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NYRR Team Championships 2012 Double Points Race(s) : Report by northbrooklynrunners

Hey there NBR,

Is everyone recovering from the race and the after party this weekend? Not that I want to dredge up memories and bring on a bought of PTSD, but here’s the race report that I’ve cobbled together from numerous contributors. Everyone who wrote in expressed overwhelming thanks to the cheer squads and to their fellow runners who provided support to them throughout the race.

Just to set the scene, the weather was ridiculous. 80 degrees and 87% humidity sets the Dew Point at 76 degrees! Running Times says: For Dew Points of 75 or greater Runner’s Perception = Extremely Oppressive, How to Handle = Skip It or Dramatically Alter Goal. Last year team champs was 73 degrees and 81% humidity setting the Dew Point 67 degrees.

Under these crazy conditions NBR had the most runners of any team! Our women and men took 3rd and 5th respectively while our Masters Men and Women took 9th and 20th. Perhaps most telling is that only NBR and West Side (semi-pro sponsored athletes) improved on the times from last year!!!!

From Luke Kavenagh:

First off, anybody that PRed is superhuman… From what I gleaned afterwards from others, I wasn’t the only one that thought it was the hardest race I’ve run so far in my short running life.

The girls cheering at the end were amazing, and special shout-out to Cherie – when I saw her running alongside the route screaming “GO NBR!!” at me, it really gave me that kick in the ass to finish strongly.

Apparently we have several super humans in NBR because the following people set PRs on the day:

Anela Pasovic
Logan Yu
Rob O’Leary
Robert Fritz
Mia Chen

Here’s what Mia had to say about her experience.

It was so much fun cheering on the boys, but looking on all the faces in such utter agony did not make me look forward for our run, when the sun would be even hotter. Then I managed to tweak my calf during my warm up, and I was praying it wouldn’t cramp. The first mile I felt like I might pass out, and I wondered whether I should just take it easy and give up on a PR. Instead, I decided to maintain my pace and just try to loosen up and run relaxed. This worked for the next two miles; mile 4 was brutal, though. I felt like I was working harder than before, and my split for the mile was 7:40, 20 seconds slower than my overall pace! I thought that a PR was definitely out of the picture at this point, but I could see Katie Winther 30m ahead of me looking strong, and I thought how awesome it would be if I could just keep her in sight. And then came the NBR boys (and injured/spectating girls)! It was such a rush hearing them and using the energy to accelerate past one or two ladies, and I thought, the finish is just around the corner, no? Well, that corner came, and no end in sight, then another corner, and another, and another… I was feeling like passing out again, but managed to make it to the end, covering the fifth mile in 6:59, by far my fastest.

Thank you to NBR for inspiring and challenging me to run my guts out, and I’m so proud of our team’s amazing placement!

To bring this race report full circle, here’s what James Ford had to say about the disorienting effects of the heat.

Well, I had a pretty awful race. Not in that it was terribly hard, but that it was very embarrassing. I went out looking to break 5:30 miles, or at least what has become the curse of the recent 5:35 minute miles in recent races, and decided I’d latch on to some people who I normally see a little in front of me during races for some pacing guidance. One of the people I’ve seen at a few races has been the 17yr old WSX runner Luis Porto, who ran around 5:40 pace at the Portugal day 5M. When I went out with him for the first mile or so I thought we were doing ok. I could see James Chu out a little ahead, but he seemed to be going slower than normal. Either that or I was going faster than normal. When we past the first mile and I saw I was right on 5:35 pace, which was slower than I wanted, but not too bad to get average under 5:30. I would just have to pick it up a little and the course was still down hill. I had passed Porto (I usually recognize him since it says that on the back of his singlet) and he ended up finishing in 6:28 pace. Now I was on my own and had no idea who I should be pacing with. I went through the second mile in 5:32 so I thought I was doing a little better, but there were some NBR guys near me that I didn’t really recognize and didn’t know if the pace was right. Something happened and I somehow missed my split at mile 3 (maybe my watch was slippery at this point since I was running through the sprayers and pouring water on my head at each station), but I remember thinking I would conserve a little for cat hill. I’d been doing a lot of hill training and felt confident I could kill it, but either I was out of it with the heat or just stupid, but I didn’t notice cat hill when I went up it and kept waiting for it to be around the next bend. I looked at my watch at mile 4 and I was at 11:56 for the 2 miles. This somehow seemed like it must be around 5:30 pace to my brain, that wasn’t functioning right anymore and couldn’t do math, but it was really freaking slow. Figuring out somewhere in the 5th mile that the race was going to end and there wasn’t any hill except the little rise at the finish, I picked it up a little and then ended up putting some speed on at the end and finish a 5:37 mile, but the race was over and I obviously hadn’t worked hard enough since even with the heat I was able to pull out a second 5 mile loop in sub 7:30s to go watch the women at mile 2 and then at the finish. I think I’ll rack this one up to paying more attention to my own race and the watch in the future and less to those around me. I’m guessing people who ran Boston in the heat could have told me that much.

