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Start of the Elite Race at the Coaster 5K in Buena Park on March 15. This race marked the first racein the Southern California USATF Road Running Grand Prix. Story on page 10.

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As is his wont, I receive a phone call from Gary Goettlemann every few months. Gary was thefirst running store owner and first real runner I met when I was running after high school. Inthe evenings during the late ’70s, I would join Gary at his store for a workout and some run-

ning geek talk. Gary spoke of the history of the sport and of footwear design with a passion that I’venot forgotten. Gary is my friend, as is his son Steve, who shares in the mayhem in what they callRyan’s Sports. In California I have Gary Goettlemann, in Missouri I have Garry Gribble and in NewYork there’s Gary Murhke—three of the most opinionated running store owners in the country, butalso three men who love our sport and have spent their lives supporting it.

Ryan’s Sports, like most serious running stores across the U.S., continues to have a strong groupof runners visit his store on a daily basis, asking about footwear and running. In his early 60s,Goettlemann is as passionate now as he was when we ran loops around the Rose Gardens 32 years ago.

Recently, Gary called to introduce me to Lazlo Tabori. Lazlo is coaching the distance kids atUSC now. He was one of the famous Hungarian athletes who ran in the 1956 Olympics, just aftertheir country’s brief revolt, which was brutally shut down by the then–Soviet Union. Lazlo came tothe U.S. to run and coach. From his coaching came a generation of great runners like Jim Beatty, BobSchul, and Gary Goettlemann.

It was also Gary who encouraged us to write about Jack Leydig, the real founder of NorCalRunning Review, the granddaddy of Cal Track & Running News. (Look for Mark Winitz’ piece on Jackin an upcoming issue.) It’s important, to my mind, to understand our past in order to see where wecan go in the future.

I plan to interview Lazlo soon on runblogrun.com and also hope to help him bring a book onHungarian running to the U.S. Watch upcoming issues of CTRN and caltrack.com for notes on thehistory of our sport.

Regards,

Larry Eder

P.S. We’ll cover the Berlin World Athletics Champs, as we have the past six Worlds and threeOlympics, on the web. You can follow runblogrun.com and Twitter from your caltrack.com. Don’t missa moment!

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Publisher recommends, as with all fitness andhealth issues, you consult with your physicianbefore instituting any changes in your fitnessprogram.

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USATF Regional NewsPacific Association

Something Old, Something NewHello, PA members! I’m your current or oldmembership chair who has been answeringquestions regarding team affiliations andchanges since 1998. Now, in 2009–2011, for a2-year term, I’ll be your new Pacific Associationpresident. I just accepted the “baton pass” fromJerry Colman, who served as vice president aftermy term as VP (1998–2000). Jerry’s term lim-its (as president) are up and he will be spendingmore time with his grandchildren. Many of youknow me from LDR and officials are familiarwith my participation as a track umpire andLDR official. (Yes, I wear many hats.)

Let me introduce you to our talented exec-utive board.

David Schrock serves as vice president,coaches representative, national coaches specialproject director, experienced meet director andadministrator. Lloyd Stephenson serves astreasurer, chair of the finance and audit com-mittee, national masters LDR secretary, PAmaster LDR chair and chair of the PAFoundation task force. Maura Kent is the sec-retary, youth communications chair, and webdesigner virtuoso; George Kleeman is servingas the past president. (In 1998, he was presidentand I was VP; now he is still past president andI’m president!) George is Mr. Rulebook, andone of the highest honored officials nationallyand internationally in track & field and longdistance running.

The executive board and the board of ath-letics are made up of representatives from eachof the sports committees, officials, and admin-istrative committees.

We have some updates to our services:Peter Tappia is our new chair of the sportsmedicine committee. He can assist you in eventmedical safety. Our equipment committee,chaired by Phil Watkins, is ready to assist youin event timing and equipment rental. Pleasecheck our website for all these services and con-tact numbers.

Please contact me if you are interested insome of these areas of volunteer services to ourorganization: 1) sports marketing; 2) grantfoundations (new); 3) disabled athletes; 4)coaches chair. You can read about these posi-tions (except for #2) on the website under our

bylaws. You can contact me via email [email protected].

MembershipThese are annual memberships. Please help outthe association by asking your friends who havebeen running, racewalking, or involved in ourevents if they’ve renewed. Renew or join onlineat www.pausatf.org before the event so that youcan score for your team, participate in theGrand Prix points in LDR or track & field, andbe eligible for prize money.

Fall Cross Country Season Begins in AugustThe first race takes place on Aug. 22. Pleaserenew now so that you don’t forget.Membership drives are limited to only severalraces per year. You are encouraged to joinonline. USATF recognizes our membershipcount through the end of August for determin-ing the number of delegates we can send to thenational convention. The more representationwe have, the greater voice we have nationally.

Association GrantsEvery year, our association applies for a nation-al USATF association grant to assist us in mar-keting and promoting one of the aspects of ourcommittees. In 2009, the grant was awarded tothe race walking committee. Art and BeckyKlein are doing a great job introducing youthand adult athletes to race walking by holdingclinics and programs.

The officials committee has applied forthe 2010 grant for encouraging athletes, track& field spectators, long distance runners, andracewalkers to become officials. Events cannotbe successful unless there are officials. You canbe an athlete and an official. If you love towatch track & field, why not watch from track-side and be an umpire? Please check our web-site for officials’ clinics inNovember/December when the schedule forwinter clinics will be posted. The officials cer-tification is good for 4 years or to the nextOlympiad, which is 2012.

Yes, we are the largest of the 57 associa-tions in the U.S. However, much work needs tobe done. We need more athletes to attend ourboard meetings. Please consider rotating withother athletes to attend at least one meeting.Our meetings rotate from Foster City(September, budget, and annual meeting),Sacramento, and Walnut Creek. Talk to yoursports committee chair about volunteering.Check our website and check it often.

See you at the races!

President’sMessage

FROM IRENE HERMAN

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All the running activity in the NorthernCalifornia/Western Nevada PA region madeSan Francisco a likely selection for the 51stAnnual Road Runners Club of AmericaConvention, held at the end of March andhosted by the Pamakids Running Club underthe able supervision of George Rehmet and LenGoldman. Around 300 RRCA representativesand friends from all over the U.S. experienced aspectacular weekend of networking and run-ning. Activities included a 2-day expo, clinicsgalore using our area’s wealth of knowledgeablespeakers, Frank Shorter as the keynote speaker,a run on the venerable Dipsea Trail hosted byTamalpa, daily runs around San Francisco, anawards banquet, and the grand finale: the sce-nic Presidio 10-Miler.

While standing in the porta-potty linenear the start of the race on Crissy Field, I gazedat the Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, theMarin Headlands, and our beautiful SanFrancisco Bay dotted with sailboats, and I hadto exclaim to the runner from Tennessee whostood next to me, “This has got to be the bestporta-potty line view in the world!” All week-end the sun shone, the Bay sparkled, the hospi-tality abounded, and our visitors won’t soonforget this memorable weekend.

The PA Road and Ultra Grand Prix seriesmake up the majority of these running activi-ties. The best way to keep up with the standingsand rankings is to make frequent visits to thepausatf.org road and ultra pages. A huge thankyou goes to our dedicated volunteer scorers,Tom Bernhard (roads) and Gary Wang (ultra),who keep this information updated in such atimely fashion.

PA LDR Notes

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San Diego–Imperial Association

FROM PETER STERN

The San Diego-Imperial USATF Dirt DogSeries will begin Saturday, Aug. 22 with theWild Duck 5K at Guajome Park, Oceanside.

As was the case for the 2008 Series, seven pre-liminary races and a championship final will becontested. There are two changes in the raceschedule. The Bonita Stampede, held Sept. 26,will replace the Aztec Invitational, and theCuyamaca 6K on Oct. 31, changed from a pre-vious 5K distance, will replace the PumpkinPatch 4-Mile. The championship race willagain be contested at Morley Field, BalboaPark, San Diego. �

Just to pique your interest, there’s a verytight three-way race among the open men’steams of the River City Rebels, West ValleyTrack Club, and the Aggies. Masters men havefour clubs that are close: Pacific Striders, WestValley Joggers & Striders, New BalanceExcelsior, and the Aggies. Traditional and closerivalries are taking place between the Impalaand Tamalpa masters women and the WestValley Joggers & Striders and Tamalpa veteranmen. Those top vets comprise a Who’s Who ofelite runners in the 70+ division: BernieHollander, Elmo Shropshire, and Russ Kiernanfor Tamalpa and Carl Tuck, Eddie Reyna, andCarl Petersen for WVJS.

