1 25 12 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/cc91066d24457ad03feb305808495a6b.pdf 381e395d759b223c50e8db6bb35f9a75 PDF Text Text I'm leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when I'll be back again. What? Are you out of your mind? And miss the Meet-the-Membership picnic. Not me, mister. I only left for 10 days to pay my family a visit and then I'm back to the safety of Manhattan and the smiling faces of the Saturday runners. And what smiling faces they were. I saw Jack - a pleasant surprise - and Peter as he flew by. I like it when Kathy and Corrine come by too. And I. see ... oops, that's another show. Did everyone enjoy the Lesbian and Gay Pride Run? Nearly 1,000 runners completed the course, not a record, but certainly nipping at the heals of it. I am still bragging about what a great job Greg and Gary did in putting this entire event together. The crew they assembled represents some of the best volunteers and stalwart supporters of the Club and I am fortunate that everyone pitched in gotten a 16 miler under her belt. Kudos to her! Also, the lottery for the NYC Marathon applicants will take place next week. So alot of us have our fingers crossed in anticipation of that. Best wishes to all m~r~tht:>!"9r~ The Gay and Lesbian Pride Run was a festive occasion. The air was filled with excitement when the hom for the start of the 2 mile event took place. Kelsey Louie blew away the field with a time of 10:32. It was a prideful thing to have a member of our club come in first. There were strong performances put in by Marty McElhiney and John Soto, along with other members of Front Runners from other states, such as Box • 8 XVII Issue Volume http://www.webcom.com'-bkrn'if.html 230087 • York New Team 0') ~ a: ChalCommunity 0 lenge. Congratulations 0') > are also in order to the ~ guys in the tutus who took w me up on the challenge to +-' z run in costumes. For two (/) of them, it was the first a: w time running a road race, z actually the first time they z ran outside a gym. Do they need to join this club 0>~ or what? 1Philadelphia, the z 0 Distance Run, and the ~ International Front Runners jamboree are all on the calendar for the weekend of September 19~ All right, I'm ready to Sunny close for this month. Minneapolis beckons me to swim, run, eat, and just generally frolic. And who am I to try to push against that kind of tide? Jack, you are a saint for being Guest Editor for the newsletter. As for the rest of you that offered, there will be other fabulous volunteer opportunities. Ken Majerus en ::s ::s <( Y N R F The month of June was quite a month for us. We had outstanding participation at the Gay and Lesbian Pride Run. There has been so much enthusiasm for running and very nice to hear all of the different runr.ir.g e~periP!"'cec;. It was quite a nice month to reflect on the joys of running and team spirit. There ·are so many people embarking on marathon training, that it is hard not to feel like jumping on the bandwagon. There are many fall marathons to choose from. If you don't have access to that type of information, feel free to use me. We are all excited for Ruth Gursky who is going to be running in the Marine in Marathon Corps October. She has already and made this event happen. For · many of us, this run is familiar territory, both the terrain and the camaraderie of running with so many out lesbians and gay men. But for so many others, this race represents a real departure from everyday life. First, running in Central· Park is a glorious opportunity that many visitors find inspiring and unexpected. Then there is the fellowship ·- the hugs, the kisses, the inclusion, and the pride. The simple act of kissing a loved one on the lips or holding her hand is an opportunity that is not available in much of the rest of the country. This race means a lot to our community and I am proud to be a part of it. York New Team The Community Challenge and the Pride Run presented the first opportunity that the NY Road Runners Club had to test scoring two races on a single chip. The minor glitch of not immediately getting the results for the 2-mile run did little to dampen the success of this event. Congratulations are in order to Kelsey Louie, a new FRNY member, who was the winner of the Boston, DC and Los Angeles. The first female finishers was Chris Marko with a strong time of 12:59. One of our own, Shelly Keeling, came in 3 overall at 13:39. The 5 mile event was very competitive, with Shawn P!eRAA!"'ts coming in as the first Front Runner at 28:31. I would officially like to announce Kelsey Louie and Shelly Keeling as our first "Runners of the Month. • I would have like to have gotten profiles of each, but because of conflicts between my vacation and their availability, I could not obtain this information at this time. However, both runners performed admirable during the month. As was mentioned, Kelsey won the New Station Ansonia http://www.fastnfab.org York • 2 mile segment of the Pride Day Run and finished with a strong time of 29:26 in the 5 ·mile event. Not only did Shelly finish 3rd overall, she also was first in her age group. These outperformances standing tieserve "peci~! attention. I would like to continue this trend. Not only will racing performances be given attention, but interesting story lines as well. So if you have anything of interest, feel free to share it with myself or Janet Dawson. Keep up the great work and see you at the races. Your Race Captains Janet and Darren Complete Pride Race Results on last page. 724-9700 (21 2) 10023 NY http://www.frontrunnersnewyork.org �AUGUST POINTS RACE Hi gang! Although there is much interest in the Manhattan Half-Marathon, to be held on Saturday, August 7, the points race for the month is the Club Team Championships. This race is on Saturday, August 21. It is all about team and points for this event. The fee for the race is $5.00, since the "free• T-shirt is not part of the equation. It would be nice to have a large turnout for the Manhattan HalfMarathon, but we need a greater crowd for the points race. Remember, it is not for the swift only. We can make our mark by having sheer numbers as we did at the Gay and Lesbian Pride Run. Also, by wearing our Front Runners race apparel, we make a visible impression as well. See you at the races!!! Janet and Darren LET THEM RUN SK, LET THEM EAT CAKE Any Front Runners who might be interested in getting a jump start on the cross-country season, or getting some hill training under their belts, should check out the summer 5K series in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx (1/9 trains to 242nd St., the last stop). Van Cortlandt Track Club (http://www.vctc.org) is organizing a Wednesday night, twice-monthly, 5K cross-country series. The next few races are: August 11 and August 25. It's only $3.00 per race and you can sign up online. Even better, the age group -.rophies" are carrot cakes from the local bakery (very 1970 chic!), and the whole affair is very low-key and friendly. Jud Santos and back to Coney Island Avenue (in Brighton Beach), and back to the Aquarium . The full run is five miles but a shorter loop is possible. We will meet in Brooklyn at the West 8th Street subway stop (NY Aquarium) between 9:30a.m. and 10 a.m. This stop is on the F, Q and D line. We want to get an early start to avoid the crowds on the boardwalk. There will be a baggage check and brunch afterwards at a local restaurant. I hope everyone can make it. If interested in either the run or just joining us for brunch, please RSVP to Martin Watkins at (212) 695-8917. LADIES ••. START YOUR ENGINES The next eveni on ihe women's calendar is a women's special run on Sunday September 12, starting and ending at my apartment in Chelsea where a yummy brunch will be available after the run. Here are the plans: Come to my apartment by 10 am to drop your bags. Then we'll hop on the subway to South Ferry and run back up to the apartment alongside the river. This route is approximately 4 miles and we'll be going at a leisurely pace. If anyone would like to run further, there's a few more miles of running path north of our stop-off point in Chelsea that people could continue along. All women are invited to come - whatever your speed or running experience. This is a fun run - not a race. If you're injured or simply don't feel like running, just come to my apartment at 11 ish and have brunch with us. Please sign up at the Saturday meetings or email me to let me know you're coming so I can ensure I provide enough food for all! Jan Aitchiso n Women's Vice President jca @oup-usa.org 200 West 18th Street, 3B NY 10011 CONEY ISLAND BOARDW ALK RUNIFRNY SPECIAL RUN TURBO WOMEN The next FRNY Special Run will be on Sunday, August 22nd, at 10 a.m. on the boardwalk at Coney Island. The run will be on the boardwalk, from the NY Aquarium to the end of the boardwalk (at 37th Street), then turnaround On August 28th, Women's Sports & Fitness magazine is hosting separate running, skating and cycling races for women - with $8,500 in cash awards. All events take place along Manhattan's Riverside Drive at 2 Grant's Tomb. The run is a 5K; there are 1OK and 20K in-line skating races, and 5, 20, 25 and 35-mile cycling events. Organizers expect as many as 3,000 participants and spectators, so sign up now. Go to http://www.pub-serv.com/surveys/wsf/event1.asp?EMAIL= to download an Adobe Acrobat PDF application. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat, you can receive a registration form via fax or mail by contacting Victor Vitelli at 212-463-8694, vicvitelli@aol.com, or Richard Cox at 914237-1820, unity@pipeline.com. Day of race registrations will incur an additional $5 fee. The run starts at 8 a.m., the skating at 9 a.m. and the bike races at 10:30 a.m.; the awards ceremony follows the last race. See you there! Bob Nelson FAST& FABULOUS CYCLING CLUBI NAUGHT - It'll be the shorthand for the next decade - the naughty naughts! - but right now it just means summer doldrums, with neither broken bonesnor major events to report. But see elsewhere in this newsletter for articles a~J?ut the July 4 camping trip, the triathlon team's ·. most recent "outing," the Aug. 28 women's races and Maynard's yoga sessions . A.M. - Weekday morning rides are happening regularly on Thursday mornings at the GWB and in Prospect Park and Central Park. For GWB, contact Mark Posey (212) 568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. For Prospect Park, contact Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or cpapagni @frenchculinary.com. For Central Park, contact Paul Racine a (212) $2-4719 a paul racine@ aol.com. OFF-SCHEDULE - Cliff Frasier does off-road outings, and Paul Racine does relatively short rides, but neither of them wants to be tied down by a �schedule. If you're interested in offroad, contact Cliff at (718) 446-081 0 or cwfrasier@ aol.com. If you're interested in 30-to-so-mi. rides, contact 362-4719 or (212) at Paul paulracine@ aol.com. REPAIR - The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at 103rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming course is Introduction to Bike Maintenance on two succeeding Tuesdays, August 3 and 10. It's all hands-on work, so bring your bike. The class is $40 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300; press 7, then 1, then 5 on the menus for forms and upto-the-minute info. AUGUST - Fast and Fab rides for the month follow. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Helmets are required and ride leaders are instructed to disband the ride if anyone insists on riding without one. Please bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weather-related cancellations. AUG. 8 - ICE CREAM SUNDAY: Those inveterate punsters, Glenn Wisch and Marie DeRosa, hope to alleviate the pain of a fast 80-mile ride over chalienging New Jersey hms with a series of stops for homemade ice cream. Road bikes only, please; 1820 mph pace. Contact Glenn at (212) 580-8961 or g.onyurlft@worldnet. att.net or Marie at (212) 799-5064 os mastermdr@ aol.com. AUG. 15 - GREENWICH: Paulette Meggoe takes a group up Route 22 to Bedford, N.Y., and then onward to Greenwich, Conn. She'll follow Route 1 back to the city, the same route the AIDS Ride. Folks doing the AIDS Ride may want to get a sample of the last 30 miles; it'll be easier the second time. Road bikes only, please; about 75 mi.; moderate pace of 16-18 mph. Contact Paulette at (718) 293-0885. AUG. 22 - HARRIMAN CENTURY: Bob Nelson and Mark Posey meet the group at the earlier hour of 8 a.m. at the Boathouse in Central Park to take a well-conditioned and hill-loving group of riders up to Lake Welch Beach in Harriman State Park. Bring a swimsuit, or not, for a refreshing dip in the lake, along with lunch and lots of liquids. Co-listed with the AIDS Ride. About 95 mi., 18-20 mph pace; very hilly; road bikes only, please. Contact Bob at (212) 567-7160 or rjn2@colurnbia.edu or Mark at (212) 568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. AUG. 25 - PSYCHO! Shawn Hill and Magda Teter take a ride on the wild side this Wednesday evening. Meet them at 6:30 p.m. on the Manhattan side of the George Washington Bridge for a 1o-mi. ride to Hoboken, where they will camp out to watch an outdoor showing, starting at 9 p.m., of the 1960 Hitchcock classic, "Psycho." (shown in the park adjacent to the PATH station, so non-cyclists can hop the PATH train and look for our bikes!) Riders should bring or buy food there are several delis in town - and will need a blanket for their fannies and lights on their bikes for the ride home. All bikes, all riders welcome. Shawn and Magda are at (212) 5696340 or mot3@columbia.edu. AUG. 29 - GLEN COVE: Richard Gottlieb continues his beach rides, this time taking a group via the 59th St. Bridge and Queens Blvd. to a tiny seaside park in Glen Cove. There are de:is ~n :o~liii fvi a lur.ch on the beach, bring swimsuit, sunblock and bike lock. About 50 mi.; all bikes welcome; fabulous pace (14-16 mph); Richard has a cue sheet. Contact him at (212) 757-7434 or rg433@aol.com. SEPT. 5 -INNER REVOLUTION: We begin this day of inner peace, meditation and fast cycling with a ride on the 8:30a.m. Staten Island Ferry, so meet at the Manhattan ferry terminal at 8:20 a.m. We'll do a 50-mi. loop of the island, then bike to the Tibetan Museum on Lighthouse Ave., the highest point on the island, with prayer wheels, meditation gardens and sweeping views of New York Harbor. After a short yoga session and lunch, we bike over the Bayonne 3 Bridge to New Jersey, then up to the George Washington Bridge to return to the Mother Island. Some traffic. Read Robert Thurman's new book, "Inner Revolution,• to put you in the right frame of mind. Fast pace (18-20 mph), road bikes only, please, about 100 mi.; maps to be supplied. Co-listed with the AIDS Ride. .Contact Bob Nelson at (212) 567-7160 or ~n2@columbia.edu . Ride safely, and see you on the roads! Love, Paulette Meggoe and Bob Nelson TEAM NEW YORK TRIATHLON CONQUERS HUDSON VALLEY TRIATHLON Team New York Triathlon had a grand showing at the Hudson Valley Halflronman held in balmy temperatures under sunny skies in Kingston, N.Y., July 11. Nine men and two women completed the entire distance, a grueling combination of a 1.2-mi. swim, 56.8-mi. bike ride and 13.1-mi. run; four teams also repreented TNYT in the relay division. Though the weather cooperated, there were challenges all the same. The swim was held at low tide, and racers had to combat slithery mats of aquatic plantlife in the Hudson River. Some team swimmers joked they'd ingested their quota of vegetables for the month. The bike ride, up through the Catskill Mountains and around the Ashokan Reservoir, part of New York City's water system, was hillier than many expected. And some of the new Tinpersons were unprepared for a half-marathon after the longest bike race they'd ever attempted. "That was the most difficult thing I have ever done," wheezed Gabriel Speyer as he crossed the finish line. Devon Carranza, normally a fast athlete who recovers quickly from races, �lay asleep on the ground, half-eaten bagel in hand, for most of the hour after his finish. But Ronn Seely, the first Team New York triathlete across the line, seemed alert after the finish, chatting with his parents. Gerry Valentine said his biggest surprise was not that he improved by 20 minutes over last year, but that he didn't feel wasted after his race. "This is the way it's supposed to feel," said the 37year-old triathlete, who is training to complete his 3rd lronman in Lake Placid, Aug. 15. Claudia Cummings, captain of Team New York Triathlon, was excited to have completed her first half-lronman in well under her goal time. She was thrilled with the team's progress: "We had a FABULOUS showing, I am almost busting my britches with pride over it." Veterans Mark Lanaghan and Dave Pitches, and Tinman newbias Claudia Hauser, Les Jones, Christian Rountree, and Rick Richardson rounded out the slate of TNYT athletes at the race. The triathlon team isn't just for the long of stride and short of breath; two men's teams and two women's teams As Leslie of also joined in the fun. Team Joan of Arc said after the race, "A dyke in armor-- what's not to like?" Hudson Valley 1/2 lronman Triathlon Kingston, NY July 11, 1999 Swim 1.2m Bike 56.8m Run 13.1 m 5:25:48 Ron Seely 5:47:58 Mark Lanaghan 5:47:58 Gerry Valentine 6:02:0-r i:ievon Carranza 6:06:19 David Pitches 6:06:28 Claudia Hauser 6:08:43 Gabriel Speyer 6:34:58 Leslie Jones 6:34:59 Claudia Cummings 7:14:40 Christian Rountree 7:40:00 Rick Richardson Team Oscar Wilde (3rd place men's team) Tim Wilkins 0:38:53 Preston Niblack 2:54:56 1:24:52 Patrick Guilt--..yle Total: 4:58:41 Team Harvey Milk Buck Broker 0:34:20 Jeff Conway 3:31 :54 Marty McElhiney 1:29:44 Total: 5:46:32 Team Gertrude Stein (1st place women's team) Marie-Helene Charlap 0:32:09 Eve Featherman 3:13:24 Monica Bonamego 1:34:15 Total: 5:19:48 Team Joan of Arc (2nd place women's team) Cindy Greenberg 0:40:05 Karen Balint 4:03:43 Leslie Jennings 1:53:24 Total: 6:37:12 Bob Nelson and Claudia Cummings "CRUISING WITH TEAM NEW YORK" Come sail aboard the Queen of Hearts boat on Sunday, August 15th for "Sea Tea" for a benefit for Team New York. It will be a wonderful evening of dinner and dancing and it's a good opportunity to raise some substantial funds for Team New York so that we can continue building the "nestegg" for our athletes and artists going to Sydney 2002 and also enable us to continue to promote and produce other local events with the various organizations on a continuing basis. 11c!<ets ere $15 {53me ~s to ths general public) but Team New York members get a discount and pay only $12! Queen of Hearts ("Sea Tea") Pier 40 2 blocks south of Christopher on the Hudson River) Sunday, August 15th Boarding - 6:30 p.m., Sailing 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. $12 TNY members, $15 non-members (includes a scrumptious dinner buffet) DJ Keana. Front Runners own T J Storch will be selling tickets on Saturdays after the weekly run (cash only). Contact Front Runner T. J. Storch at 212-579-5155 or tjstorch@ att.net for tickets or questions about the event. Tom Faucett- Co-President Team New York 4 MEET THE MEMBERSHIP PICNIC IS FOR THE D' AUGSI Arf, Arf, Arf, Arrrrrrrrrrrrrf. Leslie: " What's that sound? It sounds like that dog again!" Dave: "It is. It's the sound of the 'dog · days of August. And boy is it hot!" Mike: "It's not a dog. I was making those sounds." Leslie: "Why were you doing that?" Mike: " I want everyone to have a dog gone good time at the Meet the Membership Picnic. But I can't find that darn flier from the July mailing." Dave: !'Here ·ii is. li's that big yellow one. Did you make all your phone calls to all our friends and family?" Leslie: "I made all my calls. Does everyone remember what to bring? Well look at the flier silly and stop barking." Dave: "Here the info again. • Date: Saturday, August 14th, 1999 We'll meet at 9:45 am on the grassy area under the trees on the west side of the Park Drive West, across from Tavern on the, Green and next to the Sheep Meado'*', for a 1 to 6 mile FUN walk or run. We will have pace captains to lead ALL LEVELS. No one should feel left out. Don't forget to encourage walkers to join us! After the run or walk, we will all hang �out together for fun and games* and share food (after all, we don't bum calories for nothing). *Everyone should bring all their fun toys to play with (e.g. Frisbees, kooshball, hackeysack, kites, beach balls, power knitting tools, checkers, etc.) We're asking aU everyone to bring a blanket and their own beverages (for their guests as well) plus, one dish for 4 to 6 people to eat and share based on the following alphabetical breakdown everyone with last name beginning with ... A to H: please bring a fruit salad or a garden/vegetable salad; I to P: please bring cold cuts or a vegetarian dish; Q to Z: a "home made" dessert! FRNY will provide plates, plastic utensils, napkins and cups, A provided. And bag watch wiii also we'll all meet at in case of rain, Rutgers Church" Dave, Mike, Leslie: "See you at the picnic!" Art, Art, Art, Arrrrrrrrrrrrrf. be CAMP SHARE or "CAMP CHER?" Twenty-three athletes spent a glorious fourth of July weekend in the so-called Endless Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania, proving that neither competition nor fundraising is needed Our to get queer athletes together. destination was Camp Oneida, a lesbian and gay campground, complete with play area, cabin with 24-hour male porno, and access to a bucolic Located halfway between lake. Scranton, Pa., and Binghamton, N.Y., the site draws gay people from westem New York and all over Pennsylvania. "Daddies" and "bears" were popular identifiers, and one campsite bore a sign "Camp Bad Daddy: Buck Broker of Team New York Aquatics selected our campsite, a perfect meadow site shaded by several pine trees but open to summer Almost everyone had breezes. brought tents, so we were 20 people in about 1.5 tents, and it was hard to avoid tripping over tent pegs and guy wires. Buck and Bob Nelson of Fast and Fabulous/Front Runners New York coordinated food, with traditional July 4th fare: hamburgers, hot dogs, com on the cob and quickly-consumed ice cream. Howard Dimond even made a red, white and blue dessert. Cyclists led by Cliff Frasier roamed up to 20 miles from the site on Saturday. Some among our number were taking their off-road bikes onto real off-road for the first time. "Corrugated" was how Margo Belton described the trail. Paulette Meggoe, Marie DeRosa and Bob did a 50-mi. tour on pavement Runners could head up Sunday. for views of the nearby local roads East Lake or a beautiful and desolate swamp populated by eerie, dead tree trunks. Swimmers made ample use of a pier built out onto the lake. Another nearby campsite, billed as "Family Camping" to distinguish it from Camp Oneida, featured a trampoline on the lake, and several women in our crowd swam over one night for some energetic, hilarious rol!gh and tuml:lle trampoline play. Suffice it to say that in the dark, certain swimsuits were unnecessary. The entertainment highlight of the weekend was a dragavanza, featuring up to 20 performers in variously convincing states of drag. One of the less convincing acts lipsynched a song, sung to the tune of Winter a Through "Walking Wonderland," called "Walking 'Round in Women's Underwear." And she was! The ladies weren't the only bombshells - a spectacularly noisy fireworks session was held right after the drag show, to the delight of campers and campees alike. But what most of our crowd brought away from the weekend was how well the group meshed. Eleven men and 12 women; four swimmers, two runners and 17 cyclists; no one seemed to care, after ·a few hours spent together. We chatted together over breakfast, dinner, campfire - thank you Joe Buck! (Editor's note: some people are just gifted when it comes to rubbing two sticks together), doing dishes, walking to the bathroom or the pier, just enjoying a relaxed weekend among friends. Bob Nelson YOGANAUTS Front Runners New York, and the Fast and Fabulous Cycling Club, are increasingly populated by folks over forty. This is not a judgment, but a statement of fact, and it's important to recognize that flexibility wanes as the 5 body ages. Flexibility is key to aerobic activity, especially competition; if your quads or hamstrings are tight, you'll have to work against those tight muscles to run or bike. Just stretching will not accomplish the same loosening and strengthening you'll get with yoga! Veteran yoga student Maynard Yost holds weekly sessions at his home, 404 Riverside Drive, Monday nights at 7 p.m. for $10. Dress in loose clothing and bring a water bottle. Call Maynard at (212) 222-8525 or myost@avsc.org to find out when the next workout happens. Bob Nelson THE BENEFITS OF SPORTS MASSAGE Many people think of receiving a massage as simply a way to pamper themselves. And although there's definitely nothing wrong with that, massage actually does much more for us. It provides several physiological benefits that can be particularly helpful to athletes. Massage assists in circulation, encouraging the nutrition of muscles and soft tissue. It also assists in lymphatic flow, which is a part of the body's immune system. And massage can help athletes prevent injuries because it helps to relax muscles that are too tight, which in turn improves tone, flexibility, muscle balance, and relaxation. Along with maintenance, massage geared specifically toward pre-event and post-event can be very beneficial to an athlete. Massage can also help to speed the heaiing of injuiies. lnjUii~s ai·.: accorr..panied by inflammation, which causes pain; and muscles and blood vessels spasm due to excessive nerve stimulation. As adhesions develop, range of motion further decreases. (Think about how difficult it is to move a sprained ankle.) Once someone is in a chronic state of healing, a massage therapist can help to reduce adhesions, which will contribute to an increase in range of motion. Massage increases circulation of oxygenated blood to the injured area and flushes out the waste products. As an example of how effective massage can be in treating injuries, the first treatment alone will often provide relief for someone with tendinitis. So, you might want to consider sports massage as a helpful addition to your training, either to �help you prevent injuries or to help you recover if you already have an injury. Go ahead, pamper yourself! Sue Lund Licensed massage therapist certified in sports & orthopedic massage. Discount for members of FRNY, Fast & Fab, and Team New York: $55 for 1-hour massages WORD UP TO THE WISE As some of you know, I sustained a rather unusual running injury in January. I was out for a morning jog in Saigon (yes, Viet Nam) and fell, breaking my arm. It was an open fracture--! saw my bone--so it was pretty awful. However, kind Vietnamese passersby immediately came to my aid and I was bundled into one of those cyclos (you sit in front, they cycle behind you) and taken to an emergency facility. NOW--what happened next is that I was able to call my hotel. WHY? Because had the hotel card with me. Otherwise, I don't like to think of what would have followed, my not speaking Vietnamese, they not speaking very much English or French, my group expecting to meet me for breakfast, etc. SO--the lesson is that, if you are traveling, or even if you are just running in Central Park, carry ID! Carry hotel cards if not at home, carry ID if at home. It is really important. Don't go out for a run without it. Lenore Beaky (who is recovering) F i FRNY LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE RUNSM June 26, 1999 Central Park, NY MEN Shawn Pleasants 28:31 Kelsey Louie 29:26 Patrick Guilfoyle 29:42 Edgar Sandoval 30:10 1st in age group Richard Buckheit 30:28 David Carraway 30:38 Mark Steinmeyer 30:38 Kenny Casslllo 30:57 David Dobmeyer 31:13 Geoffrey Perry 32:27 Ron Brown 32:38 Chad Carr 32:39 Christian Rountry 33:05 Peter Logan 33:06 John Patterson 33:15 Adam Rolston 33:i6 Chip Schoonmaker 33:20 Richard Platt 33:31 David Pitches 33:39 Tor Hansen 33:40 Gary Apruzzese 33:59 Sean Butler 34:35 Martin Watkins 34:57 Andrew Freilich 34:58 John Atkins 35:03 Martin McElhiney 35:15 Jim Connolly 35:19 Jorge Balletus 35:29 Tom Zangus 36:46 Peter Johnston 36:50 Rob Hoerburger 36:56 Neil Stevenson 37:03 Paul Travis 37:04 Rubert Josien 37:24 Steve Mclure 37:34 Robert Quidone 37:37 Tom Malcolm 37:49 Juan Quintanar 37:51 Jack Fogle 38:06 Darren Thomas 38:44 Kenneth Majerus 38:44 Dan!e! .".rmstrong SAVE THESE DATES.....ALREADYI The New York City Gay Men's Chorus has already announced the dates for its next season's concerts and the New York City Front Runners will be there again. ·comfort & Joy: Songs for a Midwinter's Eve,• Wednesday December 22, 1999 • Old Friends, • Monday, March 27, 2000 "Loving You: A 20th Anniversary Celebration, • Saturday, June 10, 2000 Further information will be coming from our coordinator, Howard Dimond. Copy tor the next newsletter n 39:0~ i s h L Michael Mahon Gene Silbert Bruce Alpert Jamie Baker Avery James Jeffrey Dreibaltt Robert Sundeen Fred Cabral Thomas Quinn Robert Stolinsky Jay Smith Jerry Levine Sigfredo Martinez John Wholley George Schlein Mark Basham T.J. Storch Kenneth Shereda Donn Peppier John Kiley 43:05 43:24 43:41 43:57 45:09 45:15 45:36 46:57 47:48 47:52 47:55 48:30 48:44 49:53 50:25 50:59 51:04 55:41 57:55 57:55 Sh~p \'.J~'i.iiOii 56:41 Keith Greer 1:00:30 WOMEN 37:04 Martha Prakelt 38:23 Tina lsselbacher Janet Aitchison 39:20 Sue Foster 39:30 40:37 Taneen Carvel Kerstin Marx 42:08 42:25 Marnell McNamara Paulette Meggoe 44:16 Debra Chapnick 44:25 Kathleen Abbondanzo 44:52 Audra Farrell 45:19 Randi Farber 47:00 Leslie Jennings 47:56 Claudia Cumming 47:57 Ellen Markowitz 48:52 49:27 Joann Dondero 49:54 Debbie Bell 50:11 Midge Maroni 50:11 Barbara Krajewsk 51:07 Corinne Stoewsand Janet Villas 51:13 Lenore Beaky 52:47 Shelly Rappoport 53:13 fi4:?8 U7bAth nomf<~ld Inger Berger 54:49 Matthew livy 39:13 David Mazza 39:27 TNY COMMUNITY 39:31 Howard Kessler CHALLENGE 2M Alex Matuszeski 39:33 June 26, 1999 Central Park Charles Flowers 39:34 Ira Lefton 40:34 Kelsey Louie 10:32 Joe Buck 40:36 1st overall Scot litelbaum 40:49 11:15 Martin McElhiney Kenneth Golding 40:55 11:41 Manuel Chinchilla 40:58 Bob Brins 1st in age group Timothy Bennett 41:08 John Soto 11:45 Glenn Sears . 41:14 Jim Mahoney 12:16 Peter Boyden 41:22 Geoffrey Catania 12:51 Lewis Tanner 41:27 Peter Logan 13:07 41:51 Nestor Pin& 1 Brett Mattingly 13:56 42:03 Richard Reb a 1st in age group Donald Johannessen 42:31 John Lee 18:15 Richard Spegele 42:34 18:46 Wael Hibri Clayton Funk 43:03 19:29 Kenneth Shereda 43:03 Edward Pyle Scott McDowell 19:39 Andrew Thomas 43:04 IS due by noon, Aug. 21. Ema1l DearEd1tor(Q] aol.com or bnng hard copy i n e Shelly Keeling 13:39 3rd overall - 1st In age group Luz Lenis 18:46 Marie Antonicci 19:45 Diane Diwesterbac k20:37 RGHT AGAINST PROSTATE CANCER4M June 20, 1999 Central Park Michael Mahon Jeffrey Dreiblatt 33:25 34:33 BRONX HALF-MARATHON July 11, 1999 Bronx, NY Louis Strandberg Gary Apruzzese Chip Schoonmaker Geoffrey Perry Jorge Baliestus Adam Rolston John Soto Timothy Jones Eric Epstein Martin Watkins Phil Wahba Kenneth Majerus Thomas Quinn Vernon Baucom 1:29:34 1:30:33 1:33:03 1:33:45 1:33:56 1:34:30 1:35:27 1:37:25 1:37:59 1:40:40 1:48:57 1:49:51 2:09:10 2:15:49 MONTAUK TRIATHLON June 12,1999. 1M. swim, 20M bike, 6.2 run 2:34:29 David Pitches CHRONICLE MARATHON San Francisco, CA July 11, 1999 3:09:04 Ric Munoz GAY & LESBIAN PRIDE SK June 13, 1999 Los Angeles, CA 17:33 3rd Place overall, 2nd in age group LON~ BJ::A~~ R!JN FOP. G..~Y AND LESBIAN PRIDE 10K June 20, 1999 34:12 2nd Place overall WILLROGERS 10K July 4, 1999 35:33 9th overall 4th in age grp Shawn Pleasants BALLSTON SPA FAMILY FUN DAY 3M June 27 16:29 (1st place overall) ADIRONDACK DISTANCE RUN 10M July 3rd 63:39 Pat Guilfoyle or d1sk to any Saturday run. � 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, 1999 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. 16 No. 8, 1999 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 1999 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:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/2d606e41deb05f916bf323ac6dd1e076.pdf 4355b278b1dae979a57451b0a5dd0c6d PDF Text Text other which direction to go, and me turning my head as to avoid an acci· dent. My heart rate rushing at the speed of light... We were also listening to some very good music on the radio. What other gay club would listen to "Traveling Man• by Rick Nelson - and Jim Connally knew every word! How amazing! And who could resist Tom Johnson's sweet tooth. He has a huge sweet tooth. No one would think that such & soft spoken and calm man could have such a large sweet tooth. Don't even go there gir1, I'm talking -.ooth•! We also had people on the van who had not been to the club in ages. Take for example Sig Martinez, but we still welcome him. His wit has not changed. It is out of this world! Ken Shereda, was also with us. Mr. Shereda is so quiet, you forget that he is traveling with you! Also there was Phil Wauba, the young and handsome man from Montreal, who spoke so fast and in different languages, you didn't care if you did not understand a word he was saying! There was also another gen· tlernan with us, Shawn Pleasant of LA., don't let the last name fool you. Everyone insisted that he was once a NY Frontrunner, I did not believe it. You mean we have wonderful people PHILADELPHIA HALF~MARATHON Upon leaving the City of brotherly and sisterly love, we had such a great time. While participating in the Half-Marathon, I encountered a bunch of wonderful people called Frontrunners. One would think that this is just an ordinary club. However, if one would look closer at what I am about to say, it is quite more than ordi· nary. While running the race, I came across familiar faces cheering me and my teammates on. I saw Sue and Sue, Gary and Jeff, all waving and screaming at the top of their voices just for us. What a great show of support, with Gary attempting to take a picture while we whiz by. I also saw the former President, Patrick, with the same intensity and drive! I almost forgot that he is no longer president. There was Lenora, representing our club at tt·i6 lntamational Frontrunners meeting. I promised her bagels. And of course there was Ruth, persuading me to purchase a pair of running shoes, for I left mine behind in New York! She did convince me ...hey we're talking about Ruth--who could resist! in L.A.! Lest bt.J! certain~; not least was another individual with us to monitor our activities, which were quite exciting-no details. That person was President Ken Majerus. He would tum beet red when specifiC conversations would become public. It was one of my favorite moments when the Pilot would not stop when one needed to •wet• or •p• , suggesting that this was a two hour trip. He would say that the one stop was home. WeU, we did stop and eight of us stood in line holding our bladders as someone took there sweet time. I learned one lesson hav- While traveling back to New York in a van there were again very familiar people. Let's see, there was Pilot Edward Pyle and Co-pilot Les Goldstein, both of whom are very capable of driving. There was not a dull rooment. One trying to tell the Volume XVIIIssue 10 • Box http://www.webcom.com'-bkm"lf.html 230087 • Ansonia Station New http://www.fastnfab.org ing Edward Pyle as your pilot, bring a large empty water bottle!! So if you are in doubt about our club being an ordinary running club, think again. Take a trip with us. You will discover some interesting things about all of us.. This is why we enjoy our club. We are supportive of each other and we know how to have fun. We do more than just run. We are con· cerned about each of you, not because you are a runner only, but each of you are precious and loving in your own way. All have contributed greatly to this club. Diversity in personality, experience, gender and eth· nicity. All are welcomed! Blane Roberts Vice-president FRNY already is more advanced than many like-minded clubs. We have a great newsletter that never misses . a beat, thanks to Donn Peppler. We have Bob Nelson getting the e-mail word out and about. Bill Walsh's www.frontrunn er· snewyork.com keeps the net set infonned. Sue Foster helps present our club with superior graphics and Lee Abbey has kept us organized with a database for years. Now it is time to look at bring· ing together the club's talents to help contain costs and grow our club with technology and additional communi· cation. For example: How can the club identify and maximize free advertising venues? How can we get our community publi· York • NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 http://www.frontrunnersnewyork.org �Running Front Runners ..................................... The Board'President ...•.•........................ Ken Majerus Men's VP ........................... Biane Roberts Women's VP ...................... Jan Aitchison Secretary··-················ Mike Orzechowski Treasurer .............~............ Ruben Danzing Director at Large.................... Paul Racine Director at Large ............... Steve Wheeler cations to profile FRNY and our activities? Could we effectively communicate if we offered the mermers the option of receiving the newsletter via e-mail or on the web? Postage is a major fixed expense that might be able to become variable. Are there technology tools to help our members maintain running programs? Pride Ruo ...................._•••••••·••••••••• Race Director ...•................... Greg Valerie Co-Director............................. Gary Gillis Tech Director ......................... Pat Kuharic Community Challenge ......... Ruth Gursky CC Publicity ........................... Paul Harris Committee Chairs ........................ AIDS Walk .......................... Jim Brigaitis As The FR World Turns .......... John Kiley Bagel Table ........................... Jerry Levine Coaches ........................... Donna Checkan ........................................... Jeff Singleton Cyclists (Fast & Fab) ............. Bob Nelson ....................................... Paulette Meggoe Directory ................................. Lee Abbey Historian Archivist ................ Geoff Perry Housing (NYC) ........................... Ed Pyle Marathon Water Table.Christian Rountry Mailing Coordinator ......... .John Whooley Membership ..................... Leslie Jennings - ..········--·····················•··· Dave Laurence ........................ :~ ... ;..........Mike McMahon Newsletter Editor .......:........ Donn Peppler Newsletter Proofreader.: .. George Schlein NYRRC Correspondent ..... Race Captains Outreach ............................. Joe Criscione Pancake Breakfast... ...... Charlie Wintczak Pasta Dinner.................... Gary Apruzzese ............................................... Geoff Perry Race Captains .................... Janet Dawson ......................................... Darren Thomas Running Gear ......................... Sean Butler Ski Trip ......................... Charlie Wintczak Social ........................... Howard Diamond Special Runs ......................... Dave Mazza ......................................... Martin Watkins Sportsball ................................ T.J. Storch Team New York .................. Tom Faucett ................:............................ Ruth Gursky Telecommunications ......... Steve Wheeler Track and Field ............ Marty McElhiney Triathletes .................. Claudia Cummings Trips out of town ...................... Tim Bush Volunteer Coordinator .......... Les Rozycki Walkers .................................................... . Charitable Foundation .••.•....•...... Director ...................... Corrine Stoewsand Treasurer ............................. Jim Connolly This all comes down to finding the right Public Relations knowledge, the energy sources and the technical talent to make our club FRNY2K ready. We will be holding a brief discussion to get started following the business meeting on Saturday, October 23rd. If you feel you are interested in these topics, or can contribute in any way, please join in. H you cannot participate on the 11th please forward your ideas to SMWheel 0 aol.com. Indicate in the subject FRNY so I realize you are good SPAM (So Pretty And Muscular). Thanks, Steve Wheeler * IT'S NEVER TO EARLY••• TO PLAN FOR YOUR YULTIDE STRIDE! * On Sunday, December 5, Frontrunners Boston Charitable Foundation is sponsoring · the TWELFTH ANNUAL YULETIDE STRIDE, a five mile road race to benefit people with HIV and AIDS. The Yuletide Stride is not only an exciting road race, it is a community event that extends the holiday spirit to a group who have real need, who can truly benefit from your giving. FRNY will be organizing a road trip to Boston for this weekend, so mali< your calendar reserved. I know that Phil will. 2 LOOKING FOR ADVENTURE ••• A GAY & LESBIAN ADVENTURE TO COSTA RICA, FEB.1~26, 2000 7 nights/8 days, direct flight from JFK to San Jose, $1600 per person based on double occupancy, $275 single supplement. Price includes: rlt air, 7 night accommodations in different hotels, breakfast daily, admission to most activities and events,ground transfers, taxes and rnore.Space is limited! Call Jane for additional information: 718.748.2377 or ~mail: JANETENNISOaol.com Jane Steiner :~~_,\,.A--NEWSLETTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley . ~earEditor.@au.·--·-­ Copy for the next newsletter is due by noon on Saturday, .U.Iy 24. If you ~not use the above address bring your hard copy andfor disk to any Saturday run. �Hurricane Floyd Riders on the Boston to New York AIDS Ride 5 were greeted with light rain when they showed up Thursday, Sept. 16, at 4 a.m. in the Northeastern University parking lot in Boston's Back Bay to drop off their bags and pick up their bikes. Then came the announcement from Chris Coles, national director of the AIDS Rides; speaking from the opening ceremonies podium: "You will not be riding today. • Forecasts had Hurricane Floyd charging up the New England coast before nightfall, and the Ride's contingency plan to house 3,000 riders in a covered stadi· um at the University of Connecticut in Storrs that night had fallen through when the university reclaimed the arena for its own evacuees. Instead, Chris Coles announced, the riders, with their bikes and gear, would be bused to the New Haven Coliseum, an arena similar to Madison Square Garden, to wait out the storm. (Several of the Fast and Fab crew, on hearing that announcement, packed it in and took Amtrak back to New York. We didn't go to Boston to take a bus to New Haven.) In New Haven, the Ride showed films and provided games and activities. Many riders went into town to the movies, and one of the gay bars opened earty that evening to accommodate riders. •we had a fabulous time, • said Mark . Posey of Fast and Fab. But some bikes were shipped directly to Bridgeport, site of Friday night's camp, and riders complained they not only · missed out on the 20-mile ride from New Haven to Bridgeport Friday, but had to wait six hours while Ride organizers found enough buses to take them to Bridgeport. "There were some very unhappy campers, • said Marie DeRosa of Fast and Fab. Both at the Coliseum in New Haven, and at Bassick High School in Bridgeport, where the Ride stayed Friday night rather than at the now-submerged Seaside Park, portable showers, portapotties and the food service were set up. And on Saturday, the Ride's last day, with sunny skies and mild temperatures, things finally went according to plan. But some riders, after having biked only 60 miles on Saturday rather than the anticipated 270 miles over three days, didn't show up at Madison Square Garden for closing ceremonies. "It didn't feel right, • Jennifer Silverman of Fast and Fab said. We can hardly fault the Ride for making the decision they did; people's lives could have been at stake. And the Ride did still raise $7 million for AIDS charities, though paying for buses and the Coliseum will have to come out of that. Ride organizers do need to polish up their emergency planning, and anticipate problems like riders being left without bikes or buses. Bones They seem to be coming in pairs now. The latest are Gene Mignola, who fractured his collarbone, and Richard McKilligan, who fractured a scapula, the bone on the back of the shoulder. The two mishaps, which both occurred on AIDS Ride training rides, bring our tally for the last 11 rnonths to eight. Anyone up for a broken-collarbone party? First Gene It was a long uphill climb with lots of traffic on the Saturday, Aug. 28, AIDS Ride training ride to Greenwood Lake, N.J., and Gene Mignola was riding close to the side of the road, as AIDS Ride training leaders suggest. Maybe too close, because a malicious vine from the side of the road - think "Little Shop of Horrors"! - wrapped itself around his chain and his bike flipped over. He hit his shoulder, then hip, then head, again proving the utility of wearing a helmet. A number of riders stopped to help, and he was taken to 3 nearby Wayne General Hospital. Emergency room doctors cleaned his cuts and bruises, but found no broken bones. "I believed them, even though my shoulder hurt like hell, • Gene says. It wasn't until Gene saw his doc· tor two days later and had more xrays taken that the collarbone break showed up. He wasn't able to ride in the AIDS Ride, but he did volunteer to work in camp services. He hasn't lost his sense of humor: "This collarbone thing is a pain in the neck!" he wrote. Now Richard The very next day, Richard McKilligan was riding with a training ride to Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island. As he rode downhill in Glen Head, another rider who had stopped at the bottom of the hill pulled out onto the road, and Richard couldn't stop in time. "I clipped the back of his bike and fell into the road, landing on my shoulder, • he wrote. "I suppose the lesson is that on rides like the training rides, where the riders are mixed both in terms of experience and skill, we can't rely on the other riders riding predictably and we should be extra careful. The accident wouldn't have happened had I been riding conservatively downhill." His shoulder hurt right away, and other riders called for help. EMS personnel strapped him to a backboard and took him to a hospital in Glen Cove, where doctors found the scapula break, put him in a sling and sent him on his way. Richard is thankful for one kindness: "At least they didn't cut rny jersey off!" Camping The logistical problem of camping with a bike is that you have to get your gear and your bike to the campsite, which nearly inevitably involves renting a car or van. Not this time. Shawn Hill and Magda Teter have rented cabins at Croton Point for the weekend of Oct. 1-3, and the site is within walking distance of the Metro North station at Croton-on-Hudson. (You will need a Metro North bike pass, which costs $5 at window 27 in Grand Central Terminal and is good for life.) Located on the Hudson about 30 mi. north of the city, the park and campsite has paths winding beneath large oaks and �sycamores, picnic tables overlooking the water, and, for the hardy few, a beach and swimming in the Hudson. Trails around the Croton Reservoir and aqueduct, for hiking or off-road biking, also beckon. Shawn Hill and Magda Teter have rented two cabins with electricity and running water. Each sleeps six and there are bunks, but you do need an air mattress and sleeping bag. Cost per person for the weekend is $30. There might be room for a couple of people still; contact Shawn at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@ columbia.edu. Coaching With the summer cycling season out of the way, it's time to think about preparing for next year. With that in mind, we've hired Dave Jordan, head coach of Century Road Club Association, the city's biggest bike racing club, to help Fast and Fab and Team New York Triathlon riders finetune their bike handling skills and position on the bike. Whether you're a seasoned racer or testing out your first bike since childhood, you can benefit from Dave's advice on how to train in the off-season. Both road and off-road cyclists are invited. We meet Sunday, Oct. 3 at 8 a.m. on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge. The fast group will go up to Nyack and back, a distance of about 40 mi.; the fabulous group will tum back where River Road meets 9W for a total distance of some 25 mi. Cost is $1 0; contact Bob Nelson at (212) 567-7160 or bob@ nylink.com. We'll collect money the day of the ride, but if you tell me you're coming and don't show up, you still owe the ten-spot. sport event of the local season. For an application, or to register online, go to www.nytc.org, or call Dan Honig at (914) 247-0271. Online registrations are accepted until midnight on Oct. 7; cost is $30. A.M. Weekday morning rides are happening regularly on Thursday mornings at the GWB and in Prospect Park and Central Park. For the GWB, contact Mark Posey at (212) 568-6033 or posey@yrncaret.org. For Prospect Park, contact Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or cpapagni@frenchculinary.com. For . Central Park, contact Paul Racine at (212) 362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com. Off-Schedule Fast and Fab does do off-road rides, but they generally are informal affairs that are not listed in advance. Contact Cliff Frasier or April Tam if you're interested. Cliff is at (718) 446.0810 or cwfrasier@ aol.com; April can be reached at (212) 246-2583 or at_nyc@ hotmail.com. Repair The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at 103rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming course is Introduction to Bike Maintenance, which takes place in two sessions, Oct. 5 and 12. It's all hands-on work, so bring your bike. The class is $40 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300; press 7, then 1, then 5 on the menus for forms and upto-the-minute info. show it off to us all. The bistro specializes in tortellini and fettuccine, and also serves a variety of sandwiches on grilled foccacia. There are salads galore, an assortment of tarts and cakes for dessert, plenty of coffees and the restaurant does serve beer and wine. RSVP to Marie at (212) 799-5064 or masterrndr@aol.com to secure your place. Sophia's is an intimate bistro, so please let Marie know if you plan to join us. Shore- October 10 Noah Gavin and her crew, which she describes as •somewhat less ambi· tious and hill-loving• than your run-ofthe-mill Fast & Fab rider, will ride out from Park Slope via the Shore Parkway bike path to Coney Island. Meet at Rising Cafe, 5th and Sackett in Brooklyn, at 9 a.m. and leave by 9:30a.m. About 25 mi., slow pace, all bikes welcome. Contact Noah at (718) 623-1 016 or cgavin@courts.state.ny.us or tsukinekko@ mindspring.com. Tri Team members have been busy over the summer... and I know that some of you have been doing races that I don't have results for. Send me your times, and I will make sure they get posted to the team, in the FRNY newsletter, and on our website (http://www.teamnewyork.org/triathln. htm). Race stories are welcome too - let us know about good (and bad) race experiences, PR's, awards, and whatever else is on your mind. No Yoga Maynard Yost is having construction work on his apartment for the next month or so, and consequently yoga is cancelled for the duration. Watch this space for updates, or call Maynard at (212) 222-8525. Bl Several of us are doing the New York Triathlon Club's Central Park Biathlon on Oct. 10. It's a 2-mi. run, 12-mi. bike and 2-mi. run, and it's the last multi- Dinner This month's Fast and Fab culinary tour takes us to the warm autumn sun of Roms, where Italian sophisticates dressed in black nod to acquaintances as they stroll down the Via Veneto. We stop Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. at Sophia's Bistro at 998 Via Amsterdam between the strada 109 and strada 110. Our host for the evening is Marie DeRosa, who has taken two groups to the restaurant already and wants to 4 Harriman Sprint Triathlon August 15, 1999 (Swim .5 M, Bike 15M, Run 3M) David Pitches 1:35:05 Lori Emery 1:36:21 (2nd in age) loraine Simunek 1:37:01 (3rd in age) Mark lanaghan 1:39:01 Claudia Cummings 1:47:10 Heidi Von Doh len 1:58:30 leslie Jennings 2:00:01 (1st triathlon) Joanne Dondero 2:01 :14 52 (2nd in age) �Bally's Westchester Triathlon Sept, 19, 1999 (Swim 1.5K, Bike 40K, Run 1OK) Ronald Seely Swim 23:45 T1 2:32 Bike 1:16:09 T2 1:08 Run 42:30 2:25:04 Devon Carranza Swim 25:31 T1 2:28 Bike 1:18:56 T2 1:23 Run 42:35 2:30:52 Leslie Jones Swim 24:50 T1 3:10 Bike 1 :22:01 T2 2:02 Run 50:08 2:42:09 Lori Emery Swim 28:32 T1 2:24 Bike 1:24:39 T2 1:17 Run 48:10 2:45:01 (1st time at distance) Claudia Cummings Swim 28:55 T1 2:04 Bike 1:30:43 T2 1 :22 Run 48:31 2:51:33 (PR) Joanne Dondero Swim 32:00 T1 4:36 Bike1 :38:12 T2 1:47 Run 61:05 3:17:38 (1st in age) Team LBJ Swim (Janet) 33:36 Bike (Leslie) 1:30:44 Run (Barbara) 58:44 3:05:19 (2nd place women's team) Gerry Valentine has graciously allowed us to "eavesdrop• on his experiences at lronMan Lake Placid last month ... as always, his story is inspirational and informative, and kept me rivited to my screen. And next time you see Gerry, ask him if he'll let you see his PNF autograph! Claudia Cummings Due to space limitations in this month's newsletter, we've had to serialize Gerry's story. What follows is just an introduction... if you want to read on and get the whole story via email, contact Claudia: Butchgrrt@aol.com. If you ever wondered what it's like to do an ironman, this is a great opportunity to get the inside story and learn some training/survival tips as well. Our apologies to Gerry! Jack Fogle, Guest Editor Hello Friends, So many people wrote wonderful and supportive responses to my lronman Canada article from last year that I decided to do an account of my recent lronman Lake Placid experience. Also, my spies tell me that four Front Runners/Team, NY Triathlon members have made a pledge to do an lronman in 2001 - I'll keep the names secret, for now. If you're thinking about lronman, and you live in the northeast, lronman Lake Placid is an excellent choice. And, of course, I think EVERYONE should do and lronrnanl I hope you enjoy reading. One of the best things about lronman races is that they are generally staged in remote and beautiful areas. lronrnan Lake Placid, which was staged in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains, is no exception. Looking out of my hotel window I could see mountains stretching into the distance. In my morning runs, just a mile or two out of town, the road went through a fragrant pine forest. All of this would make a beautiful back drop to the race and a welcome distraction from the pain that was sure to come at some point. True to the race promoter's reputation, IM Lake Placid turned out to be an organizational marvel. The transition area, finish line, registration, and race expo were at the speed skating oval, which is in the center of town and easily accessible. Additionally, every procedure was completely seamless, with large numbers of friendly and well informed volunteers. It was clear that the race promoters had also gone to great lengths to produce a significant field of competitors for this inaugural event. In addition to numerous qualifying slots for the Hawaii Championships, which is always sure to bring our the best amateur competitors, they had also managed to attract several noteworthy professionals - Thomas Hellregal f97 Hawaii winner), Heather Fuhr f97 Hawaii winner), and Paula NewbyFraser (eight time Hawaii winner.) Of all these, Paula was my favorite. Though now •retired" she had had a reputation for being willing to push herself further than anyone else, and has won more IM races than anyone, male or female. After spotting her at 5 the pre-race expo I decided to play the total tourist. I introduced myself and asked for her autograph. She turned out to be extremely pleasant, signed my hat, asked about my race plans, and commented on her own "lack of preparedness• for the race she's human too, who knew? Now alone, I reviewed my race plan. Somehow it didn't seem nearly as daunting as the prior year, however I was still keenly aware of the challenge. I was hoping, once again, to do a sub 13-hour lronrnan. Though that would not be a spectacular lronman finish, it would be a personal best for me by over 45 min. I was hoping to do a swim of about 1:15, a 6:30 bike oust over a 17 mph pace), and a 5 hr marathon. If I could keep my total transition time to fewer than 15min, I would have my goal. Naturally, I questioned the feasibility of this plan. I had no idea what would happen in the swim. I'd done so little work in the pool this year, and my previous race swim times had shown it. Eartier in the season I'd had a bike PR of 22 mph in a lronman course, but I hadn't gotten in all the long rides I felt I needed to prepare for the full IM distance. And, running in long races is always such a problem for me. I was still weighing in at 185+ lbs.