PPTC Online Clothing Store - Up and Running!

This is an exciting day. We now have the opportunity to purchase PPTC clothing from the web. We have moved into the 21st century! Please go to Click here to view the offerings and order merchandise.

Hats? We’ve got them.

Windbreakers? We’ve got those, too.

Show your club pride by sporting a PPTC T-shirt when you are on that training run!

GO PPTC!

Please note that this is a new service provided by EastBay, the same company that has supplied our racing singlets for the past few years. Production of the gear, storage and shipping are all handled by Eastbay on behalf of PPTC. This is a reputable company which uses up-to-date security technology, so you can feel comfortable giving them your credit card information.

If you have questions regarding merchandise, send email to webstore@pptc.org

The Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series

The Prospect Park Track Club is glad to announce the umpteenth annual Al Goldstein Summer Speed Series. This series of races will be every other Wednesday starting May 26th. Then June 9th and 23rd, July 7th and 21, August 4th and 18. Each race starts and finishes near the Oriental Pavilion in Prospect Park at 7pm. You can enter the park at Lincoln Rd near the Prospect Park stop on the B/Q and the Franklyn Ave Shuttle. You can also park in the ice skating rink parking lot. (As of April 10th it is still there.)

The 5K course is a little less than one loop of the park and is marked every ¼ mile.

The race fee is $5 and there is no preregistration. Students in high school and younger run 2 for the price of 1.

There are no "t-shirts" or other race giveaways but we do go 3 deep in all standard age and gender categories. So you are likely to go home with some hardware.

We would like to thank JackRabbit Sports for their continued support.

Click below for the complete Race Results:

• Series 1 - 5/26/2010
• Series 2 - 6/9/2010
• Series 3 - 6/23/2010
• Series 4 - 7/7/2010
• Series 5 - 7/21/2010

Click here.

Summer Speed Workouts

The session begins on Tuesday evening, May 25th and will run for 10 consecutive weeks. Workouts begin at Bartel-Pritchard Square, Prospect Park West and 15th Street, at 7 pm, and last approximately 1-1/4 hours. The registration fees are $50 for PPTC members and $100 for non-members.

Registration is closed, we've reached capacity.

Click here.

Open Communication Forum

This is a new vehicle for an Open Communication Forum by the members, and for the members. This group is not for official messages from PPTC, but for members to voice their opinions or concerns, post comments, connect with other runners, start a topic for discussion, or share new ideas that the entire PPTC membership can benefit.

Subscribe to PPTC Runner's Open Forum

Email:

or Visit this group

This group is open to PPTC members and is not moderated.

You control how emails from the group are sent to you by clicking on the "Edit my membership" link.

New Parents Running Group

The new parents running group continues to run together whenever the weather is warm enough. Watch for their upcoming events in the spring when they will unfold exciting plans for 2009! If you're interested in joining them, email Sonia at parentsrunninggroup@pptc.org

Group Runs - Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesdays

PPTC and Slope Sports have teamed up for weekly group runs.

Saturday mornings at 8 am, we meet on the sidewalk at Grand Army Plaza. Distances and paces vary according to the group make up. This is an ideal set up for finding training partners to suit your goals. Non club members are welcome to join us.

Sunday mornings at 9 am, we meet on the sidewalk at Grand Army Plaza. Typically we run one loop of the park, as a recovery run from Saturday's long run.

Wednesday night runs meet regularly at 7:15 pm, also at GAP. These runs have become well established, and provide a chance for evening runners to run with the group.

Prospect Park Youth Running Group

PPTC has been helping to promote the launching of the Prospect Park Youth Running Club, and we are glad to report that the response has been well beyond expectations. Current information on the group, headed by Sean Rice, long time track coach of Midwood HS, can be accessed at www.ppyrc.com