1 25 6 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/75d70bfb0b3ca9716b76f557a96911fa.pdf 623a4573ef20d4d2d5fdcc0625e25e88 PDF Text Text Volume XIX Issue 12 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 December 2002 .. The Newsletter of Front Runners New York http://www.webcom.com/-bkm/if.html T http://www.fastnfab.org T http://www.frontrunnersnewyork.org '~r ~talitng ffitn include marketing, racing/running events, coaching, social events, volunteerism, the Charitable Foundation and communication. I would like to highlight four areas of particular success this year. Marketing: We've had some real success in this area but need to do more. After a long absence, FRNY made it into two issues of The Runner Magazine Club News section. Unfortunately, The Club News has been discontinued by NYRRC. Although controversial, the ad in HX brought us much needed publicity in the Gay community and we hope to continue and improve our relationship with HX. Ted Paszek was key in getting us fantastic rates in very important issues of the magazine in June. Also in June, Rob Vincent, Sean Butler and Patrick Thomas stood in front of the Big Cup in Chelsea passing out fliers for the Pride race and information on the club. I very much believe that the increase in attendance on our Wednesday runs is a direct result of the efforts of Ted, Ro?, Sean and Patrick. In 2003, we will advertise more and hit the streets once again. Also in 2003, look for our new uniforms, a redesigned web site and a new membership brochure and application. Racing/Running Events: The indoor track meet continues to grow in b?th participation and importance to the runnmg community in New York City. Runners throughout the (continued on page 2) The indoor track season at The Armory Track & Field Center has begun. And what fun it is! Thirty-two Front Runners have signed up to train this winter along with Coach Brady Crain. Brady is planning a winter track season to include running in the NYRR Night at the Races, and a few of the Friday night MAC races, culminating in our own 5th Annual Indoor Track Meet at the Armory on Saturday afternoon, March 22"ct. It's not too late to sign up for the Armory sessions .. Contact me ASAP. December is also the time to look back on everything we've accomplished this past year and to look forward to the year ahead when I hope to continue as President of this great club. Last January over 30 club members gathered at my home to discuss ways to increase involvement in the club and it's many activities. Out of this discussion, and with the help of Charlie Winztak, an action plan was developed and initiated. The Board and I have used this plan as our blueprint this past year. If elected I will continue to see that this action plan continues to be implemented. Editor & Calendar The action plan pinpointed seven areas Proofreader importantto the success of the club. These Mailing. Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley Board Meeting Our November meeting set a new record for brevity, an hour and thirty minutes. But we accomplished a lot in that short space of time. Our Awards Dinner, which will be on January 25th, was a major discussion since your board wanted to keep the cost to a minimum so everyone can attend. While the price of $50 may seem a lot, it's a great deal for the space and food we're getting. We all know how expensive Manhattan is and booking space somewhere else would of cost us 60-100 bucks a shot. We didn't tack on anything above the 50 bucks to raise additional money. Front Runners come from all walks of life, some just starting out, some in mid-career and others enjoying the fruits of their labors. So we hope that those of you that can will purchase an extra tic;ket to donate back to the club for those who have a limited income. Please contact any board member to help ensure we make our special evening really great by having as many members as possible attend, because hey, we're all family, and we want everyone there to celebrate. Our winter track program at the armory is going to be a great way to keep in shape and work on your personal best with over 30 people signed up already. While the winter training program is going to be costing us some real money, it's an investment in our running future both on the streets and on the track. Finally, we'd like everyone to consider which charities or worthy causes we should be donating money to this year. Get your suggestions to us before the general meeting on the 14th of December, so we can include them on the list from which all members will vote. The next meeting of the board will be at the general meeting of the club on Saturday December 14th after our run. rut 'P~eA- fmysecretary@aol.com �Page 2 December 2002 (continued from page 1) metropolitan area site and distribute the newsletter entered our race last year. We are already electronically, lowering costs significantly. getting calls asking for information on our And more Social events. On Friday, next meet. Marty McElhiney has been the December 13th at 7:30 p.m., FRNY will driving force for these meets and will once have a Holiday Party at my home. Please again serve as race director. The Pride Race stop by to help us celebrate the holiday continues to be our jewel in the crown. season. Dan, Ted, Michael W. and I will be Thanks to Michael Westwood for cooking so the only thing you have to bring organizing a spectacular race. Despite is a beverage. being assessed a $5,000 management fee On Saturday, January 25 at 8:00 pm, by NYRR we had our most profitable race Front Runners New York is planning an ever. Because of Michael, we offered on- Award Banquet to honor the top female line registration through NYRRC (our first) and male runners of 2002. Awards will and saw our numbers increase include "FRNY Runner of the Year" and dramatically. Michael will once again serve the top male and female runners in the as race director for our 22"d Lesbian and Open (20-39), Masters (40-49), and Gay Pride Race on June 28, 2003. In Veterans (50+) categories. Additional addition to our regular Tuesday, honorees will include the male and female Wednesday and Saturday fun runs, once a Triton triathlete of the year, Fast and Fab month we held a Monday night run along male and female bicyclist of the year and the Hudson River in lower Manhattan. We the most improved runner of the year. called these runs the Chelsea Runs and will Athletic awards will be based on continue to offer them in 2003. performance. For running, this will include We've worked very hard this year to a points system established last February make running and racing a focus of the for all scored NYRRC races and a handful organization again and will work to of other races also chosen last February. continue to do so next year. The Most Improved Runner of the Year Coaching: This year we have re- Award will be decided by the Board, Coach affirmed our commitment to coaching and Brady and Race Captains. The entire training for members of all abilities. We membership may nominate someone for have always been fortunate to have great, this award. Send your nomination to me via dedicated coaches and this tradition email at morzech@uts.columbia.edu by continues with our new coach, Brady December 15,2002. Crain. Brady is well known and well The final award offered that night will respected in the running community. Many be the Guy Zelinack Volunteer of the Year of the other running clubs have noticed our Award. Once again, the entire membership new coach and are beginning to think of will have the opportunity to nominate FRNY as competition. And yet Brady is as someone for this award. The person chosen attentive to the casual, inexperienced for this award should exemplify the runner as he is to the experienced racer. Do qualities of friendship, kindness and not miss an opportunity to work with dedication to the club as exemplified by Coach Brady! Guy. The Board will decide the person Volunteerism : The club has chosen from the list of nominations. All experienced real improvement in this area. nominations should be sent to me at With the help of Sean Butler, we are once morzech@uts.columbia.edu by December again a presence at NYRRC races; 15,2002. marshalling, handing out water and For more information on the Awards snipping chip strings. Getting members to Banquet please refer to the flyer included volunteer for breakfast duty is a lot easier. in this mailing or ask a Board member. And what a breakfast we now offer! Dan It' s been a great year. I thank all of you for Armstrong and Ted Pazek · have really your help, patience, kindness and improved the Saturday morning breakfast dedication to Front Runners New York in table. 2002. I hope to have the opportunity to As for the other areas of the action continue this work as your president in plan, in 2003 we plan to reinvigorate the 2003. Charitable Foundation, continue to improve communication, redesign the web Front Runners Membership Directory Our 2003 membership directory will go out in January. If you need to update your information, please e-mail Lee Abbey at chtorr@rcn.com, or bring the changes to a club run. The deadline is January 15. The new directiory may be sent out in PDF format. Pancakes With Panache On Saturday morning Nov. 2, 2002 Front Runners New York held our annual pancake breakfast. This was an opportunity for everyone who participated in the New York City Marathon to carboload in preparation for the race and to socialize with fellow club members. A group of dedicated and enthusiastic members volunteered to help make this event happen. Please join me in a rousing thank you to T.J. Storch, Jim Brandon, Paul Raso, George Mayer, Dave Laurence, Mike McMahon, Ken Shereda, Pat Kuharic, Libby Sweeney, Matt Chisholm, Spencer Lew, Patrick Thomas and Mike Powers, your assistance was greatly appreciated. A special thank you to Charlie Wintczak for his knowledge of, and insight into the organizing of this special event. Hope to see everyone again next year! v~~'t;O~ �, New York December 2002 Page 3 ground. All distances are round trip. bike@earthlink.net. Bash: Fast and Fab, ever mindful of its Decmeber 8, Nyack: Richard Gottlieb status as an eating club with a cycling takes a spin up to our favorite stomping disorder, celebrates the holidays in time- ground. Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Boathouse honored tradition: with food! We'll honor in Central Park. About 50 miles; Bl5 pace. the season at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, Richard Gottlieb: 212-757-7434 or Decmeber 14 with a get-together at Bob rg433@aol.com. Nelson's, with the inevitable potluck, Decmeber 20, Lights In The Heights: beginning with a hearty meat dish from Join us for a fun and leisurely ride to see Bob and a hearty vegetarian dish from the Christmas lights and decorations in Maryann Piamonte. Bring your appetite Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. Meet at City and something to satisfy it. Bob Nelson: Hall, across from the entrance to the or Brooklyn Bridge (by the Horace Greeley 917-658-9531 212-567-7160, Maryann Piamonte: Statue) at 6:30p.m. or at 7:15p.m. at 3rd fastnfab@yahoo.com. St. and Prospect Park West (entrance to 917-797-7400 More Bash: We'll be having the Fast and Prospect Park) in Brooklyn. About 25 Fab annual potluck, our biggest noncycling miles at a Bl4 pace. Ludwig Vogel, 646event, at 7:00 p.m. on February 22, at the 387-0100 or ludwig@bway.net. LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th Decmeber 15, Orchards: Mark Posey takes a detour from the usual Nyack route Games: Cyclists scored a hoard of medals St. Marquez vos calendriers! at the Gay Games, 12 in all, with stellar Mountain Biking will continue on an and heads west on South Mountain Road, performances turned in by Paulette informal basis during the cold weather, north of Nyack. A19, 65 miles. We leave Meggoe, Jay Hill, Marisa Mettner, Claudia says Chris Marko. Interested parties should from the New York side of the GWB at Cummings, Jennifer Silverman, Gary contact her at 973-715-4930 or 9:00 a.m. Mark Posey: 212-568-6033, Apruzzese and Bob Nelson. The most cmarko@mindspring.com. Chris extends 646-286-5051 or posey@ymcaret.org. incredible bike race of the Games was the congratulations to the sole New York City Decmeber 24, Tarrytown: We cycle to women's unlicensed criterium, held mountain biker represented at the Gay the Tarrytown Pastry Chef bakery, where November 4 in the Royal Botanical Games, Cliff Frasier, and to the four who we warm up with hot chocolate and other Gardens, in which Paulette held off women made it from Philadelphia, Allen Fischer, goodies. Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the from Seattle and Colorado to take the gold. Mike Babbitt, David Steele and Dan Boathouse in Central Park or at 9: 15 a.m. at the 242nd St. stop (Van Cordtlandt Park) In the last back stretch, the Coloradan had Hendrickson. a bike length's lead, and was even ahead Italia! Fast and Fab is planning a cycling on the 0 train. About 35 miles, B 17 pace. coming around the last tum, but Paulette trip to Italy, possibly in late August of Bob Nelson, 212-567-7160,917-658-9531 got out of her seat, jumped the hill and took 2003. Several of our members went on a or fastnfab@yahoo.com. the race by six inches. A dozen New York tour of Abruzzo with Angelo Bandini, a Decmeber 25, Christmas: Chris Marko cyclists, second in numbers only to the local guide and bike shop owner, in June and Marie DeRosa tour Manhattan on . . Sydney team at the Games, were ~ nothmg but good thmgs to Christmas morning, leaving from the ' · e · resp lenden t m our bn'II Ian t purp 1 Jerseys, L001 and had matched only by the flaming lavender of say. Angel? also leads tours of~ardinia and Boathouse in Central Park promptly at Australia's blooming jackaranda trees. the Appenmes, and has a website at http:// 8:00a.m. The ride has both fab (ClO pace) Thanks to Shawn Hill, our reportedly www.urla.com/abcycletours/. Bob Nelson: and fast (B 15+) sections, totalling about 25 or miles. Kindly RSVP by Decmeber 24, and 917-658-9531 heterosexual color coordinator! A MUCH 212-567-7160, happy holidays to all! Chris Marko 973lengthier write-up, with photos, will appear fastnfab@yahoo.com . December: Rides for the Santa month 715-4930 or cmarko@mindspring.com; on the Fast and Fab website. or 212-799-5064 DeRosa Dinner: For December, Fast and Fab helps follow. Watch the e-mail list for updates. Marie with your holiday shopping. Join us Please call the ride leader if you plan to mastermdr@aol.com. Thursday, Decmeber 5, at Bluestockings show. Helmets are always required. Please Enjoy the cool weather, stay safe and an dress for the weather and bring a pump, (http://www.bluestockings.com), see you on the roads! independent women's bookstore on the spare tubes and at least one water bottle. Contributors: 1(,1.-~ 'B~. Lower East Side. We'll meet at 6:30p.m. at We normally cancel if the pavement is wet; the store, 172 Allen Street between call the ride leader if in doubt. Rides are Rivington and Stanton Streets, then, when listed by class (A is fast with few stops, B everyone's shopped their hearts out, we'll is intermediate and C is fab with lots of ~~.'Bot~~.~~ adjourn to a nearby vegetarian-friendly stops) and average pace in mph over level P~, /...~~ 1/o~d eatery. RSVP to Richard Brause at red- �Page4 December 2002 Front Runners T he best Gay Games Ever! That is the recurring theme voiced by the 13,000 athletes who participated in Sydney's Gay Games VI. " Spectacular Opening Ceremonies . . . fantastic Opera House . . . magnificent harbor, incredible beaches, wonderful weather and world-class sporting facilities." These were the comments we heard over and over again. We were in luck as far as the weather was concerned. From the moment the athletes began to arrive, Sydney's normally fickle spring weather decided to settle down and produce a string a of bright sunny days and cool clear nights. Until the last day, the weather couldn't have been better-althou gh the lack of rain allowed for a few bushfires that threatened the mountain bike course. Unhappily the last day (Saturday November 9) was hot, with temperatures approaching the 90s that caused some problems on the marathon course. As far as Track and Field was concerned the events went off without a hitch. The venue at the Olympic Park was superb and it was the first time that Gay Games have had an electronic scoreboard and a photo fmish capability. The judges were extremely diligent and very supportive of the athletes. Thanks to the Sydney Front Runner membership, there was no shortage of volunteers supporting the professional staff. A big vote of thanks goes to Sydney Front Runner Des Sullivan who spent almost a year as a non-salaried worker at the Gay Games organization and who was responsible for producing the top-notch arrangements for the Track and Field. The other person to be singled out, for a huge vote of thanks is Stuart Borrie, who was the overall Director of Sports. In appreciation of his tireless efforts Stuart was awarded this year's Tom Waddell Award. Heartiest congratulations to both Des and Stuart for a great job, well done. Meanwhile, back home, this year's Chicago Marathon attracted 27 Front Runners from three different clubs. From a Front Runner point of view, two masters and a veteran dominated the race in which the first three Front Runners were all over 40. A relatively new Chicago Front Runner, Ian Griffin, ran an astonishing 2:52:32; at age 47 he placed in the top 1.4 percent of his age group. 40-year-old Serge Lagaizere of Frontrunner s de Paris fmished in 2:53:48 placing in the top 2 percent of his age group. And Andrew Suzozzo, fast approaching his 57th birthday, achieved a 3:09:18, placing in the top 1.76 percent of his age group. All three runners qualified for seeded times in next year's Chicago Marathon and met the qualifying times for males.l8-35 for Boston. Palm Sprmgs Front Runners held their Pride Run during the weekend of November 2, 2002. Besides the locals there was expected to be a strong tum out from Los Angeles. . For some time Len Tritsch has been the Track & Field coach of Seattle Front Runners. This summer Len recommended to the track group, who were training for the Sydney Games, that after their workouts they should ice their legs to reduce the effects of muscle stress. He suggested sitting in an ice bath. This had 15th ANNUAL • YULETIDE STRIDE Sunday, December 8 ': Boston, MA o AIDS gift basket fund-raiser $25 registration at: www .5krun.org/ytsindex.html 617-424-9255 frontrunnersboston@hotmail.com 0 little appeal for the group who came up with their own treatment-aft er their Sunday workouts they stood waist deep for 20 minutes in freezing Puget Sound. What ever works folks! On Saturday, October 5, San Francisco Front Runners escorted our very own Brent Nicholson Earle and the original rainbow flag of the first Gay Games, on a run through Golden Gate Park to the AIDS Memorial Grove. Here, Brent and a group from Team San Francisco, read the names of victims of AIDS, Brest Cancer and the collapse of the World Trade Center. A new Quilt was unfolded that represents this Games' Rainbow Memorial Run. The run logo and a drawing by Keith Harring were sewn on the quilt. Baylands Front Runners have announced their new Board-Robin Medley, Jim Nesbitt, Robin Robertson, Peter Sass and Karen "Spiff' Smith. They have a lot of work ahead taking care of the membership that has reached 562 active members. Incidentally, the club recently celebrated its 11th Anniversary. The social news from London Frontrunner s is that they now meet for drinks following their evening runs on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays. On Saturdays they do breakfast following the morning run. Tampa Bay Frontrunner s have been invited to operate a water station in the Hops Marathon. The club is delighted since this race has a corporate sponsor and they will be compensated fmancially for their effort, replacing the need for their annual fundraiser. Seventeen San Francisco FrontRunne rs made the annual pilgrimage to Yosemite National Park for a fall hiking and eating extravaganza. Besides the scenery an unexpected highlight was a nocturnal visit by a black bear that was discovered by a Park Ranger sitting in the front seat of a Frontrunner's Toyota enjoying a bag of Ruffles potato chips. The Ranger scared off the bear, but then returned to lecture the group on Park safety and levy a $150 fme on the Toyota's owner. Guess he learned not to leave any food in the car! ' �' Page 5 October 2002 NewYork Welcome To Our New Members Since October! Kate Elsley Loren Mooney Joe Mejia Sarah Jones Kevin Raney Jonathan Rubinstein James Hanlon Nicholas Sterlington Wael Hibri Stuart Yothers Team NY Membership Renewal Thru 2006! Join or renew now and you're a member through 2006! Now that we've recovered from jet lag, many of us are thinking ahead to the Montreal Games in 2006! With our new 4-year dues rates, you won't have to think about it for four more years! Team NY needs YOUR support so ·we can keep on doing the good work that we've been doing! Applications are at Saturday runs or www.teamnewyork.org. We also look forward to seeing all of you at our Annual Meeting/Election Night/Gay Games Reunion: Tuesday, January 28th at 7:.00 p.m. at The Center, 208 West 13 Street! 'f::wtl,~ Tritons In Oz The Tritons had a great showing (and a great time) at the Gay Games in Sydney, Australia. The weather was a bit warm, with mid-morning temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius-that 's in the high 80's-by 10:00 a.m! Along with the very flat course, the heat made things a bit of a challenge, but there was also plenty of great scenery and the thrill ofbeing part of the first athletic event of Gay Games VI. We also got plenty of compliments on our racing singlets (kudos to Leslies Jones and Jennings and the rest of the design team}--and they sure did make it easy to see each other out on the course! Many congrats to all of our fmishers, and to our medal winners: Joanne Dondero and Bob Sundeen earned silver medals, and Kathryn Schulz brought home a bronze medal in her first Gay Games. Remember, Gay Games VII is less than four years away-okay, okay, plenty of time for a bit of a rest! Keep an eye on this space, we'll be thinking ahead to next season as the winter months crawl past. For more info on the Tritons, contact Claudia Cummings at ButchGrrl@aol.com or Les Jones at lejones@clinique.com e~er-e~ November. Plenty of time to run off next in the I OK-in plus-1 00 degree heat! great, overall, and we week's turkey. There are still four The Games were hope everyone loved Sydney as much as qualifying races (Five if you include the we do. You can understand why Peter 60K Knickerbocker Run around Central Park if you're really keen!), so see if you Allen sang "I still call Australia Home!" On the results from the Gay Games- can get your pre-qualifiers squeezed in. happy and safe a Have the scoring was really all over the place, given the changes for the marathoners and Thanksgivin g-celebrate it in style with a November is here. Our summer running clothes are well and truly packed other competitors cutting back on distances morning run-or Turkey Trot to help build away, but plenty of winter running lies due to the heat. It was really a difficult task your appetite up for the afternoon's ahead of us. There is a lot to report this to collate the scores. So if I missed you- festivities. fjV ~et J-11t:lt/C(U., month! First up: the NYC marathon. send it in and we will include it in the next stpac.com.au). Congratulations to all our members. Front newsletter ( jdawson@we \.~ ~ I As to up coming events:next month's Runners had another great showing in being point's races for men and women is The Joe ~J) ~ NYC, despite some of our runners Kleinerman 10K, December 15, Sunday, down in Sydney for the Gay Games. CHICAGO To 9.31 a.m. See You there! Let's put in a But we did more than simply run. MARATHON all the helpers at the 24-mile water station, strong December for FRNY with a large Chicago, Illinois and to all the helpers at the pancake contingent showing for the last points race October 13, 2002 breakfast-th ank you. November is such a of the year. John Soto .... ... .... .3:10:24 Also, for those of you who were ~ D~ special month for the club, it's great to see so many Front Runners getting out there. inspired by all the great marathon ~ RUN AGAINST was the performances and want to get into next The other big event, of course, HUNGERlO K Gay Games down in Sydney-wha t a blast! year's NYC Marathon-do n't forget you Croton, New York The weather certainly cooked up some need nine races to pre-qualify (and be a October 20, 2002 . . member since January 2002 or pretty hot times and great performances . NYRRC Give it a shot-there's plenty of David Pitches·· ···· ······· ·· :········· · 843:45:21 Most notable were Tor Hansen and John earlier). (contmued on next page) Soto in the marathon and Dave Carraway time for training between now and next RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT I rJ. Q �Page 6 NJ STATE CHAMPION SHIP MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES #7 Wawayanda State Park, New Jersey October 6, 2002 24 Miles Chris Marko .......... ........ ........ ... . 82:27:04 NJ STATE CHAMPION SHIP MOUNTAIN BIKE SERIES #8 Ringwood State Park, New Jersey October 13, 2002 Expert Class: 16 miles Chris Marko ............ .................. 81:48:00 Beginner Class, 8 miles CliffFrasier. ...... .... .. ..... ... ............ 8 57 :29 DianaHulboy ......... ......... ............. 859:54 STEINER CROSS COUNTRY SK Van Cortlandt Park The Bronx, New York October 20, 2002 Kelsey Louie ... .. ... ....... .. .... .... ...... ..... l7:51 Dave Caraway ., ...... .. ....... .... ...... . ,..... 18:26 Martin McElhiney .. ..... ..... .... .. ...... ... .21 :00 John Kosa ...... .. ...... .. ........... ........ ... ... 22 :25 Martin Watkins ..... ... .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .... ... 23 :32 NOT QUITE THE NYC MARATHON Central Park, New York October 27, 2002 5 miles Tor Hansen ............ ............. ... .. ..... .. .. 30:24 Michael Benjamin ..... .................. ..... 31 :29 Paul Racine .. ........ ....... .. ..... ........ ... .. . 35:44 Edward Rivera ........ .......... ... ........ .... 36:34 John Cleveland ...... ..... ....... ... .. ..... .. .. . 37:18 Martin Watkins ......... ........ ....... .. ... ... 37:54 Daniel Coyne ....... ....... ............ .... ... .. 39:23 Louis Carotenuto ... ............ .............. .41 :24 Glenn Nobel... ... .... ... .... ...... ........... .. .41 :48 Michael Beltran ...... .. ........ .. ......... ..... 42: 16 Phil Wahba .. ...... .. ... ..... ......... .. ..... .. ...42: 16 Jerry Levine .. ........ ... ........................ 43:48 Craig Booth .... .... ...... .. ......... ....... ..... .47: 12 Shelly Garcia ... ...... ... ...... ..... ..... ....... .49: 14 Claudia Cummings .... .... ....... .......... .. 51:56 Evelyn Heinbach ....... ...... .. ........ ....... 51 :56 Audra Farrell ... .. ... ... ........ ..... ... ......... 52:08 Lenore Beaky ........ ........... .. ...... ... ..... 55 :28 C) Front Runners December 2002 PLACE IN AGE GROUP NEW YORK CITY MARATHON New York, New York November 3, 2002 Devon Carranza ... ............ ....... ... ... 2:59:46 Michael Benjamin ... ..... ..... .. ......... 3: 13: 17 Colin Gallagher ............. ........ .. .... . 3:22:50 Wael Hibri ..... .... .................... .. ..... 3:35:08 Jim Brigaitis .......... ........... .. .... ....... 3:36:28 Paul Racine .... ........ .......... ....... ...... 3:37:28 Louis Strandberg ..................... ... .. 3:39:19 Michael Gigl ...... .. .......... ....... ........ 3:51:19 Phil Wahba ................... .......... ...... 3:59:21 Jonathan Matson ................... .... ... . 4:00: 15 Nick Sterlington .... ....................... 4:06:38 Jerry Levine ...... ..... ........ .. ........ .. ... 4:07:55 Debra Chap nick .................. ..... ..... 4:10:21 Lawrence Wilkes .... .... .. ........ ... ... .. 4:16:13 Michael Beltran ...... ..... .......... ...... . 4:18:22 Louis Munoz.. ... ........... ...... ... ..... ... 4:18:58 Kenneth Chamberlain ... .. ...... ...... .. 4:31:23 Kevin McMahon ...... .............. ...... . 4:45:39 Donna Checkan .... ........................ 4:50:20 Arthur McCune .. ........ ...... ... ... ....... 4:56:28 Christine Fisher .. .. ........ .. ........ ... ... 5:03:43 Christine Gero .. ........... ..... .... ....... . 5:04:45 Earl Johnson ....... .......... .. ........ ...... 6:13:50 Chris Berlinger ...... .. ..... ... ...... ...... . 7:18:31 GAY GAMES TRIATHLON Penrith, Australia November 4, 2002 Olympic Distance: l.SK swim, 40K bike, lOK run Geoffrey Perry ..... .... .. ... ..... .. .. .. .. ... 2:16:36 Dan Gallagher .... ... ....... ............ ..... 2:17:19 Peter Shearer.. ........ .. ............ ......... 2:22:21 Jay Hill ....... ........ ..................... ..... 2:26:41 Peter Johnston ... ........ ................ ... . 2:42:33 Tony Meola ........ ......... .. ......... ...... 2:49:35 Claudia Cummings ...... ...... ...... .... . 2:53 :08 Leslie Jones ........ .. ........ ................ 2:58:48 Kathryn Schulz .......... ..... .... ....... 8 2: 59:11 Joanne Dondero .. ... ........ .. ....... ... 82 :59:47 Nancy Schwartz ...... ..... ... .. ............ 3:01 :58 Maryann Piamonte ....... .. ,...... .. ..... 3:10:01 Barbara Krajewski ... ... .. .. ... ....... .... 3:14:52 Bob Sundeen ......... ...... ......... ...... 83 :14:59 Kip Baranoff... .. .... ....... ..... ....... ... .. 3:22 :33 Leslie Jennings .. ............ ....... ... ..... 3:26:06 CD PLACE OVER ALL GAY GAMES SPRINT TRIATHLON Penrith, Australia November 4, 2002 .75K swim, 20K bike, SK run Andreas Wellauer ....... ................... 1:26:54 GAY GAMES 10K November 9, 2002 Sydney, Australia Dave Carraway ........ ...... ............ 8®38:33 Christophe Laudamiel ..... .... ............ .45 :44 Stephen Rodgers ........ ...................... 50:05 Mitchell Davis ... .............. ....... ....... 1:01:35 Ken Heng ...................................... ! :05:28 Peter McKown .............................. 1: 14:30 GAY GAMES HALF MARATHON Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia Peter Johnson ..... .... ...................... . 1:41 :49 Lon Suliivan ... ........ ..................... ..2:00:02 Tony Meola .......... ...... .. .................2:05:25 Joanne Dondero ................ ........ 02:11:24 Barbara Krajewski ..... .............. ......2: 12:38 Paulette Meggoe ...... ...... ....... ....... ..2: 14:31 GAY GAMES MARATHON Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia TorHansen ... ... ... .... .................. 03 :08:17 John Soto ... ....... ... ...................... 03 :16:29 Daniel Trimbach .... .. ..... ........... .... .3:32:36 Charles Schoonmaker .. .. ............... 3:37:03 Tom Pelly ....... .:........... ...... ............3:38:03 Conrad Rippy ...... ..... ... ............ ..... .3 :46:18 Bruce Gilardi .... ...... .. ........ .. ...... ..... 3:47:15 Rob Hoerburger ....... ... .................. 3:49:40 Paul Travis .... ..... .... .... ..... .. ........... .3:51 :38 allowed to complete only 20 miles because of time I heat Yvonne Bock ... .. .......... ...... ...........3 :04:55 Janet Dawson .... .. .... .... ..................3:27:23 NYRRCRO SSCOUNTR YSK Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx November 17,2002 Daniel Coyne .......... ........... ........ ..... 23:59 Paul Racine ........ ...... ................. .. ... .24:10 Wael Hibri ..... .. .. ........... ................ ...24: 11 Donna Checkan .... ..... .. ...... .. ........ .. .. 24:35 Michael Mahon .. ....... ... ............. .... .. 30:08 Deidre Cuffeegray ... ...... .. ............ .... 33 :41 T PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE �. ' , ' • 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 8:00P.M. COACHING AT THE w 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 8:00P.M. COACHING 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB AT THE BOATHOUSE ' 6 6:30P.M. FAST&FAB DINNER 8:00PM COACHING AT THE ARMORY ARMORY 10 ' s " 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN AT THE t ' 9:30A.M. CHOCOLATE lSK lO:OOA.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 1! 8:00PM. COACHING AT THE ARMORY ARMORY 15 16 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 8:00P.M. COACHING 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB ATTHEGWB 9:30A.M. KLEIN ERMAN lOK 9:30A.M. HOUDAY 4-MILER " 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN AT THE n n 11 17 ,. 19 8:00P.M. COACHING AT THE ARMORY !0 6:30 OR 7:15 FAST&FAB LIGHTS IN THE HEIGHTS ARMORY IS 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB 0 BOATHOUSE 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN !6 8:00A.M. FAST&FAB C BOATHOUSE 7:00PM. CENTRAL PARK RUN 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN NEWSLETTER COPY DUE II 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FRONT RUNNERS NEW YORK A RUNNING, WALKING AND CYCLING SPORTS CLUB FOR LESBIANS, GAY MEN AND SUPPORTIVE NON -GAY PEOPLE OF ALL ATHLETIC ABILITIES 212-724-9700 www.frontrunner5newyork.or1 www.fa5tnfab.org D AND BA(J-DllOPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN PETER DOEBELE 718·857-1932 · 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 WEST 73RD STREET � 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, 2002 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. 19. 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Open team (5 top finishers), Masters team (top 3 40+ finishers) and Veterans team (top 3 50+ finishers). This is a great warm-up race for Gay Games and the NYC Marathon. On October 18'h. instead of the monthly President' s Potluck, I will host a celebration at my home in honor of our members who are leaving for Sydney and the Gay Games at the end of the month. The party starts at 8:00 p.m. All are invited to cheer our athletes and wish them well. . October is also the month to begm thinking about running for next year's Board. Mike McMahon and Dave Laurence have once again agreed to ~ead the Elections Committee . If you are m~erested in running for the Board, talk to M1ke and Dave. It's a great way to get involved in the club, meet people and make new friends. By the end of the month we hope to have our new uniform ready . New member, Chris Garcia, ofYMLA, is working with us to develop a great, new look for the club. So I hope you can join us for some or all of the events planned for this month. Happy training! These are busy times for Front Runners New York. We're training for the Gay Games, the NYC Marathon, biathalons, and points races. We ' re speed training on Tuesdays and Thursdays with our new coach Brady Crain. We're running in Central Park, Prospect Park, Riverside Park, along the Hudson in lower Manhattan, and along the East River at the 6'h Street Track. On Sunday, October 6'h we will hold our annual Blue Line Run, covering the last 20 mi les of the New York City Marathon. This is a great way to get the "feel of the course" before November 3'd. Once again, we will meet at Joe Criscione's place at 8:00 a.m. His address is 30 I Fifth Avenue (between 2"d and 3'd Streets, Park Slope) Apt. 4R, Brooklyn. His phone number is 718-965-9081. Volunteers are still needed to help the runners along the course with water and Gatorade. Someone with a car would be greatly appreciated. On Monday, October 7t1o we will have our monthly run in Chelsea and along the Hudson River. Rob Hoerburger has offered his home for the baggage drop. His address is 335 West 21st Street, Apt. 4FW. His phone number is 212-556-7365 . These runs are a lot of fun and a nice alternative to Central Park. The course is flat and the Editor & Calendar Hudson River is beautiful. Proofreade r Sunday, October 13'h is the Staten Mailing Septem ber Board Meeting Our September board meeting was a short one, focusing on the Blue Line Run scheduled for October 6. This is our annual run that covers the last 20 miles of the marathon route and our own Joe Criscione will be hosting the event. Everything is on schedule for our funfilled marathon weekend in November. We just need volunteers to pitch in for our fellow runners. We've moved our annual awards dinner to sometime in January, so we have plenty of time for the holidays. We discussed our coaching program which runs twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday. Whether you're trying to improve your mile time or your overall running style, this is the program you've been waiting for. Young, old, and all of us in between can benefit from Coach Brady's expert instruction. Give it a try, because for a limited time, your first session is free. After that it's $10 per and we're working on an incentive program to help with part of the cost. That's it from your loyal scribe. The next board meeting will be October 14th rut'P~~ FRNYSecretary@aol.com POINT S RACE SCHED ULE 2002 Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley Grete's Great Gallop October6 Staten Island Half Marathon October 13 New York City Marathon November 3 Joe Kleinerma nlOK December 15 �October 2002 Page 2 FRNY Elections 2003 Time to Step Up and .~ove t~e Club Ahead. . . . Yes, Its that ~Ime of year agam. ~Ime to think ab~ut runnmg for an office. Its your oppo~Ity to be a leader ~f Front Runn.ers New York. All membe~s m goo~ standmg are encouraged to consider runnmg for an office. The .offices fo,r F~Y a~e as follows : President, Mens VIce President, Women's Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and two Directors at Large. All the offices are for a period of one calendar year. Offices and Responsibilities President: Acts as the chief administrative officer and legal head of FRNY. Manages all aspects of the club's activities-leads the club at most of the regular runs and oversees the calendar of the club's events and activities. Leads club meetings. Represents the club to the LGTB community and to the running community at large. Overseas and manages all the other elected officers, committee chairs and the Pride Race Director. Appoints committee chairs. Vice Presidents: Both Men's and Women's Vice Presidents assume the duties of the President in case of absence. Manages committees assigned to them by the President. Front Runners Treasurer: Responsible for all the financial affairs of the club-its accounting, bookkeeping, collection of cash and banking and tax filing. Produce reports on the financial status ofthe club to the Board on a monthly basis at Board and general meetings. Produce detailed financial report of club activities as directed by the President. Responsible for maintaining the sound financial health of both Front Runners New York and Fast & Fabulous. Manages committees assigned by the President. Secretary: Responsible for recording the minutes of all Board and general meetings. Responsible for the external and internal communication activities of the club as assigned by the President. Responsible for preserving all records and official The International Rainbow documents of the club as assigned by the Memorial Run is a series of events to bring President. Manages committees assigned to the Rainbow Flag as a symbolic "torch" him/her by the President. from San Francisco, the "Athens" of the Directors at Large: Assist the President Gay Games, to Gay Games VI in Sydney, and other Officers in directing the Australia. These events include memorial committees as assigned. Support the runs with the Rainbow Flag, displays of President with any special projects. memorial Quilts historically linked to the Manages committees assigned to them by Gay Games, and receptions and rallies the President. focused on remembrance, AIDS and breast If you are interested in learning cancer prevention, and promotion of Gay more about the responsibilities of the Games VI Sports and Cultural Festival. various positions or nominating members ·Legs of the Rainbow Run have or yourself for offices, please see or contact already taken place this summer in New any of the Elections Officers. (Michael York and Vancouver, two past Gay Games McMahon, David Laurence, Matthew Host Cities. The intention of this series of Chisholm, and Spencer Lew) international events is not only to promote ----------------------------~theGey~m~b~~h~~~~g~~ Team NY Bon Voyage/Uniform Distribution Party LGBT community, increase its visibility and strength, raise awareness about important health issues affecting the community, and to remember its pioneers. The San Francisco leg of the International Rainbow Memorial R~ will take place in Golden Gate Park on October 5th 2002 . Team San Francisco is ~iform . coordinating the event and all are welcome Representatives from the Federation of Gay Games and Rainbow High to participate. Vacations will be there to answer your questions about the Games and Sydney. The International Rainbow Memorial Run will culminate in Sydney, Australia on I Authorization form: if you cannot attend the Pa:tY on October. lOth,: 2 November 2002, the opening day of Gay : you need to send someone in your place! Please s1gn below, fill m that 1 Games VI, coordinated by Sydney Front 1person's name and have them bring this (and their id) with them to the I Runners . For more information, please I party. Thank you. : contact AREA: I I The American Run for the End of AIDS, I I 2350 Broadway #1016 NY, NY 10024, phone/fax 212-580-7668 I . I I your signature name of your stand-m AmerRunEndAIDS@aol.com. Members and friends of Team NY are invited to join us at The Center on Thursday, October I 0 from 7-9:00 p.m. to pick up your pre-ordered Team NY uniforms, purchase t-shirts and pins-for yourself and for trading in Sydney-and celebrate our participation in the Sydney Gay Games! Photo ID is required for everyone picking up their uniforms! If you can't come in person, please fill out the form below so another person can pick up your ~----------------------------------~ ·---------------------------------I 1 ~ �New York Games: Time to ratchet up our training for Gay Games, with some paceline and hill work in Central Park. Team time trialers should be working out with their teams, and here's the opportunity. Speed demons John Zenkus and Paulette Meggoe are our coaches for the sessions, which take place every Thursday night at 6:30p.m., meeting at the north end of the park at the comer of llOth and Powell. Bob Nelson: 212-567or 917-658-9531 7160, fastnfab@yahoo .com . Flea: The second Saturday of October is the traditional date for the Lehigh Valley Velodrome's annual Bike Flea Market, where gearheads find their gear at a fraction of list price. It's on Saturday, October 12 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the velodrome, in Trexlertown, PA, about a two-hour drive. There is a $5 admission charge. If driving, or if you need a ride, contact Varin Ayala at 212-971-4061 or varin.ayala@verizon.net. Dinner: Lee Gorman comes out as a vegetarian with an October 15 foray to Zen Palate, 2170 Broadway between 76th and 77th Streets. We meet at 7:00 p.m. for dishes such as "Jewels of Happiness" (mini-mushroom steaks with endive) and "Beauty Quest" (sauteed wheat gluten), what Ruth Reichl of the New York Times called "the austere food of Buddhist monks." Lee Gorman: 718-645-6281 or leebikes@msn.com. Bike Box: Shawn Hill is offering a class on October 19 on how to disassemble your bike and fit it into a carrying case. The session is geared for folks going to Sydney, but anyone who does a lot of traveling with a bike is welcome. Meet at Bob Nelson's (165 Seaman Ave. #3H in Inwood) that Saturday at 2:00p.m.; if the weather is nice we'll do the class out on the lawn in Inwood Hill Park. By all means bring your bike and tools. If you can't make it but have questions, contact Shawn: 860-346-3592 or shill@wesleyan.edu. To RSVP, contact Bob: 212-567-7160, 917-658-9531 or fastnfab@yahoo.com. October 2002 Page 3 October 13, Storm King: This muchphotographed state park offers some of the best views of the Hudson River. Riders will need a Metro North pass; the ride is about 60 mi. and the pace is A 18. Paulette Meggoe: 718- 293-0885 or 347-268-2960; Bob Nelson: 212- 567-7160, 917-658-9531 or fastnfab@yahoo.com. October 19, Piermont: David Richwine is pushing hard to get into shape for the Gay Games, and you can too. Here's ride number six to Piermont! A21, 40 miles, leave from the Boathouse at 9:00 a.m. David Richwine: 212-453-4663, 917-7962369 or drichwine55@aol.com. October 20, Shepherds Lake: Fast and Fab joins Outbike New Jersey for an intermediate/advanced mountain bike ride at 10:00 a.m. at Shepherds Lake, Ringwood State Park. As usual, rain the morning of the ride cancels the event. RSVP by Saturday, October 19, for directions. Chris or 973-715-4930 Marko: cmarko@mindspring.com. October 27, Tour De Bronx: Rebecca Uss and Richard Brause take the group on a 40-mile route, meeting at 10:00 a.m. at the New York Botanical Garden. Two groups, a one at a B 16 pace (th_ t would be Rebecca); the other at C10 (Richard). Rebecca Uss: or 646-522-2047 212-663-9856, rebuss@pipel ine.com. October 27, Chill: This is the last weekend before the Gay Games in Sydney, so let's do an easy spin in Central Park for a couple of laps. Meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Boathouse. Paulette Meggoe: 718-293-0885 or 347268-2960. Enjoy the cool fall weather, stay safe and see you on the roads! Contributors: October: Rides for the pumpkin month follow . Watch the e-mail list for updates. Please call the ride leader if you plan to show. Helmets are always required. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and at least one water bottle. We normally cancel ifthe pavement is wet; call the ride leader if in doubt. Rides are listed by class (A is fast with few stops, B is intermediate and C is fab with lots of stops) and average pace in mph over level ground. All distances are round trip. October 6, Aqueduct: Richard Brause leads us north on the Old Croton Aqueduct. We'll meet at the Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course Clubhouse at 9:00 a.m. Enter from Bailey Ave. and Van Cortlandt Park South, a block south of the 242nd St. stop on the 0 train or two miles north of the 207 St. stop on the A train. CIO pace and we will make a lunch stop. Richard Brause: red1(~ ~~. bike@earthlink.net. October 12, Kensico: Gary Lehrer isn't J.~. satisfied with a ride to the Kensico Dam/, he wants to tour the whole reservoir. Riders ~ ~e- 1'11~()e-, ~() ~. will need a Metro North pass; the pace is B15. Gary Lehrer: 212-673-2073 or '1}1J&11'i,d 1(~1-e-, I(~ ~ glehrer900@aol.com. h Spiritual Send-Off for Australia-Bound Team NY Members and Friends The weekend of October 25-27 is officially "Gay Games Sabbath!" Rabbi Kleinbaum, Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Simchat Torah (CBST), and Rev. Pat Bumgardner, Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), will acknowledge and bless Team NY's Sydney-bound athletes, artists and their guests. All are welcome to attend all services, regardless of religious orientation. Gay Games Shabbat at CBST Friday, October 25, 6:30p.m. Church of the Holy Apostles 28 St. & 9th Ave. Gay Games Sabbath at MCC Sunday, October 27, 10:00 a.m. and 7:00p.m. 446 West 36 St. �October 2002 Page 4 Front Runners T he heat is on Down Under where ~_,Q Sydney Front Runners will be ~ ~ 6" ~~ providing some strong ~.A"J' """~ competition for visiters to Gay ~ .-~ Games VI. One of the Sydney teams just completed a 50K run with an average of I... 6.5 minute miles. On September 18, as a ~ ;; warm-up for GGVI, many club members ~ participated with outstanding results in the .1. ~~ Sydney Marathon and 1OK Blue Line Run. ~ In order to keep up the pace, the club has ~ ~ ·~ _ scheduled training three times a week in addition to three weekly long runs. The ~ () weather has also been heating up with ........,.~ temperatures in the sunny 70s on most days. So, the good news is that Spring has sprung in good old Sydney towne! There was shady business going on with Baylands Frontrunners on August Orpheus. The club's invitation carried this I 7 when, after four years of planning and note "Girls: bring a poster of Xena, The fundraising, the club dedicated a "Shade Warrior Princess to place at the base of the Trellis" in their local bayside park. Over massive and practically nude male statue, 450 BLFR members provided money to so we'll have focal points of interest to all". fund the construction. A plaque attached to The community-minded folks down at the trellis reads "Thanks to the Baylands Frontrunners of Ft. Lauderdale once Frontrunners for contributing this trellis for again helped out in the annual Coastal the enjoyment of all, June 2002!" And over Clean-Up which took place on September 60 BLFRs participated in their annual 21. And they are already planning on Beach BBQ Bonanza that followed their December 7 to kick-off their annual popular Warf-to-WarfRace, in Santa Cruz. Holiday Project that provides Christmas Good news from Chicago gift baskets for the needy. FrontRunners who report that there were The Holidays were also on the minds a total of 520 participants in their Proud to of Palm Springs Frontrunners earlier this Run 2002 race. What's interesting is that year when they celebrated Christmas in there were 200 women participating along July. The celebration was held at the Desert with the 320 men. That's a great ratio of Palms Inn where, after the cocktail hour, women to men and far higher than what they sat down to a complete turkey Dinner. they see at their regular Tuesday and Later, there were Christmas carols led by Saturday runs. The club is also continuing the Desert Winds Freedom Band and Santa with its Marathon training program in distributed white elephant Christmas gifts preparation for the 25 1h Anniversary beside the poolside Christmas Tree. (I'll withhold comment!) Chicago Marathon on October 13. Orlando Frontrunners will be On August 17th Frontrunner/Walkers of Baltimore held their annual summer celebrating their 101h Anniversary next pot-luck picnic at Ft. McHenry. The year. They are considering celebrating the meeting place was at the base of a statue of occasion over a period of time starting with the Disney Marathon in January through to the Pride Month of June. They plan for varied events that will appeal to different members, both past and present, as well as to both local and visiting Front Runner affiliates. One thing that has already been settled if the design for their I 01h Anniversary t-shirt. It will have a Superman theme with a prominent "10". Shouldn't that be a Superperson theme? W ,V .a. a'ltJ Looks like Frontrunners Boston had an active summer. The club held a number of successful non-running events that included day trips to Provincetown, a day at the beach in Ogunquit, Maine and a weekend at the Walt Whitman Camp in New Hampshire. One of that weekend's highlights was a climb up to the top of Moosilake Mountain. Our reporter tell us that "The views were fantastic and when we reached the summit Alden (Clark) must have been affected by the thin air and started singing and twirling (as one does) to the Sound of Music". Finally for those going to Sydney here are a few personal tips to tuck into your travel wallet. You'll fmd many inexpensive and/or ethnic restaurants along Oxford Street in the Taylor Square area. A couple of the better and more expensive restaurants that are nearby are Salt in the Kirketon Hotel and Restaurant Riva on Liverpool Street. A few blocks away on Burke Street are the popular restaurants Bill's 2 and Kylie Quongs. Across the street is one of the Sydney's best's eateries called MG Garage. Odd as it sounds they will sell you an MG along with your pricey meal. Next door, under the same management, is the less expensive Fuel. You'll be pleased to find that Australians do not tip as much as New Yorkers normally do. A 10% tip is more than adequate in restaurants and no tip is required if you buy a drink at a pub. Taxis are relatively inexpensive and tipping is minimal. Sydney's excellent public transportation by rail and bus will be free to those registered in the Games. And the best news is that the exchange rate is currently around 55 cents US to the Australian dollar which means you'll fmd that everything is almost half price. Happy running and happy traveling to the land ofOz! �New York MARATHON 18-MILE TUNE UP Central Park, New York August 25th, 2002 Devon Carranza ...... ... ......... ..... .... 1:59:24 Tor Hansen ................................... 2:08:02 Kenneth Agabian ........ .... ....... ... ... 2:12:28 Elizabeth Murphy .... ...... .... .......... 2: 17:43 Rob Hoerburger ........ ........... ... .... .2:24: 17 Danny Kurak ....... .......... ............... 2:27:04 Paul Racine ............... ............. ...... 2:29:46 Jerome McDonnell ..................... .. 