-- VERY big for an IM. My goal of getting down to the 170's ... well, maybe next year. Also, I was very unsure about how well I would be able to "put it all together. • I had missed some of my long training weekends, and this threatened not only my time goal, but also finishing at all! THAT was the prevalent worry. Then there was the new bike. I thought I felt more comfortable than on my old bike, but I didn't think my aero position was quite right yet, and I'd never ridden it more than 65 miles. Time to stop thinking! Lights out at 9:001 Gerry Valentine .. .find out how Gerry confronted the physical and mental challenges of the ultimate endurance multi-sport! Contact Claudia or Jack: Butchgrrl@ aol.com or Elysianinc@ aol and we'll forward Gerry's full story! (ehh ... Butchgrrl would be Claudia) �F i n Deseret News Marathon Salt Lake City, UT July 24, 1999 Ric Munoz i s h Martin McElhiney Geoffrey Perry Adam Rolston Gary Apruzzese 3:10:00 3:10:00 (PR) 3:20:00 3:26:00 3:09:58 Club Team ChaFJ1>ionship 5 Miler Central Park August 21, 1999 The Great Cow Harbor 1OK Northport, NY September 18, 1999 Darren Thomas Patrick Guilfoyle Adam Rolston Gary Apruzzese Martin McElhiney Darren Thomas Ken Majerus Nestor Pineda Thomas Quinn 29:24 32:52 33:30 33:35 36:59 37:00 40:21 41:52 Leslie Deutsch Lenore Beaky Elizabeth Deutsch lizbeth Dornfeld 36:12 51:52 54:42 54:43 Marathon Tune 30K Central Park August 29, 1999 Kenny Cassillo Daniel Barrish Joseph Taravella John Soto Darren Thomas Ken Majerus Wael Hibri Juan Quintanar Phil Wahba Thomas Quinn Jerry Levine Rene T10tucio 2:17:43 2:17:45 2:24:06 2:24:43 2:36:34 2:36:41 2:41:39 2:42:22 2:53:53 2:58:36 3:05:46 3:37:30 Leslie Deutsch 2:40:28 Tina lsselbacher Marnell McNamara Audra Farrell Paulette Meggoe Elizabeth Cunningham 2:50:33 2:54:26 3:03:16 3:17:06 3:20:22 Quebec City Marathon August 30, 1999 Chip Schoonmaker L 3:09:00 43:51 RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT Seven weeks and counting!!! believe that is the mantra of most of the NYC Marathon participants at this point. Reflect back to April 25, when you were standing in line at Cental Park, for your precious application. Think about when you went to your mailbox in July, plucked out your acceptance card and said, • I am in. • Then meditate on the hours and hours of running that you have done since then, to get ready for your big day. In spite of all the fatigue, running in the stifling humidity and the upheaval in your schedule, November 7 will make it all worthwhile. You will be participating in one of the biggest, most exciting spectacles that this City has to offer. You will be one of the 30,000 participants in one of the largest Marathons in the world, where over 1 million spectators will be cheering your every move. Forget the tired legs, it will be worth it. Some of us took a more circuitous route to getting in the Marathon, but we made it. Unfortunately, all of us did not make it. There were close to 70,000 applicants trying to run in the last NYC Marathon of this millennium. Understandably, NYRRC could only accept less than half of these. Please don't let your hard training go to waste. There is no shortage of fall marathons for you to run, including the fabulous Philadelphia Marathon on November 21. As you are working out your marathon training schedules, please remember the •points• race for the month of October. It is the Staten 6 i n ~, e Island Half-Marathon, scheduled for October 17. It would be a nice confidence booster for yourself to participate in this race and finish strongly, with something left in your tank. It has been quite a pleasure to see all of the runners out putting in their work. It makes you stronger knowing that others have a common goal and that we will all feel the fantastic sense of accoFJ1>Iishment when we hit Central Park at Mile 23, pass Front Runners' water station at Mile 24 and cross the finish line at Tavern on the Green. Can you visualize it? You should really start now to feel it when you are running in the Park. It will come in handy when fatigue starts setting in, and you know that you have 3 more miles to go. Congratulations to all of you who will be there. Janet and Darren BLUE LINE RUN Hey all you marathon trainees, the annual Blue Line Run is just around the comer. On Sunday, October 17, at 8:00a.m., we will meet at Joe Criscione's home in Brooklyn and start out on a 20 mile Fun Run. If anyone has any doubts about how much fun it is, just ask the people who have participated in years gone by. Geoffrey Perry is organizing the pit stops, so there will be plenty of water, Gatorade, and sundry items to eat. Joe's home is at 301 Fifth Avenue, Apartment #4R, Brooklyn. His phone number is (718) 965-9081. Please email me, Ken Majerus, at kenmajerus@mindspring.com, and let me know if you are planning on participating. We need to get a count of how many people to expect. Directions to Joe's apartment will be sent out by email, and available at the Club on Saturdays. 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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/e8e0f10f4f0243ca60b3b3a1b79adf74.pdf 2b20009ba9813859802227e5840c7fcf PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 12 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 December 1999 I \ ; http://www.web com.com/-bkm/ if.btml 'Y http://www.fast nfab.org 'Y TNt STftRTinG unt along the way, and those who ran just because they love to run in New York. I wish I could have been with you. We are fast approaching a new year. 2000 marks the beginning of the 21st year of Front Runners New York and the start of our count-down to the Games in Sydney. It's also time to get a new slate of volunteers to help run the many committees that make Front Runners work. I'il be contacting the people who were on committees for 1999 and to ask about your interest in continuing. If there are any club members who would like to be on a committee, please give me a call at (212) 665-9059, or email me at kenmajerus@mindspring.com . Being on a comm ittee does require some effort on your part, but shouldn't be a burden. If you think you might like to volunteer for one of the positions, but are hesitant to do it on your own, what about talking to a friend and joining as a team? The members run the club. I feel that I'm here only to help coordinate our efforts, to act as a spokesperson , and to make sure that I listen to the membership on matters affecting the club and then communicate to the board. We really do have a good time, we try to keep meetings short, and the board is so congenial. Give it some thought and give me a call. I'd love to give you the opportunity to help out the club in I'm back. Breathless, panting, exhausted ... and I haven't been running. I started my year not running, and I seem dangerously close to ending my year not running . But all is not lost. The words of our coaches keep echoing in my ear (no jokes please) that I need to start stretching before I run and I need to do it consistently and I'll be able to run pain-free. They're right, and I will , and I'll be back on the roads enjoying the change of the season in a park that is unparalleled in its grandeur. Do I miss the Great Outdoors or what? What a month we just had. The marathon festivities went off with the usual aplomb, thanks to the outstanding efforts of Bob Nelson, Ken Chamberlain, Charlie Wintczak, Christian Rountry, Janet Aitchison, and a host of stalwart any Vt'ay. volunteers too numerous to mention, but Vote! Vote! Vote! oh-so-appreciated . I can't tell you all how much I admire your spirit and enthusiasm in making these events a reality, and giving our hometown heroines and heroes, and our out-of-town guests, a welcome reception and a warm send-off. The water station too, was a relief to many runners who were weary by the time they got to mile 24 and needed a boost from the volunteers. I think that we may have made lifetime participants of Darren's family, who seemed to have a great time. Their allegiance was obvious though, when they all left to meet him at the finish line. Congratulations to all the runners, those Editor & Calendar who ran personal bests, those who had emotional triumphs, those who struggled Proofreader all the way, those who gave of themselves Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley Minutes of the Board Meeting on 11/11/99 'Y The club showed a loss of$4,400 for the month due to an advance check of $5,600 for the Armory. This amount holds spots for 28 members who will reimburse the club. Operations for the month cost $568.00. roe ciub is in exceilent fmancial shape. 'Y Nominations for all elected positions have been filled. Ballots will be distributed with this newsletter. 'Y The club will be making it's annual gifts to area organizations at the December meeting. Any suggestions should be given to Ken Majerus. 'Y Stationery will be ordered with a new envelope design. The logo will appear on the front of the envelope in the upper-lefthand comer. The new P.O. Box will be added. 'Y The application form for the Lesbian & Gay Pride Run is being streamlined to delineate between the different races and the Charitable Foundation and also to help determine how entrants are learning of the races. The club is hoping to reduce mailing costs by not duplicating the NYRRC mailing. Joe Piliero will design the T-shirt. The fund raising ewnl wiil nlost lik.dy be a party similar to last year's party at the Eight of Clubs. TJ is asking that anyone with ideas about corporate sponsors contact him. 'Y The indoor track meet at the Armory is scheduled for April 1, 2000 (no fooiin ' !) 'Y Members are asked to visit our website: frontrunnersne wyork.org. We need more "hits" to attract sponsors. 'Y The next board meeting is the General Meeting of the Membership at Rutgers Presbyterian Church on Saturday, December II, after the regular run and meeting; about noon. �Front Runners December 1999 Page 2 President's Run 2000 *** *** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Women's Update Congratulations to our nine women Holiday Fun Run the to Come marathon fmishers: Ellen Brenner, Debra President's Run on Chapnick, Michelle Chinnery, Liz Date:December 19th January 1, 2000! Cunningham, Leslie Deutsch, Audra Paulette Meggoe and Yes, there will be a Farrell, Luz Lenis, Time:lO:OO a.m . Presidential Run on Ogden. You're all an inspiration Stephanie January 1. Since to the rest of us to sign up next Bag drop off: year-particular ly now the NYRRC can ..-r elections are yet to Carl Johnson's apartment guarantee local club members a place. be held and a new Board of Director's " 210 West 101 Street #2A Let's try to double our number of women installed, I am hesitant to say where this Phone (212) 749-4176 Front Runners in the 2000 Marathon! ~ event will be held and just who the host It's time for the next women's fun run. '1-~ will be. However, tentatively, Michael Run from Carl's apartment The last one was a great success-fifteen Orzechowski has graciously offered to host through Central Park, down as · : this annual event at his penthouse women descended upon Janet Dawson's far as Rockefeller Center's apartment early on a Sunday morning, and apartment at 99 Claremont A venue, #811 Christmas tree looking at all the we proceeded to eat our way through ~L at 11:00 a.m . on Saturday, the 1st of beautiful Christmas window ·w January. Michael's is at (212) 222-7673 . everything on her table (after running, of displays. Then back to Carl's {,} course!) If the venue changes, I'll get the word apartment. Pat Dec has kindly offered to host the : : out at the Club on Saturday; on our next run which will be on Sunday website, frontrunnersne wyork.org; and Apres Run: Brunch at Carl's and December 5. She lives at 35 West 96th # ~"c;i.., through the E-mail Master Diva Bob. carols around the piano. 8D, between CPW and Columbus A venue. ~ IEveryone is welcome to attend, whether by 9:45 to allow time to Please get there 1~ you ar~ runni?g or not. RSVPs would be R.S.V.P. drop your bags before heading out into ~ : appreciated, JUSt so we can gauge the Park. Please let Pat know if you'll 0;~2~ Sign up sheet at Saturday run {'~ number of people to expect. Michael is Central ~~ ·· · orcall(212)695 -89l7 be attending by emailing her at: ~ :l':5~ rearranging his apartment so this will be an ~"L t,%;" pat.dec@chase.com 1>"" !inauguration of sorts. And remember-thes e are fun runs . ~~~ c~~ ~~ ~w~ ~tt Women of all athletic abilites are welcome to join us for a run followed by a relaxed Kvetch About the Marathon! New York City brunch. So whatever your speed or current to Julie Geisler, new NYRRC Board level of fitness, why not come along and Gay Men's Chorus meet your fellow women Front Runners. purchased IMember. I recently spoke at one of the Front Runners has again season tickets to the New York City Gay IFront Runner gatherings after your Satur~l'ittdu~ Men's Chorus. These $35.00 dress circle iday morning runs. I was running for board Women's Vice President I seats are now on sale for only $20.00 per Jmember of the NYRRC, and have won! So ticket. The following shows are available: [I am contacting your team to do what I ran Volunteer Race ito do--represent the runners. I would like Of The Month & Joy: Songs for Midwinter's Jto hear what everyone has to say about the "Y Comfort !marathon-prob lems, constructive critiHey everybody, the Volunteer Race Eve. Wednesday, December 22, 1999 "Y Old Friends: Monday, March 27,2000 cisms, compliments, suggestions for imfor December is being held on Saturday, December4 and it's the Hot Chocolate 10 "Y Loving You: A 2oth anniversary provement. I am interested in all aspects of Miler and the Church of the Heavenly celebration. Saturday, June 10, 2000, Pride the race-pasta party, expo, staging area, course and support, fmish line, family reRest 2 Miler. Now that should put you in Week. webceremony, awards union, spirit. The NYRRC always the Holiday Checks should be made out to Front I site-everything . And please be as specific help, so if you can, please appreciates our tum out for the race as a volunteer if you Runners for $20.00 per ticket and mailed 'as possible. Don't just say "Number pick up are in that after-the-marathon off-season to Howard Dimond, 310 Lexington was awful." What about it was awful, and rest period. If you are in the mood for a I Avenue, #7-G, New York, New York, do you have any ideas to improve it? (212) run, join in on the race and come back to 10016. (212) 983-3515. Please include 877-6416 (between 6-9:00 p.m. please) or Rutgers afterward. We'll keep bagels I your telephone number, return address, the sgeisler @aol.com. Please make your around and the coffee warm for as long as number of tickets, and indicate for which voice heard and help to make this great event even better! [ concerts the tickets are being purchased. we can. ~~ ~~ '1t 1 1 _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ _ 1 I ~~ "/)iHuutd P«Lie t;eidu �New York TALK TWO - The voluble Dave Jordan imparted further words of wisdom to seven cyclists from the group who gathered for our second coaching session to Nyack on November 14. Much to my own chagrin, Dave subscribes to the thermodynamic theory of weight loss., viz., you have to eat fewer calories than you bum; I'd been hoping for a magic formula. Dave does think cross-training, especially running, is a good way to spend calories, but advocates only a couple of such workouts a week, with the focus on cycling. He'd like to see us do more pacelining together as a group, to make that skill more intuitive; most of this session, as was the last, was devoted to pacelining. We did all four variations: single file, in which the front rider drops to the back; rotation, in which the last rider moves up, followed immediately by the new last rider; sprints, in which the last rider sprints to the front (this is the most grueling); and double rotation, in which the group forms two files and the leaders drop back to eitherside. I hadn't heard before that pacelines buffeted by a sidewind should rotate into the side facing the wind, but it certainly does make sense. We also spent a fair amount of time on the mechanics of the pedal stroke, which is without doubt the most important aspect of cycling form . And we did all of this at a moderate pace, in the small chain ring, at pedaling cadences approaching 100 rpm. The idea was to improve our control of the bike in low gears at high cadences, in preparation for doing the same in higher gears. I think it's the first time I've ever gone to Nyack and back in my small ring. FUTURE COACHING -Dave is fun but expensive; he charges $I 20 for the morning. Paulette Meggoe and Bob Nelson plan to offer a series of coached rides in the spring; we will charge for the sessions, but Fast and Fab will pocket the money. Watch this space for details. FUTURE TRA VELIN' - It's time to start thinking about how we're getting to Sydney for Gay Games VI in 2002. Anyone is welcome to join the Sydney team ; you should be a member of Front Runners, plan to participate in a Gay Games cycling event wearing a Fast and Fab jersey, and help out with fundraising or running the team . Members of Team New York Triathlon, our sister club, are also welcome. We'll December 1999 start things rolling at Bob Nelson's place Sunday, January 23, at 6:00 p.m. for an informal snackathon and talkathon on getting our brains, butts and bank accounts in shape. We'll order from a pizza place nearby that is much better than Domino's, but bring your beverage of choice. RSVP or 567-7160 at (212) Bob to . bob@nylink.com FUTURE EATING - Mark your calendars for Saturday, February 26, the club's annual potluck dinner, to be held at 6:00 p.m. at the Lesbian and Gay Community Center, One Little West Twelfth St. in Manhattan. Five bucks and something to eat or drink gets you in the door. It's a great opportunity to socialize off the bikes, and will be one of the few times you can talk to fellow Fast and Fab cyclists without worrying what your lycra is showing off! We will be doing a mailing to about 400 queer cyclists in the metro area; more to follow on that next month. FUTURE RACING - While the principal focus of Fast and Fabulous has always been-and will continue to be--bike tours for riders of all abilities, we are also planning to start a racing team, which is open to anyone in the club who wants to try it. We'll designate certain races as club races, and will race as a group so we don't feel lonely trailing the big boys and girls. This will be great preparation for the Sydney team. Details follow: HOW TO - Bike races are a bit more complicated than running races, so listen up. First off, you must belong to the United States Cycling Federation in order to race; it's $30 a year and you can download an application from their website at http://www.gser ve.com/unplug/uscf.html. Second, you should also join a USCF- Page3 recognized cycling club; which Fast and Fab is not; your choices are Century Road Club Association (http://www.crc a.net), which races in Central Park, or Kissena Cycling Club (http://www.kiss ena.org), which races in Prospect Park. Third, you must wear the jersey of the USCF team you belong to in all USCF-sanctione d bike races, so you will not be able to race wearing a Fast and Fab jersey, at least not for this year. (The USCF requires any USCF-recognized club to stage a bike race, which is probably beyond the capabilities of our current membership, which is why we are not USCF-sanctione d. Another option for Fast and Fab would be to become a subteam within CRCA, which we can discuss on January 23.) Bob Nelson can help you sort this out if it still seems or 567-7160 (212) mysterious; bob@nylink.com . BRRRRR - Baby, it's cold outside. But you'll be snug in your cycling gear down to below freezing temperatures if you take a few precautions. First, put on a pair of cycling shorts as a layer to protect those important body parts. Then wear some long undies, polypropylene or silk or wool, both top and bottom. Other synthetics that wick moisture away from the body are fme, but skip the cotton-it will just make you feel cold and clammy. Add a midweight jersey or long-sleeve running top. Once you have on enough layers that you're sweating without doing anything, put on a windblock layer: cycling tights or ski pants, and a cycling shell or any close-fitting jersey that won't flap around in the breeze. Down coats will even work, though you'll look iike the Michelin man. Wear a wool, polypro or neoprene hat or headband under your helmet; a balaclava works well and is not a Greek pastry (that's baklava). Cover your ears! Wear wool gloves inside ski mitts, or lobster gloves, so called because they tum you into a creature with claws, not fmgers . For the tootsies, they do make neoprene socks, which are recommended for people with severe coldtootsi-itis, but you can also wear a layer or two of wool or polypro socks, such as Smartwool or Thorlo. Then put on your cycling shoes and at least one pair, preferably two, of cycling booties. Now waddle out the door with your bike and you'll know how it feels to be a pregnant woman - uh, winter cyclist! �Page4 REPAIR - The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel 891 Amsterdam Avenue at I 03rd St. The; always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming two-session class is Introduction to Bike Maintenance which will meet on December 7 and D;cember I~· It's all hands-on work, so bring your bike. The class is $40 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300; press 7, then I, then 5 on the menus for forms and up-to-the-minute info. YOGA - We've been holding weekly astanga yoga classes Saturdays at noon in the basement of Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 West 73rd St. west of Broadway, following the Front Runner run. The tariff is now $12, of which $2 goes to Fast and Fab. Please check in with a voice message to (212) 567-7160 or a note to bob@nylink.com; if Bob can't make it ' there is no class. EARLY A.M.. - Quickie Fast and Fab rides . happen regularly on Thursday mormngs. For the GWB, Mark Posey at (212) 568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. For Prospect Park, Chris Papagni at (718) 63 6-9298/cpapagni@frenchcul inary .com . For Central Park, contact Paul Racine at (212) 362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com. DECEMBER - Here are the Fast and Fab rides for the month and beyond. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Helmets are required and ride leaders are instructed to disband the ride if anyone insists on riding without one. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. All distances listed are round trip. Most ride leaders take a good second look at the forecast if the thermometer dips below freezing, and, as usual, any precipitation that's enough to dampen the roads cancels a ride, except for those led by Richard Gottlieb, for whom weather and cycling are unrelated topics. You may want to check with a ride leader the day before a ride to discuss her or his weather tolerance. December 5- Greenwich: Shawn Hill and over tandem Magda Teter ride hills to Greenwich, CT. Westchester's Bring pocket food because this crowd December 1999 Front Runners Front Runner Marathoners Swept Off Their Feet neithe~ slows nor stops. 80 miles, fast pace, road bikes only, please. Contact Shawn and or 569-6340 (212) at Magda mot3@columbia.edu. December 12 - Backside: Paulette Meggoe and Bob Nelson take the back way to Nyack, via routes 505, 303 and 340. About 55 miles, moderate pace, road bikes only, please. We will make a stop in town on the way back. Co-listed with the New York Cycle Club. Contact Bob at (212) 567-7160 or bob@nylink.com or Paulette at (718) 293-0885. December 19 - Stately Homes: Richard Gottlieb takes us on a holiday tour of some of the stately homos, uh , homes, of the lower Hudson Valley, including possibly Lyndhu.rst, Sunnyside and Phillipse Manor, dependmg on the festivity of his mood. About 50 miles, moderate pace, all bikes welcome. Tell Richard at (212) 757-7434 or rg433@aol.com . January 2 - Yawn: Oh, is it the millennium already? Paulette Meggoe and Bob Nelson crank it up for some millennia! madness up Rockland Lake way. About 65 miles, moderate to hasty pace, road bikes only, please. We will stop in Nyack on the way back. Co-listed with the New York Cycle Club. Paulette at (718) 293-0885 or Bob at(212) 567-7160/bob@nylink.com. January 9 - Piermont: Bob Sundeen leads a ride up Route 9W to the little town with all the places to eat, and he plans to take advantage of them . Bob's tolerance is 38 degrees; contact him at 8:00 a.m. the day of the ride for a nice conversation about the weather. About 40 miles., moderate to spritely pace, all bikes welcome. Bob at (212) 595-3593 or res5@columbia.edu. What better way is there for a Marathoner to be rewarded than to get a well-earned post-Marathon foot massage? Getting one from a room full of foot worshippers! Foot Friends of New York Runner Front invited graciously marathoners to be adored at the Lure on November 15. Only Sean Butler (yes, we are naming names) and I had the wisdom (or courage?) to accept Alan Pratt's irresistible invitation to this footastic even~ng. Upon our arrival, proudly weanng our fmishers' medal, we were ushered to the ominously dubbed pampering area. There we were treated to a royal (and oh-so-needed) foot wash and massage. Our presence did seem appreciated as practically this entire bar full of foot fetishists came to the pampering area to view our feet. Unfortunately this state of bliss was shortlived, at least from my point-of-view. It didn't take long before my Type-A, competitive personality came to the fore. While I had my share of admirers, it became clear very quickly that Sean's feet were the crowd favorite , not mine. One foot-dude actually had the chutzpah to tell ~e, "Honey, his are bigger than yours, and Size does matter." What nerve! But my masseur Craig did manage somehow to console me. I do want to take this opp~rtunity to apologize to Sean for being so bitchy, but you know if you tell a man his size is inadequate, he might get selfconscious. In order to prevent anyone from blackmailing us in the future, I will spare you the Lure-id details of our soiree in the meat-packing district. (Although I do wonder where those 24+ pictures of Sean's sexy feet will pop up.) Sean, you have surely provided much inspiration to many of our new foot friends. As for me, in the end, my feet did get all the attention they needed and then some. One last bit of advice: next year, don't miss this postMarathon celebration of the (second) most abused part of our body, our feet. �New York T G) nder the droll headline 18 Frogs \._) Crossed the Channel Front Runners de Paris reported on their summer visit to London and subsequent adventures with the London Front Runners. On the Saturday morning 56 Anglo & Franco Front Runners completed the circuit of Hyde Park; the next morning they regrouped in Battersea Park to join some 4,000 others running the 5 miles Carlton Run. That run was followed by a pique-nique sur l'herbe (on the grass). They also spent a lot of time shopping and dining on Old Compton Street (Ia gay street locale). We look forward to hearing about the reciprocal visit by the London Front Runners to gay Paree. Also this summer, two members of the French club participated in an unusual 55K run called La 6000D - La Plagne. Part of the run was up to the snow-covered summit ofle glacier de Bellecote. Jean-Luc Morize completed the challenging course in 6 hours 31 minutes and Eugene Breon in 7 hours 4 minutes. Congratulations guys! Over 250 men and women competed in the Los Angeles Frontrunners 5K Pride Run . Former professional football player David Kopay and actor Mitchell Anderson started the race off with a "bang". Proceeds from the event went to the AIDS Healthcare Network for their Treatment=Life Program. The first male across the line was Carlos Vizcarra in 17:09. First female, with 22:56, was Sherri Lucero who placed 25th overall. Orlando Front Runners reported on their gala Fall Ball membership party of November 13. There was food, fun and games as well as door prizes for those who brought along new members. 'The festivities were hosted by Scott Feneck at his faboo new digs'. The second annual yard sale of Tampa Bay Frontrunners was a success. Over $750 was raised for their annual holiday bash Baylaods Frontrunners 1999 Run for the Community raised a whopping $26,000 for their chosen charities. There were 468 registered runners and among those turning in impressive times was one woman who registered for both the 5K and I OK runs and placed in both! John Kruse ex-president of San Francisco Frontrunners reports some December 1999 Page 5 contracting a disease in the slums of Nairobi. Thank you for being part of Beyond Shoes. Without you 7,000 children, thousands of miles away would still be barefooted. Sincerely, Carly Crone". (Sounds like a worthwhile project for all of us. Any volunteers?) Congratulations to Marathon Man Ric Mufioz of Boston, New York & LA Front Runners who recently completed the longest run of his life. It was the inaugural Boston Chancellor Challenge I OOK. For the non-metric that's 62.13 miles! Ric's time was 8:29:17. His all beyond "Stunned reaction: expectation!" snappy performances by that club's Congratulations also to Boston Front members. Colin Gallagher, who has been Runner Alden Clark who was elected racing for less than a year, completed the President of International Front Runners Pacific Sun /OK in 37:00 and the Baylands (IFR) at the recent IFR Forum in Run for the Community /OK in 37:16. Philadelphia. Main business at the forum John's own time in the latter race was was the approval of the new IFR 39:37. Constitution, which was presented by Adventurous Seattle Frontrunners Sydney Front Runner Wayne Morgan . had two teams run this year's 196-mile Mt. The new constitution called for the Hood to the Coast Relay. This grueling election of six regional representatives and relay begins near the 11 ,000-foot summit the representative for the Northeast is ofMt. Hood and takes all night and all day none other than the above-mentioned to complete. The mixed team of seven Alden Clark! women and five men completed the course Boston Front Runners celebrated 20 in just about 26 hours. The all-male team years of running and community service at did somewhat better with just over 23 their annual banquet. Elections were held, hours and took an hour off their last year's after dinner, and their new President is time. Camille Roberts. And guess who's their Earlier this year, Denise Barndt of new Treasurer? That's right-Alden Chicago Frontrunners organized a Clark! collection of shoes for The Shoes for Take note that the Boston Front Kenya Project. A thank you letter from Runner Yuletide Stride will be held on Carly Crone, the founder of the Beyond December 5th with proceeds once again Shoes, says in part .. . "The shoes made it providing Holiday Gift Baskets for the to Kenya! This time I stayed mostly in needy who are living with HJV or AIDS. Nairobi distributing the shoes in slum The club welcomes out-of-town Front schools. I had never seen such poverty. In Runners to the Yuletide Stride and will the slums the majority of people do not provide hosted housing. have shoes. There is also no running Race Name-of-the-Month: Mike water, or access to clean water, anywhere Chovonec of Baltimore Frontrunners nearby. The only source that is remotely reports that this summer, in the northern close, is a small river that collects waste Wisconsin town of Antigo, he ran the from companies and the sewage sysytem. Tater Trot I OK. In addition to the Children and adults walk barefoot through ubiquitous T -shirt, all 200 fmishers this infested water and catch a disease received a 5-lb bag of baking potatoes! called worms. Worms enter through the Happy Holidays, Happy Running and feet and cause brain deficiencies and eat Happy New Millennium Everyone! away at the body. The only way to avoid acquiring worms is by wearing shoes. Yes, old, stinky no-good shoes that you were going to throw away prevent people from * �Front Runners December 1999 Page 6 (1st female overall) Omigosh! KURT STEINER XC SK Van Cortlandt Park, New York October 17, 1999 Michael Mahon ................................ 27:00 STATEN ISLAND HALF-MARATHON Ellen Brenner .. ...... .... ... ... .............. 3:37:48 Staten Island, New York Sean Butler .................................... 3:40:39 October 17, 1999 Phil Wahba ............... ..................... 3:43:58 Jorge Ballestas ......................... ..... ) :33:46 Jorge Ballestas .................... .......... 3:45: 17 Joseph Taravella .............. ... .......... ) :34:34 Eric Epstein ................................... 3:47:22 Michelle Chinnery ........................ ! :36:07 Christopher Fitchett ...................... 3:50:52 Leslie Deutsch .............................. . l :38:34 Leslie Deutsch ............................... 3:53:09 Phil Wahba .................................... l :41 :33 Tom Zangas .................................. 3:53:27 William Spurlin ............................. I :47:48 Peter Niederl5hner .......... .............. 3:58:22 Kevin McMahon ........................... ! :50:17 Harry Wuethrich .. .. ....................... 4:05:39 Daniel Feinman ............................. ! :55:39 Allen Payne ................................... 4:06:17 Christopher Fitchett ...................... ! :57:57 Stephanie Ogden ........................... 4:07:18 Clayton Funk ................................. I :58:01 Marty King .. ............. ........ .. .... ....... 4: 17:23 Daniel Armstrong ......................... ! :58:39 Bradley Gretter ............................ .4: 18:34 David Smith .................................. ) :59:29 Stephen Van Dyk ....... ................... 4:21:08 Jerry Levine .................................. 4:21:14 ~NECORPSMARATHON Peter Doebele ............................... .4:23:53 Washington, D.C. Dan Feinman ................................. 4:26:32 October 24, 1999 Debra Chapnick ............................ 4:28:52 Paul Racine ................................... 3:51 :28 Audra Farrell ................................. 4:35:49 Jack Fogle ................................. ~3:58:32 Stephen Bottum ............................. 4:40:07 James Dellafiora ........................... 4:46:05 5K NOT QUITE THE Jerry Smith ............................... ..... 4:57:57 NEW YORK CITY MARATHON Luz Lenis ..................................... .4:57:58 Central Park, New York Earl Johnson ............ ........... ........... 5:07:33 October 31, 1999 Paulette Meggoe ............ ............... 5:09:27 Leslie Deutsch ........... 2nd in age ...... 21 :02 Heman Poza.. ................................ 5: 17:22 Christopher Fitchett ......................... 31 :23 Elizabeth Cunningham .................. 5:36:26 Daniel Armstrong ......................... 5:42:01 -----------------------------did the club proud. Not only do we have great runners, we also have some fantastic volunteers who make everything happen for us. You don't know how much it means to come in from your Saturday long (or short) run, to a bagel and beverage. That allows for nourishment, recovery and Whew! The Marathon season is over. fellowship that makes the running so much From the first Marathon that some of us ran more manageable. Thank you so much. (Disney) to the last (Philadelphia), the Additionally, all of the training advice Front Runners were well represented and and tips that we receive from our coaches RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT 0 FIRST IN AGE GROUP <D 1ST TIME AT DISTANCE gave me a tremendous boost, just when I needed it. And just when you thought it was all over, there were our lighthouses at the finish line. Patrick, Paul, T.J. and Co., were like navigators reeling us in. Thank you guys! If anyone out there has no desire to run a Marathon (and that's fme) then you should volunteer to assist in one. It's a nice experience. My sisters have not stopped talking about it yet and have got me locked in for next year. A monster has been created and I have become its victim! Ifyou plan to run it in 2000, there are some changes in the application procedure. The Marathon Application Line-up is still in force, April 2, but long-standing NYRRC members (since January 1999) who have run in at least six fully-scored NYRRC races will be guaranteed entry. Take a look at the calendar for the remaining 1999 races. There is no shortage on the horizon. The Joe Kleinerman 1OK is the points race for December, on the 12th. The Armory workouts are also a good way to get in some great winter workouts and turn yourself into greased lightning while you are at it. Setting goals and racing adds spice and purpose to your running. Try racing. You will be amazed how it will consume you. You do not have to have marathon aspirations. There are 5Ks on up on the NYRRC and out-of-town race calendars. 1 hope that the rest of the year on into 2000 finds you all in good health and blazing through the roads and trails of Central Park or wherever you fmd yourself. See you at the races! ~PERSONAL RECORD ®MASTERS �Mon Sun 1 2 3 7:00P.M. froaf Raaaers llew York A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 rASTG rAB 6:00A.M. tlest- CENTRAL PARK RUN INWW.FRONTRUNNERSNEWYORK.ORG WWW FASTNFAB ORG 72 & CPW Sat Fri Thu Wed Tue l'l'IOI'fntl!: OWl! 4ad.~ Stat. 8:15A.M. lal.u....i TAll!! ... ON THe ~N • PAOSI'ECT PAliK 4 9:30A.M. 110'1' C:IIOCOIATI!: ........ TI!:N-MD..II:a A C.:trllc:ae6- ,.. 10:00 A.M. FRNYRUN 5 6 9 8 7 8:45P.M. COFIOIN3& 7:00P.M. TRII/1IN; 9;00 A.M . rASTG rAB 9:45A.M. PARK CENTRAL RUN rASr& rAB 8:00 A.M . THE owe 8:15A.M. TAll!!,.. • FRNY RUN GENERAL MEETING & ELECTION 72&CPW 17 14 15 16 9:00A.M. FAST& rAB 9:30A.M. 8:45P.M. COFIOIN3& 7:00P.M. rASr& rAB 6:00A.M. TRII/1IN; PARK ~RERM~N 7:00P.M. RUN teK TAII!!fl'< ON THE GAEEN PROSPECT PARK RUN 72&CPW & 12 13 CENTRAL ~IIOUntl!: CENTRAL PARK 6:15A.M. RUN NEWSLETTER COPY DUE PAIV< 21 22 23 9:00A.M. rASTG rAB 9:30 6:45P.M. COIICHIG& 7:00P.M. TRII/1IN; PARK IIOLIDAY 15)( 7:00P.M. RUN 10:00 A.M . PROSPECT PARK RUN 72&CPW TAll!! liN ON THE GIIHN • PIIOSPI'CT P AIIK 28 29 30 8:45P.M. COFIOIN3& 7:00P.M. rASr& rAB 6:00A.M. 24 rASr& rAB 6:00A.M. 19 20 IIOLIDA"l" al!N 26 27 CENTRAL CENTRAL T1fiiNM3 PARK 7:00P.M. RUN I PROSPECT PARK 72&CPW ~IIOUntl!: GWI! 6:15A.M. ~-ntl!: GWI! 6:15A.M. TAll!! ... ON THE OlleEI' • PI'IOBI'I!CT PAliK RUN FOOD lr BAG-DROPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 _ , tnRU:T a PR<*"fCT P - WilT WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RlJTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236 W73 ST 18 10:00 A.M. GWI! Pft~CT 11 10:00 A.M. PIIOIPfCT PAliK 7:00P.M. 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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/274bcb20b783fc3acd55327c59bf7924.pdf 197a0b58d3e4b4408ccb1386ac5d337b PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 9 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 September 1999 http://www.webcom. com/-bkm/if.html 'f' http://www.fastnfab. org 'f' http://www.frontrun nersnewyork.org T~t STftRTinG unt It's September and that means that our marathon team is in full training mode, and we'll soon be looking to round up volunteers for the 24 Mile water station. (Yes Christian, you are in charge.) There has been overwhelming interest in running this marathon. In fact, there were more Front Runners on the wait-list than were accepted into the race . This dilemma is not ours alone, but is shared with every other metropolitan running club. We have submitted the names of all of our members who were wait-listed in an appeal to the Road Runners Club, but all we can do now is wait, and keep training. If you don ' t make it into the NYC Marathon, consider one of the other marathons in the area. There are many excellent races at the end of October and into November. If you need help in finding one, please give me a call, or call one of our coaches. As a pre-race fitness test, remember the terrific Philadelphia Distance Run on September 19. The Club will be taking a bus to Philly on Friday and returning on Sunday. Philadelphia Front Runners are always great hosts and we already have a list of sixteen people going. Have you been running without a Front Runners New York racing singlet? Well yes, some of you have. It is so hard for me to see all of you in the midst of hundreds of runners, without that extra identification. As striking as you all are, my mind just reels from the impact of so many bright and shining faces that I need to refocus my eyes on a block lettered FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK singlet. Even if some of the regular roadrunners don't cheer us on, they identify our club by our singlet and its good that they see us participating. Come on and get with it. Show up for the races and represent your club. We need you, no matter what your running ability. Oh, and please make sure that when you register you write down FRNY on your race application as your team affiliation. Without that, we don't get notification of your results, and then we don't get to post your results in the newsletter or single you out for special attention when you run a personal best. There's always so much to remember isn't there? Dave, Mike and Leslie all deserve a round of applause for a terrific Meet-TheMembership Picnic. Without missing a beat, they moved the event indoors because it just happened to be the first weekend all summer that it rained. What were the chances of that? There was more food than we could possibly eat, even after those wrestlers got over this "make the weight" business and started rewarding themselves with some tasty carbohydrates after their first 4-mile fitness test. Is that cute, or what? They must have liked it; they showed up again the next week. (They're trying to adopt Blane.) Kudos to Team New York for Sea Tea-a great boat ride. They sold over 250 tickets, raised substantial funds for Team New York, and didn ' t have to exert their normal herculean effort to stage this event. If I didn't realize it before, I do now: Tom+ Brent + Ruth= Instant Party. This looks like it will be an annual event. There's a lot of excitement in the coming weeks, so stay tuned and come to the Saturday fun run . 7th Annual International Front Runner Forum The Philadelphia Front Runners will play host for the 7th Annual International Front Runner Forum during Anniversary Weekend, 17-19 September 1999. Every two years, Front Runners around the world gather together for an International Forum on club activities and to discuss the future of the Front Runner clubs. The 1999 Forum in Philadelphia will foucus on the approval of the first set of by-laws for International Front Runners. This is a major step for Front Runners and it will assist our clubs in obtaining a stronger international presence while strengthening our position for obtaining a seat on the Board of the Federation of Gay Games. There will be many other discussions as part of the Forum, and a survey will be sent to all expected attendees to help formulate these additional topics for the 1999 meeting. A questionaire was sent to Front Runner clubs around the world a few months ago . With about a 10% response rate, the overwhelming opinion for the clubs is that the Forum Meeting should be scheduled for all day Friday and Saturday so that out-of-town Front Runners can participate in the race activites. Hosted housing will be available. Call Mike ZuZu and let him know how you can heip at (215) 546-2359 in the many volunteer positions. Proofreader Mailing George Schlein John Whooley i �SEPTEMBER 1999 Page2 Running Front Runners Calling all Women Runners Pride Run .