In the Ultra Grand Prix, just count ’em!Eleven events have taken place since the Jed

Smith Ultras in February and by the time youreceive this, two more will have occurred: the“granddaddy” 36th running of the WesternStates 100-Mile Endurance Run and the rela-tive newcomer (third annual) Tahoe Rim Trail100-Miler. The Buffalo Chips Running Clubhas comfortable leads in the mixed andwomen’s divisions, but the up ’n comin’Quicksilver Running Club of San Jose tops themen’s division over the Chips by 11 points. �

left RRCA Convention keynote speaker FrankShorter and George Rehmet displaying a throw

with the 2009 emblem. right Jean Knaack,RRCA executive director (center) with Dean

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10/3 Ursula Rains Balboa Boogie 5K, Morley Field Nancy Morris, 858.874.878410/17 Cougar Challenge 5K/8K, CSU San Marcos Steve Scott, 760.750.710510/31 Cuyamaca 6K, Lindo Lake Patrick Thiss, 619.660.451811/14 USATF Open Championship 4-Miler Paul Greer, 619.388.3704

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Questions? Call Paul Greer at 858.573.1500

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SCA Report

FROM WAYNE JONESS,CHAIR & SKIP STOLLEY,VICE PRESIDENT

2009 Southern California Road Running Grand Prix & Road Championship Series

Coaster 5K2009 5K Road ChampionshipBuena Park; Sunday, March 15

A record number of Southern CaliforniaUSATF runners assembled early Sunday morn-ing, March 15 for the Coaster Run Elite andOpen 5K divisions. It was less than a year agothat this race launched the 2008 SouthernCalifornia Road Championships Series on thegrounds of the famous Knott’s Berry Farmtheme park. This year’s USATF entrants morethan doubled those of last year with 40 runnersin the open division and another 35 runners inthe elite division. Another reason to race the flat,fast Coaster Run 5K course was that it was thefirst race of the 2009 Southern CaliforniaUSATF Road Running Grand Prix Series.

In the Elite women’s 5K Race, Tove Bergwas the first woman across the finish line in17:21. Tove also captured the 2008 RoadChampionship 10K title at Dana Point lastNovember and was an age-group winner at the2008 Road Championship Long Beach HalfMarathon. Close behind Tove were CandiceChavez and Tania Fischer of The Janes USATFElite Athlete Development Club.

In the Elite men’s 5K race, AucencioMartinez from Alamosa, CO ran 14:14 torecord a 2/100s-of-a-second victory over JimmyGrabow of the newly-formed InternationalCity Racing Track Club. Though Jimmy wonsecond-place prize money, membership in theSouthern California Association is required toparticipate in the Grand Prix Series, so Jimmywas the high point-scorer in the Grand Prix.Following Jimmy was his ICR teammateMichael Chavez, helping the new club to servenotice that it’s going to be a force to be reckonedwith in Southern California distance running.

If there was a theme to Sunday’s races, itwas the strength of Southern CaliforniaAssociation youth athletes in both the elite andopen 5K races. No fewer than 20 runners in theunder age 18 division, including 6 youth divi-sion runners, competed in the challenging Elite5K race. In the 5K Open Division race, 16-year-old Nicholas Lopez of Hemet was the first run-ner to cross the finish line, running 16:35—animpressive 5:19 pace for 3.1 miles. Meanwhile,15-year-old Kristen Ustariz led the open divi-

sion women’s field with a winningtime of 20:19. Kristen was joined onthe award podium by her grandpar-ents, James and Jo Ann Petersen,who also won Gold medals by plac-ing first in the men’s and women’sage 60–64 division.

Three Southern CaliforniaUSATF running clubs had therequired five finishers needed in the5K race to score team points.Leading the club scoring were theUSATF Masters Championshipwinners, Team Runners High. In anear-statistical impossibility, mem-bers Tyrus Deminter (M45/16:19)and Perry Forrester (M56/17:50)scored an identical 869 points in the age-gradedscoring. With a total score of 4,147, the averagescore for each of the five Team Runners Highmembers was an impressive 829.4! FollowingTeam Runners High were Santa Monica–basedTrack Club LA (3,819 points) and Culver City-based Elite Health Track Club (3,353 points), asboth clubs fielded teams with men and womenfinishers ranging from age 24 to 54.

COASTER RUN 5K TOP RESULTSElite Women’s 5K 1. Tove Berg (F31), Los Angeles, 17:21; 2.Candice Chavez (F23), Fullerton, 17:32; 3. Tania Fischer (F42),Santa Monica, 17:40. Elite Men’s 5K1. Aucencia Martinez(M25), Alamosa, CO, 14:14; 2. Jimmy Grabow (M24), RunningSprings, 14:16; 3. Michael Chavez (M23), Fullerton, 14:38.Open 5K Race Overall Winners Men Nicholas Lopez (M16),Hemet, 16:35. Women Kristen Ustariz (F15), Riverside 20:19Club Scoring 1. Team Runners High 4,147 pts.; 2. Track ClubLA 3,819 pts.;; 3. Elite Health TC 3,353 pts.

AVIA Orange County MarathonSCA USATF Marathon ChampionshipNewport Beach; Sunday, May 3

Under perfect, overcast, and cool weather con-ditions, the 2009 Southern California USATFMarathon Championship was held in conjunc-tion with the 5th annual 2009 AVIA OCMarathon. Taking first place in the men’s divi-sion with a time of 2:26:30 was EulogioRodriguez. For Rodriguez, it was only his sec-ond marathon, having run the Long BeachMarathon in 2008 with a nearly identical timeof 2:26:27. Eli, as he is known to his

International City Racing Track Club members,was hoping to finish the marathon in a time of2:22. “I really thought the next runner was 3 to4 minutes back,” Rodriguez said afterward.“Every time I cramped up and stopped, I wasworried they would catch me.” As it turned out,his nearest competitor was about 25 minutesbehind him, leaving Rodriguez to race againsthis own marathon PR for most of the race.

While Rodriguez is new to the marathonevent, the women’s division winner, CherylSmith, won her third OC Marathon, crossingthe finish line in 3:07:04. Close behind Smithin second place was Rosalva Bonilla in 3:10:37.Rosalva was also the first-place masters woman.While the course elevation is actually a net loss(i.e., downhill), it was the rolling hills of thenewly redesigned course that challenged theathletes. Asked to compare the new and old OCMarathon courses, Smith remarked, “The newOC Marathon course is by far my favorite. Ihave run this race three times, and each timethe course has been different. This year’s coursewas much more enjoyable from a scenery stand-point and also much more spectator-friendly.That is a tremendous help to all us runners!”

Southern California USATF memberswere well represented in the age-group divisionof the race, including Gold medal winnersRyan Albu (31) of Pasadena and Andy Bussell(28) of Newport Beach. Like Rodriguez andBonilla, both were also 2009 5K Gold medalistsin their age groups at the Coaster 5K in March.Andy Bussell is becoming known as the “every-

Southern California top Members of Team Runners Highswept the M55-59 category at the

Coaster 5K: (l–r) Paul Cook (age 56,bronze), Nabor Gomez (56, silver),

Perry Forrester (56, gold). bottom photo More Coaster 5K

winners: (l–r) Jo Ann Peterson (60,gold, W60–64), Kristen Ustariz (15,

Association 5K championship winner), James Peterson (60, gold,

M60–64)

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where man” in the Southern California longdistance running. In addition to running both2009 Association Championship races to date,he is beginning his ultra-marathon career and isparticipating in the SCA 2009 Ultra RunnersGrand Prix Series, as well.

With the highs and lows of the challenging26.2-mile marathon distance behind them,Southern California USATF runners are nowpreparing for the next 2009 Road RunningGrand Prix race—the Brentwood 10K on June7, in beautiful Brentwood Village. Brentwood isthe first of a three-race string of Grand Prixscoring races which continues with the SemanaNautica 15K on July 4 in Santa Barbara and theRun Forest Run 5K, held in conjunction withthe Long Beach Marathon, on Oct. 11.

OC Marathon Results SummaryWOMEN 1. Cheryl Smith (F28), Laguna Beach, 3:07:04; 2.Rosalva Bonilla (F46), Big Bear City, 3:10:37; 3. Laura Ouimet(F39), Laguna Nigel, 3:55:16.MEN 1. Eulogio Rodriguez (M25), Whittier, 2:26:30; 2. RyanAlbu (M31), Pasadena, 3:19:41; 3. Paul Johnson (M41), SanPedro, 3:27:07.

For more information about the SouthernCalifornia USATF Road Running Grand Prix,visit www.scagrandprix.org. �

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2009 Southern California Association USATF Road Running Grand Prix Schedule

Date Event Location Championship7/4 Semana Nautica 15K Goleta Valley10/11 International City Bank 5K Long Beach11/7 Santa Barbara Half-Marathon Santa Barbara SCA Half-Marathon Championship 11/27 Dana Point Turkey Trot 10K Dana Point SCA 10K Road Championship

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top left Cheryl Smith, 28, overall OC Marathonwinner; top right Rosalva Bonilla, 46, masterdivision winner. Below Overall marathon winnerEulogio Rodriguez (25, International City RacingTrack Club) with USATF coach Bob Larsen.

