Text Box: Fifth Annual NYRR Run as One, Thomas Labrecque Classic 4 Miler Saturday, April 29 - 8:30 a.m. • 4 miles, Central Park, NYC Thomas G. Labrecque believed that together we can accomplish anything. Join us as we "run as one" to build awareness and raise money for lung cancer research. 4-mile course: Start on Central Park 's East Drive near 68th Street. Head north on East Drive and continue to the 102nd Street Transverse. Turn left/west across the transverse and then left/south on West Drive. Continue south to the 72nd Street Transverse, turning left/east to the finish line. For carpool information contact, longruns@rocklandroadrunners.org Register at http://www.nyrr.org/races/2007/r0429x00.asp Text Box: The 18th Annual George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon and Hope 5K is 6 days away! Online registration is open and is recommended. VOLUNTEERS ARE STILL NEEDED! please contact Rich Tinger if you can lend a hand. RTinger@prodigy.net or (914)720-9139 The race proceeds the United Hospice of Rockland County! ALERT: The course has been changed and starts out of the south parking lot! contact Laura for a map of the new route. Text Box: GET ON TRACK When the weather permits we try to meet around 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday’s. This week we will meet at Nyack High School track. The usual workout is anywhere from 6 to 8... 800 meter intervals with a 400 meter rest period. This is not a structured workout, nor is there a coach, but members are welcome to join us. Wear a watch to time your workout. Contact Ernie: lonruns@rocklandroadrunners.org if you have any questions or plan on attending the workout. Text Box: Members who would like to contribute information to the weekly e-mail can forward their inquiries and stories to; Laura DiMarino at - Text Box:

Competition…..Community…….Charity
Text Box: Team RRR Ladies win the 40+ Division ! Second NYRR team points race of 2007 brings out top talent   Brooklyn, April 14, 2007—The race for the top spot in the NYRR Points competition hit the road this weekend at the NYRR Half-Marathon Grand Prix: Brooklyn.   While many New York-area distance runners headed north and east for what is predicted to be a cold, windy, rain-drenched Boston Marathon on Monday, 22 RRR members took advantage of sunshine and seasonable temps to compete at the 2nd team race of 2007. Team RRR knew it had potential and we proved it, as the RRR ladies in the 40+ division ran away with the top spot! Carol Guzinski was the winner of the 40—44 age group with teammate Laura DiMarino right behind in second place, a 1-2 punch. With a 2nd place in the 50-55 division for Josepine Patten the combined time of 4:38:23 was good enough to edge Taconic by a mere 18 seconds. Out of 28 teams in the series, The RRR Ladies 40+ team moves into 2nd place in the overall club points standings. It should be noted that this is Carol’s second win in the series and she is currently in the top 10 overall in the Individual Overall Grand Prix standings. Steven Joseph, Anthony Ferraro, Edward Brown and Ricardo Hernandez all took 3-4 minutes off their personal bests. Gary Lausin Impressed everyone with his 1:41:35 half marathon debut. We thank everyone for their commitment to team RRR we are having a great time and doing quite well. GO RRR! Text Box: Message from a member! Hello.  My name is Sam Berman (son of member Tony Berman) and this summer I am going on a trip to Montana with my Youth Group from Grace Episcopal Church in Nyack.  In Montana, we will be staying on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and we will be helping these people in their daily needs, such as painting, cleaning, child care, etc.  I ask your help in sponsoring the twelve student attendees.  If we are able to go, we would be helping hundreds and thousands of people who live on this reservation.  It would be greatly appreciated if you would consider this.  Checks should be made out to Grace Episcopal Church and sent to Sam Berman, 217 Foss Drive, Upper Nyack, NY 10960.  Thank you for taking the time to read this. Text Box: Text Box: Team RRR — Next Race! Text Box: Hook Half Marathon …...Alert course & location change! Text Box: Team RRR - Brooklyn Half Marathon, Results! Text Box: Members on the move! Text Box: 2007 Race Schedule Text Box: Want to contribute to the weekly email? Text Box: Keep the lake beautiful! RRCA

