That's right. We getting everybody together this Wednesday for a team practice. We already have about forty GSTC'ers there at 5:30, but this Wednesday, co-captain Ken Goglas is pushing all distance runners, fast-slow-and-in-between, to come hang out. Stick around for a track session or just go for a run, we will also be hitting up Highland Park Pizza just two blocks away afterward. Come hang out! It shall be wonderful, wethinks. HPHS= 102 N 5th Avenue, Highland Park.
Other team runs:
Tuesday, New Brunswick easy run, 3:30 at Rutgers Student Center
Tuesday, Manasquan Reservoir, 60m, visitor's center parking lot w/ GSTC Shore Enclave
Thursday, New Brunswick easy run, 5:30 at RSC
Saturday, Steady Striders, 9am @ Johnson (see far below for details)
Runners Swarm to College Ave Mile
NJ's Biggest Road Mile Adds a Relay....and 102 Participants in 2013
New Brunswick- Although the parking lot festivities were cancelled on Thursday due to the fast approaching Tropical Storm Andrea, the fast times and the big turnout certainly wasn't.
Overall, there were ten individual races, two relays, four carnival games, and 252 runners that made up the 2013 College Ave Mile. Thanks to a generous youth grant, nearly half of all competitors were youth runners, and many competed as members of the RRCA Grand Prix. The 900 pictures in three albums that captured the event are available here, the starts and finishes of all races are on this YouTube channel, and the results are here.
The top three male and female finishers received, respectively, $100, $75, and $50 gift certificates to The Running Company.
Price Wins, Sets Course Record, Awarded Andrew Capizzi Trophy
Kyle Price, running with the winds of a late teammate and dear friend to his back, captured the 2nd Annual College Ave Mile Saturday night in 4:22.60. His inspired efforts, captured in the attached picture, also resulted in a new course record, breaking last year's mark of 4:22.94 set by Jeff Perrella. For his efforts, race officials awarded Price the First Annual Andrew Capizzi Trophy for winning the elite men's mile race.
Just a stride behind him was Ken Goglas, who was the race leader after the first circuit, finishing in 4:23.80. Half-miler Tony Harris was third in 4:24.80, steepler Peter Bolgert was fourth in 4:26.00, and club nationals qualifier Dennie Waite was fifth in 4:29.70. In total, 22 men broke the 5:00 barrier, a difficult feat on the roads.
Watch the moment of silence for Andrew Capizzi here, lap one here, and the finish right about.....HERE.
Ogletree Smashes Course Record as All 13 Break 6:00 in Elite Women's Race
Cheyenne Ogletree's 2013 season streak of gold medals continued Saturday night, as she won the 2013 College Ave Mile in record fashion, breaking Jamie Liberti's 2012 course record by thirteen seconds. The former Rutgers miler lead wire to wire, officially crossing the line in 5:02.60 for the dubya. Just how impressive was Ogletree's win? Well, second place Vicki Davis, whose 5:09 also eclipsed the former course record, was an All-American steeplechaser from Bloomsburg University this year, finishing 5th in the NCAA D-2 Steeplechase finals.
Finishing 3rd and shaving nine seconds off her 2012 time was Alyssa Douma, as she clocked in at 5:11.00. Allison Dublinski ran a great race for fourth (5:18.00), and Karen Auteri knocked 18 seconds off her 2012's time, as she finished in 5:25.20.
Anantharaman Wins Sub-6:00 Race
Ashwin Anantharaman won the sub-6:00 race, as after his first lap, he took it home in 4:58 here. Can anyone say "sandbagger"? If you're up for a laugh, it's kinda funny watching GSTC sprinters Curtis Scafe and Carson Keers-Flood, the finish line tape holding volunteers, wildly scramble after the finish line tape after every winner runs away with it wrapped around their chest. Also in this race were teammates Kyle Flyer (5:09), Rob DeCarlo (5:29), and Dan Siegel (5:32).
Harris, Garcia Win Rumble Relay....and Lap Several Teams
Tony Harris and Ricky Garcia rolled to victory in the fist annual One Mile Rumble Relay. They tagged up to run 4:10, outrunning the team of Mark Parisen and Jaris Rousseau who finished in 4:13, and Denny Waite and Adin Mickle who finished 3rd overall in 4:17. The Pow Cats, consisting of Cheyene Ogletree and Erin Higgins, won the women's relay race in 5:12. Watch the later part of the finish video, and you'll see Harris finishing before some teams have even exchanged the baton. Wow! Check out the crazy start here, and take in the even crazier exchange and finish here.
Hanko, Martins Take Two Mile Relay
Jared Hanko and Zak Martins ran away, literally, with the Two Mile Royal Rumble Relay, finishing in 9:15. . Check out the start here....and the finish here.
Sub-7: Cust, Chong Finish 2-4
Rutgers finished 2nd in 5:39, and student Sean Cust and Grace Chong ran an impressive 5:49 to highlight the sub-7 finishers for the GSTC. Cathy Stutzman ran 6:04, Meghan DeCarlo 6:10, Shanna Bearisto 6:13, Erin Blum 6:17, and Andres Ortiz 6:41. Watch the finish here to Gangnum Style.
