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N a n c y L a u n - P e r e z a n d B o b D i N u c c i w e r e t h eo v e r a l l w i n n e r s i n T o m K a t * s G r a n d P r i x , a 7r a c e s e r i e s i n w h i c h c o n t e s t a n t s w e r e r e q u i re d t o c o m p l e t e fi v e . T h e 3 7 y e a r - o l d C h a p p a -q u i d i a n b e a t o u t S u s a n T h e n i n t h e r u n f o r$ 4 0 0 i n m e r c h a n d i s e , w i t h M a r g a r e t D e c k e r t i nt h i r d . T h e n w i l l b e r e w a r d e d w i t h a c e r t i fic a t e f o r $ 2 3 0 , D e c k e r t $ 1 0 0 .

B a t t l i n * B o b , l o w k e y i n g s i n c e t h e e n d o ft h e s e r i e s , c a m e o n t o a fi r s t p l a c e d e s p i t ea n i n j u r y w h i c h s i d e l i n e d h i m e a r l i e r i n t h ey e a r . S t e v e C a l i d o n n a w a s a n o t h e r w h o h a d t o

o v e r c o m e a n i n j u r y - h e w a s k n o c k e d d o w n b y a n a u t o m o b i l e - b u t t o h i sc r e d i t h e c a m e t h r o u g h , e d g i n g P a u l F e n d l e r i n a n i p a n d t u c k b a t t l e .

M a r c O x r a a n h a s a r e l a t e d s t o r y o n p a g ef o u r i n c l u d i n g a c o m p l e t e l i s t o f r a n k i n gb y a g e c a t e g o r i e s . T o b e e l i g i b l e i n t h ep r e s t i g i o u s T o m K a t e v e n t o n e h a d t o c o mp l e t e fi v e o f t h e s e v e n r a c e s a n d b e a m e mb e r o f T R R C . A w a r d s a r e s c h e d u l e d f o r o u rd i n n e r - d a n c e o n N o v e m b e r 9 .

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I n r e s e a r c h i n g t h e h i g h e n t r y f e e o ft h e S t r o h s ' S t a t u e o f L i b e r t y r a c e , I w a sdumbfounded a t t he ga l l sponso rs had . Thet h r e e s p o n s o r s ( S t r o h s , A d i d a s & C h r y s l e r )w e r e m a k i n g n o fi n a n c i a l c o n t r i b u t i o n , e xp e c t i n g r u n n e r s t o a b s o r b a l l t h e e x p e n s e s( e x c l u d i n g a d v e r t i s i n g ) .

T h e i r A d v i s o r y B o a r d i n d i c a t e d r a c e sw e r e t o b e c o n d u c t e d b y c l u b s a f fi l i a t e dw i t h t h e R R C A o r TA G . N o t o n e o f t h e s e v e nm e t r o p o l i t a n r a c e s a r e s o e n j o i n e d , r a t h e rt h e y a r e b e i n g d i r e c t e d b y i n d i v u a l p r o m ot e r s , O f a l l e n t r i e s 7 5 % g o e s t o w a r d d e f r ay i n g e x p e n s e s : t h a t i s w h e r e t h e m o n e yi s r e a l l y g o i n g t o . D o e s n ^ t s a y m u c h f o re f fi c i e n c y ,

David Murray, spokesman for the board,i n d i c a t e d s u r p r i s e s a y i n g h e w a s u n d e r t h ei m p r e s s i o n W e s t c h e s t e r a n d S u b u r b a n w e r emembers o f t he RRCA, Yes , Subu rban . I f M r,M u r r a y w a s a s c o g n i z a n t a b o u t t h e R R C A a she seemed -and he was acute ly aware of then a m e s o f R R C A p e r s o n n e l - h e w o u l d h a v e t ohave beem i formed as to which c lubs werem e m b e r s a n d w h i c h w e r e n o t .

Suburban Road Runners, who withdrewf r o m R R C A b a c k i n 1 9 8 0 i n t h e f a c e o f T R R Cc h a r g e s o f u n e t h i c a l c o n d u c t , c a m e t o t h efore in the conversat ion wi th Mr, Murray,A p p a r e n t l y S t e v e M a r e k p e r s o n a l l y c o n t r a ct e d w i t h t h e b o a r d f o r r a c e s i n S t a t e n I sland and Jersey City,but lost to WRRC in ab id for the Westchester venue. However, i ts e e m s s t r a n g e t h a t a d v e r t i s i n g f o r S t r o h s 'r u n l i s t s d i f f e r e n t n a m e s f o r t h e s e t w or a c e s , a n d m e n t i o n s n o t a w o r d o f S u b u r b a no r M a r e k b y n a m e .

S t r o h s c o m p l a i n t w a s t h e d i r e c t o r s i nt h e n o r t h e a s t w e r e m o s t e x p e n s i v e i n t h ec o u n t r y a n d c i t e d M a r e k a s t h e h i g h e s t o ft h e a l l , y A t t h e y g a v e h i m t w o v e n u e s .

I f t h e A d v i s o r y B o a r d w a s s o i n t e n t i nhaving RCCA clubs involved,it bears askingw h y t h e y f a i l e d t o p r o c u r e t h e s e r v i c e s o fchar te r c lubs in the met ropo l i tan a rea . Ina d d i t i o n , i s M r , M u r r a y s o r e m o v e d f r o mthe RRCA to be unaware as wh ich c lubs a rem e m b e r s a n d w h i c h n o t ?

Bu t , moreove r, RRCA 's a f fi l i a t i on w i than o rgan iza t i on wh ich w i l l ove r look l eg i timate members to do business with a clubwhich resigned rather than face charges ofe t h i c s l o d g e d a g a i n s t i t , i s a n a f f r o n t .

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D e s p i t e t h e e x t r e m e s o f s u m m e rw e a t h e r — h i g h h u m i d i t y a n d t o r r e nt i a l d o w n p o u r - t h e t r a c k s e r i e st o o k a n u p s w i n g t h i s y e a r - . N o r m a l l ya l o w k e y a f f a i r w i t h a d o z e n o r s op e o p l e , I S m e n c o m p e t e d i n t h e o p e nc a t e g o r y a n d 1 6 a m o n g t h e m a s t e r s .( A p p a r e n t l y t r a c k d o e s n o t a p p e a l t o

o u r d i s t a f f e r s a s o n l y f o u r e n t e r e d )D o u g M i l l e r a n d D e i d r e R a v e r a r e

o u r n e w O p e n c h a m p s ; M a r c O x m a n a n dL i n d a B e p p e r t a r e t h e b e s t o f t h em a s t e r s -

M i l l e r , b y b u i l d i n g u p a l a r g el e a d i n t h e e a r l y , l o n g e r e v e n t s ,m a n a g e d t o s t a v e o f f a l a t echa l l enge by Gary Ducady and w in thes ix event ser ies by a narrow margino f t h i r t y p o i n t s .

D u c a d y ' s w i n s i n t h e 1 0 0 , 2 0 0 ,a n d 4 0 0 m e t e r s w e r e n o t e n o u g h t oo f f s e t M i l l e r ' s l e a d e s t a b l i s h e dt h r o u g h w i n s i n t h e 8 0 0 a n d 5 k , a n da s e c o n d p l a c e i n t h e m i l e .

O v e r a l l M i l l e r c h a l k e d u p 3 6 3 0p o i n t s t o D u c a d y ' s 3 6 1 0 . G a r yS t e i n e l h u n g i n f o r t h i r d , e d g i n gG r e g K i r a c o f e 3 1 1 0 t o 2 9 6 0 .

T h r o u g h n o f a u l t o f h e r o w n , n e wc o m e r R a v e r w a s t h e o n l y c o n t e s t a n ti n t h e l a d i e s o p e n d i v i s i o n - B u ts h e d i d , n e v e r t h e l e s s , c o m p e t e i na l l s i x r a c e s ( i n c l u d i n g a 6 : 0 8m i l e ) f o r a w e l l d e s e r v e d v i c t o r y .

O x m a n t o o k t h e 4 0 p l u s f o r m e nw i t h a s p i r i t e d e f f o r t , e s p e c i a l l yi n t h e m i l e w h e r e h i s 5 : 0 4 o n a v e r yh u m i d e v e n i n g , h a s t o r a t e a s o n e o fh i s b e t t e r r a c e s e v e r , a n d p r o b a b l yt h e c a t a l y t i c p e r f o r m a n c e i n h i sv i c t o r y .

Carmelo Roldan, who undoubtedly,s i n g l e h a n d e d l y b r o u g h t p e o p l e o u tfo r the se r ies , was runner—up in ag r e a t b a t t l e w i t h O x m a n w h i c h w a sn o t d e c i d e d u n t i l t h e l a s t r a c e o ft h e s e r i e s , a l s o .» e s e r i e s .

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Oxman outpointed Roldan 2970 to2870, with Mario Zuliano comingthrough on the last night, too, tot i e f o r t h i r d p l a c e w i t h H a r r y.( N e e s o n , t h a t i s . N o t t o b ec o n f u s e d w i t h A r m i n M a r y, g o l dmedalist in the 100 meters in 1960.Though if you ever saw Neeson runthe 100 meters, rest assured therew o u l d b e n o c o n f u s i o n . )

Linda Geppert won the women'sm a s t e r s w e l l a h e a d o f a n o t h e rn e w c o m e r , K a r o l e C o l e b r o o k , w i t hH a l i n a S t a v e t h i r d .

The ser ies was not w i thout i t seyebrow ra is ing inc idents . Ro ldanwas chastised for attempting to wearspikes on the "no spikes al lowed"track, but only af ter GuiseppiA lbanese go t away w i th i t . And ouri l l u s t r u o u s p r e s i d e n t , w h o s h o u l dknow better, was found pacing thesame Mr. Ro ldan , j ump ing in in the' " ^ d d l e o f t h e 5 K a t t h a t .

Awards dinner-Doneeset for November 9

Y o u w i l l n o t g e t a b e t t e r d e a lt h a n t h i s ! O u r a w a r d s d i n n e r - d a n c ew i l l b e h e l d S a t u r d a y, N o v e m b e r 9a t The Pub I I , Rou te 6 , Mahopac ,

A s i t - d o w n d i n n e r , s t a r t i n g a t8 : 0 0 w i l l b e f o l l o w e d b y 4 h o u r sof dancing; music by PAST TYMES,a5 piece band. A ful l course meal,w i t h b e e r , w i n e a n d s o d a , t h r o w ni n . A l l f o r . o n l y $ 1 5 !

R e s e r v a t i o n s a r e a m u s t . A m u s t .C h o i c e o f d i n n e r b e t w e e n c h i c k e nGordon blue; sliced steak;stuffedfi l e t o f s o l e ; o r r o a s t b e e f . S o u pa n d d e s s e r t a r e t h e r e a s i s p o t -a t o e , v e g e t a b l e , a n d r e l i s h t r a y .Ta x & t i p a r e i n c l u d e d i n p r i c e .

We*re not going to coax you.I t ' s y o u r c l u b , y o u r d i n n e r, y o u rc h o i c e .

R e s e r v a t i o n s t o : 2 4 5 - 3 5 9 8 .

Perseverance pays off forGrand Prix victors

Based on the final tallies, perseverance would appear to be thekey to success in Tom Kat's Grand Prix competition. Of almost 3000runners to have participated in one or more of the events, only 70TRRC members have qualified for official club ranking.

The Tom Kat series, the first attempt by the TRRC at this typeof format, started in March and ran through the end of July. Sevenlocal favorites were designated as as grand prix races. The SaintPatrick s Day , DiLaurentiis Pasta Pace, North County News, DebbieSchramm, Jan Peek lOKs, Lincoln Hall 5 miler and Father Mooney»s 8miler comprised the field. To be eligible a runner must have completed at least five of the seven events and been a bona fide memb e r o f t h e c l u b . 3 0 - 3 9In Compiled I. Bob DiNucci Nancy Laun-Perezin each of the standard running 2. Steve Calidonna Susan Then

c o m p u t - 3 . R o r c a r o J a n e K a r t s c horder h of each runners 4. jony Salfano Chris Walshorder of finish only in compar- 5. pete Corsinoi s o n t o o t h e r e l i g i b l e c o m p e t i - P a u l Wa r r e ntors. The five best outings of 7. shaWoyeach competitor were placed in s. John O'Brient h e e q u a t i o n .

S p e c i a l m e n t i o n s h o u l d b e l o . E d D i l l o nmade o f the ten hear ty sou ls n l joe Perez — —7who finished all seven races.In 12.Bob Berginno particular order of listing, i3.Steve Kozak Marc Oxmanthey were: Tony Galfano;Richard 14.Jerry MillerMihlrad; Dave Wellard; Roy Bar- is.stu Levine ' 'nstein; Joe Albanese; Russ Up- i6.Richard Milhardhoff; Nancy Perez;John Orr;Paul 17.Bob BuchananWarren and Jerry Miller.Russ is is.Bob Duballa l s o c h e c k i n g i n a t 6 4 ! T h e t e nac ious ten are to be sa lu ted , 40—49n o t o n l y f o r t h e t e n a c i t y, b u tfor their choice of spouses who 1- Dave Wellard Kate Glynnw i t h Z u l i a n o B a r b r o T h e l e m a r cR A W k ' T M r Q . C r u d d e n L i n d a B e p p e r t? o o o D a l y H a l i n a S t a v e5 . E r w i n K o r p fMALE fema le : _ __ M ike Go ldLn

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KangaRoos' bestto Scotland

Kangaroos head out to Scotlandnext month as the Guinness and TRRCrepresenta t i ves in the famed Ed inburgh to Glasgow (44 mi le) re lay. I ts h o u l d b e a n e x c i t i n g , a u s p i c i o u sd e b u t ,

T h e S t . L o u i s b a s e d t e a m l o o kt o s e n d t h e i r s t r o n g e s t s q u a d . A s w ew e n t t o p r e s s n o fi n a l s e l e c t i o n a st o t h e e n t i r e e i g h t u n n e r s w a s a va i l ab le , bu t s i x were confirmed,

Adr ian Leek , Joseph Nzau, JohnTut t le, Nick Rose, Terry Baker, andJ o h n G l i d e w e l l h e a d t h e l i s t . T e a mmanager, Pat Gaughan, said he hopedt o s e n d t h e b e s t a v a i l a b l e e i g h t . I tw a s l i k e l y t h a t R a y F l y n n w o u l d n o tb e o n e o f t h e o t h e r t w o d u e t o c o nfl i c t i n g s c h e d u l e s .

B o t h M i k e C o t t o n a n d Te r r y P e ra u l t b e a t o u t S a m S i t o n i k i n a 1 0 ka t C o w H a r b o r l a s t m o n t h , g i v i n g a ni n k l i n g t h a t S i t o n i k i s n o t i n b e s ts h a p e - a l l d u e r e s p e c t s t o C o t t o na n d P e r a u l t , W o r d h a s i t , t o o , t h a tJ e f f S c u f fi n s a n d E r i c R a n k i n g a r ea w e e b i t o f f ,

W h a t e v e r t h e fi n a l d e c i s i o n , w ecan expect the Kangaroos to be compe t i t i ve , I j u s t wonde r i f t hey ' l lb e w e a r i n g D y n a c o i l ,

Gu iness RelayCommittee Formed

D a n C a f f r e y h a s a p p o i n t e d fi v em e m b e r s t o a c o m m i t t e e h e w i l l h e a dt o d i s c u s s a n d e v a l u a t e p r o s p e c t i v echanges for next year's Guinness 52m i l e r o a d r e l a y .

N a m e d t o t h e c o m m i t t e e a r e S usan Then, Nancy Laun-Perez , Me lan ieM u l v i h i l l , M a r c O x m a n , H a r r y N e e s o na n d o f c o u r s e , D a n h i m s e l f .

Age-GroupCross Country

Our age group cross countrys e r i e s s t a r t s o f f n e x t m o n t hw i t h t h e fi r s t o f t h r e e v e n u e sbeing Mahopac, November 3.