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Youth/Prep NewsPacific Association Youth/Prep News

FROM MAURA KENTPA YOUTH COMMUNICATIONS CHAIR

What do you really know about the club whereyou train and compete? Is it a USATF club ingood standing? Have the coaches passed theproper background screening that ensures theyare safe to be around youth athletes? Has prac-tice insurance been secured? Are you a USATFmember? Why should you care? The PacificAssociation (PA)/USATF wants to ensure thatyouth athletes are provided the best training inthe safest environments. To do so, clubs com-peting in our association are expected to adhereto a high set of standards. Here’s how you cancheck on your club:

•PA Club ListingThis is a quick reference section to identifywhich clubs have paid their 2009 membershipfees and sent in all the appropriate paperwork.

•Coaches’ Background Screening Any adult who has direct interaction with ayouth athlete on a USATF club is required toparticipate in California Department of Justiceand FBI background screen check. Once acoach has been screened, the coach must weartheir current USATF badge and their LiveScanbadge that includes a picture at all practices andcompetitions. If your coach isn’t wearing one,ask him/her why they aren’t. This is a mandato-ry USATF rule that ensures your child is safewith this adult. A coach/parent volunteershould wear their badge with pride.

•Practice InsuranceThis is only available to USATF membersassigned to the club where they are practicing.Ensure your club has insurance before youpractice.

•USATF MembershipDid you know that as a member of USATF youreceive a running magazine at your home regu-larly? You’re also privileged to use a broad spec-trum of discounts to hotels, rental cars, and air-fare. Before you step onto the track for yourfirst practice you should join USATF to gainall the privileges that membership has to offer.Most importantly though, membership in acertified club ensures you have insurance cov-erage during your practices and USATF com-petitions.

•Proof of BirthFor validation, go to link above for USATFMembership, find your name, and look at thefifth column. If the age number is underlined,then the athlete’s proof of birth has been veri-fied in the national USATF membership data-base. If it’s not underlined, send a copy of thebirth certificate to the Pacific Association officeat 120 Ponderosa Ct., Folsom, CA 95630.

Roseville Express Track Club MeetApril 18; Oakmont HS, Roseville

FROM MAURA KENT

The third annual Roseville Express Track Club(RETC) meet ended in success. Twenty-fourUSATF clubs and over 40 unattached athletesdescended on Oakmont High School inRoseville for a glorious sun-filled day. With over730 athletes expected to compete in this meet itrequired a lot of coordination from the RETCvolunteers. Many thanks to Becky Klein forproviding five certified USATF race walk offi-cials to certify the 1500m and 3000m race walkevents. Also to the other USATF officials andSun City retiree T&F officials who helped outwith the various running and field events. Yourdonation of time was invaluable.

At the end ofthe day, only 30 ofthe 140 meetrecords were leftstanding. Athleteswere pulling out allthe stops to makethis a premier meetof the season. Thefirst events began at9:00 a.m. and thelast leg of the last4x400m relay teamcrossed the finishline at 5:55 p.m.

We encourage

all athletes, parents, and coaches to reviewresults both at the Pacific Association website(www.pausatf.org) and also at www.athletic.net.At this time, Athletic.net cannot publish resultsfor unattached athletes, but it’s an enhancementthey plan to roll out before the 2010 track &field season.

Steps to Locate Our USATF Region 14 Pacific ResultsClick on “Youth Clubs” in the left navigationbar. Scroll to the bottom of the page and viewthe right-hand side. If you haven’t set up yourclub with an account, follow the steps to createan Athletic.net account. Why? All results forour youth meets are loaded here after each com-petition. This allows athletes to view their ath-letic history week after week. As you set up youraccount, make sure you “edit athletes” to add intheir correct age group for the 2009 season.

There are many benefits for the athleteand coach when using www.athletic.net. Oncea club has set up their team and loaded theirroster, not only can current results be loadedbut as time allows, a coach can input resultsfrom prior seasons. This allows an enhancedlong-term view of an athlete’s growth in theirevents.

To illustrate the benefits of Athletic.net,click on Roseville Express or go towww.athletic.net/TrackAndField/School.aspx?SchoolID=28809.

Once you are on the RETC athletic.netteam page, follow these steps:

In the top tool bar, click on the link titled“Athlete Season Records.” From here, an athletecan quickly see their best marks of the season.Next, click on “Mackenzie Arnold” or go towww.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=736219.

When you pull up an individual athlete,you can observe their development not onlywithin the current season but also from pastseasons. (Please note this is a work-in-progressand many of RETC’s historical results have notyet been loaded.)

Above is just one example of the ways youcan use this tool to improve the tracking of yourathletes. When USATF moves into the crosscountry season we’ll load results from eachmeet, as well as provide a holistic picture of anathlete’s tenure in USATF.

This tool is only as good as the data that’sloaded into it. Ensure you take the time toupload your results correctly. Take time to playwith the website within your own club accountand determine what will work best for yourUSATF club. �

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Pacific Association USATF Track & FieldChampionshipsMay 24; College of San Mateo

GOLD MEDALIST BROWN GETS 2009 WORLDBEST AND PR AT CSM

FROM FRED BAER

Stephanie Brown Trafton is not resting on herOlympic laurels this season.

The USA’s only field event gold medalistat the 2008 Beijing Games established a per-sonal best and 2009 world leading discus throwof 217 feet, 2 inches (66.21 meters) on her sec-ond attempt at USA Track & Field’s PacificAssociation Championships at College of SanMateo Sunday afternoon, May 24.

She won a duel with American Recordholder Suzy Powell-Roos of Modesto, who hadher season best of 203-0 on her first throw.(Her record, which Brown Trafton is chasing, is222-0 set in 2007.)

Those are the top two performances byAmericans this season. (Powell-Roos, a three-time Olympian, and Becky Breisch each owntwo of the top performances—all performed atsites more renowned for favorable winds thanSan Mateo. Three were performed in Maui andone at Hartnell College in Salinas—all in 2007.Brown Trafton got her previous best, 217-1, lastMay at Salinas. She won Olympic gold with her212-5 first round throw.)

The athletes did have some helpful quar-tering breezes at CSM’s hilltop campus, whichaffords athletes and spectators spectacular viewsof San Francisco Bay.

“I’d like to have more meets here,” BrownTrafton said. “I intend to PR every meet, butyou can’t always meet your expectations. Even ifI throw over 220 or 225 this year, I’m still along way from being my best. I could be throw-ing over 230, with the right conditions.Eventually it will come. It’s a matter of interna-tional experience. I really have just one year ofthat kind of experience.”

Brown Trafton, a San Luis Obispo nativeand two-time Olympian who now lives in Galt(near Sacramento), likes having the USA recordholder as a competitor. “It provides a bit of achallenge. I have something to prove.”

Lifelong Modesto resident Powell-Roossaid, “It’s always nice to have good competitionlocally. Conditions were really incredible. Theset-up is gorgeous. I was blown away by the sce-nic beauty.”

The pair will meet three more times overthe next month: at the May 30 Reebok GrandPrix meet on Randall’s Island, New York; the

June 7 Prefontaine Classic inEugene, Ore.; and the June 25–28USA Championships, also inEugene. The latter meet willdetermine the USA team for theWorld Championships in Berlinin August.

Brown Trafton realizes thatshe is now a target (pointing toher back). “What’s different nowis the expectations. I’ve neverbeen the one people are gunningfor. I’ve always been the under-dog.”

Other top PA championshipmarks from this meet:

Four-time Olympic highjumper Amy Acuff of Isleton woneasily at 5-7 (1.70 meters) in what may havebeen her final Northern California appearancebefore she retires at the end of the season.

Stanford grad Erica McLain, a 2008Olympic triple jumper who now lives in MenloPark, won her specialty at 44-2 (13.46m).

Cal grad Tim Bogdanof won the men’s110 meter high hurdles in 13.81 seconds.

McLain used the meet as a tune-up forJune’s USATF championships. Her event is notin the VISA championship series of televisedmeets, so her competition and prize-moneyopportunities are limited in this, her first fullseason as a professional. She is participating inthe Pacific Association’s $15,000 Grand Prixcompetition, however, and received double

points at the Pacific Association’s meet.McLain, who still trains at Stanford with

Coach Edrick Floreal, has found it a challengeto stay active on the elite level. “I’m living witha family in Menlo Park, in their pool house,”she said.

McLain is one of only two Americans whohave the international “A” standard (carriedover from last season) for the WorldChampionships. But she must also finishamong the top four at the USATF champi-onships to secure a team berth.

She plans to move to San Francisco afterthe World Championships and begin work ona master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Academy ofArt. �

Track & Field

Throws Series at the Pacific Association USATF F&F ChampionshipsSuzy Powell-Roos61.87 (203-0), 61.41m (201-5), 61.38m (201-4), 60.73m (199-3), 61.20m (200-9), 58.34m (191-5). Stephanie Brown Trafton62.72m (205 feet, 9 inches), 66.21m (217-2), 64.99m (213-2), 61.30m (201-1), 64.00 (210-0), foul.

