Gorilla 5k Race: Sign Up w/ GSTC Discount
Yes indeed, it's that time already. Sign up here using the GSTC discount: http://www.gorilla5k.org/registration.html. And while you're at it...get two friends to do the same! The power of asking someone personally to come attend your club's race is way more effective than an emai or text. Call 'em, or ask 'em in person!
Also, if you wanna run the half marathon below.....shoot us an email! Everyone is welcome to join the "fun"!
USATF-NJ Half Marathon Team Championships
Ogletree Leads WIG in Hopes to Clinch First Women USATF-NJ Team Title
Jersey City- After a long season of back-and-forth wins with RVRR, the GSTC ladies are on a roll. After a narrow loss on May 6's USATF-NJ 5 Mile Championship, they've won three in a row: 10k road, 5k road, and 5k xc championship races. With a win this Sunday at the Liberty Waterfront Half Marathon, serving as the USATF-NJ HM Team Championships, they will clinch the USATF-NJ Women's Open Team title- the first one in club history.
Coach Rob DeCarlo fired up one final workout this Wednesday: 3x3200m. Not only did it go well, but some really rocked it, like race favorite Cheyenne Ogletree, who ran 12:34, 12:39, 12:20 and Alyssa Douma, who went 12:46,12:54, and 12:46. Depending on how well Ogletree, Douma, and their teammates run, they will land prize money if they sneak in the top 5: $200, $150, $125, $100, $50.
That said, the half marathon is a long race, and both will be banking on their teammates...as teams add up times of their top four finishers. Several top runners will be making their half marathon debut, such as Chelsea Callan and Erika Meling. Others, like Nicole Corre, JIll Zablocki, and Karen Auteri, will bring a solid wealth of experience to the event--a much needed quality for a 13.1 mile race.
Below is the current lineup of our two teams. Interested in joining the group? Email us and we'll throw you on one of the teams...the more the merrier!
Gold: Cheyenne Ogletree, Alyssa Douma, Chelsea Callan, Karen Auteri, Nicole Corre, Jill Zablocki, Erika Meling, Danielle Stanton
Black: Krissy Suckow, Courtney Stanton, Cathy Stutzman, Erin Higgins, Michelle Tuchol, Sandi Kaspszyk, Sara Douma, Prudence Jones, Brianne Teichmann
Sign up here ASAP: http://www.newporthalfmarathon.com/.
Perrella, Goglas, & Co. Ready for Their GSTC Fall Debut
After schedule conflicts prevented them from attending last week's first Grand Prix event of the fall, the USATF-NJ 5k XC Championships, some of the MIG's top guns, like Jeff Perrella and Ken Goglas, are ready to throw down the hammer. Last year, Perrella was second in this race, and Goglas was prepping for his sub-2:30 effort in NYC.
Joining them in their fall GSTC debut are half-marathon veterans Craig Donnelly, Shawn DeAndrea, Alex Fowlie, Rich Angellilo, Ken Walsh, Mike Anis, and Tim Morgan. Meanwhile, numerous well-established distance stars will be making their career debut in the event: Rob Nihen, Tony Harris, Steve Mennitt Ashwin Anantharaman, Andrew Capizzi, and Peter Bolgert. However, much like the women, the top men will not be at full-tilt, as they will be mindful of the looming dual meet two weeks later, vs. Central Park Track Club, at the Get the Gorilla 5k/8k. Blasting a full 13.1 miles risks leaving their legs flat for the dual meet, so the hope is a solid, hard effort....but not an all-out race.