2:30:26 Yvonne Bock .......... ... ......... .. ..... .. 2:32:03 Michael Gig! ................... ....... .. .... 2:37: 11 Lawrence Wilkes .... .... .... ..... .... .. .. 2:49 :41 Stephen VanDyk ............. ............2:51 :08 Christine Fisher ........ ......... ...... ..... 2:51 :57 Bradley Gretter ................. ........... 2:54 : 14 Kevin McMahon .................. ... .....2:56: 14 Arthur McCune ................ ......... ... 2:59:45 Phi!Wahba .... ..... .......... .. ....... .... ... 3:02:46 Janet Dawson ......... ......... ... ..... ...... 3: 10:03 Paulette Meggoe ... ...... .. ............. .. 3:13:52 RUN TO LIBERTY 10K Battery Park, New York August 31, 2002 Tor Hansen .. ......... .... ....................... 39:07 Rosario Gennaro ................... ......... .41 :23 Dawson Her Many Horses ...............42:38 Jerome McDonnell .... ... ... .... ...... ...... 42 :50 Peter Johnston ........................... ..... .43: 19 Michael Benjamin .......... ........ ... ...... 45 :22 John Cleveland ........................... ..... 46:30 Lawrence Wilkes ........... .......... ....... 50:34 Claudia Cummings ,....... .......... ... ..... 51 :01 Kevin McMahon ....................... ...... 51 :II Michael Orzechowski .... .. ............... 52:09 Joe Criscione .................... ............... 52:09 Debby Pastrich ................................ 53 :59 Paul Raso ........................................ 53:52 Kenneth Chamberlain .................... 53:37 Christine Gero .................... .......... ... 55 : 14 Paulette Meggoe ............................. 57: 14 Robert Sundeen ............................... 57:59 Evelyn Heinbach .......................... ! :01 :49 Glenn Nobel .................. ............. .. ! :03:52 GREAT BONAC lOK Springs, New York September 2, 2002 David Pitches ............................... 042:22 e PLACE IN AGE GROUP PageS October 2002 PFIZER-UN ITED WAY 5K Morris Plains, New Jersey September 5, 2002 Loraine Simunek ...... .... .. ....... ..... T21 :58 NJ STATE CHAMPION SHIP SERIES #5 24-MILE MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE Ringwood State Park, New Jersey September 8, 2002 Chris Marko ..... .......... .. ....... .. .. .. 62:41 :42 I FIRMMAN HALF IRONMAN Narragansett , Rhode Island September 8, 2002 1.2 mile swim/56 mile bike/13.1 mile run Robert Andrews .. ....... ............... T5 : 14:53 Rosario Gennaro ......... ..... .... ... ... 05 :42:12 MIGHTY HAMPTONS TRIATHLO N September 14, 2002 1.5K swim/40K bike/10K run Jane Fitzgreald ... ........ .................. 2:31:08 Loraine Simunek ............. ............ 2:32:08 Michael Gig! ..... ............. ...... ........ 2:34: II Jennifer Docherty ........ .......... .. .... 2:41:25 Martha Prakelt .. .................... .. ..... 2:42:36 David Pitches .............. .. .......... ..... 2:44:48 Arun Bordoloi ....... ........ ............... 3:03:10 Roy O'Neill .. ................................ 3:05:43 Robert Sundeen ................ .. .. ...... . 3:18:06 HARLEM RENAISSAN CE RUN New York, New York September 14, 2002 5 miles Lenore Beaky ...................... ........... 52:49 IRONMAN WISCONSIN Madison, Wisconsin September 15, 2002 2.4 mile swim/112 mile bike/26.2 mile run Audra Farrell ....... .................. Tl5:23:12 PHILADELP HIA DISTANCE RUN Philadelphia , Pennsylvania September 15,2002 Ken Chamberlain .................... ,..... 2:04: I 0 <D PLACE OVER ALL How exciting ... the cooler weather means we are getting closer to the New York City Marathon on November 3rd, and the Gay Games Marathon in Sydney on November 9th. I hope everyone is training well and getting excited as the light appears at the end of the tunnel. If you're running in either (or any) events, make sure you pass on your results so we can publish them in each month's newsletter. Don't forget our new running coach is holding speed classes each Tuesday and Thursday Contact Dave Carraway for details. This month's points races are as follows: Grete's Great Gallop, 13.1 miles, October 6th at 9:30 a.m. and the Staten Island Half . Marathon, October 13th at 9:40 a.m. Both races are men's and women'~ points races, so make every effort to attend at least one of the races and be sure to indicate FRNY as your club when filling out your race application. By the time the next newsletter reaches your mail box, a lot of you will be in Sydney, Australia, my home town. I hope you all have a great time, compete hard and enjoy yourselves. I hope my fellow Aussies treat you all as warmly and openly, as you New Yorkers have welcomed me! Enjoy! p.s. The locals in Sydney love American accents so don't be shy folks! T PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE �I ' • t 1 F•NY 212-724-9700 • ! 6:30 COACHING E. 6TH ST www.frontrunnersnewyork.org www.fastnfab. org 6:30P.M. 7:00P.M. 8:00A.M. BLUEUNERUN 9:00A.M. ' I 6:30 COACHING E. 6TH ST 7:00P.M . 'AST~'AB CHELSEA RUN 9:15A.M. NORWAY RUN 9:30A.M. GRETE'S GALLOP 11 lO:OOA.M. COACHING AT RUTGERS PROSPECT PARK RUN 6 5 CENTRAL PARK RUN !0 ' 6:30P.M. COACHING AT RUTGERS 7:00P.M. 10:00 A.M . CENTRAL PARK RUN FAST&FAB 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 1! " TEAM NY PARTY 15 16 17 11 19 6:30 P.M. BOARD 9:00A.M . FAST&FAB MEETlNG CHEZ MICHAEL 0 !O:OOA.M. OUTBIKEit FAST&FAB rr ft. 9:00A.M. COACHING 7:00P.M. iKLl~ Bl.!~ FAST It FAB DINNER 7:00P.M. 6:30P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN COACHING AT RUTGERS 8:00PM. FAST&FAB GAY GAMES lO:OOA.M. CELEBRATION CENTRAL PARK RUN CHEZ MICHAEL 0 COPY DUE ZEN PALATE n H N !6 10:00 A.M. 6:30 COACHING E. 6TH ST 7:00P.M . PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:30P.M. COACHING AT F•NY !I 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB THE BOATHOUSE 10:00 A.M. FAST&FAB 6:30 COACHING E. 6TH ST 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 6:30P.M. COACHING AT RUTGERS A RUNNING, WALKING AND CYCUNG SPORTS CLUB FOR LESBIANS, GAY MEN AND SUPPORTIVE NON-GAY PEOPLE OF AU. ATHLETIC ABIUTIES FOOD AND BAC4-V~OPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN PETER DOEBELE 718·857·1932 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 WEST 73RD STREET • � 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, 2002 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. 19. No 10, October 2002 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 2002 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:2000s Year:2002 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/874b69cbd4a182bc76fa6c8433adf96a.pdf 4f72296661a20b600301b2f2870ab551 PDF Text Text Volume XIX Issue 7 & 8 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 Summer 2002 THE NEX T MIL £ The Newsletter of Front Runners New York http://www. webcom.com/-bkm/if.html 'Y http://www.fastnfab.org 'Y http://www.frontrunnersnewyo rk.org The 21st Annual Lesbian & Gay Pride Run was a great success with many people to thank and congratulate. First, to the FRNY membership for the fantastic support given to the event this year and every year for the last 21 years! With I ,826 entrants and 1,525 finishers, this was our biggest race ever! It is most likely the largest lesbian and gay race in the country. Some 130 FRNY members crossed the finish line. We marshaled our own race . Many more volunteered and cheered along the course. More than half of the total membership was in Central Park Saturday morning taking part in this great event! Second, a big thank-you to Bob especially our coach, Jeff Singleton who announced the race, and the alwaysinvaluable Pat Kuharic, technical director this year and for many years past. And finally, place of honor goes to our race director, Michael Westwood. Michael's dedication, hard work and talent produced our greatest race yet! Who could believe we would have over I ,800 registrants! 1,478 finishers! And it all ran like clockwork. Most of you may not know that Michael's only been a club member for 10 month~! If Front Runners New York can attract members of Michael's ability and talent we will be in good hands for years to come. And so, I hope all of you feel as much pride for this great club as I do. It is an honor and privilege to be president of such an organization. Thank you. And now on to the 22nd Annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Race 2003! Board Meeting Our June meeting was centered around the Pride Run and Pride Week activities. It was decided to move the Guy Zelenak Award, usually given at the race, to the December Award's Banquet. It will be awarded for outstanding volunteerism. Among the other topics discussed were the redesign of our uniforms for early fall, hopefully to give us a more visible presence around town; the possibility of a Meet-the-Membership Picnic in Central Park in September and last but not least, we decided to take a break over the summer both for the newsletter and the board meet· mg. The next board meeting will be Tuesday, August 13th at Michael O's. I -7" I 0"' t ur.- r~ue- FRNY Secretary@aol.com ~!~~~~~~=~~~~~ Fab for their involvement all support. Nelson, Paula McKinley and andof Fast & Many bicyclists were there marshaling and running! The same goes for our very busy Tritons. Their dazzling new uniforms could Central throughout spotted be Audra Farrell, Park. Claudia Cummings, Les Jones and so many more of our mighty~~~!!! Tritons were on hand to help make this race such a success. Third, TJ Storch and past FRNY presidents and Board members for their support, knowledge and experience. TJ set a high standard to live up to for us and future Boards. Thanks TJ! Fourth, a very big thank you and congratulations to this year's Board. I want all of you to know how dedicated and talented this Board is. FRNY is very lucky to have this group of individuals working on behalf of the club. Thank you Mary Editor & Calendar Ann, Paulette, Matt, Spence, Dan and Ted. Proofreader Thanks to all who helped with the race Mailing AUGUST'S POINTS RACE Club Team Championship 5 Miles August 17 POINTS RACE SCHEDULE 2002 Donn Peppler George Schlein John Whooley Double Points! Fred Lebow 5K-XC September 22 Staten Island Half Marathon October 13 New York City Marathon November3 Joe Kleinerman10K December 15 �Page 2 Front Runner Long Timers Summer 2002 issue was developed by Lee, George It is in the most trivial occurrence that Schlein, Sue Foster, Dan DelMontie, Steve we aGlrnowledge primary changes. Today, June 15, 2002, during the announcements after the Saturday morning's run, we were all encouraged to log on and go to the FRNY home-page to get the most current and greatest information about the club. We were advised that the cost of producing and mailing the newsletter has grown and could cause an increase in member's dues. No one questioned this. Almost everyone has a computer. The cost of the club publication has always been a major expense. A family membership was cheaper because there was only one newsletter sent rather than multiples. I remember that decision. I remember the decision to give out newsletters at the weekly morning gathering at Rutgers Church to save postage. I remember the discussions on the size of paper used, whether to use an envelope, and if sorting by zip-code was worth the reduced postage costs. Often, we would gather at my 72nd Street apartment to stuff and stamp after we left our previous morning haunt, The Bushes, in the Park Royal on West 73rd street. Guy Zelenak developed the first crude database of our members. Getting labels and sorting were chores still when Lee Abbey took over the database and cultivated it as software improved. Our cutting edge Lesbian and Gay sports organization was typed into WordPerfect 3.8 on my early Apple II computer way before IBM even had a PC. Much of what you see in this 'hard copy' Front Runners I RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT a Gerbin, and our guardian angel Guy. We and other longtime members and specters used the printed paper to 'keep the club together.' It was an adhesive during FRNY's delicate advent, a lantern through, but not through yet, the dark days of AIDS, Well, another Pride Race has been run and now, into a new electronic day, a and won, and what a great day it turned out brightly colored signpost. to be! A special thanks to all our members Some of us long-time members were for their participation, whether it was in an with the club before some of today's administrative capacity or getting out there members were born. In a few years, Front and running for FRNY. A special thanks to Runners New York, one of the first clubs of Bo~ Nelson an? the Fast & Fab crew, for what is now International Front Runners, the1r marshaling prowess and mo~al will be a quarter century old. Many of us supp?rt on the course. Als? a special are still young, or at least, younger than we ment~on to all our award wmners~well would have been without Front Runners. doneS h ? Th , . 1 As we can adjust to the ever-changing up! T~e ~:~ ~:k Ci;r~a;a:o~ ~~::: technology of running shoes, we too will is well under way, as is Sydney Gay Games adjust to the words on a virtual vertical training-for either the 1oK, Half screen rather than text horizontally Marathon or the full 26.2-mile Marathon sprawled out amongst our bills. (or 42km as the Sydney folk say:-). Also, for the women, we are trying to Also in the church's gym today were blow-up pictures of members, a few with make one run a month at Rutgers a special faces that I remember from the early women's run, to encourage as many of you eighties. I would like to see a group shot of to migrate back to the club, and get you all those of us who are members for at least20 together. Keep an eye on the regular emails years. You who are not should know that for the August pick-if you do not receive when you hold back a bit on the Pride Day the regular emails, please drop me a line march to run 'Gayly forward' behind our jdawson@westpac.com.au. "Pepto Bismol" pink banner (as a Boston Enjoy your summer & see you all soon Front Runner proclaimed it at their first Happy Running '1'11~1, CC 9~ club weekend) that it was 'our' invention as a declaration of our club's joy and strength ~----------------------------and pride. Cruising Team New York Ahoy Mates! Once again, the Team New York Sea Tea will set sail on the -----------------------------------------------------~----~ Queen of Hearts river boat on Sunday evening, August 25th. Admission includes New Boston Marathon Qualifying Standards The Boston Marathon requires entrants to submit a qualifying time that falls an all-you-can eat dinner buffet, guest DJ and entertainment. Come out and party on within their standards. The Boston Athletic Association recently announced new, less the Hudson, and bring your friends! stringent, standards for older runners. Starting with ages 45-49, each 5-year age group Tickets are $15 for TNY members and gets an additional 5 to 70 minutes over what was previously required. $20 for non-members. Advance Sale For example, in the (ahem) 55-59 group, the men's qualifying time is now 3:45 Only! Deadline for receipt of mail orders: (was 3:35) and the women's is 4:15 (was 4:05). August 14th. Tickets will be mailed or can The new standards apply for the 107th running on April 21, 2003, and are be picked up at the dock that night. retroactive to September 28, 2001, the start- of the qualifying period. You may have Tickets can be purchased through already qualified! Complete details are posted at www.bostonmarathon.org. Blane Roberts, your TNY rep, or from Sea Online registration for Boston 2003 begins on September 9, 2002 and runs until Tea Coordinator Barbara Gurtov at February, 2003, or when the maximum field size of 20,000 has been reached. Let's gertienyc@msn.com, or leave a message make 2003 the year that Front Runners New York sends its largest contingent ever to on the TNY hotline: 212-439-8179. Mail oniers: mail check, made payable to "Team Beantown. NY," to Team NY, PO Box 26, NY, NY 10011. ' �New York Calendar: One of our members suggested it at the June ·brainstorming session, and now it's a reality: a web-based calendar listing all the upcoming Fast and Fab events. You can add a ride or change a listing you've already posted, and other people can see what rides you are planning and ask you questions or make comments. Thanks to Richard Brause for the spade work! The calendar is at http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/fastnfab/cal, but you need to be subscribed to the Fast and Fab Pickup List, our interactive e-mail list on Yahoo groups. To subscribe, you need to be a paid-up member of Front Runners, have led two rides in the last year or have accomplished some other significant service to the club. Just one, not all three! If you qualify and want to subscribe to the list, send an e-mail to fastnfabsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. Bike Pass: Several of the rides this month require one, and it's good for life, so get it now. It's still required on Metro North and Long Island Rail Road trains, although the same pass is good for both. You get it either by mailing in a form with $5 (allow three weeks), or going to a ticket window at Grand Central and turning in the same form with $5 (allow 15 minutesr The form is at http://www.mta.nyc .ny.us/mnr/html/ mnrbikepermit.htm. New Jersey Transit doesn't require a pass, but allows only two bikes per train and only at off-peak times; PATH also doesn't require a pass but doesn't allow any bikes during rush hour. The New York City subway has no restrictions regarding bicycles, except that you can't ride one while on subway property, which includes station platforms. Lance: Hopefully fresh from another big victory in France, Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Team will race through Lower Manhattan in the first ever New York City Cycling Championship Sunday, August 4, just one week after the 2002 Tour de France. The 100-kilometer pro cycling race will feature 60-70 top cyclists on a one-mile course through Manhattan's fmancial district. The race will be one of ten official events on the 2002 Pro Cycling Tour and one of only two U.S. races in which Annstrong will compete this season. There will also be a women's race, and the events benefit Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. For more info, including a Summer2002 Page 3 August: Rides for the dog days month follow . Watch the e-mail list for updates to the ride calendar. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Helmets are always required. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and at least one water bottle. We normally cancel if the pavement is wet; call the ride leaders if in doubt. Rides are listed by class: A is fast with few stops; B is intermediate; C is fab with lots of stops; followed by the average pace in mph over level ground. All distances listed are round trip. August 3, Croton Dam: Rosario Gennaro cranks it up from the Woodlawn stop on the No. 4 train all the way up to the course map and the best spectator Croton Dam, with a stop for lunch. Plenty http:// of hills. A19, 70 miles, leaves at 8:30a.m. to go locations, www .nycbikerace.com. Fast and Fabbies Rosario Gennaro: 718-792-5118 or who'd like to stake out some turf together, rgennaro@hotmail.com. August 4, Westport Beach: Christine send e-mail to fastnfab@yahoo.corrt and Bob Nelson will put you in touch with each Bisceglie welcomes ocean-deprived New Yorkers to the seaside town of Westport, other. Allamuchy: The mountain bike CT. She'll take us on a shoreline ride that madness known as the 24 Hours of ends at Sherwood Island State Park, which Allamuchy happens in the wilds of has its own gay section. Maddy Sousa northern New Jersey the weekend of gathers the crowd at 8:45 a.m. at Grand August 24-25. The race begins at noon on Centra! Station by the infonnation kiosk on Saturday, August 24, and ends at noon on the main floor to catch the 9:07 a.m. train the following day. Competitors do as many to Westport. Those with cars can meet the laps as possible of a 10-mile course in group at the Westport station; the train Allamuchy State Park. Solo riders go alone arrives at 10:09 a.m. Sherwood Island has a . around the clock, but Fast and Fab can forested area with picnic tables for those cheer on two relay teams: an all-woman not into the sun/sand scene. C12 pace, team that includes Chris Marko, and a about 30 miles; don't forget your bike pass! queer team with riders from Outbike New Christine Bisceglie: 203-847-8476 or Jersey and Outriders Philadelphia. For cbisceglie@yahoo.com. Maddy Sousa: more information, go to: http:// 718-932-5265 or msousa4u@aol.com. August 10, Piermont: David www .24hoursofallamuchy .com/reg/ Richwine is pushing hard to get into shape reg2002.htm#top. Dinner: Xose Navarro shows us his for the Gay Games, and you can too. Here's roots at Cafe Frida across from the our third ride to Piermont! We drop into the American Museum of Natural History on Runcible Spoon for a quick break, then Tuesday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. Eric head home. No social hour at the cafe! Asimov of the Times writes that "Cafe A21, 40 miles, leave from the Boathouse at Frida is one of the new wave of Mexican 9:00a.m. David Richwine: 212-453-4663, restaurants in New York, presenting dishes 917-796-2369 or drichwine55@aol.com. August 11, Ice Cream: Paula like marinated lamb shank with avocado leaves, and chills en nogada, poblano McKinley takes us from upper Manhattan chilies stuffed with meat and walnuts and through lower Westchester County and draped in ethereal walnut cream." Talk to back down the Hudson River to the West Xose so he can plan for few or many. The Village emporium called Cones, Where restaurant is at 368 Columbus Ave., 212- They Make Their Own Ice Cream. It's a 712-2929. Xose Navarro: 212-580-2843 or circuitous route to our ultimate destination, (con 'ton next page) . xose@juno.com. �Page4 fast&Fab but we gotta burn off some calories to enjoy some of the best sorbet, gelato and plain old Ice Cream in the city! C14 pace, 40 miles, meet at the northeast comer of 207th and Broadway (last stop on the A train) at 9:00 a.m. Paula McKinley: 212or 917-495-9287 942-8575, pm491@columbia.edu. August 17, Round Valley: Fast and Fab joins Outbike New Jersey and OutRiders Philadelphia for roqd and mountain biking in and around the Round Valley Recreation Area in Lebanon, NJ Mountain bikers will do an out-and-back ride on challenging trails, while roadies cover 30 hilly miles of country roads in Hunterdon County. Meet at the home of Geoff McKnight at 10:00 a.m.; RSVP to Chris Marko by Friday, August 16 for directions. As usual, rain the morning of the ride cancels the event. Chris Marko: cmarko@mindspring.com, 973-715-4930. Geoff McKnight: geofrnck@earthlink.net. Janet Villas: outbikenj@yahoo.com. August 17, Piermont: We're seeing a lot of this quainttown by the river's edge, so if you've never been there, here's your chance. Piermont via back roads, not 9W, is Debbie Dowell's favorite route, and she and Chris Bernstein will meet folks at the Boathouse at 9:00 a.m: for a leisurely ride up the river and back. Cl3, 45 miles, with visits to the Piermont deli, waterfront park and bike shop. Rain at the start or predicted high of 95 degrees or higher cancels the ride. Debbie Dowell: 212-685-1978 or drd1@nyu.edu. August 18, Monastery: Lee Gorman, Susan Brockman and Phil Wahba are doing Summer 2002 a country ramble through Putnam County, 50 miles from home, but it's just a 30-mile ride thanks to Metro North. Take the train to Brewster on the Harlem Line, ride back roads through Carmel, NY, and over the West Branch Reservoir to the Chuang Yen Monastery, home of the 37-foot Buddha Vairocana, the largest Buddha in the Western Hemisphere. (Not to worry if you miss it, another ride next weekend also goes there!) We'll lunch at the monastery, then take a dunk in clear, delicious Canopus Lake and ride down to the Cold Spring station on the Hudson Line. BI5; meet at 8:30 a.m. at the information kiosk in Grand Central Station for the 8:48 a.m. train. Don't forget your bike pass! Lee or 718-376-8368 Gorman: Brockman: Ieebikes@msn.com. Susan ·sbrockman10@cs.com. Phil Wahba: 212866-7006 or wahbadabadoo@yahoo.com. August 24, Piermont: Here's the fourth in our training series geared to Gay Games or other late fall events. Leaders are David Richwine, Gerry Oxford, Paulette Meggoe, Maryann Piamonte and Bob Nelson, and the destination is the Runcible Spoon in Piermont. Bikers and triathletes can drop gear at the home of Bob and Maryann, 165 Seaman Ave. #3H. We'll return there after the ride to drop bikes and do a run in Inwood Hill Park-or just to dish and nosh. Three pace groups, A2l, Al8 or B17; drop gear at Bob and Maryann's at 8:30 a.m. and leave from there at 9:00 a.m. David Richwine: 212or 917-796-2369 453-4663, drichwine55@aol.com. Gerry Oxford: or 917-647-5164 Paulette gerry.oxford@utoronto.ca. Meggoe: 718-293-0885 or 347-268-2960. Maryann Piamonte: 917-862-8047. Bob Nelson: 212-567-7160, 917-658-9531 or fastnfab@yahoo.com. August 25, Tour De Putnam: Su Ruh and some of her friends are planning to ride the Tour de Putnam, which features live music, a picnic lunch and a chance to visit the Chuang Yen Monastery, home of the 37-foot Buddha Vairocana, yes, the largest Buddha in the Western Hemisphere. Distances are 15, 30, 50 and 100 miles starting between 8 and 9:30 a.m. from Veteran's Memorial Park in Carmel, NY Riders can expect full SAG support, free bike mechanics and a complimentary Front Runners massage. There is a free shuttle from the Brewster North train station on Metro North; you will need a bike pass. Preregistration at http://www.visitputnam.org is $20; same-day registration is $25. Su will serve as a contact to get queer folk doing the ride together; she'll be at the start at 8:00a.m. and is doing the 50-mile route. Su Ruh: onewhopedals@yahoo.com. August 25, Jones: Richard Gottlieb takes the crowd via back ways to the sun and fun at Jones Beach. Bring the usual beach gear-towel, locks, sunscreen, lunch and lots of fluids-to the Boathouse at 9:00 a.m. or to the Jamaica/179th stop on the F train, which cuts off about 10 miles, at 10:00 a.m. Bikes are not allowed on the beach, but there is an unguarded bike corral. B14, about 37 miles if you take the Long Island Rail Road back (you'll need a bike pass) or 74-mile round trip.; subtract 10 miles each way for meeting or ending at the Jamaica/179th stop. Richard requests that you let him know which meeting place you've chosen. If no riders plan to show at one of them, he won't bother stopping there. Richard Gottlieb: 212-757-7434 or RG433@aol.ccm. September 8, New York Century: The thirteenth annual New York City Century Bicycle Tour, sponsored by Transportation Alternatives, begins on Central Park's Harlem Meer and takes riders along bike paths and atop bridges through Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, with rest stops, mechanics and medicslocatedalongtheway. TheFastand Fab group will register together, paying $25 apiece; registration is due August 26, so indicate your interest now. The ride has routes of 35, 55, 75 and 100 miles. More info at http://www.nyccentury.org. Bob Nelson is coordinating the group. Bob Nelson: 212-567-7160, 917-658-9531 or fastnfab@yahoo.com. Have fun and be safe! Contributors: 1(~ 'If;~ ~()!, ~~ /JJ . • , . 