The club picnic has been revived after a layoff of a few years. The picnic will take place Sunday, Aug. 26, from noon to 5 p.m., at Congers Lake Park off Gilchrest Road in Congers. The cost is $10 per person and you must pay in advance, but the...
Read moreIronman No Match For RRR Triathletes
Congratulations to RRR members Kate Tormey, Bruce Yang, Mitch Pollack, Gokhan Ozuner and Bill Carpenter for completing the Ironman U.S. Championship triathlon race on Aug. 11. All their hard work was rewarded with outstanding performances in the...
Read moreRRR Fares Well at Club Championships
The weather conditions were oppressive but RRR conquered the challenge and competed well at the NYRR Club Championships 5-mile race in Central Park last Saturday, Aug. 4. By the 8 a.m. men’s race time it was 80 degrees with 87 percent humidity...
Read moreRockland Road Runners member recalls carrying Olympic torch in 1984 near Dallas
Photo and Article by James O’Rourke at The Rockland Journal News. Gary Scarano’s Olympic story begins on a remote stretch of pavement in Texas. The year was 1984 and the Olympic flame was making its way from New York to Los Angeles, where the...
Read moreRRR Competes in Masters Challenge
By Jamie Kempton F.D. Roosevelt State Park in Yorktown Heights was the setting for the annual midsummer classic, the Masters Challenge 5K bringing together runners age 40 or older from RRR, Westchester Track Club and the host Taconic...
Read moreOne Lucky Guy
By Jonathan Farrell For 25 years, the Women’s Distance Festival 5K has been the only women’s running or walking event in Rockland County. This race is presented by Rockland Road Runners and as always the proceeds will benefit the Rockland Family...
Read moreBarefoot Runs May Not Be Fun For Some
By Dr. Bruce Pinker There has been lots of discussion in the media for several years concerning the “barefoot running movement.” While some believe running unshod is similar to the natural way that our ancestors ran thousands of years ago, there...
Read moreOlympic Trials Make Smashing Return to Eugene
By Jamie Kempton This time, the encore outdid the original production. I recently returned from the June 21-July 1 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in Eugene, Oregon – better known as TrackTown USA. It was a repeat engagement for the Trials...
Read moreShoes for Toning Have People Groaning
By Dr. Bruce Pinker According to the Chicago Tribune on May 16, 2012, Skechers, the footwear company, has agreed to pay $40 million to settle charges by federal officials that it deceived consumers by making unfounded claims about the health...
Read moreA Beautiful Day for Bill Fortune Runs
By: Amy Stern May 20th was a beautiful Sunday morning at Rockland Lake and 335 runners came out to participate in the Second Annual Bill Fortune Memorial 10K & 5K Runs supporting Rockland Meals on Wheels (MOW). For those of you who may not...
Read moreTo Stretch or Not to Stretch, That is the Question!
By Dr. Bruce Pinker I encounter many patients everyday in the office presenting with painful conditions. While there are several options for treatment, a common theme usually exists: most individuals do not stretch out their bodies on a regular...
Read moreHodges Duo Braves Heat in 2012 Boston Marathon
By Tim and JoAnn Hodges The RRR husband and wife team of Tim and JoAnn Hodges weathered the oppressive heat, which reached the upper 80s, to complete the 2012 Boston Marathon. Some 2,100 runners were treated for dehydration, heat exhaustion and...
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