Adirondack Sports September 2023
In this Issue 5 NEWS BRIEFS 7 HIKING: Buck Mountain 11 BICYCLING: Upstate Mountain Bike Boom 15 RUNNING & WALKING: Mosaic of Autumn Possibilities 19 KAYAK, CANOE, SUP: Favorite Paddling Places 23 NON-MEDICATED LIFE: Benefits of Sulforaphane 24 ATHLETE PROFILE: Run & Tri with Judy Guzzo 27-33 CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Bounty of Fall Things to Do 35 SWIMMING: Back to the Pool with Masters 39-47 RACE RESULTS: Top Summer Finishers
In this Issue
5 NEWS BRIEFS
7 HIKING: Buck Mountain
11 BICYCLING: Upstate Mountain Bike Boom
15 RUNNING & WALKING: Mosaic of Autumn Possibilities
19 KAYAK, CANOE, SUP: Favorite Paddling Places
23 NON-MEDICATED LIFE: Benefits of Sulforaphane
24 ATHLETE PROFILE: Run & Tri with Judy Guzzo
27-33 CALENDAR OF EVENTS: Bounty of Fall Things to Do
35 SWIMMING: Back to the Pool with Masters
39-47 RACE RESULTS: Top Summer Finishers
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
24 <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong><br />
ATHLETE<br />
PROFILE<br />
ANNA, ROBBY, OLIVIA,<br />
JUDY, PETE.<br />
Judy<br />
Guzzo<br />
AGE: 56<br />
FAMILY: Husband, Pete; Son,<br />
Robby, 23; Daughters, Anna,<br />
21 and Olivia, 18<br />
RESIDENCE: Niskayuna<br />
PROFESSION: Senior Manager<br />
for External Technology<br />
Partnerships, GE Research<br />
SPORTS: Running, Triathlon –<br />
“I run because I can’t sit still<br />
(and I love it)”<br />
Be a lifelong athlete<br />
for a long (and fulfilling) life<br />
By Kristen Hislop<br />
Lifelong athletes are people who have<br />
been active in sports for their entire<br />
lives. We read about many sports that<br />
engage athletes over their lifespan on the<br />
pages of this publication. From hiking,<br />
skiing, running, swimming, biking, tennis,<br />
and golf – these sports attract athletes<br />
of all ages. According to the President’s<br />
Council on <strong>Sports</strong>, Fitness and Nutrition<br />
Science Board, 73% of adults who play<br />
sports also did so when they were young.<br />
We may know someone who swam in a<br />
summer league as a kid and continues to<br />
enjoy lap swimming as an adult.<br />
But of the 16 million lifelong athletes<br />
in the United States, only a small percentage<br />
are competitive at a high level for their<br />
entire lives. We could consider them elite<br />
athletes; however, we often think of elite<br />
athletes as professionals. Those who get<br />
paid to compete, but how about the people<br />
who compete regularly without getting<br />
paid. They still stand on the overall<br />
or age group podium at races they choose<br />
to attend. Many of those events are local,<br />
but can be regional, national and even<br />
international.<br />
Now, thinking about a lifelong athlete<br />
you know who has and still does compete<br />
at a high level, and your list is likely shorter!<br />
As Judy Guzzo will tell you, it isn’t easy!<br />
It takes planning, balance, consistency,<br />
family support, and a good dose of motivation.<br />
Judy focused on soccer and volleyball<br />
until her older sister Trisha, who ran for<br />
Notre Dame High School in Utica, got<br />
her hooked on running. “In high school,<br />
my girlfriend and I started the first girls<br />
cross country team at New Hartford High<br />
School. I continued running cross country<br />
and track at SUNY Plattsburgh and loved<br />
it. The team was a big part of my life in<br />
college.”<br />
Certain races became family traditions<br />
early on and the Utica Boilermaker<br />
15K was one. Watch for this to become a<br />
theme.<br />
After graduating from SUNY<br />
Plattsburgh, Judy went to work at GE<br />
Research for about two years. Like many<br />
with inquisitive minds, this scientist<br />
decided to pursue a graduate degree in<br />
Inorganic Chemistry at University of Notre<br />
Dame. Anyone who has been on the science<br />
track in college knows that Organic<br />
Chemistry is the course that crushes many<br />
dreams. On a school tour, the summer<br />
before she started, Judy met a guy. He<br />
invited her on a group bike ride with his<br />
lab and then to a BBQ at his house. “It was<br />
love at first sight, literally.”<br />
Judy tackled her classes with success<br />
and along the way, the chemistry grew