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Taconic Running LifeAPRIL, 1982

C O T T O N C O P S K A N G A R O O C H A M P I O N S H I PBeats Sanders by 8 seconds.

Mtke Cotton came to run and OdisS a n d e r s m a d e h i m .

That, in a nutshell, was the story ofKangaROOS 15K championship roadrace at Mohansic Park on March 14.Despite a strong wind both runners finished with sub 5 minute miles - 46:08to 46:16 - and spectators were treatedto a fine race.

Cotton came out strong and built upa large early lead, estimated at onepoint as much as 150 yards. Sandersresponded as ever so slowly he cut themargin coming to within 10 yards, butthe former University of Virginia starkept his Milirose teammate at bay. TomCarter, Syracuse Chargers, was anearly threat though falling back as thetorrid pace took its toll. Carter was timedin 46:53. Reno Stiraat, tona, finishedfourth in 47:45. and Marty Kibileski,Milirose (48:25) was fifth.

In the women's race 18 year-oldLaura Paddock was never threatenedand ran out an easy winner (61 ;41) overNew York City runners Anna Thornhiil(62:32) and Polly Schonfeld (65:16)both of whom are masters. Marilyn Marshall. West Redding. Conn., ran 65:54and our own Nancy Laun Perez 67:02,for the four th and fi f th s lo ts .

The quality of the field was evident.John O'Leary (48:58) pipped club member Tom Agresta by a mere 4 seconds

W i n t e r S e r i e s R u nto DiNucci, Meisel

B o b D i N u c c i a n d B a r b a r a M e i s e ltook first place honors in the club's Wint e r S e r i e s 7 m i l e r a c e a t M o h a n s i c o n

February 28. Due to dangerous footingthe original 10K course was by-passedin favor of the longer distance.

The added d i f f e rence wou ld no t have

changed the outcome as both DiNuccia n d M e i s e l w e r e i n c o m m a n d o f t h e i r

respective divisions for the entire race.Jim O'Br ien. Yonkers. forced the

early going, but paid heavily. DiNuccitook command shortly before the twomile mark and was never troubled. GarySteinel. laying off the early pace, camefrom 4th position to capture the runne-rup spot after a spirited struggle with BillChawner. (Results on page 2)

to capture the 19-29 division while mast e r s a n d v e t s h a d t h e i r h a n d s - n o t t oment ion the i r fee t - t i ed as Bob F isher,

14th overall, turned in a sparkling 50:47and Bill O'Brien. 51. made his trip fromSyracuse worthwhile with a 54:32 clocking. Ray Hall didn't give the 30-39 groupmuch of a chance as the former Yonkers marathon winner took top honorsin that division breaking 50 minutes by9 seconds and taking a 10th place toboot. Bob Rogan's 64:51 was best inthe senior division by ovc 11 minutes!

Barbara Meisel broke a string of Mill-rose victories in the women's age groupswinning the masters division in 70:34.Jane Cahn took third in the same cate g o r y .

Milirose mopped up in team scoringcapturing first place in all four categories: open and masters for male andf e m a l e .

S c o t t M o s e n t h a l l , o v e r a l l , w a spleased with his perlormance. His in

dications of it being a good race for himwas finishing ahead of Bill DeVoe, Mill-r o s e . D e V o e ' s 5 1 : 4 3 e a r n e d h i m 1 7 t h

place. Scott's happiness was short-livedwhen he found out DeVoe had run a 31mller the day before. (How many milesdid you do last week?)

A good crowd was on hand and wellt r e a t e d a f t e r w a r d s a t t h e a w a r d s c e r e

mony where Pat Caffrey. Michelle Bas-hant and Carol Neeson headed up afine crew. (A formal complaint has beenlodged by Dom DiLauria who had apitcher of beer taken from him. Dom'sgripe is that favoritism was showed toward one Thomas Barclay, the benefactor of the same. The hearing isscheduled for April 31st.)

All in all the affair was a huge success and credit must go to our prez.D.C. coordination and attention to theaffair had to leave KangaROOS' officials happy. Over 600 took part betweenthe 15K and 2 m i l e Fun Run .