Yo r k t o w n w i l l f o l l o w o n N o v17, and the series winds up onNovember 24 at Blue Mountain,T h e B l u e M o u n t a i n w i l l a c t a sthe club championship with thetitles being contested in bothopen (19-39) and masters (40+),

Age group competitions willbe held for ages 5&6 (% mile);7&8 (3/4 mile); 9&10 (1 mile);11&12 and 13&14 (both Ih mis);and 15-29; 30-39;40-49; 50-59;and 60 plus will run 5K.

Entry fee will remain $1.A l l c h i l d r e n w i l l b e g i v e n amedal for competing. Adult 5Kwi l l be first race run. Eachs e r i e s w i l l s t a r t a t n o o n .

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n e v e r e a s y . S o r r y , t o d i s a g r e e M r .S h a k e s p e a r e , b u t t h e r e i s n o t h i n gs w e e t a b o u t i t . D u e t o r e l o c a t i o n ,w e b i d a d i e u t o J o h n A n s e l l , w h o i s

l e a v i n g u s f o r t h e c o n fi n e s o fN o r t h C a r o l i n a . N o d o u b t m a n yo f u s a r e g o i n g t o m i s s i n c e ss a n t c h a t t e r a n d r e c o l l e c t i o no f t r i v i a . W e w i s h b o t h J o h n &W i l l o u g h b y t h e v e r y b e s t .

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C l u b m e m b e r s w e r e o u t i n f o r c ea t t h e D u t c h e s h a l f a n d m a r a t h o no r g a n i z e d b y o u r f r i e n d s i n M i dH u d s o n , A p e r f e c t d a y a n d fl a tc o u r s e w e r e a t t h e d i s p o s a l o ft h o s e w h o e n t e r e d .

T h e I r o n L a d y w a s t h e s t a rof the show. Nancy Perez, actedlike a wind-up toy with a repet-a t i v e 6 : 1 0 p a c e , a s s h e c l o c k e d1:20:45 to win the women's race,S u s a n T h e n c a r r i e d Ta c o n i c t o as e c o n d p l a c e c h a l k i n g u p 1 : 2 6 ,

A l t h o u g h a c o m p l e t e l i s t i n go f a w a r d w i n n e r s w a s n o t a v a i lab le , we do know Jack Burns tooks e c o n d i n t h e 6 0 p l u s & M r, J o eA l b a n e s e w a s t h i r d i n t h e 5 0 - 5 9 .

M e l o d i e M u l v i h i l l a n d L i n d aGeppert went for ". . .an easy 20"but they d id pay the i r ent ry.Thefi n a l r e s u l t s h a d M e l o d i e t h i r do v e r a l l a n d L i n d a f o u r t h ( 3 : 3 8 ) .Wi l l ie Kaye (2:42, 1st master) &

H a r t ( 2 : 4 6 , 2 n d s u b v e t ) i n —sisted they were just working outa s w a s S u s a n . I n e v e r a t t e n d e d arace where so many people were ini t j u s t f o r t h e w o r k o u t .

I n t e r p r e t a t i o n : L o o k o u t N Y !

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R a c e s w i l l b e h e l d i n t h e O p e nand Masters categories.The relayswi l l 4 by 5K fo r men, and 3 x 5Kf o r w o m e n . A fi n a l d e c i s i o n a s t ow h e t h e r o r n o t w e w i l l c o n d u c t ah i g h s c h o o l d i v i s i o n h a s n o t b e e nm a d e .

T h e e v e n t w i l l a c t a g a i n a s aq u a l i fi e r f o r t h e G u i n n e s s R e l a y .T o p fi v e t e a m s i n t h e m e n ' s r a c ea n d t o p t h r e e i n t h e w o m e n ' s a r ea s s u r e d a s s u r e d a n i n v i t a t i o n f o rthe 1986 Manhattan to Mahopac.

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Alan Marmor has stepped upt o b e i n c h a r g e o f c l u b t - s h i r t s .T h e y w i l l b e a v a i l a b l e f o r s a l eO c t o b e r 1 5 a t $ 5 . 0 0 p e r. S i z e s a r esmal l th rough ex t ra la rge ; co lo rsa r e g r e e n a n d w h i t e .

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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONHOSPITAL

★ ★ SECOND ANNUAL ★ ★

"THANKS TO OUR VETERANS"5 K ROAD RACE and PARADE

Veterans Day Monday Nov. 11.1985UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE TACONIC ROAD RUNNERS CLUB

LOCATION - FDR VA HOSPITAL Rte 9A Montrose N.Y.STARTING TIME

1:00 P.M. the 5 K ROAD RACE 2:00 P.M. THE PARADE

CHECK IN -11:30 AM. to 12:45 P.M. Building #26 Gymnasium

PRE-REGISTRATION $6.00 (post marked before Nov.I) POST-REGISTRATION $7.00(on/after Nov.2)Prior to the race there will be a VETERANS DAY CEREMONY at 11:00 AM. honoring Our Veterans

★commemorative T-SHIRTS TO FIRST 300 ENTRANTS ★AWARDS PRESENTED IN ALL RRCA AGE CATEGORIES

SPECIAL AWARDS TO FIRST PLACE VETERANS

World War I and Pre-1940W o r l d Wa r I I D e c 1 9 4 1 t o D e c . 1 9 4 6

Korean Era (Pre and Post) Dec. 1946 to Aug. 1964Vietnam Era (and Post) Aug. 1964 to present.

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B a c k i n J u n e a g r o u p o f r u n n e r s jran their hardest for the TRRC.The 5r a c e w a s T h e C a n d l e w o o d L a k e M o o s e Il O K , I t w a s a w a r m , s t i c k y a f t e rn o o n a n d o v e r 6 3 0 r u n n e r s p a r t i c i - Ip a t e d i n t h e p r e s t i g i o u s r a c e , i

S e v e r a l t r o p h i e s w e r e b r o u g h t 1b a c k t o N e w Y o r k : B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c( 4 3 : 3 9 ) t o o k t h e 4 0 - 4 9 w i t h M e l a n - (i e M u l v i h i l l 2 n d , S u s a n T h e n w i t ha t h e n P R o f 3 9 : 4 2 t o p p e d t h e 3 0 - <3 9 s e t i T h e " g i r l s " a l s o e n t e r e d a s ia t e a m & t o o k fi r s t p l a c e h o n o r s , ]( T h e t r o p h y w i l l b e h e l d f o r f u t - 1u r e p l a c e m e n t i n o u r c l u b h o u s e ( ? ) . ) i

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K e v i n W y n n e h a s d o n e i t ! N o , s i r ,I d o n * t m e a n a s u b 3 0 l O K . B e t t e ry e t . H e a n d H e i d i h a v e b e c o m e t h ep r o u d p a r e n t s o f a h e a l t h y g i r l . N op r o g n o s i s o n a t h l e t i c a b i l i t y , W e d ok n o w t h e b r e e d i n g l i n e s a r e g o o d .

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W h i l e p l a y i n g t e n n i s a t M a h o -p a c H i g h S c h o o l I w a s a m a z e d t o s e es o m a n y r u n n e r s fi n i s h i n g a 6 , S m i l er a c e i n g r u e l l i n g h e a t , I w a s a l s oi m p r e s s e d b y t h e a g e o f s o m e o f t h er u n n e r s , I a m 5 3 , b u t k n o w I c o u l dn o t k e e p u p w i t h s o m e o f t h e s e n i o rc i t i z e n s w h o fi n i s h e d t h e r a c e ,

I w o u l d l i k e t o l e a r n h o w t o r u n .Is there any t ra in ing program, orf o r m o f h e l p t h a t y o u p r o v i d e t o n e wrunners? I have never " run" i n myl i f e , bu t I do p lay s ing les 3 t imesa w e e k .

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(Ed: A point we miss here, members.W e t e n d t o f o r g e t w e s t i l l h a v e n e wm e m b e r s w h o a r e j u s t s t a r t i n g o u t .I s t h e r e s o m e o n e ' i n M a h o p a c i n t e rested enough to g ive our new membera c a l l ? ( 6 2 8 - 8 7 1 9 )

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T h e h e a t w a s r e fl e c t e d i nf a i r l y s l o w t i m e s , a l t h o u g hM e r c u r y M o r r i s W h i t i n g , a t 4 0y e a r s o l d , w o n i w i t h a n i m p r e ss i v e 3 3 : 4 1 ,

B r i e M e i s l e r m a l i c i o u s l yb e a t h e r m o t h e r , c o m i n g i n 2 n df o r t h e f o u r t e e n a n d u n d e r a t5 9 : 2 4 , O t h e r c l u b m e m b e r s w h od i s t i n g u i s h e d t h e m s e l v e s w e r eK e n t a T a k a m o r i ( 1 4 a n d u n d e r )a n d G a r y S t e i n e l ( 3 0 - 3 9 ) b o t hfi r s t p l a c e ; J o e A l b a n e s e a n dD a i j i T a k a m o r i t o o k s e c o n d i nt h e 5 0 - 5 9 a n d 1 4 u n d e r , r e s p e ct i v e l y ; a n d J o h n G a r l e p p ( 4 0 - 4 9 )a n d R a l p h Te r r y ( 5 0 - 5 9 ) n a i l e d4 o w n t h e b r o n z e ,

M A K I N G A P I T C H F O R J E R S E Y , , .

P a u l W a r r e n b r i n g s t o o u ra t t e n t i o n a fi v e m i l e r s c h e du l e d f o r O c t o b e r 1 9 a t J e r s e yC i t y , R a c e A g a i n s t H u n g e r i sa fi n e r a c e t o r u n , s a y s P a u l ,a n d i t i s f o r a g o o d c a u s e .

T h e r e ' s a $ 6 p r e , $ 7 p o s tw i t h t - s h i r t s , a n d a l l n o r m a lt r i m m i n g s . A n y o n e i n t e r e s t e di n t r a v e l i n g t o t h e r a c e c a nc a l l P a u l a t 2 3 8 - 4 8 4 1 ,

We have been a wee bit remiss in not publishing a listing ofof our new members. We will try to rectify that in our Decemberissue. New members should not construe this as a promise. Afterall you know how hard it was to get an application. We say a lotmore than our prayers around here. Facta non verba, remember^

Personality Profile: Susan ThenTACONIC ROAD RUNNERS

C L U B M E M B E Rby Melanie Mulvlhlll

I t i s I n d e e d g r a t i f y i n g t o w a t c h a g o o d r u n n e r t u r n i n t o ag r e a t r u n n e r ( e s p e c i a l l y w h e n s h e i s t e m p o r a r i l y n o t i n y o u r a g egroup). Such is the case with Susan Then, Susan is from Wales,a n d b e g a n r u n n i n g 3 y e a r s a g o . P r i o r t o t h i s s h e ' d n e v e r d o n ea n y t h i n g a t h l e t i c , . N o w s h e h a s g o n e a s t r e a k s h a t t e r i n g o n e P Ra f t e r a n o t h e r .

H e r p e r s o n a l g o a l s a r e t o q u a l i f y f o r B o s t o n a n d b r e a k a 3 9m i n u t e l O K , C o m i n g o f f a n i n j u r y r i g h t n o w, s h e h a s c h a l k e d u p a3 9 : 4 2 l O K a n d a 3 : 5 7 m a r a t h o n ( t h a t w a s d o n e i n t h e i n f a m o u s N e wY o r k o f l a s t y e a r ) , s o t h e g o a l s a r e w i t h i n h e r r e a c h . J u s t l a s tmonth she ran a 1:26 half marathon, so they may even be in thei m m e d i a t e f u t u r e .

A s c h o o l t e a c h e r i n O s s i n i n g ,s h e h a s b e e n p s y c h e d b y t h e c h a l le n g e o f S y b i l L u d i n g t o n , a n d s a y ss h e m a y d o a n u l t r a i n t h e f u t u r e .P r o b l e m h e r e i s g e t t i n g i h c r f r i e n d st o t r a i n l o n g a n d r u n i t t o o . U nf o r t u n a t e l y s h e i s s u c c e e d i n g - u n -o r t u n a t e i n t h a t I a m o n e o f t h ef r i e n d s !

A r e a l c o m p e t i t o r , s h e e n j o y sw i n n i n g ( d o n ' t w e a l l ? ) , b u t t r i e sn o t t o f e e l b a d l y w h e n s h e l o s e st o a b e t t e r r u n n e r , S u s a n f e e l s i ti s i m p o r t a n t t o k e e p h e r c a p a b i l it i e s i n m i n d , a n d r a t h e r t h a n g e td i s c o u r a g e d , s h e t r i e s t o s t a y w i t ho r p a s s t h a t r u n n e r i n a n o t h e r r u n ,

T h e Y o r k t o w n r e s i d e n t r e a l l yen joyed compe t i ng w i t h t he women 'st e a m i n t h e G u i n n e s s R e l a y , S h ef e e l s w o m e n n e e d t o b o o s t t h e i rs e l f - i m a g e , a n d o n e o f t h e o u t c o m e so f c o m p e t i t i o n i s t h a t o n e b e g i n st o g a i n m o r e s e l f - c o n fi d e n c e . A ss h e s a y s , " I f y o u c a n r u n a m a r at h o n , y o u c a n d o a l m o s t a n y t h i n g , "

H e r t r a i n i n g s c h e d u l e fi t si n 4 0 t o 3 0 m i l e s w i t h a l o n gr u n a n d a n i n t e r v a l w o r k o u t ;u s u a l l y r e s t i n g t h e d a y b e f o r ea r a c e . I n t h e r a c e s h e g o e so u t c o m f o r t a b l y f e e l i n g t h en e e d t o s a v e e n e r g y f o r l a t e r( a t l e a s t t h a t i s w h a t s h et e l l s m e ) , S h e s u r v e y s t h ep a c k e y e i n g p e o p l e t o k e y o n ,s t a y w i t h , a n d p e r h a p s p a s s .

D e s p i t e a p r e p o n d e r a n c e t os t u f f h e r f e l l o w m e m b e r s w i t hd e l i c i o u s f o o d - i n c l u d i n g d e li c i o u s c r e a m p u f f s - s h e d o e sw a t c h h e r d i e t , b u t d o e s l o v et o c a r b o - l o a d , a v o i d i n g j u n kf o o d , ( C h o c o l a t e a n d c o o k i e sa r e n o t c o n s i d e r e d j u n k f o o d ,a c c o r d i n g t o t h e W e l s h V o l u m eo f B e t t e r E a t i n g H a b i t s ) W i n ei s a l s o r e c o m m e n d e d a n d t h e

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January, 1986

Guinness Guys Grab The GoldKangaroos win In Scotland

Team Kangaroos came through in fines t y l e f o r A m e r i c a n a t h l e t i c s i n S c o t l a n dw h e n t h e y w o n t h e E d i n b u r g h t o G l a s g o w 4 4mi le road re lay in November. Though theyd i d g e t t h e w i n d u p s l i g h t l y i n t h e l a s tl e g , t h e i r m a r g i n o f v i c t o r y t u r n e d o u t t ob e a c o m f o r t a b l e 4 3 s e c o n d s o v e r t h e n e wS c o t t i s h c h a m p i o n s , E d i n b u r g h S o u t h e r n ,w i t h d e f e n d i n g c h a m p s F a l k i r k V i c t o r i at h i r d .