Too long, didn’t read version: On a hot day you can’t trust how other people will run. Trust your legs, lungs and watch and run your own race.

See you out there soon,

Rob

Teams – Women:

  3 North Brooklyn Runners      05:35:14
    Iman Wilkerson                 32:21
    Angela Ortiz                   32:37
    Sayo Yamagata                  32:43
    Beth Androski                  33:05
    Elodie Pinot                   33:24
    Delia Springstubb              33:34
    Emma Raub                      33:51
    Anna McCusker                  33:51
    Taeya Konishi                  34:22
    Meghan Duffy                   35:26

Teams - 40+ Women

 20 North Brooklyn Runners      02:16:18
    Stephanie Lawkins              41:54
    Sherry M Rosenkrantz           46:58
    Shawn Young                    47:26

Teams – Men:

  5 North Brooklyn Runners      04:40:15
    Christopher Wong               26:54
    Frank Macreery                 27:12
    Robert Fritz                   27:33
    James Chu                      27:37
    Alexander Walsh                27:50
    Tyler Lonsdale                 28:09
    Diego Vanegas                  28:31
    Alexander Woolverton           28:40
    James Ford                     28:40
    John Montes                    29:09

Teams - 40+ Men
  9 North Brooklyn Runners      02:42:41
    Michael Essig                  30:57
    Markus Randler                 30:58
    Brad Skillman                  33:15
    Michael Hill                   33:38
    Rodrigo Toscano                33:53

Individual Full Results:

66 men:

Last Name	First Name	Bib	Overall Place	Gender Place	Age Place	Net Time	Pace/ Mile	AG Time	AG Gender Place	AG %
Wong	Christopher	122	36	36	17	0:26:54	05:23	0:26:54	65	79.35 %
Macreery	Frank	74	44	44	21	0:27:12	05:27	0:27:12	81	78.45 %
Fritz	Robert	48	51	51	13	0:27:33	05:31	0:27:28	86	77.67 %
Chu	James	31	52	52	14	0:27:37	05:32	0:27:11	79	78.52 %
Walsh	Alexander	116	56	56	6	0:27:50	05:34	0:26:41	53	79.95 %
Lonsdale	Tyler	275	64	64	28	0:28:09	05:38	0:28:09	126	75.82 %
Vanegas	Diego	269	75	75	8	0:28:31	05:43	0:27:33	92	77.44 %
Woolverton	Alexander	123	78	78	36	0:28:40	05:44	0:28:40	153	74.44 %
Ford	James	45	79	79	37	0:28:40	05:44	0:28:40	154	74.44 %
Montes	John	81	102	102	16	0:29:09	05:50	0:29:09	186	73.20 %
Kean	Seth	1056	103	103	14	0:29:09	05:50	0:28:10	128	75.76 %
Roe	Lars W	1094	107	107	22	0:29:12	05:51	0:28:52	167	73.94 %
Nilsestuen	Ben	86	111	111	46	0:29:14	05:51	0:29:12	189	73.07 %
Mazzuchin	Daniel	1074	113	113	16	0:29:18	05:52	0:28:30	142	74.88 %
Ginsburgh	Justin	1037	118	118	24	0:29:28	05:54	0:29:20	200	72.75 %
Mueller	Mark	82	125	125	26	0:29:36	05:56	0:29:08	184	73.25 %
McCormick	Spencer	1076	127	127	52	0:29:40	05:56	0:29:40	231	71.94 %
Fru	Max	2038	147	147	32	0:30:03	06:01	0:29:55	251	71.34 %
Radin	Charlie	2096	150	150	56	0:30:07	06:02	0:30:07	261	70.85 %
Kimelman	Michael	1274	151	151	33	0:30:09	06:02	0:29:48	241	71.61 %
Greenberg	Jerimy	56	155	155	35	0:30:15	06:03	0:29:46	236	71.67 %
Leese	Ben	261	159	159	36	0:30:18	06:04	0:30:10	263	70.75 %
Yuan	Michael	1121	165	165	20	0:30:22	06:05	0:30:22	278	70.27 %
Yu	Logan	2125	191	191	63	0:30:56	06:12	0:30:56	327	68.98 %
Essig	Michael	1027	193	193	13	0:30:57	06:12	0:27:57	118	76.37 %
Randler	Markus	277	194	194	17	0:30:58	06:12	0:29:16	197	72.92 %
Griffiths	Michael	2046	231	231	55	0:31:46	06:22	0:31:16	348	68.25 %
Aponte	Eduardo	2001	249	249	1	0:32:03	06:25	0:31:23	358	68.01 %
Piazza	Eric	2093	263	263	62	0:32:17	06:28	0:32:12	412	66.27 %
Holman	Daniel	2054	282	282	39	0:32:45	06:33	0:32:04	405	66.56 %
Cavanaugh	Kurt	2013	304	304	70	0:33:12	06:39	0:33:07	469	64.44 %
Skillman	Brad	2103	306	306	40	0:33:15	06:39	0:30:30	291	69.98 %
Miles	Paul E	3077	308	308	77	0:33:18	06:40	0:33:16	476	64.15 %
Brockman	Shawn	3012	310	310	73	0:33:20	06:40	0:32:48	448	65.06 %
Mura	Steve	2081	312	312	78	0:33:20	06:40	0:33:20	479	64.01 %
Kvalheim	Steven	2264	314	314	74	0:33:21	06:41	0:33:05	466	64.49 %
Bittleston	Misha	1275	318	318	76	0:33:26	06:42	0:33:21	481	63.98 %
Rivera	Miguel	3093	324	324	48	0:33:33	06:43	0:32:51	452	64.96 %
Hill	Michael	3050	327	327	44	0:33:38	06:44	0:30:51	314	69.19 %
Watkins	Anthony	2115	332	332	49	0:33:42	06:45	0:32:59	463	64.69 %
Hamann	Charles	3046	335	335	78	0:33:48	06:46	0:33:25	484	63.86 %
Atherton	Charles	3004	341	341	50	0:33:52	06:47	0:32:29	430	65.69 %
Toscano	Rodrigo	3253	343	343	27	0:33:53	06:47	0:30:07	260	70.87 %
O’Leary	Robert	4079	355	355	49	0:34:06	06:50	0:31:45	388	67.21 %
Rose	Eric	3094	372	372	87	0:34:20	06:52	0:34:19	533	62.20 %
Mandel	Joel	3264	376	376	82	0:34:23	06:53	0:34:18	532	62.21 %
Stermer	Michael	4110	384	384	83	0:34:26	06:54	0:33:53	509	62.97 %
Feria	Fernando	2031	391	391	58	0:34:35	06:55	0:33:25	485	63.85 %
Dungan	Colin	5036	419	419	65	0:35:12	07:03	0:34:27	542	61.95 %
Pacileo	Wayne	4084	433	433	89	0:35:27	07:06	0:35:17	593	60.47 %
Harris	Anthony	5556	525	525	107	0:36:56	07:24	0:36:39	670	58.23 %
Schnittman	Evan	3098	534	534	104	0:37:09	07:26	0:37:09	696	57.44 %
Starr	Benjamin	5110	537	537	112	0:37:14	07:27	0:37:03	691	57.60 %
Slaski	John	4105	543	543	78	0:37:18	07:28	0:34:59	570	60.99 %
Pastena	Richard	7081	556	556	108	0:37:32	07:31	0:37:32	719	56.85 %
Barbarroux	Yann	5005	558	558	116	0:37:34	07:31	0:37:08	695	57.46 %
Fox	Lou	5047	561	561	82	0:37:35	07:31	0:34:59	571	60.99 %
Lasalle	Jose	2064	563	563	83	0:37:36	07:32	0:34:44	560	61.42 %
De Kler	Glenn	3030	620	620	120	0:38:41	07:45	0:38:36	764	55.29 %
Kavenagh	Luke	6052	709	709	125	0:40:32	08:07	0:40:30	834	52.69 %
Darmetko	Mike	4023	733	733	126	0:41:07	08:14	0:41:06	857	51.91 %
Ellinghaus	Roberto	5040	743	743	116	0:41:19	08:16	0:38:11	743	55.89 %
Staco	Reginald	6253	750	750	142	0:41:30	08:18	0:41:02	852	52.01 %
Kim	Alexis	8063	802	802	137	0:42:54	08:35	0:41:09	858	51.85 %
Ko	Daeha	6056	879	879	160	0:45:37	09:08	0:44:53	934	47.53 %
Simone	Michael	7100	940	940	169	0:48:52	09:47	0:48:29	976	44.00 %

45 women:

