894.58 11,508.12 2,043.60 70.00 2,385.92 $27,902.22 0 $27,902.22 Tips from the Treasurer: Q: Hey, bow come it takes so long for my checks to clear? A: FRNY collects money for lots of things - theater evenings, running classes, running gear, and of course dues. Whoever is collecting the money usually waits to get all related checks (e.g., everyone going on a trip, starting a class, etc), before turning them over to the Treasurer, who then makes a deposit. If you want your check deposited quickly, let us know, and we'll try to speed things along. IF YOU'RE AFRAID A CHECK MAY BOUNCE, PLEASE CALL ME AT (2 12) 628-3932 A.l'ID I Vv'ILL WAIT TO DEPOSIT IT UNTIL YOU KNOW THE FUNDS ARE AVAll..ABLE. This will avoid pain and suffering all around. Of course, if it's a big check for a trip that is sold out, it's only fair that we open up the slot again. • •. • Q: What's the deal with the bagel charges? This financial report looks like we' re in great shape! A: We collect money every week to pay the rent on the gym. We try to price the bagels to cover these costs exactly. The Race in some years makes money, and in some years loses money, and takes a big cushion to get started. We will be spending a lot of money on the Race before we collect a single entry fee. Only in the last few years have we had the luxury of being able to arrange the Race without worrying about having the money to pay all the bills. There are also several expenses in day-today operations that can add up for a club with 500 members-newsletter copying and postage, phone bills for our information • line, advertising in publications, etc. A penny saved is a penny earned. Jeff Lymburner �"' v. Sarah's Message Dear Front Runners, Thank you so much for the ·•• baby shower. The cake from the Cup Cake Cafe was buttery rich and delish! and thanks for serving it with the beautiful royal blue Baby Jogger - so we can work it off! It is reassuring and wonderful to know that we will be raising Sarah Jane in such a loving , supportive environment of extended family! Thanks again! Looking forward to growing together! Denise Cuttita, Diane Westerback & Sarah Jane Cuttita-Westerback ~ Newsletter Staff Editor & Calendar: Proofreaders: Mailing: Editor's Helper: • • Patricia Kuharic George Schlein Lee Abbey Claudia Borden Ennis Smith Sings EMis Smith returns to Danny's Skylight Room (the cabaret room at Danny's Grand Sea Palace) on Wednesdays February 8, 15, 22 in his show, "Call of the City." It's a musical jolD'Iley through the jungle of Manhattan, with songs by Sondheim, Bernstein, Arlen, Dave Hall and others. Showtime is at 9pm and Danny's is located at 346 West 46th Street, between 9th and lOth Avenue. For reservations call (212) 265-8133. Ennis Smith ~ ~~ ~ . Washington D.C. Spri ng Weekend PlalUling is underway for our annual trip to Washington D.C. the weekend of April 28-30. We'll have a "Fun Run" with D.C. Front RuMers on Saturday and the Sallie Mae IOK run on Sunday. More details forthcoming . If you're interested, please contact Steve Coy at (212) 7691133 or Tom Johnson at (212) 927-1249. We guarantee everyone a great time. Steve Coy THE FRONT RUNNER FAMILY It was a welcome sight to see Marten Den Boer at bagels and coffee on Saturday, January 14th. Marten would like to thank everyone for their cards, calls and support he received after his accident The doctors tell him that he may be walking by Spring, though it is doubtful that he will be able to run again. Marten is still having trouble seeing (he sees double) and is not sure whether this condition will improve or not. Marten is not working presently, but hopes to resume teaching at Hunter College by next semester. Notorous Front Runner Feline to celebrate anniversary. MadolUla BrinkerZacuto-Kuzmin-Batchelor-BordenKuharic will celebrate her one year anniversary with her present owners Pat and Claudia on February 19th. Many more to come. It seems to be the season for travel for some Front Runners: Lenore Beaky and Debbie Bell are off to Jamaica for some SFR (sun, fun and run) in January . "No t a creature was stirr ing, not even the mouse..•" Mike McMahon and Dave Laurence are trading in their Manhattans in Manhattan for Pina Coladas in Pueno Rico. Mike will have his Presidential Front Runner Beeper on, so please feel to beep him with urgent FR Business while he is at the poolside. And, last but not least, yours truly is off to sunny London for 5 days. I will be looking for freelance work as a Computer Consultant/Software Trainer while I'm ther e- so if you have any hot contacts in the UK (business or otherwise) I'd be much obliged for your tips (and I don't mean "bet 25 pounds on Happy Dancer at the Downs"). (Please feel free to contact me with any Front Runner Family news either at home: (212) 475-7507 or on the Internet: mdsiubhal @aol.com) Cheerio!!! Michael Davies Perry White, Lois & Clark Great Caesar' s Ghost! There will be a new editor for your newsletter! The new After 1.5 years as newsletter editor, 'Perry' will be Donn Peppler, who will Pat (Mouse) Kuharic is over from Pat Kuharic, beginning retiring. It's been a lot of fun being editor with the March issue. - I knew all the club news attempting to make the before anyone else! There transition as painless as possible, were good and bad points the rules will remain basically the being editor but, when same for all you Loises and I thinlc back on it, the good Clarks out there. Copy and always oublumbered the bad photos are due at the Saturday run followpoints . (Did I really say that!) ing the monthly business meeting. I'm not leaving town or anything. A specific deadline date will appear in The last two editors left town. each issue. All photos will be scanned, (What does that tell you about being then returned to you. If you are unable editor???) With all that extra time on my to make the run or meeting, send the hands - I may even run again ! I will miss information to your new editor at 40 all the e-mail - I hope some of you still Tiemann Place, 50, NY, NY 10027.3348. send me some from time to time. Any copy received after this time will not Anyway, thanks for all the suppon and be included in that the great articles you have given me and month's newsletter. Copy is preferred on I hope that Donn, the new editor, enjoys disc in MS Word, but any format is doing the newsletter as much as I did. acceptable, from Remington to Crayola. Pal Kubaric ~ Please include a hard copy of disc articles, and try to limit copy to 250 words or less - about half a typed page or one newsletter column. Donn Peppler ·vCA~~N•• Y=• �Go Front Runners! Race Captains' Report For the month of February we have two races. February 19th is the Snowflake 4 Miler. This run is the Women's Points Race. Jack & Diane are looking for a good turnout of Front Runners, especially in the female category to score points. This has been one of the popular runs in the past with great shirts, so come along ladies and let's kick butt (at whatever pace you please), and show support for your team. Gentlemen, your Points Race for February is the Bagel Run lOK on Sunday, February 26th (with great eats after!) A wonderful course if you are looking for aPR. Front Runners-let's be out there Loud & Proud on February 19th and 26th. If for some reason (and we want to hear it) you are unable to run the races then come out and show support for your fellow runners and cheer them along. It's always a booster to see a familiar face and bear a cheering voice. Don't forget your FR attire. It helps the cheering squad recognize you. Good Luck. Diane Kuzmin-Batcbelor & Jack Watter Hi! our names are Diane Kuzmin Batchelor and Jack Watters and we are the Race Captains for 1995. Beth and Dave did a fabulous job last year and are going to be hard act to follow. But we'll do our best We also make no apologies for the funny accents! Taking part in races can be a lot of fun. As you know the NYRRC has a full calendar for the year with at least one Central Park race each week. We all know the excitement of cheering on a Front Runner in a Saturday morning race. It is even more inspiring to be the one receiving the cheers as anyone who has raced in FRNY colors knows. The New York racing community knows who we are and what we stand for. They made that very clear when every Front Runner who applied was accepted ::1to last year' s Marathon. Racing is a tremendous way of maintaining a high profile for the club and our members. There's a distance for everyone from short races like 5K, lOK, 4 and 5 milers to the equally enjoyable 10 miles, 20K and half marathon. And, of course, there's the marathon, and we'll address that at a Saturday run very soon. Remember, our Club is for runners of all abilities. Racing is a good way of finding out exactly what that ability is and testing it and at the same time winning valuable points for the Club. Race of the Month The Race of the Month. Yes, but what is ir? Ot1e of lhe few dllngs that Front Runners asks it membership to do, is to volunteer for occasional races put on by the New York Road Rmmers Club. Each month we target one race that we think will be particularly fun or different. So please come and join us near Tavern On The Green for the February Race of lhe Month. It will be the Bagel Run on Sunday, February 26. The call is for 8:30am, as it is a big race (and men's points race) and takes a lot of preparation. If you need more incentive than the joy of helping and learning, volunteers not only get a complementary long-sleeved race shirt, but are also invited to join all the runners, afterwards, in the Grand Ballroom of the Sheraton Center Hotel for a breakfast of coffee and bagels, lox and cream cheese, butter and jam, tea and hot chocolate (croissants if you're really nice) and a video of the race on screen. And conversation. Don't forget the scintillating conversation. ("Darling, I don't know which is worse, Plantar's Warts or, pass the cream, please, Runner's Trots.") Who could pass this up? Be there or be square, half past eight, or be straight! Donn Peppler &Rob Galloway To date only the ftrst four points races of the season have been decided. The remainder for the year will be decided at the next NYRRC Council meeting on February 7. Northwind lOK January 22 (men and women) Snowflake 4 miler February 19 (women) February 26 Bagel Run lOK (men) Brooklyn Half March 12 (men and women) Our new coaches Donna Checkan and Jeff Singleton have also offered to work with members as we prepare for specific races and the current training and coaching program is targeting the Tappan Zee lOK on March 26. These workouts are great fun and if you miss us on a Saturday morning, you'll find us with the rest of the pack at Thursday night class. Please let us know of any other races which sound interesting and fun so that we can share them with our members. We look forward to working with you during 1995. Ci(Q.\ Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor J) & Jack Watters ~A ~ und Hog Day • I • Volunteer Race of the Month February Bagel Run Sunday, February 26, 1995 Place: 67th/CPW Check-in: 8:30am .....__ !£) ~--·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·~ Yes, I would like to volunteer. Name: -------------------------------------------------------------------Phone: ___________________________________________________________________ Race: * For more information or to volunteeer, contact: Donn Peppler at (212) 864-3414, or send this form to Donn at 40 Tiemann Place, #50, New York, NY 10027-3348. Key West Townhouse for Rent: For Sale: "Cool Blade" Rollerblades Completely furnished: 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Eat-in Kitchen, Washer/Dryer, TV/Stereo included in rent. $500/week. Call for availability. Call: Elaine Coyle at (516) 483-5856 (Leave a message on machine.) Size: 8 1/2 to 9 (women's) Used only once. Price: Originally - $3 25 Your Cost - $250 or near offer Call: (212) 243-1422 • ' �f I Wesb ian ,"'!_ a Gay Pride Run The Games are Over, so onto BERLINIII "OK, Don't Come Out and Cheer, Who Needs You Anyway?" .The 14th annual Lesbian and Gay Berlin's 5th Annual Gay & Lesbian Run Pride Run will take place on Saturday • June 24, 1995. We will return to our tradi- Sensation will take place from May 25th28th, 1995 and will attract lesbian and gay ' A little reverse psychology from your tional 5 mile race, but the start will be at 97th Street rather than 91st This gives us a track & field athletes from all corners of the favorite Track and Freid adjunct What is an adjunct anyway? Well, let's see. world!! The events range from sprints better place for gathering and the awards to field events My Microsoft Word Thesaurus tool says: (lOOm, 200m and 400m) ceremony afterwards and is also a faster jump), from a sprint medley addition; accessory; appendix. Well, that start and fmish. We will also be doing the 2 Oong and bigb mile oommunity cballenge and need some- (relay) to longer races (the mile and a lOK). was a degrading exercise. Front Runners Track and Field did one to coordinate getting the teams for this Although a bit smaller, the track and field anything but degrade themselves at the it promises to rival event I am happy and proud to be what I Games IV! track meet held last Sunday, January 15th oomponent of Unity '94/Gay hope is one of the two Race Directors. As ce in the at the Manhattan College Crown Trophy Long known for its prominen of this writing I do not yet have a counterarts and intellectual affairs, Berlin abounds Track Invitational. Manuel Chinchilla part. We as need someone to be an placed 1st and Marty McElhiney placed Assistant Director. I also need someone to with baroque castles, museums and theatres, opera houses and shopping areas. 