M i k e C o t t o n o p e n e d f o r ' R o o s w i t h as e c o n d p l a c e fi n i s h , s o m e 3 0 y a r d s b e h i n d .Joseph Nzau was ful ly expected to put thev i s i t o r s u p f r o n t , b u t t h e c o l d S c o t t i s hw e a t h e r w a s n o t t o h i s l i k i n g , a n d h ea c t u a l l y l o s t 5 0 y a r d s , b a r e l y h a n g i n g o nt o s e c o n d . H o w e v e r, J o h n G l i d e w e l l c a m e o na s t h e u n l i k e l y h e r o . O v e r c o m i n g a n 8 0y a r d d e fi c i t , t h e O h i o a n b l a z e d o v e r ah i l l y 4 . 8 m i l e s , b r e a k i n g t h e s t a g e r e c o r db y 3 2 s e c o n d s . T h e p r e v i o u s m a r k o f 2 3 : 4 8h a d b e e n t h e o n l y o t h e r s u b 2 4 m i n u t e r u n !H e d i d i n d e e d g l i d e w e l l , o p e n i n g u p at r e m e n d o u s l e a d .

B i g J o h n T u t t l e a d d e d t o t h e w i d e n i n gd i s t a n c e w i t h a s e c o n d s u c c e s s i v e s t a g er e c o r d . T h e U . S . O l y m p i c M a r a t h o n r e p r a nw e l l , e c l i p s i n g t h e o l d s t a n d a r d b y 1 1s e c o n d s . W e l s h m a n A d r i a n L e e k t u r n e d i nt h e s e c o n d f a s t e s t l e g , b u t i t w a s n o t t ot h e s e c o n d p l a c e t e a m , a n d L e e k w o u n d u pp u t t i n g ' R o o s f u r t h e r a h e a d . T h e t w o a n d ah a l f m i n u t e m a r g i n t h r e a t e n e d t o m a k e am o c k e r y o u t o f t h e c l a s s i c r a c e .

Vangor.,Plckerf, Roldan,Arneff win X-Counfry

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FDNY, Attiletic ShoeFactory win Relays

T h e F i r e D e p a r t m e n t r e t u r n e d t os u c c e s s f u l l y d e f e n d t h e i r c r o s s c o u n t r yr e l a y t i t l e , a n d A t h l e t i c S h o e F a c t o r yromped in a record-breaking performance asr a i n s a n d s n o w m a d e r u n n i n g s l o p p y a n dheavy in our second annual Blue Mountainmeet . Ar l ing ton boys won the h igh schoo ld i v i s i o n , a n d T a c o n i c m e n t o o k t h em a s t e r s ' c r o w n .

T h e fi r e m e n h a d a b r i e f c h a l l e n g ef r o m a m a k e s h i f t C h a p p a q u a q u a r t e t , b u ta n y s e m b l a n c e o f a n u p s t a r t v i c t o r y w a sq u a s h e d b y R i c h O ' L e a r y, w h o a n c h o r e d t h eb r a v e s t w i t h a 1 7 : 3 0 p e r f o r m a n c e , t h ef a s t e s t i n d i v i d u a l l e g o f t h e d a y . O ' L e a r yw a s j o i n e d b y J o h n M c L o u g h l i n , T i mM c C a u l e y, a n d J i m B r o s n a n , r u n n i n g 7 3 : 2 4 .

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P r e s i d e n t ' s C o r n e r

"Exercise is absolutely essential to good health. It's the cornerstone for anycomplete effort to reduce the risk of heart attack and sudden death. It's also amajor key to an energetic long life."

Talk about thelling us things we want to hear! The above quotation is the opening paragraph of Dr. Kenneth Cooper's latest book, Running Without Fear, a bookwhich he states is written in response to the reaction to the death of Jim Fixx. Asmany of us who do a bit of running can attest, naysayers came out of the woodworkwhen news of Fixx' death while jogging was published. And I think it is fair to saythis tragedy threw a scare into the jogging/running community.

Dr. Cooper's book reviews some of the myths which have arise from the fitnessboom, and step by step presents a plan for any person to run/exercise safely ^ without fear. I th ink most runners wi l l get something f rom this latest work of thea e r o b i c s d o c t o r .

Running Without Fear, by Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper.D . C .

D e a r M r . C a f f r e y :

T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r c o o p e r a t i o n a n dpar t i c ipa t ion in ou r 2nd Annua l Thanks too u r V e t e r a n s 5 K R o a d R a c e o n N o v e m b e r 1 1 ,1 9 8 5 . Yo u r s u p p o r t w a s d e e p l y a p p r e c i a t e db y b o t h t h e s t a f f a n d o u r v e t e r a n s , m a k i n gt h e i r d a y s o m e a n i n g f u l .

V e r y T r u l y Yo u r s ,A m y P r a t o , R a c e D i r e c t o r

D inner -dance d raws ac r o w d

Our dinner dance awards at the Pub IIi n N o v e m b e r h a s t o g o d o w n a s a s u c c e s s .Almost 120 members were in attendance fora n ice s i t -down dinner (as opposed to theu s u a l b u f f e t ) a n d t h e r e w a s m u c hfriviolity and dancing to the Past Tymes.Club members showed their appreciation forthe leadership and devotion displayed byD a n C a f f r e y , p r e s e n t i n g h i m w i t h aGore- tex runn ing su i t , wh ich he hasn ' tt a k e n o f f s i n c e ,

Taconic Running Lifeis the official publ icat ion of TaconicRoad Runners Club, Inc.It is publishedon a b imonth ly bas is and in tended ford is t r ibu t ion to c lub members .

Greeley 10KTaconic to the fore! Nancy Laun

was overa l l l ad ies w inner as on ly thet e e n t i t l e s e l u d e d o u r d i s t a f f s e t . A nage group record was set by Cricket inthe 60 plus as she and Nancy combinedfor a mother-daughter double.

Shie la O'Mal ley, Suzy Rock, KateGlynn and Jean Hoffman also won firstsas d id Jack Culk in , B i l l Mc Caffey,S c o t t M o s e n t h a l l a n d P i e r e c B r e n n a n i nthe men 's race . Cu lk in ' s v i c to ry camein the 40-49 d iv is ion se t t ing a courserecord for the Chappaqua masters.

Tell It to the Marines...Some of the guys and gals hit the

nation's capital: not to see the prez,but run the marathon. Don Villeneuve,with a 3:10, paced the crew; Vic Chasew a s n e x t a t 3 : 2 3 . M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l §Linda Geppert were both at 3:35, andKate Glynn registered 3:43.

Good running!

President: Dan CaffreyEditor: Harry Neeson

TRRC Hot L ine(914) 628-0960

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Guinness guys grab thegold (cont'd from page 1)

B u t d e s p i t e d e c e n t r u n n i n g t r o mA l a b a m a n To m G r a v e s a n d l o n a ' s Te r r yP e r r a u l t , t h e s t r a t e g i c S c o t s s u d d e n l ym a d e a d r a m a t i c m o v e . M o v i n g u p t o f o u r t ho n l e g s i x a n d i n t o s e c o n d o n a r e c o r db r e a k i n g e f f o r t b y J o h n R o b s o n o n t h eseventh stage, the Edinburgh squad movedt o w i t h i n 5 3 s e c o n d s a s t h e l a s t l e gb e g a n . A n c h o r m a n M i k e F e u r t a d o , as u b s t i t u t e f o r t h e i n j u r e d N i c k R o s e , h a dt h e p r e s s u r e p l a c e d e v e n h e a v i e r o n h i ss h o u l d e r s a f t e r t a k i n g a w r o n g t u r n .P r e c i o u s s e c o n d s w e r e l o s t a s t h e S c o t sm o v e d t o w i t h i n 3 4 s e c o n d s .

However, the Jamaican kept his head,and steady running enabled him to open upon h i s Sco t t i sh r i va l , g i v i ng Kanga roos ac o v e t e d v i c t o r y a m i d s t s o m e j u b i l a n tc e l e b r a t i o n a t G l a s g o w ' s H e r a l d S q u a r e .T h e v i c t o r s c l o c k e d 3 h o u r s 3 7 m i n u t e s ,w e l l o u t s i d e t h e c o u r s e r e c o r d o f 3 : 3 3established by the same Edinburgh club in1 9 8 2 .

G u i n n e s s h a d a l o t o f p l a y i n t h eS c o t t i s h p r e s s , w h i c h p o i n t e d o u t t h ei rony o f the Amer ican sponsored teamw i n n i n g a r a c e s p o n s o r e d b y B a r r ' s I r o nB r u , a s o f t d r i n k c o m p a n y. K a n g a r o o s ' t e a mw a s c o m p o s e d o f a g r e a t b u n c h o f g u y s w h op a i d l i t t l e o r n o a t t e n t i o n t o t h o s et h i n g s w h i c h m i d d l e o f t h e p a c k e r s t h i n ka r e i m p o r t a n t i n i m p r o v i n g P R ' s . I s u p p o s et h e t r i p d e s e r v e s m o r e d e p t h a n d l e n g t h ,b u t t o p r e s e r v e c o n fi d e n t i a l i t y , p r u d e n c ed i c t a t e s a d e g r e e o f s i l e n c e . S u f fi c et o s a y t h e y w e r e a n e a s y l o t t o p l e a s e a n de a s i e r t o g e t a l o n g w i t h . W h a t e v e r w a sp l a c e d i n f r o n t o f t h e m w a s c o n s u m e d , a n dn e v e r w a s t h e r e a n y b i c k e r i n g a s t o w h a tb a r o r r e s t a u r a n t w e s h o u l d g o t o . T h e yw e n t t o t h e m a l 1 .

O v e r a l l , t h e S c o t s w e r e i m p r e s s e d a tt h e q u a l i t y o f t h e t e a m a n d p l e a s e d a tt h e i r p r e s e n c e . W e w e r e w e l l r e c e i v e d a n dt r e a t e d a c c o r d i n g l y . T h e w e a t h e r m a nc o o p e r a t e d t r e m e n d o u s l y , g i v i n g u s o n l yo n e s m a l l s h o w e r , a n d I ' m s u r e S c o t t i s hb r e w e r y s t o c k t o o k a s i g n i fi c a n t u p s w i n g .G u i n n e s s ' t e a m l i v e d u p t o m o r e t h a n j u s tt h e i r fi n e r e p u t a t i o n a s r u n n e r s . A g r a n dt i m e w a s h a d b y a l l .

Couple's Relay toSte lne l and LaunHIci of a good time

I n t h e C o u p l e s R e l a y h e l d b a c k i nA u g u s t , 1 2 t e a m s b r a v e d t h e h e a t a n dh u m i d i t y ( a n d F D R t e s t i n g c o u r s e ) t oc o m p l e t e t h e 6 . 2 m i l e r a c e . L o c a l s t a r sGary S te ine l and Nancy " I ron Lady" Launr a n a c o m b i n e d 3 5 : 5 7 f o r t o p h o n o r s .Runner up laurels went to Harry Neeson andh i s a b l e p a r t n e r , M e l o d i e M u l v i h i l l .

S h a r o n a n d S k i p P e a r l m a n , s t i l lh o n e y m o o n i n g , w e r e t o p s i n t h e 4 0 - 5 9g r o u p ; P e t e C o r s i n o a n d K a t h y H i l l a r y w e r eb e s t o f t h e 6 0 - 7 9 ' s . M a r c O x m a n a n d H a l i n aS t a v e p o l i s h e d o f f t h e 8 0 - 9 9 d i v i s i o n ,w h i l e C r i c k e t L a u n t e a m e d w i t h O w e nMcCrudden to take the respected 100 plus.( E d : I t w a s C r i c k e t w h o m a d e i tr e s p e c t a b l e . )

Af ter the race the final Downing Parkp i c n i c o f t h e s u m m e r w a s h e l d . L o t s o ff o o d w a s s u p p l i e d b y t h e u s u a l g r o u p , a n da f e s t i v e a i r w a s a s s u r e d b y M a r c O x m a n ,w h o b r o u g h t a l o n g a n a b u n d a n c e o fc h a m p a g n e t o t o a s t J o h n A n s e l 1 g o o d b y e .T h e f a c t t h a t J o h n w a s n ' t t h e r e d i d n ' ts e e m t o p h a s e t o o m a n y , a l t h o u g h s o m ew o u n d u p b e i n g " p h a s e d " b y t h e c h a m p a g n e .A l l i n a l l , a n i c e t o u c h a n d d e fi n i t e l y ag r e a t t i m e .

R e s u l t s :1 . G a r y S t e i n e l - N a n c y L a u n 3 5 : 3 52 . H a r r y N e e s o n - M e I a n i e M u l v i h i 11 4 1 : 2 23 . P e t e C o r s i n o - K a t h y H i l l a r y 4 1 : 5 04 . J o h n N i c h o l s - C h r i s W a l s h 4 2 : 0 45 . R i c k F e n d l e r - J e a n n i e A r n e t t 4 2 : 1 46 . D o n V i 1 l e n e u v e - D i e d r e R i v e r 4 2 : 4 07 . J i m H a g e r - B e t s y F e u e r 4 3 : 1 88 . S k i p P e a r l m a n - S h a r o n P e a r l m a n 4 4 : 4 69 . M a r c O x m a n - H a l i n a S t a v e 4 5 : 0 1

1 0 . O w e n M c C r u d d e n - C r i c k e t L a u n 4 5 : 4 11 1 . S t e v e P e t t i t - K a r e n P e t t i t 4 6 : 1 0

( E d : P l e a s e n o t e d i s c r e p a n c y b e t w e e nn u m b e r o f t e a m s m e n t i o n e d i n t h e s t o r y a n dn u m b e r o f r e s u l t s . T h i s s t o r y s u b m i t t e d b ya n o n y m o u s s c h o o l t e a c h e r. )

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Taconic Cross Country ChampionshipsBlue Mounta in , Peeksk i l lSunday, November 24, 1985

W h o g i v e s r e s p e c t ? N o t J o h n Va n g o r o rJ u d y P i c k e r t . V a n g o r , a t 3 6 , a n d P i c k e r t ,4 2 , s h o w e d n o d e f e r e n c e f o r t h e y o u n g e rs e t b y r u n n i n g o f f w i t h t h e c l u b ' s c r o s sc o u n t r y c h a m p i o n s h i p s o v e r B l u e M o u n t a i n ' s5 K c o u r s e o n N o v e m b e r 2 4 . J e a n n i e A r n e t tw o n t h e w o m e n ' s o p e n t i t l e a n d C a r m e l oR o l d a n t o o k t h e m a s t e r s ' c r o w n .

V a n g o r w o n t h e o v e r a l l r a c e b y an a r r o w m a r g i n o f fi v e s e c o n d s , e d g i n g o u tG l e n M a l i a . T h e e v e r p e r s i s t e n t P e t eC o r s i n o w a s t h i r d i n 1 8 : 2 8 . P i c k e r t w a sfi r s t l a d y w i t h a n o t h e r c o n t e m p o r a r y ,B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k , s e c o n d , a n d w e e J e a n n i et h i r d .

1 . J o h n V a n g o r 3 6 1 8 : 0 52 . G l e n n M a l i a 2 7 1 8 : 1 33 . P e t e C o r s i n o 3 8 1 8 : 2 84 . G r e g M a l i a 2 9 1 8 : 3 35 . G a r y D u c a d y 2 0 1 8 : 3 96 . S c o t t M e n d e l o w i t z 2 4 1 9 : 0 47 . S t e v e A r n e t t 3 4 1 9 : 0 9

8 . D e n i s D o n a h u e 3 6 1 9 : 1 29 . J a m e s H a g e r 4 2 1 9 : 2 5

1 0 . J u d y P i c k e r t 4 2 1 9 : 2 91 1 . C a r m e l o R o l d a n 4 4 1 9 : 4 51 2 . J o h n M i l l e r 3 5 2 0 : 4 81 3 . T o m A d g e t t e 2 6 2 1 : 2 61 4 . B . J . S t r i n g e r 3 7 2 1 : 3 81 5 . J o e H a n d e l m a n 5 5 2 1 : 5 01 6 . P e t e M e i s l e r 4 2 2 2 : 0 91 7 . J o h n M a h e r 4 6 2 2 : 1 31 8 . B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k 4 3 2 2 : 2 51 9 . J e a n i e A r n e t t 3 2 2 3 : 4 52 0 . J a c k M c C a l l 4 5 2 3 : 4 92 1 . D e b o r a h P a r r e l 1 3 5 2 4 : 3 92 2 . N e d F a l l o n 5 4 2 4 : 5 12 3 . J e s s i c a P i c k e r t 1 3 2 5 : 0 82 4 . P e g M e i s l e r 3 9 2 5 : 2 72 5 . B e t s y F e u e r 3 3 2 6 : 2 92 6 . J o h n P o w e l l 3 4 2 7 : 2 42 7 . K a t i e M u l l a n e y 4 7 2 8 : 2 9

O o p s !C u r G r a n d P r i x r e s u l t s s h o w e d S t e v e

Cal idonna finish ing as runnerup to BobDiNucci. Not so, we have to report. PaulFendler was the second place finisher,w i th S teve th i rd . Our apo log ies .

