KINGSTON, N.Y. Oneonta resident Michael Hamilton was hardly tested in capturing the Kiwanis Kingston Classic’s signature 10-kilometer road race by nearly two minutes over his closest competitor in ideal running conditions along the Kingston waterfront Sunday morning. But in years to come, the high school math teacher and track and field coach better keep […]
The YMCA of Kingston and Ulster County Indoor Triathlon is celebrating its 31st year on Sunday, March 3. This triathlon consists of a 15-minute swim in the YMCA pool, 20 minutes on an Airdyne exercycle, and a 20-minute run on the Y’s indoor track. There is a division for teams of two or three members […]
I read a recent article claiming that there are one billion runners on the planet. The total world population is approximately eight billion people. During the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, many people began running as everything was closed down, and running was deemed safe. In the last year, looking at area race results, I see many […]
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 […]