3rd in the 200 meters for 30-39 year olds. coordinate the raffle prizes as part of the Candido Barroso placed third in 30-49 In addition, the Berlin lesbian and gay sponsorship committee. I would say that variety of group for the 800, although Candido was 80% of raffle prizes are repeats, so much of community bas created a large s, cafes and beard to complain that they stuck him in a the job will simply involve following up on dance clubs, bars, bookstore y centers, etc. equal grouping with all those young 30-48 year letters that will be sent out and asking that restaurants, communit in New York! So, in olds' . Speaking of age, an advantage of to what we have here contributors mail in their prizes ahead of we will have a LOT track and field is that the Masters addition to the meet. time so that we do not have to do as much sights to chose from in our Division starts at age 30, not 40, like of activities and picking up as in the past. There are many most long-distance events. It's not that other jobs to be done, so if you can help out spare time! y details: we age quicker (well, maybe :Ed does), Now, for the nitty-gritt in any way whatsoever, let me know. in the it's that we are expected to maintain large acoomodations will be provided As we start our sponsorship efforts, one of the sponsormuscle mass, not an easy thing (although A f the things that we do each year is ask for private homes of members variety of I seem to have managed). ~embership contributions in support of the ing group; there will be a g and culinary highWe would like to officially welcome cultural, sightseein race. These early contributions are imporentrance fees (25 DeutschLourdes, our dynamic young spokestant to get things going and we do acknowl- lights; and the until May 1st; 35 DM afterwards) are person to the group. Lourdes competed mark edge this generosity in the race brochure. in the 200 and 400 at the college level, I don't know the deadline date yet. but of not due until we arrive. but is currently nursing a bum knee. you to consider attending this course we are going to need a logo and race I urge Most Saturdays, Lourdes can be beard as it will not only be an exciting event T-sbirt design, so get those creative juices dynamically informing fellow Front but also a great opportunity to meet flowing. (No matter what happens over the meet. and compete with gays and lesbians across Runners about future track meets, next five months, I promise that I will not encouraging recruitment of potential the world! It would be great to have Front be wearing a shirt on race day that says New York represented in Berlin!! track stars (especially of the female Runners "martyr".) persuasion), and telling us about As we speak, letters bave been sent to The liability insurance, sanctions, and upcoming social events, like the 88th Front Runners teams to further park permits have been applied for and we other U.S. Annual Chemical Bank Millrose Games, the event and increase U.S. publicize have bad some great volunteers already February 3 at Madison Square Garden. participation. If you are at all interested in (including, Diane Westerback to coordinate Dan O'Brien (yum), Jackie Joynerthe meet please feel free to contact either sponsorship activities, George MayerKersee, Gail Devers, and other famous Lourdes D. Follins (718) 638-5774 or Advertising, Susan Foster and Jon track stars are expected to compete. Manuel Chinchilla (718) 261-0451). the Livingston-Graphics) Since joining Who knows, maybe Carl (you can run, Hope to bear from you SOON!!!! has club in March of 1989, Front Runners Lourdes D. Follins but you cannot hide) Lewis will show up! been one of the most important outlets to For more information, call Candido being. I am my social and physical well Barroso (1-900-555-MEAn. than I am on never more proud of this club Child and Adolesce nt Psychoth erapist Tim Gourley Let's all Lesbian and Gay Pride Race day. race Michael Russel Dr. band together and make this year's NYS Licensed Psycholo gist -~~~er memorable event that they will be 168 Fifth Avenue (212) 613:a128 ~ g about for some time to come. • Consultation with parents is an essential The 1st Task Force meeting will be at my part of successful therapy with children Pruulent '• Day • I am a gay Psychologist, experienced with all place (444 W. 35th Street. #2-D) on issues relevant to gay and non gay parents Wednesday February 1 at 7pm. • Over twenty years of experience working Jay Pack with children and adolescents Race Director ll �Bering Straight Swim CANCELLED No, this is not about baring straights, and who'd want to anyway, with the possible exception of ... ob, never mind. It is about the Fast and Fabulous Cycling Team. which by now will have bad its kickoff party Jan. 28 chez Bob Nelson with Debbie Bell's eminence grise-hood. Attached to the party invitation were two articles on precautions to take for exercising in cold weather. (Anyone who wants 'em, give a holler: "Yo, Bob! Articles!") The second article cited the example of Lynne Cox of Los Alamitos, Calif., who prepared for her 55-mile swim across the Bering Straight from Alaska to Russia by training in glacier lakes in Alaska and by wearing fewer clothes during cold weather (Lady Godiva of the frozen North?). The article concludes: "We may not share Lynne's enthusiasm for swimming with icebergs, but the lesson is clear: approach coldweather exercise with the right preparation, and almost anything is possible!" Be assured, if indeed there were doubts, that winter Fast/Fab cycling won't follow Lynne's example. One young man at a New Jersey event where the invite was passed around exclaimed in wounded tones: "You wouldn't make us swim the Bering Straight, would you!?" No, we wouldn't. Or gay, for that matter. Any Fast/Fab cyclist who dido' t make it to the party, give us a holler. ("Yo, Debbie! Yo, Bob!"). We did discuss (will have discussed?) upcoming long rides, biathlons and triathlons. Plans for a Memorial Day weekend New York to New Hope ride proceed apace. We do want to emphasize that lots of folks involved in this group are recreational riders, and we expect them to help plan and lead rides. So no centuries, for the ftrst couple of weeks, anyway. February activities: We'll meet every Sunday at lOam, weather permitting; likely rides will be in Central Park or across the George Washington Bridge to State Line (and back). Any day that includes rain, snow, ice or a predicted high that's lower than 35°F (Debbie: 40°F!) is a day when we'll curl up with the Sunday Times and leave the bikes dusty. We plan to go gently on these good bikes, taking our sweet time on rides of no more than 25 miles. Call Bob or Debbie for further infonnation. Winter is a good time to take a bike repair course, and the Five Borough Bike Club is offering two sessions: a beginner course Feb. 13th and 27th and a more advanced course March 13th and 20th. Tools are provided, but bring your bike. Each two-session course is $24 for 5BBC members who get their money in before Feb. 6, and $35 for non-members. (Membership is $10 a year.) Courses are at the AYH Hostel, Amsterdam Avenue and West 103rd Street. We'll assemble a Fast/Fab group to attend, with dinner in the neighborhood afterwards if we can figure out where to stash the bikes. Call Debbie or Bob for a registration form, or call 58 BC at 932-2300, ext. 4. Debbie Bell & Bob Nelson When Sandra decided to run the Edmund Fitzgerald lOOK (62 miles), I suddenly found myself propelled from cheering bystander to handler overnight Handlers are like a race car driver's pit crew. When the runner comes into an aid station, the crew helps the runner get through the station as quickly as possible. I felt conftdent. I had helped crew for a friend at the Superior Trail 100 (miles) and I would be with Louise Briggs and Reeah Bloedow from Northern Lights. Sandra was up at 2:15am to catch a bus to the start of the race (start time was Sam). Arising at 6, the three of us left by 6:45, hoping to catch Sandra at 20K instead of the 30K point where she was expecting us. We then ran into trouble. We forgot Sandra's bag, went back to get it, and discovered we bad a flat tire. Luckily a motel maintenance man bad a patch kit and an air compressor. We left again at Sam. We were not able to catch Sandra until 50K. She was looking good and we parted with the promise to see her at 65K. Unfortunately, slow service at a restaurant caused us to miss her at 65K; we met up with her at 70K. To say that Sandra was upset is an understatement Ready to quit and on the verge of tears, she let us have it. Feeling guilty, we really bustled. We bandaged her blisters, changed her socks, gave her a hat (it was raining lightly), ftlled her bottle, gave her ibuprofen, forced food down her, and massaged her legs with Vaseline to protect them (it was in the 40s and she was running in shorts). Somehow we convinced her to go on .. Before she ieft, she asked if she taken any ibuprofen. I assured her she bad and she took off. As Sandra trotted up the hill, Louise decided that she needed a dry shirt. So Louise ran after Sandra, stripping to her bra along the way. Thus was our induction into the handling of an ultramarathon runner. We faithfully met Sandra at every 5K after that. It was cold and rainy, so we tried to keep her warm. By the end of the race she bad also worn Reeah' s shirt, my shirt, and the two extra shirts in her bag. She changed her shoes once, her socks twice, and wore a pair of socks as mittens. She was uncharacteristically short-tempered, but we learned to not take it personally. She became somewhat disoriented, so we had to be dictatorial at times to make sure she ate and changed her clothes. She also asked several more times if she had taken ibuprofen minutes after having taken some. We joked about trying to be the perfect codependents, anticipating Sandra's every need. Louise, Reeab and I were awed by Sandra's tum about, from despair and on the verge of quitting, to belief in herself fu"ld he1 aLilily to fllii1>b, painful ~'1ough it would be. We would hypothesize about what her condition would be at tbe next aid station. We learned tbe importance of a supportive and reliable crew and how satisfying it is to assist "your" runner in the completion of such a challenging goal. I gained more insight into tbe ultramaratboner' s world and Louise caught tbe bug and wants to run a 50K. After the race, Sandra's refrain was, "I did it and I never have to do it again." Yeah. Right. I have a feeling I'll be out there again, handling Sandra as she • pushes through her next big challenge. Leslie Minkler • •• • �. ' e"\u '~ As the Front Runner World Turns Winter is the time when animals live off stored fat and scrounge for all the food they can fmd. This is not an unfamiliar siblation for runners, who seem to be scrounging for all the food they can find all year long. I'm always amazed at the number of references to food in the newsletters I read each month. Two that put food where it belongs are Chicago, which has a bold box on the top right-hand comer of lhe flfSt page of every newsletter entitled "Gourmet on the Run. "This is a schedule of monthly runs and where everyone will meet for dinner afterwards, but putting flfSt things flfSt they list the restaurants and addresses big and bold. with teeny little type at the bottom mentioning that "Frontrunners [sic]/Frontwalkers of Chicago meet every Tuesday and Saturday at the Totem Pole..."-but not mentioning that what they're meeting for is group runs! Frontrunners [sic]!Philadelphia has their priorities slightly more in tune-the last page of their newsletter is always a ~onthly Running/Cbowdowo Schedule." ~t least they let you know that you're supposed to run before "chowing down." In Seattle, pizza selection caused a "bitter campaign of mudslinging and negative ads" between pro-meat and pro-veggie forces at a business meeting, delaying - one would guess--the beginning of the actual meeting. And Two Rivers (Albany) held a "Couples Pizza Party" in January-what, you can only eat pizza in Albany if you're with a loved one? Eastbay (CA) reports that the potluck (as you may recall from last year, we seem to be the~ Front Runner club that doesn't have these events constantly) may soon give way to the progressive dinner (shades of the 70s): apparently Loog Beach now "does" regular progressive dinners. Muses the writer in Eastbay, ''Wouldn't it be fun to do salad in Oakland. entree in Richmond, and dinner in Walnut Creek." In a word. no. At risk of running on, I must admit that Sydney bas severely disappointed me in my flfSt year of writing this column. True, they mention the occasional dinner (often a potluck!), but I have yet to see mention of birchermuesli, or any recipes! Only Chicago offers a "Recipe of the Month" column. (I JWd you they were serious about this food thing!) On more serious business, a belatro welcome to Paris's newslett er! got their multilingual (words in five languages, articles in two) letter in my mail last fall. l\ ---- --T he Finish Line Yuletide Stride Boston, MA ~ember12, 1994 David Eye Holiday 4K & 25K Central Park, NY December 18, 1994 Thaddeus Poszek David Smith Rebecca Canner Gigi Madore Jeff Singleton Conrad Rippy Dot Fuscaldo • W.r=~~~~~~~P!!:!:!a!!:!:!u!!:!:!lB!!:!:!roc~km~a!!:!:!nn!!!!!!: Gamesi 5M *32:58 4K 27:49 31:01 25K 1:54:47 1:55:43 M1:55:44 1:55:45 *M2:05:48 (3rd 45-49 yr) Donna Arabia Beth Collins Marla Korchmar Perhaps most important for us are lhe words "Queer running in Gay Paris; foreigners welcome." Speaking of welcome, a recipient of a gift bag from Boston's Yuletide Stride wrote "It's wonderful people like yourselves in the organization that give us who are affected the will to go on.'' On a more somber note, BayLands (CA), which you'll recall celebrated its third anniversary with its three hundredth member in lhe Fall, lost its first member to AIDS in December. Finally, in the "friends moved but not forgotten" area. former New Yorker Andrew Knox was elected "Member at Large" in Los Angeles, following what the former president termed "Bolshevik-style" elections. (All spots were uncontested. Sounds familiar. Maybe November did something to everyones's taste for electoral politics?) Best wishes to Andrew, condolences to BayLands, congratulations to Paris, and happy running (and eating) to everyone! [Ed. Note: Thanks, to BayLands for the holiday good wishes at my e-mail address and if any of you have internet WWW services, Please ftp or URL to ftp://ftp. netcom.coml pub/bk/bkmlsfr_news.html for Shoreline Frontrunners Newsletter wbicb is the frrst Front Runner publication of its kind that I know of on the internet.] 