Text Box: George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon glistens in the sun! The 18th annual George Wodicka Hook Mountain Half Marathon’s weather this year was so wonderful, that no one remembered the cold chilling rain that haunted the event in 2006. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the warm weather made for a pleasurable outing. Relocating the race to the south parking area seemed like a tragedy when we were first told we had to move, but with a great team effort the new location and new courses, combined with the weather, was a delightful change of pace. Race director Rich Tinger made sure to put in an application for good weather and must have paid mother nature a little graft to get such a beautiful day. Close to 400 participants competed this year, in addition to the walkers. For the past four years TriLife of NYC has made the Hook Half part of their training schedule. They bike up from the city, run the half and then ride home. The women’s winner TriLife teammate Lauren Beam was proud of her first running win. Lauren is a triathlete whose strength is the swim. She coaches New York Universities swim team. Our very own Carol Guzinski was the women’s masters division champion and took home the Adi Steingraber award for being the first Rockland ladies finisher . The Men’s race was won by Garnerville resident Jonathan Shaw, who also took home the Adi Steingraber award for being the first Rockland male. Michael Kolbrenner was the top masters runner and 2nd overall. Micheal Maidman was the youngest runner, 13 years old, to complete the Half Marathon, in an impressive 2:00:30. The 5k female overall winner was Laura DiMarino and the masters female champion was her little friend and training buddy Olga Carriel. The Men’s division of the 5K was won by STAC student Brad McNiff who out distanced the field by nearly 2 minutes. Kenneth Pfaff, 53, of Cortlandt Manor was the top men’s master. As usual the volunteers did a stupendous job! There were a lot of adjustments needed in the last 2 weeks and everyone stepped up to assure that the race went off. Thanks to all the volunteers! Without volunteers these great events would not exist. The results are online click the link above. For pictures click on the picture to the right.

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Weekly e-news April 22, 2007
Text Box: Marisa Fund 10K– on its way! Sunday, May 20th 2007, Rockland Lake State Park, Congers NY The Rockland Road Runners Club is proud to present the third annual Marisa 10K Run and 3 Mile Fun Walk to benefit the Marisa Fund for the Pediatric Blood & Bone Marrow Transplant Program at the Children's Hospital at New York Presbyterian and Columbia University. Flat, fast and friendly this 10K course is bound to produce a personal best. For additional information or to make a donation contact Dave Goldwasser by clicking the red mail link above right. To register for the event click on the Marisa Fund logo link above left. Text Box: Upcoming club events Text Box: Keeping Pace 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 Text Box: Member Matters Text Box: General Meeting Date Change! Monday, May 7th at 7:30 pm Casa Del Mare Restaurant 536 Route 9W Nyack Please note: that there is a board meeting prior to the general meeting, so we would appreciate that you remain in the vestibule until the board meeting is adjourned. Interruptions caused by early arrivals are very distracting and we are less productive. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Text Box: The Empire State Games come to Westchester this summer! If you are interested in competing click on the logo link for more information about the Masters Events for Track and Field. Volunteers are also needed—see the website for information. Text Box: t

Empire State Games 2007
Text Box: A small member would like a big favor! My name is Michael DiMarino, perhaps you know my mom. My kindergarten class really wants to win the Box Tops for Education contest that my school (New City Elementary) is conducting. Putting it simply, the class that collects the most Box Tops wins an Ice Cream party. They also mentioned something about raising money for the school, I guess that’s good too. My teacher Ms. Bray loves ice cream and we want to win the party for her. We have one problem, a second grade class, has a mom that works for the cafeteria and she is contributing the box tops from the products used in the cafeteria to her child’s class. This may seem unfair but we will not go down without a fight. When the going gets tough the tough get going. If you want to help, please clip and save the Box Tops proofs...it looks like the sample mom provided above. Mail them to me, Michael DiMarino, 32 Cragmere Oval, New City, NY 10956. My class mate Samantha Pollak and I are both RRR members and although we are small we are fiercely competitive and really want to win despite the disadvantage. The contest ends May 31st! Thanks for your help! Michael For more info on Box Tops For Education visit their website: http://www.boxtops4education.com/AboutBoxTops/Products.aspx Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: Members who would like to contribute information to the weekly news can forward their inquiries and stories to; Laura DiMarino at -

RACE

DATE

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