Below is a catalog of our blog posts in chronological order, starting with the most recent. The blog highlights various PPTC members and their accomplishments as well as topics that may be of interest to the NYC running community or at large.
If you are interested in contributing to the blog, please get in touch at blog@pptc.org!
The Prospect Park Track Club has members-only meetings the first Monday of the month. Since April 2020, instead of gathering at our usual place, Da Nonna Rosa on 7th Avenue in Brooklyn, we’ve had virtual meetings. The meetings have followed the same format we used in The Before Times.
Read MoreThe Prospect Park Track Club has members-only meetings the first Monday of the month. We’re in our fourth month of virtual meetings, instead of gathering at Da Nonna Rosa on 7th Avenue in Brooklyn, but despite the venue change, President Tom started off the night with a familiar greeting.
Read MoreWant to test yourself on running trivia? Our next puzzle, They Don’t Run On Empty, has you covered!
Read MoreJuly’s second member spotlight is on PPTC member (and pizza-maker extraordinaire!) Miriam Weiskind. Miriam joined PPTC for the running, but she’s currently busy spreading her love of pizza around Brooklyn and beyond.
Read MoreTrevor Anthony Watson (“Coach Tony”) is from Jamaica and has lived in Brooklyn for over 29 years. He is Packer Collegiate Institute’s Head Coach for High School Cross Country and Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field.
Read MoreAlthough Andrew Eisen’s only been an official member of PPTC since February, he’s already a familiar face in the club. A physical therapist, he counts several PPTC-ers as patients. Throughout April, he led a series of well-attended virtual injury prevention clinics for club members.
Read MoreThe Prospect Park Track Club has members-only meetings the first Monday of the month. Since April 2020, instead of gathering at our usual place, Da Nonna Rosa on 7th Avenue in Brooklyn, we’ve had virtual meetings.
Read MoreFace masks are becoming de rigueur, if not downright required by local rules/laws. What does this mean for runners? PPTC’s Board recently asked members to wear face coverings while running and experts are advising that we wear face masks, even when running. But there is ongoing debate about whether people exercising should be wearing them.
Read MoreAs we seek safe harbors and fill our time in ways that are meaningful (or that simply pass the days), PPTC looks forward to reunions to come, while maintaining and building community virtually. Part of this comes from story-sharing, which our members Linus Ly, Nick Cohen, and Savanity Davis have generously done.
Read MoreAs social distancing continues to be the norm, group activities are still a distant memory. Instead of meeting up with training partners, club members have stepped up to participate in “Help Me, PPTC”, an initiative to run errands (often literally) and make deliveries to people in need.
Read MoreThe Prospect Park Track Club lost one of its pillars of the last four decades on May 23, 2020. John Lothrop might not be a name well known to the newer and younger members of the club, but I'm here to tell you, he was one of the giants who ran the earth.
Read MoreEver since COVID-19 forced NYC’s local, nonessential small businesses to close at the end of March, runners have lost in-person access to two of our favorite haunts: Jack Rabbit and Brooklyn Running Company.
Read MoreAdam Devine is the newly elected Vice President of the Prospect Park Track Club. He has also been a Team Captain since 2016. He has also unofficially claimed the title of Director of Cowbell Operations.
Read MoreThe Prospect Park Track Club has members-only meetings the first Monday of the month. Usually, the group gathers at Da Nonna Rosa on 7th Avenue in Brooklyn, but like most things right now, this meeting had to go virtual in the spring.
Read MoreIn this time of physical distancing, it’s easy to feel disconnected from our teammates. Kate Bashore, a former Brooklynite now representing PPTC Mountain West out of Colorado (along with her husband and fellow teammate, Efren Caballes), decided to combat that by virtually reuniting her past Ragnar teams for an ongoing relay.
Read MoreLooking to test yourself on some running trivia after your long run? Running Away With It, the first of possibly several running-themed crossword puzzles, has you covered.
Read MoreThis is the last post in an eight-part post series that shares some insight into what some of PPTC’s teachers and parents are going through. Today’s interview is with Jana Veliskova.
Read MoreThis is the seventh of an eight-part post series that shares some insight into what some of PPTC’s teachers and parents are going through. Today’s interview is with Jonathan Giles.
Read MoreThis is the sixth of an eight-part post series that shares some insight into what some of PPTC’s teachers and parents are going through. Today’s interview is with Pam Ritchie.
Read MoreEveryone, we are sure, is aware of the directions that people wear face coverings in public. We, as runners, have been acutely aware of these directions and their impact on our sport.
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