2:20:13 2:20:14 2:20:16 Deadline for Race Results is the 15th of each month. Race Captains: (212) 262-0098 Jack Watters DianeKuzmin-Batchelor (212) 663-6707 Foot Locker NY Indoor December31, 1994 200 met 30-35 age group +27.67 Tim Gourley 25.75 Manuel Chinchilla SM 36:19 M36:23 38:05 M38:30 44:06 M47:51 Walt Disnel World Marathon January 8, 1995 Jeff Singleton Beth Collins Leslie Case (1st 30-39 yr) Marty McElhiney (3rd 30-39 yr) Fred Lebow Classic Central Park, NY January 7, 1995 Bradley Gretter John Watters Allen Payne Marty King Marnell McNamara Susan Ziering Orlando,~ Crown Trophy Invitational Manhattan College, NY 200mts January 15, 1995 25.1 sees Manuel Chinchilla 26.2M *M3:05:33 3:46:37 4:28:00 Symbols used in race results * Personal Record M Masters Runner Candido Barroso 25.7 sees 800mts M2'.28".9 (3rd 40-49 yr) Frostbite 10 Miler Central Park, NY January 15, 1995 Paul Harris Gary Stefanick Diane Kuzmin-Batchelor Tina lsselbacher Marty King Laune Shlafmitz Marnell McNamara Donna Arabia Marla Korchmar Susan Ziering Lynn Baucom Debra Chapnick Gary Kelley 10M 1:10:47 1:18:47 1:22:40 1:24:27 M1:24:32 1:25:28 1:28:56 1:29:59 1:29:59 M1:37:41 1:38:03 1:43:32 M1:43:54 �1 7:00pm CP Run 72nd&CPW 7:00pm LGPRMtg Jay Pack 444W 35th St #2D 563-7721 running club for lesbians, gay men, & supportive nongay of all athletic 7:00pm Brooklyn Run 3rdSt&PPW CP Run 7:00pm 14 Brooklyn Run 3rd St&PPW Central Park Run 72ndSt&CPW ! ~ . . . . . . . . . ... • 12 11 :OOam $ Special Run Woodside Queens 397-0821 Jim (718) 6:00pm Social Event of Month Ice Skating Central Park Jim 7 20 Snowflake 4 Miler Women's Points Race 90th & 5th 27 VROM 8:30am IO:OOam Bagel Run lOK Men"s Points Race 67th&CPW Ski Weekend cont. 7:00pm Brooklyn Run 3rdSt&PPW 28 6:45pm Coaching Oass Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison 9 7:00pm 7:30pm Board/Business Mtg Tom Griffith 48W 68th St #SF (212) 729-3744 15 7:00pm 7:00pm Central Park Run 72ndSt&CPW 6:45pm Class Coaching Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison 16 6:45pm Coaching Class Spense School 91 st between 5th & Madison 6:45pm Coaching Class Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison Central Park Run Webster Statue 10 11 lO:OOam Central Park Run Webster Statue 17 18 lO:OOam Central Park Run Webster Statue Newsletter Copy Due! 25 Annual Ski Weekend at Mt. Snow, VT lO:OOam Central Parle Run Webster Statue I 2:00pm Newsletter Mailing Rutgers Church Ski Weekend Food/Bag Drop (For more info: 212-724-9700) Brooklyn (Paul Brockmann 718-788-o567) American Restaurant B'way at 75th St (SE corner) Rutgers Presbyterian Church 236 W 73rd St/at B'way Events Scheduling (Jeff Erkrnan ... 212-243-6204) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 2, February 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/0775f183230d33d145d38700133484df.pdf b0918a85c1dfeb481394606adf2f990a PDF Text Text • • THE STARTING LINE. Be All That You Can Be. Last month, I wrote a short article on this theme. This month, I'd like to elaborate on it. Our club ' s primary purpose, according to our bylaws, is to "provide encouragement and support to lesbians, gay men and othf"!r~ w1"!0 are i TJt~rfC' ~tPrl in running and related activities." Let' s renew our commitment to that purpose. As I stated last month, this year the club has established a broad-based program to do just that. We ' re now able to encourage and assist our members in running, racing and other related sports. How? You might not know it, but many of our members participate regularly in multisport events. Their experience and enthusiasm are a tremendous resource for the club, and I encourage all of you to take advantage of it. Our race captains, coaches, and coordinators in cycling, track & field, bi/triathlons and race walking are ready and willing to help you, no matter what your interests or ability level. This isn't the result of a random proliferation of unrelated sporting activities. Committee chairs have met and agreed to work together to promote greater athl eti c i~m within thP. cit!I), as well as to encourage non-member athletes to join us. With them, I would like to invite you to participate in one or more of the activities that interest you as an athlete. Set some participation goals for yourself for the remainder of the year (this might include volunteering!) Whether your goal is to run a race a month, one a quarter, to start training for a marathon, a biathlon or triathlon, or just to run two races this year, the club will be behind you all the way. As they say in the Nike ads, "Just Do it! " 1/tib. ?lte?lt~ Summary of the General Membership Meeting of FRNY March 8, 1995 T "AND OVER ME BRIGHT APRIL SHAKES OUT HER RAIN-DRENCHED HAIR... " Stt~Ut 7tad4ate T T WASHINGTON D.C. TRIP T Our Washington D.C. trip is almost here! It is the weekend of April 28-30. We are arranging for a bus to take us to visit and Front Runners D.C. There is a race that weekend, the Sallie Mae I OK, for who want to get a run in. Or you can just come along for a great weekend ! A number of activities are planned, including a brunch and dinner dance. Housing will be provided by D.C. Front Runners for those who would like it. So! To join us, or for more information, call Steve Coy at 212 .769.1133 or Tom Johnson at 212.927.1249 _,l T T T Treasurer reported a negative operating expense of $1,426.44 for the year !c ::!~! ::: . Thi.; is typ i ~u! fo~ Lht. beginning of the year when membership renewals are at a low point. In addition, a new account has been opened at Chase to replace the costlier account with Chemical. The Micky Zacuto Endowment CD will also be renewed with Chase. Membership stands at 451 active members. The 1995 Pride Run is on track and necessary park permits have been approved. The board approved up to $1 ,200 to re-order cool max and cotton racing singlets. The board approved up to $2,000 for the rental of transportation for the club's annual trip to Washington D.C. on April 28th. The board authorized Mike McMahon to negotiate the rental of the downtown storage locker and our current smaller storage room at Rutgers. Result will be minimal additional cost to the club. Next meeting will be on April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Mike McMahon and Dave Laurence ' s apartment, 170 West 74 St., #609 NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein Lee Abbey "It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking ()'U4fdt. thirteen." �Proud-pied April, dressed in all its trim, Hath put a spirit ofyouth in everything. FRNY Committees as of March 8, 1995 Committee FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK. NEW MEMBER LISTING Cbajrs 1995 Pride Run Race Director Assistant Directors Technical Director Sponsorship Director Community Challenge Jay Pack Tom Griffith Rich Sands Bob Brins Wayne Schaeffer Kim Roche Ken Shereda The Beaver (open for 2 MJF) Terry Lorden Debbie Bell Bob Nelson JeffErkman Donna Checkan Jeff Singleton Paul Brockmann George Mayer Marty Perl Paul Harris Lee Abbey (open for 2 M/F) Edna Benitez Harold Brueland Donn Peppler Teresa Dougherty Mary Spano Diane KuzminBatchelor Jack Watters Jim Gaynor Tim Hunt Ken Majerus Jim Minter John Spooner Midge Maroni Jim Milton David Laurence Manuel Chinchilla Lourdes Follins Steve Coy Tom Johnson Rob Galloway Donn Peppler (open F) Jerry Mathers FRNY Charitable Foundation Director Treasurer Peter Hoontis Peter Johnston AlDS Walkathon Bagel/Coffee Table Bi!Triathlon & Cyclists Calendar/Events Coordinator Coaches FR Around The World Marketing Director Historian/ Archivist Housing (in town) Mailing Coordinator Marathon Water Table Membership Newsletter Editor Photographers Race Captains Race Walking Running Gear Social Special Runs Track & Field Trips Volunteer The sun was warm. but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day, When the sun is out and the wind is still. Everything has been running along smoothly, but knowing that a newsletter without some comments from the Race Director would be like a day without sunshine, here is a quick update: Wayne Schaeffer, George Mayer and Rich Tesler are hard at work on sponsorship/fund raising, approaching mainstream as well as community prospects. George, Mike McMahon and Ric Munoz combined their efforts in making an approach to N!KE, so keep your fingers crossed. I am very happy to report that after negotiations started last year, a followup letter from Gary Apruzzese in December, and my own efforts in January, Starbucks Coffee Company has signed on as a full corporate sponsor with $1 ,500, as well as a product sampling table at the start and finish of the race. We have had a good response to the reception and goods and services auction which will be held on May 13 at Rutgers. We can still use many more items and services to be auctioned. A recent donation includes four writing classes and a cake to be baked for any special occasion . As mentioned before, some of our best chefs are donating gourmet dinners for four. Two members have offered bicycle tune-ups ;md some <;pec:ial items include an electronic keyboard and a weight bench. Another way to help out with this event, which will be the primary membership fund raiser, would be to offer to make some type of finger food or dessert for the reception. We are looking into a combined social event with some of the other athletic clubs for the post-race dance on Saturday evening. Any suggestions.? The April Task Force meeting will be on Tuesday April 25th at George Mayer' s, 150 West End Avenue, #22-B, 212.724.1262 AUGUST 1994 Marco Bernal Frederick Cabral Catherine Collins OmarDiaz Jo Ann Ellison Francisco Escorcia Kim Felsenthal Lourdes Follins Laurie Hulsman Marion Irwin Gene Kim Jean Lutzker Sean Webb NOVEMBER 1994 Je Bither Elaine Coyle Kent Gibson Timothy Gourley Jesse Heiwa Peter Hoontis Marsha Nelson Ted Paszek Kevin Roche Jerod Scholten R. Lewis Tanner DECEMBER 1994 Jeffrey Magee SEPTEMBER 1994 Florentino Reyes Arnold Boris Conrad Rippy Oscar Correale Ron Theissen William Goldstein Kristi Mathus Richard Platt JANUARY 1995 Jay Rosen Mauro Bispo Diane Villari John Douglas John Hayton Pamela Mosca OCTOBER 1994 Judy Wenning Mia Camacho Brian Martin Glenn Young Elizabeth McCoy Gehard Nussbaumer FEBRUARY 1995 Philip Botwinick Jane Perkins Christopher Conway Laurie Shlafrnitz Alma Montanez Robert Stack Corrine Stoewsand Esther Rubin Miguel Villarin Jacqueline Slivka • NEWSLETTER COPY DUE Copy and photos for the May newsletter are due by the Saturday run on April 15. If you are unable to make the run, send the information to the editor at his address in the directory. You may also fax your copy. Call Donn at his work number for more information. Copy is preferred on disc in MS Word, but any format is acceptable. (discs must be High Density) Please include a hard copy of any articles on disc. Try to limit copy to 250 words or less -about half a typed page or one newsletter. column. VtuUt- 'Pt-;111d« �rtont Runnet'l Coaching and Ttaiaiag Ptogtam • RUNNING INTO JUNE A new session of the Front Runner's Coaching and Training Program began Thursday, March 30. Classes will be at 6:45p.m. at the Spence School, 9Ist Street between Fifth and Madison . Coaches Donna Checkan and Jeff Singleton lead runners of all levels through stretching, a workout, then more stretching. Most of our workouts will start at The Spence School, in the warm , comfortable "Big Gym", the cozy "Little Gym" or the "Dance Studio". We wlll also be going to the track at Riverbank State Park for monster workouts. marathons are humbling, and in spite of great training, weird things can happen . Weird things, though, happen most often when we're trying for our best race, rather than in a race in which we're always in control. In your attempt to qualify for Boston this year, try only to run fast enough See the application with this newsletter for to qualify, not faster, so that we can all get more information, or call Donna Checkan there together. Here' s what you're getting yourself into: at 914.793 .5908 or e-mail nyspencepe I More stretching than you usually do @connectinc.com or Jeff Singleton at 2I2. Here are Jeff's Totally. Empirical 2 A great workout and occasional prizes. 3I6.0065 e-mail jeff@kaz.com. Qualifying Projection Tables. The 3 Race plans for your Spring races. qualifying times are real and fact-checked. 