(SIGN UP ASAP IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. WE DONT WANNA BE SCRAMBLING THE MORNING-OF)
GOLD Jeff Perrella, Ryan Grote, Shawn Deandrea, Tony Harris, Alex Fowlie, Peter Bolgert, Rob DeCarlo
BLACK Ken Goglas, Adin Mickle, Rich Angelillo, Chris Heibell, Chuck Schneekloth, Ken Walsh, TJ Zablocki
BLOLD Rob Nihen, Andrew Capizzi, Ashwin Anantharaman, Tim Morgan, Steve Mennitt, Mike Anis, Craig Donnelly
HALF MILERS Zak Martins, Jaris Rousseau, Ricardo Garcia, Mark Parisen, Reggie James, Edsel Flores, Nick Waclawski, Jason Chee
RUTGERS Dan Teichmann, Adam Nalven, James Lothian, Wilfredo Benetiz, James Gulya, Steve Bonica, Scott Miglore
MASTERS Marty Doherty, Kenny Huryk, Eric Davis, Fran Beideman, Pete Auteri, Jeremy Stratton
Ocean Ave Mile: Flores, Price Steal the Show
As a thank you to the Stingers for attending the College Ave Mile, several GSTC'ers agreed to return the favor and jump in the Ocean Ave Mile Saturday morning. As part of a twelve-mile day of work, Edsel Flores stepped to the line of the high school heat with a little bit of pressure: the first runner to wear the Gold and Black, version 2.0.
The 17-year old New Brunswick senior lead from wire to wire, winning in 4:45.47--besting second place by 45 seconds. If there's any way we wanted the new uniforms to debut....it was EXACTLY like this.
In the elite race, Kyle Price put on a show, running a fantastic final 50m to squeeze out second in 4:22.06, outleaning Charlie Murphy in 4:22.08. More on Price below, as he is this week's GSTC Athlete of the Week. A few strides behind Price was Andrew Capizzi, who finished 6th in 4:33.97. Pete Klapsogeorge added a fourth place finish in the 20-29 heat, far exceeding his goal of sub-6:0 at 5:44.13.
Chuck Schneekloth won the coveted, prestigious, internationally esteemed, ESPN-covered 30-39 age-group heat in 4:37.30, edging out a victory by 15 seconds. He asked Sarah, prior to the race, if he could do some pushups before breaking the finish-line tape if he was in first place, Christian Hesch style (Hesch did this at the Providence Rock-n-Roll Half last month). "Don't you think enough track clubs in NJ dislike you already?" was her response. Good point. No pushups it is.
Athlete of the Week: Kyle Price
In just his second race in black and gold, Kyle Price has not just cracked the club's top performance list. Indeed, his 4:22.06 ranks him 2nd in the road mile, putting him between Chris Heibell's club record (4:14.20/5th Ave. Mile) and Jeff Perrella's now #3 performance (4:22.94/ College Ave Mile) on the all-time list. But, what we liked the most about yesterday's race was his gutsy final 100m. Clearly in pain and swimming in lactate, the scrappy Spotswood native moved from fourth to second in one hard push, outleaning Charlie Murphy by .02 for the silver medal. It was an impressive display of pain tolerance, and for all of this, he is this week's Athlete of the Week.
A sprinter/vaulter/hurdler/jumper for three years in high school, he finally did XC his senior year. Good thing he tried it out, as he helped SHS win their school'd first ever school title in ANY sport. At Ramapo, het set three school records: 1000m, 4x400, and DMR. Indeed, there are very few people you meet who can break 50 in the 400m, 2:00 in the 800m, and 15:00 in the 5k...and Kyle has done all three. He is the first and only Ramapo XC runner to win the NJAC XC Title...quite a feat.
A self-proclaimed unorthodox runner, he's big into sushi, techno, the movie Waiting, and black lights. He always races with gum, for some reason has oreos and milk at midnight before cross country races, and found ways to squeeze in McDonalds meals between individual events and the 4x400 in college. Basically, we'd love it if everyone raced so hard as he does, but....perhaps don't copy anything else!
Uniforms & Shorts Update
There are here, and they are awesome! Email us about getting what you ordered.
Also, the company mistakenly sent us dozens of sweet, custom GSTC shorts that we didn't order and weren't charged for. A perfect club fundraiser for 100% profit! Email us to reserve one...they're just $20, and we're running out....