1 . v~ -m~ �New York H ere's additional proof that Front Runners is truly an International organization. The new CoPresident of London Front Runners is former San Francisco Front Runner, Mark Trombly. Mark who was a very visible member of the San Francisco club came to London only nine months ago but has already outlined his goals of increasing the membership and the visibility of the London Club. London's membership now stands at around 150. However, while male membership has continued to grow the number of women in the club has actually decreased, now making up only 16% of the total membership. This is something that Mark will certainly be addressing. Johannesburg Runners Front .entered a four-man team in the 2002 Comrades Ultra Marathon. This year' s uphill course measured 87K (54miles) and runners had II hours to complete the grueling course. Jo'burg Front Runners also entered their team in the slightly less difficult Two Oceans Ultra Marathon that is run over a 56Km course from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic. Fastest Front Runner time of 4 hours 36 minutes. was that of Athan Glover. Let the Games Begin says San Francisco Front Runner Leslie Adams who has everything to do with the club' s participation in the Gay Games. She has inspected hotel rooms in Sydney, designed the uniforms, held numerous meetings and organized fundraisers. She was the emcee at a recent fundraiser that grossed over $5,000 for the Athletes Assistance Fund. During the event she auctioned off (for $1 00) club member Phil Aguilar who appeared on stage in a Speedo. Democratic politico, Mark Leno, offered himself for lunch and a tour of City Hall. He went for a grand total of $560! Another San Franciscan in the news is club member Kip Darcy who is also cofounder of the San Francisco Sailing a Te_m. This will be the first year that sailing has been a Gay Games sport and the SF Saiiing Team has 40 sailors registered, the largest sailing group participating in the Games. Back on the subject of running. When Darcy was asked, "What was your most unusual running experience?" He replied " Participating with the Hash House Page 5 Summer2002 holder in the 60 plus age group. Her record-breaking time in this year's Roselle ~RO Run for the Roses was 21:45. And in June ~~ ~ ~' she ran the Downers Grove 5 Miler in ~ ~ 36.09 - another first place in the 60 plus ~V ~ age group. Dorothy, we'll be watching out ~ ~ for you in the Sydney Gay Games. ~ This August Orlando Front Runners ~ ~ N~ will be electing new Officers and a Board ,.,_. of Directors to guide them through the ~ 2002-2003 fiscal period. Incidentally, it is ~ '1\ the club's 12th anniversary year. ""'~ Once again Baylands Front Runners ~... were set to host their Beach BBQ Bonanza A ~ · on July 28th following the popular Wharf~...... a~~" to-Wharf race in Santa Cruz. A Baylands ,. Front Runner to make the news is Fred Weldy who was a featured soloist in a Harriers in New Delih, India. Each summer concert at Carnegie Hall. Fred is individual run was a revelation. I can currently on tour with concerts in London, remember one run where I had to carry my Oxford and Paris. The latest word from Stuart Barrie, chocolate brown Labrador over an open Sydney Front Runner and Director for sewer". Congratulations to Tampa Bay Front Sports for Gay Games VI is that Runners for their participation in the registrations in mid-July totaled 10,500. American Cancer Societies annual Relay Stuart has just returned to Sydney from the for Life. Not only did the club raise almost Vancouver meeting of the Federation of $4,000, they also took the award for the Gay Games. Other Sydney Front Runners Best Campsite. The theme this year was at t~e _meeting wer~ Team Sydney Pirate Fest. A mock shipwreck, tent Representative Wayne Morgan and decorations, skull and cross bones banners International Front Runners representative and other tacky accessories earned them Des Sullivan. Finally here's a little tale (pun the prize. Naturally pirate costumes were no intended) of San Francisco Front Runner de rigeur for the relay. However, clothing at all was required in the club's Katherine Holland. In the ever popular next outing- the Dare to Go Bare run at the Balloons Across the Bay run Katherine Lake Como Nudist resort. Sunscreen, wore a fake rubber butt that made her look as if she were exposing herself through the however, was a must! Angeles their tradition is seat of her sweat pants. Apparently if you Over in Los to have a celebrity co-host for the Los were driving across the bridge it looked as Angeles Front Runners Pride Run. This if she was actually exposing herself. year's celebrity was Jennifer Coolidge who Someone complained in a call to 911 last year starred in Legally Blonde playing resulting in a security officer driving up the proud and simple manicurist and in along side Katherine and telling her to American Pie II in which she was the remove her fake piece because she was "fantasy mom" of all the boys in the pic. disrupting traffic. Not wishing to be However, she is most likely best known for arrested the ever-obedient Katherine playing the rich bimbo/lesbian dog owner tucked her rubber butt inside her pants in the critically acclaimed movie Best in but rather naughtily left part of the crack clearly visible. Way to go, Katherine! Show. Chicago's loss is Sydney 's gain. Happy running everyone, Popular Chicago Front Runner Dorothy Tanner is returning to again take up ~·t,_._. residence in her native country. However, her reputation and fame will live on in Chicago were she is an Illinois State record Al' ,V .e p.ot- "'--r �Page 6 Front Runners Summer 2002 LESBIAN & GAY PRIDE RUN Central Park, New York June 29, 2002 Dan Wagner ..................................... 39:45 Jim Brigaitis ..................................... 39:46 Louis Munoz Jr ................................ 39:46 Robert Bronzo ................................. 40:01 Tor Hansen ....................................... 28:53 Charles Whelan ............................... 40:03 Pierre Levelle ................................... 29: I3 Michael Powers ............................... 40: II Kelsey Louie .................................... 29:20 Wael Hibri ....................................... 40:2I Brian Mulligan ................................. 29:58 How Kessler .................................... 40:3I Richard Buckheit ............................. 30:33 Lewis Tanner ................................... 40:35 Patrick Guilfoyle .............................. 30:38 Reuben Danzing .............................. 40:53 David Caraway ................................ 3I : II Tim Bennett ..................................... 41:11 Martin McElhiney ............................ 31 :27 Arthur McCune ................................ 41 : I2 Edward Rivera ................................. 3I :30 John Connolly .................................. 4I :32 Mark Steiruneyer.............................. 31 :33 Stephen Van Dyk ............................. 4I :3 7 Devon Carranza ............................... 3I :44 Luci Rosalia ..................................... 41 :4I Manuel Chinchilla ............................ 32:08 Peter Doebele .................................. 41 :46 Ed Sandoval ..................................... 32:I5 Bradley Gretter ................................ 41:52 Sean Butler ....................................... 32:20 Louis Carotenuto ............................. 41 :59 John Fraser ....................................... 33:03 Yvonne Bock ................................... 42:02 John Soto ......................................... 33:IO Kevin McMahon .............................. 42:2I Jerome McDonnell ........................... 33:15 Lawrence Wilkes ............................. 42:22 Wolfgang Sander ............................. 33:38 Ted Paszek ....................................... 42:37 Peter Boyden .................................... 34:05 Tom Lalla ........................................ 42:38 Robert Vincent... .............................. 34:IO Ken Majerus .................................... 43: 16 Ed Eggleton ..................................... 34:21 Kenneth Chamberlain ...................... 43: I9 Alden Clark .............. :....................... 34:23 Glenn Nobel .................................... 43:35 David Pitches ................................... 34:27 Neil Stevenson ................................. 43:37 Richard Platt .................................... 34:48 David Mazza .................................... 43:39 Scott Godsen .................................... 34:48 Michael Orzechowski ...................... 43:44 Blane Roberts ................................... 34:59 Joe Criscione ................................... 43:44 Christina Hildebrand ........................ 35: 14 Debby Pastrich ................................ 43:44 Danny Kurak .................................... 35:33 Claudia Cummings .......................... 43:47 Michael Willhelm ............................ 35:43 Karl Baranoff................................... 43:49 Peter Johnston .................................. 35:48 Butch.Stolinsky ............................... 44:09 David Laurence ................................ 35:51 Gizella Hajduk ................................. 44:09 Jonathan Canning ............................. 35:59 Leonard Resto .................................. 44:24 Thomas Rock ................................... 36:3I Stephen Dewhurst ............................ 44:54 Paul Racine ...................................... 37:01 Nelson Benavides ............................ 45:09 Rob Hoerburger ............................... 37: 15 Audra Farrell ................................... 45:29 Steve McLure ................................... 37:23 Juan Quintamar ................................ 45:31 Matthew Tivy ................................... 37:26 Jerry Levine .................................... 45:33 Loraine Simunek .............................. 37:51 Craig Booth ..................................... 46:06 Dawson Janet ................................... 37:51 Paulette Meggoe .............................. 46:25 Martin Watkins ................................ 37:57 Charlie Wintczak ............................. 46:36 Tara Dewitt ...................................... 38:02 Pam Skorupski. ................................ 46:43 Andrew Freilich ............................... 38:23 Maryann Piamonte .......................... 46:51 Charles Lum ..................................... 38:24 Fred Wasserman .............................. 46:53 Howard Dimond .............................. 38:32 Jay Smith ......................................... 47:27 Richard Blanchette ........................... 38:32 Bob Brins ......................................... 47:44 Phil Wahba ....................................... 39:IO Paul Raso ......................................... 47:59 Gene Adolph .................................... 39:26 Gene Silbert ..................................... 48:04 Leslie Jones ...................................... 39:35 Christine Fisher ............................... 48:06 e PLACE IN AGE GROUP <D PLACE OVER ALL Elizabeth Murphy ............................ .48:06 Pat Precin ........................................ .48:I9 Janet Dawson ................................... 48:42 Evelyn Heinbach ............................. .48:58 Donna Checkan ............................... .49:25 Andrew Thomas ............................... 49:25 May Yip .......................................... .49:43 Mike Mahon .................................... .49:5I Janet Aitchison ................................. 50:02 Kathy Abbondanzo .......................... 50:03 Timothy Storch ................................ 50:34 Steven Schmidt ................................ 51 :46 Geoff Perry ....................................... 51 :59 Heidi Griffiths .................................. 51 :59 Edna Benitez .................................... 51 :59 Gary Apruzzese ............................... .51:59 Matthew Finn ................................... 53:08 Lenore Beaky ................................... 53:12 Steven Bombard ............................... 53:47 Midge Maroni .................................. 55:17 J<tnet vmas· ....................................... 55:39 Les.Goldstein ................................... 55:51 Ken De Carlo ................................... 56:47 Robert Quidone ................................ 57:42 lnger-Jo Berger ................................ 59: 17 Shep Wahnon ................................ l:03:11 Ken Shereda .................................. ! :04:22 Mary Boehnlein ............................ ! :05:57 Laura Parrondo .............................. l :05:58 Donn Peppler ................................ ! :08:07 BRONX BIATHLON Pelham Bay Park April 28, 2002 3-mile run/18-mile bike/3-mile run David Pitches ............................... ! :48:25 YOUGOTTAHAVEPARK Central Park, New York May 18,2002 5 miles Michael Gigl .................................... 34:43 Louis Mufi.oz .................................... 36:33 Gizella Hajduk ................................. 44:00 Peter Doebele .................................. .44:48 T PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE �New York Page 7 Summer 2002 COLUMBIA TRIATHLO N Columbia Maryland May 19,2002 1.5 K swim/41 K bike/10 K run David Pitches ................................ 2:55:50 THE MIDLAND RUN 15K Far Hills, New Jersey May 19,2002 Loraine Simunek ........................... I: 13:06 SPRING LAKE FIVE MILE RUN Spring Lake, New York May 25,2002 Marnell McNamara .......................... 49:06 Michael Mahon ................................ 49:22 Kathy Abbondanzo .......................... 54:00 POTATOHA MPTON10K Bridgehampton, New York May 25,2002 Rick Buckheit .............................. fi37:15 David Bell .................................... C)39:06 David Pitches ............................... C)42 : I8 Paul Travis ....................................... 44:42 AIDSRUN5 K Boston, Massachusetts June 2, 2002 Tor Hansen Ina ........................... 017:55 RACE AGAINST TEEN SMOKING Central Park, New York June 2, 2002 4miles Michael Benjamin ............................ 26:20 John Cleveland ................................. 28:45 Michael Willhelm ............................ 28:56 Kevin McMahon .............................. 32:3I Butch Stolinsky ............... ;................ 33:45 Arthur McCune ................................ 34:36 Glenn Nobel ..................................... 36:45 Paulette Meggoe ............................. .42:57 MINI MARATHON 10K Central Park, New York June 8, 2002 Debra Chapnick ............................... 53: I7 Paulette Meggoe ...................... ........ 56:50 Debby Pastrich ............................. I :00: 13 Kathleen Marino ........................... I :03: 12 Kathy Abbondanzo ....................... I :03:48 Christine Fisher ...................... ...... 1:03:49 Janet Villas ................................... I: II :37 Deidre Cuffee-Gray ...................... I: II :49 SHELTERIS LAND10K Shelter Island, New York June 8, 2002 Rick Buckheit .............................. 037:31 David Bell.. ...................................... 39:25 BLACKWATER TRIATHLON 1.2 mile swin/56 mile bike/13.2 mile run Cambridge Maryland June 9, 2002 David Pitches ........................... T 5:29:50 FATHER'S DAY 5-MILER Central Park, New York June 16, 2002 Michael Benjamin ........................... 33: 17 Paul Racine .........•............................ 36:33 Phil Wahba ...................................... 39:30 Louis Munoz.................................... 39:52 Kevin McMahon .............................. 41 :37 Louis Carotenuto ...................... ....... 42:3I Butch Stolinsky ............................... 43:02 Jerry Levine ..................................... 43:55 Glenn Nobei .................................... 45:I9 Mike Mahon .................................... 49:28 Debby Pastrich ................................ 50:42 Deidre Cuffee-Gray ......................... 58:39 NYRR FITNESS 3.5-MILER Central Park, New York June 22, 2002 Michael Willhelm ............................ 24: 19 Paul Racine ...................................... 25:30 Michael Orzechowski ...................... 27:24 Leslie Jones ..................................... 27:57 Ted Paszek ....................................... 28:49 Glenn Nobel .................................... 29:20 Butch Stolinsky ...................... ......... 29:36 Paulette Meggoe .............................. 33:07 Mike Mahon .................................... 36:03 MIDNIGHT HALF MARATHON June 22, 2002 Lisa Wylie ................................. 02:28:40 MORRISTO WN TRIATHLO N 1.5K swim/40K bike/10K run Morristown, New Jersey July 4, 2002 David Pitches ............................ 02:52:19 BRONX HALF MARATHON The Bronx, New York July 7, 2002 Carranza ............... 1•••••••••••• I :24:53 Devon Xose Navarro ................... ;............ I :26:07 Jerome McDonnell ........... :............ I :40:32 Michael Gigi .................... ~ ............ I:42:49 · Paul Racine ······················ [............ ! :44:23 Stephen VanDyk ............. ............ I :45:07 John Soto,...................................... I :46: I0 Michael Beltran ..................... ........ I :50:24 Jerry Levine .................................. 2:03: I0 Lawrence Wilkes ..................... ...... 2:03:39 Kenneth Chamberlain ................... 2:04:3I Paulette Meggoe ............................ 2:08:50 Arthur McCune ............................. 2: I2:58 FIRECRAC KER SK; Southampton , New York July 7, 2002 Robert Sundeen ............................... .47: 18 THE BELMAR 5-MILE RUN Belmar, New Jersey July 14, 2002 Ken Chamberlain ............................ .42:02 BULLDOG RUMP Andover, New Jersey July 14, 2002 23-mile bike race Chris Marko .............................. <3>2:29: IS Janet Villas ...................................... 38:41 C) PLACE IN AGE GROUP <D PLACE OVER ALL 'f' PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE �• M t fill. RUBIERI t A RUNNING, WALKING AND CYCUNG SPORTS CLUB FOR LESBIANS, GAY MEN AND SUPPORTIVE NON·GAY PEOPLE OF ALL ATHLETIC ABIUnEs 8:30A.M. !O:OOA.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 1! 1.C 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB tO 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB THE BOATHOUSE lO:OOA.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 11 7:00P.M. CENTRAL '' . A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN ~ ~ ftt flU " "''' BOARD 207&BWAY • 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN tl ! FAST.FAB • " I RUN MEETING '' 19 10 11 II n 8:30A.M. 8:30A.M. FAST&FAB 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN FAST&FAB lO:OOA.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN -<:OPYOU!· It 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:30 F•FDINNER !1 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN JOOD AD lAC DIOP! TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN CLAYTON FUNK 718·789·9591 3RD STREET &PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 236 WEST 73RD STREET !O:OOA.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN N!WSLmER IIAIUNG � 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:2000s Year:2002 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/e6f807bd5f5a3e60d19d489bf42cf33c.pdf a3d2604a682f9b7260eec35d46ab3ab3 PDF Text Text Volume XIX Issue 4 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 April 2002 THE NE tT MIL£ The Newsletter ofFront Runners New York http://www.webcom.com/-bkm/if.html ~ http://www.fastnfab.org ~ http://www.frontrunnersnewyork.org proposal was unacceptable. Patrick Barker tried to contact Allan Seinfeld, president of NYRRC, a friend and long-time supporter of FRNY. Allan has not responded to Patrick's emails. We were told that Allan is aware of the fee but that he is too busy to respond to us and that he is in agreement with the fee. We have agreed to pay the $5,000 fee. We were unable to continue with plans unless we did agree and deadlines need to be met. This will make it harder for us to show a profit but not impossible. We need to work (continued p2) M~iil r-----~....,~--------.j FRNY Presents: As most of you know by now the New York Road Runners Club has found it necessary to charge us a management fee Vaudeville ,_.IUht ()ut ~OO~ of $5,000 for this year's Pride Race. This fee is in addition to the usual expenses that we have incurred for the race. NYRRC lost A Fund Raiser for money last year due to the events of September II th-a few races were The Lesltian and Ga,- Pride Run Sponsored by: Ev AnMedia canceled, over 6,000 registrants deferred entry to 2002, merchandise revenue was Saturday, May 4,2002 lost, and security costs rose drastically. 8:00p.m. NYRRC has decided to charge us for things at THE CENTER that in the past were provided for free . This 208 West 13th Street $ S.OO includes the park permit, the mailing of our 2 application to the 30,000+ members of the NYRRC, same-day chip scoring and See enclosed flyer for performer details. Tickets posting of the event at their web-site, use of available at the Saturday morning fun runs, or send a the NYRRC building for T-shirt and check to FRNY with "FRNY Vaudeville Show 2002" hsted on the check. Tickets will be mailed to you in f fi . h )' number pick-up me advance. Capacity is limited so act fast! lOIS , use 0 . equtpment and the time of the person provided to coordinate the race with our race director. We met with the NYRRC to try to get this fee rescinded or at best, reduced. We offered to give them a percentage of the registration fee with a guaranteed amount and offered provide a set number of volunteers for a few of their races, in addition to our running the mile-24 water station of the marathon. They returned with a proposal that was unacceptable to us: $1,500 fee, plus all registration fees after Donn Peppler the ftrst 800 registrants, and guarantee 15 Editor & Calendar volunteers at six races of their choice in Proofreader George Schlein addition to the mile-24 water station. This Mailing John Whooley 3/05/2002 Board Meeting · Our March meeting came in under two hours so we must be making progress. And on that front we can tell you we made a profit on our February Dance of $396, which helped to meet the expenses of the track meet. Big thanks to everyone who came and helped make it a success. A continuing discussion has been the $5000 fee that NYRRC is imposing on our Pride Run this year for their administrative costs. To help ·offset this, Matt Tivy is coordinating a talent/variety show to be held May 4th. We can accommodate 200 people and sell tickets for $25. Matt is auditioning acts as you read this, including the Full Monty (extra gym incentive). fi We've mally whittled down our Action Plan 2002 to a few salient areas to concentrate on. The following people are handling these: Marketing: Mike 0 and h t e Board, Social Events: Dan A.; Volunteerism: Sean Butler, Patrick Barker, Paulette M. and Dave Duncan; Communications: yours truly; Coaching and Racing Events: Mike 0 with our race captains; and the Charitable Foundation: Corrine S. and Mary Ann P. If you have any ideas or would like to help out, talk . to any of the abo ve people and be heard'. The last major topic we covered is the decision to order business card size magnets with our logo and info to use in the Pride Run bags and as a general free handout during the year. They should be coming in soon and we'll let you know when they arrive. Finally, we're looking at new designs and colors for our FRNY gear. We hope to be able to debut the spring collection during Fashion Week. The next Board Meeting is April 9th, 7:00 p.m. chez Michael 0. rut'P~e4 FRNYSecretary@aol.com �Apri12002 Page2 Front Runners ~~:::n:e~~i;;ae;:t l1n [? rw nl~ b W? IT~nU ~ ~ 1dJ start to The n7} The Starting Line ).1 the triathlon season! Our members U (continuedfrompl) hard to make this race the The theme for FRNY's 21st annual hitting the roads and the pools and settmg most successful ever. Now is the time to get involved by attending the pl~ed Lesbian and Gay Pride Run is "Run their goals for a summer of races and fun. For many of us, the frrst big race of~e benefits, registering for the race and, 1fyou Together••• United"; the theme born out of can't run, volunteering to help out that ~Y· the tragic events of 9111 . Those events, season will be the Columbia Triathlon m We need to get the word outto the ~esblan which have touched so many of us Maryland on May 19. To prepare for ~e and Gay community .to sup~ort ~Is race. personally, have had a devastating impact race, Les Jones will be hosting a. bnck The Board will do therr part m makmg sure on our city, nation and community. Our workout and Cinco de Mayo celebr~t10n .on this race is advertised w~l.l to both the L ~ hope, actually 1 think "belief' is a better Sunday May 5. Join us for .a 50-mlle bike G and running comm~1~1es. If you cant word, is that this run will show that, as. a to Nyack followed by a run m Central Park. be here that weekend JOm us. on Saturday lesbian and gay community, we are stdl The ride departs from .chez J~nes promptly mornings. It may not seem like a lot but strong and will not allow outside forces to at 9 :00 a.m; bring your runnmg shoes and . come ready to sweat. Please RSVP to Les your $4 each Saturday is a great benefit to .destroy our spirit. We do expect that this year's run wlll Jones at lejones@clinique.com. the club. Plus having everyone