Top All-Time USA Women’s Discus Performances67.67m 222-0 Suzy Powell-Roos Wailuku, Maui Apr. 14, 200767.37m 221-0 Becky Breisch Wailuku, Maui Apr. 16, 200766.54m 218-8 Becky Breisch Hartnell Col., Salinas May 17, 200766.23m 217-3 Suzy Powell-Roos Wailuku, Maui Apr. 16, 200766.21m 217-2 Stephanie Brown Trafton Col.of San Mateo May 24, 200966.17m 217-1 Stephanie Brown Trafton Hartnell Col., Salinas May 8, 200866.10m 216-10 Carol Cady San Jose City Col. May 31, 1986(Except for the marks over three days in Maui, the other top performances all came at California Community Collegefacilities.)

Stephanie at the May 30th ReebokGrand Prix Meet in New York whereshe won the discus with a mark of209–10. Powell-Roos was third in

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July 26, SUNOakland: Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders Fourth SundayRuns 5K, 10K, 15K, 9 a.m., $3 members, $5 non-members.Sailboat House, Lake Merritt, 568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland.Certified, flat loop course. . Hotline: (510) 644-4224;www.lmjs.org

San Francisco: Run the Golden Gate Bridge in 2009 with TheSan Francisco Marathon! Featuring a full marathon, 2 halfmarathons and 5K. All proceeds benefit Youth Run4Fun.Fundraising options. www.runsfm.com

Santa Cruz to Capitola: Wharf to Wharf 6 Mile (37th), 8:30am40 bands along the point to point course. Limit 15,000 people,cash prizes. www.wharftowharf; [email protected]

August 1, SATGreenville: Round Valley 5.3M Run/Walk, 1.5M Kids Run ,Kids 200yd Dash, 9am 5.3M $20, $25 after 7/27w/embroidered visor or hat; Junior 1.5M (11-16yrs) $15/$20.Round Valley Lake Forest Service Day use site (3M outsideGreenville); trail loop course mostly dirt, 1.5M paved. Kids Run(10-under) 200yds Free. Major prizes M/W & runner ups, 10yrage groups-4 deep/medals, raffle, great food/drinks. JohnShowers, FRLT, PO Box 1825, Quincy 95971; Hotline/fax530/284-1826; [email protected];www.roundvalley.com; online TheSchedule.com

August 8, SATTri for Fun Sprint Tri #3 (26th), http://www.tbfracing.com

Los Gatos: Dammit Run 5M, 8:30am #30 w/t-s ($15w/o),$40/$20 after 8/12. Los Gatos HS Track; rough, rocky dirt trails,loop, paved, hills. Bruce Springbett, 452 Montgomery Ave,95030; Active.com; [email protected]; 408/354-2005

August 9, SUNThe Tri fir Olympic Distance Series, http://www.tbfracing.com

Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Sprint Triathlon, We are pleased toannounce that this year's race has been selected as the SWRegional Championship for Sprint Distance, Youth and Juniorcategories. Last year the race sold out two weeks early so besure to register soon to reserve your spot. This race is has alsobeen selected as a stop on the USAT Endurance Mobile Tour for2009. That means two days of expo, music, videos and productsampling by national sponsors.

DISCLAIMEREvery effort is made to insure the accuracy of theinformation provided in the Calendar. However, thepublisher is not responsible for errors, omissions orchanges made after publication. You can save yourselftime, money and frustration by pre-registering for events(especially before making any travel arrangements). Youmay wish to confirm by telephone with organizers thedate, time and location just prior to the event.

LISTING YOUR EVENTFor $75, your listing will be in print and online through theevent date. Changes may be made at any time at noadditional charge. Call 415-472-7223 for information.

ONLINE CALENDARAn up-to-date version of the Calendar can be found online atwww.TheSchedule.com.© 2008, The Runner’s Schedule. Reproduction in any form isprohibited without consent of the publisher.

July 4, SATGraeagle: Graeagle 5K/10K Run, Walk, Stride, 9am $20,$25 race day w/t-s, medals to all. Kids ¼ M Free (no t-s). S/FGraeagle Real Estate (49 miles no. of Truckee, Hwy 89); flat,scenic, road & trail in beautiful Mohawk Valley. Ideal vacationspot, swimming, restaurants, golf, cycling,etc. Sky HighEvents, 4967 Santa Rita Rd, 94820-0963; 510/223-5778;Online TheSchedule.com

San Ramon: Run for San Ramon 5K, 10K, 8:30am-5K,8:45am-10K, $25, $30 after 7/1 w/t-s, Refreshments, Awards,Raffle. Central Park, entrance on Alcosta Blvd. On Your MarkEvents, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

San Francisco: SF’s “Freedom Road 5K & Jefferson Mile”,Runs & Walks in Golden Gate Park near the Conservatory ofFlowers to End the War on Drugs. www. PeopleEvents.org650-291-8531. Send SASE to 528 Larch Ave, South SanFrancisco, CA 94080

Folsom: Folsom Firecracker 10K Run, 5K Run/ Walk, 8am$20, $25 after 6/21. Start 145 Parkshore Dr; run along LakeNatoma Bike trails. www.folsomfirecracker.com; OnlineTheSchedule.com

July 5, SUNMurphy: The Twisted Half Marathon 5K & 10K (22nd), 8am$30 5k/10K, $35 after 7/2, $35/$40-Half Mar. w/BarBQ @Twisted Oak Winery ($10 non-runners), Awards, T-s, Raffle,Prize Money. Twisted Oak Winery. On Your Mark Events, POBox 1199, Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

Graeagle: Graeagle Triathlon (.5mS-15mB-5kR), SuperKidzTri, 8am $40, $50-Teams, $45/$55 race day w/t-s andmedals for all. SuperKidz 7:45am (5-12 yrs) $15. Mill Pondnext to Greagle General Store; S-warm water lake, B-loopflat, R-road run mostly flat, mild hills. Great for teams! SkyHigh Events, 4967 Santa Rita Rd, 94820-0963; 510/223-5778; Online TheSchedule.com

July 11, SATTri for Fun Sprint Tri #2 (26th), http://www.tbfracing.com

July 12, SUNSan Francisco: Alcatraz Challenge Aquathlon & Swim(1.5mS-7mR), Experience 2 of SF's preeminent landmarks up

close & personal: 1.5 m. swim from Alcatraz with a 7 m. o/brun across the Golden Gate Bridge - swim only & relayoptions available. Register early - this event will fill up byMemorial Day at the latest! [email protected] /www.alcatrazchallenge.us

Tri for Real Olympic Distance Tri Series #2,http://www.tbfracing.com

Castro Valley: Eden Medical Center’s Run to the Lake 5K &10K, 2,000 Runners/Walkers+ Kids Fun Run; Benefits: EdenMedical Center Trauma Center, www.rhody.com

July 18, SATPlesanton: Tri for Fun #2 (400ydS-11mB-3mR), 7am $55,$65 (if available-does sell out) w/t-s, Refreshments, GreatPrizes. Shadow Cliffs Regional Park. Outstanding forbeginners/novice, time trial for the more esprienced. On YourMark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

THE GREAT RACE® features a unique run-bike-paddlecompetition with many divisions for both ironpersons or relayteams. In its 36th year, the race is held along the beautifulAmerican River Parkway, between Rancho Cordova andSacramento. The three legs of the race consist of a 5.82 milerun, 12.5 mile cycle and a 6.35 mile paddle. Continuing thisyear is the Kaiser Permanente Kids Duathlon, a 2.5-mile runand a 6-mile bike ride that provides kids with their own eventto compete in while family members are tackling THE GREATRACE®.

July 19, SUNDublin: Jail Break Run 5K, 10K, 8am $25, $30 after 7/17w/T-s, Refreshments, Raffle Prizes, Awards. Run the groundsof the jail; ‘Santa Rita’ Jail (Alameda Country Jail). Benefitsthe Special Olympics. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199,Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

July 25, SATLivermore: Del Valle Swim 1/2M, 1M, 2M and a SeparateSwim/Run 1M & 3M (11th), 8:30am $35, $40 after 7/22,$50/$55 Swim/Run w/T-s, Raffle, Awards, Refreshments.Lake Del Valle Regional Park, Open water swim & SeparateSwim/Run. Great for first time w/warm clear 74’ water. OnYour Mark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;

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August 11, SATLos Gatos: Dammit Run 5M, 8:30am $30 w/t-s ($15w/o),$40/$20 after 8/12. Los Gatos HS Track; rough, rocky dirttrails, loop, paved, hills. Bruce Springbett, 452 MontgomeryAve, 95030; Active.com; [email protected]; 408/354-2005

August 15, SATSan Francisco: ALCATRAZ SHARKFEST SWIM™ - 17thannual. $125; w/t-s. This is your chance to escape from theRock. Don't wait to register, this event sells out 6 months inadvance! Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040, Stinson Beach, CA94970; [email protected]; www.envirosports.com;415/868-1829.