Doherty Wins Masters Mile
Using an incredible final kick, Marty Doherty won the Master's Mile in 5:15.60. Nick Van Langen set an early blistering pace and lead nearly the entire way, until Doherty closed hard and nipped him at the line, edging him by .4. This is what this sport is all about, and this is one finish certainly worth watching! Brian Harris (5:51), Kenny Huryk (6:10), Larry Saparito (6:56), Jeff Blough (7:26), and Prudence "PR Machine" Jones (7:50). The start is here, lap one here, and the finish is here and here
Sub-8 Race: Stringham Gets 3rd
Samantha Stringham, the lone GSTC'er in the race, ran very well, finishing 3rd overall in 6:11. Check out the finish here
Bough Finishes 16th in Sub-9
Deidre Bough, exceeding her own expectations, running well under 9:00--8:08, to be exact. The start is here, lap one here, and finish is here.
Lacosta, Itietie Go 3-4 in Sub-10 Heat
Erin Lacosta and Tejiri Itieie finished together in 7:25, good for 3rd and 4th in the sub-10 race. Ana Garcia ran 8:44 for 14th, and Amy Denholtz was 9:05 for 19th. See the start here, lap one here, finish here and here
Tuchol Wins Sub-13 Heat!
Michele Tuchol won the Sub-13 heat in.....7:37. Perhaps she belonged in a different heat, but regardless----she won it! The start is here, lap 1 here, and the finish here and here.
Seven Club Records Fall at NJ Invite
Colts Neck- As the GSTC men begin their final push toward a challenge for the USATF Club National Championship, it is by far the underdog. It's two primary rivals are not only next door neighbors but well-established and well-funded. Shore AC, started in 1934, has won national titles in 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2011 and boasts a huge membership along with deep coffers. Likewise, the Central Park Track Club, celebrating its 40th year in 2012, sent four athletes to the 2012 London Olympics last year.
SAC and CPTC, please meet the GSTC, established in November 2010.
This weekend's NJ International Invitational was a sneak peak of the team's national roster, and already--the club record books are being rewritten. Club records were set by Elvis Cole (15-0/pole vault), Emeka Eza (10.86/100m), Eugene Asimou (56'/shot put), Steve D'Aiutolo (46'/triple jump), and Joe Gingerelli (193'/javelin). On the women's side, Kelsey Lewis broke the CR in the high jump with a 5-1 clearing, while Jena Peacock established a new outdoor 3,000m record with a 10:48.94 finish.
Mike Brito ran a season best in the 400IH (53.77), while Chris Heibell had a huge season breakthrough with a 3:51.37 in the 1500m (.42 from his own club record). Also competing were Isaiah Harris (45-6 TJ), Danny Saxon (19-6 LJ), Harold Smith (19-0 LJ).
Gold Star: Shout Outs to Our New Members by Ashwin Anantharamn
Christina Chafos
Christina is a very recent member of GSTC joining the black and gold crew last week. She joined to have people to train with over the summertime and to help improve her 5k time. To this date she has no pre race superstitions or rituals making her the most normal runner of all of us. Her pr in the 5k is 20:56 which she is hoping to get down to sub 20 with the help of our tremendous coaches and great teammates that she will be able to train with. Outside of running she loves to do anything fun and is a huge people person.
Shaun McGeever
Shaun joined GSTC a little over a week ago. After graduating in May 2012, he had been thinking about joining GSTC but decided to take time off and train on his own. He quickly realized that he needed a team to help push him to become a better runner, so he finally decided to join our all star club. He has very minimal pre race rituals like going out and doing something low key the night before to keep his mind off of the race so he doesn't psyche himself out. His Prs are as follows....1500: 358, 5k: 1514, 8k: 2612. His goals are to be part of the GSTC XC crew and be part of the fine relays squads that GSTC tends to put together. Outside of running he likes to travel, in fact he goes to Ireland almost every year to visit family. He is a big soccer fan and also enjoys just hanging around.
Steady Striders/Beginner's Group by Amy Denholtz
This week, the steady striders and couch to 5k runners will meet to run along the D&R Canal towpath on Saturday, June 15th at 9am, beginning fromGrove 5 of Johnson Park in Highland Park/Piscataway. Grove 5 is across from the Rutgers football stadium and off of Landing Lane. The Grove5 parking lot is the first parking lot on the left and has a picnic area with bathrooms (for directions and park map, see: www.co.middlesex.nj.us/parksrecreation/johnson.asp). Email Amy, at adenholtz@gmail.com, with any questions or to RSVP. Plan on a track workout with Coach Chuck Schneekloth next Saturday morning!
This Week in Training by Chris Tafelski
Last week to go! A lot of people like to really slash the mileage this week, but I've found that mileage hog types are less likely to benefit from the big mileage drop than the speedier types. So it's a bit of a choose-your-own-adventure week as far as volume goes. We cut down the volume a bit last week - whether to cut again is up to you. Freshness is the key - sleep and eat and a regular pattern and make sure you are hydrating properly.
Monday - comfortable run + 4-6x8-10sec hill sprints or 4x in-and-out 150
Tuesday - 1x2k @ 8k pace, 2x1k @ 5k pace, 2x800 at 3k pace. Use your heart rate to decide recovery - when you're down to 140 or so, you're ready to go again.
Wednesday - steady-state run - you decide on the length.
Thursday - super easy run + strides
Friday - 3mile tempo + 6x200 starting at 3k pace and dropping down to mile pace or faster. Go on feel - you want to finish feeling light!
Saturday - same as Monday, but strides only.
Sunday - shakeout!
Monday - Roll!
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