get together on Saturdays helps strengthen our sense of be the biggest yet with over ,500 runners! Applications for this race will be mailed ~o family and club identity. Which brings me to the story of the all NYRRC members in May. Again, th1s frrst time I ever ran on a track. It was year, as in years past, runners will also be during junior high school and I was able to download the application from the encouraged by the coach to try out for the website and as of the writing of this article, track team. I went to practice after school, it looks lik~ we will be offering on line nervous and intimidated b~ the other guys. registration. This new way of registering I think it was a quarter-mlle track and we allows FRNY to make registering for the had to race around it three tim~s. In true .race even more convenient thus increasing front runner fashion I went out m the lead (at least hopefully) participation. As many of you are aware, NYRRC and stayed there through l_llOSt of ~ 0 laps. By the beginning of the th~d l~p I trred out, will now be assessing the club a $5,000 barely making it to the fm1sh lme. I ~as the management fee for the management of the last person to fmish. I left the pract1ce and Pride Run. We understand why NYRRC went to the locker room where I pr~mptly needs to implement this fee and that it is vomited. I never went ?ack to pra~tlce and not unique to FRNY. To that end, the . never attempted to run m an o~gan1zed way sponsorship and fundraising aspects of the We're looking forward to donnmg our Run have taken on an ever more until I came to Front Runners m ~ 998. As a Pride member of Front Runners I ran m my frrst important tone. We are still ~ing to .s~cure new uniforms for the Col.umbia Tri. Thanks a major sponsor. Last year It was Cltlbank to Les Jones, Leslie Jennmgs and the r~st of track meet and ran my frrst marathon There are no obstacles that we cannot and we are currently working with them to the design team for coming up w1th a face together and overcome. Let's work support sponsorship again this year. We do fantastic new logo and "mascot" for the have at least one major fund-raiser planned Tritons! together to put on a great race! Our next meeting will be Saturday and that is the FRNY Vaudeville Show, April 6, after the Front Runners Saturday . produced by our own Matt Tivey. (J. 7'1~ Because of the challenges we have Run. Hope to see you there! For more faced in the past six mo~ths ~d becaus~ of information about the tri team ~d what Design For Running Glenn Nobel gnobel@hotmail.com, is still some of the fmanc1al 1ssues bemg we're up to (or about our sp1ffy ne~ please contact Claud1a for presented to the club this year, your uniforms), looking ' designers to support of this year's run is gr~atly needed. Cummings at ButchGrrl@aol.com. send in ideas If you haven't heard, the run wdl be held on~----......,~--:--=:-----, Gay Travel Expo for the 2002 June 29, 2002 at 9:00 a.m. in Central Park. FRNY team We look forward t~ seeing Y?u there. If Team NY and our exclusive travel u n i form . you have any quest10ns regard~g th~ race rovider Rainbow High Vacations, will at th; Gay Travel Expo on Thursday Submit your please feel free to e-mail Michael A ril llth, 4-8:00 p.m. at 110 W 19th St. to Westwood at: designs I/you haven't booked your Sydney Gay Michael_Westwood@Berke!y.com. Glenn Nobel in Person or via · th" · the expo to attend 1 Stay tuned for more detalls. · Games trip 1s 1s e-mail. uv k ~e �April2002 New York Literary Dinner Series Looking For Runners In All The Right Places Page 3 Opera Divas Opera-and-dinn er tickets are still After the success of the last two available! It's Friday, April26 at 8:00p.m. informal literary dinners with Patricia Nell The Outreach Committee and its at Lincoln Center, when Front Runners will Warren (The Front Runner) and Dan Woog Center's attend Sousa's The Glass Blowers, the The attended volunteers (Jocks), we are delighted to announce a · 0 ur guest wt"11 b e E nc M arcus, Orientations at The LGBT Center in March King's operetta. Both a send-up and . th rrd d"mner. a former member of the club, who was January and February. Our upbeat crew celebration of over-the-top American responsible for ghostwriting the NY Times made a wonderful sh~wing, ~d we were patriotism, scored by John Philip Sousa. bestseller Breaking The Surface by Greg able to spark some smcere mterest from This 1913 tale of intertwined romances Luganis and Icebreaker by Rudy Galindo. some of the attendees at each event. dances tunefully along amidst labor He is also the author, in his own right, of a However, the overall attendance at the troubles in a glass factory and the start of number of books including Is It a Choice? : events was not very large. I~ terms of the Spanish-American war. At 6:00 p.m., preceding the Opera, we Answers to 300 of the Most Frequently results, FRNY has not yet ytelded any Asked Questions About Gay and Lesbian active members from our participation in will all meet for a prix fix dinner at People, "The Male Couple's Guide: Finding these events. Nevertheless, the Outreach Houlihan's, 1900 Broadway at 63rd Street. Entree selection must be made at the a Man, Making a Home. Building a Life, Committee is not discouraged, and we will time of ordering tickets: Atlarttic Salmon and . Couples. Share T~eir Se_crets for continue to participate in the Center's with red wine butter, grilled chicken breast Lastmg Happmess. The dmner will be held Orientation for the foreseeable future. .I . dh b 1" d "th . However, our goal is to do better. Hour Glass on Sunday, April 28th at The marmate WI gar tc an er s, or srr om Tavern, 373 West 46th Street, between 8th " " Therefore, we would like the membership's Steak · Apple Pt.e and unlun t"ted coffiee' tea and 9th Avenues. People .should arrive · . The prt"ce fior the ·s assistance iri reaching out to some under- and soda 1· m· eluded · between 7:00 and 7.30 p.m. to begin the person · " represented segments of our community dmn er and opera t"s $55 per dinner at 7.30 p.m . There will be a Please send a self-addressed, stamped of main course such as people of color, twenty-somethings minimum of six choices and vegetarian alternative. (post-college graduates, who are just envelope and a check made out to Front including a fish The cost for the three course meal to settling in the NYC area) and women in Runners, for $55 for each person, to include nonalcoholic beverage, tax and tip general. Moreover, we'd like your help in Howard Dimond at 310 Lexington Avenue, is $26. Checks made payable to FRNY for reaching those groups of people in our 7G, NY, NY 10016. Please indicate the $26 with "Dinner" in the item line should outer boroughs and northern NJ Gust across selection of one of the three entrees. Howard can be reached at be sent to FRNY, P.O. Box 230087, the Hudson River). If you could share frontrunnertkts@aol.com Ansonia Station, New York NY 10023. your contacts of any people in or 212-983-3515 . Alcoholic beverages will be available but organizations that fit those targets with us, if you do not that would be terrific. And are not inlcuded in the dinner fee . Marathon Training have any direct contacts for us, we would 'P()IM,t As many of you know, Jeff Galloway's appreciate you sending us the names and D ance. D ance. D ance. phone numbers of any organizations you Marathon Training Program helped me ' ' ' Leave it to Front Runners to think we should consider reaching out to. fulfill my dream of running a marathon! incorporate dancing into their cross Your support in our outreach efforts will His program, which combines running and training! That's exactly what over 60 Front help go along way in building a stronger walking "breaks," will take you to the Runners and their friends did on Saturday c1 b Th ank you. fmish line, too! Every Saturday morning, u ·. evening February 23rd, at our frrst midstarting May 4th, you'll be training at your ~ewe- t!t 11111/uwinter's night dance. Dancing to pulsating own pace, in group runs that will take you 212-787-8266/CSpotRun2U@aol.com music provided by talented D.J. Darrell around the city. Building from a 3-mile Raymond, under silver-blue snowflakes base, the weekly runs will provide you with and twinkling stars from the artistic vision the preparation and courage you'll need to Boston's AIDS SK of Richard Peck, a chilly February night was turned into a warm and fun-filled If anybody is interested in running a fmish the race of yo~ dreams! . . Th~ Program ktcks off. wtth a free evening. (The roaring frreplace certainly completely flat and fast 5 K, they should go helped too!) A special thank you to our to Boston on June 2nd for the Boston Front onentatton on Tuesday, Apnl 23rd from president Michael Orzechowski for Runners sponsored AIDS 5K run and walk 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the YWCA Auditorium · on 53 Street and Lexington A venue. Jeff is . h" h tarts t 45 organizing this great event, and thank you's Th FRNY d" $ a 9 : a.m .. ts a1ong f~ . e race, w tc s t 1OOo/c o .ermg a 60 tscount to a 11 b d d th Ch Ri a II aroun d fior th e marve Ious set-up an 1 For concession fie dar esth ver, so antaky ~ Y no ftho members ($99 instead of$159). break-down crews and 0 0 e more information, contact Priscilla e m. some personnel, especially Richard Fubel, Paul ocus~ ~ e race can I 212-369-7368 at Raso, Richard Peck, Mike Mahon and Ted beauttful stghts ofBo~ton. Regtster ~d pay O'Carroll recetve a free offi~tal cap. gallowaynyc@yahoo.com Paszek. This could become a very popular by ~ay l?th an~ 7(..;:#., ll..u.~~ http.//5krun.orglmfo.htm for more mfo. affair. Party on! '11~ ~~ ~«),., '11 r;,_, ..,---·-r �Page4 April2002 Front Runners can propagandize for the club. We'll also Fast & Fab Jersey: Sugoi tells us the have coupons that get us in for $3 off the jerseys and shorts are ready to ship. We $10 entry fee. More details on e-mail and may not be ready to pay for them, however. in the next newsletter! If you've ordered a jersey or shorts and Big Ride: May 5 marks the 25th Bike have not yet mailed in a check, write it out New York, a cycling tour of the five to Front Runners New York posthaste and boroughs that with an expected turnout of mail it to Bob Nelson, 165 Seaman Ave. 30,000 is the nation's largest recreational #3H, New York, NY 10034. Once the cycling event. While some of us may recoil order is received-proba bly mid-Aprilin horror at the thought of trying to we'll circulate details via e-mail as to when navigate New York's bumpy thoroughfares riders can pick up their stuff at Rutgers with 29,999 like-minded souls, even with Presbyterian Church. Since we will have a the streets closed to traffic, Richard Brause slight overstock, we will try to suggests we gather at the northwest comer accommodate trade-ins, ONLY for the first of Sixth Ave. and West 14th St. and jump two weeks after delivery, ONLY at Rutgers in as the fiJ'St cyclists arrive from Battery and ONLY from available stock. Check riders in both Prospect and Park. Having the rest of the ride following with us if the jersey size or style you weekend wanted wasn't originally available; Central parks, and have set up rides that we hot on our tails will be motivation enough someone may have traded theirs in. Contact hope will work for people. These rides, to keep the pace on this 42-mile jaunt! This or which kick off April 14 in Prospect Park strategy requires prior registration to get 212-567-7160 Nelson, Bob and April 28 in Central Park, are not the colorful (and required!) Bike New York fastnfab@yahoo.com. Kickoff! On March 3, Fast and Fab organized by ride leaders-they are for you vests in the mail well in advance. welcomed about 60 riders to its annual guys to use or not as you wish. Folks say Registration costs $30 if completed by potluck dinner to kick off the spring they want to know who else is showing up April 10, $35 until registration closes on bicycling season. About half were women, on a ride before they pump up the tires, and April 24; further details are at and there was a mix of both long-time Harold Levine is working on a Iistserve www.bikenewyork.org. We are expecting a members and first-time attendees. I that people could use to chime in when group from our sister bike club in Chicago, introduced our new committee structure to they're up for a ride. What really counts is Windy City Cycling Club, to join us, so the group, and the leaders of several that each ride already has a core of bikers we'll put on our bes New York hospitality. committees began getting ideas and who know the turf. So just show up and And that is not an oxymoron! Meet Richard at the designated comer at 8:000 a.m.; he's feedback from everyone about the kinds of help out. richardbrause@netscape.net. survey also told us that at richardbrause@netscape.net. A.M.: The ride rides and other events they would like to Grrrls: Girls Day •.• It Rules, a day see the club sponsor. Richard Brause asked a few hardy souls want to get in an early For of mountain bike instruction for women of riders to discuss what kinds of rides they ride before work on weekdays. want, and there was considerable interest in Prospect Park, Claudia Cummings and all skill levels, will be held on Saturday, "fabulous" road rides that are slower and/or Evelyn Heinbach are riding every Tuesday May lith from 9:00 a.m. • 6:00 p.m. at shorter distances, as well as longer rides for and Friday at 7:00 a.m.; for Central Park, North Woods Farm in Ancram, NY. The seasoned cyclists. Chris Marko, our Paulette Meggoe and Bob Nelson are event costs $30 before May 5th, $35 after, mountain biking captain, talked up off-road continuing their Thursday morning rides at and includes lunch. A barbecue afterwards riding and got a positive response both 6:30 a.m. Both rides are for road or tri will cost an additional $8. Instructors will from beginners and road riders who want to bikes only and the pace is moderately fast, be available to teach bike fit, trailside try some trail riding. We have begun about 16-17 mph. Don't show up without repairs, nutrition, training and technical at skill building. The first Girls Day . .. It Evelyn Contacts: RSVP. planning of our annual Memorial Day an weekend ride to the New Hope, bike_dyke@yahoo.com, Paulette at 718- Rules, held in Allamuchy, NJ, two years ago, was a tremendous success, attracting Pennsylvania area. Bob and I are working 293-0885 or Bob at 212- 567-7160. Big Show: The third annual New York nearly 70 women of all ages, experience accommodations for the group on fmding for that weekend Paula McKinley, 212- City Bike Show unveils all the latest in gear levels and abilities. Chris Marko, mountain for the gearheads at Penn Plaza Pavilion, biker extraordinaire, plans to attend, can 942-8575 or pm491@columbia.edu. in addition to a few West 33rd Street and 7th Ave., next to tell you what to expect and will organize Meets: For April, of our tried-and-true rides, we're exploring Madison Square Garden, Thursday, May 2 carpooling. cmarko@mindspring.com or some possibilities proposed at the March 3 from 5:00p.m. to 9:00p.m., Friday, May 3 (973) 715-4930. For more information and potluck dinner and through replies to the from II :00 a.m.to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, a registration form, check out the Bikeway "Ride Buddies" e-mail survey: nothing May 4, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Fast and website at http://www.bikeway.com/ brand-new, just a bit different. We found Fab is one of multiple dozens of sponsors wmbc.htm. (con 't next page) out what day and time worked for a core of of the show, and will have a booth so we �New York April2002 Page 5 Ptown: Outriders in Boston is information, directions, carpooling options Montauk: The Montauk Century on Sunday, May 19, will cover more back mapping routes, photocopying cue sheets and to RSVP, contact Chris Marko at roads this year; near the water and wooded and baking brownies for the 18th annual cmarko@mindspring.com or 973-715areas, away from Long Island's traffic. Boston to Provincetown Bike Ride on 4930 by Saturday, April 13. Further Riders can start in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Saturday, June 15th, 2001. Registration is information about local parks is found at Babylon, on routes of 65 miles, 100 miles $45 and forms are available online at http:// http://www.parks.morris.nj.us/index.html April 10, White Plains: Joanne or an experts-only 140-mile route. Register members.aol.com/ptownride/. Questions at http://www.5bbc.org/montauk. This cost may be addressed to bikeptown@aol.com. Dondero and Barbara Krajewski have a is $48 or $56 with return bus transportation Those without internet access should write peachy 25-mile route from North White (your bike travels by truck). Those rates go to Outriders, 398 Columbus Ave., PMB Plains to Glenville and back to their place up $10 after May II, and on-line 136, Boston, MA 02116-6008, or call 617 on Apple Tree Close just around the comer registration closes on May 18. Same-day 422-1677. The ride is limited to 300; no from the train station. Take the 8:48 a.m. registration may be available at prices that registrations are accepted after June 1. Fast Harlem Line train out of Grand Central and Fab will rent a van and drive up the day Station, ARMED WITH YOUR METRO are as yet undisclosed. New Hope: We've been riding to this before the ride, then return on Monday. We NORTH BIKE PERMIT, and meet Joanne quaint town on the banks of the Delaware have reserved four double rooms at the and Barbara 37 minutes later at the North every Memorial Day for six years now, and Chandler Inn, a couple of blocks from the White Plains station. Fab pace and they it attracts the largest turnout of any Fast start, at $119 a room, for the night of June promise not to wear you out. Refreshments and Fab ride. The difference this year is 14; interested parties should contact Bob at after. 914-686-4318 or jdtris@cs.com. AprillO, Go Green: The Go Green that we're staying at a hostel in 212-567-7160orfastnfab@yahoo.com. · ~pril: Rides for the springtime month NYC Ride celebrates the launch of Quakertown, about ten miles further away from New Hope. This 100-year-old stone- follow . Watch the e-mail list for updates. Recycle-A-Bicycle's latest Go Green NYC and-stucco country estate in Nockamixon Please call the ride leaders if you plan to Map. The 25-miles ride starts at 10:00 a.m. State Park, is reopening after a facelift, and show. Helmets are always required. Please at the comer of Bushwick and Grand in although we have every indication that dress for the weather and bring a pump, Brooklyn, or join us at tip of Manhattan at we'll be able to stay there, we don't yet spare tubes and at least one water bottle. the Whitehall Ferry Terminal at II :30 a.m. have a reservation ..Presuming the ride goes We normally cancel if the pavement is wet. We'll take the noon ferry to Staten Island, where organizers will hold a press as scheduled, we'll meet on Saturday, May All distances listed are round trip. April 7: City Island: It's still amazing conference. Riders w~ll ~ontinue to hi~toric company at 25 at 7:30 a.m. at a van rental 333 lOth Ave. at 29th St., dump our to ride into City Island and discover a Fort Wadsworth, enJoymg harbor views, baggage in the van and take our bikes on creaky old fishing village Jess than 20 Greenway bike paths and hilly Staten the PATH train to Newark. (Bike passes miles from Central Park. Discover the Island before returning via ferry and bridge are no longer required.) We'll reassemble in chowders and po'boys with Paulette bik.e paths t~ the s~ing point in Bro?klyn. Newark and then, with cue sheets and our Meggoe on a fabulous 35-mile ride from Ram date IS Apnl 21. Contact Richard van as support, will begin the 95 miles to the Boathouse in Central Park at 10:00 a.m. Brause at richardbrause@netscape.net if the hostel. The van will pick up any tired All bikes welcome. RSVP to Paulette at you'd like but better yet, just show up with a smile on your face and a bounce in your riders. Monday we'll cycle back to Newark 718-293-0885. April 14, Prospect Park: A core of step. For the most up-to-date information, via a different route. To hold your place in the ride, write a check for $80 to FRNY nine ride in the park on Sundays, meeting check these r~sources: Metropolitan 800-364-9943 , and mail it to Bob Nelson at 165 Seaman at 10:00 a.m. at the Grand Army Plaza ~aterfront . Alhance, Recycle-A~r m.fo@waterwire.net; Ave. #3H, New York, NY 10034-1989. entrance to the park. There is no RSVP to if you want to. We Bicycle, 212-5~9-2760, rrenevs@aol.com, The fee is non-refundable after May 15, join them, just show up and covers $30 for two nights at the hostel, can make this a monthly gathering the www.rec7cleabicycle.org. van rental and SAG supplies. We need at second Sunday of the month, or a weekly . ~prlll8: Central Park: A core .often least one person to drive the van and ride at the same spot and time; you decide. nd~ m the park on Sundays, meet~g at April 14, Lewis Morris: Outbike NJ 10.00 ~.m. at the B?athouse. There Is no another person with a car to help out with Contact Bob at 212- teams up with Fast and Fab for a beginner/ RSVP,J~St show up 1fyou w~t to. We can rest stops. Questions? intermediate ride at Lewis Morris County make this a monthly gathenng th~ last 567-7160 orfastnfab@yahoo.com. MS-150: The MS-150 Pennsylvania Park in Morristown, NJ. Trails consist of Sunday of the mon~, or a weekly nde at Dutch Bike Tour cruises through scenic rolling frre roads and singletrack with only the same sr't and tune; you le~ us kn~w. territory between Allentown and Kutztown a few technical challenges. The ride leaves There wont ~e ~y beirne~ pohce to k1ck over June 8-9. There are 50, 75 and 150- Sunrise Lake at 10:00 a.m.; please RSVP if you off the nde ~f you don t wear one, but mile options; buses at the fmish get you you are joining us so we don't leave anyone the old s~w ,apphes: he who doesn't ~ear a back to the start. Registration is $40 before behind. Heavy rain the morning of the ride helmet didn t ha¥e much to protect m the May 31, $45 in the following week and $50 cancels. Helmet, food, water, spare tube first place. Have fun and be safe! the day of the ride. Varin Ayala 212-971- and a mountain bike in good working Contributors: Richard Brause, Paula condition are a must. For more 4061 or varayal@aol.com. McKinley, Paulette Meggoe, Bob Nelson �Page6 L ast month we reported that Oslo Frontrunners bills itself as the "World's Most Northern Front Runner Club". Now we hear that the club has been reorganized and schedules runs twice a week in Frogner Park, Oslo's famous sculpture garden. Our correspondent claims that running there is "especially beautiful in winter, as you pass all the illuminated sculptures along the Park's snow-covered paths". So if you happen to be headed for Scandinavia contact Stian at 447-920-8877, or via the International Front Runners website. Two other London Frontrunners reported on their visit to Palm Springs Frontrunners where, like other visiting Front Runners, they discovered that the majority of those who come to the runs are actually walkers. The Palm Springs Club is better known for it's frequent social events than it's athletic prowess, and has earned, the title, in some circles, of Palm Springs FrontPartiers. They are an extremely friendly group who warmly welcome the regular visits of Front Runners from other clubs. The London visitors reported "There were about 70 people (at the run)-a pretty good tum out for a small town, but then 45% of the population of Palm Springs is said to be gay". Social events are also at the top of the popularity chart with Orlando Front Runners that has monthly "Meet & Eat" get-togethers. February saw their Valentine's Party and, naturally, March was the month for their St. Patrick's Day Party. And yup, you guessed it-attendees were invited to "Bring a covered dish to share, in green, if that wouldn't make it look too unappetizing". Another successful Valentine's Party happened at Baylands Front Runners where they have a social events chairperson who was responsible for a standing room only crowd-providing decorations, food, drink, set-up and clean up-even roses for their pianist. Baylands also have an "incentive program" to encourage members to bring in new members. By bringing in five new members one of the club members recently earned a microwave oven. If you haven't read it elsewhere, be advised that Boston Front Runners is once again hosting a series of events in Front Runners Apri12002 t6!f.,J!/19ij ~ ~ PV·~ A~ ~V,. i::' ~ ~ ~ ~ t:e • ~ lj~ .'I.& ~ ~ ,V ~ ·~~ ~ _.....,~ A a,._al., .• connection with the April 15, Boston Marathon. Saturday brings a Front Runner Fun Run at 10:00 a.m. followed by brunch (or a picnic if the weather permits). On the Sunday there's a pasta dinner at the home of Christian Daz. Monday is Marathon Day and race spectators should meet for lunch at the Boston Beer Works and then watch the Marathon at the nearby 25-Mile Point. After the race the post-marathon party will happen at Alden Clark's home. Alden has the good sense to live just five blocks from the finish line. RSVP to Alden at aclark@nefn.com or 617-267-9698. The West Coast LBDR (Little Black Dress Run) is scheduled for Saturday, April 6, in San Francisco. This race, which has initiated similar runs in other clubs now has its very own, very smart LBDR' logo. Besides the run, this year's event will include a fashion show and dance on Saturday evening with "fabulous prizes" to be awarded for the best outfits in a number of categories. San Francisco will also host their Pride Run on June 22, 2002 with the beneficiaries being Positive Resources and The Metropolitan Community Foundation. Chicago Frontrunners advises that their "Proud to Run" race is scheduled for Saturday, June 29. The club has produced this popular and successful fund-raiser since 1991. ThankstoChicagoforbringing to our attention under the headline "Jogging May Make You Smarter" a new study on the benefits of running. The author was Dr. Kisou Kubota of Nihon Fukushi University in Handa, Japan. In their study Kubota's team had a number of healthy young people initiate a twelveweek jogging regimen. Each runner also took a series of complex computer based tests to compare memory skills before and after the three-month jogging program. After the twelve weeks, scores on all tests significantly increased-a clear improvement in prefrontal function. Exactly how exercise might strengthen mental sharpness is unclear, but other research suggests that maintaining a healthy flow of blood and oxygen, protects the brain. Another logo to make news is the worldwide search for a new logo for International Front Runners (IFR). The IFR Logo Committee is seeking submissions from all Front Runner club members and friends of members. At the end of July the committee will select five logo submissions and submit them for ranking to all Front Runner clubs worldwide. The logo committee hopes to have the new logo on IFR merchandise available for sale at the Gay Games. Sydney Frontrunners' Mardi Gras Run attracted visitors from all over. Most notable was Emmanuel Trenado from Paris Frontrunners, as well as two Dutchmen who were very active in organizing the Amsterdam Gay Games. The Netherlanders are spending a full year touring Australia and New Zealand, by bike, and their visit will culminate in their participation in Gay Games VI. Wayne Morgan of Sydney Front Runners reports that on the first Saturday of the Games there will be a run in Sydney's harbourside Botanic Gardens. The run will be a combined event produced by both the IFR and The International Memorial Rainbow Run. Brent Nicholson Earle has presented this run at previous Gay Games and it will be great to see him carry the Rainbow Flag along the Sydney Harbor foreshore. I owe these fmal words to Jessica Geist of Team New York Aquatics ... Objects in Mirror are Closer than they appear-GayGames VlisNovember2-9. Happy Running everyone pet.