Plesanton: Tri for Fun #3 (400ydS-11mB-3mR)(22nd), 7am$55, $65 (if available-does sell out) w/t-s, Refreshments, GreatPrizes. Shadow Cliffs Regional Park. Outstanding forbeginners/novice, time trial for the more esprienced. On YourMark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223; [email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

August 16, SUNFelton: Race Thru the Redwoods 10K, Kids 1M (41st),8:30am $20/$25 after 8/14 w/t-s and pancake breakfast.Henry Cowell Park. www.racethrutheredwoods.com;[email protected]

August 23, SUNOakland: Time IS ON Your Side 5K, 10K Run, 9am $6/8 non-members, $8/$10 race day w/prizes, awards. Sailboat House,568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland. Guess your time and the closestwins. For entry send SASE to LMJS, 1910 Arrowhead Dr.,Oakland 94611; www.LMJS.org; Hotline: 510/644-4224

August 29, SAT,Tri for Kids Triathlon, http://www.tbfracing.com

Super Sprint Triathlon, http://www.tbfracing.com

August 30, SUNLUNA Bar Women's Triathlon Festival, www.tbfracing.com

Mercer Island, WA: SEATTLE ESCAPE FROM THE ROCKTRIATHLON™ - 13th annual. $60-Ind, $120-Teams, $70/$150after 7/30; w/t-s. Mercer Island, Washington, sets the stage forthis beautiful course. We shut down an entire I-90 freeway justfor this event! Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040, Stinson Beach, CA94970; [email protected]; www.envirosports.com;415/868-1829.

Aptos: Dirt Inspires Women’s Half Marathon, There's a newrace experience in town! Terri Schneider and Finish LineProductions have teamed up to create Dirt Inspires, a trail runin the Forest of Nisene Marks. This is a women's only race fortrail runners of all abilities. This race is so special that we'vecreated an entirely new website for all of the importantinformation. So check out www.DITrailRuns.com. Event will belimited to 300 runners.

August 31, MonMt. Shasta Tinman Triathlon: A fun, family event. 740 ydswim, 10 mile bike, 4.5 mile run in the woods at the base ofmagnificent Mount Shasta. Benefits Dunsmuir Rotarycommunity & youth projects. Contact Will [email protected]

September 5, SATEl Sobrante: Lakeridge Mini Man Triathlon (250ydS-11mB-2mR), 10am $40, $45 raceday w/t-shirt, medals and one-daymembership to Lakeridge Athletic Club to all finishers.Lakeridge AC; S-pool, B-scenic on San Pablo Dam Rd., R-flatcourse into Sherwood Forest. Sky High Events 510/223-5778.Lakeridge Athletic Club, 6350 San Pablo Dam Rd., 94803;Online www.TheSchedule.com

September 6, SUNBear Valley/N.CA: Bear Valley Triathlon (600yS-10.5mB-3.25mR)(17th), 10am $55, $65 after 9/3, $155/$190 Relayw/Free BarBQ($10 for non-part.) & Beer! Great Prizes, Awards,T-s. Great race in great scenery; Bear Valley Lake, Bear ValleyVillage. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

Danville: Red T-Shirt 10K Run/5K Run or Walk (14th), Comeand join Sparky George, the Bear Flag Runner and an oldMarine, at the 14th Hats Off America Red T-Shirt 10K Run/5KRun or Walk on Saturday, February 7 beginning at 10 a.m. atSycamore Valley Park , 2101 Holbrook Drive , Danville , rain orshine. Entry fee is $35 per person. There is no entry fee forvolunteers. All runners and volunteers will receive a red t-shirt, and lunch donated by El Balazo Restaurant, a major four-year supporter. Online www.TheSchedule.com; Sparky925/855-1950

September 9, WEDDavis: Golden Valley Harrier's 14th annual 5K, 10K, andkids 1K walk/run. Race starts and ends at Davis CommonsShopping Center in downtown Davis and winds through theflat and beautiful greenbelts of Davis

September 13, SUN

San Francisco:

Banana Chase 5K & Young Champions Races

4,000 Runners/Walkers, 10th Annual, Benefits: UCSFChildren’s Hospital, www.rhodyco.com

Oakland: Hope in Motion Half Marathon, 5K & 10K (2nd),7:45am Half-$40/$45 after 8/31, 8am 5/10K-$30/$35 w/T-s,Refreshments, Awards and a Great sports bag. LakeMerritt/Boat House (560 Bellevue). Celebrating the birthplaceof road running in the Bay Area. On Your Mark Events, PO Box1199, Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

San Francisco: ALCATRAZ XXIX ESCAPE FROM THE ROCKTRIATHLON™ - 29th annual. $175-Ind, $300-Teams,$190/$360 after 12/31; w/t-s. This is your chance to escapefrom the ROCK and have the world famous triathlonexperience, Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040, Stinson Beach, CA94970; [email protected]; www.envirosports.com;415/868-1829.

September 16, WEDSan Franciscio: JPMorgan Corporate Challenge 3.5 mileteam event for employees of corporations, businesses,government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Info &registration at: www.jpmorganchasecc.com

September 19, SATPleasanton: Back to School Scholarship Run 5K, 10K, KidsFun Run(14th), 8:30am $25, $30 after 9/16 w/MonsterGoodie Bags(25+lbs), Great Prizes(Trips, TVs etc), T-s,Refreshments. S hadow Cliff Regional Park. Presented byNCASMC. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

September 20, SUNPlesanton: Tri for Real (700ydS-19mB-4mR)(16th), 7am $65,$75 after 9/18(if available), Relay $185/$220) w/T-s, Awards,Refreshments, Great Prizes. Shadow Cliffs Regional Park. Thebest trophy in California. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199,Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

September 26, SATBig Sur: BIG SUR TRAIL MARATHON, HALF MARATHON & 5MILE™ 20th annual. $50-Mar, $30-Half/5M, $60/$35 after9/11; w/t-s. You'll wind through the beautiful coastal forestsand hills surrounding Big Sur River with redwood groves, oakand bay forests lining your path. Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040,Stinson Beach, CA 94970; [email protected];www.envirosports.com; 415/868-1829.

Manteca: The Central Valley Triathlon Sprint(500yS-16mB-3.1mR) and Super Sprint(200yS-5mB-1mR), 8am $60, $70after 923, $50/$60; Relay $170/$200 w/BarBQ ($10 non-part.),T-s, Awards, Raffle Prizes. Woodland Resevoir. On Your MarkEvents, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

September 27, SUNOakland: Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders Fourth SundayRuns 5K, 10K, 15K 9 a.m., $3 members, $5 non-members.Sailboat House, Lake Merritt, 568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland.Certified, flat loop course. Hotline: (510) 644-4224;www.lmjs.org

Mountain View: Trailblazer Race 10K/5K Runs, 5K Trail Walk,Children's races (13th), 8:30am. Adult 10K or 5K Run: $25,$30 race day. Adult 5K Trail Walk: $15/$20. Youth 19 and under$10/$15. T-shirt included. S/F 1065 La Avenida Ave in MicrosoftCampus, Shoreline Blvd exit off Hwy 101; scenic, paved &certified course on Stevens Creek Trail and Shoreline Park. Freechildren's races follow, along with refreshments, raffle, and afestival area. Reg form/and online regwww.stevencreektrail.org; Active.com;[email protected] or 408-255-5780.

San Francisco: Komen San Francisco Race for the Cure,9am. S/F near the Ferry Building ; Out and back course alongthe Embarcadero. Expo during and following the event at JustinHarmon Plaza. Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 150Post St Ste 755, San Francisco 94108; Samantha@sfkomen;www.sfkomen.org; 415/397-8812

Reno: Safe & Healthy Homes 5K River Run/Walk, 9am $20,$25 after 9/18. Idelwood Park; run/walk along the beautifulTruckee River. www.cityofreno.com; Online Theschedule.com

October 3, SATNapa: TRI, GIRL, TRI!® - 6th annual all women's triathlon.$70-Ind, $120-Teams, $80/$150 after 5/15; w/t-s. Now in itssixth year, our all-women's triathlon has fast become a favoritefor first-timers as well as seasoned triathletes looking for a fun,supportive atmosphere! Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040, StinsonBeach, CA 94970; [email protected];www.envirosports.com; 415/868-1829.

October 4, SUNMerced: Gateway to Yosemite Triathlon (800/400/200yS-24/6/4mB-6/2/1mR)(26th), 8:30am $65, $75 after 10/1-Long,$55/$65-Short, $35/$40-Kids w/T-s, Free BarBQ ($10 non-part.), Awards-5Yr age groups, Raffle Prizes. Merced CollegePool-Pol Swim. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

Sacramento: Corelogic Cowtown Marathon, Half Marathon,Relay, 5K, 7:30am $55 Marathon, $45 Half, $120 Mar. Relay,$25 5K by 8/29, $65/$52/$140/$30 by 9/25, $75/$60/$160/$35 race day. William Land Park. Microfiber shirts, livebands, Chip timing, unique finisher awards, scenic, fast course,post-race party. Capital Road Race Management, PO Box19027, 95819; www.sacramentocowtownmarathon.com;[email protected]; 916/492-8966

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WHAT MOMENT STANDS OUT FROM YOUR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CAREER?

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PRE-RACE MEAL?

WHAT’S THE MOST RANDOM THING YOU’VE EVER DONE?

