Sunday, July 20, 2014

(7/21-7/27): Kyle's Korner, Cheyenne's Tip of the Week, and Blues Clues



THE WEEKLY EMAIL
1.0  Survey.
The winner of the survey raffle is Peter Bolgert, so he will be having dinner (bread, water, mint) with himself.
 

2.0  The aGSTC Fall Training Plan.
 by Ken Goglas and Mike Fonder

 

--Week 4: July 21-27

You should start feeling better now and back in a normal training groove, the mileage this week should be 70-80% of what you plan to build towards.


When doing strides don't half ass them.  Use the few minutes a week you spend on strides to make yourself a better runner.  Ideally you will do strides at mile pace, but at your slowest they should never be done at any slower than 5k pace.   


Monday: 40-60 min run, 6x8s hill sprint

Tuesday: 45-65 min run, 8x100 strides

Wednesday: 50-70 min run

Thursday: 40-60 min run or cross train or off

Friday: 45-65 min run, 8-10x100 strides

Saturday: 40-60 min run

Sunday: 70-90 min run

 

 
--The Entire Fall Plan
 
If you have any questions or need clarification on anything, contact either Ken Goglas (ken_goglas@hotmail.com) or Mike Fonder (michael.fonder@gmail.com). 
 
3.0  The aGSTC Fall Racing Schedule.
August 31: Jimmy D 5k (masters women)
September 14: USATF-NJ 5k Cross Country Championships (all divisions)
September 21: Newport Half Marathon (all divisions)
October 26: USATF-NJ 8k Cross Country Championships (all divisions)
November 9: Giralda 10k (masters men)
November 27: Ashenfelter 8k (masters, open men)
  
 
 

***Feature Section*** 

Kyle's Korner

Kyle's Korner is a segment of the Club's weekly email that will focus on reacquainting you with a different current club member each week. We will catch you up on how they are doing with regards to their training, their lives, and other general nonsense. This segment intends to be informative and educational while attempting humor in a purely inoffensive way. Mostly.

 

This week on Kyle's Korner, and it being the first week ergo it's a trial run, we interview everyone's favorite crazy haired competitor Kyle Price.

 

Kyle: Hello Mr. Price.

Mr. Price: Hi Kyle.

Kyle: I hear you had a great finish to your 2014 spring season.

Mr. Price: I did actually! A 15:33 at the Presidents Cup race which is a PR for me for a road 5k. It was a great race, a lot of fun, I've got Mike Fonder to thank for the awesome pacing. And of course the endless free beer and hard cider afterwards was a huge plus.

Kyle: So you ran a sweet race and then drank some sour apples?

Mr. Price: ... I suppose.

Kyle: I'm sorry this is my first interview. So what have you been up to in your off season?

Mr. Price: Well my off season wasn't really off, I came out of Presidents Cup and was already looking forward to defending my title at my home town 4th of July 5k. I ran basically every other day instead of just stopping completely and ended up almost breaking sixteen again at the race just barely beating Tony Harris. And then I got the email with the training plan for cross country and I've got the River to Sea Relay August 2nd so yeah there's my off season.

Kyle: Busy boy. What about work over the summer?

Mr. Price: That's busy too. I've got my landscaping business and my high school team I coach for just started up summer sessions.

Kyle: My my you are busy.

Mr. Price: Well duh, you already know that.

Kyle: Why's that?

Mr. Price: Wait what?

Kyle: Moving on! So what are you looking forward to this up coming season?

Mr Price: Probably what most of the other club members are, improving my times and making it to Nationals in Lehigh.

Kyle: Well I wish you the best of luck with that! That's all the time we have this week, thanks for talking with us!

Mr. Price: Thank you too.

Kyle: Log on next week to see who we interview!

 


Cheyenne's Tip of the Week
Don't run into walls.  You might get hurt.  See video here.


aGSTC TRIVIA TIME

As you will soon learn below, Ken Goglas is close to become a famous movie star.  But did you know we already have one on the club???  Yes indeed, a member of our wonderful team was the talking voice for "Blue" on the Blues Clues spin-off "Blue's Room" from ages 12-16.  Who was it?  Scroll down for the answer!

a-  Victoria Pontecorvo 

b-  Lauren Rome

c-  Anna Steinman

d-  Nora Norvell

e-  Anis

 

Fun Stuff from Our Members

Did you do something fun?  If you did, email us about it.  If you don't do fun things, we recommend doing something fun.  For example, my lawn needs to be mowed this week, etc.

  

Duane Reed = 100 Miles

Yes, the aGSTC masters man did it, finishing the Vermont 100 Miler in just over 26 hours, good for 23rd in his age group.  Wow!  

 

 

Goglas Makes 22-Person Final

On Saturday morning, aGSTC vice president Ken Goglas ventured to NYC to tryout for Sports Jeopardy, a show soon to be broadcasted on Crackle, an Internet TV station.  Dan Patrick, the famous ESPN anchor, will be playing host.