4 An individualized training plan for If you can run a I OK at the speed shown , your next big race. you will, if you train properly, qualify for 5 An excuse to fmally get your chubby Boston. self in shape 6 Pretty much guaranteed PRs. Women Men Flash! Childcare will be available when we are at Spence. Enthusiastic Spence Scholars will watch your valuable child from 6:45 to 8:I5, while you are off on a play date with Donna and Jeff. • Boston By The Skin Of Your Teeth Not much in the article you are about to read has been fact-checked ; nothing has been scientifically researched; nobody really famous has confirmed this information; but you should read it anyway, This session will be priced according to your Target Race, which is somewhere between 9 and 13 weeks from March JOth . ·t d · d ~ th If you reg1s er an pay m a vance 10r e . d G p ·d R Les b1an an ay n e un as your T arget Race, you will receive a $10 discount off th 1 $5 k fi If h e norma per wee ee. y~u ~ve other goals, let us know, and we wdl pnce . th em accord mg 1 y. because I believe it to be reasonably true. It's about 39 weeks until next New year's Eve, which ends the qualifying period for .. the 1996 ed1t1on of the Boston Marathon. , . It s enough ttme to ma~e . two _ decent attempts to reach your quahfymg tune. So now it ' s time to dream a little. In a . . I d h · h prevwus art1c 1e, suggeste t at, m onor . of the l OOth runnmg of the Boston Marathon, Front Runners could Target Races for this session and their conceivably field the largest team. We're a prices are: !urg~ club, ·"vith a !ct of tul~ut~d ;-unntrs, and Our Presence Wou ld and should be $45- Vermont City Marathon -May 28 noticed. The aura ofthe Boston marathon $55- AdvillOK -June 10 has, for most of us, fueled at least some of $60- Grandma' s Marathon -June I7 our dreams of excellence. $55 - Pride Run - June 24 Do you think you can qualify? Does Along the way, we will be doing Miniany one else think you can? I've learned Target Races like: over the years that other people think we ' re as good as our last race, but in our own Queens Half-Marathon - April 2 minds, we're as good as our best race. We Trevira IO-Miler and 2-Miler - June 10 all have to look at our Boston qualifying Sallie Mae I OK - April 30 attempts more realistically. Am I a runner Roosevelt Island 1OK - April 30 for whom everything would have to be Broad Street I 0-Miler- May 7 perfect in order to barely qualify? We ' re Central Park 5-Miler- May 7 all awed by our qualifying times Advil5K Tune-Up- May 14 age group qualify your time lOK qualify your lOK time I0-34 35-39 3:40 47:00 3:IO 40:00 3:45 48:00 3:I5 4I:OO 40-44 3:50 49:00 3:20 42 :00 45-49 3:55 50:00 3:25 43:00 50-54 55-59 4 :00 5I :OO 3:30 44:00 4 :05 52:00 3:35 45 :00 60-64 4:10 53:00 3:40 46:00 At the current count, three (and possibly a fourth) members have met their qualifying standards - two men and two women . I believe that there are fifty men and twenty can qualify for Boston I996. If you now know that you are one of them , start making plans immediately to get to Boston. Speak to coaches Donna Checkan and Jeff Singleton about setting up a training plan for you (not some nonpersonal, 1-read-it-in-a-book, I-saw-it-onan-application kind of plan) Start showing up at Thursday evening workouts! • I At I I �QUEER CYCLISTS ON THE 'NET networking to Thanks facilities and free software Columbia by provided University, home to the minions who secretly operate the worldwide homosexual cycling conspiracy, the Fast and Fabulous Cycling Team (well, own, its has rudimentary) computer bulletin board. It' s staffed by your favorite sysops and is called the Emergency Bike Calendar Network. About forty of us are on line at this writing, and the EBCN has proved invaluable in updating folks on rides and discussing where the group is going, both literally and figuratively . We've gotten e-mail from the executive director of the Boston to New York AIDS Ride, an impassioned plea to do the ride from a new Fast/Fabber, and intimations of unquenched passions among these queer cybercyclists. To subscribe, send an e-mail to Bob or Debbie and copy the other one. lnclude your name, address and phone numbers for our snail mail list Debbie Bell too . As ever, we are (deb2 @columbia.edu) and Bob Nelson (rjn2@columbia.edu) APRIL, SCOURGE OF BIKE CALENDAR PLANNERS Last year, we planned rides for every Sunday in April. Every one was rained out. But we ' ve put in a good word with the rain goddesses, who have promised to smile benignly on every Sunday in April. So, if you ' ve got laundry to hang out or cars to wash , April's the month. Meanwhile, here ' s what we're up to in the first full month of spring. Please RSVP to the ride leader. For updates, hang out on the EBCN, or call Bob' s answering machine, dubbed the Bike Warm line. April 2 Sandy Gold of New York Cycling Club leads us via scenic back roads to Piermont for lunch, or, perhaps, luncheon. Ladies? Central Park boathouse, 10:00 a.m. , 40 miles, C-leve! ride for you pikers. 212 .873 .7756 April 9 Triathlete Janet Villas hosts a special run/ride to view the AIDS Quilt in Madison, NJ. lnfo elsewhere in this rag, 10:30 a.m. uh, esteemed journal. 201 .301 .0494 April 16 Doug Howe spins us through central New Jersey for a springtime view of bucolic Morris, Somerset and Hunterdon counties. Doug don't dawdle. Meet at his place in Hoboken. We need cars, so give Doug a holler if you have one. 9:00 a.m., 40-60 miles, B+ ride 20 I. 792.1828 April 23 Lovely triathlete Bob Nelson rouses us from slumber to come do the Bronx Biathlon. Take the A train to Bob's and cycle across the Bronx. Do the bi or cheer the team. Bike home. 6:30 a.m. sharp, 20-plus miles, C ride if you don't do otherwise. ride A biathlon, the 212.567.7160 April 30 Paulette Maggoe finds the bike leader within herself for a back roads ride from the Bronx to the Kensico Dam in Westchester County, and back. Meet at the last stop on the number 4 line, Woodlawn Cemetery-Jerome Avenue. 10 a.m., 40plus miles, Bride 718.652.1752 BROWSE THE WEB, ANYONE? A Toronto cyberjock has offered to put up a home page on the World Wide Web for any gay sports team that's interested. Free. We submit color photos that we want the world to see, plus any info about the team that would help recruit new members or that would allow out-of-town visitors to find us. The Rideau Speedaus, Ottawa' s gay swim team, have taken the plunge and can be seen at the LGB-Sports address, http://www.kwic .net/lgb-sports/. l would like to get pages up for Front Runners and Fast/Fab Cycling and am working with a computer jock over at Team New York Aquatics to get them up and running. Any thoughts on how we ' d like to be represented? Any photos someone wants to submit to illustrate our page? LGB-Sports, by the way, is not just a WWW page. lt's Iistserv run out of Toronto by also freeiance gay sports writer jot Ciarke. If you have e-mail and want to know what's going on in the lesbigay jock universe, subscribe!! Debbie and [find there ' s lots of dross, but also the occasional gem, like a note from the Gay games V organizers in Amsterdam. Here's how to do it. Send an listmanager to message e-mail @hookup.net, with the body of the message reading subscribe 1gb-sports. You ' ll get an e-mile confirmation and then messages will come directly to your e-mail queue. To unsubscribe send unsubscribe 1gb-sports. To send something to the list so everyone lgbto e-mail it, read can sports@hookup .net. Problems? E-mail to owner-lgb-sports@hookup.net On Thursday, April 20th, The Cirque du Soleil is performing as a benefit for the Community Health Project (CHP), New York's Lesbian and Gay clinic. Front Runners will have a block of seats. For more information, or to reserve a ticket, call 212 .675 .3954. Prices start at $50. A group, such as FRNY, ordering ten or more tickets, will have those seats upgraded to the next highest level, i.e., ten people buy $50 seats indicating that they are with Front Runners, they will be seated in the $75 section. Forms are available at the Saturday runs, or you may order by credit card. [f you use a credit card, be sure to tell them "my host is Front Runners New York", in order to qualify for the upgrade . ~ ?1t41UUU PLEASE, NO BIKES TO THIS EVENT On May 13th at 6:00 p.m., Fast/Fab cyclists will gather at the home of Doug Howe, 820 Hudson St., #27, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Doug ' s been looking for an excuse to have a party at his new place, and boy did he strike it rich with us! Bring food and drink _ you know, the usual potluck routine (but try not to leave the dishes at Doug's) -and bring ideas for future rides. We ' ll put the fmishing touches on plans for our New York to New Hope Ride over Memorial Day weekend and consider important details like how our baggage will get there and where we ' ll bed down for a night or two. About 9:00 p.m. we ' ll pop "Breaking Away" into the VCR and watch Dennis Christopher pedal his very nice buns across the big screen. RSVP to Bob or • Debbie, please, by phone or mail. 7)d.Jie '8dt ~ '8d. ~ IJA()f .f �.!l~h~~ fr~e~~~J . jacket, too! All this and more! All we ask is that you join us as a volunteer on April 22 for the Tropicana Run For The Parks. You don't have to look up the date, it's a Saturday, and the race starts at 10:00 a.m . Now, yes, we know that time and day may sound familiar . It is the time for our weekly Saturday run. We know this, and we are asking everyone reading this to rearrange their running schedule for the week, and instead, volunteer during that hour. March and April have not presented great choices for our volunteer race of the month, but it is of great benefit to the club that we C0litinuc ll1ese voiuniet:r t:ffurts. They help our out and proud standing in the running community and strengthen our We will relationship with the NYRRC . still return to the church for coffee and bagels after. All we ask is that you make Saturday an off day, or run later in the afternoon. We need you, the parks need you, and, hey, its a time slot you already have open. Use the coupon below or call Donn or Rob at 212.864 .3414. We'll all show up near Tavern on the Green at 9 :00 a.m . Saturday, March 22 . No experience required. FRNYffDF THEARTE PARTIES 11Jerlin Wpbate We have seen to date: I told you that I would not Jet you forget Love, Valor, Compassion! about the 5th Annual Gay & Lesbian Run! ©® As it is already early April, if you are Call Me Madam seriously interested in going to Berlin, I ®© need to hear from you now, so that I can Sunset Boulevard contact the Berlin organizers with our ©® numbers! Although the event is from May Out Of This World 25th to 28th, the actual running events will not tak~ place until the 27th. the first two If you would like to attend our next low d~ys Will be packed with tourist events, a low price theatre event, call Jeff at ' ~Ick-off party and training time. The 28th 212.243.6204 Is the closing picnic and a nice send-off. Again. the weather will be fairly amenable to running and sightseeing around Europe - a lovely 65 to 75 degrees. My research shows that air fare is currently $721 to $975 and will increase as the month of May draws near. At this time, it does not appear that .we will have enough travelers to I will be qualify. for a group rate. contactmg the organizers in mid-April to Jet them know how many of us will need and the size of our team. Once agam, If you have been dreaming or - - contemplating this, get you butt in gear and NEED A BREAK?? Ciao for now, call me at 718.638.5774. r---------------- l~i~~~~fj 1_1_~ r---....;;:;:........;;;;:..~~:.;:. hou.sing~ Iourbt~ 1)• .:f"olliM ~ :· ............................ . Volunteer Race of the Month for APRIL Tropicana 4-mile Run for the Parks Saturday, April 22, 1995 Place: Tavern on the Green Check-in Time: 9:00 a.m. Yes, I would like to volunteer! : Name: • Phone: • mail to: Donn and Rob 40 Tiemann Place 50 New York, NY 10027.3348 And while we're on the subject... Where's the Track & Field Article?! No, we didn't forget to write one this time. We've just been so busy polishing our medals that we got distracted. Ahem! As we glide into the comfortable lull between indoor (December-March) and Outdoor (April-June) track seasons, ~e are concentrating on keeping the strength we have developed thus far. " But what exactly do you guys/gals Do?" the skeptics ask. Well, although we all have very different schedules, some of us find time to meet together on the weekends to do speed work in Central Park, the gym at Columbia or the rolling streets of Forest Hills. Nothing grueling or torturous, just a chance for us to prepare for that personal best we've all got our eyes on!. If you would like the chance to explore the world of Fast Times at Adrenaline High, come chat with Manuel 718.261.0451 or Lourdes 718.638.5774 on a Saturday, or ring us at home. .!.~&~ How about a week in Vermont? Stop for a moment and think about NYC in July . 90 degree temperatures with 90 percent humidity .. . OK, now think of bolting out of the city and heading for the Northeast ~ingdom of Vermont. COOL! (well yes, July 23-29, 1995 is literally ...) International Front Runners Week at Craftsbury Running Camp. Finalizing your vacation plans? Mark your calendars now before the temps climb so high you can't think straight-- er, think clearly. '[)~~ Assistant Director Escape to Key West Vacation Home For Rent 2 bedroom/2 bath townhouse ' ~ Y full kitchen, dining room ~ large-screen TV /stereo sun-deck & fenced-in yard. $500/week for 2 people/$550/week for 4 call Elaine at 516.483 .5856 I Atl J �The Road Ahead ¢ ·~ . To assist you in planning the balance of your FRNY year, and to encourage you to be a part of all the exciting things coming up, we provide you with the course map below. Get out those big red (or shocking pink) pens and mark these dates on your calendar! Spring Running Classes (12 weeks) Queens Half-Marathon (M/F points race) Board/Business Meeting Pride Run Application Monster Mailing Volunteer Race: Run for the Parks Pride Run Task Force Meeting Washington D.C. Spring Fling trip Sallie May !OK in D.C. AUGUST 9th 13th 25-27th TBA SEPTEMBER 'Jth 13th !5-1 7th !5-1 7th .l!J.C:t...