WHAT QUESTION HAVE WE NEGLECTED TO ASK?

FAM ON THE RUN

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT RUNNING CROSS COUNTRY?

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING CONDITIONS?

WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU’RE OUT ON THE TRAILS?

WHAT’S THE HARDEST WORKOUT YOU’VE EVER DONE IN CROSS COUNTRY SEASON?


ummer training is the key to success, not only in cross country next fall, but also your spring track season. The keys are to build yourself up, both physi-cally and mentally. We at AT&Fmet with the folks at Saucony to help promote this program. Here’s what we’re going to do: We’ll provide you with 12 weeks

of summer and fall training, taking you through the first month of your season in this training program. We’ll also provide you with fine-tuning suggestions eachand every week on www.atf-athlete.com, starting the week of June 28, 2009. We’re publishing this piece in American Track & Field, Athletes Only and

California Track & Running News.

After your track season, you need to take a couple weeks’ break. The break can be a complete departure fromrunning and your regular schedule. If you want to run, then no more than four runs a week of about 40 minutes.Your body and spirit need a break. Pick some books you want to read this summer. Pick the movies you’ve notyet seen. Do some summer vegging. Remember, your summer training program is to build you up and prepareyour body and spirit to handle the hard racing and training that come in the fall. This can only happen if you allowyour body to rest, and find outlets from the training regimen.

Before you begin your training ...1.Make sure you have two pair of good training shoes. We suggest that most training shoes can last about 12–16weeks with your level of training. Take your time when you go to your local running store to purchase trainingshoes and remember to go at the end of the day (your feet swell during the day). Bring a clean pair of socks andbe prepared to check five to seven pair of shoes to find the right shoe for you. Also check socks, shorts and tops(although you probably have enough t-shirts to keep you going for months!).

2.Make sure you’re hydrating yourself. Eight to 10 glasses of water a day plus sports drinks and juice are a goodstart. Drink coffee, tea and carbonated soda sparingly.

3. You have to fuel the engine. To do that, you have to get the proper amount and proper types of food intoyour system. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, pasta, modest amounts of fish, chicken and beef make

sense. For snacks, try an apple and peanut butter. Nuts are good, pizza, tacos and the trip tofast food places are fine, as long as you’re not doing it every day!

4. Sleep—yes, sleep is important. I know that at 17 or 18 you can text all night orcheck out the newest game on Xbox, but it’ll affect your training. Get 8–10 hours ofsleep and, if you can, try a nap (yes) a few afternoons.

5. Get your training group down. Some people like to train by themselves, butfind help with the hard days or long days. Find what works for you and yourtraining style.

6. Inspiration. Find some good books (Once a Runner, The Irishmen Who Ranfor Britain, The Lonely Breed,ACold, Clear Day, Self-made Olympian) that caninspire you. Find music that inspires you (Outkast, Disturbed, Hurt, CountingCrows, Led Zeppelin, ACDC).

7.Goals. Do you want to make the top 7? Do you want to improve your timesat your league and section meets? Do you want to race better over the sec-ond half of the course? Think about these things now, write them on a post-card and prop them in your room where you can read them each day.

Week 1: Summer training begins ...Goals: In this week, we’ll get you on the road to a good summer of train-

ing. We’ll run a long run, a tempo run and some moderately paced runseach week. Don’t worry about pace the first 2 weeks, just get out there,

have some fun and get in the habit. Workouts always start with warmup—some gentle stretching of the major muscle groups, light jogging. Do the same for

cooldown.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 35–40 minutes’ easy running, warm up, cool down. Tuesday:1 mile warmup, tempo run, 1 mile cooldown. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 minutes ata half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for a 5 kilometer. So if you can run19 minutes for 5K now, that means a 6:10 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:40 per-mile pace. Warmup, cool down. Thursday: Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 2 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards,jog downhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. Saturday: Off, walk, bike, see a movie. Sunday: Long,easy run, 45 minutes, easy, easy, on grass or dirt.

One thought. Make sure that you run on a variety of surfaces—dirt, grassy fields, sand, road,track. It’s good for the feet, and lets you use your feet in a healthy manner.

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HOW DID YOU END UP BECOMING A RUNNER?

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST ABOUT RUNNING?

DO YOU CROSS-TRAIN AT ALL?

WHAT’S THE HARDEST WORKOUT YOU’VE EVER DONE?

BEST EXPERIENCE OF YOUR RUNNING CAREERSO FAR?

WHAT’S THE HARDEST CHALLENGE YOU SEE AS A COACH FOR HIGH SCHOOL ANDCOLLEGE RUNNERS?

WHAT’S THE BEST NUTRITION ADVICE FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES?

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PRE-RACE MEAL?

FAVORITE PIG-OUT FOOD?

MOST RANDOM THING YOU’VE EVER DONE?

WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO WARM UP FOR A RACE?

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Week 2: Getting the habit started ...Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 40 minutes’ easy running, warm up, cool down. Tuesday: 1 mile warmup, tempo run, 1 mile cool down. Here’s how the workoutgoes: Run 20 minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for a 5 kilometer. So if you can run 19 minutes for 5K now, that means a 6:10

pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:40 per-mile pace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday: Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 2 re-peats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. Saturday: Off, walk, bike, see a movie. Sun-day: Long, easy run, 50 minutes, easy, easy, on grass or dirt.

Thoughts: You’ll be a little sore this week as your body adjusts. Drink your liquids, sleep, eat well and hang out withyour friends.

Week 3: Training gets rolling ...Goals: We’ll begin running 6 days a week and the 7 days a week can begin for juniors, seniors. For college athletes,add a second run 3 times a week of 35–40 minutes of easy running on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 40–45 minutes easy running, warm up, cool down. Tuesday: 1 mile warm up, temporun, 1 mile cooldown. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your pres-ent mile pace for 5K. If you can run 19 minutes for 5K now, that means a 6:10 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:40 permile pace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday: Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 5 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jogdownhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150 yards, jog back to the start. Keep the strideouts re-

laxed. Saturday: Easy 30-minute run or a walk. Sunday: Long, easy run, 50–55 minutes on grass or dirt, hangwith friends.

Week 4: The training gets tough ...Week 4 you should be running at a better pace than your start and noting that your tempo runs

are more fun. You’re getting into a groove. Do the tempo runs and hill runs with teammates, thehard workouts are easier this way.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 40–45 minutes easy running, warm up, cool down. Tues-day: 1 mile warmup, tempo run, 1 mile cooldown. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for 5K. So if youcan run 19 minutes for 5K now, that means a 6:10 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:40

per-mile pace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday: Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 5 re-peats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottomof hill, try 8 times 150 yards, jog back to the start. Keep the strideouts relaxed.Saturday: Find an all-comers meet, and run a 2 mile or 5K. Warm up, run strongand then cool down. Sunday: Long, easy run, 50–55 minutes, easy, easy, ongrass or dirt with friends.

Week 5: Getting on track ...Week 5: We’re getting on track. Make sure you stay focused on the goals.You’re starting to get fit, you run faster, you feel fitter.

Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 45–50 minutes easy running, warm up, cooldown, 8 times 150 yard strideouts, easy on the grass. Tuesday: 1 milewarm up, tempo run, 1 mile cooldown. Here’s how the workout goes: Run20 minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace fora 5K. So if you can run 19 minutes for 5K now, that means a 6:10 pace plus30 seconds, or a 6:40 per mile pace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday:Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 5 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jogdownhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150 yards,jog back to the start. Keep the strideouts relaxed. Saturday: Easy 30-minute run or a walk.Sunday: Long, easy run, 55–60 minutes, easy, easy,on grass or dirt with friends.

Week 6: Midway through the summer ...Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 45–50 minutes easy running, warm up, cool

down, 8 times 150 yard strideouts, easy on the grass. Tuesday: 1 mile warmup, tempo run, 1 mile cooldown. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 minutes at

a half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for a 5K. So if you can run 18:50 for 5K now,that means a 6:05 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:35 per mile pace. Warm up, cool down.Thursday: Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 5 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mileeasy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150 yards, jogging back to the start. Keep the strideoutsrelaxed. Saturday: Easy 30 minutes or find a hilly 4-mile race. Sunday: Long, easy run, 60–65 minutes,easy, easy, on grass or dirt with friends.

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This is a tough week. Check your shoes and make sure they aren’t too worndown. Now would be a good time to get some racing shoes for the fall and usethem for tempo runs.

Week 7: Getting in the groove ...Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 45–50 minutes easy running, warm up, cool down,8 times 150 yard strideouts, easy on the grass. Tuesday: 1 mile warm up, temporun, 1 mile cool down. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for a 5K. So if you can run18:50 for 5K now, that means a 6:05 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:35 per-milepace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday:Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 7 repeats, 200yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try8 times 150 yards, jog back to the start. Keep the strideouts relaxed. Saturday:Easy 30-minute run or a walk. Sunday: Long easy run, 55–60 minutes, easy,easy, on grass or dirt with friends.

