2010 Year Results:

Coogans 5km – March 7th

Ann Powers ran a solid 6.05 pace today which was outstanding for a 17 yr old on a hilly course! Blossom Coryat flew today as she ran her best race in her 58 race history with a 7.34 pace. That’s a huge run for Blossom! I finished 14th in a 4.58 pace after blowing up at half way. Eric Rahe ran a solid 6.17 pace. Nice! Glen Tacinelli just joined a week ago and ran a 9min20sec pace. Good improvement for him on his last couple of races.

Paris Half Marathon – March 7th

Ilan Stern ran 1hr26mins34secs for a solid run in Paris today. Solid run on limited running! Mason Haupt ran 2hr37min16secs for his half. Well done on completing the half Mason!

Thursday night at the races- Armory Track Feb 25th.

17yr old Ann Powers won the 1,500m’s easy with a time of 4mins 53secs. This is a 5min 14sec mile pace. Awesome effort Ann! Huge PR.

Breast Cancer Marathon in Jacksonville , Florida – Feb 21st , Caroline Qualifies!

Caroline Bierbaum-Lefrak qualified for the Olympic trials with 2hr44mins and 33secs to finish 9th in a humid day in Florida. Awesome! This took 2mins of her best when she finished 22nd in the New York Marathon in 2008 and the course yesterday included 2.5 miles in the sand on the beach. Caroline was set to run the Myrtle Beach Marathon last week but it was cancelled last minute so she had to pick herself up mentally to run this marathon a week later. Great performance!

Run for Haiti 4 miler – Feb 20th

Great placings with the females in Central Park! Laura Kirk finished 3rd female with a 6.12 pace best time around the park. 17yr old Ann Powers finished 5th female overall with a 6.15 pace. Wow! Mary Darling finished 7th female overall with a 6.27 pace. Suzanne Wirtz ran a huge best pace of 6.34 per mile to finish 13th overall female. Awesome Suzanne! Emily de la Bruyere had some breathing issues and ran a 7.06 pace. She ended up 3 secs ahead of Julia Knittel who ran a 7.06 pace after a slow start. Ranna Smith ran a huge best time with a 8.09 pace. Fantastic result for Ranna! Blossom Coryat ran a 9.05 pace after some limited training. In the males, I managed to win the race with a pace of 5.09. (same as my marathon pace from NY Marathon 2005). New Runner Marcus Wilhelm ran a solid 6.10 pace. Brad Gerdeman is on the come back with a 6.20 pace. Michael Darling had a good effort with a 6.51 pace while Darren Pollack has finally committed to some running with a 6.55 pace. Mac Jakubowski ran with a sore groin and ran a 7.01 pace. Steven Beck ran his fastest pace since 2004 with a 8.31 pace. Mason Haupt who also is coming off a groin strain ran a good 10.33 pace. Well done guys!

Thursday night at the races (Indoor track) – Feb 11th

In the 2 mile race, 16yr old Emily  de la bruyere finished 8th in 11mins37.20secs while 17yr old Ann Powers finished 10th in 11mins 46secs. Well done girls! I was the ambulance boy at the back of the field in the 800 m’s with a time of 2min08.5 secs. Ouch!

Gridiron Classic  4 miler – Feb 7th

Michael Darling charged his way around the course for a 6.52 pace in this Central Park race. This is around his best. Good stuff Charlie!

Miami Marathon – Jan 31st

Marcus Wilhelm finished 44th overall and 8th in his age group (40-44) to run a best time of 3hr02mins.18secs in 71 degrees. He ran his best half marathon last weekend in the Manhattan half so can obviously go a lot faster with a better recovery between races. Marcus has just joined the group a month ago. Mary Darling ran a solid 1hr30min13sec to finish 14th in the half marathon in Miami. She gained 2nd place in her age group (40-44) from this. Well done Mary!

Manhattan Half Marathon – Jan 24th

Caroline Bierbaum-Lefrak showed she is in great form for a marathon in 3 weeks by being the first female across the line, beating the second female by 5min30secs. Caroline ran 1hr16mins 52secs to be only 3 seconds off her best. Great result! Nicholas Florio ran a fantastic time of 1hr26min 18 secs which is his best 1/2 marathon in New York. Great stuff on a hard course! Marcus Wilhelm ran his best half marathon with a time of 1hr27mins28secs which will qualify him for the New York Marathon this year. Michael Darling (Charlie) who has not had many of the angels to train with lately, ran a solid 1hr41mins59secs. Nice run but bring back the angels! Ranna Smith broke the 2hr mark with 1hr59mins 31 secs. Good run Ranna!