&,__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17th 1 17th Central Park 5-Miler (M points race) TBA Board Business Meeting Services and Goods Auction OCTOBER (Pride Run fund-raiser) NYC Marathon Line-Up I st Advil Mini Tune-Up 5K (F points race) lith Volunteer Race: Advil Tune-Up 5K 14th Spring Meet-the-Membership Picnic 14th GMHC AIDS Walk-a-thon TBA New York to New Hope Bike Ride TBA Pride Run Task Force Meeting ®4' ~ ~I .. Board/Business Meeting Hispanic Half-Marathon (M points race) Chicago Smelts Triathlon Weekend Volunteer Race: Faii Meet-the-Membership Picnic Board/Business Meeting Philadelphia Trip Boston to New York AIDS Ride Philadelphia Distance Run (13.1 miles) The Race for the Cure Volunteer Race: Fred Lebow XC 5K (M/F points race) Board/Business Meeting Norwegian Festival 5K (M points race) Women's Half-Marathon (F points race) Blue Line 20-mile Marathon Tune-Up Volunteer Race: NOVEMBER Advil Mini-Marathon IOK (F points race) Board/Business Meeting Boston To Provincetown Bike Ride Pride Weekend Out-of-Towners Reception Lesbian & Gay Pride Run (5 miles) Community Challenge Run (2 miles) Volunteer Race : Pride Run/Challenge Pride Parade and Festival Bronx Half-Marathon (M points race) Marathon Running Classes (12 weeks) Board/Business Meeting Club Team Championship (M/F points) Craftsbury Running Camp, Vermont Volunteer Race: 8th 10-12 iOth lith 12th 12th 16th 26th Board/Business Meeting NYC Marathon Weekend Out-of· towners Reception/Pasta Party Annual Pancake Breakfast NYC Marathon (M/F points race) Volunteer Race: NYC Marathon Fall Running Classes (12 weeks) Pete McArdle XC 15K (M points race) DECEMBER lst-3rd 2nd 2nd 13th 17th TBA Boston Weekend Boston's Yuletide Stride Hot Chocolate 10-Miler (W points race) Year End Meeting Holiday 25K (M points race) Holiday Party • �Freaky February • We would like to say a quick, but heart-felt hank you, to all those hearty souls who braved the February snows, and The volunteered for The Bagel Run. · temperature was m th e 40s th e wee k b e fiore, and rose into the 50s soon after ... but on that Sunday morning, it was "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" So! Kudos to Lenore Beaky, Bob Brins, Rob Galloway, Pat Kuharic, Jim Minter, and Ted Paszek. We would have said "hats off' at the time, but it was just too damn cold. For those of you that have thought of volunteering, but don't know what the specific jobs are, well, Donn, Rob and Ted called splits (elapsed race time) at miles two, three and five, respectively. They were taken from the starting line (synchronize watches!) and driven to their mile markers, and picked up as the last runner passed their station. Now that wasn't difficult, was it? And, as all you runners know, the timer's calls are very useful in pacing yourself throughout the course, in order to do your best. Pat Kuharic started doing her best at 6:00 that mo~ing, setting up the course. We'~e not askmg our volunteers to make that kmd of commitment, but without the efforts of • dedicated people like Pat, there could be no weekly races for anyone to test themselves on. Now, guess what we're going to tell you is the best way that you can say thank you to all those selfless volunteers whose work makes it possible for you to race? Right! Become one of them! Maybe not every week, or even every month ... but sometime! VOLUNTEER! p, ~ U~t, 'efz1du GMHC AIDS WALKA THON The walk is on May 21st. For those of you who wish to designate FRNY as your Walkathon team, our number this year is 0458. Ai ihis time, we Jo not have a teru11 coordinator. Any volunteers? rr::Jzank cqodll The Board of Directors wishes to acknowledge and thank Donna Arabia, Edna Benitez, Beth Collins, and Ruth Gursky for representing the club at the Lesbian Business and Trade Fair, held on February 26. SPECIAL RUN/RIDE: THE AIDS QUILT IN MADISON, N.J . Drew University will be hosting a significant portion of the International AIDS Memorial Quilt on April 6- 9 · Front Runner Janet Villas invites you all to come and see the quilt, and run or ride in beautiful Madison and the surrounding area on Sunday, April 9th. Janet lives across the street from Drew, and can recommend a 5K or IOK run and bike rides that include Jockey Hollow National Park (where George Washington and the boys spent the winter) and the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Madison is around 45 minutes from Manhattan by car and is accessible .via N.J. Transit out of Hoboken or direct bus out of the Port Authority. Call 201.301.0494 fer directions. Please p!ar1 to arrive by 10:30 a.m. to view the quilt and get in a great run or ride and brunch before closing ceremonies at 3:00 p.m. Rumors abound that the Flirtations will be in town for a benefit concert that weekend. Janet, a singer with the New York City Opera, has been asked to sing in closing ceremonies, but the doors to her place will be cheerfully kept open by friends and family for those who want to enjoy a really long ride, so ... c'mon out to Madison. RSVP ~ 1/itta..t BILL DC>LAN . 9 4 s • • 9 9 5 When Bill Dolan told his friends twoand-a-half years ago that he'd been diagnosed with cancer, we figured cancer had fmally met its match. Bill was just too smart, too determined, to let something like that get in his way. A hospital audiobgist, he often seemed to k.'1ow as much as- no, more than- most doctors. In fact, Bill just plain knew. Puffing past a church on a Saturday run, your offhand remark about some detail of its appearance could easily set off a summary ofthe Reformation's influence on Roman Catholic architecture. Ordering a wine in a stuffy, four-star restaurant, you could always bet on Bill to trump the sommelier, not vice-versa. About the subject of dramatic sopranos, well, anyone foolish enough to step up and disagree deserved what was coming Bill took the good things in life seriously. Himself, he didn't. No one who ever saw that lone figure on winter loops of Central Park could ever forget the sight. Icicles drooping walrus-like from his mustache. Shorts baring cherry-red legs to the January wind. His trademark elbowlength white tube socks on his hands, making him look like he'd dressed the wrong end. We laughed and lavghed, and Bill laughed too. Laughter was his natural state. Self-consciousness was not. One night on his way back from his miles in the Park, he spotted a group of us having a pre-opera supper in a jammed Broadway restaurant. He detoured right in to say hello, share a few olives and breadsticks , and drink all our water. We were sure the hostess would throw him out. Instead, she received a convincing lecture about the thrill of running, and ended up in the next New York City Marathon. Bill, she came to understand, could be very persuasive- even in a nice restaurant with ice on his mustache and shorts on his legs. Though it's been years since he served as Men's Vice President, Front Runners was as much a home to Bill as his own apartment. Even when he couldn't run a lot, which happened more and more toward the end, he would concoct the most convoluted timing scl,.emes so his couple of miles would somehow intersect the club's, and he could see his friends . When even that became too hard, he just came to Rutgers. He won't be able to do that anymore. Early on February 23rd, the cancer wonbut not completely. Bill was too out, too proud and too zestfully in love with life not to somehow live on in all of us who knew him . His courageous fight against his disease helped the rest of us not to take our days for granted, but to savor each one and to be grateful for it. Thank you for that Bill. We miss you. 46 years were not enough. A memorial will be held April 26. Call 718.920.2333 •····· ~ ··-· J Atl· 1 �Spring is clearly a time of planning for many clubs. While last year' s February and March newsletters were full of little other than plans for the Games, the current batch of newsletters finds clubs happily looking forward to any number of activities. Leading the pack is defmitely the Pride Run. Rayland (CA), Philadelphia and Ft. Lauderdale are just some of the clubs getting ready for their annual runs. Seattle had a debate about whether to change the name of their annual " Run With Pride" and decided (after circulating a survey to 144 members) not to change it. In the less distant future, Ft. Lauderdale is planning their usual trip for the Seven-Mile Bridge Run, which I' ve decided is just an excuse to go to Key West for the weekend. (Hey, given the hunk in the guesthouse ad they print, who can blame them?) Across the peninsula in Tampa Bay, runners are cons ide ring renting a house in Provincetown for a week. They are also "definitely doing Pensacola for Memorial Day this year" Given how many people are in Pensacola, "doing" Pensacola in one weekend would be quite Memorial-worthy. assure They readers that "Last year was more fun than we are able to put in wntmg. No doubt, but the writer neglects to inform readers what "do" means: Is there a race? Social events? If I get more details, I' ll fill you in. Closer to home, D.C. assures us all that plans are well under way for the "annual social-season opener" (Don 't tell Tampa Bay!) scheduled for April 29 and 30. The race is the Sallie Mae I OK, on Sunday the 30th. Apparently, "this year' s fashion statement, the ' 95 DCFR T-shirt" will also be available that weekend. Looking much farther into the future , Toronto is planning for next years "minigames" the International Front Runners Inv itational on Columbus Day weekend 1996 . In the " we really plan ahead'' category, D.C. reports that Amsterdam is already working hard on Gay Games V. They are publishing a magazine, Friendship starting in April, and D.C. quotes from a preliminary issue. The address for questions or (I'm sure) volunteers is Joed Elich, Gay Games Amsterdam 1998, P.O. Box 2837, NL 1000 CV Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Email: jelich@xs4all.nl. In terms of club news, several clubs report on the formation of another French club, Azur Front Runners, based in Nice (Your next sabbatical, perhaps, Lenore?) EastBay (CA) reports that a Las Vegas club may be forming , plus clubs in Des Moines, Iowa City and Nashville. Sydney reports that a Perth club may be folding (its main member moving to Sydney) but that a Melbourne club may be forming. St. Louis reports that their numbers have jumped from 15 to 35 in the second half of last year. Their newsletter, " like the Phoenix" has also found a new lease and life on to promises appear every other month. Chicago has once again been voted one. of the top runnmg the in clubs c it Y, through Windy City Sports M a g a z i n e only dropping slightly from I st place to 2nd. Congratulations ! As you may guess, we are not the only club to feature a column on news from other clubs. This month ' s batch of columns brought two items I simply must pass on. First (and most important) San Francisco reports that "NYFR Donna Checkan will be one of the many world-class athletes coaching at.. Craftsbury." Wow! And Ft. Lauderdale, whose newsletter is often among the more amusing in my mailbag every month, worries that "Many clubs do not have us on their mailing list. If you have a newsletter, please send us a copy because we ' re just plain nosy. We are busy-bodies who want to keep up on every little thing that you do ." Given the many clubs out there, I wish them luck! Happy running to all of us! 'Peud '8~ FRONT RUNNERS GO SKIING By the time you read this, spring will have officially arrived. However, some lucky Front Runners are still basking in the afterglow of a special winter weekend. The annual ski trip to Mount Snow, Vermont, cccrd inated by !>au! BnY:km ann, for the weekend of February 24-26 was my first ski trip - as well as the first time I'd ever been on a pair of skis. I had such a fabulous experience with the people and with the sport, that I want to share my excitement with the rest of the club. Twenty-four of us carpooled for the four-and-a-half-hour trip to a world of snow. Our three condos, right on the slopes, were high-ceiling A-frames with modern, fully-equipped kitchens and. huge working fireplaces . Downhill skiers could walk or ski to the lifts. Exquisite cross-country trails, with rentals and lessons, were a short drive away. Some hearty souls took nearby ski-boarding lessons. Saturday night we congregated in one condo for a veggie lasagna dinner with all the trimmings. Each condo had a coordinator (thank you Jean Robinson, Frank Buffone and Paul Brockmann!) who assigned each person some food item to contribute for the weekenti. Connie and I made a lasagna, as did Frank and Seth Slade. There were new faces this year including Connie and me and Sara Jane Cuttita Westerback, and some "old faces" were missed. But I cannot end this article without mentioning the " in" jokes of condo K33. If you weren ' t there you won ' t understand. Here they are. I) "The house of 2 madams" 2) "you call that buttered?" If you want your own " in" jokes, plus an exciting weekend with wonderful people, sigh up early for next year' s ski trip. Thank you, Paul - the weekend was a dream • because of your diligent efforts! t'IIUU ~ �Sheraton Bagel Run 1OK Central Park, NY February 26, 1995 • Tor Hansen .......................... ..... ..... . 37:04 Patrick Guilfoyle ..... ....... ........ ........ 37:26 Rod Blacklock .................. .............. 39:04 Jeff Singleton ............................... m41 :30 Peter Johnston ........................... ... m41 :31 Dave Laurence .............. ................. 43 :08 John Spooner ... ..... ............ ... ........ m43 :26 Ken Majerus ................ ....... ...... ... !'43 :58 PJchard P!att ..... ......... ...... .... .. ...... rrA4: 36 Manuel Gonzalez ........... .............. m44 :37 Steve McLure ...................... ..... .... m45 :39 Bob Nelson .................................. m45 :51 David Pitches ........................ .. ... .. m46:0 I John Watters ................................ m46:25 Paul Matwiow ....................... ... .... m46:32 Jerry Levine ............................. .... m46:33 Steve Nowling ....................... ....... m46:39 n Plle_ Brenner .......................... ....... 49:03 ratg Booth .............................. .... m49:49 Nancy Bernardin .......................... m49:51 Bruce Alpert ................. ...... .......... m50:37 Marnell McNamara ........................ 53:08 Denise Zerella ............. ............. ...... 57:25 V. Lynn Baucom ......................... I :00:42 Susan Ziering ... ... ............. ...... ... mI :00:59 Joan Brown .................. ............. mI :04 :09 I • RACE CAPTAINS' •.. REPORT There were some impressive performances in this year's Bagel Run, a men's points race. Congratulations to all twenty runners who took part, proudly displaying the team colours. We continue to see some really great turnouts at the NYRRC races. March saw the AI Gordon 5 miler, Brooklyn Half-Marathon and the Rites of Spring lOK with the results yet to be announced. espite the less than scenic course for the rooklyn Half, Front Runners was well runners. 14 with represented Congratulations to all who ran and thank AI Gordon Five Miler Central Park, NY March 5th, 1995 Manuel Gonzalez ................ ... ....... m35 :00 Bradley Gretter ...................... ......... 40:35 Deadline for Race Results Your Race Captains are Diane KuzminBatchelor and Jack Watters. If you register for a NYRRC race as a Front Runner, your finishing time will automatically be forwarded to them. For non-NYRRC events that you wish to have listed in the May newsletter, please notify the race captains by April 15th. Results submitted after this date will not appear until the June issue.Tell them the name of the race, its date, location, distance and your finishing time. For any race, let the race captains know if your performance is a personal record or a first time at distance. Symbols used in race results Brooklyn HalfMarathon 13.1 miles Prospect Park, NY March 12, 1995 Tor Hansen ... ............................... l:22:12 Peter Johnston ........................... ml :36:32 Harold Brueland ..................... ... ml :38:39 Steve Nowling ........................... ml :38:55 Bob Nelson ................................ ml :39:49 David Pitches ............................ ml :40:59 Ken Majerus ................................ I:46:06 Peter Doebele .............................. l :46:49 Bradley Gretter ............................ I :46:50 Laurie Shlafmitz .......................... I :54:21 Jim Gibb ................................ !'mi :54:35 Tim Hunt... .................................. I:54:37 V. Lynn Baucom ......................... l :56:39 Fred Cabral... ............... ................ l :56:56 Jerry Smith .................................. I :59:26 Tug Hill Tourathon 50K XC Ski Boylston, NY January 28, 1995 Jerry Smith ....................................... 6:0I 0 First Time at Distance Personal Record m Masters Runner t.. Race Walker !' you to the members who ran opposite (Special Run) cheering the racers along. Coming up very early on this month is the Queens Half-Marathon in College Point, on April 2nd. This is a beautiful, flat (along the waterfront), scenic and very enjoyable course making two loops of College Point and Malba. It also happens to be the men and women's points race this month. NYRRC is providing free transportation to and from the NYRRC at 9 East 89th St. Be sure to read your race application for more details. "Grab your partners by the shoe." That's right the Trevira Twosome 10M/2M is April 8th in Central Park. This has always been a popular race with our members as you get to run down Cat Hill, Gatineau 50K XC Ski Pare Gatineau, Hull, Ontario February 19, 1995 Jerry Smith ............... ........................ 5:44 not only once but twice! Just a little reminder that your partner, for L'lis race only, must be of the opposite sex. Don't ask us why, we only follow the rules. The month continues with the Tropicana Run the for the Parks on April 22nd, Tropicana Run for Wildlife on the 29th at the Bronx Zoo, and closes with a fast, flat I OK, with wonderful views of Manhattan from Roosevelt Island on Sunday April 30th. Of course, the last weekend in April is our Washington DC visit, and the Sallie Mae lOK will also be run on April 30th. Be sure to send your individual application forms in. The cost is $I5 before and $20 after April 8th. p.d u«. "!)Wu. �Meet the Membership e • e Front Runners New York ... and Friends and Family and YOU! • YOU'RE INVITED! COME WALK! COME RUN! COME MEET FRONT RUNNERS! Central Park Sheep Meadow across from Tavern on the Green Saturday, May 20 • Meet at 9:45, Fun Walk/Run at I OAM Then:A fabulous pot luck picnic! (Bring a blanket to sit on.) Here's how it works: Last names from A to L bring a beverage (a quart or so) and something dessert-like (for 6 or 8). Last names from M to Z bring a sa lad or fruit or such (for, yes, 6 or 8). Anyone else bring WHATEVER YOU WANT! In case of rain, meet at Rutgers Church (Broadway and 73rd) • �FRON'I RUNNERS NEW YORK PU 1995 w s F FRNY: 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue A running and walking club for lesbians, gay men, and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership Into: I .2 12:00 noon 212.724.9700 I. ApRn FOOl's -......O.ml~ Delacorte Oval - ~ l} 13 8 - a.m. QUEEN'S HALF• MARATHON and SK McNeil Park Queens 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster Statue ~C :C·O 6:45 p.m. O..OIIIAf Ollcl Trolal•t ,,..,.. 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW 10:30 a.m. Trevlra Twosome Sponoo School V1ot_, !5111 & IMdioon Tavern on thl GrMn • '9 • SPECIAL RUN: . The AIDS Quilt at Drew University Janet Villas 201 .301 .0494 41 Madison, 4C Madison, NJ ,16 1o I @ 17 ,13 12 11 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 7:30p.m. I Board/Business Meeting Mike & Dave's 170 w 74, lffi09 .18 ' 6:45p.m . I I Oooolllat oacl Trolalat ,,..,.. 1 I 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW 10:00 a.m. Saturday Run Webster Statue Newsletter Copy Due PRIDE RUN 'S MONST~~ MAlUNG 20 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 1 Sponoo School V1ot_, !ilh&lolodiooo 6:45p.m. I 15 114 Oooolllat oacl Trolalat ,,..,.. 121 I -9:00a.m. Volunteer 8:00p.m. Troplcana Run For the Parks CDtQUIDU IOI.IIL Tav.m on the GrMn D.C. Spring Fling 24 6:30a.m. Bob's Bronx Biathlon 165 Seaman Ave, 3H 25 7:00p.m. Brooklyn Run 3rd St & PPW 7:00p.m. Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW ond o"-r. .. Pride Run Task Force George Mayer's 150 W.E.A. 22B 128 26 Newsletter Mailing Charlie Wintczak's 2130 B'way N415 6:45p.m. Ooonl•t oacl TrolalAf ,,..,.., 6:00p.m. DEPARTRURE D.C. Spring Fling Sponoo School V1ot_, 5111 & lolodiooo ... D.C. Return 30 • 10:00 a.m. Roosevelt Island Spring 10K RooN...a lalllnd TromStaDon FOR MORE INFO: 212.724.9700 FUN RUN FOOD 6 BAG DROPS 718.788.0567 PAUL BROCKMANN BROOKLYN TUESDAYS: BROADWAY AT 75 ST AMERICAN RESTAURANT WEDNESDAYS: 236 W 73 ST SATURDAYS: RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EVENTS SCHEDUUNG: JEFF ERKMAN 212.243.6204 29 10:00 a.m. Central Park Run Webster ·statue �Fl\EJNT Rll NNER TAbEie * * l WiNTER NiOiiT~s HUN As we made our way to Central Park, the heavy, moist flakes were fogging the air and accumulating on everything - our hair, eyelashes, clothes, and the ground. Each distant street lamp was surrounded by a nimbus of light and snow . The seven of us merged into the silence of a nearly deserted Central Park. As we started our jog of the PtJrk Loop, Doc alrr.cst immediately pulled ahead and disappeared into the haze. Meanwhile, Gyorgy and Patrick were sorting out the past. "You do remember our first meeting, do you not?" Gyorgy asked with a hint of agitation. ' Although Gyorgy was bundled up in several layers of running gear, Patrick started to recognize those darklashed, aristocratic eyes, the sturdy thighs, and gams of an accomplished triathlete. But he couldn't quite place the face , with its full goatee-ringed mouth. "The Bois de Boulogne,"prompted Gyorgy. "Oh, s__ t!" thought Patrick as his face turned crimson (a few shades _ deeper than his hair). "Those two _ glorious weeks in Paris, just before grad schooi :" "The Bois?" continued Gyorgy, "You ran with us, Front Runners Paris? We had quite the conversation. You growing up in Queens (which Gyorgy pronounced like "quince"), the nine brothers and sisters, and the father who had a St. Patrick fixation . Your father named two of you Pat, you and your lesbian sister. You were working on your masters in social work." "That's right, and you are the son of princes from Pest!" "No, from Buda. I grew up on my family's estate on the other side of the Danube. Those were fun afternoons in Paris, weren't they?" "Yes, they were! So, what brings you to New York?" As this "couple" continued their reunion, another couple-in-the-making seemed to be forming a few feet ahead. I sped up to catch Ruth and Simone, who were chatting away steadily. "So Simone, Beau tells me your town ." Ruth was a constant networker. "It's a natural carbonated beverage company of some sort, isn't it?" "If you can call it an office. Sarah and I have a small space on Third Avenue, off of East 47th . We started distributing Brooklyn Springs to health food stores three years ago, from a tiny one bedroom apartment we shared in Brooklyn Heights . When things started to take off, we ran out of space and agreed that we needed to establish a real corporate headquarters with a real office." "Now I remember! You two were interviewed in the New York Times a few weeks ago. You're planning to launch a new ginger flavored ice tea spiced with Kombucha mushrooms. Aren't they suppose to have some medicinal properties? And aren't you your new product?" "Yes, yes, and yes." Simone seemed to be a bit annoyed by all the shop talk, but continued, "An ad agency, that's what I keep telling Sarah. She's been handling it in-house for us. She's afraid we will become involved with someone like Amanda on Melrose Place .. . and she hasn't let me off the hook for blurting out that gem during the Times interview!" Ruth was never one to miss an opportunity. "I work for McMahon & Mates" she said, "I'd like the agency to make a pitch for the business. I can * * $ guarantee we'll put your company on the map! And I am no Amanda. When you get home why don't you ask Sarah if she'd Jet us make a presentation?" "We don't live together anymore. " Simone lamented as she shook the snow from her long, dark hair. "We ' re still friends , and all , and we make terrific business partners... but all the wgetht:I nes~ didn · l iJc:ip our relationship." "Oh, I didn't realize ... " That was the last thing I heard as they branched off at the 102nd Street transverse. I continued on my way, up toward the top of the Park. I could see Beau in the distance. He and I were starting to gain on Doc. Wilde on Wednesdays (Come join us to write these tales.) • All characters and events in this article are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or events are strictly coincidental. * * * * * ** • * � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 14 No. 4, April 1995 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Digitized Oct. 31, 2014 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright FRNY. If you have privacy-related concerns about this content being online, please contact frnyarchives@frny.org. Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1995 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/8d6380145d1bb588ea5bfd08128485aa.pdf cd3e2b631784598294981a36478f9c82 PDF Text Text • ·.· ··.··.--.-.·.·-:.·-:.; ...J 0 Fr on t Ru, nn ers Box 87, llnsonia Btation 11/ew YoPk 10028 0 0 o The Starting Line January is traditionally the month of "new beginnings". And for me, 0 January 1995 marks quite a big one. o However, before I go on much further, 0 , allow me to extend a much deserved collective "Thank you !"on behalf of the membership to Gary, the 1994 FRNY board and the committee chairs for all their terrific work in 1994 - including such highlights as guiding us into and through Gay Games IV, staging our biggest and best Lesbian & Gay Pride Run and creating a truly fabulous silver anniversary 25 Mile NY Marathon water table. And on behalf of myself and the incoming 1995 board, I would like to thank all of you for your vote of confidence in us to be the new caretakers of your club. As we embark upon the Work Of The Club for this year, we recognize that the strength of the club which will permit us to do our work successfully rests in its membership. In 1995, we will be building upon the successes of 1994. Our first order of business is to put our 1995 Lesbian & Gay Pride Race on track toward the June finish line. In addition, FRNY will also be facing the challenge of moving the work of the FRNY Charitable Foundation to the next level We will need your input, support and your helping hands to make these things happen. On that matter, several of the club's committees require chairpersons for the year. Moreover, all of our chairpersons will be looking for "happy helpers." By pitching in, you'll have the opportunity to meet and befriend more of your fellow club members. If you are interested in fmding out more about the committees or if you have any questions, please call me or the chairs. Let's make it a fabulous year in terms of your running, racing and personal experiences, a year full of Personal Records. StepOliT, () A 8 oo • 0 0 0 0 co \ 't<b • 't<b 0 Step safely, Step forward! Mike McMahon Business Meeting News The December Business Meeting began with the Treasurers report. The club did well this year in spite of the major expenses associated with Gay Games and our large