Pasta Party: Saturday Night @ DeCarlos!
After a big thanks to Ken Walsh an his family for having us over for a GREAT team barbeque today, we are thankful for the generous offer by Team DeCarlo to a host a team pasta party this coming Saturday night from 5-8pm. Wanna have dinner? Wanna stay overnight for a closer drive to the race? Drop th DeCarlos an email at robbob13@hotmail.com to reserve dinner and/or a bed!
Tim Morgan Award, aka, TMA
We had thirty-two runners show up to today's long run at the Manansquan Reservoir. Thirty-one of them rolled up to the main parking lot at the visitor's center by 9:00am. One person showed up at the small, lesser known parking lot titled "Environmental Center." This resulted in an "ill-fated phone tag," delaying the run by several minutes, as we tried to figure out where on earth this person parked. Wanna guess who was the lone wolf at the Environmental Center before we tell you?
Hint: there's a reason why this award has the name that it does.
Team Runs
Rutgers/Central Jersey Runs
Monday- 5:30, Rutgers Student Center
Tuesday- 6:00, Rutgers Student Center
Wednesday- 5:30, Rutgers Student Center
Thursday- 5:30, Rutgers Student Center
Friday- 4:30, Rutgers Student Center
Women's Team Workout
Wednesday- Ridgewood 6:00pm track workout
Couch to 5k/ Beginner Group Team Run
We had up to seven people show up last week- email Amy for details: adenholtz@gmail.com.
Quotes of the Week
"I happened to chat with a group of Garden State Track Club members a week ago at the Patriot's Path while I was out jogging with my wife. What a great, friendly group of people!" -Daniel Koontz, via email, inquiring about the team
"I think some of my friends will join the club soon. I told them that one of my best decisions in 2012 was joining GSTC :)" Arezoo Imani, new GSTC member and PhD student, Rutgers engineering
"Though truthfully I really just wanted to beat Anis who was right behind me the whole time so I guess that helped push me." -Kyle Price, via email (editor's note: that seems to be the goal of many, for whatever reason)
"Great. I'm not finished yet." -Jeremy Stratton, via text, regarding how he felt after the 5k xc race
"You would have been all by yourself regardless....behind me." -Ricky Garcia, talking some serious smack to the old man, after hearing about his solo 4:37 road mile win.
"Not me bro, my housemate. I can tolerate a shitty situation for years. After all, I do go to Rutgers." -Zach Spiegel, Rutgers senior, via text, regarding his roommates breaking down and finally paying for wireless.
Got an Email Idea?
We're looking for new ideas for the email. No, not to worry, the TMA is going no where....but got other ideas for a potential new section of the weely email? Respond and share with us your idea!
This Week in Training
Half-marathon championship is here! Time to clean up again. There are two plans here, depending on whether or not you're racing. Let's keep it rolling forward!
Monday - comfortable run + 8x80m strides or 8x8-10s hill sprint
Tuesday - 4-5sets of 1000-400, with the 1000s about 10sec slower than 5k pace and the 400s at 3k pace. You want the longer reps between 3:00 and 4:30, and the shorter reps between 1:00 and 1:30, so modify to 800-300 or shorter if you need. Take about 200m jog between 1000 and 400 and 5 minutes between sets.
Wednesday - moderate run of 75% long run duration
Thursday - super easy 40-60 mins
Friday - Progression run. Go for whatever your Monday/Saturday distance is, but start out very easy and gradually drop the pace down so you're getting 15-20 minutes of threshold work in, then drop it the last 3-4 minutes to 5k pace. OR If you're racing, do some light fartlek work where you run 4-5 pickups of 3-5 minutes at your HM race pace with plenty of break in between at your usual distance run pace.
Saturday - comfortable run + 8x80m strides or 8x8-10s hill sprint OR shakeout!
Sunday - long run OR race!
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