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NewRo Runners Head to NYC for Sunday's Marathon

Thirty-four of the southern Westchester County NewRo Runners will be participating in Sunday's ING New York City Marathon.

“Westchester has a vibrant and active community of runners with some of the best and most scenic running routes and trails in NY. It's the perfect location to train for a marathon,” said Steven Stein, president of NewRo Runners.

“Participation by NewRo Runners in the NYC Marathon has grown rapidly over the past few years, as it is so much easier to train with a group that can motivate and who share similar goals,” he said.

Last year, NewRo Runners had 35 members ready to run the marathon before it was cancelled because of Hurricane Sandy. On marathon Sunday in 2012, NewRo Runners hastily organized a benefit run for those impacted by Sandy and raised $3,000 for the Red Cross relief efforts.

“We had over 70 members show up at the last minute and donate cash and clothing,” said David Brot, vice president of NewRo Runners. “We also had four runners who ran a full marathon along Pinebrook Boulevard in New Rochelle that Sunday. They were trained and ready.”

The marathon this year is particulary meaningful to the runners and the organization, Stein said.

“It's the first major marathon on the northeast following the tragic events earlier this year in Boston,” he said, “and all runners will be paying tribute to those who lost their lives and whose world will never be quite the same. We are all looking forward to running and celebrating what we all love to do come Sunday morning.”

NewRo Runners participating this Sunday are: Jim Aiello; Brad Angevine; Hernan Barraneche Rios; Dan Burton; Lourdes Caballes; Sarah Cave; Russell Cruz; Tom Dente; Gavin Duke; Nicole Granston; Marc Gross; Steve Herzberg; Leslie Hoot; Kenny Hoong; Marty Keltz; Jason Krasner; Melissa Labozetta; Mark Medin; Hector Mendoza; Karen Murray; Jim Nunan; AnnMaria Rankis; Sean Rivera; Don Safferstein; James Soohoo; Kathy SooHoo; Steven Stein; Nina Steinberg; Tracie Sundack; Eric Turkewitz; Angela Vega; David Watson; Renee Wolk.

NewRo Runners has over 200 runners of varying levels and experience from all over southern Westchester, including New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Bronxville, Rye, White Plains, Eastchester and Yonkers. The club runs together every Saturday and Sunday morning at 8am, on different routes in Southern Westchester.


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