•..•....•............................ Race Director ....................... Greg Valerie Co-Director ................... .......... Gary Gillis Tech Director ........ .......... ....... Pat Kuharic Community Challenge ...... ... Ruth Gursky CC Publicity ................ ........... Paul Harris Committee Chairs ....................... . AIDS Walk ................... .... ... Jim Brigaitis As The FR World Turns .. .... .... John Kiley Bagel Table ............. ........... ... Jerry Levine Coaches .. ...... ............. ... ... Donna Check an .......... ........................ ......... Jeff Singleton Cyclists (Fast & Fab) ............. Bob Nelson .... ....... ................ ..... .. ..... Paulette Meggoe Directory ..... ....... ... .................. Lee Abbey Historian/ Archivist .. ......... ..... Geoff Perry Housing (NYC) ....... .... ..... ........... Ed Pyle Marathon Water Table . Christian Rountry Mailing Coordinator ........ ..John Whooley Membership ..................... Leslie Jennings ...... .. .... ........ ............. ........ Dave Laurence ........ ........... .. .......... ... ... ... Mike McMahon Newsletter Editor ....... .........Donn Peppler Newsletter Proofreader .... George Schlein NYRRC Correspondent.. ... Race Captains Outreach ... ..... ............ ......... Joe Criscione Pancake Breakfast... ...... Charlie Wintczak Pasta Dinner .... ................ Gary Apruzzese .............. ................. .... .... .... .... Geoff Perry Race Captains .................... Janet Dawson ..................... .............. ...... Darren Thomas Running Gear......... ........ .. ...... Sean Butler Ski Trip ......................... Charlie Wintczak Social ........................... Howard Diamond Special Runs .. ........... .. .......... Dave Mazza ................................... .. .... Martin Watkins Sportsball ..................... ........... T.J. Storch Team New York .................. Tom Faucett ................ .. ........ ..... .......... .... Ruth Gursky Telecommunications .. .... ... Steve Wheeler Track and Field ............ Marty McElhiney Triathletes ..... ....... .. .... Claudia Cummings Trips out of town .. ................ .. .. Tim Bush Volunteer Coordinator ... ... .... Les Rozycki Walkers .................... .................. ............... Charitable Foundation ...............• Adventure Racing! Don't forget the women's special run I on Sunday September 12. Here are the plans. Come to my I I apartment by 10:00 a.m. to drop your bags. I Then we'll hop on the subway to South Ferry and run back up to the apartment alongside the river, through James Wagner Park, Battery Park City and through the newly-landscaped (well, almost) Hudson River Park. This route is approximately 4 miles and we'll be going at a leisurely pace. to invited are women All your speed or runn ing I come-whatever experience. This is a fun run-not a race. If ! you're injured or simply don't feel like j running, just come to my apartment at II ish and have brunch with us. Please sign up on Saturday or email me to let me know you're coming so I can ensure I provide enough food for us all! jca@oup-usa.org Aitchison , Jan 200 West 18th Street, 3B On October 17 Hi-Tee Adventure Racing holds one of its events at Orchard Beach; a triathlon, with 1-2 miles of kayaking, a 10-15 mile mountain bike ride and a trail run of from 5-8 miles. The order of the events isn't disclosed until the start, and there are also surprise "special tests," such as obstacle courses and mud pits. (You weren't planning to wear white after Labor Day, were you?) It's also a team event; male, female or coed, but all the team members must finish the race together. The organizers appear to prefer coed teams, since the only cash prizes are in that division. Teams provide all gear except the kayaks . The . bummer is that it's expensive-$225 per team, or $75 a person-and entries are due by September 17. Go to http://www .mesp .com/ars .htm for an application. Bob Nelson is looking for teammates; talk to him at (212) 5677160 or baobab@mindspring.com. Gay Games 2002 Update! New Zealand and Asians. Matthew Hua, a member of the Outreach Committee recently attended the Tongzhi Conference in Hong Kong to promote the Gay Games. Incidentally, "tongzhi is a Chinese word meaning comrade" and is used to indicate same sex love. The Board ................................... .. I President ................ .... ...... .... Ken Majerus Men 's VP ....... ................. ... Blane Roberts Women's VP ............... ..... .. Jan Aitchison Secretary ...... ............. . Mike Orzechowski Treasurer .......................... Ruben Danzing Director at Large .................... Paul Racine Director at Large ...... ..... .. .. Steve Wheeler Front Runners J , As a regular feature we will be ! bringing you news about Gay Games VI , as ! it becomes available. In addition to sports news we will also include general I information on Sydney, and the rest of Australia, to assist you in making plans to visit the great island continent down under. Sydney 2002 Gay Games Limited, which is the organization responsible for producing the 2002 Games has appointed Sydney Frontrunner Stuart Barrie as General Manager-Sport. Stuart has served on the Sydney Frontrunners and Team Sydney Committees, been a volunteer counselor at the Counseling Service, and has Jed 2002's sports program from the very beginning. Congratulations Stuart! There has been much discussion about which demonstration sports, such as in-line skating, will be included in the official program along with the 31 approved competitive sports. From an original list of 21 demonstration sports a short list of 10 has been created. The final selection will be announced after the October board meeting of the Gay Games Federation in Berlin . Other good Gay Games news is that Robyn Archer has been appointed Artistic Director of the Cultural Program for Sydney 2002. Robyn is a performer and playwright of international standing. She is currently Artistic Director for the Adelaide Festival, one of Australia's oldest and most highly regarded arts festivals. She was also one of the two stars of "Showstoppers" a sold-out hit at the Sydney Opera House, during this year's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. Travel Tip Of The Month : Hopefu~ly, ~ou'll p~a~ to visit other parts of Australia m additiOn. t~ Sydney, but remember that Australia IS a very lar~e ~ountry. In fact, the lan~mass of Austr~lia IS roughly the same SIZe as the Umted States, less Hawaii and Alaska. So be sure to check out the mileage between the places you'd like to visit. The distances A n outreac h program has been crea ted of between maybe farther than y?u think. diversity great encourage to See you-Under New Skies ... Games from the I representation in the Gay Director ...................... Corrine Stoewsand peoples of the Pacific Region. Two current Treasurer ... .......................... Jim Connolly I efforts are concentrating on the Maoris of ! n- / _ ">"•.··~.. ~< 70#Uf- "'~ �New York Snap! Crackle! Pop! That seems to be the sound that Fast and Fab collarbones make these days. The latest two to snap belong to Margo Belton and Scott Wilson; they crackled a week apart in late July. Margo first: She was riding downtown on Lexington Avenue about 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 23. As she approached an intersection, she slowed down for the light, but about 15 feet from the comer the driver of a white delivery truck pushed open his door, catching her in the shoulder. The impact spun her around 180 degrees, and as she fell she tried to go into a roll, but her right shoulder hit the pavement. "I heard a loud pop so I was pretty sure my shoulder had gone," sh€: writes. The driver picked her up out of traffic and got her to the curb. She obtained his information, filed an accident report at the local police precinct and has a personal injury lawyer on the case. This type of incident is known among cyclists as "a dooring", and is one good reason to ride down the middle of the right lane, with close attention to who is behind you, of course. Margo says that next time she will lie in the road to wait for an ambulance, which will give her reliable witnesses for her court case. Now Scott: On Saturday, July 31, at about I 0:00 a.m., Scott Wilson and Mark Posey were riding north on Piermont Road about a half-mile north of the Piermont business district, when a young girl, maybe I 0-12 years old, ran across the road in front of them . The girl didn't look right to see whether anyone was coming, and Scott, who was unable to anticipate the girl's erratic motion across the highway, collided with her. His front tire hit her ankle, and he went head over handlebars, doing a complete flip and landing right side up in a seated position-wit h a broken collarbone. The Nyack EMS was there in a matter of minutes, and Scott was quickly treated and released at Nyack Community Hospital, which, one assumes, must have a fair amount of experience with this kind of thing. Scott received two tickets, one for not having a bell or hom on the bike and the other for "failure to exert due care." Mark raced back to Manhattan and got his car, and took Scott home, where he spent a couple of days recuperating. Both Scott and Margo are healing well, though both are chafing at the bit, as it were, to ride. SEPTEMBER 1999 Safety: These two events represent the fifth and sixth broken collarbones in the club since last August. Why we went without a single broken collarbone for five years and in one year have had six is more the result of chance than any evil forces at work, unless we are haunted by our own Blair Witch. (Please report any unusual bundles of sticks tied together.) Think of the events in terms of collarbones broken per mile: if more of us ride more miles, there will be more accidents to report, but the frequency is probably the same. Still, some additional attention to safety on the rides is warranted, and we are fortunate that everyone in these situations has been wearing a helmet. Yoga: Fast and Fab returns to weekly yoga sessions on September 13 , with instruction graciously offered by Maynard Yost at his 404 Riverside Drive (corner of West 113 1h Street) apartment. Sessions begin at 7:00 p.m. and cost $10. Call Maynard at (212) 222-8525 during the day on any Monday you plan to come to class. A.M. : Weekday morning rides are happening regularly on Thursday mornings at the GWB and in Prospect Park and Central Park. For the GWB, contact Mark or 568-6033 (212) at Posey Park, posey@ymca ret.org. For Prospect contact Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or For cpapagni@fr enchculinary .com. Central Park, contact Paul Racine at (212) 362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com. Off-Schedul e: Fast and Fab does do off-road rides, but they generally are informal affairs that are not listed in advance. Contact Cliff Frasier if you're interested, at (718) 446-0810 or cwfrasier@aol.com. Page 3 Repair: The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at I 03rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming courses are Flat Fixing/Chain Maintenance September 7 and a Bike Repair Workshop September 14. It's all hands-on work, so bring your bike. Each class is $20 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300; press 7, then I, then 5 on the menus for forms and up-to-the-minute info. Dinner: This month's Fast and Fab culinary tour takes us to the breezy shores of the Caribbean, with your host and noshguide Susan Brand. We'll kick off our sockless loafers and sit down to dinner September 10 at 7:00 p.m. at Ansuya's, a cozy spot at 411 A Amsterdam A venue between 79th and 80th. Pre-approved by discriminatin g F & F culinarists, the restaurant serves a range of delicious home-style cooking including roti, curry goat, jerk chicken and other tasty meat and vegetable dishes, marinated, spiced and cooked to perfection . There is no beer or wine on the menu, so bring your own; there's a liquor store on 79th between Broadway and Amsterdam. RSVP to Susan at (212) 721-6016 or sebrand@aol.com to secure your place. The restaurant is small, so let Susan know if you plan to join us. September: Fast and Fab rides for the month follow on the next page. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Helmets are required and ride leaders are instructed to disband the ride if anyone insists on riding without one. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weatherrelated cancellations . Riders who have questions about the pace or route of a ride should contact the ride leader. Whether you want to lead competitive rides that blaze across the heavens or more relaxed rides that poke around some of New York's unexplored crannies, please submit your idea to Bob Nelson by phone at (212) 5677160 or e-mail at rjn2@columbia.edu. �Page 4 Fast & Fabulous Rides September 5: Inner Revolution : We begin this day of inner peace, meditation and cycling with a ride on the 8:30 a.m. Staten Island Ferry, so meet at the Manhattan ferry terminal at 8:15 a.m. On arrival in St. George's, both Fast and Fab groups will do a 50-mile loop of the island including a visit to the magnificent Fresh Kills Landfill, then bike to the Tibetan Museum on Lighthouse Ave., the highest point on the island, with prayer wheels meditation gardens and sweeping views of Ne": York Harbor. After a short yoga sesston and lunch, the Fab group returns via the ferry , and the Fast folk bike over the Bayonne Bridge to New Jersey, then up and over the George Washington Bridge. Read Robert Thurman's new book, "Inner Revolution," to put you in a Dalai Lama frame of mind. Fast ride (- 18 mph) is about 100 miles; Fab (- 15 mph) is 50 miles; road bikes only; maps and cue sheets to be supplied. Co-listed with the AIDS Ride . Contact Bob Nelson at 567-7160 or baobab@mindspring.com , or Richard or 757-7434 (212) at Gottlieb rg433 @aol.com. September 12: New York Century: Transportation Alternatives is putting on its lOth Annual NYC Century Bike Tour, a tour that meanders through four boroughs of New York and provides a fitting end to the summer and a harbinger of fall. Start and finish is at the Harlem Meer in Central Park, and you can choose from distances of 35. 50, 75 or 100 miles, with a total of six rest stops. Registration is $40 and benefits Transportation Alternatives; print a form from http://www.transalt.org. Shawn Hill and Magda Teter are serving as marshals. For more info, contact them at (212) 5696340 or mot3@columbia.edu. September 12: Cyclone! Join Noah Gavin for a low-density, laid-back ride to Riis Park for a snack and a bit of beach time, depending on the temperature, then on to Coney Island for a ride on the Cyclone! (Since the days of nudity at Riis are gone, we have to get our thrills somehow.) Noah and gang meet at 9:00 a.m. at Rising Cafe, 5th and Sackett in Brooklyn, leave at 9:30 a.m. and plan to ride at about 10 mph for the 25-mile route. Bring pocket food. Contact Noah at (718) 623-1016 or cgavin@courts.state.ny.us. Front Runners SEPTEMBER 1999 September 18: Last Lap: Paulette Meggoe isn't doing the AIDS Ride this year, but the idea of missing out on the fun is intolerable to her, so she'll take a group up through the Bronx and Westchester to meet the ride in Greenwich , CT. 50 miles, moderate pace (-16 mph), all bikes welcome. Meet at 9 :00 a.m. at the last stop-Woodlawn--of the number 4 train . Contact Paulette at (718) 293-0885. September 19: Nyack Express: Preston Niblack revs up his engines for a fast-paced (-20 mph) ride to Nyack via 9W and back. Limited stops, 50 miles, road bikes only, please. Preston will meet the group at 9:00 a.m. at Sakura Park, next to International House and across from Grant's Tomb, on Ri verside Drive just north of West II 2nd Street. Contact or 87 4-8403 (212) at Preston prestonn@ibo.nyc.ny.us. September 26: Golden Apple: Country Cycl ists of Westchester. a local bike club, is doing its annual Golden Apple Tour, start ing at Katonah , NY, and April Tam is already with the program. Riders can do 125, I 00, 75, 50 or 25 miles, and April is willing to take a group on Metro North's 7:50 a.m. Harlem line train to Katonah to make the 9:00 a.m. start time there; buy your ticket and bring your Metro North bike pass and meet April at the information booth at 7:30 a.m. ("Grand Central will be oozing with bikers that day!" April says.) Registration for the ride is $15 until September 20 and $20 the day of the ride ; there are ample rest stops. Expect scenic, uncrowded , rolling countryside, and download a registration form at http://www.countrycycle.com or call 1-888-777-8229. April plans to ride the 75-mile route at a Fab pace of 14-16 mph, slower on the hills, and doesn't mind hybrid or mountain bike riders coming along. April will drive up unless there's a group to take the train, so contact her at (212) 246-2583 or at_nyc@hotmail.com . i I . Triathlon Team to Tackle Westchester Race Come join the fun in an Olympic[distance triathlon (1.5K swim, 40K bike, i IOK run), part of the U.S. Triathlon Series sponsored by Bally's Total Fitness. Athletes can choose to complete the entire race, or be part of a relay team . The race starts at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 19. The course is pretty and enjoyable, starting with a swim in the Long Island Sound and ending with a run along the boardwalk at Rye Playland. There will be a race expo and number pick-up on Saturday at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel, which is the official hotel of the race. (If you choose to stay there, you can take advantage of their race rate of $109 per night. Call for reservations and directions at 914-694-5400.) Race applications are available at ww~.TransitionTimes.com. or ask me for a hard copy. Make sure that you apply before Labor Day weekend in order to avoid a $10 late fee. Carpools will be necessary, so let me know if you know if you have wheels or need a ride . After a brief hiatus over the summer months, we will reconvene our monthly triathlon team meetings on Saturday, September II. We'll talk about final details for the Westchester Tri, catch up on the , summer's events, and start talking about i our goals for next season. We'll also have a major discussion about sponsors-the time has come to get serious about this issue. Please come to the meeting with at least one idea of a company that we can approach for sponsorship, and be prepared to help us follow up on that idea. One final item-BUY T-SHIRTS! They look great, they're comfy, and they show off your tri-team spirit. They are $17 and are available at Front Runners on Saturdays, or out of a box in my closet if you want to give me a holler. Sizes are M, Land XL. Happy training! I etaudiae~ ButchGrrl@aol.com �1)» 1• Gf\ if arathon Man Ric Munoz, member of 1Y b New York, Boston, and Los Angeles Frontrunners, went to South Africa recently to participate in the world's biggest ultra-marathon, the 74th Annual Comrades race. It is a tough 89.9K (55.86 of town the from run miles) Pietermaritzburg to Durban, with an elevation loss of some 3,000 feet. Ric reports that "There are monster downhills after monster downhills. But there are significant amounts of uphill climbs as well. When I finally stepped onto the grass track that led to the finish, I was instantly hit with the electric buzz of the crowd as they cheered and cheered. We had to run nearly a full lap of the track and when I cleared the final tum the finish line clock finally came into view. It was one of the greatest achievements of my running career to cross in 7:51 :33 . That's an 8:26." of pace-per-mile average Congratulations Ric! recently Atlanta Frontrunners honored Jim Kane with the club's Lifetime Achievement Award . Jim is a past president of the club and is their current Race Director. He was also the driving force behind this year's Atlanta Pride Run that is one of the largest in the country. Jim, among other achievements, has doubled the number of Pride Run sponsors. Ron Gomez is the new President of Frontrunners/W alkers of Sacramento and the new Vice President is James Brown, who was one of the founders of the club back in 1992. Many of the Sacramento members participated in the 1999 San Francisco-Bay to Breakers. One of them, Chuck Esping, reported the following: "73,000 people packed the starting line at Spear Street, throwing tortillas in the air like Frisbees. Any thought that this was going to be a serious race vanished at the sight of a large grass hut being pushed along the course by men and women in Luau shirts. The hut was a bar and they were serving cocktails to the runners. It was a parade of the absurd as one would expect in San Francisco ... there was the Y2K bug decked out in all his splendor, a couple of halibuts running in front of me, and a group of people dressed as salmon who run the opposite direction, each year, as though salmon swimming upstream". 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE Page 5 SEPTEMBER 1999 New York .. .Q_. ~ '-'iJ\r~t ~· ~,. ~ ~~ ~ ,._ "!) .1£4 ~ ~ IIIIE4 lf/1 ~ * ~ ~ ~~~ ~} ~~ ~~ ~,( (('\~~ Boston Front Runners celebrated their 20th Anniversary with a BBQ at Michael Cady's house in Watertown. By the way, this social group has created a new term, at least new to me. They are calling their post-run breakfast "FrontBrunching"! We may be having a drought in NY, but Front Runners Fort Lauderdale is getting all our rain . They reported a 13inch downpour at Pompano Beach . The alternating steamy weather and rain mosquito their increased quickly resulting in the club members population "doing the Mosquito Swatting Dance" at a recent Wednesday night run . In order to escape some of the heat and sun they now start their Sunday and Wednesday evening runs one hour later, at 7:00 p.m. 'Health Watch' is an interesting column in 'On Track' the newsletter of Front Runners /Walkers of Omaha. Author Mark Marchese emphasizes that "Many studies show that the more plant food people eat, the more protected they are from cancer and heart disease. Try to indulge in five helpings a day", he advises. Mark also provides a surprising answer to the question "Should you eat before you exercise?" His answer: "Yes! One study shows that eating anything from four hours to five minutes before exercising can increase your energy and endurance. Runners who consumed 600 calories from carbohydrates three hours before training were able to run ten minutes longer. Pasta anyone?" Seattle FrontRunners celebrated July 4th with a track .and field meet at the West Seattle Stadium . There were races <D I ST TIME IN EVENT 9 ranging from the I OOm dash to a 5K and in the field, shot put, discus, high jump and long jump. The sad news from Seattle is that their Co-President Mark Nagan announced his retirement due to ill health. You will be missed Mark, and we wish you well. And for those who like to plan ahead San Francisco FrontRunners invites you to join them for the annual Lesbigay Sports Day on Angel Island out in San Francisco Bay. The date: October 2, 1999. Bayiands Front Runner, Karen Trilevsky, tell us that Front Runner women are coming from all over (Chicago, New York, Seattle, Portland even LA) to run the Napa to Santa Cruz Relay, September 25 and 26. Baylands has already preregistered four women's teams-two master and two open and welcomes other runners . If interested you can contact Karen at: karen@fullbloom .com or call 650-325-6200 ext. I 0. Of all the Front Runner clubs, Palm Springs, seems to be the most social. In addition to their four weekly runs and walks their monthly schedule includes .. . potluck dinners, pool parties, movie nights, hikes and frequent bus trips to hither and yon. Not bad for a club that's only two years old. Sydney Front Runners recently sent us details of Sydney's Stonewall Pride 30th the commemorating Week Anniversary of the New York riots. Sydney Front Runners and Team Sydney organized a Stonewall Sports Festival, which included a Pride Run, a swim meet, softball and volleyball games, in-line skating, cycling and touch football. (Sounds like a mini-Gay Games). In the evening, celebrations were centered around Sydney's very own Stonewall Hotel were there were a series of cabaret acts. an "Orgy of Drag", the official Stonewall Dance, and an Awards Night Banquet. Who would have thought that those happenings in Greenwich Village in June 1969 would be celebrated some 30 years later-10,000 miles away in Sydney. Australia. Welcome to the Gay Global Village. Happy Gay Running Everyone! PERSONAL RECORD ®MASTERS �Front Runners SEPTEMBER 1999 Page 6 Coaching & Training with Jeff & Donna Tuesday, Mark your calendars: September 7th kicks off our fall Coaching & Training Classes. For those folks who are new to the Front Runner scene, we offer instructional workouts every Tuesday night from 6:45-8:15 p.m. See the application enclosed in this mailing for locations. Each session we meet, stretch, warm-up about a mile, do a workout covering a total of 2-3 miles of hard effort work, cool-down and stretch again. It's an opportunity to push yourself to higher intensities with the support of a group and guidance from coaches. We work with everyone from beginners to seasoned vets milers to marathoners-ok, everyone! T~ safely complete these workouts, you should be running at least 4 days per week and a weekly total of 15-20 miles. Join us each Tuesday for some heavy breathing and (if you can believe it) fun. You'll find that you learn how to stretch yourself in new ways .. . and we don't just mean increasing joint range of motion! Questions? coachjeff@kaz.com or Sports Talk Pines & Wines "Breaking the Silence: Gays and Lesbians in Professional Sports," a panel discussion featuring former running back Dave Kopay, sports TV journalist and distance swimmer Diana Nyad and ex-basketball player and author Mariah Burton Nelson will be held Thursday, September 9, at th~ Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center. The evening starts with a reception at 6:00 p.m.; the panel starts at 7:00 p.m. Moderator for the evening is New York Times sports columnist Robert Lipsyte. Advance tickets are $20; call (212) 556-3595 for an order form. The Walter Reade Theatre box office is not selling tickets for the event. Tom Faucett, co-president of Team New York, suggests that interested parties mai I a check or money order, made payable to The New York Times, for $20 per ticket, and attach the following information: name, address, daytime telephone, fax number and e-mail address. Send to The New York Times Promotions Department, 229 West 43rd St., 2nd floor New York ' , NY 10036. Come to the Hudson Valley for Labor Day weekend and enjoy the delights of wine, women, men and song. (We do need, at the very least, a choirmaster.) We're seven Front Runners and Fast and Fab cyclists so far, who plan to indulge in mountain biking in the stunning wilderness of Minnewaska State Park road biking, hiking, kayaking, swimmin~ in the creek and our very own, after hours, private tour ofBelmarl Winery, Marlboro. on Sunday, September 5. This will be followed by dinner at the Raccoon Saloon nearby. We'll be staying at the Creek View Campground, 227 Creek Locks Road in Rosendale, phone (914) 6583949. There is indeed a creek on site, with swimming and kayaking a mile upstream. The campsite is grassy with tree cover in parts, and yes, there are clean new bathroom facilities, including fully functioning hot showers. Cost is $14 for two people per night. Our site will be available from Friday to late in the day Monday, September 6. A van will be available, if necessary, to transport bikes and anyone without a ride; cost to be determined. For further information. contact Susan Brand at (212) 721-6016 or sebrand@aol.com. coachdonna@aol.com Pelt & 'D~ ~-- -- --- -- -- --- - - - - -- - Volunteer race of the month I want to thank who everyone called, sent cards, or e-mails after the death of my father. kind the All thoughts and words, from my second family, were a great comfort to me and my family September 19 The Race for the Cure. Volunteers should report at 8:00 on the Park West Drive just east of Tavern on the Green. It's a Women-only race, so come on guys! Lee Abbey 0 FIRST IN AGE GROUP CD 1ST TIME IN EVENT !' PERSONAL RECORD ® MASTERS RUNNER �Page 7 New York COMMUN ITY WELLNES S 5K Watertown , New York April 29, 1999 Jerry Smith .............. .... ...... .. .... ... .. .... 23 :25 FOURTH OF JULY 10 MILER Cazenovia , New York July 4, 1999 Jerry Smith .... ...... ........ ... ... ...... ...... ) :30:00 SEVEN VALLEYS FOOT RALLY 1OK Cortland, New York May 1, 1999 Jerry Smith .......... .......... .... ....... .... ... . 50:33 THE CHRONIC LE MARATH ON San Francisco, California July 11, 1999 Ric Munoz ....... ........... ................ .. 3:09:04 Joanne Dondero .. .. ........................ 4:58:05 Barbara Krajewski .... ......... .... .... ... 5:24:24 SCOTIA BANK HALF-MA RATHON Ottawa, Ontario, Canada May 9,1999 Jerry Smith ... ........... .......... ... ...... ... ] :55 :00 BAY TO BREAKER S 12K San Francisco, California May 16, 1999 Jerry Smith .......... ........... ... ..... .. .... . ] :57:00 VERMON T CITY MARATH ON Burlington , Vermont May 30,1999 Jerry Smith ....... .... .... ...... ... ....... .. ...4 :47:00 (93rd marathon) MILITARY INTELLIG ENCE 10K Fort Drum, New York June 5, 1999 Jerry Smith .... ...... .. ...... .......... ....... .. .. 52 :25 PRIDE AND REMEMB RANCE 5K Toronto, Ontario, Canada June 26, 1999 Jerry Smith .................. .... ..... ..... ...... . 22:36 LIMESTO NE MILE Kingston, Ontario, Canada July 1, 1999 Jerry Smith ........... ........ ......... ....... .. .... 6:27 Hi everyone, the topic very much on everyone's lips this month is how to get into the NYC Marathon! Darren and I had the pleasure of attending the latest NYRRC Club Council meeting, and all the other running clubs had the same beef! Basically NYRRC is limited to 30,000 entrants, and they received 60,000 applications, so you guessed it.. . a big waiting list is the result! . Being the rocket scientists that we are, it is pretty easy to work out that not all 0 FIRST IN AGE GROUP TIBBETS POINT 10K Cape Vincent, New York July 25, 1999 Jerry Smith ...... ....................... .......... 55:00 MANHAT TAN HALF MARATH ON Central Park, New York August 7, 1999 Patrick Guilfoyle ...... ..... .... ... .... .... I :24:02 Devon Carranza ........ ....... ........... .. I :26: 15 Chad Carr ...... ........ ......... .... ....... .... I :33 :01 JAN PEEK 10K Kenny Cassillo .... .. ..... ...... ... ... ..... .. 1:34:43 Peekskill, New York Joseph Taravella ....... ... .. ..... .......... I :34:44 July 18, 1999 Geoffrey Perry ........ ....... ......... ... ... I :35 :35 Loraine Simunek ......... ... ... ...... ........ . 50:45 Martin McElhiney ..... ..... .... ..... .. ... I :35 :35 Adam Rolston ........ .. .............. ....... I :35:36 3.5 Mile CORPORA TE CHALLEN GE Gary Apruzzese ... .... ... .. ... .. ..... ... .. . I :35:47 Morristow n, New Jersey Michelle Chinnery .......... .... .... .. .... 1:35:57 July 22, 1999 Timothy Jones ...... ....... ..... .... ..... ... I :37:04 Loraine Simunek .......... ..... ........... .... 26: 12 Jorge Ballestus ................. ........ ..... I :37:35 Leslie Deutsch ................. .......... ... I :42:53 DESERET NEWS MARATH ON Claudia Hauser .... ..... ..... ............ ... I :44:16 Salt Lake City, Utah Darren Thomas ...... ....... ... ...... ....... I :45:51 July 24, 1999 Kenneth Majerus ... ........ ............... I :45:51 Ric Munoz ... ........ ... ...... .... .. ... ..... .. 3:09:58 Allen Payne .... .... ........ ............ .. .... I :56:49 Marnell McNamara .. .......... ....... .... I :58:09 HARBORF EST 5K Audra Farrell ...... .. .... .......... ... ..... .. I :58:41 Oswego, New York Thomas Quinn ....... ..... .. ................ 1:59:33 July 24, 1999 Gary Stefanick ...... ......... ........ ........ 2:0 I :25 Jerry Smith .... .. .... :·· ······ ·· ··············· ··-25 :02 Paulette Meggoe .. ... ....... .... .... ..... .. 2: II :36 Elizabeth Cunningham ................. 2:12:40 RUN TO HOME PLATE 5K Christophe r Fitchett ..... ......... .... ... . 2: 14:07 New York, New York Elizabeth Deutsch .... .......... ....... ... . 2:42:33 July 25, 1999 ...... ... ...... ..... 2:42:33 Leslie S. Deutsch ....... 3rd Female .... 21: 15 Lizbeth Dornfeld ...... BOILERM AKER 15K Utica, New York July 11, 1999 Jerry Smith .... .. ......... ... .. ..... ........... !: 16:00 RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT applicants can get in, but we are working with NYRRC to see that we can get as many members in as possible. Please be patient, and know that FRNY is doing the best it can for you, to try and get you off CD 1ST TIME IN EVENT ! the waiting list and into the race. One important note for the future , we cannot stress enough, the importance of placing the "Front Runners New York" member on all your entries, and race results with NYRRC. It helps us help you! Please keep sending in your results from any races that you run, whether here in New York or around the globe, and we will put your name up in lights, in the DJ & Darren monthly report... PERSONAL RECORD ® MASTERS RUNNER �Sun Mon Tue Frellla•en lew York A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay peopie of all athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 1 8:15A.M. ATSI. FERRY 11:30 A.M. X-COUNTRY 4-MILER ~liON THI! OWII 6:15A.M. 7 8 9 10 11 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FAST&FAB 7:00P.M. DINNER AT ANSUYA'S 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN & TAl-TEAM MEETING 6:00 A.M. 6:15A.M. THE OWII TAVEII'I 011 PIIOIII'ECT I'AII< 10:00 A.M. WOMEN'S RUN 11:30 A.M. X-COUNTRY 5K 72&CPW 6:30P.M. WALL Sf RUN 14 15 16 17 18 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FAST& FNJ INTERNATIONAL FRONTRUNNER FORUM& PHILADELPHIA DISTANCE RUN WEEKEND 9:00A.M. NEWSLETTER COPY DUE 24 25 PROSPECT PARK RUN 6:00A.M. FROMTHeGWB 6:15A.M. 9:00A.M. RACE FOR THE OJRE 72&CPW TA\11!11'1 ON THE OIIEEN 011 1'11061'ECT I'All< 21 22 23 6:45P.M. SPffD WORK 7:00P.M. 20 7:00AM. TRIATHLON 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN PROSPECT PARK RUN 9:00A.M. 72&CPW FAST&FAB 6:00A.M. PI'IOM n!! GWII 6:15A.M. TAVEII'I ON THE OI'IEEN OA I'I'IOSI'!CT I'AII< FAST&FAB 26 FAST&FAB RACE TO DELIVER 11:30 A.M. XC5K FAST&FAB 6:45P.M. SPffDWORK 7:00P.M. 13 FAST&FAB 7:30A.M. 4 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:00A.M. TA\11!11'1 ON THE OIE!N 011 I'IIOII'ECT I'AAK PROSPECT PARK RUN 9:00A.M. 19 3 6:45P.M. SPffDWORK 7:00P.M. 6 FAST&FAB 12 2 Sat Fri FAST& FNJ WWW.FRONTRUNNERSNEWYORKORG WWW.FASTNFAB.ORG 5 Thu Wed 27 28 29 30 6:45P.M. SP€6)WORK 7:00P.M. 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FAST& FNJ PROSPECT PARK RUN 72&CPW 6:00A.M. P"I'IOW THI! OWII 6:15A.M. TAVERN ON THE OI'I!I!N 01'1 I'I'IO&PECT I'AII< FOOD & 118-DIOPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 3RD &Tl!fET fo PfiOIIPI!CT P - W£ST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236W73 ST FAST&FAB 10:00 A.M. CLUB RUN 10:00 A.M. PARK RUN NEWSLETTER MAILING 10:30 A.M. 5TH AVE MILE � 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, 1999 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. 16 No. 9, September 1999 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 1999 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:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/6b33baf7768cf2d7b9ec0e509c4b065e.pdf ae787cbdab4f8a731c608d615408129d PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 6 Box 130087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10013 (111) 714-9700 JUNE 1999 http://www.web com.com/-bkm/ if.btml 'Y http://www.fast nfab.org 'Y http://www.fron trunnersnewyor k.org Minutes of 5/10 Meeting T~f SlftRTinG unt "The best things in life are free . But you can give them to the birds and the bees. I want money". That's right folks, so I hope that you all brought your cold, hard cash to our party, Back in the Yard. This was the major fund-raiser for the club this year and just about the only way to make sure that we have the means to support the activities of the club throughout the year. If you missed it, and feel like sending us a $15 check anyway, then bless your heart and send it now. June brings a flurry of activities and planning leading to the big event of the year-the Pride Run . Greg and Gary are on the go and getting terrific response from the community. Each of us can help them by encouraging everyone we know to run either the 5-mile Pride Run or the Team New York 1-mile Community Challenge Run. Let them know that they don't have to race it, it can be just a fitness test (I'm obviously laying the groundwork for my effort). What about family teams from some of those big, extended New York families? Or convince your gym partners to fonn a team . All of you that belong to other teams should encourage them to run with us. The more variety and the more creativity, the more fun . My hometown newspaper has an interesting little feature that reviews the events of years gone by. I'm not sure I like it, because I keep reading . about what happened 20 years ago and it's always about people that are younger than I am. But, did you know that in NYC in June, eighteen years ago, Sue Foster was creating the Pride Run brochure? And that Marty King was front and center with the Race awards? For some reason, I am stunned by the continuity, and overjoyed that both of them are still active with the club. A few years ago · in the Pride Run brochure, Paul Harris wrote about family . I envision that they are the kind of family he was talking about and I am sincerely appreciative that they've been here for all of us. I hope that the club always remains a place to call home. At our last Board meeting we discussed the possibility of staging a welcome reception for the out-of-town runners coming in for the Pride Run. I missed the golden opportunity of the made Ed-who appointing suggestion-to be the committee. I brought it up ·at the Board meeting, but I wasn't about to appoint myself. In any event, if someone were interested in hosting this event, I'd be interested in making this happen. Call me, please. I hope to see all of you at the Pride Run. Until then, I want money. A NEWSLE TTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley llcarEditor( a)aol.com ( op) l(n the ne\t newsletter is due by noon on Saturda~ •.June 19 If you cannot usc the abm e address brin:.: ) our hard cop) and or disk to any Saturday run. 'Y No large expenditures. Membership receipts are up 13%. Saturday runs are only covering 57% of the rent; raising the rent and bagel fee was discussed. 'Y The track meet lost $715 but was a great success in itself and the publicity it generated in the community enabling us to promote ourselves as a running club. 'Y FRNY should receive approximately $500 from the proceeds of the Sports Ball. 'Y The new voice mail system is up and running. Thanks to Jan Aitchison .. 'Y The membership application will be changed to acknowledge a families and couples category for $50. 'Y FRNY has been invited to attend the International Front Runners Forum to be held in Philadelphia this fall. The board passed a motion to send two FRNY members and pay the attendance fees . The attendees would have to pay their own housing and travel expenses. Ken will approach individual members to ascertain an interest in attending the forum. 'Y The Board approved $125 for an exhibit booth at the annual L!G Center Garden Party. The fee includes two free tickets. Joe Criscione and Leslie Cummings will be asked to attend. 'Y Bill Walsh and Eric Oxner have been working on the web-site and have volunteered to oversee it's maintenance. 'Y Plans for the Pride Run are on schedule. Volunteers will be needed that weekend. 'Y The annual women's dinner will be held on Friday, June 18, at Cafe Torino. Men are invited for drinks afterwards. 'Y FRNY will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this fall. The Board will be discussing how best to celebrate this event. One suggestion has been to combine the anniversary celebration with the Meet-theMembers picnic. Other ideas are welcome. 'Y The Board will hold it's meetings on Thursdays. The next will be held on Thursday, June 10, 7:00p.m. at the home of Paul Racine, 165 West End Ave, #27J. ?lUke tJv;uhJ(tl4~,i �JUNE 1999 Page 2 Running Front Runners The Board .................................... . Front Runners ~· ~ ~· z~· ~ ~· ~ ~· ~~· ~ ~· ~ Team NY Update . <.: . <.: •= Team New York is the resource network for sports ~;~LR~'l?IAM &- G-A~~;~ cultural organizationsteams, athletes and within the lesbian, transgendered and bisexual gay, 12 ON ~~~ community in the metro-New York area. ~~~ ~1\11)£, l.l., •• ...... '( ...... '(} ...... '(.' ...... '(} ...... '] ...... <:] ...... '-7 0. 0 0. 0 0 . G 0 • .c 0 0 0 President ... ........................ ... Ken Majerus Men ' s VP ........................... Blane Roberts Women's VP ...................... Jan Aitchison c •• c Secretary .................... Mike Orzechowski ~· ~ Treasurer ... ........ .. ... .... ..... . Ruben Dan zing ~· ~ ~ ~ Hello again everybody! Director at Large ...... .... ..... ..... Paul Racine ~. ~ Time is flying by as we get~ • ~ Director at Large .... ........ ... Steve Wheeler '! ;~closer to our biggest annual ? ;~ Pride Run ............................•......... •. \2 event-The Lesbian and Gay • . \2 Race Director. ........... .. ......... Greg Valerie ~- • ~Pride Run. As many of you ':v _. ~ Co-Director .. ....................... .... Gary Gillis • . \2 kn ow, th' year ' s race w1'II be • . \2 • •" 1s •• o Tech Director ......................... Pat Kuharic ~ _.~held on Saturday, June 26th at ':v _. ~ Community Challenge ........... .. .... ...... ...... . :,.•;.. 9:30 a.m . in Central Park. The :,.• ::. ~· ~·~ CC Publicity ....................... .. .. Paul Harris ~ _.~Team New York Community~~· _. 2 ~ Committee Chairs ...................... .. Challenoe two-mile run will • • , -~ ~ AIDS Walk ......... .. ....... .. ..... . Jim Brigaitis ~~ <; take pla~e at 9:00a.m. As The FR World Turns .......... John Kiley •· • ~ As we move into June and ': • -~ Bagel Table ......... ... .. ....... ......Jerry Levine ~ : ~ feel the momentum, we are still ~ •.. '::s ~ ~ in need of lots of volunteers. Coaches .. .... ..... ....... .... .... . Donna Checkan ..... .... ............ ............... ....... Jeff Singleton ~ • ~ One of the largest efforts will ~ • ·:;,; Cyclists (Fast & Fab) ...... ..... .. Bob Nelson '! ;~be needed the evening of ? ;~ ......... .............................. Paulette Meggoe ~ • ':;;: Thursday, June 24th as we -~ • ·:;,; ~ Directory ................................. Lee Abbey '!;~gather at the New York Road Historian Archivist ............... . Geoff Perry ~ • '";?.Runners Club to stuff the race -~ • ":;;. ~bags. We're hoping to get 50 or~;~ Housing (NYC) ................... ....... . Ed Pyle Marathon Water Table. Christian Rountry ~ • ·): so people to help us stuff. Also, ~ • ): Mailing Coordinator ...... .. ..John Whooley \:" _.~we will need help on Friday, \; _. ~ Membership ............. ........ Dave Laurence ~? June 25th from 12-noon to 7:00 ;.!-~: ..... .................. ................ . Mike McMahon <:: _. ..4 p.m. at the Road Runners Club ~:; _. ..4 as race participants register and ~! Newsletter Editor ....... ...... ... Donn Peppler 7 Newsletter Proofreader .... George Schlein ~ _.~- claim their numbers. Please see \ _. ~ NYRRC Correspondent... .. Race Captains • " ;: Paul Racine if you (or friends! • " ·" : Outreach ............................. Joe Criscione ~ ~ v6 or family!) can help out on that .-4 ~ --~ •• ~ Pancake Breakfast... ...... Charlie Wintczak ; " ~ critical day. Pasta Dinner.................... Gary Apruzzese ~ ~ S6 Of course, the biggest thrust ~ ~·1', ~ of manpower will be needed on ; • ~ .................... ...................... ..... Geoff Perry ~ • '<; race day . Please see us to c~ • ~ Race Captains ..... ........ .. ..... Janet Dawson ~ volunteer to man water stations, .. ..... ...... ....................... ... .. Darren Thomas ~ • ~ help tabulate race results, ~ • ~ Race Walking ..... ... ...... .. .... ................... ... . ~ coordinate prizes and awards Running Gear.. ...... ....... .... .... .. Sean Butler ~ • ~ (Scot Titelbaum?) Etc .... There~ • \~ Ski Trip ......................... Charlie Wintczak ;4 ~ are endless tasks that will need Social ........................... . Charlie Wintczak Special Runs ...................... ... Dave Mazza •. \2 to come together on our big • . \2 ......................................... Martin Watkins '::;;.;~day. So c'mon members-it's~.;~ our club and our event-let's:_. ~S Sportsball ................................ T .J. ·Storch York ..... ............. Ruth Gursky ':v _.~show some spirit and show \; _. ~ Team New ................ .. ........... .... ....... Gary Apruzzese • • " everybody what Front Runners • " " ~· 2 Track and Field ............ Marty McElhiney Q _.~New York is all about! Please \; _. ~ see us to volunteer and thank • Triathletes ................ .. Claudia Cummings ~ : -~ .. ~ ....... Trips out of town ................... ... Tim Bush '] • S6 you for your support . ,~· ....... 'j; '!; ••c < ?; ?; ?; ?; ;.! .":. '! ,. ?; ;' ?; ,. ?; 'J ; 'j; ' ?; :_. :2 ··\2 •"c "o ••n Volunteer Coordinator .... .... .. Les Rozycki •"= Director ...................... Corrine Stoewsand Treasurer.. ........................... Jim Connolly ••c .. ..c \. .. ..;.:;_· ...... ;, ......,_...... ••.... :;_;. .. .4<' .... ' .... .... . ~IVI.H. & ~,PA. '?' ~; . .. .. .. '7..... ' 7 ~ o v;:'. .. o ' / ~ o .:.;-__~ o · ~, .•~ • ·.. .. '· '- Team NY Rally On Tuesday, June 15th, from 7:309:30 at the Center (I Little West I 2 St.), Team NY will hold the installation of its new and returning officers, and thanking our outgoing officers, Front Runners Gary Apruzzese and Mike Mahon, for their efforts in getting us to Amsterdam for Gay Games V. Entertainment will be provided by the "Big-Boned Beauties" ("Delilah" and "Gusty Winds"). This is your chance to purchase your new Come Down Under T -shirt and a raffle ticket for Sydney, Team NY's koala bear mascot, in its custom-made Team NY T-shirt. I hope to see lots of Front Runners in attendance! Sports Fest '99 As part of New York's 30th annual pride celebration, Team New York is proud to launch the first annual Team New York Sports Fest '99! Team NY is teaming up with two local lesbian and gay sports teams to present amateur events open to all: Team NY Community Challenge Run , presented by Front Runners New York; and Team NY Community Challenge Wrestling Tournament and Open Mat, presented by Metro Gay Wrestling Alliance and Knights Wrestling Club. The Sports Fest '99 After-Party will be held on Saturday, June 26th from 6-8 p.m. at HELL, a club located at 59 Gansevoort St. This party is free for those registered for either Team NY Community Challenge Event; a $3 "donation" from other guests will be requested at the door. For more information on Team NY events or to join/renew your membership in Team NY, call our hotline at 212-439-~ • .-, 8179 or access www.teamnewyork.org ~: ..... :_! ; ~• / Charitable Foundation .............•.• --:.:· ... This year, the officers and board of directors of Team New York are committed to continuing to produce events on a year-round basis and remaining involved with local sports teams and cultural organizations. /.~ o / . .~ o . , " ' " .. �New York Camp Camp Women's Update Welcome to the Women's first Update of 1999. From now on this will Update appear in every newsletter, highlighting running and social our events for women members. Let me start by saying how great it is to see the increase in the number of women actively participating in the club. It's my miSSion as women's vice-president to ensure that this trend continues. The year got off to a great start! In April, the all-women relay team, The Four Tops, placed fifth in their age group in the PowerBar Relay. Go girls! May kicked off with the Mother's Day extravaganza-the Worn en' sHa If-Marathon, where impressive performances were put in by our women-some of them running this distance for the first time. Thanks to all the men who came to cheer us on-it was really appreciated. May 22nd was a big day for the women of Front Runners. We enjoyed our annual Women's Breakfast, hosted by the men of the club. Thanks guys! This MiniIOK Avon the followed Marathon-see the results page next month for details of how our members fared in that exciting race. Then later that day a group of us went to watch The Liberty, New York's women's basketball team play at Madison Square Garden. I'm planning to organize more trips to watch The Liberty when the season starts in June. Watch this space for dates and times. Finally, a date for your calendar. The Women's Dinner will be held on Friday June 18th at Cafe Torino in the Village. The Cost is $25.00. Watch your mailbox for more information! Phew! That's it for this month. There's certainly plenty to keep us entertained outside of running together. Please feel free to suggest any women's running or social events that you think other club members would be interested in and I'll do my best to organize them. Pa- ,4itdi4~ Page 3 JUNE 1999 Membership Picnic FRNY Metropolitan Diary Conversation overheard while jogging by the Sheep Meadow last Wednesday night: Arf, Arf, Arf, At li II 11111 Ill f. Mike: What's that sound? Dave: It's the sound of the 'dog days of August' Mike: But, it's not August yet. Dave: Yes, Mike but ... ... . Leslie: Yes, we know. We just want everyone to put a big red circle around Saturday, August 14 on their calendars or Palmpilots. We want them to tell their family and all their friends to do the same. Mike: Why? Leslie & Dave: It's the Front Runner Meet- The-Membership Picnic. Mike: Tell me more? Leslie: We will tell you and all the other members more in the July newsletter. Mike: I can't wait! I want to invite all my friends! Front Runners, Fast and Fab, and Team New York Aquatics are spending the July 4th holiday at Camp Oneida, a lesbian-and-gay-friendly private campground near Gibson, PA, about a three-hour drive from Manhattan. There's a good-sized lake for the swimmers, and plenty of hills for the runners and cyclists. We'll investigate the nearby Wolfeboro Rail Trail, which may or may not be suitable for road bikes, and we'll check out options for mountain biking as well. There is a Saturday-night drag show, which was howlingly funny the last time we did this about three years ago. You do need a sleeping bag, plate, cup and utensils, mosquito repellent, suntan lotion, underwear-well, even that might be optional. We'll car pool and tent pool; campers may arrive as early as July 1 and leave by July 5. The camp, which costs $45.00 per person for the weekend, needs a deposit and a list of attendees by mid-June, so write a check for that amount to Front Runners New York and get it in the mail a couple of days before June 15 to Bob Nelson, 165 Seaman Ave. #3H, New York, NY I 0034. Fast and Fab will rent a van for the trip; those who need to take bikes should write a check for $105. See you there! t---------..,..