Weekly e-news April 15, 2007

Rockland Road Runners
Text Box: Keeping Pace! Text Box: Boston Marathon Text Box: Good Luck to the RRR members that will brave the storm and compete at the Boston Marathon, Monday! May the wind be at your back! Text Box: Article from the Journal News.  By AMISHA PADNANI THE JOURNAL NEWS (Original publication: April 11, 2007) Kathy Alter will walk through the streets of Manhattan late at night this June with one thought in mind: her best friend's suicide last year. The Stony Point resident will be one of thousands to participate in "Out of the Darkness Overnight," a 20-mile fundraising walk meant to offer a healing ground and to educate people about suicide prevention. Alter said her best friend suffered from bipolar depression and that she hoped to reach out to people before it was too late, to let them know there is hope. "People should not be embarrassed or feel that they'd be put away," she said. "Any situation or any circumstance that they're feeling at that time can change." The walk is planned from sunset on June 9 through sunrise on June 10, said Robert Gebbia, Executive Director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, a New York City-based nonprofit. "It's very powerful and very moving," Gebbia said. "The symbolism is, as the sun comes up, that hopefully we'll shed more light on suicide and what we can do to prevent it. "This is the first time the walk will be held in New York City, he said. Other walks have been held in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Chicago. This year, funds raised through the walk would be donated for research and local suicide-prevention programs, Gebbia said. Some of the money would also go toward developing a film that would teach high school students about depression and understanding that there is help. But mostly, Gebbia said, the walk's goal is to let people know it's OK to talk about suicide. "Historically, families just went inward, didn't talk about it, and suffered in silence," he said. "They often feel it's their fault. They feel this terrible guilt and shame." But suicide is the fault of the illness, not of any one person, Gebbia said. In fact, the organization aims to change the language used when talking about suicide because of the negative connotations it promotes, he said. People do not commit suicide like they commit a crime, Gebbia said. Rather, they die by suicide. "Just like something goes wrong with the heart or the lungs, things can go wrong with the brain," he said. Gebbia said 90 percent of suicides are caused by treatable psychiatric illnesses such as depression or bipolar depression. He said suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the country with more than 30,000 people in the United States dying each year. Adam Feldman, 38, said his father died by suicide in 1998 and his uncle also died last year. "It was tough for my entire family," the Nanuet resident said. "We never quite understood why or how things could get so bad." At first, he said the family didn't know how to address the issue. "You mention suicide and you're embarrassed," he said. "At first, we said he died of a heart attack or natural causes. But it's not an embarrassment. It is a serious problem." If you would like to donate to Adam’s cause please visit DONATE Thank you for your support. Adam

Boston Marathon

Monday, April 16th

George Wodicka Hook Half Marathon & Hope 5K

Sunday, April 22nd

NYRR Thomas Labreque 4 miler (TEAM RACE)

Saturday, April 29th

Jersey Shore Marathon

Sunday, April 29th

Pocono Marathon

Saturday, May 6th

NYRR Healthy Kidney 10K (TEAM RACE)          

Saturday, May 19th

Marisa Fund 10K

Sunday, May 20th

NYRR Women’s Circle of Friends 10K (TEAM RACE)

Saturday, June 9th

NYRR Men’s Prostate Fathers Day 5 Miler (Men’s TEAM RACE)

Sunday, June 17th

20th Annual Women's Distance Festival 5K

Saturday, July 14th

NYRR Mets Run to Home Plate 5K (TEAM RACE)

Sunday, July 22nd

NYRR Team Championships (TEAM RACE)

Saturday, August 18th

20th Annual South Nyack 10 Miler

Sunday, September 9th

16th Annual Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot

Thursday, Nov 22nd

 

 

 
 
Last Name

 
 
First Name

 
Sex/
Age

 
Overall
Place

 
Gender
Place

 
Age
Place

 
Finish
Time

 
Pace/
Mile

 
AG
Time

AG
Gender
Place

 
 
AG %

JOSEPH

STEVEN

M45

195

181

18

1:27:49

6:42

1:20:59

131

73.1 %

GUZINSKI

CAROL

F40

213

17

1

1:28:15

6:44

1:24:37

12

77.7 %

DIMARINO

LAURA L

F40

234

19

2

1:28:54