Liberty Bell Bongs forTaconic; Fendler, Thens h i n e

On November 24 , 10 Tacon ians toed thel i n e f o r t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a M a r a t h o n .Though planned for a long time by some, itw a s r e l a t i v e l y " s p u r o f t h e m o m e n t " f o ro t h e r s . To n y G a l f a n o w a n t e d t o " t r y h i shand at i t " . A lan Marmor and J im O'Br ien,b o t h d i s a p p o i n t e d i n N e w Yo r k , w a n t e d t oc c x n p l e t e t h e d i s t a n c e a f t e r a l l t h e i rt ra in ing. Howie Solow and I wanted to t rya g a i n , f o r o u r " h o p e d f o r " t i m e s ( B o s t o nQual i fy ing) and Don Vi l leneuve - he justr u n s f o r f u n !

One group met a t the "Marmor DowntownT a c o n i c H e a d q u a r t e r s " t o d r i v e d o w nt o g e t h e r o n S a t u r d a y . O t h e r s m a d e t h et r i p w i t h t h e i r f a m i l i e s , a n d To n y d r o v edown on Sunday, BEFORE running 26 miles. Agreat pasta dinner at Ralph's, SOTie TV,a n d t h e n e a r l y t o b e d .

On Sunday morn ing, a f ter a long bust r i p t o t h e s t a r t i n g l i n e , t h e g r o u passemb led toge the r, app l i ed Vase l i ne , a telas t m inu te food, w ished each o ther luck ,a n d s t a r t e d t h e r a c e . I t w a s a b e a u t i f u lday - 45 , sunny, and b reezy. The cou rsew o u n d t h r o u g h h o r s e f a r m s , s u b u r b a nn e i g h b o r h o o d s , a n d o n t o C h e s t n u t H i l l ,t h e h a l f w a y p o i n t . T h e n o n t h r o u g hcheer ing c rowds (a f te r the h i l l , t hey werea p p r e c i a t e d ) t o a l o n g r o l l i n g s e c o n dh a l f . T h e 2 0 - 2 4 m i l e s t r e t c h s e e m e de n d l e s s , r u n n i n g a l o n g s i d e t h e S c h u y l k i l lR i v e r . W e t h e n e n t e r e d P h i l a d e l p h i ap r o p e r , r u n n i n g t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s t o t h efi n i s h l i n e , i n f r o n t o f I n d e p e n d e n c eH a l l .

P a u l F e n d l e r w a s o u r fi r s t fi n i s h e r ,i n 2 : 3 6 , f o l l o w e d b y T o n y , w h o n o wu n d e r s t a n d s t h a t t h e r a c e b e g i n s a t 2 0mi les . I was Jo ined by Don Vi l l eneuve a tm i l e 2 4 a n d fi n i s h e d h a n d - i n - h a n d w i t h t h eI r o n m a n , i n 3 : 1 3 . ( E d . H e r " w i s h e d f o r "B o s t o n Q u a l i fi e r h a p p e n e d ! ) . H o w i e r a n3 : 2 4 , A l a n 3 : 3 4 , f o l l o w e d b y P e t eM c C u s k e r . a l s o 3 : 3 4 . R o y B e r n s t e i n r a n4 : 2 1 .

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1 9 8 6 S c h e d u l e

Jan. 12 Noon TRRC No Frills 5K, FDR Yorktown

Jan. 26 Noon X/C Run-Ski, 5ini/5K, Williams Lake

Feb. 9 Noon Valentines^ Couples Relay

Mar. 16 Noon St.Patrick's Day Road Races, FDR Park

Apr. 6 10:00 TRRC 5 Mile Handicap, FDR Park

Apr. 20 Noon Boston Alternative, SUNY

Apr. 27 Noon Peekskill Age Group Mile

May 10 9:00 Lake Carmel FD 5 Miler

17 10:00 North County News lOK, Yorktown

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Lincoln Hall 5 Miler, Lincolndale(Gu inness Re lay Qua l i fie r )Guinness Road Relay, NYC

Fr.Mooney 8 Miler, Mahopac

Schedule is unofficial. Please checkentry blank for exact particulars.

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Harry Neeson

by Melanle Mulvlhll lwith apologies to Irving Berlin

We're just wild about Harry,He gives his all to the clubHe takes all the chances.On relays and dances,Our favor i te beer in a tub.

Oh, some say that he is hard-nosed.To u g h , i n fl e x i b l e , t o o .Some say he's unbending,His ways never mending,C a r m e l o s w e a r s t h a t i t ' s t r u e .

How could they think that of Harry,H i s v o i c e a s w e e t S c o t t i s h l i l t .What's more, we've been told by Carol,There's not much under his.N o t m u c h u n d e r h i s .N o t m u c h u n d e r h i s k i l t ! !

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Merc/ beaucoup, Peekskill

T h a n k s g o o u t a g a i n t o t h eP e e k s k i 11 - C o r t l a n d t R u n n i n g F o u n d a t i o n f o rt h e i r s u p p o r t f o r o u r c r o s s c o u n t r yp r o g r a m . W h i l e w e f a i l e d - a g a i n - t oa t t r a c t t h e s u p p o r t o f S e c t i o n O n e , t h ey o u n g s t e r s w h o d i d a t t e n d ( A r l i n g t o n , J F K ,S o m e r s - B r i a r c l i f f ) e x p r e s s e d e x c i t e m e n t a tt h e n o v e l t y o f f e r e d b y t h e r e l a y .

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e x p i r a t i o n . L a s t i s s u e w e r a n o f f t oS c o t l a n d i n s u c h a h u r r y , w e f o r g o t t ored -do t some lucky members . No t so th i st ime. That red mark on your address labela i n ' t l e f t - o v e r C h r i s t m a s s e a l s . P l e a s erenew promptly if you will. We need them o n e y .

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H a r r y t a k e s fi r s t i n t h e D u n b a r t o n s h i r eYo u t h O r g a n i z a t i o n o n e m i l e r a c e , i n 1 9 5 7 .

" A t 1 2 t h e r e w a s s t i l l n o s i g n o fH a r r y , a n d t h e s e r g e a n t o f t h e p o l i c ef o r c e c a m e w a l k i n g b y t h e f r o n t o f o u rb u i l d i n g , " s h e s a i d . G r a c e t o l d h i m o f h e rc o n c e r n , a n d a n A P B w e n t o u t . L e s s t h a nt w o h o u r s l a t e r a n o t h e r p o l i c e m a n w a s a tt h e N e e s o n d o o r w i t h t h e g o o d n e w s . H a r r yhad been found. He was in Ed inburgh , abou»-t h r e e h o u r s , b y b u s , a w a y .

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G l a s g o w , a n d f r o m t h e r e c a u g h t a b u s f o rt h e t w o h o u r r i d e t o E d i n b u r g h , w h e r et h e r e w a s a f o o t b a l l ( s o c c e r ) m a t c h g o i n go n . H e g o t o n t h e b u s h e a d i n g b a c k t oG l a s g o w a l l r i g h t , b u t t h e p o o r l a d w a s s ot i r e d , h e f e l l a s l e e p . S m a l l a s h e w a s , n oo n e n o t i c e d t h a t H a r r y d i d n ' t g e t o f f w h e nt h e b u s g o t t o G l a s g o w w h e r e t h e r e s t o ft h e p a s s e n g e r s d i s e m b a r k e d , s o w e e H a r r yg o t a f r e e r i d e b a c k t o E d i n b u r g h , w h i c hh e a l s o s l e p t t h r o u g h . I t w a s n o t u n t i lt h e c l e a n i n g c r e w w a s g o i n g t h r o u g h t h eb u s t h a t h e w a s d i s c o v e r e d .

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Born on October 8, 1938, Harry Neesonw a s j u s t u n d e r 1 8 w h e n h e s e t s a i l f o r t h eU.S. In fact, he was on board the shipt h a t c a r r i e d h i m t o t h e w e s t s i d e o f t h epond when the Scottish Army sent a noticet o h i s f o r m e r h o m e t h a t i t w a s t i m e f o rh i m t o f u l fi l l h i s d r a f t r e q u i r e m e n t : b u tby then it was too late for them. And mostf o r t u n a t e f o r u s . N o t t o o l o n g

t h e r e a f t e r , w h e n h e w a s 2 1 , t o b e e x a c t ,H a r r y h e l p e d k e e p t h e p e a c e b y e n l i s t i n gi n t h e U . S . A r m y. H e s e r v e d f o r j u s t o v e rf o u r y e a r s , m o s t o f t h e t i m e i n G e r m a n y.

H a r r y r e c e i v e d h i s j o u r n a l i s t i ct r a i n i n g b a c k t h e n - w h i c h h a s s t o o d h i mi n s u c h g o o d s t e a d a s e d i t o r o f t h i î l l u s t r i o u s n e w s l e t t e r - w h e n h e s e r v e d a sa r e p o r t e r f o r t h e m i l i t a r y " S t a r s a n nS t r i p e s " n e w s p a p e r . * I t w a s a l s o w h i l e h ew a s a t r o o p t h a t H a r r y m a r r i e d C a r o l , w h o mh e h a d m e t n o t l o n g a f t e r s e t t i n g f o o t o nA m e r i c a n s o i 1 .

H a r r y h a s a n o l d e r b r o t h e r , s t i ll i v i n g i n S c o t l a n d , a n d t w o s i s t e r s - o n ey o u n g e r a n d o n e o l d e r t h a n h e . H i s o l d e rs i s t e r , a l s o n a m e d G r a c e , w a s t h e fi r s t o ft h e f a m i l y t o c o m e t o t h e U . S . T h a t w a si n 1 9 5 5 . N o t l o n g t h e r e a f t e r , s h e s a i d t oh e r m o t h e r , " W h y d o n ' t w e m a k e a l i f e o v e rh e r e ? " H a r r y w a s t h e fi r s t t o r e s p o n d t oh e r c a l l w h e n h e f o l l o w e d G r a c e i n ' 5 7 .w i t h h i s m o t h e r a n d y o u n g e r s i s t e rf o l l o w i n g a y e a r l a t e r .

W h e n h e fi r s t g o t h e r e , H a r r y l i v e dw i t h G r a c e i n C h a p p a q u a , a n d w o r k e d a s ah o u s e p a i n t e r . H e a n d h i s s i s t e r s o o n g o ta n a p a r t m e n t i n M t . K i s c o , a n d h e t o o k aj o b a t R e a d e r " s D i g e s t , w h e r e h e s t a y e df o r s o m e 1 5 y e a r s , r e t u r n i n g t o w o r k t h e r ea f t e r b e i n g d i s c h a r g e d f r o m t h e A r m y .A b o u t e i g h t y e a r s a g o , h e l e f t R e a d e r ' sD i g e s t a n d J o i n e d P r u d e n t i a l I n s u r a n c e ,w h e r e h e c u r r e n t l y w o r k s a s a n a g e n t .

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T h e fi r s t t i m e H a r r y a n d C a r o l m e t ," I t w a s a h i t a n d m i s s t h i n g , " a s C a r dp u t s I t . A t t h e t i m e , H a r r y w a s n o m o r et h a n a f e w m o n t h s o f f t h e b o a t , a n d b o t hh e a n d C a r o l w e r e a t t e n d i n g a B e d f o r dH i l l s S o c c e r C l u b d a n c e . A s l u c k w o u l dh a v e i t , C a r o l w a s a t t h e d a n c e w i t ha n o t h e r f e l l o w . " A l s o f r o m S c o t l a n d , h i sn a m e w a s H a r r y t o o , " s h e r e c a l l s .

Caro l and the rea l Harry d idn ' t meeta g a i n f o r a b o u t a n o t h e r y e a r, w h e n s h e a n dG r a c e w e r e w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r i n a M t .Kisco store. "He was always coming in tntalk to Grace," Carol says, allowing that,"I thought he was his sister's boyfriend.

She found out differently when Harry

Have a Healthy, Happy New Year

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Te a m K a n g a r o o s c a m e t h r o u g h i n fi n es t y l e f o r A m e r i c a n a t h l e t i c s i n S c o t l a n dw h e n t h e y w o n t h e E d i n b u r g h t o G l a s g o w 4 4mi le road re lay in November. Though theyd i d g e t t h e w i n d u p s l i g h t l y i n t h e l a s tl e g , t h e i r m a r g i n o f v i c t o r y t u r n e d o u t t ob e a c o m f o r t a b l e 4 3 s e c o n d s o v e r t h e n e wS c o t t i s h c h a m p i o n s , E d i n b u r g h S o u t h e r n ,w i t h d e f e n d i n g c h a m p s F a l k i r k V i c t o r i at h i r d .

M i k e C o t t o n o p e n e d f o r ' R o o s w i t h as e c o n d p l a c e fi n i s h , s o m e 3 0 y a r d s b e h i n d .J o s e p h N z a u w a s f u l l y e x p e c t e d t o p u t t h ev i s i t o r s u p f r o n t , b u t t h e c o l d S c o t t i s hw e a t h e r w a s n o t t o h i s l i k i n g , a n d h eac tua l l y l os t 50 ya rds , ba re l y hang ing ont o s e c o n d . H o w e v e r, J o h n G l i d e w e l l c a m e o na s t h e u n l i k e l y h e r o . O v e r c o m i n g a n 8 0y a r d d e fi c i t , t h e O h i o a n b l a z e d o v e r ah i l l y 4 . 8 m i l e s , b r e a k i n g t h e s t a g e r e c o r db y 3 2 s e c o n d s . T h e p r e v i o u s m a r k o f 2 3 ; 4 8h a d b e e n t h e o n l y o t h e r s u b 2 4 m i n u t e r u n !H e d i d i n d e e d g l i d e w e l l , o p e n i n g u p at r e m e n d o u s l e a d .

Big John Tutt le added to the wideningd i s t a n c e w i t h a s e c o n d s u c c e s s i v e s t a g er e c o r d . T h e U . S . O l y m p i c M a r a t h o n r e p r a nw e l l , e c l i p s i n g t h e o l d s t a n d a r d b y 1 1s e c o n d s . W e l s h m a n A d r i a n L e e k t u r n e d i nt h e s e c o n d f a s t e s t l e g , b u t i t w a s n o t t ot h e s e c o n d p l a c e t e a m , a n d L e e k w o u n d u pp u t t i n g ' R o o s f u r t h e r a h e a d . T h e t w o a n d ah a l f m i n u t e m a r g i n t h r e a t e n e d t o m a k e am o c k e r y o u t o f t h e c l a s s i c r a c e .

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Vangor,,Plckerf, Roldan,Arnett win X-Counfry

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FDNY, Athletic ShoeFactory win Relays

T h e F i r e D e p a r t m e n t r e t u r n e d t os u c c e s s f u l l y d e f e n d t h e i r c r o s s c o u n t r yr e l a y t i t l e , a n d A t h l e t i c S h o e F a c t o r yromped in a record-breaking performance asr a i n s a n d s n o w m a d e r u n n i n g s l o p p y a n dheavy in our second annual Blue Mountainm e e t . A r l i n g t o n b o y s w o n t h e h i g h s c h o o ld i v i s i o n , a n d T a c o n i c m e n t o o k t h em a s t e r s ' c r o w n .