------+----- ---------. ~~ .......................... . Brooklyn Pride . Brooklyn Gay Pride Day starts with the Brooklyn Pride Fun Run SK on Saturday, June 12. It starts at 10:00 a.m. from Sartell-Pritchard Plaza, 15th Street and Prospect Park West. We need scores of volunteers to provide security, water, route mapping, etc. We're counting on you to help. Call our hotline-718-670-3337 to volunteer. After the run, it's off to the Pride Festival in Prospect Park. It runs from noon to 7:00p.m. The Pride March is at night this year, starting at 8:00 p.m. from 7th Avenue and 15th Street in Park Slope. The nearest trains are the F, Nand R. PaMde~~ Lesbian & Gay Pride Run Volunteers We need you for the LGPR To volunteer, contact Les Rozycki Greg Valerie Gary Gillis . ............................ . ~ �Page 4 Pride-It's that celebratory season once again and the Fast and Fab will be strolling, and riding, down Fifth Avenue on June 27, right behind Front Runners, in the 30th annual Lesbian and Gay Pride March. Look for our banner, our Boneshaker-a bike with a five-foot-tall front wheel-and our balloons! After the March, we'll chill for a late tea, or drinks, or a light repast, or a heavy repast, whatever your preference, at Anglers & Writers, a comfortable restaurant at 420 Hudson Street, right where the March ends. . Bring your camera and lots of pride! Peru-Celebrate Lesbian and Gay Pride on Friday, June 25, as the monthly Fast and Fab world culinary tour detours to an infrequentlyvisited continent We'll dine at 7:00 p.m. at the im~oinatively-named Peruvian .International Cuisine, 688 Tenth Ave. between 4Sthand 49th Streets. Every dish is infused with spices of the Andes and is served with gently bruised kernels ofdried com. Since Shawn Hill and Magda Teter are touring in Canada, Bob Nelson is your host, RSVPto212-567-7160 or rjn2@columbiaedu. Coach-We're contemplating hiring a cycling coach for the group-and not just for racers, either. Riders often mention seat trouble (theirs and the bike's!), bike fit, joint pain and other difficulties, and weekly coaching sessions could devote time to such issues as well as to the harddriving, buckets o' sweat kind of riding that bike coaches like to inflict on racers. Front Runners uses a coach to help runners attain their personal best. How many cyclists would come to weekly coaching sessions, and when during the week is most convenient? How much is it worth to us? Drop by at Front Runners on Saturday, June 19 at 11 :30 a.m. to discuss the issue; we meet downstairs in the gymnasium at Rutgers Presbyterian Church, West 73rd and Broadway. Or let Bob know what you think via phone or email. Include a time when you'd be available. P'town-Our van to Boston for the 15th annual Boston to Provincetown Ride may not happen for Jack of interest. The ride happens Saturday, June 19; it's 128 miles in one day, but registrations were due May 21. If you entertained thoughts of taking the van, entertain them no Ionger.....:.act on them. Write a check for $60 to Front Runners New Yorl< and mail it to Bob Nelson at 165 Seaman Ave. #3H, New York, NY I0034. Deadline for reserving the van is June 15 and funds are nonrefundable after that date. Anyone who can drive the van from Boston to P'town the day of the ride earns a free spot on the van. Camp-See elsewhere in this newsletter for news of the July 4 camping trip. Women's Crit-The Bicycle Race Early Warning System reports that the annual New Front Runners JUNE 1999 Yorl< City Women's Challenge Criterium at Grant's Tomb will be held Aug. 28. The race is being run by Century Road Club Association and applications will be available on their website, www.crca.org. The good news is that you can purchase a one-day membership in the United States Cycling Federation to enter, and that such one-day members may wear jerseys of non-USCF-registered clubs-such as Fast and Fab. That curve up by the 135th St bridge does get technical, and if anyone wants to ride down to Grant's Tomb and do some loops to get the feel of the course, give Bob a holler. A.M-Weekday morning rides are happening regularly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the GWB and Thursday mornings in Prospect Parl< and Central Park. For the GWB, contact Mark Posey at (212) 568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. For Prospect Park, contact Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or cpapagni@frenchculinary.com. For Central Park, contact Paul Racine at (212) 362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com. Yog~Maynard Yost holds weekly sessions at his home, 404 Riverside Drive, Monday nights at 7 p.m. for $8. Whether you're limbering up for the riding season or already well into training, it will be the best thing you can do for your body. Maynard can tell you more at(212) 222-8525 or myost@avsc.org. Repair-The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at 103rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30p.m., and the upcoming course is Intro to Bike Maintenance, two sessions, June 8 and 15. Each session is $20 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212)932-2300xll5 for forms. Web-Check us out at http://www.fastnfab.org, which as of press-time had been visited 3,302 times. HOO-rah! June-Fast and Fab rides for the month of pride follow. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Helmets are required and ride leaders are instructed to disband the ride if anyone insists on riding without one. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weatherrelated cancellations. Questions about the pace or route of a ride? Ask the ride leader. Whether you want to lead competitive rides or more relaxed ones that poke around some of New Yorl<'s unexplored crannies, please submit your idea to Bob Nelson by phone at (212) 567-7160 or e-mail at Ijn2@columbia.edu. June 5--Biue Mountain Reservation: Cliff Frasier takes the grunge crowd up to the Hudson Valley for a Saturday of remote trails perfect for mountain biking. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at the information kiosk in Grand Central Station to take the 8:54 am. Metro North train to Peekskill, and you will need a bike pass, which costs $5 at window 27 in Grand Central. Follow maps to the Blue Mountain Reservation, which has trails for every level; don~ be grumpy if you have to dismount and hike up a hill! Mileage is up to you; mountain bikes only. Contact Cliff at (718) 446-081 0 or cwfrasier@aol.com. June 6-Bedford Hills: If multimillion-dollar homes, tennis courts, estates and the horsy set are your thing, come with Shawn Hill and Magda Teter to Bedford, N.Y., one of the priciest new suburbs in the metropolitan area 80 miles round~ trip; hills; fast pace; road bikes only, please. Those preferring a shorter distance can turn back at any one of several points. Contact Shawn and or 569-6340 (212) at Magda mot3@columbiaedu. June 13-Greenwood Lake: It takes some doing to reach this gorgeous piece of property on the New Yorl<-New Jersey border-45 miles of rolling hills each way-but riders will be amply rewarded We'll eat lunch (bring or buy nearby) in a gazebo by the lake. There's a cue sheet, and riders doing lesser distances are welcome to turn back early. Your hosts, Marie DeRosa and Paulette Meggoe, will hustle along at a moderately fast pace to make the distance. Road bikes only, please. Contact Marie at (212) 7995064 or mastermdr@aol.com. June 20---South Mountain: Richard Gottlieb takes the crowd to explore the bike paths that girdle this state park west of Newark. There are glorious views of the megalopolis from the cliffs on the east side of the "mountain," which is a bit of an exaggeration. About 50 miles for the round trip, nice and easy, all bikes welcome. Richard also proposes a 30-mile route for those seeking a bit less exercise: ride to South Mountain, then ride into Newarl< and take the PATH train home. Richard is at (212) 757-7434 or RG433@aol.com. Happy riding, and take care on those highways and byways! 'Paulate 4ltd &,1. �Page 5 JUNE 1999 New York MARK YOUR DIARIES! The word from Sydney is that the new dates for Gay Games 2002, 'Under Different Skies' have defmitely been changed to November 2-9, 2002. This will make it Spring down under with expected temperatures in the middle 70s. Perfect! And Sydney Frontrunners recently elected new officers at their AGM. The new president is Sally Taggart, an excellent runner and triathlete. The outgoing President, Des Sullivan, will continue on as a member of the club's steering committee. The new Secretary is Wayne Morgan, another former President. Wayne also edits their newsletter and is the electronic Town Crier, issuing frequent club updates on the net. Pride Runs are busting out all over . . . th the 18 Annual Los Angeles Pride Runs are scheduled for June 13 with 5K and IOK races and a 5K walk. Proceeds will benefit the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Also on June 13, as part of Bean Town's Pride Week, Frontrunners Boston is sponsoring a 2-mile and a 5-mile run along the Charles River Esplanade. The Boston contact is Alden Clark at: aclark@nefn com Chicago Front Runner's Proud to Run will also happen on June 26 with a 5K run and a 2K walk. Benefiting charities are Pride Youth and Open Hand. Open Hand is the city's leading agency providing assistance for those living with AIDS. th The 20 Annual San Francisco Front Runners Pride Run will also happened on June 26. At the other end of the scale Cleveland Front Runners will have their ·· very fizrst Pride Run, ·a 5K, on June 19. Congratulations SF and good luck Cleveland. Walk the Walk is the name of a new column by Rochester Front Runner, John Williams. Besides pointing out the benefits of walking, as it relates to weight loss (see Men's Health, March 99), John offers a reading tip-The Spirited Walker, by Carolyn Scott Korge which is published by Harper San Francisco. The Seven Mile Bridge Run brought out Fort Lauderdale Front Runners on ..?Jlt() o6.1.. ~ '- ~>t ~ · ;.. ~~,. ~ ,J.~ ~ ~ ~ «4 * /!!ft' .....::! ~ ~ 0 (('\\.~ ~ ~ intake; wear clothes anticipating that you'll be twenty degrees wanner than the ambient temperature; stretch before and especially after you run; heed what your body communicates to you both in elation (runner's high) and stress (soreness or pain) and again, most importantly, wear sunblock". More than 50 Palm Springs Front Runners carne to Dennis C's 10 acre estate Casa Roco for the club's April pot luck. At the poolside bar, margaritas were the drink-of-choice, but there was something for everyone . .. "Spring water, hard stuff, soft stuff, places to get in and out of clothes, food for every taste, water sports, places to cool in the shade, tan in the sun, rest your dogs after the morning hike, get a clubs. Among the tips the locals offered the out-of-towners for a successful bridge run was to "concentrate on a nice pair of massage from a go-go boy, soak in the buns, since the scenery is a little Jacuzzi, chat, gossip, or gawk. Hey, PSFR monotonous with water on both sides of knows how to party!' de frontrunners remind us that the course, but the people are fabulous". There's a nifty new look to Chicago Memorial Day is said to have originated in FrontRunner's newsletter that makes it the Old Confederacy or in the Union States one of the most readable around . as a day to honor those who died in the However, the May issue again points out Civil War. Appropriately their Memorial the problems the club has in being, Day Run/Walk, on Monday May 31, took perhaps, too popular. Reportedly over 100 them across Washington's Memorial runners gather at the Totem Pole on Lake Bridge built as the symbolic linking of the Shore Drive for their regular runs. A group Lincoln Memorial and the Lee family this size overwhelms the other runners estate, in other words, the North and the using the relatively narrow pathways in South. Lincoln Park. After the runs, the size of The Race-of-the-Month of May for the group also creates service problems at Seattle Front Runners was the Nordstrom the restaurants used for post run meals. Beat the Bridge 8K. I've always liked the Wonder what ever happened to that idea concept of this race, which is to beat the they floated of hiring a hall/room a Ia New University Bridge, located at the 2.4-mile York? mark before the bridge is raised at exactly 'Wear Something Purple' was this 22 minutes after the start. If you don 't year's theme for San Francisco Front make it- yo~ don't get to fmish! Another sign that we are now a truly Runners Bay to Breakers weekend. They showed their colors at a welcoming party international group of athletes comes from Friday night for visiting Front Runners, at LePoc the 'Bulletin des Frontrunners de the Balloons Across the Bay event on Paris'. They report that for the August 20Saturday and throughout the Bay 10 22 weekend club members will travel on Breakers run on Sunday. Can't wait to see the Chunnel's Eurostar to London at the invitation of their hosts, London the photos! Rick Dewey' outgoing President of Frontrunners. The Paris club will return Front Runners/Front Walkers of the favor by inviting the Londoners over to Sacramento, offers these tips, among Paris for the September 17-19 weekend. others, for successful summer running: Both clubs will offer un program sport if et "Wear sunblock; keep up your fluid festif during these weekends. Bonne April 17 for this race and annual weekend . .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - • chance kids! Join Lamda Legal Defense for the of fun and games at the Banana Bay Community Challenge run on June 26. Resort. This popular event attracted Front Call Peg Byron at 809-8585 ext.230 Runners from a dozen other Front Runner 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE <D 1ST TIME IN EVENT !' PERSONAL RECORD Happy Running! ®MASTERS �JUNE 1999 Page 6 Front Runners mean a throng), to support our own race. Additionally, there is another points race during the month of June. It is a 5K race that is being put on by the Taconic Road Runners . It is called the North County News 5K and will be held on June 6 at 9:30 a.m. If you would like more information on it, please let us know. To give you a little heads up on points races, July II will be the Bronx HalfMarathon . .So you have plenty of time to train for that one. I understand that many of us showed up for the NYC Marathon Lineup. Those that attended the Sallie Mae race in DC, had their applications so kindly taken care of by Patrick Barker and others. So come November, Front Runners should be flying through the five boroughs of NYC. Be on the lookout for the various clinics that will be conducted by NYRRC. They are very helpful to first-timers. NYRRC will also have various long training runs at distances between 15 to 20 miles that are extremely helpful, as well. This affords you the opportunity to do your long runs with the benefit of the water stations and the companionship of other runners with the same goal. Rest assured that you will welcome this assistance on those hot summer days, when you have a long run scheduled. It will all be worth it when you cross the finish line by Tavern on the Green. I would like to share a short quote that was in the Runners' World Newsletter for the week. It was by a scientist named Dr. Ralph Paffenbarger, and I quote, "People who run fmd their lives so much more enjoyable. Everything works better: their cardiovascular system, their gastrointestinal system, even their ability to think." Maybe that is why we are all so brilliant and good looking? Do you agree? If you do, then let's keep up the good work and keep running for our health and also for the sense of accomplishment that road racing brings. in the station's food court. That night we mingled, dined and The D.C. danced-! noticed that Ken guy again, the Frontrunner ' s driver-he ' s pretty funky on the dance ._.......G{..____,.._- "Spring Fling" floor. Since the city of DC was also was witness to a hosting one those circuit-cherry-partyposse of New York whatever things, our diversity was well Frontrunners that traveled represented and at times a bit frightening. down for the Sallie Mae I OK I often drifted into a chorus of on the weekend of April 23rd. "Everything is Beautiful in Its Own Way." N o t only was this my first trip with Well, the Ms. Sallie Mae IOK morning Front Runners, but also my virgin race. So did arrive and I was filled with fear that on a rainy Friday evening, with only the turned to doubt. Am I too tired? Will knowledge of my destination and a people notice that this is my first race? weekend bag in-tow, I boarded a van with What if I'm dead-last? I think I'm going 10 men and a driver named Ken. to puke! After a slow ride mixed with tales of IOKs later, the best I'd ever run, runriing and lust-filled anecdotes; my new adrenaline-filled, I understood the joy of mates-Ed, Phil, Tom, Sig, Marc, Charles, running, felt the tremendous support of the Patrick, Joseph and "G-loving" Sean, we runners and felt like I belonged. arrived a bit dazed, but enthusiastically DC Frontrunners fmished us off with a greeted by the DCers. Due to our delayed delicious brunch, snapped our pictures and arrival, our welcoming reception was brief stood curbside to wave goodbye. My as we made our hosting connections and friends back home keep reminding me that dispersed into the night. it was just a spring fling and like "summer Our Saturday fun run began outside the loves" it ' s always headed for the fall. I Union Station. Although the brisk morning know, but at least that Ken guy still smiles gave me reason to pause, the swarm of at me. warm lesbian and gay bodies and smiles quickly erased my hesitations. After a jog amongst the monuments we met for a meal On April 16th, you were surrounded by other 1,200 and jocks jockettes? You were probably at Sports Ball 3, with 20 teams leagues. and Sports Ball 3 FRNY was one of the largest groups there. Live events included kickboxing, table tennis, fencing, and a bodybuilding pose off. One thing I found particularly fun this year was the food by Chelsea Lobster Company. Platters upon platters of finger sandwiches were scrumptious. Still, that left plenty of room for the drinks that were available at the all night open bar! DJ Max Rodriguez-who spins Friday nights at Splash-was once again on hand to spin the tunes with hot-hot male and female gogo dancers. A live jock auction and silent auction raised over $5,600 for the teams ; FRNY garnering over $500. If you missed Sports Ball 3, mark your calendars for next April, when Sports Ball 4 will be the jock event for thenew millenium! RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT Spring is here and the racing circuit is filled to the gills with races. The Front Runners have done a great job in lining the starting lines with participants and that is quite encouraging. The Lesbian and Gay Pride Run is about a month away-June 26-and I am sure that everyone is keenly anticipating its arrival. There should be much fun and camaraderie as we acquaint and reacquaint ourselves with Front Runners from around the country as well as locally. Not only is it a fun event, but also the 5-mile portion of the race is the June Points Race. So we should all put ourselves in gear to run the race. It gives our club the opportunity to move up in the team standings, since we will most definitely come out in a thong (oops, I My DC Spring Fling See you at the races! ~udZ'a.«U Z'cWe11~ �Page 7 New York MARA TONA DELLA CITT A Dl ROMA NIKETOWN RUN FOR THE PARKS FOUR MILER Central Park, New York April11, 1999 Leslie Deutsch ................................... 27:58 Gary Stefanick ....................... ........... 30:32 Jeffrey Dreiblatt ................ .... ......... .. . 34: 15 Michael Mahon ... ....... ......... ..... ......... 34: 18 QUEENS HALF-MARATHON Queens, New York Aprill8, 1999 Sean Butler ..... .... ...... ........ .. .. ......... . I :29:36 Ronald Seely .... ....... ..... .. ......... ..... .. I :32:30 Conrad Rippy .......... .... ....... ........... . I :33:59 Martha Prakelt... .... ...... ..... ..... ...... ... I :38:33 Eric Epstein .. .... ... ....... .................... I :39:34 Michelle Chinnery ... .... ........ ...... .... I :39:38 Richard Blanchette ..... .... .. .............. I :45:02 Phil Wahba ..................................... 1:48:02 BRONX BIATHLON Claudia Hauser ........... .................... 1:51:57 3-mile run/18-mile bike/3-mile run Ellen Brenner ..... ... ... ....... ............... I :52:43 April25, 1999 PeterDoebele ;..... .... ............. .......... l:57:11 Ronn Seely ....... ...... ............ ...... .. .... l:37:35 Joanne Dondero·· ···· ···· ··· ········· ······ · 2:04:41 David Pitches .... .. .. .... .. .. .............. 0 I :41:03 LisaLippiello ... .... .. ...... ........ .. ..... ... 2:13 :48 Devon Carranza .. ... ..... .. .. ..... ........ .. l :41:29 Claudia Hauser .. .. ......... .. ...... .......... I :49:33 BOSTON MARATHON Joanne Dondero .. .................... ..... .. 2:01 :13 Boston, Massachusetts Paulette Meggoe ................... ...... 02 :02:59 Apri119, 1999 Jack Fogle .... .... ........................ ... ... 2:06:30 Louis Strandberg ............................ 3:02:39 Ric Mufioz ... .. ..... ... ........................ 3:03:34 RUN FOR FREEDOM 5 MILER ChadCarr ...... .......... ...... .... ............. 3:13:31 Newark, New Jersey Ch"1p Schoonmaker ... .. ... ......... ........ 3 : 18 :30 May 9, 1999 3 :27 :43 John Soto ..... ..... ... .. ...... ..... ...... ....... Loraine Simunek ... .. ...... ........ ......... .. . 39:41 Maria Chale .... .... ....... .... .... ... ....... .. . 3:35 :36 Stephanie Ogden .... ... .... .... ........ ..... 3:43:27 WOMEN'S HALF MARATHON Central Park, New York SALLIE MAE I OK May 9, 1999 Washington DC Michelle Chinnery .................. ..... .. 1:37:19 . Apn 125, I 999 Martha Prakelt ............................... 1:40:02 I 42 25 Sean But Ier.... ... .... ..... ... ..................... 39 :47 h I. D Les 1e eutsc ...................... ......... : : M arc Hur lbert ..... ..... ....... .................. 41 :24 Ellen Brenner ..................... .. ..... .... . 1:44:4 7 Martin Watkins ......... ........................ 43:52 Tina lsselbacher ................ ............ . I :46:54 Char Ies Johnson ............................. .. . 44 :42 ... ...... ....... ... ...... ....... .. 1:53:39 · Kristen Marx Dan Armstr ong ... .. .. .. ... ........... ......... . 47 : 10 David Mazza ..... ..... ...... .. ....... ... ... ...... 47 : 15 Marnell McNamara .... ..... .... ...... ..... 1:58:00 Peter Doebele ....... .......... ..... .... ....... ... 48:08 Leslie Jennings.; ..... ........................ 2:03 :23 Phil Wahba .. ........... ........................... 4 8:18 Janet Dawson ... ..... .......... .... .... ....... 2:03:40 Michael Mahon .. .... ....... .. .................. 50:52 Joanne Dondero ............................. 2:04:20 Edward Pyle ...................................... 51:04 Paul Racine ........... ............................ 51 :57 WOMEN'S SPORTS & FITNESS 5K Central Park, New York Ken Majerus .. ... .. ..... .. .. ...................... 51 :57 May 9,1999 Marnell McNamara ...... ..................... 52:08 Joe Buck ............... ............. .. .............. 52:09 Lenore Beaky ........................... ... ... ... 32:28 Thomas Johnson .......... .... ........ ... ...... 52: 15 Lizabeth Dornfeld ......... ... .. ........ .... ... 35:16 CHERRY BLOSSOM 10 MILER Washington DC Aprilll, 1999 Jerry Smith ......................... ....... ..... I :32:32 COVERED BRIDGES HALF-MARATHON Woodstock, Vermont May 9, 1999 Charlie Wintczak ........................... I :52:15 (ROME MARATHON) Rome, Italy March 21, 1999 lnger-Jo Berger ........ ........ .............. 5:44:08 RUN FOR THE RAINFOREST SK Central Park, New York March 27, 1999 Daniel Armstrong ............................. 25:53 Michael Mahon .......................... ....... 26:08 Jeffrey Dreiblatt ........................... ..... 27:43 RABBIT RUN 10K Central Park, New York April 3, 1999 . Conrad Rippy .. ... .......... ....... .............. 44:16 Eric Epstein .... ... ................ ........... ..... 44:40 Phil Wahba .... ..................... ... ....... ..... 47:20 Leslie Deutsch .......................... .. ..... .. 46: 42 ·k Gary Ste f:an1c ........ .. ..... ............. .. .... 48 :48 Marne liMN amara........ ......... ... ....... 5307 : c . Michael Mahon ........... ............ ......... . 55:06 CHERRY BLOSSOM 5 MILER Wilmington Delaware April tO, 1999 Jerry Smith ......................... ... ...... ...... 39:51 AMERICAN RIVER 50-MILE ENDURANCE RUN Sacramento to Auburn, California April 10, 1999 Ric Mufioz ........... ............ .............. . 9:41 :55 0 FIRST IN AGE GROUP Sig Martinez .... ........... ............ ... .... ... . 54:32 John Whooley ..... ..... ...... ........ ..... ... ... 56:38 NEW JERSEY SHORE MARATHON Sandy Hook, New Jersey April 25, 1999 Darren Thomas ......... ..................... 3:44:16 (j) I ST TIME IN EVENT f PERSONAL RECORD ® MASTERS RUNNER �Sun 1 2 6:30A.M. 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN ruTG~OGWB 6:45P.M. SPffD WORH 7:00P.M. 72&CPW Sat Fri Thu Wed Tue Mon 5 4 3 ~AST& ~AB 8:30A.M . 6:00A.M. ~AST&~AB I'IICN THI! OM OIIAND CZifTfML KIOSI( 6:15A.M. 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN TAVI!"" ON 1Hf OOII!!N 011 ~PIOIII'ECT ~AN< PROSPECT PARK 7 6 9:15A.M. M&DATSSK 9:30A.M. NC NEWSSK 10:00 A.M. JI'ASTG,<;480GWB 6:45P.M. SPffD WORK 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK ~AST& ~AB 13 10:00 A.M. ~AST&~AB ~- THI! IIOA1HOU!II! 8 6:30A.M. 9 7:00P.M. PROSPECT I PARK RUN ' 7:15P.M. MUSEUM SK 15 16 6:30A.M. JI'AST G RI90GWB 6:45P.M. SPEED 7:00 P.M. BKLYN 14 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 7:30P.M. TEAM NY RALLY 72&CPW 22 23 8:30A.M. FATHERS DAY SK 9:00A.M. 6:30A.M. 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN ~AST&FNJ ~I'IOU TH! 80A1HOU!II! 6:45P.M. SPffD WORH 7:00P.M. 8:30A.M. 6:00 A.M. 1Hf OWl! 6:15A.M . TAYE"" RESERVOIR RUN 011 ~PIOIII'fCT 10:00 A.M. FRNY RUN ~AN< 7:00 IIOOKLYN BOARD MEETING PRIDE CHUIIACINE 17 18 19 ~AST& ~M WOMtN'S biN I'll[~ 10:00 A.M. PARK RUN 11 :30 A.M. 6:00A.M. I'IIOIITHI! OM 6:15A.M. TAYE"" ON 1Hf mlffN CAFE TORINO 011 ~I'IOSI"ECT ~AN< ~AST& ~,46 NEWSLETTER MAILWG 20 FIUTG~OGWB 12 11 10 ~AST&~AB 72&CPW 24 MST&~AB 6:00A.M. I'IICUTHI! OM 6:1 5A.M. TAYE"" ON 1Hf -EN ·25 7:30P.M. ~AST&~M DINNER AT PERUVIAN 011 ~PIOIII'ECT ~AN< PROSPECT PARK 29 30 6 :30A.M. 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FIUTGF'A!JOGWB 6:45P.M. SPffi) WORK 7:00P.M. 7'2&CPW PROSPECT PARK Front Runners llaw Ylrk A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of aH athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 WWW.FRONTRUNNERSNEWYORKORG WWW.FASTNFAB.ORG FIDI&IIHIIPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 822-1824 MD .-nlefT A PftC*II!CTP- W(lf WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236 W73 ST � 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, 1999 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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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/7c9aa5773c2b167ba72ed87f1342d7f2.pdf ab1ffbaa4991af6abd68d4d3682fa1c3 PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue I I Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (2I2) 724-9700 November http://www.web com.com/-bkm/ if.html .., http://www.fast nfab.org ... http://www.fron trunnersnewyor k.org Board Meeting Minutes October 14, 1999 T~L SlftRTinG unr I would be failing in my duty as Women's Vice President if 1 didn't make special mention of the recent and forthcoming women's events. The women's fun runs are really taking off. Janet Dawson found herself providing brunch for fifteen hungry women last month. (Great brunch, Janet, but I'm not sure about that Vegemite stuff1) Over the last few months women's participation in the club has increased considerably. Coupled with the steady flow of new women at Saturday runs, it looks like women runners are finally going to become a real force within the club. In fact at one recent Wednesday night run, women outnumbered men for the first time in living history. Go Girls! All we need now is for some of these women to volunteer for the many positions within the club that will be vacant when the present incumbents retire next year. If you are interested, talk to me or any of the Board members. It's far more fun than you'd think! So the New York City Marathon is over for this year. Congratulations to all of you who ran it, whether it was your first twenty-first. your or marathon Congratulations also to everyone who contributed to the success of this amazing event. Despite the corporate sponsorship, the TV coverage and the presence of the world's media, the one thing that keeps this marathon going from year to year is the volunteers who give up their time to pour water, work the finish line, cook pasta, massage tired legs, host out-of-town runners ... the list is endless. So whether you ran this year or not, pat yourself on the back and feel proud of your contribution to this world-renowned .race. By the time you read this, daylight saving will have ended and the evenings will be drawing in. I think we all find it harder to motivate ourselves to put on our sneakers and leave the warmth of home for a solo run in the winter. So why not join your Frontrunner friends for the Wednesday evening runs? There is a group of stalwart Wednesday-nighters who meet to run every Wednesday, whatever the weather, and a very friendly and welcoming crowd they are too. So next time you find yourself settling onto the couch for an evening of uninterrupted TVviewing and snack-munching (admit it, we Editor & Calendar all do it!), why not set the VCR, pull on your tights and join your fellow Front Proofreader Runners in the park. Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley .., FRNY showed a deficit of $8,600 for the month, due to $8,000 paid to the NYRRC for the Pride Run . With final figures in, the 1999 Pride Run showed a profit of$4,000. ... Bob Nelson and Ken Chamberlain have volunteered to coordinate the Marathon Weekend Pasta Party. The Pancake Breakfast will be coordinated by Charlie Wintczak. The 20th Anniversary celebration is on hold. ... Volunteers are still needed for our Marathon water station at mile 24. ... Pride Run 2000 Race Director TJ Storch had the budget approved. Entry fees will mirror those of other NYRRC races. The validity of the "Monster Mailing" will be examined, in an effort to trim postage and printing costs. Additional corporate sponsors will be sought. A fundraiser along the lines of last year's evening at the Eight of Clubs is a possibility. Volunteers are always needed. Speak to TJ ... The Carbon Club and Webster Hall are under consideration for next year's Sports Ball. FRNY will have 120 tickets at $20-25 each. It is planned for early March. It will be similar to previous years, but no open bar. Your ticket will include two drinks. .., Paul Harris and Geoff Perry had $1,000 approved for an anniversary FRNY booklet, to be mailed to all members. It will include pictures and writings from the last twenty years. ... Mike McMahon and Dave Laurence are coordinating next year's elections. If you are interesting in running for office, see them before the next board meeting. ... The next meeting of the board is scheduled for November 11 at 7:00p.m. at the home of TJ Storch: 150 West End Avenue, 27-G. �November 1999 Page 2 The International Front Runner Forum Hurricane Floyd was unable to prevent your intrepid delegate, Lenore Beaky, and her equally-intrepid alternate, Patrick Barker, from getting down to Philadelphia the weekend of September 17-19 to attend the 7th International Front Runners Forum. We met old and new friends from clubs in DC, Baylands, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Utah, Pittsburgh, Shoreline Yes, it's true. And no, I'm not crazy. (Long Beach), San Diego, Philadelphia of I actually did ask Ken and the Board if I course, and over a dozen more. Stefan and could be the next Lesbian & Gay Pride Wolfgang were there from Berlin to give Run Race Director. It's a challenge that us information about the next Front I've always wanted to take on, and now Runner Invitational, in Berlin in 2000. that I am back in New York , the timing And Wayne Morgan was there from seemed right. I just wanted to get an early Sydney, the site of the 2002 Gay Games. start so that I could worry longer. (Lenore was dismayed to learn from Another big reason for starting early Wayne that her slur on Australia's national is that I want to see if we can get some dish, birchermuesli, though uttered lo these additional corporate sponsors, who work many years ago, continues to leave a bitter on their 2000 gift budgets now. Many of taste in the mouth of some Sydney Front you have given me some suggestions, but Runners .) The chief purpose of the Forum unless you ' re at the runs, we haven't had was to approve the new bylaws for a chance to talk. So, this is a request for International Front Runners, thus making it any of you out there who may have some possible for IFR to join the board of the contacts or ideas for additional sponsors. Federation of Gay Games and thereby Please let me know as soon as possible. have an impact on the organization and This is a big job and I can't do it running of the athletic events of future Gay alone. It' s not too early to let me know if Games. Bylaws were submitted, revised you would like to take on the (some delegates working until I 0:00 p.m. responsibility of any of our key positions. Friday night to finish) , and a final version There is plenty of need for volunteers and was unanimously approved and signed by I could use the help. So think about the delegates present. Thus, International donating your time and let me know what Front Runners will join the board with its you're interested in doing for our 19th own representative (this will happen in Lesbian & Gay Pride Run . Sydney) and be able to have an official In the meantime, I just want to bring input into the planning of Gay Games from you up to date. We ' ve had a quick 2006 on. In addition, Front Runners from organizational meeting where we mostly various clubs will be organizing the Track discussed last June's race and what changes we wanted to make for this year. EEEEE!-Mail A budget has been put together based on Folks with e-mail at earthlink.net, the previous race expenses, and I am now cyburban.com, erols.com, rcn.com, idt.net seeking some corporate sponsors. In or helloworld.com have not been receiving · addition we discussed registration issues, e-mails from FRNY or Fast and Fab the monster mailing, and filling those key because those internet service providers Another meeting will be postttons. think Bob Nelson is a spammer. (Moi???) scheduled in November. Let me hear from If you want these e-mails contact your you with your suggestions. Stay internet service provider and have tuned-more will follow. bob@nylink.com unblocked. The server name is mail.nylink.com. This is for '7. StMd running, swimming or cycling. For the LGPR Race Director 2000 triathlon list e-mail butchgrrl@aol.com. f. Front Runners and Field, Marathon and Triathlon in Sydney in 2002. We also enjoyed presentations from Stefan Huch and Wolfgang Klare on the Berlin Invitational in 2000 and from Wayne Morgan on Sydney and Gay Games, as well as a proposal from Brent Nicholson Earle on behalf of the International Rainbow Memorial Run. The website for the Sydney Gay Games is Breakout www.gaygamesvi.org.au . committees on membership/outreach, finance, annual events, gay games sports and communications discussed ways of further supporting and internationalizing Front Runners. San Diego was accepted as the host site for the next forum in 2001 , Alden Clarke of Boston was elected to serve on the new IFR Steering Committee from the Eastern USA region, and Des Sullivan of Sydney Front Runners was chosen as the IFR delegate to sit on the board of the Federation of Gay Games. Did we have fun? Wei!, there was this race-the Philadelphia Distance Run-and also a 5K for those of us, like me, just not up to the half this time. They had cleared the mud off the course just in time, and the weather was abfab, though a bit warm by the end. And Philly organized a Saturday run from the Liberty Bell to the Reading Terminal Market, a fabulous dinner and postrace brunch, not to mention all the arrangements for the Forum itself. Thanks to Mike, Bill, Rick and all the Philly Front Runners for a splendid job to make our stay really wonderful-and thanks for that great weather all weekend! Ski Trip 2000 Work has begun on the FRNY ski trip to Mt. Snow, Vermont. We have two private homes rented nearby for January 28-30. We can house 28. Since we had a shortage of drivers last year, I first want to ask for volunteers to drive. Once that is set, I will begin to take other reservations, most likely after Thanksgiving. I will be asking all participants to fill out a reservation form. (212) 799-1215 or chasrun@aol.com if you have questions. e~'UI~ �The Gay Games Organization now has a full time office in the gay-friendly Oxford Street district of central Sydney. To reach their new phone number, from New York, dial 011-61-500-80-2002. To fax dial 011-61-500-82-2002. E-mail is: admin2002@gaygamesVI.org.au ; Their website is: www.gaygamesVI.org.au The main venue for our Games will be the new Olympic Park that is located in suburban Homebush. It is about ten miles from downtown and is easily reached by fast electric train. You will find that Sports and Culture will all come together at this new Olympic venue. It will be the first time at a Gay Games that you will be able to see 16 sports, all within five or ten minutes walk of each other, and also attend the many cultural events taking place there throughout the day and early evening. A proposed demonstration sport, which will not be at Olympic Park, is a surfing competition. It would be held at world famous Bondi Beach. This beach event would also include a demonstration of ' SurfLifesaving' an Australian tradition that was established way back in 1906 when the first Surf Life Saving Club was formed at Bondi. Incidentally, Bondi Beach will also be the site of the Beach Page 3 November 1999 New York Marathon Welcome Marathon Pancake Pasta Party Breakfast Upholding a longFront standing Runner tradition, the club will hold its annual predinner and potluck in the marathon pasta basement of Rutgers Presbyterian Church Friday, November 5, at 7:00 p.m. The event is held to honor multi-marathon Front Runners, but also to provide a social space for out-of-towners who are running our marathon, so let's roll out the welcome mat. Folks know the drill by now: we'll need pasta dishes to feed the multitudes, but also salads, breads, beverages and dessert. There's no alphabetical-by-lastname assignment system, so bring what you wish , but please do Jet Ken Chamberlain or Bob Nelson know what special surprise we should expect from you. Contact Ken at (609) 3941114/kchamber@us.rhodia.com or Bob at (212) 567-7160 or bob@nylink.com. And even if you can't bring anything, please come andjoin!~;u&n. ~ .~ ocw- 4 a Upholding long-standing Front Runner the tradition, club will hold its annual pre-marathon pancake breakfast on the fifth floor of Rutgers Presbytehan Church on Saturday, November 6 after our regular run at 10:00 a.m Whether you 1are carbo-loading or just because pancakes make you happy, come join us, rain or shine. Charlie Wintczak runs the show, and will need several volunteers to help feed the multitudes. For those of you who have been there before, it is much more than a few hotcakes. If you want to flip flapjacks with the crew contact me at (212) 799-1215 or at chasrun@aol.com . ekvttte ?()Uttqd I ,..._......., compeiliioo in S~ney'sL--------------~--------------~ Olympic Games in September 2000. the deposit, you will not be issued a chip More Marathon Garrie Gibson, who is the CEO of the and your race result will not be recorded. Sydney 2002 Gay Games Ltd., was in New Information When you return your chip, the deposit York October 27-29 to help raise the still looking for We are check or credit card slip will be destroyed. awareness of the Sydney Games for the Mile 24 The chips will be collected at the finish volunteers throughout our community. The visit is Water Station. Christian Rountry, line, but if you decide to avoid that part of a 10-city marketing tour following cstree@earthlink.net, and Jan Aitchison, situation, it must be returned by the 22nd. the Federation of Gay Games Board jca@oup-usa.org, are the guiding forces The chip must be worn properly' in Meeting in Berlin. The other US cities behind this endeavor. Please let them order to function accurately. There are Garrie will visit are Philadelphia, Seattle know if you can help. instructions inside the chip packet to and San Francisco. of you looking to meet some guide you along. Please take the time to For those Travel-Tip-Of-The-Month: The three friendly faces after the Marathon, there read everything. It will be worth it in the principal airlines flying across the Pacific will be Front Runners meeting under the end. There will be nothing worse than to are UNITED, AIR NEW ZEALAND and letter F in the general meeting area, which put in all of the effort that it will take to QANTAS. Up until now all three airlines will either be on the Great Lawn or on finish , and not have your effort originated their flights on the West Coast. Central Park West. recognized. However, starting on October 31st, this The ChampionChip is being used at the The race expo and race packet pickup year QANTAS, Australia's excellent Marathon. This is a computer chip that is commences on Wednesday, November 3. National Airline, began direct, one-stop, worn on the shoe and records your start If you are able to make it there before the same-plane service from New York all the and finish time. There are a few things to weekend, please do so. The weekend will way to Sydney. This service aboard a remember! bring a glut of out-of-towners and Boeing 74 7-400 aircraft will the fastest and money You must bring a $30.00 check, foreigners. Avoid the crowds! certainly most convenient way to travel order or credit card with you on the day "down under". that you pick up your race packet. This is a deposit for the ChampionChip. Without Vol~~all ~ ~ �Page 4 COACHING, TWO - Dave Jordan, head coach of Century Road Club Association, will offer a repeat performance of his coaching session for the group on Sunday, November 14, meeting at 9:00a.m. on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge. Dave's focus in our October session was on pacelining, with lots oftalk on other topics (see below). While a number of people have told me they are not interested in pacelining, it's really just a drill that gets you to think a lot more about how you are riding and how to maintain control over the bike. Nobody is saying you have to ride in a pack. Goals he thinks we need to focus on are weight loss (Ahem. Dave, you weigh in at 21 0!), climbing strength and overall endurance, and he would like to see us select a couple of races in the spring to work towards. The tariff for the upcoming session is $10, and once again, we won't collect until the day of the ride, but if you reserve and don't cancel by Thursday, November 11 , you still owe the team the ten bucks. Any questions to Dave To reserve, at djcoaching@aol.com. at (212) 567-7160 or contact Bob Nelson bob@nylink.com. TALK - Dave Jordan is a nonstop talker, which in a coach is not a bad thing. Even before everyone had assembled for our October 3 coaching ride to State Line, Dave was lecturing the earliest among our ten riders on paceline technique and hill climbing. (His advice for hills: pick a gear you can maintain all the way through the climb. Changing gears wastes energy.) He also offered critiques of our form and riding skill: One of the fastest ways to get faster is to lose weight, though just decreasin caloric intake is likely to produce a isposition that will lose friends as well. C ss-training is great, but the best way to im rove efficiency and get faster is to ride mo e, 3-4 times a week. Keep your upper bod relaxed on the bike; if you have trouble le ing this, use aerobars for a few rides. Bra e before a corner, because the bike is un table in the curve and braking while tum ng can make it more so. Keep a constant p essure on both pedals at every point in t e stroke to keep the bike from wobbling. Off-season training should definitely nclude weight training, with the obvious e phasis on the legs, and should be divide into an adaptation phase, a November 1999 building phase and a power phase, with the heaviest weights concentrated in the middle. Cyclists need more protein in their diets than the average human , both to prepare for and recover from rides, because it's protein that builds muscle. And on and on. BREATHE VS. BURN- For me, the piece of the puzzle that finally seemed to snap into place was Dave's description of training intensity as "breathe, don't burn." On a number of training rides, I'd been a victim of the fearsome bonk, the feeling you get after-or worse, during-a tough workout that your body is about to fall apart. The problem? I'd been training too intensely. At low to moderate levels of intensity, the body recruits slow oxidative ("slow twitch") muscles that use oxygen to burn fat efficiently and don't rely on Above the glycogen (stored sugar). threshold, which most people can aerobic figure out using a heart rate monitor, the body pulls in the fast glycolytic ("fast twitch") rnuscles, which don't rely on oxygen and do use glycogen. Since the body has only about enough glycogen for an hour's worth of hard riding, you can ride much, much further and more efficiently at a moderate pace than you can at breakneck speed, and lose fat in the bargain! I have to confess that while I know how to run at low intensity, the minute I get on a bike, it's vroom, vroom! So I'm going to try to contain those competitive urges, and if a pack of cyclists passes me on .9W up to Nyack, I will not, repeat not, try to latch on at a pace that is going to bring on the bonk. Thanks, Dave. REPAIR- The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, Front Runners 891 Amsterdam Ave. at 103rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30p.m., and the upcoming courses are Flat Fixing/Chain Maintenance on November 2 Bearing and Truing Wheel and Adjustments on November 9. It's all hands-on work, so bring your bike. Each class is $20 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300; press 7, then 1, then 5 on the menus for forms and up-to-the-minute info. PAST A - The annual Front Runners premarathon pasta potluck takes place Friday, November 5, at 7:00p.m. in the basement of Rutgers Presbyterian Church, and while it's primarily geared for runners, there's no reason why cyclists can't share the excitement. Bring anything you wantpasta, salads, breads, beverages or dessert-but please let Ken Chamberlain or Bob Nelson know what to expect. Contact or 394-1114 (609) at Ken kchamber@us.rhodia.com, or Bob at (212) 567-7160 or bob@nylink.com. Even if you can't bring anything, come and join the fun! YOGA - Having trouble getting to yoga? Let it come to you! Starting November 6, the weekly yoga classes go to twice a week, Saturdays at noon in the basement of Rutgers Presbyterian Church, following the Front Runner run, and Mondays at 8:00 p.m. in the living room of Bob Nelson's apartment at 165 Seaman Ave. in Inwood. The tariff is $10 for members of Front Runners and $12 for everyone else. Please check in ahead of time with a voice message to (212) 567-7160 or a note to bob@nylink.com. If there aren't at least two people for a session, it's cancelled. DINNER- On Saturday, November 13, the Fast and Fabulous culinary tour du monde travels across the waters to a Liberian restaurant in the borough of Staten Island. Liberia was colonized by freed American slaves, so the local fare bears the stamp of the South as well as a generous commingling of African spice. Shawn Hill and Magda Teter will meet the group at the Staten Island Ferry terminal in Manhattan, in the ferry waiting room upstairs at 6:15 p.m. Our destination is Korto's Place (718981-4306), just a mile from the ferry landing at the corner of Bay and Prospect streets. RSVP to Shawn and Magda at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. �New York PAUL - Paul Sullivan, who directed the Five Boro Bike Tour for a decade and was one of the city's most knowledgeable cyclists, died in late August of diabetes. Paul was a friend of Fast and Fab, as he was to many other bike clubs; be loaned us bike racks so we could take I4 bikes on a ISperson van to the Boston to ~rovincetow.n The Five Boro B1ke Club IS Ride. celebrating his life in a special event December I, at 7:00p.m. at the American Youth Hostel, Amsterdam and West I03rd St. Any further details will be on e-mail, or contact Bob Nelson at (212) 567-7160. MILLIE - With all the hoopla about the millennium, it's surprising that no one has come up with a furry , marketable (but licensed!) mascot. How about Millennium Millie? You might even run into her at Bob Nelson's open house New Year's Eve up in Inwood. Special invitees are all members of Fast and Fabulous, Front Runners and Team New York Triathlon, and we'll start sw ishbuckling around 8:00 p.m. or so. No need to RSVP- drop by if you get a chance. Bob is at 165 Seaman Ave. #3 H; take the A train to the last stop, exit the rear of the train and walk uphill on West 207th St. two blocks to Seaman Ave. and make a right. We're the second building. A.M. - Quickie Fast and Fab rides happen regularly on Thursday mornings. For the GWB, it's Mark Posey at (2I2) 568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. For Prospect Park, it ' s Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or cpapagni@frenchculinary .com . It's Paul Racine for Central Park, (2 I 2) 362-4 7 I 9 or paulracine@aol.com. NOVEMBER - Here are the Fast and Fab rides for the month and beyond. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Helmets are required and ride leaders are instructed to disband the ride if anyone insists on riding without one. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weatherrelated cancellations or the pace or route of a ride. All distances listed are round trip. If you would like to lead a ride, fast or fabulous, please submit your idea to Bob Nelson by phone at (212) 567-7160 or e-mail at bob@nylink.com. Page 5 November 1999 OCTOBER 31 - HEADLESS: Shawn Hill and Magda Teter take Hallowe'en very seriously-so seriously, they're planning to tour Sleepy Hollow, the town made legendary by Washington Irving's tale of an encounter with a headless horseman. The ride is about 75 miles and Shawn and Magda plan a fast pace, with road bikes only, please. Contact them if interested at (212) 569-6340 or mot3 @columbia.edu . NOVEMBER 7 - AQUEDUCT: Richard Gottlieb explores the Croton Aqueduct trail , which runs past mansions and junkyards and is almost entirely flat. There are a few spots where riders will have to About 50 miles, resort to Route 9. moderate pace, all bikes welcome. Contact or 757-7434 (212) at Richard . rg433@aol.com. NOVEMBER 13- GREENBELT: Apnl Tam will take a beginner group for a oneway off-road ride on Long Island's Greenbelt Trail, which starts in Syosset and ends in Massapequa. April says the ISmile trail is "narrow and twisty, designed specifically for off-road use," but flat. A group will leave from Penn Station that Saturday morning; contact April for exact time; you will need a Long Island Railroad bike pass; expect an all-day outing. Rain date is the following day. Mountain or hybrid bikes only, please; very slow pace. April needs a head count by the day before the ride; contact her at (212) 246-2583 or at_nyc@hotmail.com (the "at" before the underscore is part of the address). NOVEMBER 14 - COACHING: We meet CRCA coach Dave Jordan at 9:00 a.m. on the New Jersey side of the GWB for a coached ride to Nyack, about 45 miles round-trip from the bridge. The coaching session is $I 0 and riders must reserve by contacting Bob Nelson at (2I2) 567-7160 or bob@nylink.com. If you tell Bob you're coming but don't show, you still owe the ten dollars. NOVEMBER 14- BROOKLYN: Noah Gavin leads her merry band of "somewhat less ambitious and hill-loving" riders from Rising Cafe, 5th and Sackett in Park Slope, off towards the ocean breezes of Brooklyn's shoreline. Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the cafe, leave at 9:30. About 25 miles, slow pace, all bikes welcome. Contact or 623-1016 (718) at Noah or cgavin@courts .state.ny .us ng.com. tsukinekko@mindspri NOVEMBER 21 - ROCKLAND LAKE: Bob Nelson tests a new route to Rockland Lake that has a few more hills than usual. Bob in is the distinct minority that believes your best cycling takes place on an empty stomach, so if you want chow, bring pocket food. Talk to me starting 7:00a.m. the day of if it looks crummy out. Co-listed with N~w York Cycle Club. 65 miles, fast pace, road bikes only, please. Contact Bob at (212) 567-7160 or bob@nylink.com. NOVEMBER 28 - CONEY ISLAND: Richard Gottlieb bids a season's farewell to the hot dogs, knishes and circus acts. About 30 miles, moderate pace, all bikes welcome. Call Richard at (212) 757-7434 or rg433 @aol.com. DECEMBER 5- GREENWICH: Shawn Hill and Magda Teter ride tandem over Westchester's hills to Greenwich, Conn. Bring pocket food because they neither slow nor stop. 80 miles, fast pace, road bikes only, please. Contact Shawn and or 569-6340 (212) at Magda mot3@columbia.edu. DECEMBER 12- BACKSIDE: Paulette Meggoe and Bob Nelson take the back way to Nyack, via routes 505, 303 and 340 . About 55 miles, moderate pace, road bikes only, please. We will make a stop in town on the way back. Contact Bob at (21 2) 567-7160 or bo@nylink.com or call Paulette at (7I8) 293-0885 . Ride safely everyone, and see you on the roads! .t.tWe, 'Pa«Jate ?Jtewe ad- 'Bot~ �November 1999 Page 6 Front Runners X Over 20 Rochester Frontrunners headed up to Toronto's I999 Pride and Remembrance Run, which boasted over 700 runners . Fastest Rochester time, for this 5K, came from 37-year-old Joe Ambron with an I8:59. The run was part of the Toronto Pride Weekend whose massive parade was watched by a crowd of over 750,000. The weekend' s theme was "One Pride Fits All". The word from Seattle Frontrunners is that their membership has almost hit the I 50 mark. They also draw our attention to a web site that should be of interest. It is online an www.TrackCoach.com, goes down to the Station ' s food court, to coaching service, dedicated to helping eat his or her way through the rest of the runners of all types and abilities from evening. milers to marathoners. Check it out, they TOGS, (The Organization of Gay say! Sports) our South African club, reports The Seattle club's Track and Field that three of their members completed the Meet had a international flavor with grueling 56-mile downhill/uphill/down- contestants from Virginia, New Mexico, hill Comrades Ultra Marathon. Comrades Alaska, Oregon, Nova Scotia, and veterans Nic Southey and Athan Glover California. completed the course in 7 hours 45 "The Nothing Newsletter" was issued minutes and 7 hours 55 minutes, by Front Runners Fort Lauderdale. Their respectively, and first timer, Hennie editor said "the only reason I'm putting Zietmann , crossed the finish line in 8 this out is because the dining schedule has hours 49 minutes. Congratulations to all! run out and everyone is in a panic over Unusual Race-Name of the Month: where dinner will be after running". There Frontrunners Rhode Island tells us that followed a list of no less than I3 different eleven of their members ran in the eating places. That should settle them "Blessing of the Feet I 0-Miler". The down for the next two months! fleetest feet of the group were those of However, the best food-related story Brian Patrick Mulligan which padded in comes from Chicago. Seems that Chicago with a smart I :06:42. Frontrunner, Gina Perry, attended a recent Headed for New York, to run in our competition in Eau Clair, Michigan. There Marathon, is Craig Snyder, President of she won the illustrious title of Ms. San Francisco FrontRunners. His partner International Cherry Pit Spitter! Her Blair Ireland will be coming along as well. winning spit, of 42 feet l 0 inches, earned Besides being our oldest club the SFFR are a roar of approval from a watching crowd also very organized. One nice touch is that of over 200 spit groupies. For her effort before each run all those present form a Gina was awarded a medal, a bag of flour, large circle and introduce themselves, one a bottle of grape juice and a T-shirt. In a at a time. It's a great icebreaker especially subsequent press conference TV, radio, appreciated by visitors. and newspaper reporters interviewed her. You may have heard that the Bay Area In the TV footage that was later shown on had the coolest summer on record. Perhaps two Chicago stations she mentioned that that explains why the very crowded hot prior to the competition " I had just been a tub was the most popular spot at recreational spitter". Way to go Gina! party. pool summer Baylands' Fortunately, there was better weather for Happy Running and their other big summer outing 'Beach Happy Cherry Pit Spitting Everyone! Blanket Bay lands ' . This beach barbecue followed the annual Wharf-to-Wharf Race take advantage of the lighted courses on and attracted over 70 Frontrunners and the National Mall. After the run, everyone friends. ews from down under... Des Sullivan, as a former President of Sydney Frontrunners, has been appointed a Field of Play official (Aid Station Leader) for the marathon test event for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The test will be held on a 42.2K course from North Sydney across the Harbour Bridge to the new Olympic Stadium. Des will be responsible for recruiting and training aid station crew and for manning a drink station near Oxford Street in East Sydney. He intends to select 20 Sydney Frontrunners to operate the aid station for this test marathon. Following an assessment, during the test, volunteers will then be selected to work the Sydney Olympic and Paralympic Games in September and October 2000. Best of luck to Des and all his crew! Busy Palm Springs Frontrunners will hold their 3rd Annual 5K Pride Run during the Palm Springs Pride Weekend of November 6 -7. Proceeds from the run will benefit GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight 150 About Network). Education participants are expected. A highlight of their summer social schedule was a weekend trip to Laguna Beach that was topped off by a champagne reception hosted by Kip Tompson. Also included in their newsletter was a smashing full-page color photograph of the club members, in their running gear, draped around what looks like a Jungle Gym. I counted 70 guys and gals and 5 dogs. Juliet Wurr, who is a member of de frontrunners, has been living for quite a while in the Middle East. She has just completed her third year in Damascus, Syria, that was preceded by a year in Tunisia. She reports that a woman running in Syria isn't a common everyday occurrence and regardless of whether she wore shorts or longer leggings her runs through the desert cactus groves always drew stares from the male Syrians. She is now looking forward to a new posting to Alexandria, Egypt where she hopes, as she did in Tunisia, to run along the cooler Mediterranean coast. It's also that time of year when de frontrunners move the start of their 7:00 p.m. Tuesday night run to Union Station, to 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE <D 1ST TIME IN EVENT 'f PERSONAL RECORD ® MASTERS �MIGHTY HAMPTON TRIATHLON 9K swim/40K bike/10K run Southampton, New York September 11, 1999 David Pitches ... ......... .. ............... 2:50:45 AUTUMN EQUINOX lSK Dallas, Texas September 18, 1999 Richard Peoples ... ............ .. ....... .... 55 :07 1st Master; 4th overall WILDWOOD SKINNYDIPPE R SUN RUN SK (Nude Trail Run) Decatur, Texas September 18, 1999 Richard Peoples ........ ! st in age ..... 19:34 PHILADELPHI A SK September 19, 1999 Lenore Beaky ... .... .... .. .... .. ...... ... .. 29:45. PHILADELPHI A DISTANCE RUN September 19, 1999 Audra Farrell ... .. .. ..... ........ ........ .. ! :53 :28 Rick Buckheit ........ ...... .... .... ...... I :24:33 David Bell ..... ....... ... ... ....... .. .... ... I :25 :08 Ruth Gursky ........ ........ .. ......... <D3 :11:45 GREENWOOD LAKE SPRINT TRI Yz-mile swim/16-mile bike/4.6-mile run Greenwood Lake, New York September 19, 1999 Simunek ... ........... .. ... ..... 1:4 7:29 Loraine Not many sleeps to go for those of you who were lucky enough to get into the NYC Marathon! We have been receiving a plethora of race results from people training for the big event! A reminder point before you read on-if you made it into the NYC Marathon, please remember to bring a check, credit card or money order to cover the $30 deposit for your ChampionChip, when you pick up your race packet, they will not accept cash! For those of us who did not get into the race, either by choice or rejection, you can still be part of the NYC Marathon at the FRNY 24-mile-mark water station. 0 FIRST IN AGE GROUP Page 7 November 1999 New York ROCKLAND HALF MARATHON Orangeburg, New York September 26, 1999 Marnell McNamara .................... l:55:35 BERLIN MARATHON Berlin, Germany September 26, 1999 Matthew Corey ...................... ..... <D4:36 HAMMERFES T TRIATHLON Yz-mile swim/13.5-mile bike/4-mile run Branford Connecticut September 26, 1999 Pitches .. ....... .. .. .......... ...... 1:45 :35 David GEORGICASK East Hampton, New York October 3, 1999 Dave Pitches .. .. ..... . ! st in age ... ... .. 20: I 0 GRETE'S GREAT GALLOP Central Park, New York October 10, 1999 13.lmiles Steven Anderson ............ .. .... ...... l:21:49 Phil Wahba ..... ......... ..... ........... .. 1:42:17 Jerry Levine .. .. .......... .. ....... ........ 1:57:31 Thomas Quinn ......................... .. 2:16:39 Leslie Deutsch .. ......... .. ..... ....... .. 1:39:47 Tina lsselbacher .. .... ........ ....... .. .. l :51 : 13 Audra Farrell.. .. .................. ...... .. 2:00:16 FARANELLAS K South Orange, New Jersey October 16, 1999 Loraine Simunek ....... 2nd female .. 22 :18 STATEN ISLAND HALF MARATHON Staten Island, New York GREATER HARTFORD MARATHON October 17, 1999 Hartford, Connecticut October 9, 1999 Jorge Ballestas .......... ... ....... ...... . 1:33 :46 Marnell McNamara .... ..... ....... .... 4: I 0:59 Joseph Taravella .... ............. ....... 1:34:34 Phil Wahba .. ... ......... .......... ... ... .. 1:41 :33 CHANCELLOR CHALLENGE 100-K William Spurlin ....... ...... .... ..... ... 1:47:48 Boston, Massachusetts Kevin McMahon ........ .......... ... ... 1:50: 17 October 9, 1999 Daniel Feinman ....... .... .. .. .... .... ... l :55:39 Ric Munoz .. ..... ........................ .. 8:29 :17 Christopher Fitchett ... ...... .. ... ..... 1:57:57 13th overall, $100 prize money Clayton Funk .. .... ..... .. ..... .... ....... 1:58:01 Daniel Armstrong ..... ............... .. 1:58:39 DELAWARE DISTANCE CLASSIC ISK David Smith ..... .......... .... .... ........ 1:59:29 October 10, 1999 Michelle Chinnery .... .. ............... I :36:07 Richard Peoples .... .... .4th in age ... 54:14. Leslie Deutsch ............. ....... ... !'1 :38:34 RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT Please register with Jan Aitchison, Christian Rountry or on Saturday mornings, and support the lucky FRNY who did get in, as they cruise on past. Next month's points race is of course the NYC Marathon, it's a double points race for both the men and women. For those of you wanting to participate in a smaller distance, the December points race <D I ST TIME AT DISTANCE is the Joe Kleinerman 1OK in Central Park on December 12. The last women's run/brunch with Monica was a great success. Thanks to all who came along, and sorry the presidential femme did not make it.. .. she must have been busy selling her handbags in the village! Maybe next time! Keep your eyes on the newsletter and your ears tuned to our Saturday announcements for the next women's run and Sunday brunch, hopefully in late November. Good luck to everyone, happy running and good luck to all our marathoners! Pa~~- and z:>~ !' PERSONAL RECORD @)MASTERS �2 3 4 5 6 6:45P.M. SPEEDWORH 7:00P.M. 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN ~AST&~NJ 7:00P.M. PASTA PARTY 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN& PANCAKE BREAKFAST 12 13 PROSPECT PARK RUN 72&CPW 6:00A.M. FfiCI'fTHEGWB 6:15A.M. TAVEI'IN ON THE GflfEN 011 PROSPECT PAAK 9 CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP 22 9:00A.M. ~AST&~NJ THE BOATHOUSE 9:30 TURKEY CLASSIC ~AST&~NJ THE BOATHOUSE 11:00 A.M. CROSS COUNTRY15K TAVEI'IN OR PROSPECT PAAK 7:00P.M. 29 ~AST&~AB BOARD MEETING 16 17 18 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 72 & CPW TAVERN ON THE GREEN 011 PROSPECT PARK 23 24 25 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 72&CPW DINNER ~AST& ~NJ PROSPECT PARK RUN 10:00 A.M. 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:15 THEGWB 6:45P.M. COACHING 6i TRRINING 7:00P.M. GWB&BKLYN 9:00A.M. 72&CPW ~AST&~NJ PROSPECT PARK RUN ~AST& ~AS 28 6:00A.M. 6:15A.M. 6:45P.M. COACHING 6i TRAINING 7:00P.M. 9:00A.M. 21 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN PROSPECT PARK RUN 15 11 6:45P.M. CORCHING 6i TRRINING 7:00P.M. 14 10 30 19 20 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:00A.M. FfiOMTHE GWB 6:15A.M. NEWSLETTER COPY DUE 26 ~AST&~NJ 6:00A.M. FfiOMTHEGWB 6:15A.M. TAVEfl\llf'fiOSPECT PAliK 9:00A.M. TURKEY TROT 27 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN NEWSLETTER MAILING Frail •••rs New Yaltl A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 6:45P.M. COACHING 6i TR!iiNING 7:00P.M. WWW.FRONTRUNNERSNEWYORKORG WWW.FASTNFAB.ORG PROSPECT PARK RUN FOOD & 111-DIOPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 3RD 6liiUT & PRO&PECT PNIK W!OIIT WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236 W73ST � 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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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/b1aff78daf8060cc5098813b3ab5a753.pdf 32e7ff22455ebd6e4da19edaf0dc4167 PDF Text Text VolumeXVI Issue 7 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 JULY 1999 http://www.web com.com/-bkm/ if.html 'Y http://www.fast nfab.org 'Y http://www.fron trunnersnewyor k.org TNt STftRTinG unt Have I told you lately that I miss you? Well, I do. And so do a lot of other people. I know that you're recovering from an injury and that you feel funny just coming for the bagels, coffee and conversation. Okay, but all of us are recovering from an injury. Maybe it's just that I like to look out over a mass of smiling faces and see yours there. Is that so wrong? Mike came back, and he can't stop talking long enough to take a drink of water or listen to my announcements. Peg came back and she's already volunteered for the Bagel Brigade. Joe came back and he ... oh, sorry, that's another story. Everyone, from the new arrival to the fifteen-year transplant, knows how busy New Yorkers can be. So try to think of our Saturday morning run as a time to meet for a few hours just for the community, to see each other and to know that we're aiJ still here and surviving. Summers are always busy, between vacation plans and summer homes, but don't forget me. Come by and see me sometime. You know that I want to talk about the Lesbian and Gay Pride Run, but I can't because as I write this, it hasn't happened yet. I'll have to wait until the August newsletter to give you all of the good news. But, preliminarily, I want to thank the Race Co-Directors, Greg Valerie and Gary Gillis. Their tireless efforts really kept this event moving forward and I did practically nothing except say to them "Tell me what you need me to do." I think that's a good thing. And I also want to thank everyone else that volunteered for major activities. Without all of you I would have had a new address on the East Side, in a leather-padded room, dressed in a Houdini-inspired jacket. (Hmmm ... maybe not a bad thing.) Of course, my undying appreciation goes to NYRRC for their invaluable assistance. On the other hand, Brooklyn Pride staged a 5K Fun Run on Saturday, June 12, in Prospect Park. 91 runners turned out, and two of our own, Micah Lexier and Michael Orzechowski, came in 4th & 5th. I want to thank ID Lubricants for ... ah, that's another story. Anyway, everybody had fun , and we're already looking forward to next year. Did everyone have a good time at Back In The Yard, our Pride Run fund-raiser? It sure looked like it. Thanks go to the Eight of Clubs, and Peter Wright for supplying us with great music. This event provides the Club with a revenue stream that makes producing the Pride Run possible and keeps the Club from running a deficit. At last report, over $4,000 was raised. And it was fun having the wrestlers, swimmers, and assorted others there to party with us. What do you think, maybe we don't have to wait an entire year for another fundraiser? Do I hear the hands of any volunteers being raised, asking for the chance to put · together another event? Have a happy & safe July, drink plenty of water, and Lassie, come home! ~"- )_ NEWSLE TTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein John Wbooley DcarEditor@aol.com Copy forth~: next newsletter is due by noon Pn Saturday, July 24. If you cannot use the above address bring your hard copy and or disk to any Saturday run. Minutes of the June 10 Board Meeting 'Y FRNY netted approximately $3,000 as expenses were low this month. Saturday runs covered 59% of rent in May. Membership once again is up compared to last year. The Board is seeking ways to increase Saturday run participation. 'Y Sports Ball netted $708 for Front Runners and Fast & Fab. "Y Lenore Beaky and Patrick Barker will attend the Philadelphia International Front Runner Forum to be held in September. "Y In August, a sign-up sheet will be available for anyone interested in traveling by bus/van for the Philadelphia Distance Run, a half-marathon. "Y There has been limited interest in a FRNY New Year's Eve party. Unless someone comes forward to chair and plan the event, the idea will not be pursued. "Y Correction to last month's minutes: Joe Criscione· and Leslie Jennings (not Leslie Cummings) will represent the club at the Lesbian/Gay Center Garden Party on Monday, June 21. . "Y FRNY is celebrating it' s 20th anniversary this year. The board is for options different exploring commemorating this event. 'Y As chair of the Telecommunications Task Force; C·&:i:;,·e V~ic·~:~i i.:; !Jcing asked to advertise our weekly runs in the gay press and other publications. "Y The Board continues to explore ways to reduce the club's fixed expenses, (i.e. mailing, supplies, stationery. etc.). One way to reduce newsletter costs would be to send the monthly newsletter electronically to members with e-mail. The board will investigate the possibilities and possible savings to the club in future meetings. "Y The next Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, July 8 at the home of Michael 0., 99 Claremont Avenue, Apt. 811. The meeting will begin at 7:00p.m. �Page2 JULY 1999 Front Runners Running Front Runners The Board .................................... . President .............................. Ken Majerus Men's VP ........................... Blane Roberts Women's VP ...................... Jan Aitchison Secretary .................... Mike Orzechowski Treasurer .......................... Ruben Danzing Director at Large .................... Paul Racine Director at Large ............... Steve Wheeler Pride Run ..................................... . Race Director ....................... Greg Valerie Co-Director ............................. Gary Gillis Tech Director ......................... Pat Kuharic Community Challenge ......... Ruth Gursky CC Publicity .........•................. Paul Harris Committee Chairs ..••..........••........ AIDS Walk .......................... Jim Brigaitis As The FR WOI"Id Turns .......... John Kiley Bagel Table .......................... .Jerry Levine Coaches ........................... Donna Checkan ........................................... Jeff Singleton Cyclists (Fast& Fab) ............. Bob Nelson ....................................... Paulette Meggoe Directory ................................. Lee Abbey Historian Archivist ................ Geoff~erry Housing (NYC) ........................... Ed Pyle Marathon Water Table. Christian Rountry Malling Coordinator ..........John Whooley Membership ..................... Leslie Jennings ......................................... Dave Laurence ................... .....................Mike McMahon Newsletter Editor ................ Donn Peppler Newsletter Proofreader .... George Schlein NYRRC Correspondent ..... Race Captains Outreach ............................. Joe Criscione Pancake Breakfast......... Charlie Wintczak Pasta Dinner.................... Gary Apruzzese ............................................... Geoff Perry Race Captains ...•......... ~ ...... Janet Dawson ......................................... Darren Thomas Running Gear._•..................... Sean Butler Ski Trip ......................... Charlie Wintczak Social ........................... Howard Diamond Special Runs ··········-·············Dave Mazza ......................................... Martin Watkins Sportsball ................................ T.J. Storch Team New York .................. Tom Faucett .. ······················-··················· Ruth Gursky Telecommunications ......... Steve Wheeler Track and Field ............ Marty McElhiney Triathletes .................. Claudia Cummings Trips out of town ...................... Tim Bush Volunteer Coordinator .......... Les Rozycki Walkers .................................................... . Charitable Foundation ········Director ...................... Corrine Stoewsand Treasurer ......- ..................... Jim Connolly Hello everybody! Hope you're having a great summer and that you enjoyed our club's signature event on June 26th-the 18th annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Run. It was a great day as we showed our Front Runner spirit, welcoming many out-oftowners and felt the energy of Pride Weekend in New York City. We've had a great experience organizing and planning the event. We'd like to give alphabetical recogmt10n-in special order-to the following people who helped take off some of the pressure: Lee Abbey, coordinator and database keeper for our monster mailing; Kathy Abbondanzo for her great TV spot; Gary Apruzzese-the barbecue smell is finally gone; Ron Baker who stuffed for three hours at the monster mailing; Patrick Barker for the finish line food; Bob Brins for lots of valuable advice from a master; Scott 'Brzezinski for the mailing for the Community Challenge; Tim Bush for the T-shirt logo; Sue Foster for selling tickets to the fundraiser, setting graphics for the T-shirt and designing the awards and coordination the race-day program-we couldn't have done it without you; and Sue Lund-thanks for just being you; Scott Freeswick-is that barbecue smell almost gone?; Ruth Gursky, the energetic Team NY Community Challenge coordinator; Paul Harris, our public relations guru; Carl Johnson, for the out-of-towners welcome party; Pat Kuharic-tech director, without whom there would have been no finishers; Joe Leonard, who secured the West Side YMCA as a ticket venue for our fundraiser and sold quite a few himself; Jon Livingston-superb job, as always, with the race application and advertising; Ken Majerus for being a fantastic prez!; Tony Meola for sound; Ed Pyle for out-oftowner's housing; Paul Racine for Virun job! ; registration-great Rampersad, a non-FRNY-friend who helped get the Eight of Clubs to sponsor our fundraiser and who sold 30+ tickets himself; Kyle Ridaught for our water sponsor-boy did we have water! ; Bob Riser, another non-FRNY who sold 35 fundraiser tickets; Jeff Singleton, announcer at the finish line and awards ceremony and Mike Steinmeyer, who helped at the barbecue!(!) We'd also like to thank the Eight of Clubs bar on West 75th Street-Millie and Johnny-for making our barbecue fundraiser such a huge success. Their generosity helped net the club in excess of $4,000.00-they wouldn't even let us clean up! Front Runners and the Eight of Clubs-a great new team! Finally, this article would not be complete without recognizing the New York Road Runners Club, whose continued support and coordination make out event possible. Thank you , thank you, thank you, Claudia Pepa and crew for giving us a day to remember! Thank you every body for your support! Are You Ready for Your Close-up? Front Runners New York Documentary/Promotional Video Attention all Front Runners: I will be shooting a video documentary for Front Runners. I am looking for collaborators to discuss ideas and how the Front Runner Story should be told. I am looking for members who can tell me on camera, how Front Runners has touched or changed their lives. I am looking for all those great stories you have to tell. It will serve as a fun and interesting piece to document the history of the club. If you have old photos or videos of Front Runners events or Gay Games, it would be great to include them as well. I would like to cover all aspects of the club, so don't be shy, be heard, be seen! I will shooting the Pride Run and I am in need of an additional camera operator to help shoot. Let me know your comments or suggestions at Zephyrl263@msn.com or (718) 262-9434. Many thanks, �New York DOUBLE - A trio of cyclists is riding one of the region's most demanding tours June 19, a double century called the Longest Day Ride, sponsored by the Central Jersey Bike Club. About 60 riders start at sunup in High Point, the northwesternmost comer of the state, and ride to Cape May, the southeastemmost comer. It's just over 200 miles, and always happens the Saturday closest to the summer solstice so riders have as much daylight as possible to complete the journey. Each group of riders must provide their own support van. Fast and Fab member Audra Farrell thought about doing the ride last year, but her 570mile trek in California AIDS Ride 5 interfered. This year, she convinced Paul Frio, Stephanie Shapiro and Shelly Smith to go for it. "There were really no qualifications necessary," Steph wrote. "You just have to be a crackpot." But, she added before the ride, "WE ARE PSYCHED! It's double or nothing!" Paul, who cycles so often with Audra that he is often mistaken for her girlfriend, had to cancel because of a broken collarbon~ (see below). But all indications are that Audra, Stephanie and Shelly will finish the 200 miles, with van support from Beth Thompson, Virginia Thomas and Michael Girardeau. AGAIN!? - Add to the growing list of broken collarbone sufferers Paul Frio. Paul was traveling in a loose double paceline May 29 with the New York Cycle Club on their way to Nyack. The roadway beneath the Palisades Parkway overpass, just a few hundred yards short of State Line, is in very bad condition, and the lead cyclist in the group didn't see the potholes in the shade, coming from the bright sun. He hit one and slowed down, and the cyclist behind him-Rich Sporer-went head-overhandlebars and landed on his face, loosing several teeth and suffering a road rash that required 34 stitches to close. Paul was far enough back from Rich that he saw him fall, and went into a tuck, rolling onto his left shoulder and head. His helmet shattered into several pieces, he lost some skin from his ear and broke the collarbone. A passing trucker radioed for help on his CB and the Alpine police and rescue squad car were there in no time. "They were terrifically supportive, calm, and quick," writes Frank Grazioli, who was also on the JULY 1999 Paul and Rich were taken to ride. Englewood Hospital, where doctors determined that Paul's ear injury was not severe and that Rich had actually not broken any bones, despite the severity of his injuries. Paul's collarbone suffered a clean break and he spent a week recovering at his parents' home in Rutherford, NJ. "My helmet saved my life, I can't emphasize that enough," Paul said. Recovery advice from the pros: enjoy the convalescence and think about next year. GREECE - The Fast and Fab world culinary cruise makes a Mediterranean stop on Saturday, July 24, as Shawn Hill and Magda Teter relive their recent cycling trip to Greece by hosting a group at Uncle George's, the epitome of Greek cuisine in Astoria, Queens. Meet at the restaurant at 7:00 p.m., but please RSVP to Shawn and Magda at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu, since the restaurant gets busy on Saturday nights. Take the N train to the Broadway stop in Queens; the restaurant is a three-block walk east. A.M. - Weekday morning rides are happening regularly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the GWB and Thursday mornings in Prospect Park and Central Park. For the GWB, contact Mark Posey at (212) 568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. For Prospect Park, contact Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or cpapagni@frenchculinary.com. For Central Park, contact Paul Racine at (212) 362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com. CLIFF - Cliff Frasier has been taking groups up to Blue Mountain Reservation for the occasional mountain bike outing. His schedule permits only Saturday rides. If you're interested in finding out about future Cliff outings, contact him at (718) 446-0810 or cwfrasier@aol.com. Page 3 EASY RIDERS - Paul Racine, Nikos Valance and Irv Lerner have been leading an informal series of below-the-radar rides from the Boathouse on Sundays. They report high rider satisfaction and low conformity to anyone's expectations. The schedule is strictly occasional, so contact Paul to find out when the next ride is happening, same info as above. REPAIR - The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at 103rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming courses are Flat Fixing/Chain Maintenance (the basics to keep you on the road) July 6, and Wheel Truing and Bearing Adjustments (a bit more advanced) July 13. It's all hands-on work, so bring your bike. Each session is $20 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300; press 7, then I, then 5 on the menus for forms and up-to-the-minute info. WOMEN'S CRIT- The annual New York City Women's Challenge Criterium at will be held Aug. 28 at Grant's Tomb. The race is being run by Century Road Club Association and applications will be available on their website, www.crca.net. A cheering section will also be assembled; talk to Bob. YOGA - Maynard Yost holds weekly sessions at his home, 404 Riverside Drive, Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. for $8. Whether you're limbering up for the riding season or already well into training, it's the best thing you can do for your body. Maynard can tell you more at (212) 2228525 or myost@avsc.org. JULY RIDES- Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9;00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Ride leaders are instructed to disband the ride if anyone insists on riding without a helmut. Bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weather-related cancellations, pace or routes. Do you want to lead competitive rides that blaze across the heavens or more relaxed rides that poke around some of New York's unexplored crannies? Please submit your idea to Bob Nelson at (212) 567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu.(cont p. 4) �Page4 JULY 1999 Front Runners on the west side of the Park Drive West, JULY 4 -CAMPING: See elsewhere in this across from Tavern on the Green, right next newsleuer for ddaiJs of the July 4 weekend trip to the Sheep Meadow. We will have a one to Camp Oneida in northeastern PA. There may to six mile fun walk or run. We will have be a couple of slots for last-minute cyclists; call pace captains to lead all levels. No .one Bob Nelson at(212) 567-7160 for more info. should feel left out. Don't forget to JULY 11- AIRPORT! Shawn Hill and Magda encourage your walking friends to join us! Teter lead a 1& ride from the Boathouse at the After the run or walk, we will all hang earlier hour of8:00 am., and head up to the State out together for fun and games and share University campus in Purchase, NY. They'll I~~=~~ food (aner all, we don't bum calories for take a back road along the Westchester Airport, nothing). There may be a mystery event where landing planes cruise a few feet above the FRNY Metropolitan Diary #2 which you won't want to miss! Everyone heads of innocent passers-by. Temperatures Conversation over heard at a recent book should bring all their fun toys to play with over 95 degrees at 8:00 am. cancel the ride. If interested, coo1act Shawn or Magda at signing event at the Barnes & Noble at (e.g. Frisbees, kooshball, hackeysack, Lincoln Triangle: kites, beach balls, power knitting tools, (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. Arf, Arf, Arf, Amnmnm f. checkers, etc.) JULY 11 - JONES: If yoti have a jones for We'llall have_~opitch in a bit to make it Jcnes Beach, Richard Gottliebimows how to Leslie: What's that sound? It sounds like a work. So we're asking all everyone to bring satisfY you. He'll lead a group a nice and easy dog! back way to the melropolitan area's most popular Dave: It is. It's the sound of the 'dog days a blanket to sit on and bring their own beverages (for their guests as well) plus, homosexual sunning spot. There is an of August.' one dish for 4 to 6 people to eat and share. unguarded bike cmai near the beach, so bring a Mike: But, we are inside a bookstore. lock, ~well ~ towe~ sunscreen, etc. Bikes are Leslie: This conversation sounds very And based on the following alphabetical not allowed on the beach. Any bikes and all familiar. Didn't we have one like this last breakdown everyone with last name levels welcome. If interested, contact Richard at month? And is that why we had all that beginning with: A to H: please bring a fruit August weather in June. salad or a garden/vegetable salad; I to P: (212) 757-7434 or RG433@aol.com. _ Dave: Yes, Mike and Leslie but ... please bring cold cuts or a vegetarian dish JULY 18- KENSICO: It's been a wliife since Mike: Dave, but what? And what are you Q to Z: a homemade dessert! Paulette Meggoe threw down some rubber to her FRNY will provide plates, plastic favorite Westchester destination, Kensico Dam. looking for? She's a patient leader, but there are hills on this Dave: I need an exciting vegetarian dish utensils, napkins and cups. A bag watch one, so limber up early and give her a call at recipe for the Front Runner Meet the w'ill be provided. And in case of rain, we'll all meet at Rutgers Church (718) 293-0885. 65 miles, road bikes only, Membership Picnic. Leslie: Oh yes, now I remember! Your last Leslie & Mike: I can't wait!! please. JULY lS- SANDY HOOK: There's plenty of name begins with an "L", and everyone Dave: Here's an interesting recipe from fast, fiat road in the sandy provinces of shoreline with last names starting with L - P are Martha 's new book. New .bsey, and riders. at any level are welcome supposed to bring cold cuts or a vegetarian Mike: Martha Stewart? Dave: She's our diva of current popular to join us for a day in the sun.. Board the New dish. Mike: We promised to give everyone more style. And as everyone knows what Martha York Waterwaysfeny at the North Cove Marina behind 1he WOOd Financial Center at 9:00 am. details in the July newsletter. The first says goes! It's for Long Island Potato Details of how to reserve the ferry, which costs thing we want everyone to do is put a BIG Salad. It looks delicious; it sure to be a hit $27 round 1rip, are elsewhere in this newsletter. Red Circle around Saturday, August 14 on at the picnic. Leslie: It's a good thing! Road bike riders will follow Ocean Avenue as their calendars and Palm Pilots. Dave: We want them to tell their family Mike: Oh look. Isn't that Ken Majerus over far south as their legs care to carry them. there? Dave, he's making a beeline right Mountain and hybid riders will find the suitable and all their friends to do the same. Leslie: I think I better write all the details for that stack of Martha's new book. And dirt palhs in Hartshorne Woods Park, just over now he's running over to talk to her and get the Highlands lxidge from Sandy Hook. We'll down so I don't forget. Okay! Dave: The date: Saturday, August 14th, her to sign his copy of the book. Mmm, I meet at George Mayer's home in Little Silver for 1999. Bring your friends and family for a wonder what she's saying to him; I'd love to lunch, 1hen bike over to Seven Presidents Beach fun day with Front Runners! We'll meet at know what spicy dish he's going to bring to for SOOle fun in the swf. Bring a bike lock. If interested, coo1aCt Bob Nelson, your host and 9:45 a.m. on the grassy area under the trees the picnic? fellow sun-wcnhipper, at (212) 567-7160 or l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - rjn2@columbia.edu. LAST CALL- Sixteen runners, swimmers and bikers signed up for the July 4th weekHappyriding, andtakecareonthosehighways end trip to Camp Oneida near Gibson, PA, and we can still take a couple more. You do and byways! need a sleeping bag, plate, cup and utensils, mosquito repellent, suntan lotion, etc. We'll car pool and tent pool and there is a van for the bikes. Campers may arrive as early as .4.DU.e, July 1 and must leave by July 5. The camp costs $45 per person for the weekend. If you "P•tdette a.gd '&4 want to be on our site, contact Bob Nelson at (212) 567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu immediately, if not sooner. We'll love you even more if you have a tent to bring. �Page 5 JULY 1999 New York W elcome to Key West Front Runners, the newest member of our international network of running and walking clubs. The Key West group has regular runs every Saturday morning and Thursday evening. The gathering point is the Gay and Lesbian Community Center in Duval Square, at the top end of Duval Street. The members warmly welcome outof-towners and running with KWFRs is a great way to get in a workout, along with your sightseeing. Local contacts are: Mabry Binnicker: (h) 305-294-1493; (w) 305-294-3040 xl07 or KeyWestlRe @aol.com. Tom Ravenel: 305-295-7282 TRIRav@aol.com Check. ..Q\It th,11L JIPd!l!:ed. SydJ.!ey lOOl web site~ It is chock-full of information about Gay Games VI "Under New Skies". Runners will be pleased to learn that the venue for Track and Field is the new International Athletic Center at Olympic Park, which was purpose built for the upcoming Olympic Games 2000. Olympic Park, where most of the GG sports venues will be located, is linked to the city center by fast electric train. It's only about a twenty-minute ride. The easiest way to access the Sydney 2002 website is through the link on International Frontrunners home page. Another website, of note, is that of BayLands Frontrunners. This club really has their cyber act together. Incidentally, BayLands Frontrunners will soon be honoring the l,IOOth person to join their club. Gayle Pitman is the new President at Eastbay Frontrunners. Gayle recently graduated from the California School of Professional Psychology - Alameda with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. A bunch of de front runners went out to San Francisco for the Bay to Breakers weekend. They were among the 73,000 participants in the Sunday run from San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean. It is reported that ' Some of the de frontrunners wore the required FR purple doing the Twinky Winky thing along the l2K course. And, although the San Francisco Newspapers said there were fewer naked runners this year, our humble reporter, Warren Snaider, thought there were many more and-as he said-it was definitely not pretty'. 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE ~ ~ * With all those runners in the Bay To Breakers hearty congratulations go to speedy SFFR Greg Koniowka who went on to finish in the first 100 ofthose 73,000 runners! Also in the race was San Francisco Supervisor Mark Leno who ran most of the route · with the SFFR contingent. Palm Springs Front Runners is always busy group. Besides their schedule of four weekly runs they actiVely participate many other area races. In addition, a number of non-running events draw a crowd. Recently 4 7 PSFR jaunted off on a bus trip to the San Antonio Winery and the Getty Museum. On another Sunday, the club gathered for a Dos de Mayo Potluck hosted by Joe & Craig (curiously, last names are never given in their newsletters). The theme was heavily Mexican with lots of Sombreros and Pii'iatas and, from the poolside bar, a non-stop flow of margaritas. Among the 30,000 runners who completed this year's London Marathon was plucky Seattle Frontrunner Bryan Burpee. It was a tough race for Bryan who hit the wall somewhere around mile 17. He says ' I never doubted that I'd make it to the finish line, but those last nine miles seemed to take forever. I am indebted to those enthusiastic fans who called out my number with words of encouragement. and a big bah-humbug! to those bitchy runners that ploughed me over during those last nine miles .. .I'm really proud of myself for running the London Marathon and will definitely run another.' Good luck to Bryan who is already training for the October 3rd Portland Marathon. <D 1ST TIME IN EVENT Another International marathoner was Ted Limbaugh of Fort Lauderdale Front Runners. He ran this year's Paris race in 4 hours 31 minutes. Out yonder, Front Runners of Omaha are planning a weekend road trip to the Niobrara River, this July. They'll make a base camp in romantic sounding Valentine, NE and the advertised activities .include canoeing, tubing and fun (?) in the beautiful Sandhills. "What a Long Strange Journey It's Been. .. " is the title of a fascinating report by Deirdre Bird who spent four months last Fall, teaching on a studentship that sailed around-the-world. Deirdre, who is now a Race Coordinator for Front Ru11ners of Rhode lsla~d, tells of the difficulties of running on deck. 'This was no joy. Even when we could look out across miles of dazzling blue sea under clear windless skies, it was no fun. The ship moved. It rolled from side to side, and it bucked back and forth . Dodging (other runners) took on a special quality when you were uncertain of the next tilt of the deck". Her running shore-side brought other hazards- II 0 degree temperatures and I00% humidity in Vietnam, the foul stench of a marketplace in ·India, dogs snapping at her heels in Turkey, the harsh remarks of a Moroccan who disapproved of her unfeminine behavior, and getting lost in Japan and being unable to ask for directions. She concludes 'It is impossible to evaluate such a running experience. All I can say is '"I ran around the world!" This year Deirdre ran the Cleveland Marathon in 3:33 :55, placing first in the 45-49 women's division, and qualifying fCJr next year's BostCJn Marathon. Finally news from TOGS our South Africa Club. This year five of its members ran the full 56K of the Two Oceans Ultra Marathon, which was run in unprecedented hot conditions. However, despite the heat, Togs first finisher, Athan, romped through in 4 hours 52 minutes. Congratulations to Athan and all those other Ultra Marathoners! !'·PERSONAL RECORD Happy Running! @MASTERS �Front Runners JULY 1999 Page6 ----------------~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~==~-~~---AVON WOMEN'S 10K Central Park, New York May 22, 1999 Gigi Madore ..................................... 44:46 Janet Aitchison ................................. 50:55 Leslie Jennings ................................. 52:29 Janet Dawson ................................... 56:57 Janet Villas .................................... I :04:10 Lenore Beaky ................................ }:07:13 Shelley Rappaport ........................ 1:08: 12 Lizbeth Dornfeld ........................... }: 19:09 Ruth M Gursky ............................ }:30:46 ROCKW'R\JLL fviARA THOl~ San Diego, California May 23,1999 Ric Muiioz. .................................... 3:38:11 SPRING LAKE 5 Spring Lake, New Jersey May 29, 1999· Marnell McNamara ..........................42:57 Beth Staub ..................................... I :01:13 COEUR D'ALENE MARATHON Coeur d'Alene, Idaho May 30,1999 Ric Mui'ioz................................ .....3:01:18 (8th overall; 3rd in age group) VERMONT CITY MARATHON Burlington, Vermont May 30,1999 Dan Barrish ................................... 3:27:03 John Flood...................9 ..............3:49:09 BROOKLYN PRIDE 5K Prospect Park, New York June 12, 1999 Micah Lexier............4th male .......... 20:04 Michael Orzechowski ...... Stb male ... 20:20 Martin Watkins ................................ 21: 14 Seth Slade ........................................ 21:54 Mark Schrader..................................21:56 Hubert Josien ................................... 21 :59 Ken Majerus ..................................... 22:36 Peter Doebele .............................. :....23:04 Jim Brigaitis ..................................... 23:19 Jamie Baker...................................... 24:20 Joe Criscione .................................... 25::26 Clayton Funk.................................... 24:40 Ken Shereda ..................................... 30:19 Scott Day .......................................... 32:00 0 FIRST IN AGE GROUP . RESERVOIR RUN 5-MILER Central Park, New York June 12, 1999 Marnell McNamara .......................... 41:39 Michael Mahon ................................41 :48 BOSTON GAY PRIDE RUN Boston Massachusetts June 13, 1999 Smiles Juan Quintanar ................................. 37:05 Ed Pyle ...................... o ................... 40:50 COMRADES ULTRA-MARATHON Pietermaritzburg to Durban South Africa June 16, 1999 56 miles Ric Munoz .................................... 7:51:35 RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT Just a quick message about the New York City Marathon; did you know about the lottery for any of you that missed the line up? Well check out the NYRRC home page www.nyrrc.org and get the details. Basically they are accepting another 3;000 names via this lottery, so get your application in by July 12, and you never know your luck! Next month's points race is the Bronx Half Marathon, Sunday July II, so pencil it in your diaries now. Also, if anyone is participating in any events around the country or globe, drop Darren or Janet a note, and we will get your results up in lights in the next newsletter. We love to hear about what you are doing! Hope everyone had a great Pride weekend, and we look forward to seeing you all there on Saturdays. <D 1ST TIME IN EVENT July Special Run/Bike Front Runner George Mayer has offered his new home in Little Silver, west of the beach in Long Branch, NJ, as a clotheschanging venue and lunch spot for a group outing to the dunes on Sunday, July 25. Those with running on their minds should arrive at Penn Station at 9:30 a.m., look for other Front Runners and board the 9:46 New Jersey Transit train, which arrives in Little Silver at II :04 a.m. On leaving the train, walk two blocks south to Brave New World, a hip clothing shop, then make a right to the Little Silver Town Homes development. George is at 3 Mayfair Court and his phone is (732) 758-1635 . We'll have a run at George's place or maybe at the beach, about 3.5 miles away. H0,p,efully some in the running crowd will have cars and can transport us to the sand. Bikers heading for the shore have both a more arduous and more scenic journey. They must show up at 9:00 a.m. at the North Cove Marina behind the World Financial Center to grab the 9: 15 a.m. New York Waterways Ferry to Sandy Hook. The ferry folk require advance registration and ticketing, so Bob Nelson will charge as many tickets to his credit card as people who call him (2I2-567-7I60) or e-mail him (rjn2@columbia.edu) with the solemn promise that they will pay for the ticket. ("Do you so solemnly swear?" "I do.") It's $27 for the round trip, which includes a $2 surcharge for the bike. Bob will collect Both runners and cash on board. swimmers will meet at George's between 12:30 and 1:00 p.m. for lunch, and take off soon thereafter for Seven Presidents Beach in Long Branch, which has showers, but no lockers. There are bike racks, so cyclists should bring a lock. George will supply the lunch, with Mike McMahon, Dave Laurence and Jim Brandon, so runners, RSVP to him, please, at his city number, (2I2) 724-I262, and to Bob if you plan to bike it. ·George can only handle about 20 to 25 people, so give us a holler soon. ~J. 9 ~;/" Beached! PERSONAL RECORD "Jte/4u ® MASTERS RUNNER � 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, 1999 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. 