 

 During his 100-person tryout, all were given a thirty-question written test with clues being read to participants on a screen much like Jeopardy when playing at home.  Participants were given ten seconds to write answers of questions on a variety of subjects.  While one never finds out one's actual score, twenty-two were asked to stay for an interview and play a mock game. Mr. Goglas was one of those twenty-two selected out of a field that included several folks who have actually participated in the real Jeopardy show!

 

Now, Ken plays the waiting game.  There were five cities that held tryouts this weekend, and 150 will be flown to Los Angeles in either August, January, or April to tape a show.  If he wins a show, he will win $5,000.  The top three overall winners will play for a chance to win $50,000.

 

 

Croff Wins Trip to Ireland 

Summit Enclave Captain and Summit Running Company manager Chris Croff won a Saucony sales contest weeks ago winning him a week's vacation in Ireland.  

 

While there, he visited Dublin, Kilkenny, Kinvara, and Galway.  In addition, he also participated in a 200k relay race across the country, from Dublin to Kinvara.  A Saucony corporate exclusive event, he ran 15 miles in the event, as the teams were nine runners deep.

 He sent us the above picture upon returning home.

 

 

 

Z-Mart Wears Ohio State Shirt 

During the post-long run pool party on Sunday, long-time GSTC member and Ohio State student Zak "Z-Mart" Martins wore his Ohio State shirt.  

 

 

 

 

 

 


TEAM EVENT:  YANKEE GAME
For those who are interested, Ken is trying to set up a GSTC outing to a Yankee game. Based on Facebook responses, the best day seems to be Friday 8/22 at 7:05. Send him an email at Ken_goglas@hotmail.com or Facebook message if you are interested in going. Respond by THIS THURSDAY as tickets will be purchased this Friday as long as 10 people are interested in going.  
 
TEAM EVENT: FRI RUN, BBQ, PING PONG
This Friday night, at 6:15pm, the Central Enclave will host a team run from 944 Hermann Road in North Brunswick.  Afterward, there will be a BBQ and ping pong.  YES...ping pong.  All are welcomed, yet it would be helpful to RSVP to we know how much food to buy!
 
Nicaragua Olympic Committee Selects aGSTC
After coaching the Vietnamese national women's 4x400 relay this spring, standing center in light blue, the aGSTC has been asked to work with Nicaraguan athletes and coaches. 

North Brunswick-  After carefully reviewing dozens of applications and interviewing three finalists through the United States Embassy in Miami, the Nicaraguan Olympic Committee announced it has selected the president of the adidas Garden State Track Club, Chuck Schneekloth, to lead a week-long "Sports Diplomacy Workshop" in its country.  

 

During the third week of August, Schneekloth will be taken to three cities: Somoto, Managua, and Nandaime.  In each location, he will discuss training theory, sprinting periodization, and technical sprint elements to fifteen regional coaches.  Afterward, he will demonstrate practical application to this workshop with forty members of the country's regional under-19 national team.

 

The government will provide a stipend along with paying for all expenses.  

 

 

Tholis Bombs Away in Chi-Town
 Matt Tholis, the 2013 USATF Club National Champion in the javelin, make his 2014 debut in Chicago last weekend at the Chicagoland Challenge.  After having "Tommy John Surgery" shortly after club nationals in June of 2013, he has carefully rehabilitated it for six months, slowly gaining back flexibility and strength.  
 
Last weekend, he finally uncorked his first real throw of the 2014 season, launching a 70.72m toss at the prestigious Chicagoland Challenge.  While short of his PR, this 218' throw finished 5th out of 10 competitors.  Pretty darn good for a guy using his full approach for the first time this season.
 
Tholis is considered one of America's best javelin throwers and is in the hunt to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Trials.   Last year, as a collegiate senior in East Stroudsburg, he ranked 28th on the USATF list, yet only 22 throwers were accepted into the USA Outdoor National Track and Field Championships.
 
Tholis in Chicago last weekend

 

 

 

Gravesande, Riddick Highlight NYC Meet

NYC- Clayton Gravesande and Monique Riddick concluded their seasons with the NY Track and Field Invitational last weekend at St. John's University.

 

Gravesande, coming off a solid season at South Carolina that concluded with a showing at the USA Champs in the 400m trials in Sacramento weeks ago, finished 3rd overall in 47.55.  Riddick, in her final competition of the year, won the women's shot in 16.00, outdistancing second place by thirteen feet.  Now THAT is a win.

 

 

TMA

On July 4th, Tony Harris sent the Weekly Email a picture of his winnings (trophy, gift card) from the Milltown 5k with the caption "What did you win on your last 5k?"  This resulted in us misstating that weekend email that he won the race, not teammate Kyle Price.  However, it wasn't until the next day we learned, from various sources, that it was Price who won--not Harris.  So, a TMA goes to Mr. Harris for the misleading text that implied he won...leaving out the valuable information that his trophy was for "First Milltown Finisher," not "First Overall Finisher."  