T h e fi r e m e n h a d a b r i e f c h a l l e n g ef r o m a m a k e s h i f t C h a p p a q u a q u a r t e t , b u ta n y s e m b l a n c e o f a n u p s t a r t v i c t o r y w a squashed by Rich O'Leary, who anchored theb r a v e s t w i t h a 1 7 : 3 0 p e r f o r m a n c e , t h ef a s t e s t i n d i v i d u a l l e g o f t h e d a y . O ' L e a r yw a s j o i n e d b y J o h n M c L o u g h l i n , T i mM c C a u l e y, a n d J i m B r o s n a n , r u n n i n g 7 3 : 2 4 .

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Talk about thelling us things we want to hear! The above quotation is the opening paragraph of Dr. Kenneth Cooper's latest book, Running Without Fear, a bookwhich he states is written in response to the reaction to the death of Jim Fixx. Asmany of us who do a bit of running can attest, naysayers came out of the woodworkwhen news of Fixx' death while jogging was published. And I think it is fair to saythis tragedy threw a scare into the jogging/running community.

Dr. Cooper's book reviews some of the myths which have arise from the fitnessboom, and step by step presents a plan for any person to run/exercise safely 5 without fear. I th ink most runners wi l l get something f rom this latest work of thea e r o b i c s d o c t o r .

Running Without Fear, by Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper.D . C .


T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r c o o p e r a t i o n a n dp a r t i c i p a t i o n i n o u r 2 n d A n n u a l T h a n k s t oou r Ve te rans 5K Road Race on November 11 ,1 9 8 5 . Yo u r s u p p o r t w a s d e e p l y a p p r e c i a t e db y b o t h t h e s t a f f a n d o u r v e t e r a n s , m a k i n gt h e i r d a y s o m e a n i n g f u l .

Ve r y T r u l y Yo u r s ,A m y P r a t o , R a c e D i r e c t o r

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O u r d i n n e r d a n c e a w a r d s a t t h e P u b I Ii n N o v e m b e r h a s t o g o d o w n a s a s u c c e s s .Almost 120 members were in attendance fora n ice s i t -down dinner (as opposed to theu s u a l b u f f e t ) a n d t h e r e w a s m u c hfriviolity and dancing to the Past Tymes.Club members showed their appreciation fort he l eade rsh ip and devo t i on d i sp layed byD a n C a f f r e y , p r e s e n t i n g h i m w i t h a6 o r e - t e x r u n n i n g s u i t , w h i c h h e h a s n ' tt a k e n o f f s i n c e .

Taconlc Running Lifeis the officia l publ icat ion of laconicRoad Runners Club, Inc.It is publishedon a b imonth ly bas is and in tended ford is t r ibu t ion to c lub members .


was overall ladies winner as only thet e e n t i t l e s e l u d e d o u r d i s t a f f s e t . A nage group record was set by Cricket inthe 60 plus as she and Nancy combinedfor a mother-daughter double.

Shie la O'Mal ley, Suzy Rock, KateGlynn and Jean Hoffman also won firstsas d id Jack Culk in , B i l l Mc Caffey,S c o t t M o s e n t h a l l a n d P i e r e c B r e n n a n i nthe men 's race . Cu lk in ' s v i c to ry camein the 40-49 d iv is ion se t t ing a courserecord for the Chappaqua masters.

Tell it to the Marines...Some of the guys and gals hit the

nation's capital: not to see the prez,but run the marathon. Don Villeneuve,with a 3:10, paced the crew; Vic Chasew a s n e x t a t 3 : 2 3 . M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l ^Linda Geppert were both at 3:35, andKate Glynn registered 3:43.

Good running!


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But despite decent running trom StdinSl GnCi LflUllA l a b a m a n T o m G r a v e s a n d l o n a ' s T e r r y ^ " - V * V i i IPerrault, the strategic Scots suddenly H|^| Qf Q QOOCl tlimSm a d e a d r a m a t i c m o v e . M o v i n g u p t o f o u r t h " i i i i i ô n l e g s i x a n d i n t o s e c o n d o n a r e c o r db r e a k i n g e f f o r t b y J o h n R o b s o n o n t h es e v e n t h s t a g e , t h e E d i n b u r g h s q u a d m o v e dt o w i t h i n 5 3 s e c o n d s a s t h e l a s t l e g I " C o u p l e s R e l a y h e l d b a c k i nbegan . Anchor man M ike Feur tado , a Augus t , 12 teams b raved the hea t andsubstitute for the injured Nick Rose, had humidity (and FDR testing course) tothe pressure placed even heavier on his complete the 6.2 mile race. Local starsshoulders after taking a wrong turn. Steinel and Nancy "Iron Lady" LaunPrecious seconds were lost as the Scots ran a combined 35:57 for top honors,m o v e d t o w i t h i n 3 4 s e c o n d s . R u n n e r u p l a u r e l s w e n t t o H a r r y N e e s o n a n d

h i s a b l e p a r t n e r , M e l o d i e M u l v i h i l l .However, the Jamaican kept his head, Sharon and Skip Pearlman, still

and steady running enabled him to open up honeymooning, were tops in the 40-59on his Scottish rival, giving Kangaroos a group; Pete Corsino and Kathy Hillary werecoveted victory amidst sane Jubilant best of the 60-79's. Marc Oxman and Hal macelebration at Glasgow's Herald Square. Stave polished off the 80-99 division.The victors clocked 3 hours 37 minutes, while Cricket Laun teamed with Owenwe l l ou t s i de t he cou rse reco rd o f 3 : 33 McCrudden t o t ake t he r espec ted 100 p l us ,e s t a b l i s h e d b y t h e s a m e E d i n b u r g h c l u b i n I t w a s C r i c k e t w h o m a d e i t1 9 8 2 . r e s p e c t a b l e . )

G u i n n e s s h a d a l o t o f p l a y i n t h e A f t e r t h e r a c e t h e fi n a l D o w n i n g P a r kS c o t t i s h p r e s s , w h i c h p o i n t e d o u t t h e p i c n i c o f t h e s u m m e r w a s h e l d . L o t s o firony of the American sponsored team food was supplied by the usual group, andwinn ing a race sponsored by Bar r ' s I ron a fes t i ve a i r was assured by Marc Oxman,B r u , a s o f t d r i n k c o m p a n y. K a n g a r o o s ' t e a m w h o b r o u g h t a l o n g a n a b u n d a n c e o fwas composed of a great bunch of guys who champagne to toast John Ansel 1 goodbye,p a i d l i t t l e o r n o a t t e n t i o n t o t h o s e T h e f a c t t h a t J o h n w a s n ' t t h e r e d i d n ' tt h i n g s w h i c h m i d d l e o f t h e p a c k e r s t h i n k s e e m t o p h a s e t o o m a n y, a l t h o u g h s o m eare important in improving PR's. I suppose wound up being "phased" by the champagne,t h e t r i p d e s e r v e s m o r e d e p t h a n d l e n g t h . A l l i n a l l , a n i c e t o u c h a n d d e fi n i t e l y ab u t t o p r e s e r v e c o n fi d e n t i a l i t y, p r u d e n c e g r e a t t i m e ,d i c t a t e s a d e g r e e o f s i l e n c e . S u f fi c eto say they were an easy lot to please and Results:e a s i e r t o g e t a l o n g w i t h . W h a t e v e r w a s ! • G a r y S t e i n e l - N a n c y L a u n 3 5 : 3 5p laced in f ron t o f them was consumed, and 2 . Har ry Neeson-Me lan ie Mu lv ih i l l 41 :22n e v e r w a s t h e r e a n y b i c k e r i n g a s t o w h a t 3 . P e t e C o r s i n o - K a t h y H i l l a r y 4 1 : 5 0b a r o r r e s t a u r a n t w e s h o u l d g o t o . T h e y 4 . J o h n N i c h o l s - C h r i s W a l s h 4 2 : 0 4w e n t t o t h e m a l l . 5 . R i c k F e n d l e r - J e a n n i e A r n e t t 4 2 : 1 4

6 . D o n V i 1 l e n e u v e - D i e d r e R i v e r 4 2 : 4 0O v e r a l l , t h e S c o t s w e r e i m p r e s s e d a t 7 . J i m H a g e r - B e t s y F e u e r 4 3 : 1 8

t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e t e a m a n d p l e a s e d a t 8 - S k i p P e a r l m a n - S h a r o n P e a r l m a n 4 4 : 4 6t h e i r p r e s e n c e . W e w e r e w e l l r e c e i v e d a n d 9 . M a r c O x m a n - H a l i n a S t a v e 4 5 : 0 1t r e a t e d a c c o r d i n g l y . T h e w e a t h e r m a n 1 0 . O w e n M c C r u d d e n - C r i c k e t L a u n 4 5 : 4 1c o o p e r a t e d t r e m e n d o u s l y, g i v i n g u s o n l y 11 . S t e v e P e t t i t - K a r e n P e t t i t 4 6 : 1 0o n e s m a l l s h o w e r , a n d I ' m s u r e S c o t t i s hbrewery stock took a significant upswing. (Ed: Please note discrepancy betweenGuinness' team lived up to more than Just number of teams mentioned in the story andthe i r fine repu ta t ion as runners . A g rand number o f resu l t s . Th is s to ry submi t ted byt i m e w a s h a d b y a l l . a n o n y m o u s s c h o o l t e a c h e r . )

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laconic Cross Country ChampionshipsBlue Mountain, Peekski l lSunday, November 24, 1985


V a n g o r w o n t h e o v e r a l 1 r a c e b y an a r r o w m a r g i n o f fi v e s e c o n d s , e d g i n g o u tG l e n M a l i a . T h e e v e r p e r s i s t e n t P e t eC o r s i n o w a s t h i r d i n 1 0 : 2 8 . P i c k e r t w a sfi r s t l a d y w i t h a n o t h e r c o n t e m p o r a r y ,B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k , s e c o n d , a n d w e e J e a n n i et h i r d .

1 . John Vangor 3 6 1 8 : 0 52 . G l e n n M a i i a 2 7 1 8 : 1 33 . P e t e C o r s i n o 3 8 1 8 : 2 84 . G r e g M a i i a 2 9 1 8 : 3 35 . Gary Ducady 20 1 8 : 3 96 . S c o t t M e n d e l o w l t z 2 4 1 9 : 0 47 . S t e v e A r n e t t 3 4 1 9 : 0 98 . D e n i s D o n a h u e 3 6 1 9 : 1 29 . James Hager 4 2 1 9 : 2 5

1 0 . J u d y P i c k e r t 4 2 1 9 : 2 91 1 . C a r m e l o R o l d a n 4 4 1 9 : 4 51 2 . J o h n M i 1 l e r 3 5 2 0 : 4 81 3 . Tom Adge t t e 2 6 2 1 : 2 61 4 . B . J . S t r i n g e r 3 7 2 1 : 3 81 5 . J o e H a n d e l m a n 5 5 2 1 : 5 01 6 . P e t e M e i s l e r 4 2 2 2 : 0 91 7 . J o h n M a h e r 4 6 2 2 : 1 31 8 . B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k 4 3 2 2 : 2 51 9 . J e a n i e A r n e t t 3 2 2 3 : 4 52 0 . J a c k M c C a l 1 4 5 2 3 : 4 92 1 . D e b o r a h F a r r e 11 3 5 2 4 : 3 92 2 . Ned Fa1 Ion 5 4 2 4 : 5 12 3 . J e s s i c a P i c k e r t 1 3 2 5 : 0 82 4 . P e g M e i s l e r 3 9 2 5 : 2 72 5 . B e t s y F e u e r 3 3 2 6 : 2 92 6 . J o h n P o w e l 1 3 4 2 7 : 2 42 7 . K a t i e M u l l a n e y 4 7 2 8 : 2 9

Oops!O u r G r a n d P r i x r e s u l t s s h o w e d S t e v e

C a l i d o n n a fi n i s h i n g a s r u n n e r u p t o B o bDiNucci. Not so, we have to report. PaulFendler was the second place finisher,with Steve third. Our apologies.

Liberty Bell Bongs forTaconic; Fendler, Ttiens h i n e

On November 24 , 10 Tacon ians toed thel i n e f o r t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a M a r a t h o n .Though planned for a long time by some, itw a s r e l a t i v e l y " s p u r o f t h e m o m e n t " f o ro t h e r s . To n y G a l f a n o w a n t e d t o " t r y h i shand at i t " . A lan Marmor and J im O'Br ien,b o t h d i s a p p o i n t e d i n N e w Yo r k , w a n t e d t oc o m p l e t e t h e d i s t a n c e a f t e r a l l t h e i rt ra in ing. Howie Solow and I wanted to t rya g a i n , f o r o u r " h o p e d f o r " t i m e s ( B o s t o nQual i fy ing) and Don Vi l leneuve - he justr u n s f o r f u n !

One group met a t the "Marmor DowntownT a c o n i c H e a d q u a r t e r s " t o d r i v e d o w nt o g e t h e r o n S a t u r d a y . O t h e r s m a d e t h et r i p w i t h t h e i r f a m i l i e s , a n d To n y d r o v edown on Sunday, BEFORE running 26 miles. Agreat pasta dinner at Ralph's, scrnie TV,a n d t h e n e a r l y t o b e d .

On Sunday morn ing, a f ter a long bust r i p t o t h e s t a r t i n g l i n e , t h e g r o u passemb led t oge the r, app l i ed Vase l i ne , a telas t m inu te food, w ished each o ther luck ,a n d s t a r t e d t h e r a c e . I t w a s a b e a u t i f u lday - 45 , sunny, and b reezy. The cou rsew o u n d t h r o u g h h o r s e f a r m s , s u b u r b a nn e i g h b o r h o o d s , a n d o n t o C h e s t n u t H i l l ,t h e h a l f w a y p o i n t . T h e n o n t h r o u g hcheer ing c rowds (a f te r the h i l l , t hey werea p p r e c i a t e d ) t o a l o n g r o l l i n g s e c o n dh a l f . T h e 2 0 - 2 4 m i l e s t r e t c h s e e m e de n d l e s s , r u n n i n g a l o n g s i d e t h e S c h u y l k i l lR i v e r . W e t h e n e n t e r e d P h i l a d e l p h i ap r o p e r , r u n n i n g t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s t o t h efi n i s h l i n e , i n f r o n t o f I n d e p e n d e n c eH a l l .

P a u l F e n d l e r w a s o u r fi r s t fi n i s h e r ,i n 2 : 3 6 , f o l l o w e d b y T o n y , w h o n o wu n d e r s t a n d s t h a t t h e r a c e b e g i n s a t 2 0m i l e s . I w a s j o i n e d b y D o n V i l l e n e u v e a tm i l e 2 4 a n d fi n i s h e d h a n d - i n - h a n d w i t h t h eI r o n m a n , i n 3 : 1 3 . ( E d . H e r " w i s h e d f o r "B o s t o n Q u a l i fi e r h a p p e n e d ! ) . H o w i e r a n3 : 2 4 , A l a n 3 : 3 4 , f o l l o w e d b y P e t eM c C u s k e r , a l s o 3 : 3 4 . R o y B e r n s t e i n r a n4 : 2 1 .

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Apr. 6 10:00 TRRC 5 Mile Handicap, FDR ParkApr. 20 Noon Boston Alternative, SUNYApr. 27 Noon Peekskill Age Group MileMay 10 9:00 Lake Carmel FD 5 Miler

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Lincoln Hall 5 Miler, Lincolndale(Guinness Relay Qualifier)Guinness Road Relay, NYC

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Harry Neeson

by Melanle Mulvihlllwith apologies to Irving Berlin

We' re jus t w i ld about Harry,H e g i v e s h i s a l l t o t h e c l u bH e t a k e s a l l t h e c h a n c e s .O n r e l a y s a n d d a n c e s ,C u r f a v o r i t e b e e r i n a t u b .