16 No. 7, July 1999 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 1999 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:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/4e1430a95703fbc1d6deb3a31a9c0506.pdf 2001266fcdf1f0b40a736820ab0ca85e PDF Text Text . Volume XVI Issue 5 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 May 1999 ' http://www.web com.com/-bkm/ if.html 'Y http://www.fast nfab.org 'Y Tftt STftRTinG unr I was glad that I made the trip out to Queens for the Half Marathon and the Skaggs Walsh 5K. The highlight of the morning for me-in addition to being able to run in a mass of sweaty bodies-was to witness the tremendous support and encouragement given to all the runners. I watched a Warren Street runner who had finished her SK, go back and run with a boy from Fidelis. She talked him to the fmish line, and ducked out, giving him his glory and probably a great finish line picture. I saw an even younger boy from Fidelis, waiting on the sidelines for a fellow team member. When he finally saw his teammate, he ran him in, shouting all the way. Then there were our own Front Runners. The bus ride to Queens evoked tales of running, goals, and false starts. The first ones across the line came back to cheer on the next. Ron even discovered a new no-training plan. To me, this is what the club and running fellowship is about. The club is also about Front Runners being front and center in the community with some terrific event. Marty McElhiney deserves thunderous applause for his work on our behalf at the First Annual Front Runners Indoor Track Meet. Everyone, from the participants to the officials to the volunteers had a great time and they let us know it. This event garnered the Club a lot of good press with the other local clubs, with the Metropolitan Athletics Congress, and with the Armory. We've been asked to do it again! We'll be selecting a new date that will give us plenty of lead-time so we can do more outreach to other Front Runner clubs. Just a few days ago, Front Runners did Sportsball. There was a strong showing by the club on the dance floor and mingling in the crowd. I want to congratulate Dave on another successful event and give a personal thank you to TJ Runner's Front coordinating for participation and for not asking me to drop my pants. Just to update everyone, I spoke with Shelly Morgan, the Race Director for the Tappan Zee 10K. He is home from the hospital and is already planning next year's race, as well as a fall marathon. His spirits are high and he's encouraging us to bring our banner next year. He also extended a warm welcome to anyone who is not doing the Philadelphia Distance Run to come to the Half Marathon. May is bringing some terrific events, most notably the Women's Half Marathon. I'm hoping for a strong showing by the women and a lot of support from the men. This is an event that is really important to women's running and deserves a supportive effort on our part. Another event for us to look forward to is the fund raiser for the Lesbian and Gay Pride Race: Back in the Yard. Here's an opportunity for a great mixer, so start selling tickets to everyone you know. .,\_ NEWSLE TTER STAFF Editor & Calendar Proofreader Mailing Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley DearEditor @aol.com Copy for the next newsletter is due by noon on Saturday, May 22 . If you cannot use the above address bring your hard copy and 'or disk to any Saturday run. Minutes of 4/12 Meeting 'Y Treasurers Report : The club is averaging a monthly deficit of $800, not unusual for this time of year due to printing, postage and low Saturday Run attendance during the winter months. 'Y The Track & Field event incurred a net loss of$500. Other activities broke even or generated a small profit. 'Y TJ Storch announced that the club may receive approximately $400 through Sports Ball activities. 'Y To reduce mailing costs the board is investigating the possibility of sending the monthly newsletter via e-mail to the appropriate members. 'Y Jan Aitchison has been in contact with the company handling our voice mail system. In addition to the current four options: information about our regular runs, coaching, calendar of events, and a place to leave messages; there will also be options to hear information for Fast & Fab, the Triathlon club, and the Pride Run. 'Y Our first Track & Field event was a great success. The event was an important public relations opportunity for the club. Participants felt the event was well planned and executed. The board commends Marty McElhiney for all his hard work and commitment to the project. 'Y The Board has formed a committee to continue to plan a party for New Years Eve 1999. If held, the Board will like the party to be held in a place near Central Park to allow interested members to participate in the Midnight Run and will like the party to be as inexpensive as possible. The Board is seeking a volunteer to chair this committee. 'Y The Web-site is almost complete. It should be ready to go by the beginning of May. http//www .frontrunnersnewyork.org 'Y The next meeting is scheduled at the home of Michael 0. for May 10, 1999; 99 Claremont A venue, Apt. 811. The meeting begins at 7:00p.m. �Front Runners May 1999 Page 2 Co-Race Directors Greg Valerie and Gary Gillis have been putting a lot of energy into publicizing this year's event with an eye toward increasing total registrants for both the 5 mile and 2 mile runs as well as expanding the overall number of Front Runners memberships. First, all voted and agreed at the March board meeting to change the name of the 2 mile run from the "Community Challenge Run" to the "Team New York Community Challenge Run". Ruth Gursky, who currently serves as one of the directors for Team New York, petitioned the board for this change. She has volunteered to coordinate and publicize the run. 127 runners competed in last year's race, but Ruth is hoping to dramatically increase that number this year with extensive Team New York network and mailing lists. We believe the name change will help build camaraderie between Front Runners and Team New York and will build even more awareness of Front Runners in the New York lesbian and gay sports community. Second, Greg and Gary have decided to organize a fundraiser that would appeal not only to Front Runners members but also to the New York lesbian and gay community in general. With this broader outreach we hope to generate more revenue for the race and charitable foundation and give the club more exposure. As a result, we will be hosting Back in the Yard-A garden cocktail party-on Sunday, May 23rd at 4:00 p.m. at the Eight of Clubs (the old "Bikestop") at 230 West 75th Street. They've got a great courtyard and barbecue area at the rear of the bar and have generously agreed to donate drinks and food for a cookout. Tickets are $15 and include two drinks, cookout and snacks. They can be obtained from Greg or Gary, Sue Foster, Ruth Gursky, Front Runner board members or the Eight of Clubs. Tickets are also being sold by several non- Fast Booboo- In the last year, Brian G~ndstrom broke his foot, Val St1koff fractured a vertebra, Paula McKinley broke her arm and Maynard Yost his collarbone. Is this team coordinated or what? Add to the list of spastics Bob Nelson, who fractured both his collarbone and shoulder blade-and maybe a rib, owww, from the way it feels!-on the way back from a 65-mile ride with the New York Cycle Club on April 3. It happened on Fordham Road in the Bronx, where a city pothole reared up on its hind legs and, unprovoked, attacked Bob's bike. Our hero fell sideways onto his right shoulder, also cracking his helmet. No damage to the titanium, either between the legs or the ears, and Bob comes out of the sling in six weeks. Mille grazie to Scott Wilson, who accompanied Bob to the Allen Pavilion emergency room. And look out-I can still type. Blessings- If ministers can bless the beasts, why not the bikes? It happens Saturday, May 15, at 2:00p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, of course, where the ~ ~ Front Runner friends in order to attract a larger crowd. Finally, Greg and Gary attended the Lesbian and Gay Consumer Expo on Saturday, April 17th to help promote the race and fundraiser-thanks for the table Ruth!. We want to thank everyone who has helped out so far-with special kudos to Jon Livingston for coordinating the printing of the race applications. What with Gary being a banker by day, Jon received many a glazed-eye look from him as he tried to explain how the logo needed to be graphically scanned. We still have lots of work to do (Scot Titelbaum-how 'bout volunteering to barbecue at the fundraiser?) but we're having a blast and expect to have a record turnout for this years race! Please volunteer if you can spare some time. Thanks! Fab Honorable Reverend Dean Harry Pritchett Jr. will sprinkle holy water on bikes, and bicyclists, from all over the city. A moment of silence for departed cyclists will follow. The organizer of this event, Glen Goldstein of Five Boro Bike Club, writes: "Regardless of your religious beliefs (I happen to be Jewish-go figure!), it never hurts to have some extra help in your comer when you're riding down Fifth Avenue in the rain during rush hour!" Or down Fordham Road over potholes! Contact Glen for more info at (212) 6867020 or glengoldstein@mindspring.com. A.M. - Weekday morning rides are happening regularly on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the GWB and Thursday mornings in Prospect Park and Central Park. For the GWB, contact Mark or 568-6033 (212) at Posey posey@ymcaret.org. For Prospect Park, contact Chris Papagni at (718) 636-9298 or cpapagni@frenchculinary.com. For Central Park, contact Paul Racine at (212) 362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com. NYCC _ Several of us are coming to the end of the New York Cycle Club's SIG training series, and it's been a great way to get in shape and Jearn, or review, some Let's keep the weekend bike skills. momentum going by posting our rides with the NYCC as well as in the Front Runners newsletter and on Bobnet, otherwise known as the Fast and Fab e-mail list. The NYCC ride deadline is two weeks before Front Runners', so this will require some malice aforethought. Call me with ride ideas! Salut - The Fast and Fab world culinary tour detours now to the Silk Road, via Queens, where we'll sample Uzbeki cuisine at Salut, 63-42 I 08th Street, (718) 2756860 on May 14 at 7;00 p.m. Babaganoush, surpa soup, kebabs, pilaf and other Uzbeki specialties are on the menu, which offers both vegetarian and non-vegetarian choices. (cant next page) �New York · Fa§t &. Fab The fare is highly recommended by your guides, Shawn Hill and Magda Teter, who will wax nostalgic on their first vacation Queenstogether, to Uzbekistan. challenged diners can meet us at the bottom of the ramp on the Queens-bound R train platform at Times Square at 6:30 p.m. RSVP, please, to Shawn and Magda at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. Sere you there! Yoga - Maynard Yost holds weekly sessions at his home, 404 Riverside Drive, Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. for $S.OO. Whether you're limbering up for the riding season or already well into training, it will be the best thing you can do for your body. Maynard can tell you more at (212) 222-8525 or myost@avsc.org. Web - Check us out at http://www. fastnfab.org, which as of press-time had been visited 2,872 times. Yowzuh! Bike New York - a 42-mile bike tour through the five boroughs, happens this year on Sunday, May 2 at 8:00 a.m., starting at Battery Park at the southern tip of Manhattan and finishing at Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island; riders take the Staten Island ferry home. About 29,000 riders are expected in what is billed as the largest cycling event in the United States http://www: to go register, To bikenewyork.org or call (212) 932-2453 . Advance registration, received before April 23, is $27; day-of-event registration is $3 5 in Battery Park between 6:30 and 7:45a.m: If you'd like to marshal, contact Marilyn Shaw at the same phone number. Barbara Turk has offered to coordinate the Fast and Fab group; contact her at (718) 237-21 56 or bjturk@juno.com for meeting time and place. New Hope - If you're plarming to ride our Memorial Day weekend trip to New Hope, PA, get your $60 in by May 15. That means do it now! Write that check to Front Runners New York and mail it to Shawn Hill at 83 Park Terrace West #2B, New York, NY 10034. The $60, which is nonrefundable after May 15, holds your spot on the ride and covers $24 for two nights at the hostel, van rental and some but not all group purchases such as food. Questions? Shawn is at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. Page 3 May 1999 P'town - The 15th annual Boston to Provincetown Ride happens Saturday, June in 19; it'~ 128_ mil~s _ one day. As always, the. nde IS l~m1te~ to the first 300 registrants; registratiOn is $45 and is due May 21, so don't delay. Forms can be http://members. from downloaded aol.c~m/ptownride or send a SASE to OutRiders, 398 Columbus Avenue, Box 136, ~oston, MA 02116-6008. Fast and Fab WI~I rent vans and will accommodate as many nders as want to go, along with bikes and gear; we leave the ~orning of June 18 and return Monday. Wnte a check for $60 to Front Runners New York and mail it to Bob Nelson at 165 Seam~ Ave. #3H, N~w York, NY _I 0034. Deadlme for reservmg the van IS June 15 and funds are nonre~ndable after that date. Anyone who can dnve the van from Boston to P'town the day of the ride earn_s a ~ee_ spot on the van. If folks need housmg m e1ther Boston or P'town, let Bob know. Rally ~ The League of American Cyclists, of wh1ch Fast and_Fab is a member, has three summer rall1es planned: Bourbon, Ba~ns & . Bluegrass, June 4-7 in Louisville, KY~ Sprmgs, Spokes, & Saddles, June IS21_ m Saratoga Springs, NY, and Wines, Vmes & Valleys, July 23-26 in Sonoma County, CA. Cyclists stay in a college dorm or other low-cost accommodation and do a different out-and-back ride each day. If anyone wants to lead it, we'll list ~ne ~f thes~ as a Fast an~ Fab trip. More mfo IS available by calling the league at (202) 822-1333, or going to their website, http://www.bikeleagu~.org. May - Fast and Fab ndes for the flowering ~onth follow. Please call the ride leaders ~~you plan to show. Rides leave from the b1g rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.~. unless o~erwise noted. Helmets are r~qurred and ~Ide ~eaders are _ins~cted t~ _d1sba~d the nde 1fanyone ms1sts on ndmg Without one. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in d~ubt about weather-related cancellations. Riders who ha~e questions about the pace or route of a nde should contact the ride Whether you want to lead leader. competitive rides that blaze across the heavens or more relaxed rides that poke around some of New York's unexplored crannies, please submit your idea to Bob or 567-7160 (212) at Nelson rjn2@columbia.edu. May 2 - Bike New York: Barbara Turk leads the Fast and Fab group; 42 miles, moderate pace. As Barbara for details at (718) 237-2156 or bjturk@juno.com. May 9- River Road: It was closed after a rockslide in April, but Richard Gottlieb is willing to brave the elements and take a crowd for a bike hike up River Road, where there will be wildflowers and little beasties galore. (You don't see chipmunks in Central Park!) About 25 miles roundtrip; Contact Richard at moderate pace. (212) 757-7434 or RG433@aol.com. May . 16 - Tarrytown: Depending on riders' preferences, . we'll visit either the century-a Rockefeller•funded 20th church with Chagall windows-or the 18th century-Sleepy Hollow of Rip van Winkle fame-before lunch in Tarrytown and a return via the scenic Hudson River. Co-listed with New York Cycling Club (deciphered: there may be straight people on the ride!). About 55 miles roundtrip; fast pace. Contact Marten denBoer at (212) 327-1728 or marten.denboer @hunter.cuny.edu. May 23 - Irvington : Paulette Meggoe shepherds her flock via Hastings-onHudson and back roads that avoid the hills of Route 9. About 45 miles roundtrip; Contact Paulette at moderate pace. (718) 293-0885. May 29-31- New Hope: Shawn Hill is our ride captain; Bob Nelson and Claudia Cummings are in the SAG van. (Children! Stop that!) We'll have cue sheets and ample rest stops on the ride, which ieaves from Newark's Penn Station May 29 at 9:00 a.m. and returns May 31 in the afternoon. Any bikes, any riders, any pace, but do try to make the 75 miles before sundown. Riders from last year will recall that we do not cancel for rain, so bring your wetsuit. You must reserve in advance with or 569-6340 (212) at Shawn mot3@columbia.edu. Happy riding, and be safe- from some who know! �May 1999 Page 4 Amazing Marathon Man Ric Muf\oz, who is well on his way to his 150th marathon, suggests we check out the June issue of Runner's World. It goes on sale on May II th and features an in-depth profile of Ric, who is a longtime member of Front Runners New York, Boston, and L.A. One of the photos, accompanying the story, is a group shot of Los Angeles Front Runners at a Saturday morning fun run in Griffith Park. Here's looking at you Ric! Seattle Frontrunners are busy planing their annual Run With Pride fundraiser, which will be held this year on June 26th in Seward Park. The event will be similar to past years with 4K and !OK runs, and a 4K walk. Up to 400 runners are expected, and proceeds will go to Lambert House which provides counseling for highschool-age gay, lesbian, hi and transgender youth. Among the advertised events in connection with this year's Boston Marathon was a post race Story Swap and Groan at the new home of popular Boston Frontrunner, Alden Clark. In the past, Chicago Frontrunners/ Frontwalkers has been accused of being an eating club masquerading as a running club. However, judging by the results of their current restaurant survey maybe food isn't, after all, uppermost in their minds. According to the survey proximity to the totem pole (their meeting point on Lake Shore Drive) was the number one consideration to be taken into account when choosing a restaurant. And while good service ranked high in the survey, good food wasn't even one of the issues listed for consideration. Busy de front runners not only came out for the Norte/ Cherry Blossom 10 Miler on April 11th but also participated in half a The 5K Brooklyn Pride Fun Run will kick off Brooklyn Gay Pride Day festivities on Saturday, June 12, 1999. We'll be stepping off at 10:00 a.m . from Sartell-Pritchard Plaza at 15th Street and Prospect Park West. We'll make one lap around Prospect Park. After the run, it's off to the Festival! There will be a small registration fee and prizes will be awarded to the first three self-identified males and females. But everyone is a winner, of course! Each * dozen events during their popular Spring Fling weekend. One was a Women's brunch/picnic held near Union Station that is part of a series of brunches for women. Guys were permitted to nosh nearby. And down under Sydney Front Runners came out in force to support their women running in the Sussans Women's Classic '99, a 5K and a I OK that is the largest women only race in New South Wales. The Sydney Club provided the majority of volunteers who manned the water stations and directed the runners through the city's handsome, harbor-side Botanic Gardens. Frontrunners Toronto are planning a Stratford (Canada) Weekend in June. It is billed as a great weekend of theatre in which you can see one, two or three plays. There will also be group runs and other activities. Don Melady is organizing discounted theatre tickets. Maybe he has a few extras for out-of-town Front Runners. Don's Toronto number is 416-533-0332. LA Frontrunners report that their Pride Run will be on Sunday, June 13, 1999. Shoreline Frontrunners of Long Beach will hold their Pride Run on Sunday, June 20, 1999. Frontrunners San Diego, Front Runners on May 23, will once again man the Mile 24 Water Station for the very popular Rock Sacramento Front 'N' Roll Marathon. Runners now have almost 70 members of whom 38% are women. Three of their members joined 25 Los Angeles Front Runners, who in turn joined the 20,600 runners, who ran the LA Marathon on March 12. Incidentally there were 16,827 And talking of marathons, finishers. Sacramento Front Runner David Garcia, who recently ran the Boston Marathon passed on the following statistics: The average 160 lb, 5'10" male will shed 3.5 liters of sweat, take 35,000 strides, and burn 2,620 calories while running a marathon. Congratulations to Palm Springs Front Runners who were recently selected Community Organization ofthe Year by the Desert Business Association. This annual award goes to the organization that has displayed exceptional service to the community throughout the year. PSFront Runners were involved in numerous outreach programs including the Desert AIDS Project, the AIDS Assistance Program and The Food Closet. In addition to contributing their time and money, the club raised thousands of dollars for these organizations. It was equal opportunity time when Tampa Bay Front Runners elected new officers at their annual Brunch. Two Copresidents were chosen--<lne male and one female. Incidentally this club is gearing-up, or should I say gearing-off, for the popular Dare to Go Bare clothing-optional run at Lake Como, FL. Over 30 club members, who ran the race last year, are again planning to put on a good showing! Happy Running ... ~1:.~ runner will receive an official Brooklyn Pride Fun Run T -shirt no matter how long it takes you to reach the fmish line. We need scores of volunteers to provide security, water, route mapping, etc .. We're counting on you to help. Call our hotline at (718) 670-3337 and volunteer today. The festival in Prospect Park runs from 12:00 noon until 7:00 p.m, and the parade this year will be at night, at 8:00p.m. from 7th Avenue and 15th Street in Park Slope. The nearest trains are the F, Nand R. �Page 5 New York RUN FOR THE RAINFOR EST 5K Central Park, New York March 27, 1999 BROOKLY N HALF-MA RATHON Prospect Park, New York March 6, 1999 Daniel Annstrong ........................... 25 :53 Michael Mahon .............. ................. 26:08 Jeffrey Dreiblatt .............................. 27:43 Jerry Smith .................................. 2:03:30 SHAMRO CK RUN 5 MILER Watertown , New York March 13, 1999 UCE CAPTAINS' REPORT RABBIT RUN 10K Central Park, New York April3,199 9 Jerry Smith .............. ....................... 42:14 and arrived, has Spring seems to be Eric Epstein ...................... ..............44:40 everyone's motivation POWERB AR 20 MILER It seems that a good Leslie Deutsch .. ...... ...... .... ... .. .... .... .46:42 blossoming as well! Central Park, New York ce fever is infecting our Phil Wahba .... ................. ................47:20 dose of long-distan March 21, 1999 winter tights, and Gary Stefanick .... .. ....... .... .... .. .........48:48 runners, as we rip off our legs during our runs in the Marnell McNamara........ ........ .........53:07 flash those pale Louis Strandberg ........ ................ 2: 15:52 runs, .. 2:25:23 Michael Mahon .............. ........ ......... 55 :06 park! On the subject of distance John Soto ........ ........ .................. ions to those who completed the congratulat John Flood ........ .... ... ... ................ 2:34:53 own, and to the ... ....... ..... 2:38:50 NIKE TOWN RUN FOR THE PARKS Powerbar 20 miler on their Maria Chale .................. participants too! Keep this event in team Central Park, New York Darren Thomas ....... .... ... ..... ........ 2:40:16 mind for your calendars next year-the Aprilll, 1999 .................... ...... 2:46:02 Team Four Tops 4 miles team relay event was a lot of fun! • Jan Aitchison Finally, at the time of writing, Leslie Deutsch ....... ....... .... .... .. ........27:58 • Claudia Cummings are only 23 more sleeps to go for the Gary Stefanick ................................ 30:32 there *Janet Dawson on Mother's Day Jeffrey Dreiblatt ................. ........ ..... 34: 15 Women's Half Marathon, Jennings * Leslie May 9. See you there ... for the run, or just Michael Mahon ................ ...... ......... 34:18 ----------------------------~----------------------~--~some support! I Knew I Was A Runner When ... Happy Running ...I bought ugly running shoes. I had been running long enough to have learned a bit about the shoes, and what to look for, what I, personally needed in a running shoe. And it was a New Balance-! think it was the 997. And it only came in grey! Dull grey on battleshipgrey on duller grey. "I can't wear that! I need something in lavender and lime! Pink or teal!" (but not red darlings-I 'm a "spring".) In the end I gave in. It was the best shoe for me, and fashion was going to have to take a back seat.-sigh -1 was a runner. Pa«a&Z'~ '""""]_ Runnin g Into Each Other Points Races If you are doing an out-of-town race, especially a marathon, let us know at DearEditor@aol.com or 212-864-3414. We will list is here, so you will be able to hook up with other Front Runners. For the other Front Runner clubs that receive our newsletter, we would like to hear from you also. What races will have your Front Runners competing? Grandma' s Marathon in Duluth, MN on June 19. Lisa Lippiello 718-499-0583 or Maggiemay@aol.com Marine Corps Marathon In our effort to make the newsletter more entertaining, we would like you to express yourself! Funny or inspriational, compete the phrase, "I knew I was a runner when ..." Get it to DearEditor@aol.com. or Washington D.C. on October 24. Donn by post or at any Saturday run. Paul Racine (consult your directory) 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE Lt u :f.l <D 1ST TIME IN EVENT (Women only this month See you in June, guys!) Wome n's Half Double-Points Race! Avon lOK Mini-M aratho n Double-Points Race! fl ~~lf!!~~~~~~~~!!,.f~, '._j L: ~PERSONAL RECORD @MASTE RS �f 'Front ~nners ~ew 'York A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 WWW.FRONTAUNNERSNEWYORK.ORG WtNW.FASTNFAB.ORG 3 2 4 1 9:15A.M. REVLONSK 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN ~OA'Stt~ i\AU.~ 5 7 6 8 8:00A.M. 6:45P.M. 6:30A.M. FAST&FJIB FASr&FJIB BIKE NEW COACHING A TRAINING FASr&FJIB 6:00A.M. PROSPECT PARK fiiON 'THE OW!I YORK TOUR 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:15A.M. 11 12 13 14 15 10:00 A.M. YOUGOTTA HAVE PARK FRNY RUN 2:00P.M. SICYCl£ !Jl.£SSflfG AT BATTERY PARK 9 10 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN TAVEI'Ij ON 'THE CJIII!eN 10:00 A.M. 7:00P.M. 6:45P.M. 6:30A.M. FAST&FJIB 7:00P.M. FASr&FJIB BOARD COACHING A TRAINING FASr& FIIB 6:00A.M. FAST&FJIB PROSPECT PARK FROM 'THE GWII 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:15A.M. DINNER AT CHEZ "CY' 17 18 19 20 9:00A.M. 6:45P.M. 6:30A.M. FASr&FJIB 9:30A.M. FASr&FJIB COACHING A TRAINING FAST&F48 6:00A.M. AVON MINIMARATHON fiiOM 'THE B~'THOUSI! 10:00 A.M. WOMEN'S HALF 16 FROM 'THE MEETING ~'THOUSE 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 23 BACk IN lHE YARD SAWT 21 f!IOM 'THE GWII 6:15A.M. TAVERN ON 'TH~ 22 10:00 A.M. FRNY RUN GIV!EN COPY DUE 25 26 27 6:30A.M. FASr&FAB 28 29 9:00A.M. RAT RACE 6:00A.M. FASr&FAB PROSPECT PARK fiiOM 'THE GWII TO NEW HOPE COACHING FASr&FAB FASr&FAB 6:45P.M. ~AIITY 9:00A.M. f!IOII 'THE ON 'TH~ CJIII!EN 6:30P.M. 24 4:00P.M.L<PR COCKTAL PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN TAVE~tj 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 7:00 ~'THOUSE PROSPECT PARK 30 31 FASr&FAB FASr&FAB NEW HOPE WEEKEND RETURN FROM NEW HOPE 6:16A.M. TAVERN ON 'THE BIII!EN Cf'e® • ~~'1-~6 TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RlJTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236W73 ST FROM NEWARK 10:00 A.M. FRNY RUN � 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, 1999 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. 16 No. 5, May 1999 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 1999 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:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/09afe805a92beac6a1ea24ecfc85a46c.pdf a90f97c1c08a38cbf0c5452b4bd381c7 PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 3 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 March 1999 http://www.w ebcom.com/- bkm/if.html T http://www.f astnfab.org T http://www.t iac.net/users /kaz/frny.htm l Minutes of the February 8 Board Meeting of FRNY T Clarification: the $290 approved for Fast Tlnu llnr rve got to tell e~.lcrybody that I love being President. I'm happy that the Board has filled the committee chairs and even formed a Communica tions Task Force (thank you, Steve). I'm grateful that even though many of us on the Board are newer members, there is such a depth of support from the more experienced members that we aren't bewildered about how to move forward . I'm excited that there are new activities being planned to enhance our participation in the running community. And I am ecstatic that newer members are taking on responsibility for the club and giving the experienced members a chance to rest. I don't think I could ask for more. On Valentine's Day, I was out in the chilly morning air with our intrepid volunteer coordinator, Les, and several Front Runner volunteers -- Paul, Chris, and Glen. I was working Bar Codes, a job DearEdit or@aol.c om I love to do because I never have to raise Co!)~' f~r the next 11ews!etter !s dl.!e by my voice. It was a short race, so there was the run on Saturday, March 20. If you a lot of crowding in the chutes. In the are unable to use the above address, of it all I heard a woman thank me midst bring your copy to any Saturday run. didn't call me by Hard copy should be LARGE TYPE, as for volunteering. She name, and before I could turn around she it will be scanned. If you bring a disk or attach a file to e-mail, it must be in was gone. She just said, "Thank you, Front Runner, for being here". It seems to me ASCII.txt format or MS Word for pc. So there. that this is an important part of our Club. Not just running, but running-relat ed t)~ 'Peftltle't and providing encourageme nt activities, and support. We do that just by being there and being seen. Come on out and volunteer. Or just stand by the roadside and cheer on our fellow runners, all of Donn Peppler Editor & Calendar them. )_ NEWSL ETTER STAFF Proofreader Mailing George Schlein John Whooley & Fab was not Front Runner money. F&F is a club within FRNY with it's own accounts and expenses. T Sean Butler has volunteered to chair the clothing gear committee. Leslie Jennings will assist with Membership and Outreach Programs. The most recent outreach program, which is sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Community Center was February 23 in Queens, with Joe Criscione, Ruth Gursky and Jan Aitchinson representing the club. On March 8th, the outreach will be held at the Community Center. This is a lesbians-only event with Ruth and Jan attending. Joe will contact the Center for further on-the-road events. T The new promotional brochure will add a $50 category. We are looking for names for this category; i.e. "golden sneaker" T A communicati ons task force , chaired by Steve Wheeler, will update the voice mail system, the web-site, look at mailing costs, review publicity and graphics, etc. T Jeff Singleton has registered the domain name frontrunnersn ewyork.org. T The annual rate for the club Post Office Box has increased from $48 to $60. T The Lesbian and Gay Pride Run was voted a point~ race agaiu thi3 year. Fees will be the same. Team NY has asked to promote the 2 Mile Community Challenge, though the question was raised whether it is worth the time and effort to continue it. T The New Year's Eve party at Rutgers is being considered because it is close to Central Park, and the Midnight Run. T The Track & Field Meet at the Armory is scheduled for Saturday, March 20. Marty McElhiney needs volunteers for the event. T Volunteers are needed for the Sports Ball to help with the FRNY display. T The next Board Meeting is scheduled for March 8 at the home of Steve Wheeler, 320 E. 57th Street, #SD at 7:00p.m. ?lfida.d ~'V}UMtu4~i �Page 2 Front Runners March 1999 Running Front Runners Snow Angels The Board-------------- President ........... ................ ........ Ken Majerus Men's VP ................. ............ ... Blane Roberts Women's VP ........ ................... Jan Aitchison Secretary .................... Michael Orzechowski Treasurer .............................Reuben Danzing Director at Large ........ .. .............. Paul Racine Director at Large ................... . Steve Wheeler Pride Runl--------Race Director ...... ........ .... .......... Greg Valerie Co-Director .............. .. ................. Gary Gillis Tech Director ......... .......... ... .... .......... .. ..... .... . Sponsorship Director ........ .. ..... ... ........... .. ... .. Community Challenge ..................... ...... .... .. . C. C. Publicity .. ... .............. ....... Paul Harris Committee Chairs•-----AIDS Walk ........................... .. .. Jim Brigaitis As the FR World Turns .. .... .... .. .... John Kiley Bagel Table .. .... .............. ........... Jerry Levine Coaches .. .......... .. ... .... ... .. .... .. Donna Checkan ..... ............ .. ..... ....... ........ .... .... . Jeff Singleton Cyclists (Fast & Fab) .. ....... Paulette Meggoe ...................... ....................... .. .. .. Bob Nelson Directory .... .. .. ............ ..... .. ........ ... Lee Abbey Hi storian/Archi vist ...... .............. Geoff Perry Housing (NYC) ...... .. .. .... .. ...... .... ....... Ed Pyle Marathon Water Table ..... Christian Rountry Mailing Coordinator .... ...... .. .. John Whooley Membership .......................... Leslie Jennings .. ...... ................ ..... ... .. ... ....... .. Dave Laurence ........ ................ .................... Mike McMahon Newsletter Editor ........ ............ Donn Peppier Newsletter Proofreader .. ....... George Schlein NYRRC Corespondent ...... .... Race Captains Outreach ...... .... ............... .... ..... .Joe Criscione Pancake Breakfast.. ...... .. .. . Charlie Wintczak Pasta Dinner .. ........ .. .. .. .. .. ...... Geoffrey Perry ..... ........... ... ........ ...... .... ...... ..Gary Apruzzese Photogiapbers ..... .......... ...... .. ........ .......... ... ... Race Captains ........ .. ............... Janet Dawson ............. ... .. ... .. ............. ......... Darren Thomas Race Walking...... .... ...... ......... ... ..... .............. . Running Gear .................... .... .... . Sean Butler Ski Trip ............................. Charlie Wintczak Social ......... ........................ Howard Dimond Special Runs ............ .. .............. David Mazza ................ ...... ...... ................. Martin Watkins Sports Ball ...... .. ........ .. .. ............... T.J . Storch Team NY ...... ... ......... .. .... .. .. .Gary Apruzzese .. ...................... .. ... .. .. ......... ..... ...Ruth Gursky Track and Field ...... ........... Marty McElhiney Triathletes ........... ........... Cl audia Cummings Trips out of town .. ...... .. .... ............ Tim Bush Volunteer Coordinator .. .. .. ..... ... Les Rozycki Charitable Foundation.---Director ........................... Corrine Stoewsand Treasurer .... ........ .................. ... .Jim Connolly Front Runners New York and M.A.C. (Metropolitan Athietics Congress) P~ ... THE 1ST ANNUAL FRONT RUNNERS INDOOR TRACK MEET Saturday, March 20, 1999 12:00 p.m.-3:00p.m . The Armory Track and Field Center !68th Street and Ft. Washington Ave. sanctioned by USA Track and Field 1/4" pyramid spikes only $5.00 per event register on the day of the event I mile * I mile race walk 3<XXm *800n *400n *200n *6(!n dash * 4x400 relay * 4x400 mixed relay (2 women &2 men) awards : top three in each age category: 18-29, 30- 39,40-49, 50- 59, 60+ For more information about the meet or housing for out-of-town runners, contact: Marty McElhiney (212) 746-5630 Currier & lves couldn't have special ordered a more picturesque setting for the sold out-ski weekend at Mount Snow, Vermont on January 29 to 31 . A crisp winter chill greeted the 35 slope-bound Front Runners. In a mere four hours (five or so for those of us who couldn't pass up a sundae at Friendly's,) Vermont slopes erased thoughts of New York high-rises. As if on cue, it snowed a good part of Saturday as downhill skiers and cross-country devotees made their way along some really beautiful paths. A troop of cross-country regulars and ingenues made their way to Mount Prospect and covered some really scenic trails including a glide along the frozen Beaver Lake. For those of us who thought herringbone is a cousin to tweed, the everpatient Ed Pyle enlightened and guided his students in the art of the g lide, the everimportant tum, and when that failed, the equally important art of the fall. For some of us, it was raised to the status of fine art. Downhillers including Leslie Jennings and snowboarders led by fearless Dave Volkman, recounted some good times at the Saturday night get-together and Dave Laurence and Mike McMahon made good on their promise give snow shoes a try. The potluck once again proved Front Runners have formidable cooking skills and even more formidable appetites. Thanks Charlie, for all your efforts both in organizing the trip and the sheperd ' s pie; also to Michelle Russell for her brownies. Kudos also go to the other entree contributors , the trip's drivers and the condo coordinators. Without this band, Front Runners would not have had some great moments to look back on. SPORTSBALL 3 TICKETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE on a first-come, first-paid , first-served basis. Contact T.J. Storch, at Saturday runs or (212) 579-5155 or tjstorch@worldnet.att.net. There will be open bar, fabulous music by DJ Max Rodriguez, a silent auction, a live jock auction (Our own Ken Majerus is on the block for bidding.), and a sports expo of over 20 NYC Gay and Lesbian Leagues and Teams. Tickets are $20.00 and a percentage of the proceeds is returned to the club. Only 70 tickets have been allotted to Front Runners, so buy your tickets now. No tickets will be sold at the door. T.J. also needs volunteers to help set up, work the table, and clean up . Outgoing personable men and women are needed to hand out brochures, sell T-shirts, and promote the club. No experience required. Let me know if you are interested. 7. fl. StMd �New York March 1999 ~ Jf~~~ west~w•y fu~~;n close look at those ads Chinatown. What better way for gay folk the AIDS Ride has been to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than in a running? Yes, that broad Vietnamese restaurant? RSVP to Shawn Jamaican-American grin Hill and Magda Teter at (212) 569-6340 or belongs to our own mot3@columbia.edu. Meggoe, CRIT - The Columbia Criterium, one of Paulette snapped at last year's the first bike races of the season, takes Boston to New York place Saturday, March 27 at Grant's Tomb Bob on Riverside Drive at !20th Street. There AIDS Ride . open and master's poster are women's, Sundeen was their ago, competitions as well as the collegiate race. boy just two years appearing on the Ride's It's a fun spectator sport if you're not up for glossy brochure. Sez Ms. Media Star of her the big leagues just yet, and yes, this is one new-found visibility. "It's good to see us of the events we can expect to race in Sydney. If you are interested in racing or out there doing something worthwhile." series of training watching, call Bob: (212) 567-7160 or SIG - It, or they, is/are a rides put on by the New York Cycle Club. rjn2@columbia.edu. You show up at 9:00a.m. on March 6 at the SPORTS BALL 3 -The annual highlight Boathouse in Central Park and do four laps of the queer jock social season happens of the park, a total of24 miles. Ifyou do it Friday, April 16. See page 5 for details . in I :35:00 or faster, you quality for the A- The Fast & Fab booth will feature a Secret SIG. If slower, the B-SIG. Ifyou can't do Special Added Attraction that will make four laps, the C-SIG . The idea is to ride 12 every other club green with envy! Mary consecutive Saturdays, doing more difficult Arce has 35 tickets for us. You can order rides each week and working with more by mailing a check for $20 made out to her experienced riders to learn bike handling at 20-04 Utopia Parkway #20 1G, skills, pacelining and in general to get in Whitestone, NY 11357. shape for the season. A and B groups finish **Tlrere are no ticket'S sold at tire door** by pacelining a century on May 22; the C NEW HOPE - This year will mark our group does 50 miles. It/they is/are fun and fourth annual Memorial Day weekend trek there will be more than a few people you to New Hope, PA, where we've reserved a already know, including Judy Morrill, the quaint hostel in nearby Tyler State Park. A-SIG coordinator. Wear your Fast and The hostel, a former farm nestled in a Fab jersey, or anything bright purple, and remote corner of the park, sleeps 30 in beds we'll bond at the inevitable diner stop. and more on the floor. It also has a lake and On Frank Grazioli can probably best answer lots of hiking and biking trails. questions, at belloinbici@yahoo.it or Saturday, May 29, we'll meet at a van your (212) 529-9462, or for A-SIG info call rental company at 333 1Oth Ave. at 29th Judy Morrill, (212) 866-0462; for B-SIG, St., dump our baggage in the van and take Karin Fantus, (212) 873-5559 or our bikes on the PATH train to Newark. bikek@aol.com; for C-SIG, Irv Weisman, (Bike passes are no longer required.) We'll (212) 567-9672. Siggies from Fast and Fab reassemble in Newark and then, with new are automatically granted dispensation and updated cue sheets and our van as from leading any Sunday rides for the support, will begin the 75 miles to the duration of the SIG, which is why our hostel. En route, we'll have rest stops with March calendar is somewhat abbreviated. cycling food and fuel; the last pit stop is in NEW PASTEUR- That's the destination New Hope. That evening we'll go out for a on this month's installment of Fast and group meal. Sunday will be free for Fab's culinary tour du monde. We'll meet sightseeing, hiking, canoeing, shopping or at_?:OO p.m. on March 17 at New Pasteur, a lounging about. Monday we'll return to Shawn Hill is VIetnamese restaurant at 85 Baxter St., just Newark and home. Page 3 organizing the trip this year, and asks that you write a check for $60 to Front Runners New York and mail it to him at 83 Park Terrace West #2B, New York, NY 10034. The $60, which is non-refundab le after May 15, holds your spot on the ride and covers $24 for two nights at the hostel, van rental and some but not all other group purchases such as food. We will collect more cash to cover other expenses as the need arises. Riders should bring sleeping bags, which can go in the van. We need at least one person to drive the van and another person with a car to help out with rest stops. Folks with cell phones will be asked to loan them to the van and car drivers. Questions? Shawn is at (212) 5696340 or mot3@columbia.edu . MARCH RIDES - Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show or have questions about pace, route or weather. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m . unless otherwise noted. Please dress for the weather, wear a helmet and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. If you want to lead a ride , submit your idea to Bob (212) 567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. MARCH 21 - Both Sides Now: Shawn Hill and Magda Teter lead us up the Hudson, then across the Bear Mountain Bridge-mag nificent views-and down the New Jersey side. No pacelining, road bikes welcome, moderate pace, lots of hills, bring food and drink, about I 03 miles round trip. Call the kids at (212) 569-6340 or e-mail them at mot3@colum bia.edu. MARCH 28 - Persif~ence Pays: ·Richard Gottlieb, whose ride has been postponed twice, is bound and determined that some of us are going to see South Mountain Reservation and explore the bike paths that girdle this state park west of Newark, go! "Mountain" is a bit of an darn it! exaggeration, says Richard, who will take us a new way via the GWB instead of our traditional PATH train route. About 50 miles, nice and easy, all bikes welcome. (212) 757-7434 or RG433@aol.com. Thanks, and see you on the roads! �Page 4 March 1999 Newsflash from Sydney: Stuart Borrie the Sydney Frontrunner Track & Field Representative for the 2002 Gay Games announced that he is 90% certain that the new dates for the Games will be November 2 to 9, 2002. All that remains is for these new dates to be approved by the organizing committee, at a meeting which will take place in just a few days (alas, too late for this newsletter) There is overwhelming support for the new dates which coincide with the end of Spring and the beginning of Summer 'down under'. You can expect temperatures to be at least in the mid to high 70s. In preparation for the Games, Sydney Front Runners held their 7th Annual Mardi Gras Triathlon on February 21, 1999. There was a field of 75 participants who did a 500-meter ocean swim, a 15K bike ride and a 5K run. First finisher, overall, was Brad Wheeler in 48:52. In the 50-plus age-group the Gold and Silver Medals went to former Sydney Front Runner Presidents Jim Box and Des Sullivan, who completed the course in 54 :16 and 1:04:33 respectively. Nice going guys! As reported last month, the amazing Ric Munoz won his first Marathon in Olympia, WA with a time of 2:53 :21 on a course where the wind-chill was as low as 7°. What wasn't reported was that just the previous weekend he also ran a sub-three hour marathon ... that was first time he had ever completed two marathons in under three hours, on consecutive weekends. Two-year-old Palm Springs Front Runners has come up with an interesting idea. In addition to the usual T-shirts and such, they now have available an auto license plate bearing the name Palm Springs Front Runner & Walkers. It costs $15. Talking ofT-shirts de front runners' last newsletter carried an interesting piece about our love-hate relationship with them. The 1970s were considered the Golden Age of the T-shirts; it was an era when the decorated shirt was a symbol of expression and individuality. The 1990 ushered in the Promotional Age. The T -shirt is now a mass-produced advertising vehicle and one of the most popular handouts ever. Despite current public display; the T-shirt was never meant to see the light of day. It was originally designed as underwear, and was adopted by the US Navy in 1913 to be worn under a jumper, partially to cover sailor's offensive chest hair. In 1934 the T -shirt got it's biggest set back when movie star Clark Gable in "It Happened One Night", whisked off his dress shirts to reveal his - naked chest!. Women were so impressed, other men followed suit, and undershirt sales plummeted. They didn't revive until the 1950s when Marlon Brando, James Dean and Elvis Presley brought the plain white crew neck T-shirt back into fashion. Boston Front Runners, Dan Gerardi and Todd Henry, did a great job delivering Holiday Gift Bags to people living with AIDS. It was the first time Dan had made the deliveries and, after a rocky start, being able to participate ultimately thrilled him: As he says ' I'm thankful for the opportunity to have done this and look forward to doing it again.' Los Angeles Front Runners are always a busy lot. They are currently planning their annual excursion to Catalina Island on March 20, 1999. There they will put on a 5K, a I OK and a Marathon. In addition, they are sponsoring the 1999 Bowl to Breakers a 20 mile plus odyssey through Hollywood and along Sunset Blvd. It's billed as a training run for the LA Marathon, which is scheduled for March 14. In the Marathon the club will man the Mile II Water Station. Two-year-old Rochester Front Runners "Red, Hot and Blue' race attracted a lot of attention. It was a theme run in which participants were Front Runners encouraged to wear a red outfit. Among those noted were a red tennis outfit, an off-the-shoulder cocktail dress and a red satin prom dress. Baylands Front Runner offered the following piece of advice in their current race report: ' What's the best motivator? Quite simply, a running buddy with similar goals . At your next run take a careful look at the other runners/walker with the idea of looking for a potential running buddy. Most of them would welcome both your running questions as well as the notion of setting goals with you.' And the Shoreline Front Runners of Long Beach are in the envious position of having formed an "excess funds committee" They had approximately $1,000 to appropriate. After some discussion they settled on a 'progressive dinner', for 60 Front Runners, at various members homes that were in walking distance of one another. Tampa Bay Frontrunners came out for that odd-sounding Gasparillla Distance Classic which they say is a world-class event. A Front Runner pasta party, a parade, and an after-run Front Runner party were all part of the festivities . It's always good to hear from South Africa's TOGS Front Runners. They are gearing up for the two premier South African races - the Comrades Ultra Marathon and the Two Oceans Marathon. Of the 'Two Oceans' they say there is nothing quite like watching the sunrise over False Bay, near Capetown on the Indian Ocean side of the Cape. The Finish Line as the name implies, is on the Atla~tic Ocean side. This small but dedicated . club will celebrate its 14th Annual Award Dinner, which will take the form of a 'bring, n braai', which we would call a do-it-yourself barbecue. Frontrunners/ Chicago Finally, are at it again . This booming Frontwalkers club is conducting yet another restaurant survey. This year, there are no less than 20 restaurants for which members can vote. I found one restaurant had an intriguing name - it's called 'Nookies' ! !! Happy Running! �Page 5 March 1999 New York David Volkman and The Gay and Lesbian Athletic Organizations of Metropolitan New York Invite You to A DIFFERENT Kind of Party!! Ball S~orts& Dance Party Sports Expo 3 20Teams 1000 Jocks and You! ~II Proeeeds Benefit PartJ~(patlng Teams Sports Ball 3 is .Produced by Angels' Landing Productions, Inc. You MilOt k n or Ov..