Last Name	First Name	Bib	Overall Place	Gender Place	Age Place	Net Time	Pace/ Mile	AG Time	AG Gender Place	AG %
Wilkerson	Iman	198	26	26	8	0:32:21	06:29	0:32:21	48	74.84 %
Ortiz	Angela	170	34	34	11	0:32:37	06:32	0:32:32	55	74.40 %
Yamagata	Sayo	1189	35	35	15	0:32:43	06:33	0:32:43	62	74.00 %
Androski	Beth	1128	41	41	13	0:33:05	06:37	0:33:04	72	73.19 %
Pinot	Elodie	1174	47	47	14	0:33:24	06:41	0:33:21	80	72.57 %
Springstubb	Delia	1204	54	54	23	0:33:34	06:43	0:33:34	87	72.11 %
Raub	Emma	1175	58	58	16	0:33:51	06:47	0:33:42	91	71.83 %
McCusker	Anna	164	59	59	17	0:33:51	06:47	0:33:46	93	71.68 %
Konishi	Taeya	1161	71	71	21	0:34:22	06:53	0:34:17	111	70.59 %
Duffy	Meghan	2140	85	85	32	0:35:26	07:06	0:35:26	139	68.32 %
Winther	Katie	3188	113	113	33	0:36:30	07:18	0:36:29	182	66.35 %
Ades	Rebecca	4191	114	114	40	0:36:31	07:19	0:36:31	185	66.29 %
Chen	Mia	4139	116	116	34	0:36:33	07:19	0:36:30	184	66.30 %
Yanek	Cheryl	5188	154	154	47	0:37:52	07:35	0:37:42	227	64.20 %
Marmon	Karen	3161	187	187	60	0:39:02	07:49	0:39:00	277	62.07 %
Walley	Beverly	3187	219	219	70	0:39:51	07:59	0:39:41	301	61.01 %
Stapleton	Katherine	4180	224	224	57	0:39:58	08:00	0:39:58	313	60.56 %
Marsh	Aja	2199	235	235	24	0:40:14	08:03	0:39:51	310	60.74 %
Pasovic	Anela	5171	240	240	72	0:40:23	08:05	0:40:23	330	59.94 %
Murphy	Katie	5165	246	246	73	0:40:31	08:07	0:40:25	333	59.89 %
Lederman	Jill	6166	252	252	63	0:40:42	08:09	0:40:42	338	59.48 %
Baxter	Casey	4132	255	255	64	0:40:51	08:11	0:40:51	341	59.25 %
Okeon	Michelle	4170	269	269	79	0:41:20	08:16	0:41:17	362	58.63 %
Lawkins	Stephanie	5157	290	290	34	0:41:54	08:23	0:40:33	337	59.69 %
Velez	Christina	8180	296	296	83	0:42:03	08:25	0:41:53	382	57.80 %
Seibert	Jessica	5177	320	320	89	0:42:40	08:32	0:42:34	413	56.87 %
Harvey	Mary	6155	349	349	101	0:43:23	08:41	0:43:21	441	55.84 %
Reade	Shana	6179	372	372	111	0:44:14	08:51	0:43:57	461	55.08 %
Bevivino	Caitlin	3131	385	385	118	0:44:32	08:55	0:44:29	482	54.42 %
Portiansky	Masha	10169	407	407	125	0:45:22	09:05	0:45:10	497	53.59 %
Cartagena	Cristina	7133	414	414	127	0:45:36	09:08	0:45:29	507	53.21 %
Rosenkrantz	Sherry M	10023	455	455	55	0:46:58	09:24	0:45:28	505	53.24 %
Kurzyna	Anna	6163	466	466	140	0:47:13	09:27	0:47:12	555	51.28 %
Young	Shawn	10137	472	472	38	0:47:26	09:30	0:39:48	308	60.81 %
Loraso	Jaclyn	10195	477	477	23	0:47:40	09:32	0:47:40	565	50.79 %
Lejman	Magdalena	10194	480	480	94	0:47:46	09:34	0:47:46	569	50.68 %
Turley	Janet	7184	490	490	148	0:48:13	09:39	0:48:00	573	50.42 %
Ford	Mabel	145	506	506	24	0:48:35	09:43	0:48:35	593	49.82 %
Rojowsky	Olenka	8168	521	521	68	0:49:07	09:50	0:48:38	595	49.76 %
Ellinghaus	Diana	8139	533	533	64	0:49:34	09:55	0:47:58	572	50.45 %
Duvall	Kristin	10182	587	587	39	0:51:38	10:20	0:48:07	577	50.30 %
Watermann	Antje Kristin	10119	592	592	112	0:51:53	10:23	0:51:53	672	46.66 %
Gailey	Deirdre	10185	649	649	119	0:54:13	10:51	0:54:13	716	44.65 %
Knaap	Simone	9855	724	724	87	0:59:49	11:58	0:57:53	750	41.81 %
Yuen	Arlena	10178	772	772	130	1:06:33	13:19	1:06:33	788	36.36 %

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