Pride Run. Our membership Stands at 458. Some up-coming activities are as follows: The Ski Weekend will be on Feb 24-26 (spots are still available), Volunteer Race of the Month will be the Fred Lebow 5 Miler on Jan 7, Men and Women's Points Race the Nortbwind lOK on Jan 22. Beth Collins stressed the importance of the marathon line up. This may be the only way for members wanting to run to get in. Our three year-end gifts of $100 to community organizations will go to: The Hettich Martin Institute, ASTREA, and the Central Park Conservatory. The Charitable Foundation has collected over $5,000 this year and will be helping people during this holiday season. Carl Johnson Committees 1995 (asor: 12117/94) LGPR Race Directors Community Challenge AIDS Walkathon Bagel/Coffee Table Biffriathlon Calt'ndar!Eve nts Coord. Coaches FR Arouod the World FRNY Marketing Dir. Historian/Archivist Housing Czar (In Town) Mailing Coordinator Marathon Water Table Membership Newsletter Editor NYRR Correspondent Race Captains Running Gear Open for 2 (M & W) Open for 2 (M & W) Open for 2 (M & W) Open for 2 (M & W) B. Nelson/D. Bell J. Erlm111n J. Singleton/D. Cbeckan Social Special Runs Trips Volunteer P. Brockmann Open for 1 (M & W) Open for I (M & W) Open for I (M & W) I... Abbey Open for 2 (M & W) E. Benitez/H. Brueland mnrm Open for 1 (M & W) J. WattersJOpen (W) T. Hunt/J. Spooner/ K. Majerus/J. Minter Jim Milton/Open (W) Open for 2 (M or W) S. Coyff. Johnson R. Galloway/ D. Peppier/Open (W) Olaritable Fouudatioo: Director Treasurer Peter Johnston �. No Weddin gs and a Christening Scene: a stately English church, smrounded by a beautiful English churchyard, somewhere in the south of England. A taxi pulls up and a man emerges, obviously late for something inside the church. Is it Hugh Grant? Well, not quite... it's Jim Gibb, looking for Kathy Kuzmin and Diane Batchelor and Erik Ian's christening. I thought I had everything well in hand. Diane was going to pick me up in Brighton at 11:00 am. I arrived at Victoria Station at 9:00, and saw that the next train for Brighton left at 9:18. My guidebook said the trip takes 55 minutes. On the train, an announcement came that the train would split at Littlehampton, with the ftrSt four cars going to Brighton. I was in the second car, so I settled back to enjoy the ride. I heard people talking about a diversion, but I didn't pay too much attention. At 55 minutes there was no sign of Brighton, but I wasn't too worried. At 10:40, though, I started to get a little nervous. The train split at Little-hampton and pulled out of there at 10:52. We must be almost to Brighton, I thought. I asked the woman across the aisle what time we would arrive. 11:42!!! All that kept going through my mind were thoughts of Diane waiting for me. Nothing, of course, except to stew until we reached Brighton... at 11 :48. No Diane, of course. I called the house and got Chrissie, the godmother, who told me where to go. I grabbed a cab and 20 minutes and £11 ($17 .00) later, arrived. It was worth the trip and the hassle. I wasn't too late and got most of the ceremony. The church was beautiful, the two Mums looked great and the guest of honor behaved like an angel throughout Afterward, we went overto the Crown and Anchor, a waterside pub where we stuffed ourselves on homemade food, ale and cake. Diane's friends made me feel right at home ... there were even a couple of marathoners among them. Then it was back to Brighton for a tour of the Royal Pavilion (every gay person in the world should see it!) ... followed by another 2 112 hour train ride back to London. Would I do it again? You bet. .. even with the diversions. I was really happy to be able to represent Front Runners at such a happy occasion, as well as to visit a part of England I hadn't seen. Thanks, Diane and Kathy. JimGibb • Welcome to the Christian World Erik. Sunday November 13th saw the Christening & Baptism of Erik. The service took place at St Ignatius, New York City. He was welcomed into the church by his Parents, Godparents, close friends and family. Erik wore a linen gown that is almost 100 years old (yep Sunday was Erik's day to wear the dress!) Naturally Erik was the perfect angel and to many disappoinbllents he did not scream the devil out! His attending Godparents (our special friends) were; Christine Eskers (attended the ceremony in England), Claudia Borden, Frank Buffone and Kathy's brother Keith. After wetting the baby's head with blessed water it was back to Erik's home to wet his head again only this time with Champagne! Erik and his Mummies then headed overseas for his English Celebration on Nov. 27th. Diane Batchelor THE fRONT RUNNER fAMILY Tom Griffith and Craig Booth moved into their new aparbllent on the Upper West Side on November 1. Tom and Craig are happy to report that Craig's cat and Tom's terrier are bonding well in their new abode (as are their owners). Warm Front Runner wishes to you both!! Andy Hickes was recognized in Francisco recently by the American San Society of Architectural Perspectivists with an award of excellence. Alldy's renderings are traveling the countty along with the works of other recognized renderers in an international exhibit put on by ASAP. Congratulations, Andy. Congratulations are also in order for Jonathan Danilowitz, formerly of FRNY and now of Front Runners Tel Aviv, for a truly major accomplishment. Jonathan sued El AI five years ago to have his partner accepted as a fullfledged spouse for purposes of benefits. El AI refused, and the Israeli Supreme Court has just handed down what is being hailed as a "landmark ruling," -----,· a fifty-page decision which forces El AI to give full recognition to Jonathan's partner. Activists in Israel anticipate that this ruling will set a precedent in many other related cases. It is indeed good news that Bob Nelson brings us regarding Marten Den Boer just as we go to press. Marten gets out of the hospital tomorrow, December 20th. Welcome home, Martin... we look forward to seeing you for bagels and coffee (soon) on Saturdays. On a much sadder note, Lenore Beaky brings us news of the death of Front Runner, Andy Carlos. Andy was active in the club in the 1980's, and he, along with Andy Hickes, formed the Family Support Group, the ftrSt FRNY committee designed to educate and support the club around AIDSrelated issues. Andy was sweet, graceful, and funny; not only spiritual, but studious (be studied theology in Belgium). You will be missed, Andy. Michael Davies L--------- ---------- ------.. • �• ~ Fast and Fabulous and Back Again --w~ It is troubling to witness the uses to which Front Runners put their Visiting Front Runner homes on bicycles. various occasions, we have witnessed these steeds of speed used as hangers to dry out dainties (socks and underwear, to you more literal typeS), as doorstops, as cat toys and, yes, as status symbols. Some in our club place their bicycles on metal rollers to ride them indoors as exercise bikes -- while listening to NPR, no less -- a less perverted but still troublesome use of the machine, we find. This is a state of affairs that provokes, nay demands, our attention. Mter the relative success of the Fast and Fabulous series of rides last spring and summer, we'd like to semi-formalize the arrangement (please, no wedding bells) as a regular committee within Front Runners. For those who are new to the club, or who may not remember, Fast and Fabulous denotes the two different levels of riders we seek to attract, though that interpretation is one we need not reveal to outsiders, who could persist in the belief that we are all both fast and fabulous. In some sense, we all of course are. Planning for our traditional Sunday rides and an engaging discussion of which triathJons merit Front Runner participation as a group, will be the topics at the first annual Fast and Fabulous Potluck on Saturday, Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. chez Bob Nelson, 165 Seaman Ave. #3H. Debbie Bell is co-host and eminence grise. Recall, if you will, that the Boston to P'town Ride, all130-plus miles of it, will take place in June this year; not September, meaning that those of us who had a leisurely summer to rack up miles last year will have a less leisurely spring to do the same this year. For the competitive types, our likely season opener, the Columbia Triathlon, arrives the weekend before Memorial Day .. Some are also planning to do the Boston to New York AIDS Ride in September. Because anything new creates controversy and suspicion, (Cyclists? In Front Runners? How dare they!) let us outline what will take place at this potluck. 1) It will take a long time to get to Bob's, since he lives at the last stop of the A ttaio in northernmost Manhattan. Walk to the back of the ttaio, up stairs and out the subway exit to the right, then uphill on • • ~~ Far Sule Calendar 1994. Larson 207th Street; make the right on Seaman, 165 Seaman Avenue is a tao brick art deco building across from Inwood Hill Park. 2) Anyone who has not called (212) 567-7160 (Bob) or (914) 353-6925 (Debbie) to RSVP will be greeted with scowls by Debbie and Bob. Those who have RSVP'd will be greeted with smiles and quite possibly hugs. 3) There won't be enough chairs. 4) Bob will make an enormous veggie pasta dish, but also asks diners to bring smaller pasta thingies, drinks, salads and desserts. 5) Debbie and Bob will ask people to volunteer for things, like leading bike rides and organizing Front Runner participation in whichever triathlons we decide to do as a group. 6) We will challenge the idea that you need thighs of oak and a butt of granite to be a cyclist -- or a triathlete, for that matter. This is an activity open to anyone who owns a bicycle and a helmet and rides the former and wears the latter. All levels of cyclists will be able to keep pace because all levels of cyclists will design and lead the rides. 7) We will discuss other ideas: possible joint rides with Sundance, Five Borough Bicycle Club, Outbike or other cycle clubs; winter rides-- yes, outdoors; registering as a group for the Five Borough bike repair class; a New York to New Hope ride and overnight stay; designing our own T-shirt. 8) You.will discover why this year will be more fun than last. Hasta Ia pasta! Debbie Bell &Bob Nelson Think (Mt.) Snow! Reserved spots are still available for the annual Front Runners Ski Weekend. The dates are Friday, February 24 to Sunday, February 26 and the deposit amount is $170. If you'd like to go, send your check made out to FRNY to the FRNY address, marked "Ski Trip." If you're not in the directory, be sure to give me your phone number. Also, be aware that deposits are not refundable no matter what comes up, unless you fmd a replacement for yourself. If you have any questions, give me a call at (718) 788-0567. Paul Brockmann Newsletter Staff Editor & Calendar: Patricia Kuharic Claudia Borden Proofreaders: Lee Abbey Mailing: Get Coached, Get Trained! A new session of the Coaching and Training Program begins Thursday, January 5, 1995. At 6:45 at The Spence School (91st between 5th and Madison), coordinators Donna Checkan and Jeff Singleton lead runners of all levels through stretching, a workout, then more stretching. For $45, you'll get (if you want it): 1. More stretching than you usually do. 2. A great workout. 3. Race plans for your Winter Races. 4. An individualized ttaioing plan for your next big race. 5. An excuse to stay in shape throughout the Winter. 6. Lots of camaraderie for cold nights in Central Park. Most of our workouts will start at The Spence School, in the warm, comfortable "Big Gym". Occasionally we will go to the Armory, where a modern indoor track is available. See the application with this Newsletter for more information or call Donna Checkan (914) 793-5908 or Jeff Singleton (212) 316-0065 or email jeff@kaz.com. JetT Singleton �me Out and Cheer Front Runners Track and Field indoor season has started and you're invited to participate, either by running/competing with the team or by cheering them on at their warm cozy indoor track meets. The first meet is Friday evening 6pm-llpm, January 20, 1995 at the Armory, 168th Street, Manhattan, the best indoor running surface in the area. The schedule of races listed are in race order: 3000m race walk, 1500m race walk, 300m, 3000m, 600yd, 55m dash, 1000m, and 4x200m relay. A Front Runner dinner party will follow. The next meet is on Sunday afternoon, at 2pm, January 29th, 1995 at Fairleigh Dickinson, NJ. Transportation will be provided. The events in race order are: Long jump, 600m dash, 55m dash, 1500m, 300m, lOOOm, and a 4x200 relay. The indoor season runs through March and more meets will be announced as the information becomes available. Following up on a lead that IFI '96 in Toronto may not be contemplating having Track and Field events, I sent them a letter of inquiry. The response was "at this time they did not plan to have Track and Field events." I urge everyone to send a letter to encourage them to include Track and Field events otherwise, no fun relays like at the Games. Letters should by addressed to: IFI '96, Front Runners Toronto,P.O. Box 892,Station F, Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 2N9. Atbl: Bob Lapossie. Ed O'Brien New Directory At the end of January there will be a new directory published. If anyone has moved, has a new telephone number or if there was an error in the previous directory, please notify me in writing by January 15th. If I have received addresses without phone numbers in the past, the phone numbers will not be listed unless I am notified. Anyone not checking the box on the membership application to be listed in the directory, will not be listed unless I am notified prior to Jan 15. Lee Abbey Far From the Madding Crowds... Of our Saturday