Nationwide Run For Aspire 10k

On Saturday 3/27 several members of the Sayville Running Company Racing Team were at it again. The second race on the GLIRC race calender was the Run For Aspire 10k. I would have to say that it was another great showing by the men of SRC especially the Masters Men Team. Here is a look at the SRC Racing Team Results:

3) Michael Petrina         32:40  5:16
4) Christopher Green       33:45  5:26
9) Paul Murphy             35:31  5:43 *1st Overall Master
18)Craig Banger            37:34  6:03
38)Timothy Henderson       39:52  6:25
43)Wayne Vartabedian       40:18  6:30
52)Karnik Seferian         41:02  6:37

Full Results Here

For those of you who have never run the Aspire 10k I would highly recommend it. The course is a very challenging yet fair course. It has the right mix of uphills, downhills and flat fast sections. It is a race that every runner should get out and do at least once. I am sure that the other team members would back me up on that.

Suffolk County Half Marathon

The following day (3/28) some members of the SRC team ran at the Suffolk County Half Marathon. Great results again from those team members.

1) CHRISTOPHER GREEN       1:16:20  5:50 *1st Overall
4) MARK CARBONE            1:21:30  6:14
20)KATIE DIPIETRO          1:27:59  6:43 *2nd Female Overall

Full Results Here

Great job by Chris Green who was pulling double duty, 10k and half marathon in one weekend is a pretty solid weekend. Congratulations also goes out to Katie who PRed by 2 and a half minutes over the Half Marathon distance.

Look for SRC Racing Team to be in full force over the next few weeks leading into the Long Island Marathon. Come and hang out with members of the SRC Racing at the 4th Anniversary Prediction run on April 4th at 10AM.

March 13th 2010 - It was a cool 30 degrees out with heavy rain and gale force winds. Yes you remember that day, according to the news it was the worst rain storm to hit the island in the last 10 years. Trees were down, power was out and not a soul dared to leave their homes. Unless you had to run the Kings Park 15k…

450+ people braved the rain storm and headed out for the race.Included in the 450+ people was 14 members of the Sayville Running Company Racing Team. Overall SRC had a great showing, here is a look at their results:

1 Michael Petrina Bayport NY 24 M                          51:33    5:32
3 Brendan Barrett Sayville NY 26 M                         52:23    5:38
4 Christopher Green Stony Brook NY 24 M             52:48    5:40
5 Billy Holl North Babylon NY 23 M                          53:26    5:44
12 Michael Marrone Hauppauge NY 25 M               56:52    6:06
14 Mark Carbone Bellerose NY 38 M                        57:20    6:10
32 Katie Dipietro Floral Park NY 26 F                      1:01:15 6:35
33 Tommy Nettuno West Babylon NY 40 M           1:01:20 6:35
35 Craig Banger Smithtown NY 41 M                       1:01:30 6:36
53 Wayne Vartabedian Long Beach NY 46 M         1:04:18 6:54
54 Kevin Beach West Sayville NY 28 M                   1:04:22 6:55
60 Karnik Seferian Setauket NY 52 M                     1:04:57 6:59
184 Andrea Schieck West Sayville NY 35 F             1:17:23 8:19
221 Heidi Nathan Medford NY 26 F                         1:20:25 8:38

Full Results Here

The racing team took 4 out of the top 5 spots and 6 of the top 15. SRC racer Katie Dipietro, took the female overall honors and SRC staffer Mike Petrina took the male overall. Thank you to all the SRC racing team members that braved the horrible conditions and made it to the race to support the team and teammates.

You can catch the SRC racing team back in action on March 27th at the ASPIRE 10k in Plainview, NY.

Congrats to SRC staff member Kyle Merber for breaking 4 minutes in the mile this weekend!  Kyle is a sophomore at Columbia and ran 3:58.52 at the Armory to win the Columbia Last Chance Mile.  We’re still investigating whether or not this is the world record for the indoor mile while wearing a headband.

Click here for results

Check out Kyle’s SRC Staff Bio Here

Believe it or not, this April SRC will have been open for 3 years.  We figured this calls for a celebration, runner’s style.