Thursday Night at the races tack meet: Jan 21st:

17 year old Ann Powers easily won the second heat of the 3km race with a time of 11min04secs (5.56 pace). Ann should have probably ran in the first heat which was a little faster as the winner was only 3 secs faster.

Houston Marathon: Jan 17th – Kelly Chin!

Kelly Chin qualified for the USA Olympic Trials with a time of 2hr44mins 42 secs! She never flinched as she had a super consistant pace the whole way. She started out at a 6.15 pace and ended with a 6.16 pace . This results gave her 9th place female finisher. Awesome! Blossom Coryat ran the half marathon to run 1hr58mins 13 secs at a 9.02 pace which was a great result for her. Nice run Blossom!

Fred Lebow Classic 5miler: Central Park – Jan 9th

Caroline Bierbaum-Lefrak ran a best 5 miler time for her with a 5.41 pace to finish second women. (only 3 secs from the winner). She looked very strong. Ilan Stern finally raced and ran a 6.13 pace . Laura Mistretta-Kirk was right with him, but then ran into some stomach issues in the last mile and dropped to a 6.19 pace. Mary Darling looked strong with a 6.31 pace while husband Michael Darling ran in with a 7.02 pace without any long runs in his training so far. Ranna Smith ran her first race with me. She ran her best pace around the park (8.43 pace) while Mason Haupt continues to improve rapidly with a 10.38 pace after a long time off.

2009 Year results:

Ted Corbitt 15km in Central Park: – Dec 19th

Katarina Janosikova Won the Womens race with a 5.50 pace workout while Caroline Bierbaum came in 2nd with a 5.53 pace. I finshed second in the mens race with a 5.15 pace about 7 secs behind the winner. Michael Darling came in with a a solid 7.23 pace.

Holiday 4 miler in Prospect Park: – Dec 12th

I won the race in my first race for a few months (5.04 pace). Mac Jakubowski came in with a solid 6.45 pace which was a big improvement on the weekend before while Michael (Charlies Angels) Darling ran a 7.06 pace in his first race back since the New York Marathon. Nice!

California International Marathon -Dec 6th

Nicholas Florio ran 3:00.00 on the dot with high wind gusts and cold temperatures only 5 weeks after running a 3hr4min New York Marathon. Awesome effort by Nick! He was 15th overall in his 50-54 age group.

Joe Kleinerman 10km – Dec 6th

Kelly Chin finished a strong 3rd in her fastest pace ever around Central Park and did a 10km PR by 30secs. She ran 36mins 10secs (5.50 pace). Fantastic Run! Other runners came in treating the race as a workout after just starting up training again after the NY Marathon. These were Mac Jakubowski (6.55 pace), Ira Wolfson (8.01 pace), Stephane Larochelle (8.06 pace) and Blossom Coryat (9.09 pace)

New York Marathon Nov 1st:

19 starters, 10 Personal best Marathons, 2 first time marathoners, 3 pulled out.

Some great personal best Marathon times yesterday. Laura Mistretta finished in 2hr56.30 for a PR by 13 mins. That was a great run. Nick Florio finished in 3hrs.04.23 trying to get as close to 3hrs as possible. Mary Darling ran her best time by 3mins of 3hr12.28. Mac Jakubowski ran 3hrs 19.35 which was a best marathon time by 24mins. Awesome Mac! Julia Knittel is coming back to her best with a great time of 3hr20.30. Eric Rahe ran a fantastic time on a unprepared build up of 3hrs21mins. Joanne Ottaviano ran 3hr24.04 for her best time by 4mins while Sungwon Hwang also ran her best time by 5mins of 3hrs24.13. Erica Grasmick ran 3hr37.59. Ira Wolfson ran a best time by 10mins. He ran 3hr40.42. Michael Darling ran his best marathon by 6mins of 3hr41.47. Cory DeForrest ran his first marathon very untrained and ran an awesome 3hr45.22. Not sure how he pulled that off! Shuian Wu ran her best time by 5mins and got close to the 4hr barrier. She ran 4hr.03.33. Robert Flower ran a great 4hr.o8.59 for his first marathon while Faith Paris ran 4hr.11.04 for a best time by 17mins. Blossom Coryat came in at 4hr35mins as she looks to be more ready for Houston in January. Unfortunately, Katarina Janosikova had to pull out at mile 19 with ankle pain while Ilan Stern pulled out at mile 15 with some hip pain and Rose Ann Serpico at mile 10 with ITB (knee) pain.

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