 

So, some Swedish 54 year-old woman decides, while getting paid to be on sick leave because her feet, legs, and back were in pain, decides to win her age group at numerous races.  Uh oh.  Someone is in trouble now, including having to pay back all the sick pay she collected since 2005.

 

Read about it here:  http://www.thelocal.se/20140716/woman-claims-sick-pay-despite-running-career  

 

Quotes of the Week

"I would say you should write home about it, but not with the cost of postage these days."  -Adin Mickle, via FB, responding to Bri Teichmann's run splits where she stated "I know it's nothing to write home about."

 

"Or, you could man down and run with us."  -Mark Parisen, in response to Ken Goglas' statement at the team long run, "Looks like someone is gonna have to man up and run with me."

 

Masters Report: Growth, Consistency

2014 has been a good year for the aGSTC thus far, as they currently lead the USATF-NJ Grand Prix with 349 points.  More on the standings next week, as the club has some fall work to do if it hopes to breaks its own single-season USATF-NJ association record of 582 total team points.

 

However, one huge shift this spring has been the size, consistency, and growth of the men's masters team.  Never before have the masters chipped in so many points, thanks to fourteen total athletes participating , as Matt Baker and Fran Beideman had perfect 4/4 attendance at masters races.

 

From there, Kenny Huryk, Brian Harris, Peter Auteri, and Don Weise competed in three, as Andrew Tschenok, Lee Mooney, Julius Pontecorvo, Eric Davis, Chris Sallade, Steve Herring, and Hernan Rozemberg ll competed either once or twice.

 

What makes this consistency impressive is that, as many young folks forget, masters runners have incredibly busy lives.  Between a heavy work load, raising kids, paying mortgages, and significant life responsibilities (keeping up a house, for example), it ain't easy to find time to train AND race, let alone both.

 

 

 

GOLD STAR

 by Ashwin Anantharaman

 

Anna Steinman 
Anna  met Chuck in Starbucks while he was with her former high school xc coach from Rutgers Prep Erin Varga as it seems that Mr. Schneekloth has an act for meeting people in Starbucks. She heard about GSTC through her own collegiate racing career at Salisbury University because she has been at meets that GSTC attended.  Being from around the area in Jersey, she noticed the team at the meets and has raced in some 5k's with some of our women.  
 
Right now she is in Grad School at Salisbury University with one more year to go, studying Applied Health Physiology/Strength & Conditioning.  She also went to Salisbury for my undergrad degree and ran xc/track.  This summer she is interning at University Orthopaedic Associates in Somerset, where she's working in the sports performance department training athletes and any adults, mainly returning from injury and physical therapy.  Currently she is beginning her training for the NYC Marathon in November which will be her first full marathon with a goal of running between 3:05 and 3:10. This past year she ran 2 half marathons which helped her get ready for the upcoming marathon. She ran the Philly Rock n Roll in 1:27:14 and the Rutgers half in 1:25:54. She also has stepped on the track a couple of times this season running 10:55 in the 3k indoors and 18:53 in the 5k outdoors. Her Prs are 1845 in the 5k, 4:58 in the 1500 and 22:52 in the XC 6k. 
  

 

  

New Website Peek

It's gonna be sweet. 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  


Summer Enclave Team Runs
 
North Enclave
Monday 5:45p @Pompton Lakes
Wednesday 5:45p @ Pompton Lakes
Thursday 6:15p @ Montclair Fleet Feet
Saturday 8:00a @ Pompton Lakes
 
Central Enclave
Monday 6:30p @ Buccleuch Park parking lot (near gazebo)
Thursday 6:30p @ Buccleuch Park parking lot (near gazebo)
********FRIDAY 6:15p @ 944 HERMANN ROAD (No. Bruns)- RUN + BBQ + PING PONG********
 
Morristown Enclave
Wednesday 6:15p @ Morristown Running Company
Saturday 9:00a @ Morristown Running Company
 
Jersey City Enclave
Saturday 9:00a @ Pier A, Hoboken 
Sunday 9:00a @ Pier A, Hoboken
 
South Enclave
Monday 5:30pm @ Elk Township Trail
Wednesday 7:15 @ Gloucester County College
Wednesday 6:30 @ Haddonfield Running Company
Saturday 9:00am @ TDA w/ Beach Enclave
 
Beach Enclave
Wednesday 6:00pm @  Point Pleasant Borough High School
(808 Laura Herbert Dr, Pt Pleasant Boro, NJ 08742)

Princeton Enclave
Wednesday 5:30pm @ Turning Basin (on Alexander Road)

Summit Enclave
Saturday 8am @ Summit Running Company
 
Brooklyn Enclave
TBA

Delaware Enclave
TBA
 
SUNDAY RUN: STOCKTON COLLEGE @9am
Address:   101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway NJ 08205   
Park in the lot beside the track!
 
TRIVIA ANSWER: VICTORIA PONTECORVO!!!!




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