- ~1,"? p.s. The Gay Games website is www.Sydney2002.org.au �New York April2002 Page 7 Travis. Leonora Lucon did the marathon, the war against Iraq started, August 1990. Did Gay Games have an impact on us? then had a few difficulties with the Pikes Games Of Future Passed weeks later. Of Listen to Rick Buckheit (1986) and John Peak Half a couple of It's August 9, 1986-1:00 p.m. in San course there were medal ceremonies, and Kiley and Gene Silbert(l990). Rick did the Francisco. Mickey Zacuto and I just arrived people greeting strangers on the Castro SF marathon the last day of the games, an hour ago, and managed to rush into with "Hi, what's your sport?" And if you Sunday. Unable to get off from work that town for the Gay Games 2 Opening won a medal, you brought it to the Patio week he left Friday night, but his checked Ceremonies. Accoutered in our bright red and got a free meal! Guy Zelenak got on baggage didn't make it-including shoes, Team New York unifonns, we are waiting the 'plane home festooned with many shorts, singlet (put those suckers in the carry-on, folks!). He bought new stuff on excitedly to go into Kezar Stadium with the medals all clanking into one another. What else did we do in SF? (never Saturday (new shoes at a marathon?!), team. As we enter the rest of the FRNY stadium I am astonished to see people in mind!) We watched other athletic events- learned that his bags had arrived late the stands! Folks who we don't know have the NY women playing the LA women in Saturday and he could pick them up soccer, of course the body building himself Sunday morning, did so, and actually come to see us! was Gay Games 2, attended by a ("physique"). I visited the Women's arrived five minutes before the start. There This large group of Front Runners. Gay Games Training Center and watched the fitting of were few spectators or volunteers, Rick I, also in SF, in · 1982, was witnessed by a woman into one ofthose tiny bras. Some took a wrong turn during the last few miles Joyce Wendell-who remembers Tina of us went to Valencia Street, visited book in Golden Gate park, costing him his 3:00 Turner in the Opening Ceremonies-an d shops, the Artemis Cafe, a pasta party at the goal by 3 seconds. But when he learned he Tom Cracovia, track athlete, bodybuilder, renowned lesbian Maud's-later the had won second place in his age group, he swimmer-and organizer of GG2. Track subject of the film "Last Night at Maud's", forgot his pain and disappointment: "In 20 was totally new to most of us-though not had drinks at Olive Oil's, the lesbian years of running lots of races including to Mickey and me, or to Brent Nicholson bikers' hangout, and at the Neon Chicken New York, two additional GG marathons Earle, all of us having competed in Toronto (hey, it was the 80's) and especially, we and Boston, I am most proud of that Masters T&F the year before. Many of us met for the first time Front Runners from medal!" And Gene Silbert and John Kiley? had trained for GG2 on the track at East other clubs, such as Bill Winkelmann of GG3 were their first games-at 62 and 61 Sixth Street-rememb er the relay LA, still a good friend. respectively, they swept gold and silver in workouts, the "zone," the handoffs? I think the 60+ age group IOK and 5K (now on the we did better than the men's USA Olympic roads). John says, "The Vancouver games teams who always seem to mess up. were a transcending experience for us. We The next morning, Sunday, 9:00a.m., had never before participated in an openly the 1OK on the track was run without water. gay meet, nor had we been to any event or (I did it-no, it wasn't boring.) Fortunately, place that was so supportive. They opened SF that whole week was what Rick our eyes to another side of gay life. We Buckheit calls "nice and cool for August." bonded with other Front Runners and . ·.· .· · ~ I, when I wasn't competing, froze, and began our relationship with Sydney ........, wore everything I had brought with me at Frontrunners. We both have gone on to the same time. So a waterless 1OK was just With Gay Games 3 in 1990, we went participate in International FR events in fme. What other events were there? All the track distances-100 up to 1500. Connie international-th e venue was fabulously Toronto, Berlin and San Diego as well as Knapp became a 1500 specialist-my beautiful Vancouver. The triathlon was run IGLA meets in Atlanta, Paris and Toronto. preferred event became the 800. There was for the frrst time, Ellen Weber managed the We can truthfully say that the Vancouver a 5K, also on the track and requiring lap- women's softball team, Bob Bland, who Games transfonned us from quite old counters. We also invented (I think) the organized the annual P'town-Boston rides, recreational 'joggers' into very dedicated, mixed 4x200 relay-,Mickey and I ran with did cycling, and there was more swimming very very senior athletes." I will not make it to the 20th Marty King and Rick Reese, who anchored and tennis. Ed Pyle, Marty Perl and Jay won five medals Hill were attending for the frrst time (and anniversary games in Sydney-teachin g us to a gold. Judy Spina and ran the 4x100 and the 4x400 with Jay learned that NY would be the next makes it impossible. But John and Gene Jean venue). Inger-Jo ran everything again-:she will be there. For those of you who are Kathy Mcintyre, Peg Byron, and that must have a closetful of medals. Sandra going, you'll be in my thoughts. Send Robinson, Firth Whitehouse, esteemed NY Times writer, Linda Villarosa. Levine competed in body building. The reports back! (Website?) And on to Judy's teammates for the 4x200 were marathon was held in Stanley Park. Those Montreal in 2006 ... Richard Walker, Brandon Laws (remember of us sharing a guest house-Mickey, J..e,c-u, J$,~ · Anne Corey, Leonora and women Brandon?) and Kathy Mcintyre. Inger-Jo remember that we Berger ran everything. Joyce Wendell from LA-might competed. So did TJ Storch and Paul watched the TV with our morning coffee as ---·-r �Page 8 SNOWFLAKE 4-MILER Central Park, New York February 23,2002 Marty McElhiney ............................ 24:50 Mark Steinmayer ............................. 25:28 John Soto ........................................ 25:44 Tom Malcolm ................................. 28:54 Michael Willhelm ........................... 28:56 Paul Racine ..................................... 29:39 Louis Mufioz ................................... 30:31 Michael Orzechowski ..................... 30:48 Leslie Jones ..................................... 31:29 Stephen Van Dyk ............................ 31 :31 Kevin McMahon ............................. 31 :58 Bradley Gretter ............................... 32:02 Mark Schaffer ................................. 32:25 Tim Bennett .................................... 32:50 Dan Armstrong ............................... 33:07 Juan Quintanar ................................ 33:25 Barbara Merjan ............................... 33:37 Jerry Levine .................................... 33:45 Darren Thomas ............................... 34:15 Ted Paszek ...................................... 34:29 Marnell McNamara ......................... 35:47 Mike Mahon .................................... 36:45 Butch Stolinsky ............................... 36:52 Maryann Piamonte .......................... 37:00 Audra Farrell ................................... 37:10 Janet Dawson .................................. 38:50 Paulette Meggoe ............................. 38:50 Shelley Rappaport ........................... 42:42 Janet Villas ...................................... 43:39 Christine Fisher ............................... 43:42 Donna Checkan ............................... 47:16 Deidre Cuffee-Gray ........................ 47:16 Linda Heard .................................... 51 :28 SALSA, BLUES & SHAMROCKS SK Central Park, New York March 3,2002 Patrick Thomas ............................... 18:33 Patrick Guilfoyle ............................. 18:45 Marty McElhiney ............................ 19: 16 John Soto ........................................ 20:42 Steve McLure .................................. 23: 19 Michael Orzechowski ..................... 23:30 Ted Paszek ...................................... 27:39 Mike Mahon .................................... 29:53 Ken Majerus .................................... 30:15 Deidre Cuffee-Gray ........................ 35:56 Donna Checkan ............................... 35:56 0 PLACE IN AGE GROUP Front Runners April2002 BROOKLYN HALF MARATHON Brooklyn, New York March 9, 2002 Tor Hansen ................................... 1:23:05 Patrick Thomas ............................. 1:24:55 Devon Carranza ............................ 1:26:02 Patrick Guilfoyle .......................... 1:29:36 Daniel Blausey .............................. 1:32:10 Christina Hildebrand .................... 1:33:44 Peter Boyden ................................ 1:33:54 Mike McMahon ............................ 1:35:29 Sean Butler ................................... 1:36:37 Wae! Hibri ............... .. ................... }:37:49 Peter Johnston ............................... I :39:07 Dave Laurence .............................. l:39:16 Jim Brigaitis .................................. 1:43:52 Stephen Van Dyk .......................... l:45:18 Charles Schoonmaker ................... 1:4 7:40 Paul Racine ................................... l:48:15 Matthew Tivy ............................... 1:48:57 Phil Wahba ................................... 1:49:03 Ken Majerus ................................. 1:51 :22 Michael Beltran ............................ ! :51:22 Michael Samuelian ....................... }:53:23 Bradley Gretter ............................. }:54:36 Kevin McMahon ........................... l:55:23 Leslie Jones .................................. 1:57:12 Juan Quintanar .............................. l:58:37 Jerry Levine .................................. l:58:39 Charles Whelan ............................ ! :59:05 Gizella Hajduk ..............................2:00:00 Arthur McCune .............................2:03 :25 Debra Chapnick ............................2:05:30 Craig Booth ..................................2:06:15 Yvonne Bock ................................2:07:21 Claudia Cummings ....................... 2:08:56 Audra Farrell ................................2:09:33 Clayton Funk ................................ 2: I 0:32 Janet Dawson ................................2:15:49 Christine Fisher ............................2:16:16 Robert Sundeen ............................2:25:14 2002 Point Races Queens Half Marathon April13, 8:00a.m. Men Skaggs Walsh SK Aprill3, 8:00a.m. Women Allure Half Marathon May 12, 8:00a.m. Women You Gotta Have Park 5-Miler May 18, 10:00 a.m. Men <D PLACE OVER ALL SPRING FLING 4-MILER Central Park, New York March 17, 2002 Mark Steinmeyer ............................... 24:37 Sean Butler ........................................ 27:56 Ken Majerus ...................................... 29:10 Michael Willhelm ............................. 29:51 Kevin McMahon ............................... 32:40 Jerry Levine ...................................... 32:43 Charles Whelan ................................. 32:58 Louis Carotenuto ............................... 33: 16 Robert Sundeen ................................. 39:43 Kathleen Marino ............................... 39:59 Mike Mahon ...................................... 41:11 Christine Fisher ................................. 43:33 ST. PADDY'S DAY 10-MILER Freehold, New Jersey Sunday March 17, 2002 Ken Chamberlain ........................... 1:31:58 Track Meet Meets Expectations If you weren't at the Armory on March 17th, you missed a wonderful event. For the fourth consecutive year, Marty McElhiney coordinated a super track meet that FRNY can be proud of. World records were set and attendance was the best ever. This event keeps growing in both participants and volunteers. Over two hundred participants ran, including runners from Boston, Texas and Pennsylvania! Thanks to all the volunteers who gave their time and effort, but especially to Marty! We would not have had this meet if it wasn't for him. Track & Field participation is growing in this city (see the current issue of "The Runner") and Marty has helped put FRNY in the vanguard of this growth. '!' PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Document:Newsletters Year:2000s Year:2002 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/ba4d546cb607704810f104402c58d99e.pdf a1b1ae92fa1b77973f5a945922f38c88 PDF Text Text Volume XIX Issue Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 March 2002 THE\ NEX T MILE The Newsletter of Front Runners New York http://www.webcom.com/-bkm /if.btml ~ http://www.fastnfab.org ~ http://www.frontrunnersnewyo rk.org On Friday, March 9th, I will have my second Presidential Potluck. Join me and other Front Runners in a night of cooking, eating and friendship. I look forward to seeing all of you Saturday mornings! 711~fJ. Dear Front Runners, It was wonderful to read in last month's newsletter the stories of members who'd met their partners here at the club. It was a reminder that FRNY has always been more than a running club. It has also been an alternative to the bar and disco scene The 4th Annual FRNY when trying to meet people with similar Indoor Track Meet interests. It is a place to make friends, and Sunday, March 17th 10:00-2:00 p.m. to have those friends become families. As the Armory Track and Field Center we look forward to redefming ourselves for I 68th Street and Fort Washington a new age, it is important that we remember our most important asset, each other. 60 meter dash This was highlighted for me at a 1 mile Saturday morning run a couple of weeks 200, 400, 800 and 3000 meters ago. Long-time members, Jeff Singleton, 4 x 800 Relay Patrick Barker and Marty McElhinney 4 x 800 Mixed Relay (2men/2 women) were sharing running stories with a newer 4 x 200 Relay member, Dave Carraway. Like the time they persuaded TJ Storch to race with them as a team and help them place third and win a trophy. Or the year Joe Criscione ran 33 races. Sharing their experiences with Dave helps to create and preserve our history and sense of family. I hope it also encourages Dave and other members to create their own running stories to share with future Front Runners. The racing season has begun in a big way. We are making a special effort to get all Front Runners out to race, especially for the Club Points Races. It would be great to Donn Peppler have a top ten finish this year in all Editor & Calendar categories, Men's and Women's ORen (all Proofreader George Schlein ages), Masters (40+) and Veterans (50+). John Whooley Mailing 2/5/2002 Board Meeting Our board meetings have been running kind of long (no pun intended) because there is a lot on the our plate right now. Most of our discussions revolved around our big events coming up: the dance in February, the track meet in March and of course our Pride Run in June. Hopefully by the time you read this our dance will have produced the extra income we need for our track meet expenses. The track meet is shaping up with our publicity campaign aimed at schools and the other running clubs. A point worth noting: you don't have to be superfast to be in it or even have spiked shoes; just go out for an event and do it! Lots of energy devoted to the Pride Run, especially with Jan Aitchison proposing some great PR ideas (give her your input) and Michael Westwood getting his committee spots fmalized. Michael's been busy showing us logos for the shirts and working further on corporate sponsorship. Fast&Fab tells us that they're moving towards forming some committees to help with Bob Nelson's extraordinary managing of F&F, so bikers, don't be shy in helping Bob out. The last major issue we tallced at some length about is the Charitable Foundation, for which we'd like to be more active this year in fundraising as well as helping our community. While the original intent of the Foundation was to help those people with illness or disaster, a lot has changed in the last ten years in HIV care. As a result of this, we need to examine if it's time to expand our concept of help for the future . Any questions or comments, talk to one of the board members anytime. A full copy of the minutes is available for Front Runners at each Saturday meeting on the info table. ru~-'P~~ FRNYSecretary@aol.com �Page2 Front Runners March 2002 Musical Outings * CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC THE URBAN WARRIOR After cycling on really rad trails in the Santa Monica Mountains and running on Eden-like beaches in Malibu for a year and half, my workouts now in Central Park and the Hudson River bike path just don't seem to cut it. Not that is, if I sit and compare the two. It's all a state of mind and how you look at thijtgs. And that's what I want to share with you because there's a whole Jot more to working out than the physical act itself for me. One of the many things that's helped me out to pursue that ever elusive Zen experience is a book that came out a few years back. It's called Working Out, Working Within, by Lynch and Huang. "'!'e're talking. ancient .Taoist philosophy ~te~rated w~th ph~stcal s~~ngth and ~ttahty. Workm? out lS an actiVIty pursued m concert wtth eastern precepts of you're able to unify spontaneity (where .. ) . rfi d . d b d 0 Y ant spmtt, ndonbml ted .eren.cthe m(hm ' en m wt earn o accep an ere you 1 surroun d' .u mgs an d fr ee your Yo r preconceived thoughts), stillness in motion/ movement in stillness (a constant never ending continuous thread in all you experience), change and transformation (your own alignment in life is as one with nature) and personal power (traveling in life with harmony and peace all around you). This isn't a book that's going to give you a ten-step program to run the marathon in under three hours. That's something you have to discover for yourself by going beyond the physical act itself. This book will help you to get to the center of yourself and maintain that in all you do. Once you've achieved that peace, the big stuff you don't sweat anymore. And how does the park and the bike path stack up for me these days? Yes, I miss the physical natural beauty of CA But the park and the bike path have their own rhythm and it connects to the whole when my body is in motion and I am one. Be Stritch With Me The first outing of the rejuvenated FRNY Theatre Group was on February 16th. A group of fifteen saw that fabulous (recovering) boozy broad, Elaine Stritch in her one-woman show, At Liberty. What is it with gay men and divas, anyway? Perhaps that she started her career as understudy for Ethel Merman and taking classes with another unknown named Marlon. More likely, it was the fact that she turned down a marriage proposal from Ben Gazara when she met Rock Hudson. "And we all · know what a brilliant · )'&: h · 11e-c 01ce that was., she qutppe d.. "Is Bea Arthur's show available to us?". asked one of the group. I guess they . , all liked Elame. .If the~e are s~ows . that y~u ~e parttcularly mterested m seemg, e-matl Btll at WmSensenbrenner@aol.com. Design For Running It's a brand a:;~:~or Front Runners to get anew look. So we are calling for all designers to send in ideas for the 2002 FRNY team uniform. The winning design will be seen on runners all over Central Park. Submit your designs to Glenn Nobel or e-mail him at gnobel@hotmail.com. The Monday, March 18th Gay Men's Chorus concert, We are Family, promises to be a fun-filled 'family' musical trip back to the 70's. We have tickets for the Carnegie Hall show which will feature classic soft-rock songs by Elton John and the Carpenters, a hilarious spoof of the Brady Bunch, a salute to the great discodivas, and all of the music and spirit of the 'Me' decade. There is also a Pride Week (June 15th} Chorus performance, this time a deeply moving and . joyous concert that will receive its New York Premiere. The concert follows the life of fictional character Michael "Mouse" Tolliver. In short, this is a musical version of the hugeiy successful Tales of the City. Armisted Maupin, author of Tales and a pioneer in the gay movement, will narrate this deeply personal work as we explore gay life from the 70's to the 90's. To join the Front Runners at the New York City Gay Men's Chorus: Please send $25 per ticket in a self-addressed stamped envelop to Howard Dimond at 310 Lexington Ave, 7G, NY, NY 10016. Please make separate checks made out to FRNY r ' · r 10r each concert. PIease md'tcate 10r wh'tch' the check is to be applied. concert . . Carnegte Hall releases the ttckets for these concerts about one month before the concert at which time they will be forwarded to the purchasers. On Friday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m. at Lincoln Center, Front Runners will attend The Glass Blowers, the March King's operetta. It is both a send-up and a celebration . of over-the-top American patriotism, scored by John Philip SoUSA. This 1913 tale . of intertwined romances dances tunefully along amidst labor troubles in a glass factory and the start of the Spanish-American war. (in English.) At 6:00 p.m. preceding the Opera, we will a11 meet for a prix fzx dinner at Houlihan's, 1900 Broadway at 63rd Street, across from Lincoln Center. $55 for dinner and show, send checks as directed above, and indicate a choice of entree: salmon, chicken or steak. at reached be can Howard or 212-983-3515 frontrunnertkts@aol.com, ?lew~~ �New York I ' March2002 Page3 �Page4 Fast & Fab Rides March 2002 Front Runners pace, all bikes welcome. Mike Grzelecki 718-638-8475 or mikegrze1ecki@aol.com.' March 23, Ringwood: Outbike New !ersey te~s up with Fast and Fab for an mtermedtate:advanced loop of the race co~se at .Ringwood State Park NJ. The tr~ds constst of frre roads and singletrack, wtth short and long climbs, rocks, roots, small drops and muddy areas, especially after wet weather. Park in the dirt lot next to Shepherds Lake. The ride leaves the boat launch ~~a. at I 0:00 a.m. Please RSVP if you areJommg us so we don't leave anyone behind. Ice or snow on the ground or heavy rain the morning of the ride-but not cold temperatures--cancels the event. Mountain bikes with knobby tires required. Helmet, food,. water, s~a:e tube and a bike in good :-orkmg. cond~t10n . are a must. For more mformat10n, drrecttons, carpooling options and to RSVP, contact Chris Marko at cmarko@mindspring.com or 973-7I54930 by Friday, March 22. March 24, Repair: Meet at the Boathouse at IO:OO a.m. for an hour-long session on how to ~hange a .tire and fix a flat, with forays mto . other topics as customer demand requrres. After the workshop, Phil Wahba leads a modera~ely-paced group We'll around the park for a loop or meet back at the Boathouse for hot chocolate-<~r iced tea, depending on the weather. ~e tire changing is $10 in cash only and 1s hosted by Bob Nelson. RSVP for the workshop to Bob at 212-567-7I60 or fastnfab@yahoo.com. RSVP for the ride or 212-828-I755 at Phil to wahbadabadoo@yahoo.com. If you're doing both, one RSVP is sufficient. ~arch 31, Bunny Hop: Maryann Ptamonte and ~eslie Jennings yearn for the E~ters of therr very Catholic childhoods, Wlth marshmallow peeps, chocolate ~u~i~s and egg hunts. The next best thing 1s. ndmg to the T~own Bakery, which ~Ill have scrumptious holiday treats that giVe the word "calorie" a meaning never envisaged by your chemistry professor. Hot crossed ~uns anyone? It's about a 35-mile round tr1p from Central Park, just far enough to work up an appetite. Moderate pace, all bikes welcome. Contact Maryann at 917-862-8047, or Leslie at 9I7-4322456 or leslie.jennings@verizon.net. March 3, Ride For The Doughnuts: This being the date of the Fast and Fab potluck, somebody has to ride out to the Steinway Bake Shop, 28-08 Steinway St. in Queens, and pick up the doughnuts, right? They sell out pretty quickly, so meet at the Boathouse at 8:00a.m. with a backpack or something to sling over your shoulder. About 30-mile round-trip, moderate pace, all bikes welcome. By reservation only. or 212-567-7160 Nelson, Bob fastnfab@yahoo.com. March 10, Belly Bomb: Brighton Beach is now the source, the font, the veritable geyser for geezers of Ukrainian belly bom~s·.<llis is a direct translation from the Ukramtan. Trust me.) They're doughy concoctions with a choice of fillings: peas, cabbage or potatoes-the entire spectrum of East European farm produce. Richard Brause, the cycling gourmet, is our leader. The route will take us on the bike path paralleling Shore Parkway out, and Ocean Parkway back. About 30-mile round-trip, all bikes welcome, fabulous pace, bring your appetite: richardbrause@netscape.net. March 17, Brick Building: Time to get familiar with Central Park! Les Jones hosts cyclists and triathletes at his Harlem brownstone apartment for a brick, or bike and run. We'll meet at his place, drop extra clothes, gear and post-workout snacks, then ride a couple of loops, head back to Harlem, drop the bikes, and go back to do a run. (That part about the running is optional.) We'll work out distances that everyone can handle, just so we all get back at around the same time. Les is planning a more advanced workout in April, so catch this one if you want to be ready. 