morning runs we have some quieter, but no less energetic, runs on Tuesday nights (in Brooklyn Prospect Park) and on Wednesday nights (in Manhattan - Central Park). These runs will give you new members a chance to meet and really get to know some of your fellow members better. And, for those of you who have been around a bit longer, come out and see some old friends! Please see the calendar for more information or call Paul Brockmann and Seth Slade at (718) 788-0567 about Tuesdays, and David Laurence and me at (212) 787-8266 about Wednesdays. Mike McMahon Cl Center GAP The Center Global Action Project, formerly Center ILGA and based at the Community Services Center, works to increase awareness of international issues affecting lesbians and gays, and to mobilize for lesbian and gay human rights goals internationally. Currently, Center GAP's projects include work with the UN, Amnesty International, issues of immigration and asylum, and the Beijing Project. This :iast item is part of the women's track, which is preparing for the UN Women's Conference in Beijing in September, seeking to increase awareness of lesbian issues at the Conference. If you are interested in working with Center GAP, or know someone who might be, call me: (212) 874-7066. Thanks! Lenore Beaky Wanted: Traveling companion Teacher would like to go to a warm climate during winter break (President's Week2/9/95- 2127/95 or Easter vacation). If interested, please call: Jerry at (212) 316-2945 The Beaky 1O..Miler It was an IMPORTANT race--the 10-miler, a points race for the team, so it was special. My long-time rivals, Susan • Ziering and Claudia Borden--we go back a long ways, sometimes they're stronger than I but I've kicked their butts too, you know--anyway, they revealed their strategy right off the bat: stay behind me all the way. FIENDISH!!! So I was really taken aback to see, even before we reached the 102nd Street cutoff, that I was approaching them, and fast! Uh oh, I was afraid I'd regret this but they had left space for me to pass on the inside and I couldn't resist. I passed. I was surprised that they couldn't even come with me but they were cleverer than that--they disappeared behind me. So for the next 9 1/2 miles I was alone with my thoughts and the several other hundred runners. Where were Susan and Claudia? Had they been vanquished that easily? Weren't they going to whip by me at the tape, uh, the fmish? With this near-impossible burden to bear, the responsibility of leading the Women's Masters B team to points-heaven, I slogged--uh, flew onward, up past Cat Hill, smartly acknowledging Coach • Checkan' s advice to start kicking past the final tum. Now, in the straightaway,my thoughts dwelled on my past triumphs-my Brooklyn Biathlon PR this year, my sub-4 NY Marathon in 1988, my 22 Ininute 5K in 1987, my sub-8 minute Half-Marathon in 1986, my 6:55 miles twice, in 1986 and 1984, my 45-minute 10K and 38 minute 5 miles and 3:13 800 meter and 1:20 10 miles in 1985 (gosh dam that was a heckuva year),my 30minute 4 miles in 1984... Tears blu.'Ting my vision I managed nevertheless to lurch across the finish line. Claudia and Susan had succeeded, too--they were still behind me. Now if they only gave out medals ... Lenore Beaky Key West Townhouse for Rent: Completely furnished: 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Eat-in Kitchen, Washer/Dryer, TV/Stereo included in rent. $500/week. Call for availability. Call: Elaine Coyle at (517) 483-5856 (Leave a message on machine.) • �• Race Captain•s Report But Hey! I'm not done yet! I'm writing this final column in December, but by the time you read this you will have met your new race captains, Jack Watters and whoever steps forward to replace me (where are you?)!!!! David Bell and I had a great year serving you and will miss being your official cheerleaders. In fact, while your new calendars are still a bit bare, let us clue you in on the frrst three Points Races for 1995. JANUARY 22- MEN AND WOMEN, North winds 1OK, Central Park FEBRUARY 13 -WOMEN ONLY, Snowflake Four Miler, Central Park FEBRUARY 26- MEN ONLY, Bagel Run 1OK, Central Park • • MARCH 12- MEN AND WOMEN, Brooklyn Half, Prospect Park (but at least half of the race will be run on the streets of the boro) The balance of the year's Points Races will be voted on at the January Club Council meeting. At the November Club Council meeting, it was announced that there will be a Line Up in 1995. There isn't a date yet, but it's in May. As soon as the date is released we'll get it to you. MARK YOUR CALENDAR, DON'T GO OUT OF TOWN. The Line Up is still your best shot at getting into the Marathon. Remember the problems of 1994 and know that Front Runners can't guarantee you a spot in the Marathon. You have to plan abead, assume you want to run it, and make the effort to get a number by doing the Line Up and mailing your application back as soon as you receive it in early June. If you later decide not to run, you can turn in your number by early October and receive an automatic entry for 1996. Happy New Year, New Racing Goals, New Races, New Race Captains!!!! November didn't pass by without a few more notable performances from FRs. Thanks to all who came out to run and cheer in that fabulous 60ish weather. Jim Gibb, after recovering from food The next day FRNYs graced Boston suffered the night before the poisoning with their presence and ran the Yuletide Marathon (remember, seafood pasta NYC Stride, also in fair weather.. Fun was had is not recommended) and having to drop by all and, of course, another fme T-Shirt. out at mile 14, went down to Philly two So that's it for David and I for 1994. weeks later and completed his ftrSt Don't forget to call in those race results marathon in 4:26!! Making the choice to to JACK WATIERS at (212) 262-0098 drop out at 14 gave him that 2nd chance one we and whoever!!! at a great race. A smart choice, Happy Training and Racing in 1995!!! can all learn from. Beth CoUins her Marla Korchmar scorched &David BeD by previous 1OK record improving 3 minutes for a 45:32 in Cincinnati on Thanksgiving Day. Job well done! Copy/Photos Due December provided some warm Copy and photos are due at the Saturday run following the monthly weather for racing. On December 3rd a business meeting. (January ll, 1995) ton of FRs showed up for the final Points All photos will be scanned then r 10 Miler. Race of 1994, The Decembe returned to you. PRs were had by many including Bob If you are unable to make the meetBrins (he rebounds from marathons ing send the info to my address in the directory or send copy to my e-mail well!), Donna Arabia, Dot Fuscaldo address: pkmouse@aol.com. in her age group), and myself (7th Any copy received after this time !). Fine and fast performances (whoopee will not be included in that month's also by Sue Foster who placed 9th overall newsletter. and 5th in her age group and Rebecca Copy preferred on disk in Word Perfect, MS Word or ASCll Text Canner who placed 12th overall and 5th format either PC or MAC. Please limit in her age group. Jeff Singleton, currently copy to 250 words or less (about 1/2 for the Disney Marathon, placed training typed page or one newsletter column). 12th in his age group and Debbie Bell Pat Kuharlc placed 9th in her age group. Volunteer Race of the Month Janua ry Fred Lebow 5 Miler Saturday, January 7, 1995 90th & 5th Ave. Place: Checkin: 9:00am ~ ~·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·-·~ Yes, I would like to volunteer. Name: ----------------------------------- Phone=------------~--------------------Race: * For more information or to volunteeer, contact: Donn Peppler at (212) 864 - 3414, or send this form to Donn at 40 Tiemann Place, #50, New York, NY 10027-3348. 0 �- - - - - T h e Finish Line Green Mt. Half Marathon S. Helo, VT Octobt!H' 15, 1994 Jerry Smith New York City Marathon 13.1 K M1 :48:00 Notth Country Classic Baldwinsville, NY October 22, 1994 Jerry Smith 10K M48:19 Rome Community Theatre Run Rome, NY 5K October 29, 1994 M22:20 Jerry Smith Computer Run Central Park, NY October 30, 1994 Shawn Pleasants Daniel Carrier Bob Nelson John SPQ<>ner Paul Racine Christopher Fitchett Jon Livingston 5M *27:27 31:52 M32:50 M33:18 *M36:54 M37:30 M39:12 Halloween Run ~racuse NY October 3o, 1994 Jerry Smith Stockade-athon 15K Schenecta~ NY November (3, 1994 Jerry Smith 5K M23:14 15K M1:14:58 Peter Rabbit Cross-Country Run 3M November 13, 1994 18:54 Seth Slade Turkay Classic Central Park,NY November 20, 1994 Thaddeus Poszek Jeffrey Smith Gary Stefanick Tina lsselbacher Laurie Shafmitz Jim Minter Ellen Rosenbloom 4M 33:50 36:47 36:56 39:36 41:58 M49:28 49:28 Cincinnati Thanksgiving Day Race Cincinnati, OH 10K November 24, 1994 *45:32 Marla Korchmar 5 Mile Turkey Trot Rockland Lake, NY November 24, 1994 Lenore Beaky 5M M43:19 Deadline for Race Results is the 15th of each month. Except for NYRRC scored events for which you registered as a FRNY member, you must notify the race captains of: name, date, location, fmishing time & distance of races you wish to list For any Race, let the race captains know if your performance is a personal record or first time at the distance. Race Captain: Jack Watters at (212) 262-0098 NewYor~NY Novembtlr 6, 1994 Scott Brison Stephen VanDyk Bob Brins Peter Wiederlohner Rod Blacklock Peter Johnston John Watters Manuel Gonzales James Connolly Dave Laurence Steve Nowling Gary Stefanick Ken Majerus Scott Freeswick Jeff Lattiere Charlie Wintczak Gr99 Vaierie Ferns C. Hill Charles Schoonmaker John Livingston Mike McMahon John Spooner Paul Williams Eilen Brenner Hal Offen Noelle Couvreur Paul Harris Dot Fuscaldo Mal)l Spano Kim Roche Cathrine Aianora Marla Korchmar Brad Gretter Rob Hofman Harold Brueland Joe Romano Scott Dutcher Christopher Fitchett Loraine Simunek Malcolm Carter Ruth Ribner James Hilton Scot Trtelbaum Jerry Levine Ed Pyle Jerry Johnson Timothy Hunt Paulette Meggoe Lauren Schiff Frank Colon Bruce Alpert Claudia Borden Bob Harrison lnger-Jo Berger Raymond Renault Debbie Chapnick Mia Camacho Lenore Martin Laura Parrondo Nancy Killian Terry Dougherty Julie Kelm ~ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! I! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ~ 26.2M 3:17:29 M3:23:13 M3:25:19 3:25:28 3:26:33 M3:31 :29 M3:34:37 M3:35:40 3:36:43 3:38:16 M3:39:10 3:42:13 +3:42:52 +3:43:19 3:43:55 *3:49:23 *Ni3:49:38 3:51 :39 M3:54:51 M3:55:46 +3:55:59 M4:00:46 4:03:12 4:05:22 M4:06: 11 +4:08:28 4:09:56 M4:10:20 +4:10:22 +4:11:11 +4:11 :26 +4:12:30 4:13:34 M4:14:41 M4:16:23 4:17:44 +4: 18:32 4:20:06 +4:20:28 M4:20:37 4:20:39 M4:22:22 +4:25: 18 +M4:25:44 M4:31 :48 4:33:03 4:34:40 4:34:58 4:37:34 M4:41 :26 M4:48: 14 M4:54:39 M4:57:35 M4:58:09 +M5:03:15 5:11:02 +5:22:28 5:25:16 5:30:28 5:32:41 +6:03:27 +M6: 13:00 • Hot Chocolate 10 Mil• Run · Central Park, NY 10M December 3, 1994 1:04:46 Sue Foster (9th Overall + 30-39 yr) M1 :04:47 Jeff Singleton (12th 40.44 yr) *1 :05:33 Rebecca Canner (12th Overall + 5th 20.29 yr) *M1 :10:46 Bob Brins M1 :12:54 Manuel Gonzalez M1 :13:50 Steve Nowling *1 :14:50 Beth Collins *M1:17:20 Dot Fuscaldo (7th 45-49 yr) M1:19:36 Harold Brueland M1:20:03 Tony Meola 1:21:20 Allen Payne 1:21:35 Tina lsselbacher 1:22:46 Marneii McNamara M1:22:47 Debbie Bell (9th 45-49 yr) 1:24:55 Marla Korchmar *1:25:08 Donna Arabia 1:27:48 Lynn Baucom M1:30:14 Gary Kelley M1:31:56 Susan Ziering M1:31:57 Lenore Beaky M1:39:11 Claudia Borden 1:53:36 Kim Felsenthal • Yuletide Stride Boston, MA December 4, 1994 Paul Racine *M35:18 Joe Kleinerman 10K Central Park, NY December 11, 1994 Peter Johnston Thaddeus Poszek Paul Racine Jerry Levine Allen Payne Ed Pyle F. Cabral . V. Lynn Baucom 10K M42:25 44:28 +M45:29 M47:15 48:19 M48:41 50:19 53:59 Ho/iday25K Central Park, NY December 18, 1994 Rebecca Canner Gigi Madore Jeff Singleton Dot Fuscaldo SM 25K 1:55:27 1:55:47 M1:55:47 *M2:05:48 (3rd 45-49 yr) Symbols used in race results + First Time at Distance * Personal Record M Masters Runner ti First time for event 0 Race Walker • �• • January 1995 . . Presidential Run Mike McMahon & Dave Laurence I I 2 12:00pm 170W 74th St #609 NYC (212) 787-8266 8 A running club for lesbians, gay men, & supportive nongay oeoole of all athletic 16 9:00am 23 Nortbwinds 1OK M & W Points Race 90tb & 5th 2:00pm I 30 Indoor Track Meet Fairleigh Dickinson NJ 29 7:00pm Brooklyn Run 3rd :it & PPW Front Flunners New York 5 4 I 6:45pi.: · . New Session: Coaching Class 6 10 7:00pm Brooklyn Run 3rd :;t & PPW 17 7:00pm Bro"Jklyn Run 3rdSt&PPW 24 7:00pm Bro:>klyn Run 3rdSt&PPW 7:00pm 31 Bro)klyn Run 3rdSt&PPW 1 VROM Fred Lebow 5 Miler 90tb & 5tb lO:OOam Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison FRNY: 15 22 3 • Central Park Run Webster Statue 7:00pm Central Park Run 72nd St & CPW 14 ~ ::':OOarn 18 CP Run 7:00pm 7:30pm Board/Business Mtg Mike McMahon 170W 74th St #609 (212) 787-8266 7:00pm 25 Central Park Run 72nd St&CPW 6:45pm Coaching Class Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison 13 19 11 6:45pm Coaching Class Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison 6:00pm 20 Indoor Track Meet 168th St. Newsletter Copy · Due! 26 27 lO:OOam 28 Central Park Run Webster Statue 12 6:45pm Coaching Class Spense School 91st between 5th & Madison Central Park Rl .;! Webster Statue Armory lO:OOam 21 Central Park Run Webster Statue 12:00p:::ro. Newsieuer Mailing Rutgers Church Food/Bag Dro1 • (For mora info: 212-724-9700) Fun Runs Brooklyn (Paul Brockmann 718-788-0567) uesdays: Wednesdays: American Resta·rant B'way at 75th St (SE corner) Rutgers Presbylerian Cht.wch 236 W 73rd St/at B'way Saturdays: Events Scheduling (Jeff Erkrnan .. .212-243-6204) 1 • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Newsletters, 1995 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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