- To Attondl Open Bar All Night! OJ Max Rodriguez.Guest Bartenders.Jock Auction Silent Auction.Surprise Entertainment.20 Teams and Leagues Friday1 Apri I 16 8:00PM - 1:00AM The Puck Building 295 Lafayette Street Tickets $20 ADVANCE SALE ONLY! Reserved Tickets Available Through PartidpatJngTeams February 16! partjdDating Athletic Orqanjzatjons Big Apple Sqttball Leag(Je.Fast and Fabt.JIO.LJS Cyding.Ftont RLJnners NY .Gotham VOlleyball League Henrietta i:Hmks Son:palt.International Gay Figure Skating UnionaLl Women's Aag Football League Metro Tennis Group.Metro Gay Wrestling~ NY Express Basketbaii~NY POOILeague.Ramblers Soccer Rubyfruit Wildcats Softbart.Shredders NY Snow Boar<fmg.Sundance Outdoor Adventure Society Team New York. Team New York Aquattcs.WANY Table Tennis League.W#IN Kick Boxing Team IAIISfTYnMilr c..?mzuu- e JaCKO • OCHASE ~~WM~~Jl (lKX rGit HEW !!EWYl!ft!IC ~~ Financial All\'iSON m~Mw.ate M~ ~ . .... . -:.. . ............ ::'1 ........ ~ - - · -- · · .. .. J , ... ,.._ ..... \ •• • - -.. . •;. NAYA . ~ ... ~· �Front Runners Page 6 GRIDIRON CLASSIC 5K Central Park, New York January 24, 1999 Louis Strandberg ... .... ....... .... .... ... . 18.46 Eric Epstein .. ................. ...... ...... 22.24 Daniel Armstrong .. .... .............. .. .. 26.02 Michael Mahon .... ... ... .. ...... .......... 26.11 Bruce Albert .... ...... ........ ... ............ 26.25 000 Running Into Each Other This column is a new feature of the newsletter. If you are doing an out-of-town marathon, or other race, e-mail the editor or th~ race captains, and we will list it here. For moral support or sharing expenses, you will never be alone. (Darl ing, you really thought that you were the only one running Reykjavik this August?!) Tappan Zee lOK in Orangeburg, New York is on Sunday, March 14th. Applications are available at the Club on Saturdays. If you can't make it to the Club, call Ken Majeru s or Darren Thomas, and we'll fax you an appl ication. This is a fun race and we often come away with many awards . Talk to our Race Captains, Darren and Janet, about being on a team . This is usually coordinated with our Coaches, Donna and Jeff. If there are enough participants, we'll charter a bus for the trip . Brunch plans haven't been confirmed yet, but we're working on it. Come on, its fun! Sallie Mae lOK During the month, we both had the pleasure of representing FRNY at the first NYRP.C Count:i! meetin~'! The main item on the agenda was to vote on thi s year's point races, and we are pleased to Devon Carranza .................. .. .... .. . 31.06 announ ce that the Pride Run was Martin Watkins .. ..... ... ..... ... .. ..... ... 33.43 unanimously voted in for the points race in Pat Precin ... ........ .... ..... .... ... ...... .... 45.33 June! Both Darren and Jan were duly Debra Chapnick ..... .... .............. .... 45.37 entertained by the various and of course, diverse club delegates from our fellow LUCKY SEVEN MILE REVERSIBLE New York running clubs! We have a copy February 7, 1999 of the full list, and will be cordially reminding you of all upcoming races. Phil Wahba ..................... ..... ......... 57.05 One other major point, was for any Michael Mahon ...... .. ... ....... ....... ... 58.24 New York City Marathoner's .. .this year's Janet Dawson ................ ....... ..... 1.04:15 race will be somewhat cheaper; $10 to be exact-due to the fact that you are no VALENTINE'S DAY 5K longer forced to join the USTF A. Central Park, New York The March points race the Brooklyn February 14, 1999 Half, for both the men and women ...so see Peter Logan .... .. ............................ 19.57 you there! (8:00a.m. on March 6!) Eric Epstein ...... ...... ......... ............. 21.41 If you like to plan ahead, here are the Tom Malcolm .... ........ .... ... ........... 23.23 points races you should all mark on your 23.24 Gerry Valentine .. .... ..... calendar: 25.17 Mike Mahon Aprill8 for men: .. ... ..... ...... . Queen ' s Half April 18 for women : ...... oooo•··· ·oo· Walsh 5K May 9 for women: ... .... ..... . Women's Half May 22 for women ·:· oo ··· ···......... A~on IOK1~'June 26 ... .... .... Lesbian & Gay Pnde Run c.j 17 July 11 for men ................. ....... .Bronx Half March Points Race August 2l .......... Club Team Championship and September 26 ................... Fred Lebow 5K October 17 ···oo················ Staten Island Half Volunteer Race November 7 .... .... ....... .... .. NYC Marathon December 12 ............ ..Joe Kleinerman IOK And be sure to register as a Front Runner on the entry form! That way we get your results automatically. For all nonSaturday, March 6 NYRRC races, call or e-mail us with your 8:00a.m. race information and results . AL GORDON FIVE MILER Central Park, New York January 30, 1999 • • ••• •• • 00 • • • • • 00 • in Washington D.C. on April 25 . Th is is D.C. Front Runners' annual "Spring Fling" weekend, to which all members of all Front Runner clubs are invited. We may charter a bus, and hosted housing will be available. Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, MN June 19. Lisa Lippiello has accomodations at the Days Inn in Superior with two double beds and is seeking another person to share in the expenses. 718-499-0583 or Maggiemay@aol com Marine Corps Marathon in Washington D.C. on October 24; but registration closes March 15! You can apply on line at www .marinemarathon.com (who would have guessed?) Paul Rac ine suggests getting a group together to go, then coming back to work the finish line at the NYC Marathon. Sir, yes, sir! 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE I RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT 00 . . . . . . . 00 • • • • • • • • • • ••••• •• • • The Brooklyn Half Marathon rl=h CD 1ST TIME IN EVENT !' PERSONAL RECORD @) MASTERS �3 2 6:30A.M. FAST& FM THE ARMORY PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 9 8 6:45P.M. RUftftlftG OlAII 7:00P.M. 14 15 PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 17 6:30A.M. FAST& FM THE ARMORY PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FAST& FM 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN WITH THE ~c tAl' Mfi'IIS' Ct1()1lUS BROOKLYN HALF FROM THE GWB 6:15 A.M. 9:00A.M. f';'[J SIG-1 10:00 A.M. FAST & TAVERN ON THE GREEN CENTRAL PARK RUN 13 11 FAST& FM 6:00A.M. 10:00 A.M. FRNY RUN FROM THE GWB 6:15 A.M. TAVERN ON THE GREEN 72 & CPW 6:45 P.M. RUftftlftG OlAII dJ'u,ellqant Clqance 101: 10 6:30A.M. FAST& FM 1& 8:00 P.M . TAPPAN ZEE I 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN CHEZ WHEELER POINTS RACE/ VOLUNTEER RACE FAST& FM 6:00A.M. 72 & CPW THE ARMORY BOARD MEETING 5 4 6:45P.M. RUftftlftG OlAII 18 20 10:00 A.M. GWB RUN FAST& FM 6:00A.M. FROM THE ARMORY NOON FRNYINDOOR TRACK MEET FROM THE GWB 6:15A.M. TAVERN ON THE GREEN AT THE ARMORY NEWSLETTER COPY DUE AT NEW PASTEUR I 21 9:00A.M. FAST& FM FROM THE BOATHOUSE 10:00 A.M. POWERBAR 20-MILERt RELAY 1 1 22 1l @j~ . ..,. r 7D I I I 6:45P.M. RUftftlftG OlAII . •• THE ARMORY I ~, I 28 23 129 I 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 30 1 I I 24 6:30A.M. FAST& FM PROSPECT PARK 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FROM THE BOATHOUSE I 2& 31 6:30A.M . FAST& FM THE ARMORY PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 27 9:30A.M. FAST& FM 6:00A.M. FROM THE GWB 6:15 A.M. TAVERN ON THE GREEN RAINFOREST 51: 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN Q?£011'114 ~ NEWSLETTER MAILING 72 & CPW 6:45P.M. RUftftlftG OlAII 9:00A.M. FAST & FM 25 FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK A running , walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. 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Title A name given to the resource Newsletter, Vol. 16 No. 3, March 1999 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 1999 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:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/18169659555fc4e21c23bde67385e5eb.pdf 853cdd9df3a6f9a960efbc58e9e9021e PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 2 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 http://www. webcom.com/-bkm/if.html • http://www.fastnfab.org • TlnG llnr I wanted to ask Donn where he gets the graphics that start this column, but I was afraid that if I did, I'd end up with the divawith-a-spear picture. And anyway, I kind of like this arctic/ski image, so don't change it, ever, please. My writing consultant, Terry, didn't have a chance to review this column, so if some of you are wondering why my second column sucks, there's the answer. February has caught me somewhat by surprise and a little unprepared. During January, the new Board was just getting its bearings and trying to fill Committee Chairs. We're nearly done with that and have started on a few projects. We'll continue setting goals in the next month, and by the time the first Front Runners New York Indoor Track Meet is held on March 21 , we should be in full swing. There are a few Chairs left to fill, so please check the listing in this newsletter and consider volunteering. I'd really appreciate it if a few people would come forward to run the clothing table. It is so important that we are visible in the running community, and starting to brand our own logo is just a piece of that effort. February will bring a few special events. They are, on February ... 4th, Team NY rally 8th, FRNY Board meeting 14th Volunteer Race-Valentine 5K 20th, Points Race-Snowflake 4-miler 28th, Special Run - to be announced. http://www.tiac.net/users/kaz/f rny.html her return to New York, she had to have it re-set. By the time you read this, she will probably be back at work. Lee Abbey spent several weekends at his father's hospital bedside. The last word I heard from Lee was that his father was doing better, but might have to get a pacemaker. I am happy to report that I have done .my first 10-minute treadmill run since my surgery last October. The prognosis is good and I should be back on the road in April. Maybe someone would like to revive a FRNY Family News column. During my few years in the Club I've seen and experienced how important the friendships are that have been forged as a part of belonging to Front Runners. It would be nice to hear, on a regular basis, about the important events in each of our lives. We've got a great group of volunteers working with the Board and we will continue to build on the hard work of previous Boards. Come on out and help us fill the remaining openings and be a part of one of the hardest working, most visible clubs in the City. In the Front Runner family news, Lenore Beakey was in the hospital for & Calendar several days. Lenore suffered a broken Editor arm during her recent vacation and upon Proofreader Mailing February 1999 Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley Minutes of the January 11, Board Meeting • December showed a deficit of $4,456.40 due in part to: $2,200 fronted for the ski trip; $4,475 will be deposited to cover this expenditure. Stationery for the year $993 .00 and Armory Sports Program fees . • Income from membership and Saturday runs remains steady but membership deficit costs are approximately $2000 for the year. • Names and times of runners in the NYC Marathon will be listed again in the next newsletter. Members are encouraged to inform race captains of race results and to always put FRNY as your team on the application. • A collection will be taken for the doormen at Rutgers Church. This would have been done in '98, except the church was closed for the last two runs of the year. • Fast & Fab requested $290 to help fund their insurance, mailing and advertising. The board approved this request. • There are still committee chair vacancies • The promotional brochure will be redesigned and updated by Sue Foster. • Membership fees will remain the same this year, with a $50 category added to help defray expenses.Blane and Jan will review the voice mail greetings. The website will also be reviewed and updated. • The Sports Ball isApril 16, in the Puck Building. Tickets are $20 per person. The club is committed to selling 70 tickets. A table will be set up to display FRNY brochures and applications. Videos of past Pride Runs will also be shown. • The possibility of the club sponsoring a Year' s Eve-2000 anniversary party is being be will cost The investigated. approximately $100 per person. Members will be canvassed to determine the level of support for the party. • The membership directory will be available soon. • The next meeting will be held Monday, February 8th, 7:00 p.m. , at the home of Ken Majerus, 372 Central Park West, Apt. l2T at 97th Street. �Page 2 Running Front Runners TheBoardt----------- ----President ...................................Ken Majerus Men's VP ................................ Blane Roberts Women's VP ........................... Jan Aitchison Secretary ........ ............ Michael Orzechowski Treasurer ...................... ....... Reuben Danzing Director at Large ....... .. ............... Paul Racine Director at Large .................... Steve Wheeler Pride Run-------------Race Director ........ ........ ............ Greg Valerie Co-Director .................. .............. . Gary Gillis Tech Directo~, ............................................... . Sponsorship Director ..... :: ... .... ..................... . Community Challenge ................................. . C. C. Publicity ............................ Paul Harris Committee Chairs--------AIDS Walk ............................ ... Jim Brigaitis As the FR World Turns ............ .... John Kiley Bagel Table ............................... Jerry Levine Coaches ................................Donna Checkan ..................... .................. ......... Jeff Singleton Cyclists (Fast & Fab) ......... Paulette Meggoe ................................................... Bob Nelson Directory ...................................... Lee Abbey Historian/Archivist .................... Geoff Perry Housing (NYC) .................................Ed Pyle Marathon Water Table ..... Christian Rountry Mailing Coordinator .............. John Whooley Membership ...................... ... . Dave Laurence ..................................... ....... Mike McMahon Newsletter Editor ......... ........ ... Donn Peppler Newsletter Proofreader .. ....... George Schlein NYRRC Corespondent .......... Race Captains Outreach ................................... Joe Criscione Pancake Breakfast... .......... Charlie Wintczak Pasta Dinner. ... ..................... . Geoffrey Perry .................... ......... ...... ...... ....Gary Apruzzese Photographers ..... .. .................. ....... .............. . Race Captains ... .............. ........ Janet Dawson ............................................. Darren Thomas Race Walking .... ........................ ................... . Running Gear .............. ...... ................ ....... .... . Ski Trip ........ ........ ............. Charlie Wintczak Social ........... ...... ... ............ Charlie Wintczak Special Runs ................................................ . Sports Ball ........................... ........ T .J. Storch Team NY ...... ................ ....... Gary Apruzzese .................... ............. ................. Ruth Gursky Track and Field ................. Marty McElhiney Triathletes .... .................. Claudia Cummings Trips out of town .......................... Tim Bush Volunteer Coordinator ..... ......... Les Rozycki Charitable Foundation.-----Director ........................... Corrine Stoewsand Treasurer ........................... .. .... .Jim Connolly February 1999 Front Runners FRNY Balance Sheet As of 12/31/98 ASSETS: Bagel Money ................................ ....... $75.00 Chase Checking ... .................... ....... $5,443 .99 Dreyfus Money Market. ............... $13,557.34 Inventory ........................................ $3,983 .00 LGPR Endowment.. ........................ $2,321.53 Total. ............................................ $25,380.86 LIABILITIES & EQUITY: Accrued Liability ................................. $18.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES ........................ $18.00 EQUITY ....................................... $25,362.86 Total ............................................. $25,380.86 FRNY Cash Flow Report By Activity For the Period 1/01198 through 12/31/98 Overall PrideRun Reimbursable General Totals Activities Activities Operations INCOME: AREAAward ........................ $.00 ..................... ..$.00 .................. $18.00 ................... $18.00 Class Fees ............................. $.00 .............. $6,925.65 ...................... $.00 .............. $6,925.65 Contributions ............ ...... $120.00 .............. $8,530.00 ............. $2,050.00 ............ $10,700.00 Entry Fees ............................. $.00 .......................$.00 ........... $12,752.00 .... ........ $12,752.00 Event-Trip In ........................ $.00 .............. $6,099.00 ...................... $.00 .............. $6,099.00 Fundraiser ............................. $.00 .......................$.00 ............. $7,176.00 .............. $7,176.00 Gear Sales ............................. $.00 .............. $8, 123.86 ...................... $.00 .............. $8,123.86 Interest Income ............... $167.80 ....................... $.00 ...................... $.00 ................. $167.80 Investment Inc . ................ $492.24 ....................... $.00 .................. $50.04 ................. $542.28 Membership ............... $12,915.00 ............... ...... ..$.00 .................. .... $.00 ............ $12,915.00 Saturday Run ............... $4,983.00 ....................... $.00 ...................... $.00 .............. $4,983.00 TOTAL INCOME ...... $18,678.04 ............ $29,678.51 ........... $22,046.04 ............ $70,402.59 EXPENSES : Advertising .............. ... .... $290.00 .............. ... $630.00 .. ........ ............ $.00 ................. $920.00 Bank Charges .................. $582.70 .......................$.00 ...... .. ........ ($20.00) ................. $562.70 Charity ......................... $2,900.00 ................... $20.00 ................ ...... $.00 .............. $2,920.00 EventOut .......... .. ............ $104.00 ............ $12, 132.37 ...... ................ $.00 ............ $12,236.37 Gear Costs ............................. $.00 ............ $13,316.74 ...................... $.00 ............ $13,316.74 Insurance ...................... $1,233.10 .......... ......... $30.00 ...... ................ $.00 ...... ........ $1,263 .10 LGPR Ads ...... .. ...... ............... $.00 .... .... ............ ...$.00 ................ $408.00 .. .............. . $408.00 LGPR Mise Exp .............. $500.00 ................. $315.36 ................ $656.36 .............. $1,471.72 LGPR Postage ....................... $.00 ........ ............. ..$.00 ............. $1,351.46 .............. $1,351.46 LGPRPrinting ...................... $.00 .......... ..... ....... .$.00 ............ . $1,865.15 .............. $1,865.15 LGPR Supplies ..................... $.00 ...... ........... .... ..$.00 ............ . $8,986.25 ...... ........ $8,986.25 Membership Fees ...... ...... $636.00 .......................$.00 .... .... .............. $.00 ...... .. ......... $636.00 Office Equip .................... $237.04 ..................... ..$.00 .... .................. $.00 ...... .......... . $237.04 Office Expense ................ $370.65 ....................... $.00 .... .................. $.00 ................. $370.65 Other Expenses ............ $8,380.25 ............... ,.$268.46 ...................... $.00 .............. $8,648.71 Postage ......................... $2,638.90 .................... ...$.00 ............. ......... $.00 .............. $2,638.90 Printing .............. .......... $4,527.30 ..................... ..$.00 .................. $82.00 .............. $4,609.30 Rent ...................... ........ $7,200.00 ................. $600.00 .............. ........ $.00 .............. $7,800.00 Sports Ball ........ .................. $.00 ( .................. $60.00) ................... .$.00 ( ................... $60.00) Stationery ..................... $2,191 .73 ............ ......... ..$.00 ...... ................ $.00 .............. $2,191.73 Subscriptions ......................... $.00 ................... $75.00 ........ .............. $.00 .............. ..... $75.00 Supplies ....................... $1,064.95 ............ ......... ..$.00 ...... ................ $.00 .. .... ........ $1,064.95 Team Entry Fees ............. $332.00 ..................... ..$.00 ...... ................ $.00 .... ............ . $332.00 Telephone ....................... $799.54 ...... :................ $.00 ...................... $.00 ................. $799.54 TOTAL EXPENSES .. $33 ,988.16 ............ $27,327.93 ........... $13,329.22 ............ $74,645.31 OVERALL TOTAL( $15,310.12) ............ .. $2,350.58 ........ ..... $8,716.82 ........ .. . ($4,242.72) Please note: The overall loss in the amount of $4,242.72 includes a pre-payment for the FRNY 1999 Ski Trip in the amount of approximately $2,200, which was recovered in January 1999, and the pre-payment of the 1999 stationery in the amount of$993 .00. ?It~ ?It~ �New York ~JE.~.~! Tri~I~Jf.d~~. club's annual potluck dinner is a February 21 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the Gay and Lesbian Services Community Center's interim location at One Little West 12th St. Bring food and any ques~ions abo~t bicycle repair, slow ndes, fast rides, mountain bike rides, SIG rides, AIDS Rides, Gay Games rides, how to tum, pedal or sit properly on a bike and, of course, how to look good in tight-fitting bicycle clothing. Anyone with an interest in cycling or its participants is invited. Bob Nelson at 212-567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu for more information. Coach - Two friends of Maynard Yost, Mike Henson and Matt Koschara, have agreed to coach Fast and Fab riders at all levels. Mike on the Remax ' team, is a Category 2, or almost-the-fastest, racer in ~he U.S. Cycling Federation and a spin mstructor at Manhattan Plaza. Matt is Ca~e~ory 1 and rides for Navigator after qUlttmg the Shaklee team. Unfortunately, Matt and Mike are only available in person to coach us until mid-February, since both are pros and have their own training to co?sider. But th.ey will offer tips and gUidance on e-mail once they are no longer available in person. And the only thing they have said about payment is "No rubles!" ~oga- !he coaches did say that flexibility IS very Important to injury prevention and Maynard Yost does have yoga-for-cyclists every Monday night at 7:00 p.m. at 404 Riv:r~ide Drive at 113th St. If you do want to VISit, RSVP to (212) 222-8525. Dot-Org- The New York Cycling Club, bless their hetero hearts, has put up on their website a list of about 30 cue sheets in the New York metropolitan area. You can reach the site from the Fast and Fab site, wwwjastnfab,org. More than 2300 visitors h~ve laid eyes on our site. Isn't it time you d1d too? Money - A joint fundraising committee of Fast and Fab and Team New York Page 3 February 1999 corporate sponsors who might help get our buns to Sydney in 2002. We have a packet of info that we're sending to potential sponsors, so if you know of any companies that are looking to take advantage of the queer market, by all means tell us about them. If you think the company where you work would sponsor us, find out who handles corporate sponsorships and forward that name and contact info to Bob Nelson212-567-7160, rjn2@columbia.edu or Jay Hill 212-496-7078/jhill@mdp.com. In the meantime, we need ideas and leadership to make us money in other ways. If you give us a hand with fundraising and running the clubs, expect assistance with hotels and airfare to Sydney. Contact Bob, Jay or Claudia Cummings for details. Reshoe - The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at 103rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming dates are Intra to Bike Maintenance, two sessions, February 3 and 10; Flat Fixing and Chain Maintenance, March 2, and Wheel Truing and Bearing Adjustments, March 9. Each session is $20 for non-members and you must register in advance. Bob has the forms and will fax them to interested parties. Early a.m. - We now have one weekday morning ride in each of three locations: Central Park, Thursdays at 6:15 a.m.; Prospect Park, Wednesdays at 6:30 a.m.; and at the George Washington Bridge, Thursdays at 6:00 a.m .. For any further info, contact the ride captains: Paul Racine for Central Park, 212-362-4719 or paulracine@aol.com; Chris Papagni for or 718-383-1443 Park, Prospect cpapagni@frenchculinary.com, and Mark Posey for the GWB, 212-568-6033 or posey@ymcaret.org. February - Fast and Fab rides for the valentine month follow. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Please dress for the weather, wear a helmet and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weather-related cancellations. Riders who have questions about the pace or route of a ride should contact the ride leader. Fast and Fabulous rides vary in pace from about 15 to 18 mph average. Whether you want to lead competitive rides that blaze across the heavens or more relaxed rides that poke around some of New York's unexplored crannies, please submit your idea to Bob Nelson/212-567-7160/rjn2@columbia.edu. There are enough riders to provide company for any ride leader at any pace. February 7 - Coaching Session: Matt and Mike take us out for some advice on form, equipment and bike handling skills. Time and place TBA. All bikes and riders welcome. Wet pavement or temperatures below 25°F cancel. Contact Bob Nelson 212-567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. February 14- Hearts & Flowers: Richard Gottlieb is our matchmaker on this Valentine's Day ride to South Mountain Reservation to explore the bike paths that girdle this state park west of Newark. "Mountain" is a bit of an exaggeration, says Richard, who will take us a new way via the GWB instead of our traditional PATH train route. About 50 miles, nice and easy, all bikes welcome, and be aware that Richard does not cancel rides because of weather. 212-757-7434/RG433@aol.com. February 21 - Purchase: No, shopping season is over. This is Shawn Hill's and Magda Teter's ride through the Bronx and on into Purchase, the land of monster homes. After a snack stop, we'll return via White Plains. Fast pace, warm company; road bikes only, please; 20°F cancels; about 70 miles. Contact Shawn and Magda at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. February 28 - Rockefellers: Time for a short hop to Rockefeller State Park just north of Tarrytown. It's a spectacular park known for its running trails, and the really hardy souls among you may wish to bring your sneakers and hit the trails while the rest of us get something to eat or drink. Bob Nelson is your sheepish sherpa. Road bikes only, please. Fast pace, pacelining, 40 miles round-trip, 25°F cancels. Bob is at (212) 567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. Happy times, wear your muffs! 'Pa«Lette~ a.Hd'Bd~ �Page 4 Good news from Frontrunners Boston- they raised over $25,000 from the 1998 Yuletide Stride. Among the 574 registered entrants were Front Runners from Atlanta, Baltimore, New York, and Philadelphia. Participation was up 50% over last year in spite of the fact that the race had been listed as 'cancelled' in the New England Runner. Baltimore Front Runner Tim Stockert (formerly from Ph illy) ran a sizzling 29 :05 to place I Oth overall and took the gold medal for 1st Frontrunner. First Place, in the Costume Boston Front Runner Division, WFnt to Charlie Farrington (Running Drum) and 2nd Place to Heather Hedberg & Patty Seery (Running Packages). Proceeds from the race provided over 400 gift packages delivered to families facing the challenge of living with HIV/AIDS in the greater Boston area. The hard working Race Director, Todd Henry, earned much deserved praise for re-energizing this outstanding event. Congratulations to Todd and all his helpers! • On the lighter side, Atlanta Front Runner Chris Stevens e-mailed a witty race report on recent doings 'down south'. He and fellow Atlanta Front Runners took to the Georgia Mountains to run the 'Hog Pen Hill Climb'. The run is in and around the town of Helen, GA, which he reports has been 'tricked up' to resemble a Bavarian Village. Chris says 'My first thoughts driving into town was that it looked just exactly like a huge miniature golf course at a Dutch Wonderland, and, Lo! Before us was ... a miniature golf course!' Besides the 17K Hog Pen Hill Race, with a grueling elevation change of 2,500 feet, there was also an easier 5K Piglet Run. The longer course goes climbing up, up, into the mountains to pass through scenic Hog Pen Gap. Chris says, 'I saw no hogs, no pens, and the only gap was in my mind for having the idea (to run) in the first place.' After the race the exhausted runners bypassed the Hedi Hotel for a meal with local brew at 'The Troll Tavern'. Chris hopes to have many others join him for this 'cultural event' race, next year. ¥ Here's better-late-than-never the for one department: We hear that Frontrunners Amsterdam is in the process of forming. • Orlando Front Runners and Walkers have merged with Team GLCS, the first lesbigay cycling club in Florida. Many of their February 1999 Front Runners Williamsburg for February 19-21. Main attraction is the Anheuser-Bush Colonial Half Marathon and 5K run. Other events include a Fun Run/Walk through the village and a dinner at King's Arms Tavern. Sunday's events begin with a pancake brunch before the I :00 p.m. start of the Half. de frontrunner Tony Anderson, 757of charge in is 221-3362/1599 if you really like to arrangements. And, plan ahead, de frontrunners advise that applications are now available for the October 24, 1999 Marine Corps Marathon. • Baylands Front Runners put out one of members belong to both clubs so the the best-looking Front Runner newsletters. merger is an effort to combine and simplify Now we know one of the reasons why the administrative functions of both clubs. their January issue contained an article of ¥ San Francisco FrontRunners, who appreciation, and photo, of their production recently celebrated their 25th Anniversary, team of no less than 11 members. Good added a nice touch to their January job, guys and gals. Baylands have also newsletter- photos and biographies of their appointed an official Club Historian. • At new slate of officers. They looked great in the San Francisco Front Runners Awards the Santa Hats. Incidentally, San Francisco and Appreciation Dinner, retiring President was the first Front Runner club and there is John Kruse, gave his President's Award to now a grand total of 99 clubs - in 35 US Jon Borset. Jon, who is a marathon raceStates and I 0 foreign countries. ¥ Among 'walker in the 65 plus, age group, has been the newer clubs, Frontrunners Utah, out in their representative to Team San Francisco Salt Lake City, celebrated their first for several years, and has represented SF at anniversary with a back-yard barbecue numerous International Front Runner with seventy people in attendance. Their events. Jon has also participated in all the club has 80 members, 21 of whom are Gay Games and earned a Bronze Medal in women. ¥ Shoreline Frontrunners of Long the Amsterdam Games, and is looking Beach will hold their annual Awards forward to Sydney 2002. Congratulation Dinner and 1999 officer elections on Jon! • Other good news from San Fran. As February 6. While headquartered in Long previously reported, they polled members Beach the club members seem to be regarding the wording on a dedication actively running all over Southern plaque for the three-tiered water fountain California. • The Jan/Feb issue ofLe Poe, they are installing in Golden Gate Park. the bulletin of the Frontrunners de Paris The results are now in! They were 2 to 1 in carried an interesting insert - a detailed favor of accurately describing Front running map of the Bois de Boulogne. It's Runners as a gay and lesbian running club. their Central Park, which unfortunately for Fear of vandalism was apparently behind them is not particularly central. The map the view of the minority. • The 1999 outlines their running routes of 6K, 9K and Australian Gaymes will be held this Easter a 12K, which is more or less a full run in tropical Brisbane. Sydney Front Runners around the Park's perimeter. At various is ultra-busy with the athletic events points on the map 'stars' mark the points associated with the month -long Gay and where runners have to be wary of Lesbian Mardi Gras, the world's biggest automobiles. Well they have that much in gay celebration. The festival's calendar common with Central Park. If you happen includes no less than 30 official sporting to be headed for 'Paris in the springtime' events, including a Triathlon and two 5K take note that the Marathon de Paris fun runs, one after the all night Mardi Gras (42.195K) will be run on April 4, while in Party that ends at 10:00 a.m. Talk about a late winter, you'll find the semi-Marathon Night to Remember! • Happy running! de Paris (21.1 K) being run on March 7. • de frontrunners will be headed for Colonial �New York 5 FRNY Nights Out We have three treats for you! Come see The New York City Gay Men's Chorus with Front Runners on Monday March 15, and Thursday June 17. The Place is Carnegie Hall and the time is 8:00 p.m. Our group will meet before the concerts for dinner at the Cafe Classico: 35 West 57th Street, at 6:30p.m. Because of our group discount, Dress Circle seats that normally sell for $30, are now available to our members and their guests for only $20. Send your check, made out to FRNY to Howard Dimond, 310 Lexington Aye, 7G. I NY, NY. 10016. Checks made out to Howard will be returned. Please give your return address and telephone number. Please indicate for which concert or concerts you have made out your check. At the March 15 Concert. "Swellegant Elegance," the chorus and special guest Harvey Fierstein raise their voices to salute the legendary Cole Porter . The June 17 concert is "Common Ground," celebrating Gay Pride Month. The chorus will welcome the nationally acclaimed women's vocal ensemble Sound Circle an a cappe/la group. The Scarlet Pimpernel is also being offered to you, with $55 dollar seats for only $30 for the evening of Friday, February 26 at 8:00 p.m. at the Minskoff Theatre. 200 West 45th Street. Please send now checks for $30 made out to FRNY to Howard Dimond at 310 Lexington Ave. 7G including a return address and telephone number. Howard is at 212-983-3515. You folks have been asking Mike Mahon: "Why don't we ever go ice skating in Central Park?" So, meet us on Friday night, February 12th, 7:30-11 :00 p.m. at the Wollman Rink, located on the east side of Central Park. The cost is a very reasonable $7.00 admission and a (if needed) skate rental charge $3 .50. All are welcome to participate! It's the start of Valentine's weekend so bring that special someone or just bring a friend. No RSVP is needed, just show-up. If you need any information call Mike at 201-437-1401 Paul Harris's play "To Have And To Hold", produced Off-Broadway recently, is to be given a public rehearsed reading in Sydney during the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras and then hopefully a full production in Sydney. Congrats, Paul! Page 5 February 1999 Team New York/Gay Games On Thursday, February 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the Center Auditorium, 1 Little West 12 St, there will be a Team NY /Gay Games Rally. There is a $2 donation to cover the room rental fee . Among the items on the agenda will be a call for nominations for Team NY officers: male and female copresidents, vice president, secretary and treasurer. There will be a report on the recent Federation of Gay Games annual meeting, updates on Gay Games VI and chance to re-connect with friends you met during Gay Games V in Amsterdam. First Annual FRNY Indoor Track Meet Mark your calendars and start training for the first annual FRNY Indoor Track Meet! We are planning a track meet to be held on Sunday, March 21st, 11 :00am-2:00pm. The meet will take place on the new mondo track at the Armory Track & Field Center located at 168th Street and Ft. Washington We Avenue in Washington Heights. encourage runners of ALL abilities to give· indoor track a try. 7th Annual International Front Runner Forum The Philadelphia Front Runners will play host for the 7th Annual International Front Runner Forum during Anniversary Weekend, 17-19 September 1999. Every two years, Front Runners around the world gather together for an International Forum on club activities and to discuss the future of the Front Runner clubs. The 1999 Forum in Philadelphia will focus on the approval of the FIRST set of by-laws for International Front Runners. This is a major step for Front Runners and it will assist our clubs in obtaining a stronger international presence while strengthening our position for obtaining a seat on the Board of the Federation of Gay Games. There will be many other discussions as so that the out of town Front Runners can participate in the race activities during our Additional Weekend. Anniversary questions answered on the survey indicated that most Forum participants will arrive Thursday evening and most would like to have hosted housing during the weekend. Mike ZuZu will be coordinating the efforts to host the meeting and members are encouraged to volunteer their services in any way they can. The responses from Front Runner clubs around the world have already shown that there will be a definite increase in the number of Front Runners v1s1tmg us during the Anniversary Weekend, so there will be plenty of need for volunteers. Hosted housing will most certainly be a heavy hitter in 1999. Give Mike a call and let him know how you can help with the Forum. There are all types of volunteer positions available. Mike's number is 215-546-2359 Sports Ball 3 OK everyone. The holidays are over. It's time to get on that diet and buff that body. You have less than three months! Gay Games may be over, but the NYC Athletic Teams go on forever. I am talking about the Sports Ball 3-Sports Expo and Dance Party. Where else can you see and meet so d d· · d many men an women mvo 1ve m gay an lesbian athletics and raise money for our club? This year all the net proceeds will benefit the participating teams, which includes FRNY. There will be over 20 ti 11 d 1 t 'b't ex h 1 1 s by earns an eagues, u open bar, dancing all night with DJ Max Rodriguez, and absolutely fabulous live "jock" auction to benefit the teams, guest bartenders and special entertainment. Mark the event on your calendar now and make plans to attend. FRNY needs to sell at least 70 tickets in order to get proceeds from the profits. Therefore, I am counting on you to participate. So don't balk and give me grief when I come around asking you to spend a little money and buy a part of the Forum, and a survey will be sent ticket. The more tickets we sell, the more to all expected attendees to help formulate money we raise. It's Friday, Aprill6, from these additional topics for the 1999 8:00 p.m. -1:00 a.m . at the Puck Building, . . . meetmg. A quest10nna1re was sent to Front 295 Lafayette Street. Tickets are limited, Runner Clubs around the world a few issued on a first come first served basis and months ago. With about a I 0% response cost $2 0.00. See me at the Saturday runs or rate, the overwhelming opinion from the reach me at tjstorch@worldnet.att.net or clubs is that the Forum meetings should be 212 _579 _5155 . This year' s event promises scheduled for all day Friday and Saturday 7.p. St<Ptd to be fun . �Front Runners Page 6 First at the Finish Line It feels strange, but great, to report the following: I won a marathon!! Sunday morning, December 20th- The Christmas Marathon-Olympia, WA. Most of you know about my recent good races, but nothing could prepare me for first place overall at this, the final available U.S. marathon for 1998. My fmish was 2:53:21 The temperature in Olympia was 24° but 7° with the wi~d-chillr The sun was out all day, but there was snow and the footing was pretty tricky. The snow also obliterated most of the mile markers, so no one actually knew their exact pace. After the fmal turnaround I saw what kind of a lead I had. A runner I had not noticed before had moved into 2nd place and I estimated my lead to be about 2 minutes. I didn't feel that was nearly big enough, so I ran the rest of the way with a great degree of concern (a.k.a. fear) that I would slow down and/or the 2nd place guy would speed up. When the water station volunteer at 24.5-miles assured me that I was "all alone" I fmally relaxed. It was so cold outside that there was no one at the fmish line to cheer as I completed my triumphant march through the cold and snow. There were forty finishers. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would ever win any marathon, or the 2-and-a-halffoot tall trophy! My time this year would've gotten me 5th place last year, so on any given day-anything's possible! I think all of you understand my need to shine what I once thought was completely impossible. This year of 1998 has turned out be one of my greatest ever and I thank each of you for all your kind and supportive words. CJRRC HANGOVER 5K January 1, 1999 Lorraine Simunek .......... ................. 23:23 DISNEY MARATHON Walt Disney World, Florida January 10, 1999 John Soto .......... ... ;...................... 3:09:27 Gigi Madore ................................ 3:23:04 Paul Racine ..... .:....................... !'3:28:51 (13th in age group- Boston qualifier) NORTHWIND 10K Central Park, New York January 17, 1999 Patrick Guilfoyle ........ ............ .........39:34 Martin Watkins ...... ....... ...... ........... .42:21 David Pitches ......... 9th in age ........ .42:29 John Soto ........ ....... ... ..................... .42:34 Martin McElhiney .......................... .42:37 Adam Rolston ................................ .42:38 Peter Logan .................................... .42:48 Jeff Conway ............ ....................... .46:21 David Mazza ............. ... .... .............. .46:36 Darren Thomas .............................. .49: 19 Michael Mahon .... ........ .................. .55:08 Bill Dale .... .... ....... .. ........... ...... .... ....55: 19 Tina Isselbacher ..... ....... ................. .47:08 Joanne Dondero ..... ......................... 53:30 Marnell McNamara ... ...................... 54:45 Leslie Jennings ................................ 55:05 Janet Dawson .......... ........................ 55 :27 Pat Precin ........................................ 59:03 Debra Chapnick ........ ...... ............ 1:00: 15 Elizabeth Staub ........................... I: 13: II February Points Race SN*WFLAKE FOUR-MILER Volunteer Race Valentine SK February 14 February 20, 1999 10:00 a.m. RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT We are coasting through our first month as race captains and it has been fun so far, as we are sure that it will continue to be. The spirit and enthusiasm of the group is quite infectious. It was great to see 20 Front Runners, and a host of supporters, come out for the first NYRRC Points Race of the year. We continue to feel that as the weather improves and everyone's fitness level grows, we will come out en masse. We appreciate all of the help and advice that we have been given thus far. Please continue to do so. An item to put at the top of your "to do" lists is the NYRRC Points Race for February. It is the Snowflake 4 Miler, held on February 20. It is a nice distance that is geared for speed. Let's all try to show up and make that race a smashing success for the Front Runners. Remember to always put the team affiliation (FRNY) on the race application. This will enable us to locate your name on the results pages and ensure that your effort is recognized. It also allows the club to benefit in the standings from the points that your results produce. Please try to wear your Front Runners apparel so that we can stand out as a team. It makes you easier to spot by our sideline admirers as we whiz by. Additionally, you may have noticed that NYRRC race fees have gone up. So it might behoove you to become a member of NYRRC, if you are not already. This will result in savings if you intend to be an active racer this year. Keep up the good work and see you at the races Pua a-d 'D~ 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE Q) 1ST TIME IN EVENT f' PERSONAL RECORD ®MASTERS •. I �6:45P.M. 6:30A.M. RUAAIAG Ollll FASTG FNJ 6:00A.M. THE ARMORY PROSPECT PARK FAOM THE GWB 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN TAVERN ON THE GREEN 12 & CPW AT THE CENTER 6:45P.M. FASTG FNJ FROM THE BOATHOUSE 6:30A.M. 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Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 FRNY • HTTP:/M'WW.TIAC.NETIIJSERSII<AZIFRNY.HTIAL FAST & FAB • HTTP:/IWWW.FASTNFAB.ORG FOOD & BAG-DROPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236 W 73 ST 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN AT THE MINSKOFF FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORI FASTG FNJ 10:00 A.M. FRNY RUN AT WOLMAN RINK 72 & CPW 6:45P.M. 9:00A.M. 6:15A.M. 7:30P.M. iCE lilA 'i1NG 6:30A.M. FASTG FNJ THE ARMORY FASTGFNJ 6:00A.M. 18 1l 6:45P.M. FAO~r~O'ATHOUSE FASTG FNJ FROM THE GWB 72 & CPW RUAAIAG OUUI 9:00 13 12 FASTG FNJ 7:00P.M. BOARD MEETING 7:30P.M. TEAM NY RALLY 11 10 RUAAIAG Ollll 9:00A.M. 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:15A.M. 