212-2807939 or lejones@clinique.com. March 17, Riis: Surfs up in Brooklyn, and Mike Grzelecki will take a group out to Jacob Riis Park to taste the salt spray and watch the gulls wheeling over the water. Next door lie two seashore communities: Neponsit, with its million-dollar homes, and Belle Harbor, site of the unfortunate plane crash in October. Mike offers his Park Slope backyard for sandwiches after the ride, weather permitting. Meet under the arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn at 10:00 a.m. It's about a 20-mile ride, fab 1'~e-1"1"1?tJe--'BtJt ~, two: Bike & Hike: ROMA Anyone? Hike the Appian Way, see Roman sights by bicycle, relax in a Roman spa, sample the gay and lesbian nightlife (including a toga party) with the locals. It's all happening May 2-9, 2002 during the "Urban Hiking in Rome for Gay Men an~ Lesbians" trip sponsored by II Ch~ostro, which is in its eighth year of takmg groups to Italy. This particular trip includes seven nights' hotel (recently refurbished, centrally located), all breakfasts and four dinners, plus extras that website: the on detailed are www .i.lchiostro.co~/UrbanHiking.htm. :ree tune f~r us mdependent types is mcorporated mto the tour schedule, with optional activities available. Brooklyn Front Runner Jamie Baker would like to get a friendly group together to join him on this trip. As an inducement, he has arranged with II Chiostro's founder, Michael Mele, for a I 0% discount to Front Runners off of the $1450 price (double occupancy) if a minimum of 5 of us sign up, and a 15% discount if 10 sign up. The trip accommodates a maximum of 15. at Jamie email Please romehiking@aol.com for a brochure/ application, which must be marked Front Runners Group Discount to qualify. A $300 non-refundable deposit with the application holds a place, and should be sent directly to II Chiostro (not to Jamie). strongly are bookings Prompt recommended, as II Chiostro will reserve places on a frrst come first served basis. Places are not being held aside for Front Runners because the travel dates are coming up soon. For those who are not interested in ~o~e, II. Chiostro also offers gay/lesbian hikmg tnp May 11-18 in Tuscany, based out of the country villa that gives 11 Chiostro its name. You can fmd details of this and other trips on their website, or by phone at 212-666-3506. For the internetimpaired, Jamie's phone number is 718622-I824. l • �New York A Page 5 March 2002 s you watched the Winter Olympics did you happen. to wonder if there was a Front Runner Club in Salt Lake City? Well there is, and its official title is Frontrunner/Frontwalkers Utah Salt Lake City. The club was started in 1997 and there are now over 100 people in the group. They established a web site in November 2001 and you can check them out at: www.frontrunnersutah.org Frontrunners de Paris report very successful participation in the Francogames of November 2001. The next edition of the Francogames will be 6-7 July, 2002. They are also planning strong participation in the Paris Marathon where their "Chicago Style" water station is once again under the direction of their founder Pascal Rossignol. endurance and is excellent to do in the Members of the French club also plan to early spring when you're beginning to come and run with New York Front crank up the training intensity for the Runners this May. Others will be going to racing season. At the end of February, Pittsburgh Germany to participate in the Gay Pride events in Cologne. The very active Paris Front Runners hosted a ski trip to Canaan club has spun off a sister club in Marseilles Valley in West Virginia. Front Runners that hold runs three times a week down on from Pittsburgh, Baltimore, D.C. and Cleveland were among those expected to the Mediterranean. Incidentally up in Norway, Oslo Front schuss down the slopes. The Pittsburgh Runners bill themselves as the world's club also advises that their Pride Run ~ill most northern Front Runner Club. Does be on Saturday, June 15 as part of their that mean we can call Wellington Front Pride Fest. More winter sports took place in Runners way down in New Zealand the word's most southern Front Runner Club? Chicago on February 17, when Chicago de Front Runners' Spring Fling Front Runners social event of the month Weekend will be held April26-28. Visiting was billed as "Frontskating In February". It Front Runners are invited to a reception on all happened at a new ice skating rink at Friday night. On Saturday there's a fun run Millennium Park on Michigan Avenue. I from Union Station in the morning and a imagine we can thank Chicago Front dinner dance in the evening. Sunday Runners new social directors Larry morning, the big event is the Sallie May 1OK which will be followed by a Front Westchester Medical Runner brunch. The Carlyle Suites Hotel is Center Biathlon offering Front Runners a special rate. For reservations, call the hotel before March 26 Sunday, June 23rd at 8:00a.m. at 202-234-3200 and mention "de Front A fund raiser for Runners Spring Fling". their Trauma Center Thanks to Pittsburgh Front Runners for providing the official explanation of 2-mile run "Fartlek" a term that has caused some 16-mile bike confusion over the years. They say that 2-mile run according to Runner' s World "Fartlek" is $30 individual entry and $60 for Swedish for 'speed play' and involves a tea awards given to top 3 winmixing slower and faster running during a ners in S-year age groups. single workout. It is free-form, though some runners like to time the fast segments. Fartlek training increases speed and Axelrod and Harry Therwanger for the arrangements. Orlando Front Runners & Walkers on February 16 participated in the AIDS Walk Orlando, a fundraiser for their Hope and Help Center. Orlando club member Michael Slaymaker started this AIDS Walk back in 1995. And on February 12 the club held their annual Valentine's Party that was dubbed "In the Pink". Attendees were invited to bring a covered dish, to share, of food colored pink, red or white. Now there's a pretty thought! Another Valentine's Party was held on February 9. At this one, hosted by Baylands Front Runners, guests were invited to wear something pink, white or red-a somewhat easier task, I think. The 25th running of the Gasparilla 5K & 15K took place on February 9. This is the big race for Tampa Bay Front Runners, many of whom were expected among the 15,000 participants. A Gala Front Runner brunch followed the race. Another brunch happens on March 24 at which the Tampa Bay Club will elect new officers. Lots happening with Sydney Front Runners where, as I write, it's Mardi Gras time. Their first Mardi Gras event was a LBDR-a Little Black Dress Run patterned on San Francisco's popular LBDR. Around 15 participants, in full regalia, joined many other clubs member for a high-heeled trot around the city's Centennial Park causing quite a few double takes among Sunday morning park-goers. Another 15 or so club members took a trip down to Canberra, the National Capital, for a weekend of training at the Australian Institute of Sport. This event was hosted by the relatively new Canberra Front Runners. {It is rumored it's part of Sydney Front Runners' secret training program for Gay Games VI). And on February 17 the Mardi Gras Triathlon was held at the seaside suburb of Maroubra-Sydney Front Runners hosted the event. (And there were more rumors that this was really a 'tune up' for the GGVI Triathlon). Other Mardi Gras events include, swimming, sailing, tennis, body building-you name it! It is not without due cause that they call Australia 'sports mad'! Happy running everyone . . . p.o~a,., 'f:.;,/,.--1' �Page6 Front Runners March 2002 PHILADELPHIA MARATHON Philadelphia Pennsylvania November 18, 2001 I Tor Hansen ................................... 2.51 .53 LUCKY 7-MILE REVERSffiLE Central Park, New York January 26, 2002 Dave Caraway ................................. 48:32 Christina Hildebrand ....................... 51 : 12 Phil Wahba ................................... ... 53:47 Michael Orzechowski ····················' 57:05 Ken Majerus .................................... 57:08 Charles Whelan ............................... 59: I 0 Kevin McMahon ............................. 59:12 Debra Chapriick ..... ...................... 1:02:14 Jerry Levine ................................. 1:02:36 Leslie Jones .................................. 1:03:05 Joanne Dondero ............. .............. 1:07:22 Todd Sears ....... ............................ 1:07:58 Audra Farrell ...................... .......... l :08:29 Claudia Cummings ......... .............. 1:08:29 Janet Dawson ............................... 1:09:38 Paulette Meggoe .......................... 1:10:25 Robert Sundeen .................. .......... l:l0:49 Yvonne Bock ....... ........ ........ .... ... . I: 11 :32 Barbara Krajewski ....................... 1: II :32 Q Scout ........................................ 1:13:24 Lenore Beaky ............................... 1:17: II Shelley Rappaport ............. ........... I :21 :02 Ruth Gursky ............ ..................... l :51:30 Chris Her linger ....... ..................... I :51:30 VALENTINES DAY TWOSOME 10K Central Park, New York February 9, 2002 Patrick Thomas .......................... 37:57:00 Dave Caraway ............................ 40:17:00 Mike McMahon ............... ......... .45:15 :00 Jerry Levine ............................... 53:20:00 Juan Quintanar ........................... 54:48:00 Joanne Dondero .............. ........... 57:05:00 Barbara Krajewski ..................... 57:06:00 Christine Fisher .......................... 57:08:00 Janet Dawson ......... .................... 59:39:00 Daniel Baldini ..................... ......... I :03:52 Claudia Cummings ....................... I :06:35 Evelyn Heinbach .......................... 1:06:35 0 PLACE IN AGE GROUP ALGORDON 15K Central Park, New York February 16, 2002 Tor Hansen ...... .......... ......................58:42 Patrick Thomas .................. ...... ..... ... 58:52 Devon Carranza .............................. .59:22 John Soto ...................................... ! :03:20 Christina Hildebrand .................... ! :06:54 Mike McMahaon .......................... ! :07:21 Peter Johnston ............................... I :09:35 Dave Laurence ............................. !:II :41 Paul Racine ................................... l: 13:41 Stephen Van Dyk .......................... l:l5:03 Ken Majerus ................................. !: 16:36 Michael Beltran ...... ...................... }:16:38 Kevin McMahon ........................... I: 17:52 Michael Orzechowski ................... }: 18:00 Bradley Gretter ............................. I: 19:07 Arthur McCune ............................. I :22:25 Craig Booth ..................... ............. }:21 :50 Yvonne Bock ................................ ! :22:48 Debra Chapnick ............................ l:23:46 Leslie Jones .................................. ! :24: 17 Juan Quintanar ... , .......................... l:26:14 Jerry Levine .................................. }:26:15 Joanne Dondero ............................ ! :27:25 Barbara Krajewski .......... :.~.~......... 1:28:00 Janet Dawson ................................ ! :31 :42 Robert Sundeen ............................ ! :41 :06 Shelley Rappaport ........................ ! :46:39 2002 Point Races Salsa Blues & Shamrocks 5K March 3, 9:00a.m. Men Brooklyn Half Marathon March 9, 8:00a.m. Men& Women Queens Half Marathon Aprill3, 8:00 a.m.Men Skaggs Walsh SK Aprill3, 8:00a.m. Women Q) PLACE OVER ALL RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT I Stand up, take a bow, and pat yourselves on the back. Why? Well, there has been a massive increase in the number of you coming out to run each week! And that is a great thing for Front Runners New York. It seems that the energy and focus of King Michael has inspired us all to put the shoes back on and get out there. Cheers all around for the supporters . too. TJ (AKA the Where's Waldo ofFRNY) is always somewhere out there in the park adding support and encouragement, so don't forget the high five as you see TJ and other members of the club out there cheering you on. Just a special note re race registration: some runners have had some trouble entering races when they register in a • NYRRC event on line with their own chip and race number. Please ensure you check at the table (near the start) to ensure that they have you registered properly. Also -PLEASE-enter FRNY on your race application. Otherwise there is no glossy write-up in the newsletter and even more importantly, no credit to FRNY for having our members run. The men's point race proved to be an excellent dating opportunity for all the guys: 20 of our speediest and most attractive were out in all their glory, ably supported by eight gorgeous femmes! Let's ensure we continue these "opportunities" throughout the year. So when is the next big point's race? Mark your calendar for a trip to Brooklyn for the Half Marathon on March 9th. Its the points race for both men and women. FRNY Paul Raso will be serving brunch at his home after the race. (Thanks, Paul!) So see you there! Happy Running and enjoy ?~~1"1~1Thought for the Month - " Dream, Believe, Create, Succeed" -anonymous. T PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE � 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:2000s Year:2002 http://archives.frny.org/files/original/a824334badaa7350706918a13529503e.pdf e17e68930ddeed17e0afdf023d657fc9 PDF Text Text Volume XIX Issue 2 Box 230087 Ansonia Station New York NY 10023 (212) 724-9700 February 2002 THE\ NEXT MIL£ The Newsletter of Front Runners New York http://www. webcom.com/~bkm/if.html T http://www.fastnfab.org T http://www.frontrunnersnewyork.org Saturday runs. Proceeds will be used to help cover the expenses of the track meet. We still have a few committee positions open for anyone interested in helping to run the club. I can tell you from personal experience that it can be a lot of work. But I can also say that it is a lot of fun. You won't be sorry for a minute! Also, plan on running a race or two this month. Or if you're not up to racing just yet, come out to support your fellow members. You all know how helpful it is to have a friend cheering you on from the sidelines. So, I hope to see you, meet you, greet you, run with you, some Saturday morning It's winter; it's cold; it's dark out; I'm this month of February. We have races to tired; I worked hard today; I don't feel train for, swimming suits to prepare for, good. Whatever. And I'm getting flabby. and dates to look great for. I'm president of a running club; summer's 141-i~ (} ~~~e ~tarftng ffihte Minutes of the January s(2oo2 Board Meeting T Minutes of the 12/13/01 board meeting were approved with the correction that Bob Nelson will still be our e-mail coordinator. T Treasurers Matt and Spencer reported that our club fmished on solid fmancial ground for 2001. However, operations of the club continue to run a deficit, which in part is made up by our Pride Run in June. In the spring of 2002 we hope to trim the major cost of newsletter mailings by switching to electronic distribution. T The Board has added a non-voting position to accommodate a representative from the Fast & Fab group. Paula not far off, and I just heard from the . .-------------~~~~~~~~ McKinely will serve as the first liaison, NYRRC that I've qualified for the 2002 keeping the Board up-to-date on Fast & NYC Marathon on November 3rd. So it's Fab activities. time to start running! T Martin Watkins will serve as our And that is what your Board and many liaison to NYRRC and will work to others are doing. The past month has been improve our relationship with them. a whirlwind of activity. I want you to T The next board meeting is February 5, know how fortunate we are to have such at presid¢nt Michael O's. dedicated members working on our behalf. Thirty people showed up on January 13 to rutP~~ discuss the club, what's great about it and what could be better. We will meet again FRNYSecretary@aol.com on February 9th, after the Saturday run, to recommend specific actions to the Board. See Charlie Wintczak's article in this issue Coming in Marchfor more information. The 4th Annual FRNY Plans are moving ahead for our 4th Annual Track Meet at The Armory Track Indoor Track Meet & Field Center scheduled for Sunday, Sunday, March 17th 12:00-4:00 p.m. March 17th. Marty McElhiney is planning the Armory Track and Field Center the meet, Jan Aitchison and Steve 168th Street and Fort Washington Holmgren are promoting it. Now we need to support their efforts by signing up to run 60 meter dash or volunteer. Another way to suppqrt them 1 mile is by attending the FRNY Winter Dance, 200, 400, 800 and 3000 meters which is being held at the Union 4 x 800 Relay Editor & Calendar Theological Seminary Ballroom on Donn Peppler 4 x 800 Mixed Relay (2men/2 women) Saturday, February 23rd from 8:00p.m to 4 x 200 Relay Proofreader George Schlein midnight. Tickets are $15, available at the Mailing John Whooley �Page2 Life After Assimilation FRNY will be 23 years old this yearan achievement to be proud of. However, 2002 is not 1979, and like many gay and lesbian organizations, we are facing the challenge of our own success. Membership is leveling off, and volunteers are more difficult to recruit. How do we address our members' varied interests, ' while developing a realistic, achievable and focused mission ? Last year the club began a discussion about its current state and future direction. As part of this discussion, an open forum for member views and opinions about FRNY was proposed. The goal of this forum was to provide the board with suggestions about ways to keep the club vital in today's environment. I was asked to facilitate this forum and after some thought and discussions 'with Michael Orzechowski, I suggested we use the same strategic planning techniques used in business. The Strategic Planning process would allow for the kind of honest selfappraisal that could be developed into objectives for the cmoing months. Thirty people attended our first open meeting on January 13th. The session lasted two hours and generated many good ideas. We asked ourselves the following questions: l)What are the strengths of FRNY? These are capabilities, resources, and skills that will help us achieve our goals. 2)What are the weaknesses of FRNY? These are the lack of capabilities, resources, and skills that prevent us from achieving our goals. 3)What are the opportunities for FRNY? These are the capabilities, resources, and skills that if changed or used more would help us achieve our goals. 4)What are some possible threats for FRNY? These are the possible challenges that are mostly outside the club's control and could prevent us from achieving our goals. Participants were encouraged to give responses without making value judgements about their validity or quality. Responses where written onto flipcharts, which are reproduced here in the newsletter for you to review. So, what happens now that we have all fuese ideas? Here are the proposed steps: 1)We want members to add any additional items to the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats list. February 2002 2)We will hold a meeting open to all members again on February 9th (after the S~turda~ run). D~ring this session we will review our hst and develop some ar~as for the club to concentrate on. We wtl_l d~velop three or four very specific obje~tzves for the FRNY board to consider. 3)!he FRNY board, at future meetings, will _develop an action plan with very specific steps, assigned responsibilities, an? t~mefra~es to ensure that these obJectives will be completed. Th~ Board will monitor progress on the actiOn plan throughout the year and make adjustments as necessary. Throughout the process members will kept info~ed via the newsletter, etc. For this plan to succede, all of us will need to participate. So, here is your chance to be heard. Let us know your thoughts and ideas. . . STREN~TH~ 1 D_Iversity of ru~mg skills 2 Fiscally responsible 3 Hom~ b~e - Rutgers Church 4 H?~P~t~hty 5 VI~Ibihty 6 Pnde Run 7 Support members interests 8 Multi-sport interests 9 Positive gay environment 10 Dating/Social 11 NYRRC association 12 Regular events l3 Longevity- club established in 1979 14 Internal communication 15 Well fed 16 Out-of-town-trips 17 Mingling of the sexes 18 Charitable aspects 19 Running gear with FRNY logo 20 Coaching 21 Part of national and international associations 22 Gay Games WEAKNESSES 1 Marketing to ages groups, women, people of color 2 Outreach to outer boroughs, other gay groups, NJ and CT 3 Encouraging race participation 4 Cultivation of leaders 5 Volunteerism 6 Lack of variety of runs 7 Lack of member contributions and articles in the Newsletter 8 Lack of internet usage and knowledge Front Runners ' 9 Decline in out-of-town trips and races 10 Decline in interclub networking 11 Lack of variety of clothing w/ clear club identity 12 Lack of corporate sponsors for events l3 Support FRNY participation in racing events 14 More clearly defined role for race captains 15 Lack of column in NYRRC magazine 16 No clear role for directors-at-large 17 Lack ofmentoring from year-to-year 18 Volunteer appreciation 19 Variety of social events OPPORTUNITIES 1 Create excitement and involvement 2 Creative/focused marketing to high schools, universities, lesbian/gay community recruitment outreach, 3 Target diversification of membership 4 Use a variety ofPR tools 5 Expand membership benefits 6 Utilize charitable foundation money 7 Market charitable foundation 8 Fine tune greeting visitors, potential new members, new members 9 Follow-up with visitors, potential new members, new members 10 Welcome visitors and frrst timers 11 Use of a guest book 12 Dissemination of info received from these contacts 13 List new members in newsletter 14 Incentives for racing and volunteering for races 15 Support network for runners in achieving their goals 16 Redesign brochure and application 17 Staggered Board terms 18 Maximize use of website and other technology 19 Add more variety to newsletter: Content, Photos, and Personal stories 20 Encourage/increase volunteerism among members 21 Awards Banquet 22 Generate additional monies THREATS Other gay/non-gay organizations in which to participate 2 Reasons to join a gay running club in 2002 different from 1979 3 Gay assimilation in NYC 4 Possible loss of meeting space 5 Increased operating costs 6 NYRRC fee for Pride Race 7 Complacency 8 Not taking personal responsibility �February 2002 New York Page 3 The Urban Warrior You're a BRICK! Team New York Hey everyone! Winter got you down? Tired of the gym scene? You don't have to hibernate because you think it's too cold to run or cycle outdoors. You just have to wear the right clothes, and you can exercise warm and safely all winter long. It's simple- just dress in a 2 or 3 layer system. Start with a material like coolmax next to your skin to wick the sweat off your body (you do sweat even in cold weather). Follow that with a layer of polartec which, while keeping you warm and fuzzy, still wicks the moisture away. You can add a third layer or shell to keep the rain and wind out. Did you know they make polartec with windblock? It comes in jackets and gloves that rock in cold weather! Consider Gore-Tex for rain and snow. If you cycle, get neoprene booties to keep your feet warm and add a rear fender to your bike to keep the rain and snow from splashing you. Tech fabrics work to keep you dry and warm. Most of us remember what it's like to run with cotton sweats, get wet and feel miserable. With today's tech clothes you can be out on that trail even in the worst weather. And for those who think an outdoor winter workout is just too much, do a little less. On extremely cold days your body's working hard enough, so you don't need to set a speed record when it's 20 degrees. Dress right and you too can survive the winter and be an urban warrior. Join the triathletes of Team New York Triathlon on February 17th, as we bike up to Rockefeller State Park Preserve in Sleepy Hollow, run a couple of miles on carriage trails in the park, then bike home. There's a park office where we can get park maps and lock up the bikes. Meet at the Boathouse in Central Park at 9:00 a.m. Bring pocket food, plenty of water, and, of course, your running shoes. Wet pavement or temps below 27° F cancel. The first brick of the season is always tough, but we'll do this one at an easy pace. If you want to be speedy, save it for the last ten miles of the ride! For further info, contact Bob Nelson at 212-567-7160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. All Front Runners are invited to join Team New York in celebrating volunteer extraordinaire, FRNY Leslie Jennings, at Team New York's Second Annual "Countdown to Gay Games VI" Cocktail Party and Awards Ceremony on Thursday evening, February 28th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Twirl, 208 West 23 Street. Following the program is an exciting afterparty with D .J.s Mike Greylen, John Millier and Jack Reina, punctuated by brief performances of local cabaret talent (including Fast and Fab member Craig Skelton). A "Special Friend" Award will be presented to Christopher Street Financial and Pride Senior Network for their pivotal past support of Team New York and the community, and to Howard Zucker (photographer) and FRNY (graphic member Leslie Jennings designer), the creative team behind the Team NY 2002 calendar. Following the program, there will be an after-party at Twirl, from 8:00 p.m. till ? with additional entertainment. This event benefits The Team New York Scholarship Fund, to assist local athletes and artists participating in the Sydney Games who might not otherwise be able to attend, with consideration given to those living with health challenges. Tickets are $30.00. at Gursky Ruth Contact info@teamnewyork.org. Invitations will also be available at Rutgers Church following FRNY's regular Saturday runs. ted 'P~~ Triathlon Team Gears Up! The FRNY multisport gang is getting ready for the 2002 season and looking ahead to lots of great workouts and races! The tri team meets every second Saturday of the month-except in February, when we'll meet on Saturday the 2nd. If you're interested in triathlon, duathlon, or adventure racing, give us a try! You can find out more about the team by joining our listserve at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ NYCTRI/ or contacting Claudia Cummings FRNYSecretary@aol.com at ButchGrrl@aol.com for information. FRNY Winter Dance You are cordially invited to a Winter Dance to help benefit our 4th Annual Indoor Track Meet. When: Saturday, February 23, 2002 8:00 p.m.