Week 8: Here comes the cross country season ...High schoolers:You’ll start school within a couple of weeks, college runners havea month to go. Juniors and seniors can handle the 2 or 3 easy morning runs, andcollege runners, depending on their standards, should be able to handle 3 morningruns a week.Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 45–50 minutes easy running, warm up,cool down, 8 times 150 yards strideouts, relax, easy on the grass. Tuesday: 1 milewarm up, tempo run, 1 mile cool down. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 min-utes at half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for a 5K. So if youcan run 18:30 for 5K now, that means a 6:00 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:30 permile pace. Warm up, cool down.Thursday:Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 7 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jogdownhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150 yards, jog back tothe start. Keep the strideouts relaxed. Saturday: Easy 30-minute run or a walk.Sunday: Long, easy run, 60–65 minutes, easy, easy, on grass or dirt with friends.

Week 9: Early racing begins ...Your first real race will be a revelation. You should be able to handle the distance,but perhaps your pace will be slower. You’ll recover fast, so you should know thatin 3 to 5 races, you’ll be racing fit.Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 45–50 minuteseasy running, warm up, cool down, 8 times 150-yard strideouts, easy on the grass.Tuesday: 1 mile warm up, tempo run, 1 mile cool down. Here’s how the workoutgoes: Run 20 minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your present milepace for a 5K. So if you can run 18:30 for 5K now, that means a 6:00 pace plus30 seconds, or a 6:30 per mile pace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday:Warm up,1 mile, hill repeat, 8 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mileeasy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150-yard strideouts, jog back to thestart. Keep the strideouts relaxed. Saturday: Easy warm up, 5K race for highschool, 4 miles for college. Sunday: Long, easy run, 65–70 minutes, easy, easy,on grass or dirt with friends.

Week 10: Early season ...High school starts quickly with a couple of races a week, so use those early racesto get into shape; continue to build speed. Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 45–50minutes easy running, warm up, cool down, 8 times 150-yard strideouts, easy onthe grass. Tuesday: 1 mile warm up, tempo run, 1 mile cool down. Here’s how theworkout goes. Run 20 minutes at a half-minute per mile slower than your presentmile pace for a 5K. So if you can run 18:30 for 5K now, that means a 6:00 pace plus30 seconds, or a 6:30 per mile pace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday:Warm up, 1mile, hill repeat, 8 repeats, 200 yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mile easy,cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150 yards, jog back to the start. Keep thestrideouts relaxed. Or, if a race happens on Thursday and Saturday, finish up withthe 10 times 150 yards and cool down. Saturday:Easy 30-minute run, or a race of5K for high schools, 8K for college. Sunday: Long, easy run, 65–70 minutes, easy,easy, on grass or dirt with friends.

Week 11: Early season ...Monday,Wednesday, Friday: 45–50 minutes easy running, warm up, cool down,8 times 150 yard strideouts, easy on the grass. Tuesday: 1 mile warmup, temporun, 1 mile cool down. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 minutes at half-minute per mile slower than your present mile pace for a 5K. So if you can run 18minutes for 5K now, that means a 5:50 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:20 per milepace. Warm up, cool down. Thursday:Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 8 repeats, 200yards, uphill, 200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try8 times 150 yards, jog back to the start. Keep the strideouts relaxed. Or, if a racehappens on Thursday and Saturday, finish up with the 10 times 150 yards andcooldown. Saturday: Easy 30 minute run, or race of 5K for high schools, 8K forcollege. Sunday: Long, easy run, 65–70 minutes, easy, easy, on grass or dirtwith friends.

Week 12: You’ve arrived!By this week, most of you will have raced once or twice, and will be getting intothe racing grove. If you’re doing early a.m. runs and need to cut one out, do it. Ifyou’re feeling good but not sure about your leg speed, try this change we’ll sug-gest for Thursday and do this for the next 3–4 weeks.Monday,Wednesday, Fri-day: 45–50 minutes easy running, warm up, cool down, 8 times 150-yardstrideouts, easy on the grass. Tuesday: 1 mile warm up, tempo run, 1 mile cooldown. Here’s how the workout goes: Run 20 minutes at a half-minute per mileslower than your present mile pace for a 5K. So if you can run 18 minutes for 5Know, that means a 5:50 pace plus 30 seconds, or a 6:20 per mile pace. Warm up,cool down. Thursday:Warm up, 1 mile, hill repeat, 8 repeats, 200 yards, uphill,200 yards, jog downhill, 1 mile easy, cool down. At bottom of hill, try 8 times 150yards, jog back to the start. Keep the strideouts relaxed. If a race happens onThursday and Saturday, finish up with the 10 times 150 yards and cooldown. Or,if you need some speed work, try the warm up, and 6 times 800 meters in yourrace pace for mile split at 5K. So if you can run 18 minutes for 5K, your half pacewould be 2:45 for 800 meters. Saturday: Easy 30-minute run, or race of 5K forhigh schools, 8K for college.Sunday: Long, easy run, 65–70 minutes, easy, easy,on grass or dirt with friends.

Anthony Famiglietti is the male runner pictured in our XC Training Piece. Fam, ashe’s called, has run the mile in 3:55.71, the steeple in 8:17.34, the 5000 meters in13:11.93, and the 10,000 in 27:37.74. He is a 2008 Olympian at the steeplechaseand a well-respected painter. Fam captures the spirit of the Saucony brand: loyal tothe sport, and willing to shake it up, whether he races in cross country, track or onthe roads!

Magdalena Lewy Boulet finished second last year in the women's Olympic Trialsmarathon. She races cross country, on the track and on the roads. In 2004, Mag-dalena took 5th in the women's Olympic trials marathon, missing the team by asmall margin. In 2008, Magdalena took the lead from the first mile and led through22 miles, finishing in 2nd place and making the 2008 team, in 2:30.19, her personalbest! In the 10,000 meters, Magdalena took 6th, in her best of 32:45.06. Married toa former miler, and with a son, Magdalena, who was born in Poland, became a U.S.citizen on September 11, 2001.

The Shay XC shoe is named in honor of the late Ryan Shay, who ran for Sauconyand passed away doing what he loved: racing. It’s the best selling cross countryracing shoe in North America. We hope that you like it and use it.

Our friends at Saucony sponsored this section to help make you better runners andto show that Saucony is all about loyalty to the sport. Cross country is pure, mud,dirt, hills, and lots of good stories to tell after the races! They ask you to consider itsline of running footwear, which can be found at www.saucony.com/Shay XC

The ATF presents the Summer 2009 XC Training Program, sponsored by Saucony,which was written, designed and published by Shooting Star Media, Inc., copyright2009. All rights reserved. Saucony logo, Saucony pages on p. 2, 4, 6, 8 are the soleproperty of Saucony, Inc. Written by Larry Eder, proofed by Marg Sumner, designedby Alex Larsen. All photos by Photorun.net

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San Francisco:

Glide Floss Bridge to Bridge with KFOG, KNBR & The BONE Radio Stations (33rd), 6,000Runners/Walkers; Benefits: Northern California SpecialOlympics; www.rhodyco.com

October 11, SUNHealdsburg: Wine Country Marathon, Half Marathon,www.winecountrymarathon.com; [email protected]

Fremont: Happy Fish Run for Education 5K, 10K & Kids1/2M, 1/4M (5th), 9am $25, $30 w/T-s, Refrshments, Awards,Prizes & kids activities (kids $10). Central park/Lake Elizabeth-a beautiful park setting. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199,Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

San Luis Obispo: San Luis Obispo City to Sea Half Marathon,5K Run/Walk, 8am $60, $80 after 10/7, 5K $45/$44; LS T-shirt, goodie bag, Prizes for overall finishers. Downtown SLO toPismo Beach continuing on country roads & finishing alongShell Beach Road At Dinosour Cove Park. SLO City to Sea HalfMarathon, PO Box 8106, 93406; Brian Locher;www.citytothesea.org; 805/546-3100 x 2716

Santa Cruz: SuperKid Triathlon, We're really looking forward tothis year's event. We've got some cool new bike racks, an extraage group added for 15 year olds, a longer course for the olderkids, and full chip timing for ages 7 - 15. Check it out andregister soon. Last year this event sold out two weeks prior tothe event.www.finishlineproduction.com;[email protected]

October 17, SATManteca: Central Valley Triathlon (500yS-16mB-3.1mR),(1.5KS-40KB-10KR), 7:30am $70, $80 after 10/14-International, $60/$70-Sprint, Relay $170/$200(both) w/T-s,BarBQ ($10 non-part.), Awards, Raffle Prizes. WoodwardResevoir. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

October 24, SATBrentwood/Livermore: Los Vaqueros Tarantula Run HalfMarathon,10K, 5K, Kids 1K, 8am-Half, 5K/10K-8:30am $20,$25 after 9/30, $60 Family of 4 ($15 ea addtl) w/T-s, GoodyBag, Awards. The 10K & Half Marathon are hilly; Kellog CreekPicnic area in Los Vaqueros Watershed. On Your Mark Events,PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

October 25, SUNSanta Cruz: Grape Stomp Half Marathon, 10K and 5K, Thisyear we'll be making a few course changes to allow for startand finish line chip timing, a new 5K course that stayscompletely on the bike trail, entertainment, winery tours andsome great new sponsors. www.finishlineproduction.com;[email protected]

October 31, SATNapa: NAPA WINE COUNTRY MARATHON, HALF MARATHON& 10K™ - 19th annual. $30-10K/Half, $35 after 10/16.$50–Marathon, $60 after 10/16. w/t-s. Babbling streams willbe your soundtrack as you challenge yourself on the lushsingle-track trail within Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040, Stinson Beach, CA 94970;[email protected]; www.envirosports.com; 415/868-1829.

