Prospect Park Track Club
Prospect Park Track Club is an inclusive, open, and diverse group of runners who are dedicated to pushing each other to be the very best that we can be. We welcome runners of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels, and we offer a wide array of training regimens to help you achieve your next personal record. Please take a look at what we offer to our members, and if you are interested, come to a group run to check us out!
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One of the things I enjoy watching online are videos of people cleaning up neglected gardens/yards. From these videos I learned the phrase “volunteer trees”. These are trees that are not planted by anyone but just end up growing in someone’s garden/yard. I always thought that term was interesting because those trees are probably more accurately called opportunistic trees. That made me question whether volunteers are opportunistic.
The following poems were written by PPTC members who are runners and poets. In their poems, they’ve explored joy, anguish, love, interconnectedness, injustices, and care. On this last day of poetry month, may these poems fill you with reflection and hope.
Several PPTC members have become friends in this way, and this year, as in years past, many have expressed their appreciation for one another in the sole mates notes below. Self-love makes this platonic love possible, and together, our love makes anything possible.
Cross-training, when done with the right sports and exercises and a structured schedule can prevent this overuse, strengthen underworked muscles, and allow overworked muscles to recover.
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Prospect Park Track Club is a proud member of Road Runners Club of America (RRCA), which supports community based running clubs.