I have been a race director for a long time. I directed my first race for the Mid-Hudson Road Runners in 1983. I have organized track meets, cross-country competitions, road races, and many races on the Shawangunk Ridge. I have been the race director for After the Leaves Half Marathon for over 35 years. When […]
In my last column, I previewed two local running events, the Morning Star Run for Shelter 5K and the Zombie Escape 5K, 2K hike and children’s 1K run. I attended both events and am pleased to report that both were successful. On Saturday, Oct. 21, the third annual Morning Star Run for Shelter 5K took […]
In the 1980s, I would have been described as a long-distance runner, a marathoner. When I turned 40 in 1994 I got tired of the marathon training grind. It began to feel like a second job. Under the guidance of Mike Barnow, the coach of the Westchester Track Club, I began to focus on shorter-distance […]
On Saturday evening, Sept. 2, I attended a great “grassroots” event hosted by Glenn Lapolt and Melissa Gruver-Lapolt in New Paltz. The event was in their neighborhood and started and finished at their house. The sixth annual Under the Stars Morning Star Run was three loops on Morning Star Drive totaling 3.15 miles. It began at 7:45 p.m., when […]
The tale of the Ashokan Rail Trail 8-Mile Run begins at Kingston Point in the mid-19th century. In 1866 Thomas Cornell, the founder of the Cornell Steamboat Company, recognized that railroads would end the dominance of the canal system as the primary method of transportation and commerce in New York State and the nation. He […]