O h , s o m e s a y t h a t h e i s h a r d - n o s e d .T o u g h , i n fl e x i b l e , t o o .Some say he ' s unbend ing ,H is ways never mend ing ,C a r m e l o s w e a r s t h a t i t ' s t r u e .

H o w c o u l d t h e y t h i n k t h a t o f H a r r y ,H i s v o i c e a s w e e t S c o t t i s h l i l t ,W h a t ' s m o r e , w e ' v e b e e n t o l d b y C a r o l ,T h e r e ' s n o t m u c h u n d e r h i s .N o t m u c h u n d e r h i s .N o t m u c h u n d e r h i s k i l t ! !

Merc/ beaucoup, PeekskillT h a n k s g o o u t a g a i n t o t h e

Peeksk i l l -Cor t landt Runn ing Foundat ion fo rt h e i r s u p p o r t f o r o u r c r o s s c o u n t r yprogram. Whi le we fa i led - aga in - toattract the support of Sect ion One, theyoungsters who did attend (Arlington, JFK,Somers-Briarcliff) expressed excitement atthe nove l ty o f fe red by the re lay.


expirat ion. Last issue we ran off toScot land in such a hurry, we forgot tored-dot some lucky members. Not so thistime. That red mark on your address labela in ' t l e f t -over Chr is tmas sea ls . P leaserenew promptly if you will. We need them o n e y .

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i a r r y t akes fi r s t i n t he Dunba r tonsh i re'outh Organizat ion one mile race, in 1957.

"A t 12 there was s t i l l no s ign o fi a r r y, and t he se rgean t o f t he po l i ceo r c e c a m e w a l k i n g b y t h e f r o n t o f o u rluilding," she said. Grace told him of heroncern, and an APB went out . Less thanwo hours later another policeman was athe Neeson door with the good news. Harryad been found. He was in Edinburgh, aboijfhree hours, by bus, away.

It seems he had sneaked over tolasgow, and from there caught a bus forhe two hour ride to Edinburgh, wherehere was a football (soccer) match goingn. He got on the bus heading back tolasgow all right, but the poor lad was soired, he fell asleep. Small as he was, none noticed that Harry didn't get off whenie bus got to Glasgow where the rest of

passengers disembarked, so wee Harry3t a free ride back to Edinburgh, which5 also slept through. Jt was not until

cleaning crew was going through theis that he was discovered.

O WEST YOUNG HARRY

Born on October 8. 1938, Harry Neeson13 just under 18 when he set sail for theS. In fact, he was on board the shipat carried him to the west side of theind when the Scottish Army sent a noticehis former home that it was time for

m to fulfill his draft requirement; butthen it was too late for them. And most

rtunate for us. Not too long

thereafter, when he was 21, to be exact,Harry helped keep the peace by enlistingin the U.S. Army. He served for just overfour years, most of the time in Germany.

H a r r y r e c e i v e d h i s j o u r n a l i s t i ct ra in ing back then - wh ich has s tood h imi n s u c h g o o d s t e a d a s e d i t o r o f t h i si l l u s t r i o u s n e w s l e t t e r - w h e n h e s e r v e d a sa r e p o r t e r f o r t h e m i l i t a r y " S t a r s a n oSt r ipes" newspaper. ' I t was a lso wh i le hew a s a t r o o p t h a t H a r r y m a r r i e d C a r o l , w h o mh e h a d m e t n o t l o n g a f t e r s e t t i n g f o o t o nA m e r i c a n s o i 1 .

H a r r y h a s a n o l d e r b r o t h e r , s t i l ;l i v i n g i n S c o t l a n d , a n d t w o s i s t e r s - o n ey o u n g e r a n d o n e o l d e r t h a n h e . H i s o l d e rs i s t e r , a l s o n a m e d G r a c e , w a s t h e fi r s t o ft he f am i l y t o come to t he U .S . Tha t wasin 1955 . No t l ong the rea f te r, she sa id t oher mother, "Why don't we make a life overhere?" Harry was the first to respond toher call when he followed Grace in '57.With his mother and younger sisterf o l l o w i n g a y e a r l a t e r.

When he first got here, Harry livedwith Grace in Chappaqua, and worked as ahouse painter. He and his sister soon gotan apartment in Mt. Kisco. and he took aJob at Reader"s Digest, where he stayedfor some 15 years, returning to work thereafter being discharged from the ArmyAbout eight years ago. he left Reader'sDigest and joined Prudential Insurancewhere he currently works as an agent.

HIT AND MISS

The first time Harry and Carol met.It was a hit and miss thing," as Caroi

puts it. At the time, Harry was no morethan a few months off the boat, and bothm i f o Q a t t e n d i n g a B e d f o r dHills Soccer Club dance. As luck wouldhave It, Carol was at the dance withanother fellow. "Also from Scotland, hisname was Harry too," she recalls.

Carol and the real Harry didn't meetagain for about another year, when she andGrace were working together in a MtKisco store. "He was always coming m totalk to Grace," Caroi says, allowing that.1 thought he was his sister's boyfriend.

She found out differently when Harry

« Have 0 Healthy, Happy New Year

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Taconic Running LmJanuary, 1986


Team Kangaroos came through in fines t y l e f o r A m e r i c a n a t h l e t i c s i n S c o t l a n dw h e n t h e y w o n t h e E d i n b u r g h t o G l a s g o w 4 4mi le road re lay in November. Though theyd i d g e t t h e w i n d u p s l i g h t l y i n t h e l a s tl e g , t h e i r m a r g i n o f v i c t o r y t u r n e d o u t t ob e a c o m f o r t a b l e 4 3 s e c o n d s o v e r t h e n e wS c o t t i s h c h a m p i o n s , E d i n b u r g h S o u t h e r n ,w i t h d e f e n d i n g c h a m p s F a l k i r k V i c t o r i at h i r d .

M i k e C o t t o n o p e n e d f o r ' R o o s w i t h as e c o n d p l a c e fi n i s h , s o m e 3 0 y a r d s b e h i n d .J o s e p h N z a u w a s f u l l y e x p e c t e d t o p u t t h ev i s i t o r s u p f r o n t , b u t t h e c o l d S c o t t i s hw e a t h e r w a s n o t t o h i s l i k i n g , a n d h ea c t u a l l y l o s t 5 0 y a r d s , b a r e l y h a n g i n g o nt o s e c o n d . H o w e v e r, J o h n G l i d e w e l l c a m e o na s t h e u n l i k e l y h e r o . O v e r c o m i n g a n 8 0y a r d d e fi c i t , t h e G h i o a n b l a z e d o v e r ah i l l y 4 . 8 m i l e s , b r e a k i n g t h e s t a g e r e c o r db y 3 2 s e c o n d s . T h e p r e v i o u s m a r k o f 2 3 : 4 8h a d b e e n t h e o n l y o t h e r s u b 2 4 m i n u t e r u n !He did indeed glide well, opening up at r e m e n d o u s l e a d .

B i g J o h n T u t t l e a d d e d t o t h e w i d e n i n gd i s t a n c e w i t h a s e c o n d s u c c e s s i v e s t a g er e c o r d . T h e U . S . O l y m p i c M a r a t h o n r e p r a nw e l l , e c l i p s i n g t h e o l d s t a n d a r d b y 1 1s e c o n d s . W e l s h m a n A d r i a n L e e k t u r n e d i nt h e s e c o n d f a s t e s t l e g , b u t i t w a s n o t t ot h e s e c o n d p l a c e t e a m , a n d L e e k w o u n d u pp u t t i n g ' R o o s f u r t h e r a h e a d . T h e t w o a n d ah a l f m i n u t e m a r g i n t h r e a t e n e d t o m a k e am o c k e r y o u t o f t h e c l a s s i c r a c e .

(Cont'd on page 3)

Vangor,,Plckerf, Roldan,Arneff win X-Counfry

(Page 4)

FDNY, Athletic ShoeFactory win Relays

T h e F i r e D e p a r t m e n t r e t u r n e d t os u c c e s s f u l l y d e f e n d t h e i r c r o s s c o u n t r yr e l a y t i t l e , a n d A t h l e t i c S h o e F a c t o r yromped in a record-breaking performance asr a i n s a n d s n o w m a d e r u n n i n g s l o p p y a n dheavy in our second annual Blue Mountainmeet . Ar l ing ton boys won the h igh schoo ld i v i s i o n , a n d T a c o n i c m e n t o o k t h em a s t e r s ' c r o w n .

T h e fi r e m e n h a d a b r i e f c h a l l e n g ef r o m a m a k e s h i f t C h a p p a q u a q u a r t e t , b u ta n y s e m b l a n c e o f a n u p s t a r t v i c t o r y w a squashed by Rich O'Leary, who anchored theb r a v e s t w i t h a 1 7 : 3 0 p e r f o r m a n c e , t h ef a s t e s t i n d i v i d u a l l e g o f t h e d a y . O ' L e a r yw a s j o i n e d b y J o h n M c L o u g h l i n , T i mMcCauley, and Jim Brosnan, running 73:24.

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Talk about thelling us things we want to hear! The above quotation is the opening paragraph of Dr. Kenneth Cooper's latest book. Running Without Fear, a bookwhich he states is written in response to the reaction to the death of Jim Fixx. Asmany of us who do a bit of running can attest, naysayers came out of the woodworkwhen news of Fixx' death while jogging was published. And I think it is fair to saythis tragedy threw a scare into the jogging/running community.

Dr. Cooper's book reviews some of the myths which have arise from the fitnessboom, and step by step presents a plan for any person to run/exercise safely ^ without fear. I th ink most runners wi l l get something f rom this latest work of thea e r o b i c s d o c t o r .

Running Without Fear, by Dr. Kenneth 11. Cooper.D . C .

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T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r c o o p e r a t i o n a n dpar t i c ipa t ion i n ou r 2nd Annua l Thanks too u r V e t e r a n s 5 K R o a d R a c e o n N o v e m b e r 1 1 ,1 9 8 5 . Yo u r s u p p o r t w a s d e e p l y a p p r e c i a t e db y b o t h t h e s t a f f a n d o u r v e t e r a n s , m a k i n gt h e i r d a y s o m e a n i n g f u l .

V e r y T r u l y Yo u r s ,A m y P r a t o , R a c e D i r e c t o r

D i n n e r - d a n c e d r a w s ac r o w d

Our dinner dance awards at the Pub III n N o v e m b e r h a s t o g o d o w n a s a s u c c e s s .Almost 120 members were in attendance fora n ice s i t -down d inner (as opposed to theu s u a l b u f f e t ) a n d t h e r e w a s m u c hfriviolity and dancing to the Past Tymes.Club members showed their appreciation fort he l eade rsh ip and devo t i on d i sp layed byD a n C a f f r e y , p r e s e n t i n g h i m w i t h a6ore- tex runn ing su i t , wh ich he hasn ' tt a k e n o f f s i n c e .

Taconic Running Lifeis the official publ icat ion of TaconicRoad Runners Club, Inc.It is publishedon a b imonth ly bas is and in tended ford is t r ibu t ion to c lub members .


was overa l l l ad ies w inner as on ly thet e e n t i t l e s e l u d e d o u r d i s t a f f s e t . A nage group record was set by Cricket inthe 60 plus as she and Nancy combinedfor a mother-daughter double.

vShiela O'Malley, Suzy Rock, KateGlynn and Jean Hoffman also won firstsas d id Jack Culk in , B i l l Mc Caffey,S c o t t M o s e n t h a l l a n d P i e r e c B r e n n a n i nthe men 's race . Cu lk in ' s v i c to ry camein the 40-49 d iv is ion se t t ing a courserecord for the Chappaqua masters.

Tel l i t to the Marines.. .Some of the guys and gals hit the

nation's capital: not to see the prez,but run the marathon. Don Villeneuve,with a 3:10, paced the crew; Vic Chasewas nex t a t 3 :23 . Me lan ie Mu l v i h i l l ^Linda Geppert were both at 3:35, andKate Glynn registered 3:43.

Good running!


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Guinness guys grab thegold (cont'd from page 1)

B u t d e s p i t e d e c e n t r u n n i n g t r o mA l a b a m a n To m G r a v e s a n d l o n a ' s Te r r yPer rau l t , t he s t ra teg i c Sco ts sudden lymade a dramatic move. Moving up to fourtho n l e g s i x a n d i n t o s e c o n d o n a r e c o r db r e a k i n g e f f o r t b y J o h n R o b s o n o n t h eseventh stage, the Edinburgh squad movedt o w i t h i n 5 3 s e c o n d s a s t h e l a s t l e gb e g a n . A n c h o r m a n M i k e F e u r t a d o , asubs t i t u t e f o r t he i n j u red N i ck Rose , hadt h e p r e s s u r e p l a c e d e v e n h e a v i e r o n h i ss h o u l d e r s a f t e r t a k i n g a w r o n g t u r n .P r e c i o u s s e c o n d s w e r e l o s t a s t h e S c o t sm o v e d t o w i t h i n 3 4 s e c o n d s .

However, the Jamaican kept his head,and steady running enabled him to open upon h i s Sco t t i sh r i va l , g i v i ng Kanga roos ac o v e t e d v i c t o r y a m i d s t s o m e j u b i l a n tc e l e b r a t i o n a t G l a s g o w ' s H e r a l d S q u a r e .T h e v i c t o r s c l o c k e d 3 h o u r s 3 7 m i n u t e s ,w e l l o u t s i d e t h e c o u r s e r e c o r d o f 3 : 3 3established by the same Edinburgh club in1 9 8 2 .

G u i n n e s s h a d a l o t o f p l a y i n t h eS c o t t i s h p r e s s , w h i c h p o i n t e d o u t t h ei rony o f the Amer ican sponsored teamw i n n i n g a r a c e s p o n s o r e d b y B a r r ' s I r o nB r u , a s o f t d r i n k c o m p a n y. K a n g a r o o s ' t e a mw a s c o m p o s e d o f a g r e a t b u n c h o f g u y s w h op a i d l i t t l e o r n o a t t e n t i o n t o t h o s et h i n g s w h i c h m i d d l e o f t h e p a c k e r s t h i n ka r e i m p o r t a n t i n i m p r o v i n g P R ' s . I s u p p o s et h e t r i p d e s e r v e s m o r e d e p t h a n d l e n g t h ,b u t t o p r e s e r v e c o n fi d e n t i a l i t y , p r u d e n c ed i c t a t e s a d e g r e e o f s i l e n c e . S u f fi c et o s a y t h e y w e r e a n e a s y l o t t o p l e a s e a n de a s i e r t o g e t a l o n g w i t h . W h a t e v e r w a sp l a c e d i n f r o n t o f t h e m w a s c o n s u m e d , a n dn e v e r w a s t h e r e a n y b i c k e r i n g a s t o w h a tb a r o r r e s t a u r a n t w e s h o u l d g o t o . T h e yw e n t t o t h e m a l l .

O v e r a l l , t h e S c o t s w e r e i m p r e s s e d a tt h e q u a l i t y o f t h e t e a m a n d p l e a s e d a tt h e i r p r e s e n c e . W e w e r e w e l l r e c e i v e d a n dt r e a t e d a c c o r d i n g l y . T h e w e a t h e r m a nc o o p e r a t e d t r e m e n d o u s l y , g i v i n g u s o n l yo n e s m a l l s h o w e r , a n d I ' m s u r e S c o t t i s hb r e w e r y s t o c k t o o k a s i g n i fi c a n t u p s w i n g .G u i n n e s s ' t e a m l i v e d u p t o m o r e t h a n j u s tt h e i r fi n e r e p u t a t i o n a s r u n n e r s . A g r a n dt i m e w a s h a d b y a l l .

Couple's Relay toSteinel and LaunHIcI of a good time

I n t h e C o u p l e s R e l a y h e l d b a c k i nA u g u s t , 1 2 t e a m s b r a v e d t h e h e a t a n dh u m i d i t y ( a n d F D R t e s t i n g c o u r s e ) t oc o m p l e t e t h e 6 . 2 m i l e r a c e . L o c a l s t a r sGary S te ine l and Nancy " I ron Lady" Launr a n a c c x n b i n e d 3 5 : 5 7 f o r t o p h o n o r s .Runner up laurels went to Harry Neeson andh i s a b l e p a r t n e r , M e l o d i e M u l v i h i l l .

