Witold's Runners

It was a clear and chilly morning at the running of the United Airlines NYC Half Marathon. A record 30,219 runners challenged this demanding and scenic course. We had and amazing11 Team Members running and all did well!! See the results below. Victor led the team with a great time and age graded % time qualifying again for the TCS NYC Marathon!. Followed by Tara cementing her racing comeback. Sue ran her marathon PR, closely followed by Karen, who PRed this event. Diana with her tough working schedule finished strong. Same can be said for an undertrained David. Nora F ran a strong race. Sarah's first Untied Airlines NYC Half Marathon was amazing with 2:17.18 finish time and a 65% age grade. Crisne ran only her second Half Marathon and finished with a great time. Nora F was smooth. Alan's goal was just to finish his 18th NYC Half Marathon and Neal accomplished his goa!

Some of us gathered at Cobblestones for a celebration. Congratulations to everyone who ran and thank you to family and friends who came out to cheer

Double 5k's this weekend started of with the Al Gordon 5K in Prospect Park. It was a chilly, foggy morning in the snow covered park with a challenging course. Gracjan leading the team in his first race running for us in many years with a great 7:20 pace!! Marcos was second coming in under 24 minutes followed by Tara, who maintained an under 8:00 minute pace and achieved a strong 63.26% age group ranking. Congratulations to Andzej for coming in second place in his age group! Bob and Neal toughed it out!!!

Witold's Runners came out yesterday to rally with members of the community to plea to the city to close Freedom Drive to Cars. It was a meaningful rally and Sarah, Carmelle, Neal, Victor and Alan all marched to make our voices heard. Alan was also was selected with other community groups to speak at this event. You can also make your voices heard by writing to your community boards and city council representatives!!

Let's rid Freedom Drive in Forest Park from Cars!!! Join the Rally.

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Today we mark what would have been Coach Witold's 91st Birthday. Today at practice we praised him and stood at a moment of silence in his honor. He was a man of principle and determination and we miss him so much.

We carried out his workout instructions in his beloved Forest Park as we continue to pursue the path which he laid the groundwork for us. To be better and stronger runners as well as close comrades.

What started off as a cold and snowy day turned into a cold and non snowy day!! We had 9 Great Team Members running the Ted Corbitt 15K in honor of one of the pioneers in Modern Distance Running! Victor led the team on this challenging course with an 8:03 Pace. Our energizer bunny Sue was only one minute behind him with a blistering 1:15:55 Time!! Tara was very happy with her pace and time as she is coming off some health issues. Diana was smooth with an exact 1:26:00 time followed by David not too far behind. Sarah broke the 10 Minute mile mark for this longer distance for the first time in many years with a 9:54 Pace. Brian and Neal battled to round out the team scoring. All in all the camaraderie at this race was wonderful and I enjoyed Cheering everyone on!

Today a 5K Turkey Trot was run in our training ground Forest Park we had 4 runners represented! Sue won third Place overall women Carmelle ran a race for the first time in a while. Father and Daughter Victor and Nora ran as well.

Yay Team!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
Today we celebrate the day with our family and friends. We celebrated as a team last Sunday at the NYRR God's Love We Deliver 4 mile race. We had 15 team members participating in the great race. As you all know they paid tribute to the coach before the race and we went out and ran it with our thoughts of him and what he meant to us.

Below are the results. It seems that Ray did not get recorded so I am not sure how he did. But Victor crushed it with a blistering 7:31 pace and placed 6th in his age group. Sue really went out and had a PR for a 4mile race. It was great to see Daniel back running with us and he and Andzej ran the same pace with the exact same time. Tara was right behind them with an 8:09 pace...Yay!. Karen was really strong! Nora F was right behind her. Welcome to
Marcos who ran his first race as a Witold Runner !!! Nora S scored second place in her age group and ran almost an 80% Age Grade!! She continues to amaze. Bob and Sarah fought it out only separated by 30 seconds. Brian and Alan were only a minute apart. Neal skipped to the finish to round out the team.

The Group today honoring the Coach

Hello Friends,
There will be a memorial service for The Coach on Monday November 24th at 10:30AM at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs located at 110-06 Queens Blvd Forest Hills NY, 11375. Reception to follow at Tuscan Hills, across from the church. Hope to see many of you there and bring your memories!!