Come join us on April 25th at 4pm for a Prediction Run and post-run party.  We’ll have food, beer, gatorade, prizes and all the essentials.  Options for the prediction run will be 3 or 6 miles.  We’ll also be throwing a gigantic sale that whole weekend, so stop by for some killer deals on shoes and apparel.

Entry fee is free, but we do ask that you RSVP by calling (631-589-5700) or emailing (brendan@sayvillerunning.com) the store and letting us know you’re coming so we can get a headcount for food.
If you don’t know what a Prediction Run is, check out this explanation from a previous post.

Congrats to SRC runner Adam Siepiola who ran a fantastic 2:36:14 and made his FloTrack debut at the NYC Marathon.

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Congrats to the SRC racing squad which won the 2008 Ocean to Sound Relay.  The Men’s Open team of Steve Chaklos, Sean Hopkins, Adam Siepiola, Tommy Nettuno, Mark Caroleo, Brendan Barrett, Matt Dispensa and Billy Holl crossed the line in 4:42:55 for it’s second straight title.

Sayville Running Company also entered 4 other teams which took 2nd place in Women’s Open, Mixed Masters, Men’s Masters and 5th place in Men’s Open.

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There is a new blog in town and it’s called “Once a Blogger.”  It’s got some interesting articles on various running topics, but the highlight is clearly the “Weekend Recap” which is written by SRC’s own Sean Hopkins.  It’s posted at the beginning of each week and details the best performances and results in the world of running.

So head over to Once a Blogger and let site author Geoff Decker (Hopkins’ former Marist teammate) know that more than just his mom reads the posts!

Results are in from the 2008 Keith Nintzel Memorial 5k and this year’s edition was the largest ever. Of the 501 finishers, two former teammates of Keith’s took home top billing. Brian Dalpiaz broke the tape in the men’s race at 15:33 and Lyndsey Webber stopped the clock at 18:00. Both times were course records for the former Sayville High School standouts.

The race was also a great success financially as there were more than 700 participants between the run and walk, many of whom were friends, family or former teammates of Keith’s. The revenue from the entry fees is used to fund a scholarship in Keith’s name at Sayville High School for graduating seniors going to college.

For results and course record lists see: www.nintzel5k.com

For photos from this year’s race visit: www.discoversayville.com

Special thanks to the sponsors who made the race possible including: Sayville Running Company, Long Island Sports and Rehab, Earthenwood Artisans, Dr. Frank Egan, Keane’s Landscaping, DiscoverSayville.com, Monster Energy, PGM Computer Networks and Brooks. Thanks also to raffle donors: The Sweet Gormet, West Marine, American Royal Arts, and Relax the Back.

SRC Racing Team member and bona-fide River Road Rat Bill Gironda was featured in an article in this month’s Runner’s World. The article [below] discussed the benefits of team training using two examples: Jason Lehmkuhle (of Cow Harbor Champ and 5th place finish at the Olympic Marathon Trials Fame) and our own favorite bald headed masters runner, Bill Gironda. Anytime an article mentions both the legendary River Road Sunday morning long run AND Billy G it’s a sure-fire lock to make the blog.

Bill Gironda

RUNNING WITH A CLUB CAN IMPROVE YOUR FITNESS-IF YOU MAKE THE MOST OF THE GROUP DYNAMIC BY JOHN HANC

Team in Training

ON A ROAD THAT MEANDERS ALONGSIDE THE NISSEQUOGUE RIVER IN SUBURBAN Long Island, a group of runners has been meeting every Sunday since the late 1970s. They call themselves the River Road Rats or Rats for short. Read more…

The LI Marathon Festival of Races was a rousing success for SRC this past weekend.  We got to visit with 6,000 of our closest LI friends at the Expo on Thursday, Friday and Saturday before seeing some pretty solid performances from the store racing team on Sunday.  SRC put 6 runners in the top 25 in the Half Marathon.

Start of the Race
You can check out full results, pictures and coverage of the race at Newsday’s website.    
Fear the Beard!

Special thanks to the volunteers who worked their tails off to put this on.  It was especially cool to see Bill Mullaney and Karnik Seferian cheering us on and reading splits at miles 5&6.
(Two thumbs up to men’s Marathon winner and current ND law student Dan McGrath.  I haven’t met Dan yet, but if he’s a Domer he’s cool in my book.  Go Irish!)