- midnight Where: The Union Theological Seminary Ball Room 3041 Broadway at 121st Street Take the Otrain to 116th or 125th $15 per person. Cost: Snacks will be provided. Water, soda, beer and wine will be available for purchase. Door prizes will be awarded. So come on out and dance the winter chill off your bones! Design For Running It's a brand new year and time for Front Runners to get anew look. So we are calling for all designers to send in ideas for the 2002 FRNY team uniform. The winning design will be seen on runners all over Central Park. Submit your designs to Glenn Nobel or e-mail him at gnobel@hotmail.com. FRNY Clothing Survey We what to know more about the kinds of running clothes Front Runners need and want. For example, are you interested in: Shirts: Cotton T, sleeveless, long-sleeve, singlet, novelty, Coolmax long-sleeve, jog bra, women's tank Sweats: Sweatshirt, sweatpants, jacket Pants: shorts, coolmax shorts, tights Mise: Caps, sweat bands, wrist bands, patches, ID holders? Speak to me or drop a line to gnobel@hotmail.com if you have a preference. We would also like to know how much you would be willing to pay for your favorite items. Remember, YSL don't come cheap! ~?told �Page 4 Richard: Richard Gottlieb is the most reliable ride leader I have ever found. He's led at least 30 rides for the club, and it would take landing in the hospital to stop him from riding. Unfortunately, that's what has happened. He is at St. Vincent's Medical Center with multiple fractures after a bike accident and is awaiting surgery at this writing. Fortunately, he didn't hit his head or lose consciousness and is in good spirits. If it's at all possible, I urge you to visit, rather than call, but don't stay long. I found phone calls a wonderful contact with the outside world, but what really made my day was to have people show up in my hospital room. And instead of get-well cards, why don't we all send Richard Valentine's Day cards, since the stores are full of them now and this is a great way to show Richard we love and miss him. The address: Richard Gottlieb, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Room 7 West 703, Seventh Ave. & West 11th St. NY, NY 10011. call212-604-5316 Party! The annual Fast and Fab potluck and booty-shakin' happens Sunday, March 3, at the fifth floor dining room at Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 West 73rd St. , from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Looking to start riding with someone who won't d~st you? Come. prepared to be matched up w1th folks who nde at your pace-there are enough of us out there! Questions to Bob at 212-5677160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. Jersey: Elsewhere in this mailing is an order form for the new Fast and Fab jersey and shorts-on the back of the potluck flier, if I'm not mistaken. If you told me you wanted a jersey and gave me a size but not a check, send along the dinero-first come, first served. Questions? Call Bob at 212-567-7160 or fastnfab@yahoo.com. Dinner: It's time for a foray into Thai country, with a visit to Wild Ginger, a restaurant at 51 Grove St., one block south of Christopher in the West Village. Bill Smathers, an experienced gourmet of things Asian, is our tour guide for the outing, on February 14 at 7:00p.m. Main courses range in price from $8 to $14. RSVP to Bill at 212-633-6417 or wsmathers@nyc.rr.com . Grrrrrrls! Paula McKinley is planning a club night out for the women of Front February 2002 Runners and Fast and Fab, but hasn't yet confirmed details. But save Friday, February 22, and talk to Paula at 212-9428575 or pm491@columbia.edu. SIG With CID: Competitive cyclists and/ or triathletes may wish to consider riding the New York Cycle Club's annual spring training series, known as the SIG. The rides meet every Saturday from the last week of February to the second week of May. Cidney Schultz of Fast and Fab is leading one of the groups, 718-798-5693 or elcidney3@aol.com. Off-Road: Chris Marko wants you to know that there is a very active group of dirthogs from NY, NJ and PA, who get together weekly for formal and informal mountain bike rides. We ride weekdays weekends during the day and at night wid~ lights. F~t and Fab riders of all abilities can contact 973-743-4266 or cmarko@mindspring.com. Lockup: There is a scaffolding immediately west of FRNY's meeting place, Rutgers Presbyterian Church. Some bikes are usually locked up there duming . . . . . FRNY meetmgs, and It IS a v1s~ble enou~h spot that any properly locked bike (a cham or two U-locks) should be safe for a couple of hours on a Saturday. No more excuses for not dropping by! A.M.: Paulette Meggoe and .Bob Nelson usually meet Thursday mommgs at 6:30 a.m. at the north end of Central Park for a quick, or sometimes not-so-quick, two loops. If you'd like to join us, give one of us a phone call the night before. We're happy to offer pointers on your form or training and can arrange to meet you somewhere else along the route if West I lOth St. is inconvenient. Paulette is at 718-293-0885; Bob is at 212-567-7160. February: Groundhog Day! For updates to the ride calendar, watch the e-mail list. Rides normally meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Boathouse in Central Park unless otherwise specified. Please call the ride leaders if you plan to show. Helmets are always required. Please dress for the weather and bring a pump, spare tubes and at least one water bottle. We normally cancel if the pavement is wet. All distances listed are round trip. February 3, Loop-De-Loop: Nancy Schwartz leads a loopy ride around Central Park, then reconnoiters with the group for hot chocolate, or your beverage of choice, Front Runners at the Boathouse cafe, which, please note, is named "Fast and Fabulous." (We wuz robbed!). Bring a bike lock; there's a spot around the side of the Boathouse where we can lock bikes and still see them from indoors. Pace yourselves, any bike is fme, contact Nancy at 718-549-6207 or nancyjschwartz@aol.com. February 9, Hartshorne Woods: Fast and Fab, Outbike New Jersey and Outriders Philadelphia team up for a spectacular ride in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The terrain is hilly, with a dirt and sand surface, som~ logs, roots, sho~ drop-o~s an.d r~e sections of rock. We 11 take m chffs1de vi.ews of the Navesink ~nd .shrewsbury Rivers. and a pano~ami.c v~ew of the Atlantic Ocean. The nde IS smtable for fit beginners, yet contains enough singletrack to challenge adv.anced riders. T~e ride leaves the Navesink Avenue parkmg lot (near New St. in Atlantic Highlands) at 11 :OO a.m. Icy trails, deep snow or significant precipitation the morning of the ride cancels the event. Note that cold temps or a few inches of snow do NOT . · necessan 1 cance1 th"IS n·d e 1 Mount am y . bikes only. Limited transportation available; contact Chris Marko at cmarko@mindspring .com or 973-7154930 by Friday February 8th. February 17, 'Rockefeller: "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by." Roadies and triathletes will take their skinny-tire bikes, and dirthogs can take their off-road bikes, to the Rockefeller State Park Preserve, a woodsy tract on Route 117 in Sleepy Hollow, a mile east of Route 9 north of Tarrytown. We all ride the 25 miles each way to the park, but some of us will run, and some will bike, on the 20 miles ofhilly carriage trails at the park. It's a fast ride for the roadies, moderate pace and technically unchallenging for the mountain bikers. If interested, contact Bob Nelson at 212-5677160 or rjn2@columbia.edu. February 24, Nyack: Paulette Meggoe gathers the flock for the tried-and-true reconnaissance of New York cyclists' favorite trail, 9W to Nyack. We'll stop at the Runcible Spoon for a pick-me-up. It's about 50 miles round-trip, and we're hoping to generate both fast and fab groups. Call Paulette at 718-293-0885 or Richard at 212-757-7434 or rg433@aol.com. �New York S ydney Frontrunners took in their stride the horrendous bushfires that were burning near the city in late December and early January. While the fires came within eight miles of the city center, the closest the fires came to an athletic facility was to the Olympic Rowing Center in the neighboring town of Penrith. The fires came to the edge of the Nepean River, but fortunately the Rowing Center was on the far side of the water. Incidentally, the Rowing Center will be the site for the Gay Games Triathlon in the 2002 Gay Games. Smoke was the main problem within the city itself, and Sydney Front Runners advised members to exercise with care on those days when the smoke caused almost fog-like conditions. The worst days were just after Christmas, when over 100 fires were being fought, many having been set by crazy pyromaniacs. As I write in mid-January, the worst is behind us and today it was announced that the emergency was officially over, even though 60 fires still bum in various parts of the state, where there has been no rain for over three weeks. The official figures are that 170 homes in the country were burnt and the cost of fighting the fires is over $70,000,000. Through it all, the runs of the Sydney club took place on schedule, although on some days participation was way down. Happily, things are now more or less back to normal and about 40 Sydney Frontrunners turned out for this Saturday's run. Gary Paskal is the new President of Orlando Front Runners and well known Gary Fracassi is still the Treasurer. This club added an usual element to its holiday party. In addition to food to share, and "white elephant" items for a gift exchange, club members were also encouraged to bring household gift items for a migrant family of nine, that the club has "adopted" Nice idea guys and girls. The club also held a "Pastathon" prior to the running of the Walt Disney Marathon on January 5. Chicago Front Runners produced their own Gay Games 2002, on January 5. However, it was not apparently something for distance runners, riders or swimmers, but rather it was their January Social event and featured board games, as in Monopoly. (Well, they confused me at frrst.) That club's new President is David Thomas, who Page 5 February 2002 took over from Eurika Otto. David reports that the club is fmancially sound, and that membership is approaching 300. Among those members are some very swift runners. I note that in the Chicago IOK twenty-seven year old Chris Wolf came in at 26:33:00. And in the Chicago Marathon Paul Oostenburg and Bob O'Neil finished in just under 3 hours placing 8th and 9th in the 50+ age group. Chicago's Team Frontrunners had its most successful year and won their division in the team competition of the Chicago Area Running Association. TIDES, the newsletter of Baylands Front Runners, carried an interesting profile of club member Jim Cady. Jim now works as an attorney, but for seven years he was in the US Air Force and Jim reports that he. .. "flew surveillance missions over Saudi Arabia and Turkey from 1987 to 1993 and used to chase Russian bombers off the coast of Iceland and the USA. Most people back then has a false sense of security and were unaware that the Russians flew so close to our country armed to the teeth." He says that joining Front Runners. is the best thing that has happened to him since moving to California. Another runner was profiled by Foot Print the newsletter of San Francisco Frontrunners. His name is Greg Koniowka, and Greg is most proud of running the New York Marathon in 2:36. In California he sometimes wears a "Top 100 Finisher" racing shirts having fmished in the top 100 on three occasions in both the Bay-to- Breakers and the Wharfto-Wharf He is seeded each year in both of these races. On a less serious note Foot Print tells us that plans are moving ahead for the Little Black Dress Run scheduled for April 6th. For the first time this will be billed as a West Coast event with all California and Washington State clubs invited by San Francisco to participate. Each club will sponsor a competition in a category of their choice. Among the categories already suggested are Best Shoes, Best Hat, and Best Runway Moves; others are in the works. There will also be a Saturday evening event on the day of the run. Stuart Borrie, Sydney Front Runner and Director of Sports for the Gay Games 2002, visited New York January 14 to 19 on Gay Games business. Des Sullivan (another Sydney Front Runner) and Eurika Otto (Past President of Chicago Front Runners) are the two delegates of International Frontrunners to the Federation of Gay Games, and they have just issued a lengthy report on Federation happenings. Among the items detailed were some of the reasons given for the selection of Montreal as the site of Gay Games 2006. The two most important were: 1. The Public endorsement of the bid by the Prime Minister of Canada, the Premier of Quebec, and the Mayor of Montreal, giving the Gay Games a profile not previously achieved. 2. Guaranteed offers of cash and value-in-kind support from the Federal Government of Canada, the Province of Quebec, and the City of Montreal, enabling the Bid Organization to commence operations immediately on a sound fmancial base. A fmal word on the Sydney bushfrres. It is the nature of the Australian bushland to quickly regenerate itself after a frre. They are a common summertime occurrence just as snowstorms are a common winter happening in the North Eastern US. Horrible as these frres were, they still only affected a relatively small area of the State and there is still plenty of untouched bushland left for us to enjoy and to support the local wildlife. Happy Running everyone . .. (}_~ /'"v 1:::, 1,~ i __f �Page 6 Running Partners "Love is in the air, quite clearly, People everywhere, act queerly ... , And not, it seems, more so than here at FRNY. We were pleasantly surprised when our informal survey turned up well over a dozen FRNY couples that had met at the club-apparently ex-president Ken Majerus' touting of ·FRNY events as "dating opportunities" was not just hot air. Not everyone interviewed for this article wanted to be mentioned by name, but many wished to be counted. The women seemed to be the more demure though Lenore Beaky claimed three ex'~ from among the membership. Of those female couples responding, Anne Corey and Connie Knapp have been together the longest. They even date their anniversary from a race-the Avon Half Marathon in September of 1983. Some couples, like Linda and Janet, did not meet at FRNY, though both were members. At their first meeting, they learned that they were both members of FRNY and afterwards Janet let her fmgers do the walking through the member directory. The two have been together for five years come April. "It's great having your training partner as your girlfriend," says Janet. Pat Domelles and Theresa Varela also met outside the club, though they now run in tandem. Women in the Fast & Fab and triathlete groups had some love stories of their own, and how could we fail to mention Sue and Sue; together for ten years, and so well known that their last names aren't even necessary. Last names are hardly necessary to identify Mike and Dave either. They met at Front Runners February 2002 the club in 1984, and an outing to Jones Beach turned into seventeen years of valentines and a shared commitment to help guide the club. Scott Godsen and Richard Platt have been together for five years, despite Scott's two years' absence while obtaining a Master's Degree at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. Peter Johnston and Tor Hansen met at the FRNY holiday party in 1992 and are still going (and running) strong. Boston Front Runner Jim Luisi and New Yorker Neil Semer met at the Philadelphia 112 Marathon in 1988. "Oy vey," says Neil, "that weekend has lasted fourteen years." Another cross-club relationship has held through seven years; Gary Apruzzese and Geoff Perry, NY and DC, also met in Philly (Well, it is the city ofbrotherly love) though the two did not really get together until the following NYC Marathon. "Given his key, I went to Gary's apartment," says Perry, "took a nice long bath and waited for him to c.ome home. We ended up making out on hts couch. I moved up to New York by summer. We still have that couch." Your editor, Donn Peppler, and hubby Rob Galloway have been together slightly longer, going on. (huh?~ nine years. Rob says he dates therr relationship from the club's 1993 Pride Run. However it took Donn until August to get the idea. But then, Donn claims not to even remember when he frrst met Rob. "He was just one of a lot of guys I ran with each Saturday," says Peppler. "Humph! Men!" said Mr. Galloway. How Kessler and Andy Thomas have stayed the course since 1981 and are the ~nly couple that mentioned being married m V~rmont. David Mazza and Martin Watkms have also continued together through twenty-one years. But the longest FRNY relationship actually predates, not only the club, but most of its members. John Kiley and Gene Silbert will celebrate their Golden Anniversary next year. That's fifty years folks, since 1953. Apparently, diligent attendance at FRNY events is good for the heart. I RACE CAPTAINS' REPORT I This month's race captain report is about change-encouraging it and inspiring you to change with us. President Mike has called us all together to help rejuvenate the club; to look at the way we do things and how we can do them better. The best thing about this challenge is that it allows the imaginative and artistic genius that hides inside all of us (by legacy of our genetics) to come bursting out. So, what about The Race Captain's Comer? How do you think we can improve our special little comer on the back page? Some ideas-a runner of the month profile; a separate fun run; event specific, e.g. women's runs; Drag racer of the month; our speediest/most consistent runner of the month. If you have any ideas, please ~eel free to drop Martin and myself an email at MEW500@bellatlantic.net or jdawson@westpac.com.au. On the race front, February points races are the Al Gordon 15K for men on Satur~ay, .February 16, and for the women a pohte httle Snow Flake 4-miler. Mark your calendar for a day at the races! Come on out and just participate! Running or cheer-leading-there is no pressure for performance, we just want to see you there-and we will! Look for the FRNY banner that will be there to show our support for our running club. That's it for now; get ready for a great year ahead with FRNY-and best of luck out there on the trails This month's thought-"Success-I t is not the position you stand, but the direction in which you look." 9-~d ~et 141~~ POINTS RACES Women February 23 Snowflake Four-Miter March 9 Brooklyn Half-Marathon Men February 16 AI Gordon 15K March 9 Brooklyn Half-Marathon �New York THE KOALA 20K October 21, 2001 Richard Peoples ........................ 01: 14:58 The KRTS CLASSICAL 25K November 11, 2001 Richard Peoples ........................ 01:34:34 GREAT SWAMP DEVIL 15K, Basking Ridge, New Jersey November 11, 2001 Peter Boyden ................................ 1:02:49 PETE MCARDLE XC 15K Van Cortlandt Park, The Bronx November 25, 2001 David Pitches ............................... 1:13:43 Paulette Meggoe .......................... 1:37:05 CORPORATECHALLENGE5K Park Avenue, New York December 1, 2001 Peter Boyden ................................... 22:27 FIRST COLONY 30K December 2, 2001 Richard Peoples ........................ 01:55:56 UNITED WE RUN 4 MILER Central Park, New York December 2, 2001 Sean Butler ...................................... 25:32 John Soto ........................................ 26:27 Phil Wahba ...................................... 28:13 Christina Hildebrand ....................... 29:45 Louis Muiioz ................................... 28:38 Jim Brigaitis .................................... 29:55 Kevin McMahon ............................. 31 :3 5 Michael Beltran ............................... 32:53 Jonathon Adler ................................ 32: 12 Jerry Levine .................................... 32:50 Arthur McCune ............................... 36:31 Q Scout ........................................... 40:01 Matthew Finn .................................. 40:29 Shelley Rappaport ........................... 40:48 Evelyn Heinbach ............................. 42:11 Rhonda Weir ................................... 45:19 0 PLACE IN AGE GROUP Page 7 February 2002 G) JOE KLEINERMAN 10K Central Park, New York December 9, 2001 Sean Butler ..................................... .40:54 John Soto ........................................ .41 :40 David Pitches .................................. .43:44 Christina Hildebrand ...................... .48:12 Steve McClure ................................ .48:00 Paul Racine ..................................... .49: 18 Ken Majerus .................................... 50:43 Darren Thomas ................................ 50:42 Michael Beltran ............................... 50:43 Kevin McMahon .............................. 53:08 Jerry Levine ..................................... 53:09 Jonathon Adler ................................ 55:26 Arthur McCune ................................ 58:38 Robert Sundeen ............................... 59:06 Shelley Rappaport ........................ 1:05:40 Matthew Finn ............................... 1:06:35 Lenore Beaky ............................... 1:07:06 HOT CHOCOLATE 15K Central Park, New York December 16, 2001 Sean Butler ................................... 1:02:40 John Soto ...................................... 1:08:01 Steven Holmgren .......................... !: 10:03 Rosario Gennaro ........................... 1: 13: 11 Christina Hildebrand .................... 1: 15:05 Jonathon Adler ............................. 1:19:48 Jerry Levine .................................. 1:20:44 Bradley Gretter ............................. l:27:03 Yvonne Bock ................................ 1:27:40 Joanne Dondero ............................ 1:27:51 Christine Fisher ............................ 1:28: 17 Arthur McCune ............................. I :29:28 Barbara Krajewski ........................ 1:31: 14 Janet Dawson ................................ 1:31 :22 Robert Sundeen ............................ 1:35:30 Shelley Rappaport ........................ 1:40:48 PRIDE IN AMERICA 5K Westfield, New Jersey January 1, 2002 Loraine Simunek ......................... '!'22:02 FRED LEBOW CLASSIC 5 MILER Central Park, New York January 6, 2002 Edward Rivera ................................ 33:48 David Pitches .................................. 34:12 Phil Wahba ...................................... 35:35 Steven Holmgrem ........................... 37:19 Ken Majerus .................................... 37:56 Christine Hildebrand ....................... 41 :09 Jerry Livine ..................................... 41:42 Deborah Chapnick ......................... .43:50 Marnell McNamara ......................... 43:57 Lenore Beaky .................................. 52:33 Ruth Gursky ................................. 1:17: 18 FROSTBITE 10-MILER Central Park, New York January 13, 2002 John Soto ...................................... 1:13:29 Phil Wahba ................................... l:17:03 Paul Racine .................................. 1:25:14 Kevin McMahon .......................... 1:26:02 Craig Booth .................................. 1:30:30 Debra Chapnick ........................... 1:34:24 MIDNIGHT RUN Juan Quintanar ............................. 1:34:46 Central Park, New York Jerry Levine ................................. 1:34:47 December 31, 2001-January 1, 2002 Yvonne Bock ............................... 1:38:53 1st Place In Costume Division Joanne Dondero ........................... 1:39:58 FRNY: Barbara Krajewski... ..................... 1:40:40 Joanne Dondero Christine Fisher ............................ 1:40:40 Barbara Krajewski Janet Dawson ............................... 1:41:15 Janet Dawson Q Scout... ...................................... I :43:31 Yvonne Bock Robert Sundeen ............................ 1:50:52 Kathy Abbondanzo Matthew Tivvy & Keith Shelley Rappaport ........................ l:52:10 PLACE OVER ALL T PERSONAL RECORD 0 FIRST TIME AT DISTANCE �M 2 ~&tr A RUNNING, WALKING AND CYCLING SPORTS CLUB FOR LESBIANS, GAY MEN AND SUPPORTIVE NON-GAY PEOPLE OF ALL ATHLETIC ABILITIES FROJrn RU1111'&Wl ft'&UI 10:00 A.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 212-724-9700 www.frontrunnersnewyork.org & TRIATHLON MEETING 3 4 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB 11 12 18 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB& TEAM NV TRIATHLON 24 9:00A.M. FAST&FAB THE BOATHOUSE 19 25 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 20 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN THE BOATHOUSE 7:00P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 26 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 27 7:00 P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 7:00 P.M. CENTRAL PARK RUN 9 8 9:30A.M. VALENTINE'S TWOSOME 10:00 A.M. FRNV RUN 6:30A.M. FAST&FAB CENTRAL PARK NORTH 13 7:00P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 17 7 6 7:00 P.M. PROSPECT PARK RUN 9:30A.M. GRIDIRON 5K 10 5 FOCUS GROUP FOLLOW· UP MEETING 15 16 9:30A.M. GORDON 15K 10:00 A.M. FRNV RUN 6:30A.M. FAST & FAB 7:00P.M. FAST & FAB DINNER 21 6:30A.M. FAST&FAB CENTRAL PARK NORTH NEWSLETIER COPY DUE 22 8:30/9:30 A.M. SNOWFLAKE TBA CLUB NIGHT FOR WOMEN 28 6:30A.M. FAST & FAB 6:00 P.M. TNV PARTY FOOD AND BAG DROPS TUESDAYS IN BROOKLYN CLAYTON FUNK 718-789·9591 3RD STREET & PROSPECT PARK WEST WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS RUTGERS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 23 4-MILER 10:00 A.M. FRNV RUN 8:00P.M. FRNV DANCE 212-724-9700 www. frontrunnersnewyork.org www.fastnfab.org � 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, 2002 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. 19. 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