S h a r o n a n d S k i p P e a r l m a n , s t i l lh o n e y m o o n i n g , w e r e t o p s i n t h e 4 0 - 5 9g r o u p ; P e t e C o r s i n o a n d K a t h y H i l l a r y w e r eb e s t o f t h e 6 0 - 7 9 ' s . M a r c O x m a n a n d H a l i n aS t a v e p o l i s h e d o f f t h e 8 0 - 9 9 d i v i s i o n ,w h i l e C r i c k e t L a u n t e a m e d w i t h O w e nNcCrudden to take the respected 100 plus.( E d : I t w a s C r i c k e t w h o m a d e i tr e s p e c t a b l e . )

Af ter the race the final Downing Parkp i c n i c o f t h e s u m m e r w a s h e l d . L o t s o ffood was supplied by the usual group, anda fest ive air was assured by Marc Oxman,w h o b r o u g h t a l o n g a n a b u n d a n c e o fchampagne to toast John Ansel 1 goodbye.T h e f a c t t h a t J o h n w a s n ' t t h e r e d i d n ' ts e e m t o p h a s e t o o m a n y , a l t h o u g h s o m ew o u n d u p b e i n g " p h a s e d " b y t h e c h a m p a g n e .A l l i n a l l , a n i c e t o u c h a n d d e fi n i t e l y ag r e a t t i m e .

R e s u l t s :1 . G a r y S t e i n e l - N a n c y L a u n 3 5 : 3 52 . H a r r y N e e s o n - M e l a n i e M u l v i h i l l 4 1 : 2 23 . P e t e C o r s i n o - K a t h y H i l l a r y 4 1 : 5 04 . J o h n N i c h o l s - C h r i s W a l s h 4 2 : 0 45 . R i c k F e n d l e r - J e a n n i e A r n e t t 4 2 : 1 46 . D o n V i 1 l e n e u v e - D i e d r e R i v e r 4 2 : 4 07 . J i m H a g e r - B e t s y F e u e r 4 3 : 1 88 . S k i p P e a r l m a n - S h a r o n P e a r l m a n 4 4 : 4 69 . M a r c O x m a n - H a l i n a S t a v e 4 5 : 0 1

1 0 . O w e n M c C r u d d e n - C r i c k e t L a u n 4 5 : 4 11 1 . S t e v e P e t t i t - K a r e n P e t t i t 4 6 : 1 0

( E d : P l e a s e n o t e d i s c r e p a n c y b e t w e e nn u m b e r o f t e a m s m e n t i o n e d i n t h e s t o r y a n dn u m b e r o f r e s u l t s . T h i s s t o r y s u b m i t t e d b ya n o n y m o u s s c h o o l t e a c h e r . )

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V a n g o r w o n t h e o v e r a i I r a c e b y an a r r o w m a r g i n o f fi v e s e c o n d s , e d g i n g o u tG l e n M a l i a . T h e e v e r p e r s i s t e n t P e t eC o r s i n o w a s t h i r d i n 1 8 : 2 8 . P i c k e r t w a sfi r s t l a d y w i t h a n o t h e r c o n t e m p o r a r y ,B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k , s e c o n d , a n d w e e J e a n n i et h i r d .

1 . J o h n V a n g o r 3 6 1 8 : 0 52 . G l e n n M a l i a 2 7 1 8 : 1 33 . P e t e C o r s i n o 3 8 1 8 : 2 84 . G r e g M a l i a 2 9 1 8 : 3 35 . G a r y D u c a d y 2 0 1 8 : 3 96 . S c o t t M e n d e l o w i t z 2 4 1 9 : 0 47 . S t e v e A r n e t t 3 4 1 9 : 0 98 . D e n i s D o n a h u e 3 6 1 9 : 1 29 . J a m e s H a g e r 4 2 1 9 : 2 5

1 0 . J u d y P i c k e r t 4 2 1 9 : 2 91 1 . C a r m e l o R o l d a n 4 4 1 9 : 4 51 2 . J o h n M i l l e r 3 5 2 0 : 4 81 3 . T o m A d g e t t e 2 6 2 1 : 2 61 4 . B . J . S t r i n g e r 3 7 2 1 : 3 81 5 . J o e H a n d e l m a n 5 5 2 1 : 5 01 6 . P e t e M e i s l e r 4 2 2 2 : 0 91 7 . J o h n M a h e r 4 6 2 2 : 1 31 8 . B a r b r o T h e l e m a r c k 4 3 2 2 : 2 51 9 . J e a n i e A r n e t t 3 2 2 3 : 4 52 0 . J a c k M c C a l l 4 5 2 3 : 4 92 1 . D e b o r a h F a r r e l l 3 5 2 4 : 3 92 2 . N e d F a l l o n 5 4 2 4 : 5 12 3 . J e s s i c a P i c k e r t 1 3 2 5 : 0 82 4 . P e g M e i s l e r 3 9 2 5 : 2 72 5 . B e t s y F e u e r 3 3 2 6 : 2 92 6 . J o h n P o w e l l 3 4 2 7 : 2 42 7 . K a t i e M u l l a n e y 4 7 2 8 : 2 9

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On November 24 , 10 Tacon ians toed thel i n e f o r t h e P h i l a d e l p h i a M a r a t h o n .Though planned for a long time by some, itw a s r e l a t i v e l y " s p u r o f t h e m o m e n t " f o ro t h e r s . To n y G a l f a n o w a n t e d t o " t r y h i shand at i t " . Alan Marmor and J im O'Br ien,b o t h d i s a p p o i n t e d i n N e w Yo r k , w a n t e d t oc o m p l e t e t h e d i s t a n c e a f t e r a l l t h e i rt ra in ing. Howie Solow and I wanted to t rya g a i n , f o r o u r " h o p e d f o r " t i m e s ( B o s t o nQual i fy ing) and Don Vi l leneuve - he justr u n s f o r f u n !

One group met a t the "Marmor DowntownT a c o n i c H e a d q u a r t e r s " t o d r i v e d o w nt o g e t h e r o n S a t u r d a y . O t h e r s m a d e t h et r i p w i t h t h e i r f a m i l i e s , a n d To n y d r o v edown on Sunday, BEFORE running 26 miles. Agreat pasta dinner at Ralph's, some TV,a n d t h e n e a r l y t o b e d .

On Sunday morn ing, a f ter a long bust r i p t o t h e s t a r t i n g l i n e , t h e g r o u passemb led t oge the r, app l i ed Vase l i ne , a telas t m inu te food, w ished each o ther luck ,a n d s t a r t e d t h e r a c e . I t w a s a b e a u t i f u lday - 45 , sunny, and b reezy. The cou rsew o u n d t h r o u g h h o r s e f a r m s , s u b u r b a nn e i g h b o r h o o d s , a n d o n t o C h e s t n u t H i l l ,t h e h a l f w a y p o i n t . T h e n o n t h r o u g hcheering crowds (after the hill, they werea p p r e c i a t e d ) t o a l o n g r o l l i n g s e c o n dh a l f . T h e 2 0 - 2 4 m i l e s t r e t c h s e e m e de n d l e s s , r u n n i n g a l o n g s i d e t h e S c h u y l k i l lR i v e r . W e t h e n e n t e r e d P h i l a d e l p h i ap r o p e r , r u n n i n g t h r o u g h t h e s t r e e t s t o t h efi n i s h l i n e , i n f r o n t o f I n d e p e n d e n c eH a l l .

P a u l F e n d l e r w a s o u r fi r s t fi n i s h e r ,i n 2 : 3 6 , f o l l o w e d b y T o n y , w h o n o wu n d e r s t a n d s t h a t t h e r a c e b e g i n s a t 2 0mi les . I was Jo ined by Don Vi l l eneuve a tm i l e 2 4 a n d fi n i s h e d h a n d - i n - h a n d w i t h t h eI r o n m a n , i n 3 : 1 3 . ( E d . H e r " w i s h e d f o r "B o s t o n Q u a l i fi e r h a p p e n e d ! ) . H o w i e r a n3 : 2 4 , A l a n 3 : 3 4 , f o l l o w e d b y P e t eM c C u s k e r , a l s o 3 : 3 4 . R o y B e r n s t e i n r a n4 : 2 1 .

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We're just wild about Harry,H e g i v e s h i s a l l t o t h e c l u bHe takes al1 the chances.On relays and dances,C u r f a v o r i t e b e e r i n a t u b .

Oh, some say that he is hard-nosed,To u g ^ i , i n fl e x i b l e , t o o .Some say he's unbending.His ways never mending,Carmelo swears tha t i t ' s t rue .

How could they think that of Harry,His voice a sweet Scottish lilt.What's more, we've been told by Carol,There's not much under his.Not much under his.N o t m u c h u n d e r h i s k i l t ! !

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P e e k s k i l l - C o r t l a n d t R u n n i n g F o u n d a t i o n f o rt h e i r s u p p o r t f o r o u r c r o s s c o u n t r yp r o g r a m . W h i l e w e f a i l e d - a g a i n - t oa t t r a c t t h e s u p p o r t o f S e c t i o n O n e , t h eyoungsters who did at tend (Ar l ington, JFK,Somers -Br ia rc l i f f ) expressed exc i tement a tt h e n o v e l t y o f f e r e d b y t h e r e l a y .


e x p i r a t i o n . L a s t i s s u e w e r a n o f f t oS c o t l a n d i n s u c h a h u r r y , w e f o r g o t t or e d - d o t s o m e l u c k y m e m b e r s . N o t s o t h i st i m e . T h a t r e d m a r k o n y o u r a d d r e s s l a b e la i n ' t l e f t - o v e r C h r i s t m a s s e a l s . P l e a s erenew promptly i f you wil l . We need them o n e y .

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T h e r e i s a m a n f r o m S c o t l a n d ,a n d H a r r y i s h i s n a m e .

H e i s n o t a f t e r f a m e a n d f o r t u n e ,b u t d e s e r v e s s o m e j u s t t h e s a m e .

F o r t h e f o r t u n e p a r t w e c a n o n l y w i s h ,b u t t h e f a m e i s h e r e w i t h t o l d .

F o r a s a l a c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r,h e i s a m e m b e r o f t h e f o l d .

H i s e n e r g y i s b o u n d l e s s ,w h i c h i s s o m e t h i n g w e a l l k n o w.

H e w r i t e s t h e n e w s , h e i s o u r m u s e ,a n d r a c e s t o w i n , p l a c e o r s h o w.

A t r a c e s , d i n n e r s , d a n c e s , a n d m e e t i n g s ,h e I S a m a n w h o w i l l a l w a y s b e t h e r e .

Ye t f o r a i l t h e p r e p a r a t i o n s ,h e r e c e i v e s n o r e p a r a t i o n s .

So a poem such as th i s ,w h i c h h e s u r e l y c a n ' t m i s s ,w i l l b e p a y m e n t i n p a r t y o u s e e .

S i m p l y b e c a u s e , f r o m t h e e n d t o t h e s t a r t ,t h a t ' s e x a c t l y w h a t i t i s m e a n t t o b e .

S o h e a r m e Ta c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r sa n d r a i s e y o u r s w e a t b a n d s h i g h ,

F o r H a r r y N e e s o n , s h o r t a s h e i s ,h a s l e a r n e d t o t o u c h t h e s k y.

" O n e o f t h e fi r s t r a c e s I r e m e m b e r h i mD e i n g i n w a s a w i n t e r c a r n i v a l r u n i nMahopac," says Dan Caff rey, lacon ic RoadR u n n e r s ' P r e s i d e n t , s p e a k i n g o f H a r r yN e e s o n . T h a t w a s d u r i n g 1 9 7 8 , s h o r t l ya f t e r t h e c l u b w a s f o r m e d .

" D u e t o aw e n t o f f c o u r s e

Ty p i c a l o f T R R C , "h i m i f h e d i d n ' t

h e l p , a n d h e d i d ! '

a c k o f m o n i t o r s , H a r r ya n d w a s q u i t e u p s e t .

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W h i l e D a n f o u n d t h a t H a r r y w a s " o u to f s h a p e " a t t h e t i m e , h e w a s i m p r e s s e dw i t h t h e f a c t t h a t H a r r y " h a d a g r e a tk n o w l e d g e o f r u n n i n g . "

E a r l y i n h i s T R R C i n v o l v e m e n t , H a r r yh e l p e d o u t a t m o r e a n d m o r e c l u b s p o n s o r e d

r a c e s , " e s p e c i a l l y a t t h eF D R P a r k ) r a c e s , " s a i d D a n .t h i s , h i s r u n n i n g i m p r o v e d ,a n e w v i g o r a n d o r i e n t a t i o nr u n n i n g c 1 u b .

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I t w a s n ' t l o n g b e f o r e h e m a d e i t i n t ot h e B o s t o n M a r a t h o n . U p o n h i s r e t u r n , h ew r o t e a n a r t i c l e a b o u t h i s e x p e r i e n c e s f o rt h e c l u b n e w s l e t t e r , a n d p e o p l e w e r ei m p r e s s e d . S o o n H a r r y w a s a r e g u l a rc o n t r i b u t o r t o t h e n e w s l e t t e r . T h e n ,a b o u t t h r e e y e a r s a g o , h e s t e p p e d f o r w a r da n d v o l u t e e r e d t o b e c o m e e d i t o r o f t h i sn o b l e p u b l i c a t i o n . ( I t s h o u l d b e n o t e dt h a t t h i s a r t i c l e w a s s n e a k e d i n t o t h en e w s l e t t e r u n b e k n o w n s t t o H a r r y a n d w i t ht h e a i d o f a l o t o f c l a n d e s t i n e p e o p l e . )

W h i l e d o i n g a l l o f t h i s , H a r r y h a sg o n e f r o m a s l i g h t l y o u t o f s h a p e f e l l o wt o o n e o f t h e p r e m i e r M a s t e r m a r a t h o n e r si n t h e N e w Y o r k m e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a ,c o n s i s t e n t l y k e e p i n g h i s t i m e s i n t h e 2 : 4 0r a n g e .

A n d f r o m h i s n a t i v e S c o t t i s h s o i l , h eh a s i n t r o d u c e d a s e r i e s o f i n n o v a t i o n s t ot h e c l u b , i n c l u d i n g t h e n o w f a m o u sM a n h a t t a n t o M a h o p a c R o a d R e l a y ( m o d e l e da f t e r t h e E d i n b u r g h t o G l a s g o w R o a d R e a v )ann the TRRC Cross Count ry Re lays .

" T h e w h o l e i d e a o f a B r i t i s h a n aS c o t t i s h t y p e o f c l u b c o m e s f r o m h i si n fl u e n c e . " s a y s C a f f r e y . " W e c o m e c l o s e rt o w h a t t h e y d o t h e r e b e c a u s e o f h i si n p u t . "

A n d , a s i f a l l t h i s w a s n o t e n o u g h ,b e c a u s e n o o n e e l s e h a s c o m e f o r w a r d t o d o

s o . H a r r y h a s a s s u m e d t h e i n f o r m a l r o l e o fS o c i a l D i r e c t o r o f t h e c l u b a s w e l l ,a r r a n g i n g e v e r y t h i n g f r o m t h e d i n n e r - d a n c et o t h e h o l i d a y p a r t y t o t h e p r e - N e w Yo r kM a r a t h o n p a s t a p a r t y.

A s f o r h i s p r o u d e s t a c c o m p l i s h m e n t s ,h i s w i f e C a r o l s a y s , t h e y a r e " T h e N e wYo r k M a r a t h o n - h e r e a l l y l o v e s t h a t r a c e .A n d , o f c o u r s e , t h e M a n h a t t a n t o M a h o p a cR e l a y . H e ' s v e r y p r o u d o f t h a t . "

A n d w h e r e d o e s h e g e t h i s l i m i t l e s sene rgy?