(Results on Page 4)

A N E W E X P E R I E N C EBy Melanie Mulvihill

Nancy and I stared at each otheranxiously. What were we doing here,anyway? Barely four months ago, wehad started jogging together, beginningwith a difficult quarter mile, increasingto a half, then up to two miles, Christmasand New Year of the previous year hadleft us both with extra pounds (addedto already existing extra pounds) andwe had begun jogging and dieting earlyin January,

E v e n t u a l l y, t w o m i l e s w e r e n o tenough: we found the sport to be addictive, as rumored. We worked up tofi v e a n d s u b s c r i b e d t o R u n n e r s W o r l d .We read about a 6.2 mile race up atWest Point, and decided to enter it.Standing in the women's registrationline on the grounds of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy, we wondered what broughtus to this insanity.

There were runners everywhere, soit seemed. Women who were incrediblythin and strong looking: men with wirythighs and calves, wear*g T-shiris fromthe last marathon they had run; and

young military cadets who, we're certain. had to run at least six miles a dayas part of their training. Why were we,two slightly overweight women, here?

We pinned our numbers to the frontsof our shirts and walked over to a mapof the course posted nearby. A youngman, obviously familiar with the grounds,was exp la in ing the map to runnersstanding around.

"Right here in the beginning it's easy- you run around this field and down thehill. Next you make a loop around theparking lot. and then comes what wecall the Great Equalizer."

"A hill?" Nancy ventured, (We hadheard there was a long, steep hill on thecourse,)

"That's right, ma'am, a hill," hegrinned. "If you make it up that hill, therest will seem like walkin'. Good luck toall of you." He jogged away.

We continued to stare wide-eyed atthe map. The breeze blowing off theHudson raised goose bumps on our

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P r e s i d e n t ' s C o r n e rThe night that you told me...What made him do It? That was the

most often heard comment after theBruce Caputo debacle. Why would thisyoung fast track politician misrepresenthis military record (or-lack thereof)?

Recently the N.Y. Times ran a stoiy,by a young reporter who gave a wonderful first hand account of combat inS o u t h - E a s t A s i a w h i l e h e w a s e n -scounced In a villa in Spain.

In both these incidents the truth,which languished beneath the originallie, was ferreted out by hard nosed investigative reporting.

In a recent Runners World article Mr.S t e v e M a r e k , P r e s i d e n t o fS.R.R.C.,stated that his club had 2,500members and was the 2nd largest clubin the U.S.

In a press release following the NYCity marathon, Mr. Marek's club listed5 people who completed the marathon:Mr. Marek, Bill Sherry (Marek's partnerin the business end of SRRC) and threeothers. The other three were contactedand two of them stated that they hadnot belonged to SRRC for at least 2years. A 2,500 member club in the N.Y.Metro area with only 3 members in a16,000 person race? If this 2,500 number is correct how about some accountability on the finances. (At $10 per, income on dues amounts to $25,000.)Has it gone back to the sport? Localrunners have only seen a few fully sponsored, high entry fee races from SRRC.Maybe some of the races Mr. Marek hasdone in Iowa or Ohio have benefitedfrom the dues of 2,500 local runners.

Perhaps some investigative reporting is in order on this often stated contention of Mr. Marek's club.

Like most runners in the northeast,I really welcome the first signs of spring.For many of us it is the time to get backwith the program. (Those extra poundshave to come off before the great springrace schedule begins.)

However, a word of caution. Hot,humid race days in early spring haveproduced several fatalities in the pastcouple of years. So if race day comesup hot and humid, file away your plansfor a PR until another day.

D . C .

Keep A Finger On Your PulseThere are aspects of running which

come easy to some and difficult to others. Under the more difficult I find pulsetaking. First thing upon waking, expertstell us, is the best time for checkingone's pulse. I'm usually up, showered,shaved and in the middle of breakfastwhen i remember I forgot. It is only inthe last month - after almost a year oftrying - that I seem to have masteredthis magic art of functioning while stillhalf asleep. (Or is it half awake?)