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 9 8 1 FASTG FNJ NEWSLETTER MAILING � 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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Document:Newsletters Year:1990s Year:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/65e62b9a0f75fb104ad45d7997fec3d7.pdf 3a1ee7ca256856090029eb378c5ff8d2 PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 4 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 April 1999 http://www.webcom.com/-bkm/if.html T http://www.fastnfab.org T http://www.tiac.net/users/kaz/frny.html than happy to talk about these decisions. I've just been given a sneak preview of our new website. Bill and Erik have done a terrific job. The site has a sophisticated look and uses the logos we have on our clothing. What a smart idea. Now if we could just come up with a slogan that could compete with Old Navy's "Let the runway be your guide". Anyone with ideas should call Bill or Erik or one of the Board members. In addition to revamping the website, we are also looking at our voice mail system. We are investigating setting up a system with expanded options that will allow callers .to target specific areas of interest and get more detailed information. Jan has done the research on this and will end up saving the Club money! I love her for that. I apologize for the false alarm about the Tappan Zee 1OK, which was cancelled. Race Director Shelly Morgan had surgery in mid-March, so he was unable to prepare and officiate the race. The Club has sent him a gift of flowers and our best wishes for a speedy recovery. I'm not sure what people were disappointed about more though, not being able to race and win medals, or missing Ed and Ray's great brunch. To those of you headed for Boston on the 19th, I wish I could join you, but I'll be thinking about you. I'll be L1:ere with everyone at the Queen's Half on the 18th and praying that it doesn't rain. I can't be there watching for Front Runners at the fmish line of the volunteer race-the NYRRC Twosome on the 24th-because that would keep me away from DC Front Runners Spring Fling on the weekend of the 23rd- 25th. Come on out and join me at these events. Okay, I knew it was bound to happen. The honeymoon is over and the Board is beginning to take on some real business. The Lesbian and Gay Pride Run is drawing near and we have many decisions facing us - probably the same ones that faced prior boards -but new for us. We're taking a few chances this year, which we hope will work out to the Club's benefit. There will be two different application fees: one for runners who are not members of the New York Road Runners Club and one for runners who are members of NYRRC. Our aim is to increase participation by member clubs of the NYRRC by adhering to their fee structure. We've also decided to work with Team New York for the 2-mile Community Challenge to try to give the race more focus and test the waters for an expanded sports-fest associated with Lesbian & Gay Pride Week. Greg is taking an alternate approach to fundraising this year. He and Gary will focus on several smaller party-oriented events that will draw on the broader community to raise money. The auctions were terrific events, but they tapped the same revenue source - our members. The Board also voted on a nominal fmancial commitment to the Metropolitan Athletics Congress in conjunction with the Pride Run being named as a points race in NEWSLETTER STAFF the Grand Prix Championship Series. The Editor & Calendar Donn Peppler commitment is more than offset by George Schlein M.A.C.'s assistance with our Indoor Track Proofreader Meet. If anyone has questions, I'd be more Mailing John Whooley ~ Minutes of the 3/8/99 Board Meeting T Treasurer's Report: The club shows a deficit of$1933 for the month of February. This is due to refunds given out for the ski trip in January, funds advanced for the Track and Field event, newsletter and directory mailings, and clothing. T Sports Ball: Volunteers are needed to help set up and tend the booth for the dance (8:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.) and the sports expo (5-7:00 p.m.). Available at the FRNY booth win be the new brochures, Pride Run applications and a Pride Run video. T The Community Challenge race, held in conjunction with the Pride Run, will be given a new focus. Team New York has petitioned, and the board unanimously approved, for this year, promote it as "Front Runners New York presents the Team New York Community Challenge Run". In addition to this event, Team New York will be cosponsoring a wrestling match with the Metro Gay Wrestlers that same weekend. Besides offering increased visibility to Team New York between the Gay Games, it is anticipated that these events will appeal to the GLBT community. Team New York will assist with volunteers, promotion and mailings. An evaluation of the success of this cosponsorship will be made to determine its continuation. T Greg Valerie and Gary Giflis presented the budget for this year's Pride Run. T This year's pride run will also be billed as an event in the Metropolitan Athletics Congress Grand Prix Championship Series. This is a relationship begun with our frrst indoor track meet on March 20, 1999. FRNY will provide $.75 for every fmisher in the Pride Run. In exchange, MAC will pay for the cost of the officials needed for our indoor track event. T The next Board meeting is April 12 at TJ Storch's, 150 West End Avenue, #27G. The meeting begins at 7:00p.m. ?Jttdad()~ �Page 2 at least two women cyclists were accosted by a man wielding a broken bottle on the GWs south pedestrian walkway and were forced to relinquish their bikes. The alleged assailant was described to police as a black male, approximately 30 years old, about 5'8" ..........._,~...., tall and 180 lbs. He was last seen wearing a gray canvas hooded jacket and black pants with running shoes. Fortunately, in both cases known to us, accompanying cyclists were able to chase the man down and return the bikes. In the first case, a woman attempted to defend her companion and was assaulted, but a passing cyclist Rich Borow of the New York Cycle Club found the guy and got the bike back. In the second case, Phil Simpson and Stephanie Gould, also NYCC members, chased the man, on a stolen Cannondale, to High Bridge Park on the East Side. They caught him when he fell from the bike, paid him $20 and returned the bike to its owner, Sarah Gross. The officer Phil and Stephanie contacted said he had arrested a man in the earlier incident. "So, either there were two guys robbing people at the bridge, or the cop arrested the wrong guy," Phil wrote. A word of advice: Ride in groups over the GWB! . Girl! Not only are those JamaicanAmerican teeth in the AIDS Ride newspaper and magazine ads, our Paulette is also grinning from the AIDS Ride. website, at http://www.aidsride.org/ learn/default.htm. As Matt Brown puts it, "you just can't escape that smile!" Yoga Maynard Yost holds weekly sessions at his home, 404 Riverside Drive, Monday nights at 7:00 p.m. for $8. Whether you're limbering up for the riding season or already well into training, it will be the best thing you can do for your body. Maynard can tell you more at (212) 222-8525 or myost@avsc.org. April1999 New York Cycle Club's SIG, we're going to co-list as many Fast and Fab rides as we can in the NYCC newsletter. Their ride deadline is two weeks earlier than ours, so please think early. Repair The Five Boro Bike Club offers bike repair classes every month in the basement of the American Youth Hostel, 891 Amsterdam Ave. at I 03rd St. They always happen on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., and the upcoming dates are Intro to Bike Maintenance, two sessions, April6 and 13. Each session is $20 for non-members and you must register in advance. Call (212) 932-2300 x115 for fonns. Sports Ball 3 The annual highlight of the queer jock social season happens Friday, April16, from 8:00p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the Puck Building, 295 Lafayette St. Mary Arce has tickets for Fast and Fab, which you can order by mailing a check for $20 made out to her at 20-04 Utopia Parkway #201G, Whitestone, NY 11357. If you plan to go, don't leave this to the last minute there are no tickets at the door and the evening has sold out the last two years. Penang The Fast and Fab culinary tour du monde lands 7:00 p.m. on April 23 at Penang, a Malaysian restaurant at 41-43 Elizabeth Street downtown. Both Indian and Chinese traditions have contributed to this often spicy cuisine. Shawn Hill and Magda Teter are your tour guides. Contact them at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. Marshals Bike New York needs marshals for their 42-mile loop of the city on May 2. Volunteers attend an orientation and can sign up for special teams such as the Front Riders, Rear Riders and the Start Area Riders. Marilyn Shaw is in charge at (212) 932-2453 xl27. Bob has registration materials and will mail or fax them; register for the ride at http://www.bikenewyork.org or call (212) 932-2453. New Hope This year will mark our fourth annual Memorial Day weekend trek to New Hope, PA, where we've reserved a quaint hostel in nearby Tyler State Park. Shawn Hill is organizing the trip this year, and asks that you write a check for $60 to Front Runners Front Runners New York and mail it to him at 83 Park Terrace West #2B, New York, NY 10034. The $60, which is nonrefundable after May 15, holds your spot on the ride and covers $24 for two nights at the hostel, van rental and some but not all other group purchases such .as food. Questions? Shawn is at (212) 569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. April Fast and Fab rides for the Paris month follow. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Unless otherwize noted, rides leave from the big rock across the sidewalk just north of the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at 9:00 a.m. Please dress for the weather, wear a helmet and bring a pump, spare tubes and a water bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about weather-related cancellations. Riders who have questions about the pace or route of a ride should contact the ride leader. Fast and Fabulous rides vary in pace from about 15 to 18 mph average. Whether you want to lead competitive rides that blaze across the heavens or more relaxed rides that poke around some of New York's unexplored crannies, please submit your idea to Bob at (212) 567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. There are enough subscribers to this newsletter to provide company for any ride leader at any pace. April 11 Coney Island: Barbara Turk speaks up for the fabulous contingent with a ride to Coney Island and Brighton Beach. We'll start her ride at 10:00 a.m. at the comer of Tillary and Adams on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge. We'll head out via the bike path that parallels the waterfront starting at 69th Street in Bay Ridge. After a knish stop in Brighton Beach at the famous Mrs. Stahl's, we'll return via the Ocean Parkway bike path. Moderate pace; no one gets left behind. About 20 miles. All bikes welCome. Barbara is at (718) 237-2156 or bjturk@iuno.com. April 25 City Island: Richard Gottlieb greets spring with a jaunt to City Island, where the possibilities are endless: watch the flsherfolk, dip your toe in Long Island Sound, or, most likely, have brunch at one of several excellent restaurants. Fabulous pace; no one gets left behind. About 25 mi. All bikes welcome. Contact Richard at (212) 757-3599 or rg433@aol.com. ~d & Padette �Page 3 Aprill999 New York the weekend was the banquet at the elegant Carnelian Room. In addition to the advertised presence of Patricia Nell Warren -+......._ there was a surprise visit by the openly gay City Supervisor Mark Leno. He presented ,-;. ~ an official Certificate of Honor to San ..._ Francisco FrontRunners for being ~ "the fastest kids on the block". Three City ~ Supervisors and the Board President signed ~ the certificate. Fonner New Yorker David Cohen, ~ now co-chair of Frontrunners San Diego, ~ writes of the many creatures he has come ~ ~ ~7t "'~ 'f)l(.J.1.~,.~ Sydney Frontrunners Wayne Morgan, ..~• Stuart Borrie and Des Sullivan have drafted '"'~ by-laws for the organization of International Front Runners (IFR). The r~ draft will now be submitted to International ttiiT.J Front Runners regional representatives, for comment, before a wider distribution to all FR Clubs. The by-laws, which had never existed' before, are necessary before the IFR can appoint a director to take up membership on the board of the Federation . I!J! * of Gay Games. Busy times for de front runners . . . April 23~25 are the dates of their annual Spring Fling. Warren Snaider ~arns th~t accommodations may be difficult m Washington due to several major conferences, including NATO. The weekend program features a Welcome Party Friday night, Saturday morning run/walk on the National Mall followed by a women's brunch, Saturday night dinner and Sunday brunch. For more details telephone 202-337-5069 or e-mail: warren.snaider@gsa.gov Up in Boston Monday, April 19 is the big day -the 103rd running of the B?ston Marathon . The prior Saturday, Apnl 17, Boston Frontrunners will sponsor a fun run at 10:00 a.m., followed by brunch prior to the race packet pick-up and shopping expo extravaganza. In the evening there's the FR mega-pasta feed, followed by a Dance Alert at one of the local tango palaces. If you're headed for the Boston Marathon and need accommodations or more info, the Boston FR contact is Frank 47 . 617-2 Cipriano at 9362/cipriano@oeb.harvard.edu Here's one for those who like to plan ahead .. . an invitation from La Salle Banks Chicago Marathon to all the Front Runners from around-the-world, to attend a private post race party the day of the marathon October 24, 1999. Seems that Chicago Front Runners has a very friendly and good working relationship with the administration of La Salle Banks Chicago Marathon. So, this year, the race director 't.;. (•'•.:\.\. across on his runs around San Diego. His list includes . . . rabbits, squirrels, snails, extended this invitation to encourage all coyote, ostrich (?), dolphins, lizards, Front' Runners to come to . Chicago to rattlesnakes, gopher snakes, and bobcats. participate in this world-class event and to Most . recently while running down to honor all our clubs. If you want to run a Blacks Beach, he reports the following: "As shorter distance there's a 5K-race at the I was fmding my way to the beach, I heard same time as the Marathon. Chicago a loud growVroar just as I landed ~n.the Frontrunners/Frontwalkers will do their sand and I realized I had stepped Withm a best to provide weekend accommodations foot of a beached baby sea lion. The _poor for all out-of-town FRs. For more details thing was stuck on a ledge about four feet contact David Reithhoffer 773-275-7407 off the ground. It's color was the same as the sandy boulders which is why I didn't dreithof@wwa.com The word from Les Frontrunners de even notice it, in my runner's trance. It Paris is that for the first time the French continued to growl as I continued to run up club will organize a water station for the the beach, but I couldn't believe how close Paris Marathon, to be run this year on I'd come to stepping on it." And in New April 4. Apparently inspired ~y Chicago York he would only have had to watch out h FRs award winning water statiOn for t_ e for dog do-do! Chicago Front Runners was recently Chicago Marathon the Parisians promise voted Best Running Club for 1998 by the equally spectacular. something Another water station to make the . Windy City Sports Magazine. The news was Frontrunners San Diego's at magazine is a mainstream press monthly Mile 23 in this year's San Diego Marathon. with a circulation of over 100,000. The theme was Hawaiian and all the Congratulations Chicago! At least someone down in Washington volunteers donned Aloha shirts and leis. Station Captain Dan Janeck transfonned an hasa sense of humor. On Saturday April3, umbrella into a palm tree and arranged for the day before Easter Sunday, de front the tables to be decked out with orchid- runners will host their 5th annual Gays in laced floral bouquets. Judged best water the Millinery Easter Bonnet Fun Run. Finally, here's a quote borrowed from station, by many, the San Diego club adopted as their own, the Hawaiian phrase San Diego Frontrunners: " Running is the No Ka Oi which translates loosely as 'no greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it." Oprah one does it better'. San Francisco FR Maureen Bogues Winfrey. reports the great success of the ~lu~s 25th Happy Running! Anniversary Celebration. The htghhght of Liz Hartshorn has recently moved into a new office ~t C~lumbus C. 1 · 330 w 58 St, #408 , 212.445 .0528. Her practice . S C mcludesI rrc e. Sports Massage, Neuromuscular Therapy and ran10 ~era Therapy. See her booth at Sports Ball3 if you have any questiOns. A discount is offered to Front Runners. a .. ~'J::~ AIDS Walk '99 FRNY will once again lead off the AIDS Walk. Infonnati~n will be available at Saturday runs, or you can call Jim Brigaitis; his number is in your new directory. �Front Runners Page 4 ~ · TUG HILL TOURATHON SOK · Oswego County February 6, 1999 Jerry Smith ........... .... ................. .... .. .. 6:15 GATINEAU SOK SKI Patineau Park, Hull, Quebec February 20, 1999 Jerry Smith ........... .. ............ .......... ... ... 5:00 ~RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT THE CRAZY EIGHT Central Park, New York February 28, 1999 Gary Apruzzese .................... ........ ....57:49 Geoffrey Perry .................................59:44 Phil Wahba .. ................. ....;........... I :04:56 The Front Runners have had a very Michael Mahon .......... ..... ;............ 1:09:59 busy time on the race circuit. We have Leslie Jennings ............................. I: 13: I8 been everywhere. It is always great to see Janet Dawson ............. ..... ......... .. .. I: 13 :38 · us out there in our black tops doing well on the roads. The Brooklyn HalfBROOKLYN HALF-MARAT HON Marathon was a very nice race with some Brooklyn, New York of us accomplishing personal bests. On March 6, 1999 that note, the Club Council meeting held Louis Strandberg ....................... ~l:23 :42 on March 15 addressed the race. Many have expressed concern with the Coney Christian Rountry ...................... ~l :26:31 Island boardwalk portion of the race. Sean Butler ... ........................... .. 0 I :27:22 Some love the start, while others have Chip Schoonmaker ... .................... 1:32:41 Eric Epstein .. ................ ................ 1:36:I7 problems with the shaky, slippery boards. Ronald Seeley ... ...................... ..... 1:36:45 NYRRC will be looking into coming up Darren Thomas ............................ 1:39:55 with another start. We will also be Martin Watkins ..... .......... ............. 1:39:56 attending a meeting on March 22 with the Car-free Central Park committee. It is a John Flood .... ............................... 1:41 :05 Juan Quintanar ............................. 1:45:I5 group that has been striving for years to Martha Prakelt... .... ...... ,................ I :45:55 · keep cars off of the loop. We will bring any information back to the group. Laurie Shlafmitz ................... .. ..... 1:47:23 Please keep in mind that the points Phil Wahba ................. .................. 1:49:17 Christopher Fitchett ..................... 2:10:32 race for the month of April is the Queens Half-Marathon for men and the Skaggs riiiiii"f.ii~~~~~~~~~~~~lll Walsh SK for women. They are both held on the same day, at the same location. Let's try to come out strong for that one. April Points Race Don't forget your team affiliation on the April18, 10:00 a.m. application, so that we get your results, If you are participating in any non-NYRRC QUEENS HALFraces, please feel free to call or e-mail MARATHO N your results into us. Be sure to tell us if Sallie Mae lOK for men there was something special about the race in Washington D.C. on April 25. D.C. for you, such as a personal best. SKAGGS WALSH 5K Front Runners' annual "Spring Fling". Also, best wishes to all of our Boston for women Grandma's Marathon Marathon runners. They will be heading in Duluth, MN June 19. Lisa Lippiello. up there for the April 19 event and we will April Volunteer Race 7I8-499-0583 or Maggiemay@aol com all be eagerly awaiting their tales of April24, 9:00 a.m. Marine Corps Marathon success. TheNYRR C in Washington D.C. on October 24; Paul See you at the races Racine suggests getting a group together TWOSOM E to go, then coming back to work the finish line at the NYC Marathon. Sir, yes, sir! SNOWFLAKE 4-MILER Central Park, New York February 20, 1999 Devon Carranza ................ ........ ...... 24:11 Patrick Guilfoyle ............... .............. 24:19 Louis Strandberg .. ....... ..... ....... ........ 24:19 Scott Gods en .......................... ......... 25: 11 Chip Schoonmaker. ............ ........... .. 25: 15 John Soto .... ............ .... ..... .... ..... ...... 25:15 Chad Carr .............. ... ....................... 25:40 Sean Butler ..... .. .................... ........... 25:43 Marty McElhiney ................ ............ 25:48 Richard Platt .......... .............. ........... 26:56 Martin Watkins ....... ............... .. ....... 26:57 Gary Apruzzese ............................... 27:15 Darren Thomas ... .. ... ........ .... ...... ..... 27:28 Tom Malcolm ................................. 29:34 Steve McClure ......... .......... .. ........ ... 29:38 Janet Aitchison ............ ...... .... :... ...... 29:50 Matthew Tivy ............ ...................... 30: II Michael Mahon ..... .. ... ....... ....... ....... 32:57 Daniel Armstrong ........................... 33:31 Arnold Cuarenta ........ ........ .... .......... 34:15 Christopher Fitchett .................. ...... 36: I2 Janet Dawson ........ .......................... 36:05 Gary Kelley ............. ........................ 36:25 Janet Villas .. ........................... ......... 42:57 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE <D 1ST TIME IN EVENT 'f PERSONAL RECORD ®MASTERS �from 'R«m1erf New Vork A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 1-ITTP:/NIWW.TIAC NETAJSERSIKAZRANY.HTML WWW.FASTNFAB.ORG ,,,,,,,,, 4 ,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, .,,,,,,,, I ,,,,,,,,, ~-··· ,.,. ,,, 12 10:00 A.M. 7:00P.M. ~ASr& ~AS BOARD MEETING 10:00 A.M. RUN FOR THE PARKSIOK 10:00 A.M. RABBIT RUN ~ASr&~NJ 6:00A.M. ATCJWII 6:15A.M. TAV!~N NOON IOK 10:00 A.M . CENTRAL PARK RUN MaUiAIOS IIILE 9 8 6:30A.M . 6:00A.M. PROSPECT PARK ,~C»<THI! 10 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN ~ltST& ~AS ~ASr& ~AS 3 CHEZ TJ 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 13 ,,,, ,,,, ,,,, TU.LAIIY & ICNAS 2 1 Sat 6:45P.M. COACHING A TRAINING 7:00P.M . PROSPECT PARK RUN ,,,, ,,,, .,,, ,,,, 11 .., I 6 Fri Thu Wed 14 15 16 17 6:30A.M. ~ASr& rNJ ~ASr& ~NJ 8:00P.M. 10:00 A.M . CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:45P.M. COACHING A TRAI.JUNG 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN OWB 6:15A.M. TAI/I!!~ ON llif GN!EN 6:00A.M . ~~OW~OWB 6:15A.M. TAI/I!!~ ON llif GIII!EN NEWSLETTER COPY DUE 20 21 22 23 24 9:00A.M. BOSTON T'f(fPtE C!W.l.E!IGC MARATHON 10:00 A.M . QUEENS HALF& 5/WSK 6:45P.M. COACHING A TRAINING 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 6:30A.M. ~ASr& rNJ ~ASr&~NJ 7:00P.M. 6:00A.M. ~ASr& ~NJ 9:30A.M . NYRRC '~OW DINNER AT TWOSOME PENANG 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 25 27 28 29 6:45P.M. COACHING A TRAINING 7:00 PROSPECT PARK RUN 6:30A.M. ~ltST& rAS ~ASr& ~NJ 19 18 26 9:00A.M. ~ASr& ~NJ ,~OW THE DC».ll<OUSE 11 :00 A.M . MARATHON LINE-UP ~ . ~~~-~'•"-:·. . .f .· . :... :' .' ~~..,. ~/1,~ '. ~·~· .f, :?;~ -. ;.:.: · ~.~ ·• .. ··- ·· .f;. . .j . ~, . PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN PROSPECT PARK 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN lliE OWB 6:15A.M. TAI/I!!~ ON llif ON!!N 30 6:00A.M. ,~OM TliE CJWI5 6:16A.M. TAVI:~ ON '!liE ON!fN FOOD &BAG-DROPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN : JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: 236 W 73 ST � 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, 1999 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. 16 No. 4, April 1999 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 1999 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:1999 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/f2d98cdf62d333a4b128aca0b6ac9391.pdf 171a9c0e3537bfdb097662437b3ba31e PDF Text Text Volume XVI Issue 1 Box 87 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 January 1999 . f http://www.webcom. com/-bkm/if.html ~ http://www.fastnfab.org ~ http://www.tiac.net/u sers/kazJfrny.html The current membership is 432. The new board is listed on page 2. ~Volunteer Race for January is the Gridiron Classic 5K on Sunday, the 24th . ~ There was a meeting in Seattle with the Federation of Gay Games . Issues brought up on behalf of Front Runners and Team NY: 1) all fees should be waived for the figure skaters for the Games in Sidney; 2) general financial issues; 3) changing of the dates of the Sidney Gay Games. There will be a follow-up meeting. ~ Running Gear and stationery have been ordered. ~ Running classes have started at the Armory. Over 40 people have signed up, ~ ~ 1nG lint THE NEW YEAR is here, and I'm still trying to determine just what I might focus upon as the new President. The outgoing board saw no particular issues facing the new board, and the club isn ' t embroiled in major dilemmas. The Gay Games are a future event in Sydney in 2002 . The members who gave tirelessly of and you can still join. The fee is $75 .00. themselves during the past year are ~ MAC has approached FRNY to host a catching their collective breath and A ~" h A · M h k Humanity, with all its fears, tee trac meet m arc at t e rmory . deserve a break, as well as our d fior th e d ues. With all the hopes of future years.. . o f $75 .00 was approve appreciation. FRNY gear is ordered. Of ~ Also voted on and approved was liability "-011 91eUaw course, there are those tremendous yearly ---------' insurance from the Road Runners Club of events, and we know how hard everyone L-------furniture by then. and although it might be America, which insures FRNY and all it' s has to work on those. But what 's new? mismatched, you ' ll be able to sit down. events. The total cost is $1 ,630.00. Well, for starters, Marty Me Elhiney, I'm really looking forward to the supported by Patrick, has agreed to coming year, even though Patrick and Gary ~A motion was voted on and passed for organize a MAC-sponsored track meet in have been snickering in the background. FRNY to join the Community Center for an March. Sports Ball promises to be back, What's that about? Come and join us, or annual fee of $75.00. ·d · · bigger than ever. There is the new give me a caII with your 1 eas fior th e c 1 b . ~ A motion was passed to endorse the u Brooklyn Pride activities for next year. Team. I have even heard Triathaletes Brooklyn Pride Day will be June 12, 1999. ~elt ?It~ rumors about a float in the Pride Parade -~ The annual FRNY ski trip has sold out. now that sounds like fun. I'm sure that there will be more ideas from the .., The fallc\ving i~stitutions 'vV!1l e~ch membership, and just as sure that there will receive a $100.00 donation from FRNY : be volunteers to execute those ideas. The New York Road Runners Club I hope to devote time to increasing our Running Foundation; The Lesbian and Gay visibility outside the immediate running Community Center Renovation ; Hetrickcommunity. To those in the club with a Martin Institute background in PR: I'd love to have your ~ The following institutions will receive a help. It is time to begin building the team $100 .00 donation from the Charitable for Sydney, and there are many untapped Foundation : The Family Center for resources we could contact to help the club Services and Research ; BRC Alcohol grow. Crisis Center; Callen-Lorde Community To those who receive this newsletter Health Center before January I: you are cordially invited ~ The next Board Meeting will be on to the annual President's Run . It starts at my apartment, 372 Central Park West at 97 Monday, January lith at the apartment of Apartment I2T, 212-665-9059. It Street, our new President, Ken Majerus. Ken lives will kick off at II :00, and there is the at 372 Central Park West, at 97th Street, Donn Peppler Apt. I2T. The meeting will begin at 7:00. promise of food and drink at the end of it. Editor & Calendar Even if you don't want to run, come on by Proofreader George Schlein ?ltMitdt ?He~ because I' m not running either. I will have John Whooley , Mailing �Running Front Runners TheBoar d:--------- ----------President .... .... ........... ..... .... Ken Majerus Men's YP ..... ... ....... .......... Blane Roberts Women 's VP ... .... ........... ..Jan Aitchison Secretary .......... ... Michael Orzechowski Treasurer.. ...... .. .. ...... .. .. Reuben Danzing Director at Large .. ..... ...... .... Paul Racine Director at Large .. ...... .. ... Steve Wheeler Front Runners January 1999 Page 2 l Alive And Well (Again) And Running With HIV In London I THIS is a cautionary but optimistic tale I felt a surge of energy and enthusiasm . I for all Front Runners who are or may be It's amazing what drugs can do! I HIY-positive. I was infected with HIV during my "unsafe sex years" (1979-84). In 1985, after a former boyfriend had died suddenly of PCP, I went to my doctor in New York seeking reassurance. Instead, I hadaT-cellc ountof305. Iwasdevastat ed or cold was l and thought that every cough Pride R u n - - - - - - - - - - the beginning of the end. I had a few more Race Director .... ... .... ...... .... ....... .. ......... .. T-cell counts, but none after 1988, having Co-Director ..... ... ........ ..... ..... ..... ......... ... . lost interest in the ups and downs of the Tech Director .. ... .... ... ........ ..... .... .. ... ...... . "Dow Jones" of my immune system . I was Sponsorship Director ... .. .. .. ... .... ......... .. .. staying healthy thanks to a positive outlook Community Challenge .. ...... .. ...... .. .... .. .. and my own combination therapy: ABO (apple, banana, orange every day), 3R3S Committee Chairs-- ----------- -- (three runs , three swims every week, AIDS Walk .... ... ...... .. ..... ... ....... .. .... .... .. .. ideally), and SHS (eight hours sleep every As the FR World Turns .... ... ..... ...... ..... .. night). After I moved to Great Britain in Bagel Table ...... ... .... ...... .... ...... ...... .. ..... .. 1987, I became particularly reluctant to Coaches .... ... .. .. ... .... ... .... Donna Checkan have expensive T-cell counts appear on my ... ... ... .... ...... ...... ....... ........ . Jeff Singleton medical records, fearing that it could affect Cyclists (Fast & Fab) ... Paulette Meggoe my immigration status. By the fall of ... ........ ... ....... .... ................ .. .. Bob Nelson 1997, I was beginning to think that I was Directory ... .. .. .... .. .. ..... ... .. .. .. .. Lee Abbey going to be able to outrun the virus on my Historian/Archivist .......... ... ...... ......... ... . own. But in April 1998, I developed a dry Housing (NYC) ...... .... .. ... ... ... ... .... ... ...... cough that would not go away , and then Marathon Water Table .... .... ........ .. ....... .. shortness of breath. I finally worked up the Mailing Coordinator .. ... .. John Whooley courage to call an HIV clinic in London, Membership .. .......... ........ ... .. .... .. ........ .. .. and sure enough , it was PCP and the big A. Newsletter Editor .. ... ........ Donn Peppler I spent three weeks in hospital in May and Newsletter Proofreader .. George Schlein started combination therapy (nelfinavir, NYRRC Corespondent .... Race Captains Pancake Breakfast.. .. .. .Charlie Wintczak 3TC, d4T) on July I, 1998. Ten days later Pasta Dinner.. ... .. .. ...... .... Geoffrey Perry ..... ..... ...... .. ..... .. ... ...... .... Gary Apruzzese No Smoking Photographers .. ...... .. ... ...... ..... .. .. ........... . ANYONE who says that smoking is not Race Captains .. .. .. .. .. ........ Janet Dawson ... .. ...... .......... .. ........ ... ..... Darren Thomas addictive should talk to me. When I joined Race Walking ...... ...... ............ ... .......... .. . Front Runners, I was a smoker. I had been Running Gear .... ................ ... ..... .. ......... .. trying to quit; trying to quit, every day, for Ski Trip ............. .... .. ... .Charlie Wintczak over ten years . Yet even I was surprised to Social .... ....... .. ... ........ ....... .... ..... .. .. ...... ... j hear that the average time it took to quit Special Runs ... ................... ........ .... ....... . i was eighteen years. Sports Ball ... .. .. ...... ... .. ..... .. ... T.J. Storch Running finally did it. I had smoked my Team NY ... ........ ... ........ Gary Apruzzese way up to a half marathon, but still thought ........... ..... ...... ................... .. Ruth Gursky , "I don ' t notice any ill effect." Track and Field ....... .. Marty Me Elhiney Then came the day when I did not have Triathletes .... .. .. ..... ... Claudia Cummings time to run my usual five or six miles. But Trips out of town .. ...... .. ........ ....... ........ .. i I did have time to run the reservoir. Hardly Volunteer Coordinator .... .. .. ... .. .. .. ........ .. I worth the time to change clothes, I thought, ion------ -- I unless ... What if I sprinted it? How fast Charitable Foundat could I do it? I usually did it in 15 minutes, Director .... ... .. .. .. .... .. . Corrine Stoewsand . a 10-minute mile. I decided to try. .. Jim Connolly Treasurer .. ..... ...... ............ Every time I felt myself slowing, I , I J l ; Suppressing my viral load has made me feel as though the anchor I've been carrying around the last few years has been cut away. I ran the 1500 m (men 40-44) at the Gay Games in Amsterdam on August 5, 1998. I had to run by myself(after making a fuss) because they'd postponed my race until the next day and I had to leave that night. I finished in 5:51, well off my PRof 4:47.2 in Vancouver in 1990 and my 5:09.9 in New York in 1994, but not bad for 2.5 months out of the hospital. I definitely feel very lucky to be alive, And I feeling well, and running. bit of "survivor's guilt" sometimes feel a that these drugs weren't around to help Front Runners like Tom Cook, Joel Ifcher, Warren Singer, and Guy Zelenak, to name a few . My advice to everyone is, of course to avoid infection or reinfection with HIV , but also to TEST AND MONITOR! Being HJV-positive doesn't mean you have to go on combination therapy right away. But by monitoring your T-cells and viral load, you could save yourself a hospital stay. That's all from London. I must get back to my training for Sydney 2002. See you there! ied "J()~ FRNY since 1982; resident ofNYC 1982-87 sprinted even faster, knowing I needed to have nothing left at the end. Two surprises awaited me: I did it in 12 minutes, under an 8-minute mile ... and I thought I was going to die. I was gasping for wheezing breaths like a fish at Fulton Street. For the first time, standing there on the bridge at 86th street, I felt every one of those cigarettes. It took me several minutes to be able to breathe without pain. I never smoked again. Still, I thought, I could never keep that 8-minute pace up for an entire race. How did all those other (real) runners do it? Two weeks later, was the Club Team Championship. Five miles. Fourteen days with no cigarettes. I finished the race breathing hard, but certainly no pain. My time was 39 :36. You do the math. 'Z)~'f)~ f �~ ' New York Page 3 January 1999 ~ Jt ~§! chil!§fevJE!!~Il Fab website is now at an at 212-569-6340 or mot3@columbia .edu. address nobody can Homocyclosocial Party like it's 1999 at the forget : club's annual Homocyclosocial, a potluck possibly www. fast n fa b. o rg. dinner and aren't-you-cute-cou/d-1-get-toMarten denBoer is our know-you sort of evening, to be held heads-up February 21 from 6:00 to 9:00p.m. at the capable, webmaster. Send him Center's interim location at 1 Little West your favorite cue sheets 12th St. Bring food and any questions a~d rep~rts of fave rides, about b~cycl~ repair, slow rides, fast rides, with pictures, and Jet mountam bike rides, SIG rides, AIDS Marten know what a Rides, Gay Games rides, how to tum, pedal or sit properly on a bike and , of course, good job he's doing! Maynard He's not quite turning how to look good in tight-fitting bicycle somersaults yet, but Maynard Yost's broken clothing. If you are on e-mail, you will rib and collarbone are healing. He reports receive only an electronic invitation. that he is back leading yoga classes at his Questions? Contact Bob at 212-567-7160 spacious uptown apartment, 404 Riverside or rjn2@columbia.edu . Drive at !13th Street, Mondays at 7:00 Book The Gay Games souvenir book, "8 P · ~ · · Call his machine, 212-222-8525, Days of Friendship," is out. Our own baby durmg the day to confirm. It's an excellent butch, Mary Arce, appears in the Day Two section, wearing a big smile. Brian way to gain flexibility in winter months. bucks to get Grundstrom and Marten denBoer are Money It's going to take some our butts to Sydney in 2002, and we'll start recognizable in a great full-frontal shot of raising them (the bucks, but hey, let your the criterium, and Jack Fogle of the imaginations run wild!) Saturday, January triathlon team is there in all his blue9, a~er the Front Runner bagel nosh . We're skinsuit glory. The editors, who have no ~articularly looking for people with good trouble with twelve-syllable Dutch names, Ideas about, or contacts in, companies that made a couple of noteworthy gaffes. Poor want to tap into the gay market. But we Roz Quarto, after all her work and after also need ideas and enthusiasm from officially opening the Games, is rendered everyone, and there are a couple of pots as "Roz Quatro," and the winner of the already simmering we can tell you about. Tom Waddell Award is listed not as our ~~ntact Jay Hil.l ~t 212-496-7078 or own Ruth Gursky, but "Ruth Guthry." Possibly the best photo, in a very visual Jhill@mdp.com With Ideas or an RSVP. Har? to believe, but some folks don't book, is the two dykes with plaid strap-ons Mail use e-mail, so we make an effort once a at the closing party. At least, I think those year to mail them something, and what are dykes and those are strap-ons ... be~er than a Homocyclosocial invitation? Sports Ball It will be Friday, April 16 at Jom us January 16 after Front Runners to the Puck Building. You'll hear more. do the stuff-and-lick thing to about 400 January Fast and Fab rides for the first envelopes. Contact Bob Nelson at 212- month follow . Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Rides leave from the 567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. round-the-world big rock across the sidewalk just north of Noodles Our continuing cruise takes Fast and Fab culinary voyagers the Boathouse in Central Park Sundays at to Japan this month. On Friday, January 22 9:00 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Please at 7:00p.m . at Oishi Noodle, which, though dress for the weather, wear a helmet and located in the building at 1117 Ave of the bring a pump, spare tubes and a water Americas, actually faces onto West 43rd St. bottle. Call the ride leader if in doubt about just west of the avenue. The specialty of weather-related cancellations. Riders who the house is Udon noodles served in hearty, have questions about the pace or route of a steaming bowls of soup - just right for a ride should contact the ride leader. Fast and Fabulous rides vary in pace from about 15 to 18 mph average. Whether you want to lead competitive rides or poke around some of New York's unexplored crannies, submit your idea to Bob at 212-567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. January 3 - Rockefellers Time for a short hop to Rockefeller State Park just north of Tarrytown. It's a spectacular park known for its running trails, and the really hardy souls among you may bring your sneakers and hit the trails while the rest of us get something to eat or drink. Bob Nelson is your guide. Road bikes only, please. Fast pace, pacelining, 40 miles roundtrip, 25 ° cancels. Be extra certain to RSVP to Bob at 212-567-7160 or rjn2@co!umbia.edu. January 10 Nyack: Richard Matthews says he's from the old school. Take 'em up 9W to Nyack, take 'em back from Nyack on 9W. Fast pace, road bikes only, please; freezing cancels; 50 miles roundtrip. Contact Richard at 718-963-1764 or richmatt@att.net. January 17 - Piermont: Kate Elsley and Claudia Cummings are hoping for a midwinter thaw so they can take a group at moderate to fast pace up to Piermont and home. This is a quickie, about 40 miles roundtrip from the Boathouse. Road bikes only, please. As Kate is from Los Angeles, she'll cancel at 35°F. Contact Kate at 212531-290 1/ke39@columbia.edu, or Claudia at 718-832-9623/ CLA@cbsnews.com. January 24 - Purchase: No, shopping season is over. This is Shawn Hill's and Magda Teter's ride through the Bronx to Pelham Bay, and on into Purchase, New York , the land of monster homes in Westchester. After a snack stop, we'll return via White Plains. Fast pace, warm company; road bikes only, please; 20°F cancels; about 70 miles roundtrip. Contact Shawn and Magda at 212-569-6340 or mot3@columbia.edu. January 31 Piermont: If one ride to our favorite town is good, two are great, says Paulette Meggoe. Check out midwinter prices at the Piermont bike shop! Road bikes only, please; moderate pace; freezing Contact cancels, 40 miles roundtrip. Paulette at 718-293-0885 . Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night' 'Pa«Late~ a.ttd'Cot~ �Page 4 Front Runners January 1999 s ~ft(ja,.~. ULTRA Marathon Man is our new name Good Luck to our newest club in Madison, 4 • J. I' .._...,.., for that outstanding marathon runner Ric Wisconsin. Their weekly runs begin at the ~...... £~~ Mufioz. After completing Ill traditional University of Wisconsin Memorial Union ~ '~ marathons Ric, who's a member of Boston, ~ Terrace at 5:30p.m., each Tuesday. Local New York and Los Angeles Front ~ .._. contact is Thomas McClurg. Tel: 608-663Runners, ran his first Ultra on November ~ 6463 . * Pleased to receive a copy of Le Poe Road ~ 17 in the USA T &F 50 Mile the newsletter of Frontrunners de Paris. It "' Ultramarathon National Championships in was full of details and photos of their 7: 17:4 7 earned Sacramento. Ric's time of delegation participation in the Amsterdam ~ fSJ: 40-49 age group and him 3rd place in the Gay Games. Couple of items of interest; 23 .. ~ overall. Great going Ric! placed him 21st of the Frontrunners de Paris participated in ,...,._~ ~ watch out Harold!) * Surprising San (and the exotic sounding 16.3K race from Paris ~l (Ira._\.\'~ Francisco is using $3,000 raised in this to Versailles; and they translated the Gay • ' J year's Pride Run to construct a three-tiered water fountain (one tier for dogs) in Golden age group. Incidentally, both were Games Half Marathon as a Semi-Marathon. Gate Park. The surprise is that their compensated with free round trip air tickets Somehow that makes it sound shorter. * membe~s have been asked to vote on on Alaska Airlines due to an overbooking Baylands Front Runners, that group in the suggested wording for the dedication situation. * The latest newsletter of de heart of the Silicon Valley, proudly plaque. The question asked : whether or not front runners contained the photo of the announce their new and improved web site to mention that Frontrunners is a lesbian month. Under the caption Scary Hair Day which you can find at www .Baylands.org and gay organization. What? Are we were pictured half-a-dozen bewigged club Check it out! * News of Holiday Parties; talking about San Francisco here? * members dressed for their Halloween Fun Los Angeles Front Runners featured pasta Baltimore FrontRunner Bruce Swanson Run. The effort of running in some of those in lieu of Turkey at their holiday feast, in Richmond costumes gives new meaning to the word deference to their vegetarian members. the completed recently Marathon in 3:31.20 and his chum ,Bob drag. * More Halloween photos in About 40 Sydney Frontrunners attended Olsen, came in at 4:32.08. Baltimore also Baylands newsletter. Nearly I 00 Front their multi-course, multi-choice dinner did well in the Ocean City races, on Runners and friends attended their which was held in the popular Shakespeare Halloween, with several of their runners Halloween do and most were in costume. Hotel, in the inner-city suburb of Surrey winning age group awards. * If you want to They ranged from Dalmatian Dog Suits to Hills. Although this was a costume party get out of town in January why not head the Monica (yes, her again) blue dress and with a Titanic theme, due to the warm west, and join the San Diego Front Runners knee pads. Oh well! * Details of San weather (it's almost mid-summer Down who are running in their marathon on Francisco's 25th Anniversary celebration Under) the most popular gear was polo January 17, 1999. The weather, hopefully, sound like fun . The special anniversary shirts and shorts. * Talking of Sydney if should be good - sunny and warm. * And weekend - Friday, January 22 to Sunday you're planning to attend the Sydney 2002 it's not too early to start planning for the January 24 - will begin with a Welcome Gay Games I pass along the following Seven Mile Bridge Run Weekend with Reception on the Friday. There will be an from Boston FrontRunner. Jim Mahoney. Fort Lauderdale. The dates are April 16- upscale dinner in the Carnelian Room atop Under the headline Gay Games Budgeting 19 and as usual the club's headquarters for the Bank of America Building, fun runs, Made Easy he writes .. . "you can't get to the weekend will be the Banana Bay Resort and an ice-skating party. Special weekend the other side of the planet without sensible on Marathon Key. For more information guests wiil include co-founder Gardner planning. I learned the following strategy about this fun weekend call: 954-566-8413 Pond and Patricia Nell Warren. If you want from D.C. and New York soccer players in or e-mail: fploener@world net.att.net * If to help San Francisco celebrate contact Amsterdam: Transfers $50 on the first of the Seven-Mile Bridge Run doesn't grab Todd Marshall at: 818-753-8850. * And the month from checking into savings. ______ you, how about spending April trekking in :-j_ iiliiiiiiiili_iiiiili_ _ _iiiillllliiliiliililililllliiiiii-.• • Couldn't be more financially painless, because you know you want to go to Front Runnerss, . Nepal" Two Los Angeles Australia. * $50/month x 48 months = Tri Your (Pot) Luck looking Rick Hetzel and Gary Kaplan, are $2,400.00 This should cover a sensible for others to share their adventure of . N0 , IT is not a Reefer Madness package deal to get you over there to a pot luck dinner for the party! It is walking on the roof of the world The allparticipate in the truly extraordinary. So do and anyone else who can tri-team, inclusive cost will be about $3,500. If it today, set it up automatically within your up a fabulous taste-treat to whip interested contact Rick at 818-345-8601. ' account, and start saving for a remarkable, along. (or buy beer). It is take And two Seattle Frontrunners did well in totally fun experience. You won't regret it. January 16th at Mike and Dave's, the 2nd Annual Palm Springs Pride Run. It's only 4 years away" . Thanks for the Please call to RSVP on ?2nd Street. Mark Nagan finished the 5K in 18:29 for advice Jim, makes good sense to me. (food, not and coordinate dishes. 2nd overall and I st in his age group. • ,4r, tJ!" '!!!J Victorious as well was Kim Klein who, despite an asthma attack, placed 2nd in her chinapattems)21 2-787-8266. �t Page 5 NewYork ) PHILADELP HIA MARATHO N Philadelphia , Pennsylvania November 22, 1998 JOE KLEINERM AN lOK Central Park, New York December 13, 1998 Chip Schoonmaker ...... ....... ........ .. 3:05 :50 Daniel Barrish .. .. .. ....... .. ..... .... ......... 39:32 Christian Rountry ................. ..... ......40: I9 Marty McElhiney .. .... ...... .. ........ .... ..40:26 John Flood ... ...... .. .... ...... ..................4I :34 Martin Watkins ...... .. ........... .... .. .. .. .. .42:06 Tony Paradiso ............ .... ...... .... ... .... 44:28 David Mazza .. .. ... .. ...... .. ..... .... .... .. ... 47:06 Maria Chale .... ...... .... .. .. .. ...... .. ........ .48:29 Jerry Levine ..... ...... .. ........ .... ..... .... .. .49:33 Jan Aitchison .... .. ...... ...... .. .. .. .... .... ... 50:50 Mike Mahon ............. .. .. .... .. ........ ..... 52:29 Leslie Jennings ...... ...... .... .... .. ...... .. .. 52:38 Robert Stolinsky .. ................ .... ...... .. 53 :45 Joanne Dondero .... .... .. .. .. .... ...... .... ... 53:49 Pat Precin ... .... ........ .. .. .. .... ........... .... 58 :32 Christopher Fitchett .. ...... .. .. .......... ... 59: I8 Shelley Rappaport .. ...... .... ..... .. .... I :03 :56 TURKEY CLASSIC 5 MILER Central Park, New York November 22, 1998 Brian Murphy .. ... .... ....... .. ....... ..... .... 34:29 Sally Yanchus .... .. .. .. ...... ... ........ .... .. 34:50 Mike Mahon .. ........ .. ........ .. ........... ... 39:38 Thadeous Paszek .. .. .. .. .... ..... .. .... .. .. .. 40:49 Tim Bennett .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. ... .. ...... .... .. .43:44 Pat Precin .... .... ...... .... ...... .... .. .... ...... 47 :20 Inger Berger .... .... .. .. ...... ... .... .. ......... 57 :24 Elizabeth Deutsch .... .. ........ .... .. .... I :0 I :48 Lizbeth Dornfelod ...... .. ...... ...... .... I :0 I :48 ATLANTA MARATHO N Atlanta, Georgia November 26, 1998 Team Standings Ric Munoz .... .. ........ .... .... .... .. ........ 2:57 :08 2nd Master; I st 40-44 Open Women I2of38 .... ...... .... . I8points Open Men 14 of 55 .............. .... . I9 points PETER MCARDLE XC 15K Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx November 29, 1998 Masters Women II of27 .... ....... I7 points Masters Men II of 44 ............ .. .. 28 points Ron Ceeley .. .. ...... .. .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .... . I :08:57 Bill Dale .. .. .... .. ..... ... .... .... .... .. ...... . I :27:46 Vet Women I 0 of I5 .. .... ...... .... .. I 0 points Vet Men 12 of37 .. ..... .... ........ .. .. 20 points HOT CHOCOLAT E 10 MILE RUN Central Park, New York December 5, 1998 1999 Point Races Louis Strandberg .. .. .... .. ...... .... ...... 1:02 :37 Steve McLure .. .... .. .......... .... .... ..... I: I9:53 Claudia Hauser .. .... ........ ... ...... .... .. 1:22 :34 Joanne Dondero .... .. .... ........ .. .. .... . I :45 :07 Lizbeth Dornfeld ...... .... ... .. ...... .. ... 2: 10:10 January 17, 1999 NORTHWIN D IOK February 20, I999 SNOWFLAK E 4-MILER KIA WAH ISLAND MARATHO N Kiawah Island, South Carolina December 12, 1998 Ric Munoz ...... ...... .... ...... .... .......... 2:52 :34 4th Overall Master; 2nd 40-44 Ric's 8th fastest marathon ever. Congratulations, Ric' 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE March 6, I999 BROOKLYN HALF-MAR ATHON r~ CD I ST TIME IN EVENT rf l ,___ RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT CAN IT really be the end of I998??!! It's hard to believe, but it's true. We would like to extend our best wishes during the holiday season - however you choose to celebrate it. Just make sure you get some running in between bites of turkey! It's been a great year for FRNY! Our attendance at NYRRC races improved so much this year and our current standings among all the other running clubs shows an amazing turnaround from last year. Congratulations! The highlights of the year would have to be our very own Pride Run, Tappen Zee (cleaning them out of most of their medals!) and, of course, who could forget FRNY's great showing at Gay Games? (How many medals DID you end up with, Marty?) On a slightly sad note: Although we have thoroughly enjoyed being your race captains for 1998, we will not be holding those positions in 1999. We're sure you will manage just fine without us and that the new race captains will fill our shoes quite easily. Hopefully, not TOO easily!! We'd like to welcome aboard Darren and Janet! Best of luck! Again, it's been a great year. Thanks everybody! And as always, keep running ... Steven Anderson sanderson@advanstar.com Jan Aitchison jca@oup-usa .org passing the baton to ... Janet Dawson & absdt@aol.com Darren Thomas !' PERSONAL RECORD @MASTER S �FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK A running, walking and cycling sports club for lesbians, gay men and supportive non-gay people of all athletic abilities. Membership Information: (212) 724-9700 10:00 A.M . CENTRAL PARK RUN FRNY • HTIP ;/1\'VWW . TIAC . NET/USERS/KA~RNY . HTML FAST & FAB • HTIP:/1\'VWW.FASTNFAB.ORG 4 6:45P.M RUnninG ClAIJ 9:00 A.M . ~A5T & ~N3 THE ARMORY FROM THE BOATHOUSE 7:00P.M. 10:00 A.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN FltiDUBOW C!IAUIC!SIC 10:00 A.M. 7:00 P.M . 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AT THE GWB 6:15 A.M. TAVERN ON THE GREEN 31 9:00A.M. ~A5T& ~N3 FROM THE BOATHOUSE CENTRAL PARK RUN TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN: JAMIE BAKER (718) 622-1824 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH : 236 W 73 ST ao 10:00 A.M. FRNY RUN 10:00 A.M. Al801RDOIII FIYI'-Milllt NEWSLETTER MAILING � 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, 1999 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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