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t h e r e a f t e r , w h e n h e w a s 2 1 , t o b e e x a c t ,H a r r y h e l p e d k e e p t h e p e a c e b y e n l i s t i n gi n t h e U . S . A r m y. H e s e r v e d f o r j u s t o v e rf o u r y e a r s , m o s t o f t h e t i m e i n G e r m a n y.

H a r r y t a k e s fi r s t i n t h e D u n b a r t o n s h i r eYo u t h O r g a n i z a t i o n o n e m i l e r a c e , i n 1 9 B 7

" A t 1 2 t h e r e w a s s t i l l n o s i g n o fH a r r y , a n d t h e s e r g e a n t o f t h e p o l i c ef o r c e c a m e w a l k i n g b y t h e f r o n t o f o u rb u i l d i n g , " s h e s a i d . G r a c e t o l d h i m o f h e rc o n c e r n , a n d a n A P B w e n t o u t . L e s s t h a nt w o h o u r s l a t e r a n o t h e r p o l i c e m a n w a s a tt h e N e e s o n d o o r w i t h t h e g o o d n e w s . H a r r yhad been found. He was in Ed inburgh, abou<-t h r e e h o u r s , b y b u s , a w a y.

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G l a s g o w , a n d f r o m t h e r e c a u g h t a b u s f o rt h e t w o h o u r r i d e t o E d i n b u r g h , w h e r et h e r e w a s a f o o t b a l l ( s o c c e r ) m a t c h g o i n go n . H e g o t o n t h e b u s h e a d i n g b a c k t oG l a s g o w a l l r i g h t , b u t t h e p o o r l a d w a s s ot i r e d , h e f e l l a s l e e p . S m a l l a s h e w a s , n oo n e n o t i c e d t h a t H a r r y d i d n ' t g e t o f f w h e nt h e b u s g o t t o G l a s g o w w h e r e t h e r e s t o ft h e p a s s e n g e r s d i s e m b a r k e d , s o w e e H a r r yg o t a f r e e r i d e b a c k t o E d i n b u r g h , w h i c hh e a l s o s l e p t t h r o u g h . I t w a s n o t u n t i lt h e c l e a n i n g c r e w w a s g o i n g t h r o u g h t h eb u s t h a t h e w a s d i s c o v e r e d .

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W h e n h e fi r s t g o t h e r e , H a r r y l i v e dw i t h G r a c e i n C h a p p a q u a , a n d w o r k e d a s ah o u s e p a i n t e r . H e a n d h i s s i s t e r s o o n g o ta n a p a r t m e n t i n M t . K i s c o , a n d h e t o o k aj o b a t R e a d e r " s D i g e s t , w h e r e h e s t a y e df o r s o m e 1 5 y e a r s , r e t u r n i n g t o w o r k t h e r ea f t e r b e i n g d i s c h a r g e d f r o m t h e A r m y .A b o u t e i g h t y e a r s a g o . h e l e f t R e a d e r ' sD i g e s t a n d j o i n e d P r u d e n t i a l I n s u r a n c e ,w h e r e h e c u r r e n t l y w o r k s a s a n a g e n t .

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T h e fi r s t t i m e H a r r y a n d C a r o l m e t ." I t w a s a h i t a n d m i s s t h i n g , " a s C a r o ip u t s I t . A t t h e t i m e , H a r r y w a s n o m o r et h a n a f e w m o n t h s o f f t h e b o a t , a n d b o t hh e a n d C a r o l w e r e a t t e n d i n g a B e d f o r dH i l l s S o c c e r C l u b d a n c e . A s l u c k w o u l dh a v e i t , C a r o l w a s a t t h e d a n c e w i t ha n o t h e r f e l l o w . " A l s o f r o m S c o t l a n d , h i sn a m e w a s H a r r y t o o , " s h e r e c a l l s .

C a r o l a n d t h e r e a l H a r r y d i d n ' t m e e ta g a i n f o r a b o u t a n o t h e r y e a r , w h e n s h e a n dG r a c e w e r e w o r k i n g t o g e t h e r i n a M t .K i s c o s t o r e . " H e w a s a l w a y s c o m i n g i n t nt a l k t o G r a c e , " C a r o l s a y s , a l l o w i n g t h a t ." I t h o u g h t h e w a s h i s s i s t e r ' s b o y f r i e n d .

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E v e n a s a w e e y o u n g l a d i n S c o t l a n d ,H a r r y w a s t r y i n g t o b e a t t h e c l o c k . H i sm o t h e r G r a c e t e l l s a s t o r y a b o u t H a r r yw h e n h e w a s a r o u n d t h e a g e o f 1 0 , b a c k i nR e n t o n , D u n b a r t o n s h i r e , S c o t l a n d ,a p p r o x i m a t e l y a n h o u r o u t o f G l a s g o w . A tt h e t i m e , t h e N e e s o n s l i v e d i n a na p a r t m e n t b u i l d i n g o n K i n g S t r e e t .

I t w a s S u n d a y m o r n i n g , M r s . N e e s o nr e c a l l s , w h e n s h e n o t i c e d h e r y o u n g s o ns t a r i n g a t t h e c l o c k . T h e n , b e f o r e s h ec o u l d a s k w h a t h e w a s d o i n g , h e d a r t e d o u tt h e d o o r . N o t l o n g a f t e r w a r d , h e c a m ec h a r g i n g b a c k i n t o t h e a p a r t m e n t a n d a g a i ns t a r e d a t t h e c l o c k . I t m u s t h a v e b e e nt h e n t h a t H a r r y fi r s t b e c a m e c o n v i n c e d o fh i s a s t o u n d i n g s p e e d , f o r , a h i s m o t h e rt e l l s i t . t h e c l o c k w a s n ' t w o r k i n g . I th a d n ' t m o v e d a s e c o n d .

B y t h a t t i m e , H a r r y h a d a l r e a d y b e e nh a n g i n g o u t f o r s o m e t w o y e a r s w i t h t h eb o y s f r o m t h e V a l e o f L e a v e n H a r r i e r sC l u b , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e G a l l a g h e r b o y s . T w op l a y e d f o o t b a l l , o n e w a s a b o x e r , a n d t h e nt h e r e w a s W i l l i e , t h e r u n n e r .

"The Gal laghers thought there was noo n e l i k e H a r r y , " s a i d G r a c e N e e s o n , n o w ar e s i d e n t o f M t . K i s c o , a n d H a r r y f e l t t h es a m e w a y a b o u t t h e m . W h e n h e w a s fi r s ti n v i t e d t o t h e G a l l a g h e r s ' h o m e , h e s a w ar o o m f u l l o f t r o p h i e s a n d " t h o u g h t i t w a st h e g r e a t e s t t h i n g h e h a d e v e r s e e n , " s a i dG r a c e .

S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r , a p o r t e n t o fH a r r y a s a Ta c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r c o u l d b es e e n . Y o u n g N e e s o n t o o k c h a r g e a n do r g a n i z e d h i s o w n i n f o r m a l r u n n i n g g r o u p .H e h e l d w e e k e n d r a c e s o v e r C a r m a n H i l l ,a n d t h e fi r s t p l a c e w i n n e r w a s a w a r d e d ap a c k a g e o f t h r e e o l d m a g a z i n e s . S e c o n d

p l a c e r e c e i v e d t w o m a g a z i n e s , w i t h o n eg o i n g t o t h i r d . B u t t h a t w a s n o t g o o de n o u g h b y H a r r y ' s l i g h t s , s o h e w e n t d o w nt o t h e l o c a l j u n k y a r d a n d f o r t h r e e a n ds i x p e n c e p r o c u r e d a n o l d c o f f e e u r n , w h i c hh e p r o c e e d e d t o p o l i s h u p a s s h i n y a sc o u l d b e . " I t w a s t e r r i b l e , " a l l o w s h i sm o t h e r .

B u t n o m a t t e r . H a r r y ' s i d e a w a s t h a tt h i s " c h a m p i o n s h i p c u p " w o u l d g o t o t h ew i n n e r o f t h e r a c e s t o k e e p f o r a w e e k .U n f o r t u n a t e l y , a s M r s . N e e s o n s a w i t ,H a r r y g e n e r a l l y w o n , s o t h e o l d u r n c o u l du s u a l l y b e f o u n d s i t t i n g p r o u d l y o nd i s p l a y i n t h e l o b b y o f t h e N e e s o n s 'a p a r t m e n t b u i I d i n g .

H a r r y w a s a l s o o n e f o r g o i n g o f f t oCowa l , where a l l the games were p layed .Once, he took the fami ly camera to t ry tos n a p a s h o t o f R o g e r B a n n i s t e r, w h o w a sr u n n i n g t h a t d a y .

T h e n t h e r e w a s t h e t i m e h i s m o t h e rw a s a w a y b a b y s i t t i n g - H a r r y w a s n e a r 11b y t h e n - a n d w h e n s h e g o t h o m e a t a r o u n d1 0 P. M . , h e w a s n o w h e r e t o b e s e e n . T h i sw a s n o t l i k e h i m , a n d G r a c e b e g a n t ow o r r y . ( c o n t i n u e d o n n e x t p a g e )

H a r r y ( f o u r t h r o w u p , s e c o n d f r o m l e f t )a s a y o u n g l a d w i t h t h e Va l e o f L e a v e nH a r r i e r s C l u b .

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H a r r y ( s e c o n d f r o m r i g h t ) , c a r b o l o a d sa b o a r d t h e " N e w Y o r k " a s h e s a i l s t o t h eU . S . i n 1 9 5 7 .

began v is i t ing her fami ly 's house to watchb a s e b a l 1 .

" H e a n d h i s s i S t e r d i d n ' t h a v e a T V ,s o h e w o u l d c o m e u p a n d w a t c h t h e b a l lgames, " says Caro l . "We wou ld go o f f ono u r m e r r y w a y , a n d w e w o u l d l e a v e h i mt h e r e w i t h t h e d o g . I t w a s l i k e h e w a s -p a r t o f t h e f a m i l y . "

Eventually Harry turned away from thet u b e l o n g e n o u g h t o a s k C a r o l t o a s o c c e rc l u b d a n c e i n Yo n k e r s . " B y t h i s t i m e I w a sgetting my eye on him," Carol admits.

I t w a s a l s o d u r i n g h i s e a r l y d a y s i nt h e U . S . t h a t H a r r y b e g a n p l a y i n g s o c c e r .H e J o i n e d t h e M t . K i s c o S o c c e r C l u b , w h e r eh e m e t T o m B a r c l a y , ( a n o t h e r o f o u rspeedier members) with whom he became fastf r i e n d s .

When he began playing soccer, Harryc o n t i n u e d t o k e e p u p h i s r u n n i n g . T h i sw a s a t i m e w h e n r o a d r u n n e r s w e r e a r a r ea n d f r e a k i s h s i g h t . B e c a u s e o f h i s b u s ys c h e d u l e , H a r r y s o m e t i m e s h a d t o r u n a tt i m e s w h e n m o s t r e v e l e r s w e r e w e n d i n gt h e i r w a y h o m e . S u c h w a s t h e c a s e o n enight when a fr iend of Carol 's caught ag l i m p s e o f H a r r y p o u n d i n g t h e p a v e m e n t .

" W a s t h a t y o u r b o y f r i e n d r u n n i n ga r o u n d h a l f n a k e d a t o n e o ' c l o c k i n t h em o r n i n g ? " h e a s k e d . I n d e e d i t w a s , C a r o lh a d t o a d m i t .

" We l l , s e e i n g t h a t w a s e n o u g h t o m a k em e s w e a r o f f d r i n k i n g ! " h e d e c l a r e d .

W h i l e w o r k i n g f u l l t i m e a n d p l a y i n gs o c c e r , H a r r y ' s w e l l - k n o w n b o u n d l e s se n e r g y a l l o w e d h i m t o b e g i n a f a m i l y( J u n e - A n n , D o u g l a s , a n d To m m y ) a n d a t t h es a m e t i m e p u t h i m s e l f t h r o u g h P a c eU n i v e r s i t y , w h e r e h e e a r n e d a B . A . i nB u s i n e s s i n 1 9 6 9 .

A t a b o u t t h e s a m e t i m e h e g r a d u a t e df r o m c o l l e g e , t h e M t . K i s c o S o c c e r C l u bd i s s o l v e d , a n d H a r r y w e n t i n t o a s t a t e o fr e l a t i v e i n a c t i v i t y . W h e n h i s c h i l d r e nb e c a m e o l d e n o u g h , h e r e t u r n e d t o s o c c e r ,b u t t h i s t i m e a s a c o a c h r a t h e r t h a n a s a

p l a y e r . A h i g h l i g h t o f h i s c o a c h i n g c a r e e rc a m e i n ' 7 8 w h e n h e a n d T o m B a r c l a y t o o k at e a m o v e r t o S c o t l a n d t o c o m p e t e .

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T h e n c a m e , t h e T a c o n i c R o a d R u n n e r s .D u r i n g 1 9 7 8 a n a r t i c l e a p p e a r e d i n a l o c a ln e w s p a p e r a b o u t a T R R C s p o n s o r e d r a c eb e i n g h e l d i n M o h a n s i c ( n o w F D R ) P a r k . I tt w e a k e d H a r r y ' s i n t e r e s t , b e i n g n e a r h i sYo r k t o w n H e i g h t s h o m e , s o h e d e c i d e d t og i v e i t a w h i r l . T h e r e s t i s h i s t o r y .

S o , f o r a l l h e d o e s f o r a l l o f u s .a n d a s w e l o o k f o r w a r d t o t h e u p c o m i n g ' 8 6r a c i n g a n d p a r t y i n g s e a s o n :

Harry, THANK YOU!

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Gary Steinel clocked 33:36^Sunday, October13, 1985. and outdistanced a field of 200in the Guiding Eyes lOK run at FDR Park inY o r k t o w n H e i g h t s .

Susan Then was t he women ' s ove ra l l w inne rin 38:29, setting a PR by over a minute!

In the age group awards, TRRC had afield day. Young Roger Effraimsen claimedthe 14 and under; Tony Galfano and JeannieArnett won the 30-39; MacTavish and HalinaStave copped the masters; Bill McCaffreyand Wendy Shile ran off with the 50-59group; while Glenn McCarthy (19-29) andJim Hamil ton (60 Plus) also topped theirage groups. A dynasty in the making?

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Word from Guinness is that they willsponsor the '86 relay. The date is June15, and our newly appointed six membercommittee wil l meet this month to go overp l a n s .

F o r t h o s e w h o h a v e n ' t s e e n t h e m , c l u bt - s h i r t s a r e n o w a v a i l a b l e f r o m A l a nM a r m o r ( 9 6 2 - 3 1 2 3 ) . K e l l y g r e e n w i t hTACONIC boldly displayed diagonally acrosst h e f r o n t , t h e y a r e o f g o o d q u a l i t y a n ds e l l f o r s i x d o l l a r s . T h e c r e w r u n n i n gP h i l l y w o r e t h e m a n d r e p o r t t h a tspectators picked them out easily, yellingencouragement to "Go Taconic".xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ^X T o a l 1 i n v o l v e d : xX ^X A very specia l thank you for your xX c o n s i d e r a t i o n ; i t w a s m u c h xX a p p r e c i a t e d . ^X H a r r y xX

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXKevin Hi l lary topped al l runners in

t h e S e c t i o n O n e C l a s s B C h a m p i o n s h i p senroute to garnering All County honors.Ron Freeman, who finished behind Kevin inthe sec t iona ls , saved h is bes t fo r thefi n a l e , fi n i s h i n g s i x t h i n t h e s t a t efi n a l s . S t e v e A r n e t t ' s G a e l s w o n t h esectionals and placed fifth at the states- only 12 points out of second. Congratst o a l l .

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