Anyway, it may not seem that important; truth of the matter is to the contrary. Pulse rate is one of the best indexes of fitness, improvement incondition, and oxygen uptake. It is alsoan indicator of an important, often overlooked factor, overtraining.

Basically, the volume of blood pushedthrough the arteries spells out the efficiency of the heart. Conditioning reduces the putse rate per minute sincethe heart, being more efficient pushesmore blood through the system perstroke. Once more blood is pushedthrough with each stroke it requires lessstrokes per minute to maintain circulat i o n .

The average person should have aresting pulse in the 70s. The more conditioned and finely tuned athletes areusually in the high 30s or low 40s. Regardless of what it is, runners would dowell to find and keep track of their resting pulse. Two other pulses which areimportant to us are the threshold (ortraining) pulse, and our maximum pulse.

The maximum rate at which our heartbeats varies from person to person, butrule of thumb is 220 minus age. Thusthe maximum pulse for a 40 year oldwould be 180. Maximum pulse and resting pulse are important in determiningtraining pulse. Let's say we have established a resting (first thing in the morning) pulse at 70. If that pulse should start

dropping it is a sign of finer conditioning,after however if it should start to rise itis a good warning of impending illnessor overtraining: it is your body's way oftalking to you.

Overtraining is probably the numberone cause of injuries. I would includetoo much racing in the same category.Too frequently we find ourselves tunedup as well as we've ever been. I knowthe feeling, and it's understable that onehates to let it go. Invariably we don't andan injury ensues. Again, our body's wayof telling us to slow down. However,perhaps if we had been smart enought o l i s t e n w e c o u l d h a v e s l o w e d d o w n

easier and less painfully: our restingpulse would have risen from our norm.

I know my resting pulse was lowesta r o u n d t h e t i m e o f t h e N e w Yo r k m a rathon. Then i t was in the low 50s. Af ter

Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Yearand additional 12 pounds it was in thehigh 50s. I was aware of the signs, butI was also aware of the extra weight.(A matter of priorities, you know.)

However, when it jumped up over 60for 3 consecutive days I attributed it tofactors other than training. My diagnosiswas incorrect. A muscle pull ensued.Fortunately with prompt medical attention I only missed a week of training.Thank you Dr. Maffetone, but a valuablelesson was learned: pay attention toresting pulse.

Threshhold pulse is helpful in avoiding undertraining (and over straining).You can find your threshhold pulse fromthe following formula: tp = rp + 0.6(mp-rp), where tp = threshhold pulse,rp = resting pulse and mp = maximumpulse. Thus our 40 year old runners witha maximum pulse of 180 and a restingpulse of 70 would find his threshholdpulse as 133, since

tp = 70 + 0.6(180-70)=*70 -I- 0.6(110)

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= 7 0 - 1 - . 6 6

= 1 3 3

This is put into application by .measuring your pulse when running. Stopbriefly, count your pulse for 6 secondsand multiply by 10. In the above caseour runner showing a pulse below 133would indicate he is not achieving mini m a l .

Idealy one should be between theirthreshhold pulse and 80% of their maximum pulse. In the case here the rangew o u l d b e b e t w e e n 1 3 3 a n d 1 4 4 : 1 3 3would ensure benefits, whi le not exceeding 144 would aid in avoiding various sorts of injuries.

Whoever said it wasn't complicated?

TRRC 10K WINTER SERIES

R e s u l t s :O V E R A L L M A L E1. Bob DiNucct2. Gary Sternal3. William Chawnes1 9 - 2 91. Jim O'Brien2 . M i k e G o s s e t t3. Mike Bottalino3 0 - 3 91. Marc Oxman2 . D i c k H u d s o n3. Rich Mattey4 0 - 4 91. Chariie Kennedy2 . J o h n A n s e i i3 . J o e D o n V i l i e n e u v e50 p lus1. Bob Regan2. Joe Handelman3 . D o n D I L a u r i aF E M A L E O V E R A L L1. Barbara Metsel2 . L u c i l l e C o r v a3. Connie Lansing1 9 - 2 91. Betsy FeuOr2. Nancy Quinn3. Nancy Keefe3 0 - 3 91. Cathy Wychenaus2. Cathie Quinn3 . Va l e r i e S m i t h4 0 - 4 91. Theresa Pennington2. Inge OuinbySO plus1. Adrienne Salmini2. Nancy Detand

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flap l ike broken window shades. Al la r o u n d u s , r u n n e r s w e r e j o g g i n g ,stretching, doing complicated warm-upe x e r c i s e s .

We stood near the back of the hugefield, and suddenly the starting gun wentoff. accompanied by a roar from racersand spectators.

A r o u n d t h e fi e l d a n d d o w n t h e fi r s thill. So far it was easy, and during thatfirst mile we warmed up considerably.A timekeeper called out: "One mile ■ 9minutes, 10 seconds." We smiled ateach other gleefully. Usually we ran 10o r 11 m i n u t e m i l e s !

Past dormitories, garages, and abouthalf way through we inevitably beganour climb up the "Great Equalizer". Weslowed our pace and leaned forward,trying not to strain too much because,as we had read, a side stitch at this pointcould mean having to drop out of therace. The road seemed to go up endlessly. At one point Nancy gasped,"Look-up there. The hill is ending."

Sutherland-Paddock CopRelay

J i m S u t h e r l a n d a n d L a u r a P a d d o c k

upset prerace favorites Tom Agrestaand Jean Kerr in winning December'sCouples Relay. In running one of hisfiner races, young Jim trailed Agrestaby 10 seconds at the end of the first 5Kin 15:50 - tha t in one o f the b lus ter ies t

w i n d s a r o u n d .

Unfortunately, it was one of thoseraces we cou ldn ' t see as Kerr and Paddock battled furiously before the All-County, Scarsdale senior gained theupper hand and opened up a sixty yardl e a d b e f o r e t h e r a c e w a s o v e r . T h e i r

winning time was a very, very creditable33:58. Agresta and Kerr were timed in34:07, with third place going to MikeHeilbronn and Joy Green in 36:06.Couple's Relay, December 6, 1981.1 . J i m S u l h e r i a n d - L a u r a P a d d o c k 3 3 : 5 82 . T o m - A g r e s t a - J e a n K e r r 3 4 : 0 73 . M i k e H e l l b r o n n - J o y G r e e n 3 6 : 0 62 9 a n d U n d e r

1 . T o m R o t h w e l l - D a w n E n l e r l a i n 3 9 : 3 42 . D a v e C a r l s o n - A m y C o l e 4 3 : 1 43 . R a y W i l s o n - K a r e n J o h n s o n 4 3 : 1 83 0 - 3 91 . K e n t P a n i o w - J e n I S m i t h 3 7 : 5 8

2 Gordon Campbel l -Meredi th Lynch 38:113 . J i m H o l m b r a k e r - Y v e t t e W i l s o n 3 9 : 4 64 0 - 5 9

1 . R u s s e l l P a l m e r - C h e r y l S a d l o n 4 0 : 0 72 . M i k e G o s s e t - C a t h y Q u i n n 4 0 : 5 43 . S c o t t M o s e n t h a l - Z e l l K e r r 4 1 : 0 06 0 - 7 91 . J o h n H o l l a n d - J u d y P i c k e r l 3 7 : 2 02. Joseph Perez-Nancy Laun Perez 40:413 . S teve Scha l lenkamp-L inda S tow 41 :118 0 - 9 91 . Ha r r y Neeson -Me lan ie Mu l v i h i l l 39 :142 . F r a n k P o r c e l l i - R l t a M u l l e a n y 4 5 : 1 93 . J o a n A n d B i l l H a y e s 4 6 : 5 5100 plus1 - J e r r y R o s e n f e l d - C r i c k e t L a u n 5 2 : 0 02 . R a y a n d N a n c y D e i a n d 5 3 : 1 03 . R o b e r t a n d S u z a n n e D e t t m e r 6 2 : 4 1

didn't have the heart to tell her that from

my vantage point nearer the middle ofthe road, 1 could see around the curve.It went up again and out of sight!

Finally we reached the top. Twomiles to go. People stood alongsideholding out paper cups, calling, "Water!""Thanks," I breathed, barely able tospeak, and gratefully accepted one. Itried to drink, but some went down thefront of my shirt and some splashed upon my glasses. How was i to know youc a n ' t r u n a n d d r i n k w a t e r a t t h e s a m etime? The rest I dumped over the topof my head, it felt wonderful. Despitethe 50-degree weather and -the briskb r e e z e f r o m t h e r i v e r , w e w e r e b o t hd r e n c h e d w i t h s w e a t .

Finally we approached the last mile.To our amazement , the s t ree t was l i nedwith spectators, cheering for us! "Onemore mile to go - all down hill!" theycalled. "Looking good, keep going, keepIt up!" I was incredulous. Surely the winners had long since crossed the finishline. Why were these people still here?

Encouraged, I decided to "sprint" thelast half mile. Nancy said, "I'm with you

- let's go for It!"I ran as fast as I could. My lungs felt

about to burst, and I wondered if I wouldever breath normally again. Soon thefinish line was in sight. I crossed it, hearing cheers and hurrahs from the spectators . I was then d i rected in to a chute,where I held the police barricade forsupport while members of my familybrought me water and words of encouragement. My time was 60 minutesa n d 4 3 s e c o n d s - 6 7 3 r d o u t o f 7 0 0 .

Nancy was right behind me, 674th.We left the chute, and stood facing

each other for a minute. Suddenly wescreamed simultaneously, "We did it,"t h r e w o u r a r m s a r o u n d e a c h o t h e r a n d

jumped up and down.We had left the ranks of casual jog

gers. We were now long distance runners who had completed, in a respectable t ime period, what is sometimesre fer red to as a min i -mara thon. And th iswas just the beginning: we knew as timew e n t o n w e w o u l d i n c r e a s e o u r d i s

tances and improve our times.W e s m i l e d . W e k n e w w h a t w e w e r e

doing here - we belonged.

Bits and Pieces. Greeley lOK sawseveral club members break into awardsc i rc le . B i l l McCaff rey and Tom McCarthy 1-2 in 50-59. ditto Bob Roganand Jerry Rosenfeld in 60 plus andCricket Laun and Nancy Deiand Inwomen's 50-59. Sandy MacTavish, JohnP. Ansell and Rev. Jack Traugott 2-3-4in Masters; Jane Cahn 2nd (40-49);Barclay MacKinnon 3rd (30-39); andMelante Mulvihill (4th) in women's 30-3 9 . . . . O w e n M c C r u d d e n h a d 1 s t i nKing's College Masters; 3rd in 3 mile X/C following day, 2nd in Fireman's 5miler two days later, and yet anothertwo days later ran In 25K at Arlingtonwhere he was 5th Millrose on TAC Openteam; 3rd master on that championshipteam, took 5th master overall and 3rdin TAC championship. Store will openany day...Jim Sutherland - the elder,slower, but better looking one - was 5thMi l l r ose Mas te r on Na t i ona l c ross coun

try winning team at Van CkDrtland. YoungJim - who is getting faster and betterlooking every day. according to his

mother - was selected to All-Countya w a r d s t e a m . S a m e h o n o r s w e n t t oJoanne Krebs, Ed Kehoe, Sue Walshand Brian Callaghan... Joe and NancyLaun Perez , Owen McCrudden andMelanie Mulvihill made trip to Bermudaand ran marathon. All report terrifict i m e . . . . R e s u l t s o f W R R C W i n t e r S e

ries not forthcoming. We can tell youM e l a n i e M . o v e r a l l w o m e n ' s w i n n e r a n dD a v i d R o s e n b l a t t o v e r a l l w i n n e r i n 1 4

a n d u n d e r w i t h t w o fi r s t a n d asecond... Howie Solow (3:19), FrankMessman (3:33) and Tom McCarthy(3:21) competed in Monmouth, N.J.,marathon. Tom's time qualified him forB o s t o n . . . t o t h e A r n e t t ' s a s o n ,Jesse...John Light took All Countyhonors In i ndoo r t rack and was member

of Carmel High's 3200 meter relay teamwhich fin ished as runnerup in s ta techampionships... Chris Maiek hung ups h o e s f o r s k a t e s a n d w o n 4 0 0 m e t e r sat Empire State Games... Congrats toa l l .

Membership — Last ChanceMemberships are past due. If you do not receive any further newsletters or

race applications you will know the reason why.Dues for 1982 are now $8.00 single; $15.00 family, and $5.00 student (16

and under). Mail now to TRRC, PO Box 99, Baldwin Place, N.Y. 10505. ATTN:L L e n a h a n .

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Ah, tell us, Harry Neeson, tell us why ye run sae far?(There's nane like Scottish harriers fer tossin' back a jar)

And when you're racin', Harry, lad, your first miles are sae fast,That all of those behind the pace are sure ye'll never last;They wait too long to make the move - then find their chances past.

(There's nane like Scottish harriers fer tossin' back a jar.)

Up there in Schenectady, hard by the northern star(There's nane like Scottish harriers fer tossin' back a jar)

They run a race to Albany - about the very worst-Our Harry's out there workln' hard to be among the firstAnd 30 K's a sure-fire way of workin' up a thirst

(There's nane like Scottish harriers fer tossin' back a jar.)

When Harry's in the Highlands, lads, and feelln' up to par(There's nane like Scottish harriers fer tossin' back a jar)

He hits those hills in Philipstown and gives them quite a fight.Then doon the ones In Peeksklll he comes soaring like a kiteFor there he'll ha'e a taste o' Bertoline's Natural Light

(There's nane like Scottish harriers fer tossin' back a jar.)

J o h n B u r n s

Meeting Policy

Club meetings will be held the 2ndWednesday of each month at the IrishCenter, Route 6, Mahopac, starting at8 : 0 0 P. M .

How many have you attended?

DtNUCCI, GORMAN,WIN COLD, COLD CLASSIC

With temperatures hovering around5°, a wind chill factor which took it intothe subteen range, and a MohansicPark course covered with a fine layerof snow, the club's 6k Classic had itsinauguration with a small, but valiantfie ld o f 40 runners .

Bob DiNucci and Pat Gaughan hada h e a d - t o - h e a d b a t t l e b e f o r e D i N u c c i

gained the upper hand and broke awaywith 3/4 mile to go to win by 8 seconds.Gary Steinel took the third spot.

G i n a G o r m a n s h o w e d a r e t u r n t oform winning comfortably over BarbaraMeisel and Kathy Ruiser.

R e s u l t s :O P E N M A L E1. Bob DiNucci, White Plains (19:27)2. Pal Gaughan, NYC3. Gary Steinel. While PlainsF E M A L E1. Gina Gorman. Jefferson Valley (24:04)2. Barbara Meisel, Wayne. NJ.3. Kalhy Ruiser. Bron*M A L E - 1 9 - 2 91. Mark Quinn, PeeksKill (22:45)M A L E • 3 0 - 3 9I. Hugft Lennon, Peekskill (20:30)2- Howie Bashant. Mahopac3. Moreau Brown. CrotonF E M A L EI. Jean McDaid, Mahopac (28:46)2- Betsy Feuer. Peekskill3. Carol MacKay. Lake PeekskillM A L E - 4 0 - 4 91. Harry Neeson. Yorktown (21:36)2. Dave Wellard. Katonah3. John Anseii, YorktownF E M A L E1. Theresa Pennington. Somers (29:10)MALE - 50-591. Cornelius Von Rees, Chappaqua (26:59)2. Charles Hemming. Scarsd^e3. George Byrne. MillwoodMALE - 60 plus1. Jerry Rosenfeld, Crompond (33:15)1 4 - 1 8

1. Jonathan Goodman. Yorktown (24:14)

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