November 1, SUNCamino: Apple Hill Harvest 8.5M, 3.5M Run/Walk, 1/4 & 1/2 MKid’s Runs (30th), 8:55am 8.5M, 9am 3.5M $30/$35 after 10/24

w/LS shirt, Chip Timing, refreshments, drawing. 8:30am Kid’s _ &1/4 M $16 w/t-s & special treat. ParaVi Winery; rolling paved loopthrough the scenic neighborhoods & fruit ranches of Apple Hill.Guaranteed LS/t-s to 1st 1,700. Free Satellite parking w/shuttle torace start. Apple Harvest theme. Camino School Club Benefit,[email protected], www.applehillrun.org; 916/492-8966

November 7, SATKnights Ferry: Salmon Duathlon (5kR-30kB-2.5KR)(13th),9am $45, $50 after 11/4, $85/$95-Relay w/T-s, Free Beer,Awards, Refreshments, Raffle Prizes. Stanislaus River Park-halfway between Oakdale and Sonora. On Your Mark Events, POBox 1199, Arnold 95223; [email protected];www.onyourmarkevents.com; 209/795-7832

Knights Ferry: Salmon 5000 (5K) (13th), 9am $30, $35 after11/4 w/T-s, Awards, Refreshments, & Free Beer. S tanislausRiver Park. On Your Mark Events, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;209/795-7832

Stinson Beach: STINSON BEACH MARATHON, 25K & 7Mile™- 19th annual. $30-10K/Half, $35 after 10/23. $50–Marathon,$60 after 10/23. w/t-s. The most varied course you'll everexperience with a beach start and a climb into the mountainswith beautiful views and surroundings the whole way. Enviro-Sports, PO Box 1040, Stinson Beach, CA 94970;[email protected]; www.envirosports.com; 415/868-1829

November 8, SUNDanville: Red T-Shirt 10K Run/5K Run or Walk (14th), Comeand join Sparky George, the Bear Flag Runner and an oldMarine, at the 14th Hats Off America Red T-Shirt 10K Run/5KRun or Walk on Saturday, February 7 beginning at 10 a.m. atSycamore Valley Park , 2101 Holbrook Drive , Danville , rain orshine. Entry fee is $35 per person. There is no entry fee forvolunteers. All runners and volunteers will receive a red t-shirt,and lunch donated by El Balazo Restaurant, a major four-yearsupporter. www.TheSchedule.com; Sparky 925/855-1950

Fresno: join the legendary Dick Beardsley for the secondrunning of the Eye-Q Two Cities Marathon and half located inthe heart of California, central to San Francisco, Yosemite andthe Sequoia NP. This event has something for everyone.Marathon, half marathon, half marathon walk and 4 personrelay. A $10,000 prize purse has been established to bring thefinest athletes from around the nation to compete in themarathon and half. The course is USATF Cerified, fast and canbe used as a Boston Qualifer. You will run along beautiful treelined paved pedestrian and bike pathways through Fresno andClovis. Last years event sold out early. The entries are limited to5,000 participants. Register at www.RunFresno.com

November 15, SUNSan Francisco: SF’s Run & Walk for the Hungry, is a 5K &Mile for the San Francisco Food Bank near the Conservatory ofFlowers In GG Park. www.PeopleEvents.org 650-291-8531.Send SASE to 528 Larch Ave, South San Francisco, CA 94080

November 22, SUNOakland: Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders Fourth Sunday Runs5K, 10K, 15K, 9 a.m., $3 members, $5 non-members. SailboatHouse, Lake Merritt, 568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland. Certified, flat loopcourse. Hotline: (510) 644-4224; www.lmjs.org

Vallejo-Mare Island: Return to Mare Island 3.1 Mile Run/Walk(4th), 9am $30, $35 after 11/20,, $15 All students, $70 Familyof 3 w/Awards, T-s,, Refreshments, Raffle Prizes. TouroUniversity (1310 Johnson Ln); scenic run through the Old MareIsland Navy Base including the Admiral’s housing. On Your MarkEvents, PO Box 1199, Arnold 95223;[email protected]; www.onyourmarkevents.com;

November 26, THURSSacramento: Run to Feed the Hungry 10K Run, 5K Run/Walk

(16th), 10k -8:15am, 5k – 9:00am; $35/$40 race day, 15 andunder $20 anytime. A Sacramento Thanksgiving morningtradition. Largest Thanksgiving Day Run/Walk in the U.S. withover 28,000 participants in ’08.Guaranteed LS t-s 1st 28,000.CSUS (J/Carlson Sts.); cert., fast loop through one of Sac’smost beautiful neighborhoods. $6,000+ prize money, $2,500bonus $$, ChronoTrack Timing and live TV coverage, live music,Elvis. Benefits Sac Food Bank & Family Services. Run to Feedthe Hungry, PO Box 19939, 95819; Online www.runtofeedthehungry.com; [email protected]; 916/492-8966

December 27, SUNOakland: Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders Fourth SundayRuns 5K, 10K, 9 a.m., $3 members, $5 non-members. SailboatHouse, Lake Merritt, 568 Bellevue Ave, Oakland. Certified, flatloop course . Hotline: (510) 644-4224; www.lmjs.org

November 28, SATJoin us for the Amica Insurance Seattle Marathon 2009!The RRCA and AIMS certified marathon and half marathoncourses consist of rolling hilly sections and scenic views ofdowntown Seattle and Lake Washington. The Seattle MarathonFamily of Events also includes the Seattle Children’s KidsMarathon, the Seattle Marathon 5K Race presented by RoadRunner Sports on November 28, and the Health+Fitness EXPOon November 27 & 28. For more information visit our websiteat: www.seattlemarathon.org

November 29, SUN

San Francisco:

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Even in marathon circles, Wesley Korir’sname was not well known before this year’s

Los Angeles Marathon, presented by Honda, onMay 25th.

It is now.Korir, a recent graduate of the University of

Louisville, combined favorable weatherconditions and a patient attitude to shatter theLos Angeles Marathon record with a time of2:08:24 and earn a startling $188,705 in cashand prizes.

The 26-year-old Kenyan slashed fiveminutes and 27 seconds off his previous personalbest and clubbed the Marathon’s existing racerecord of 2:08:40 set by countryman BensonCherono in 2006. Korir won $20,000 in cashand a new Honda EX-L sedan (MSRP of$28,705) for winning the men’s race, finishingmore than a minute ahead of Ethiopia’s TarikuJufar (2:09:32). He added $100,000 for winningthe unique Los Angeles Marathon Challenge forfinishing first overall, passing women’s winnerTatiana Petrova of Russia in the 24th mile.Finally, his record-setting time was also good fora time bonus of $40,000.

Petrova, running for a spot on the Russiannational team in the IAAF WorldChampionships marathon to be held in Berlin,Germany in August, surged in the final six milesto break Ethiopia’s Amane Gobena and win thewomen’s division in 2:25:59. She won the$20,000 first prize for the women’s race and aHonda Accord EX-L sedan, plus a time bonus of$20,000 for a one-day total of $68,705.

The fast loop course, run in helpfulMemorial Day conditions under a morningcloud cover and temperatures that ranged from59º to 63º during the elite race, saw two of thefour fastest men’s times in race history and two ofthe top seven times in women’s history. And boththe Kenyan men and Russian women extendedtheir winning streaks in the race to 11 years andfive years, respectively.

In total, nine elite runners qualified for timebonuses totaling $138,000, bringing the overallprize purse for the 2009 event to $395,410.

The elite fields, of course, were not the onlyones running. Other winners included AaronGordian of Mexico in the men’s wheelchair

division (1:31:19, winning $2,500) and AmandaMcGrory of Savoy, IL in the women’s wheelchairrace (1:48:13, also winning $2,500). The topMasters (40 and older) finishers were SergioFausto (51) of South Gate, CA (2:38:37) andCarista Strickland (47) of Aliso Viejo (3:14:07).

Los Angeles Marathon XXIV attracted17,307 participants, with the accompanyingACURA LA Bike Tour drawing 7,192 and theLA 5K Run/Walk registering 2,306 entrants foran all-race total of 26,805. Entrants came from38 different counties.

“This is a tremendous example of thetransformative power of sport,” said Marathonpresident Russ Pillar, who greeted runners ontheir final steps to the finish line for more thanfive hours on Monday. “We plan to have evengreater events in the future.”

While thousands of runners were running,jogging, and walking the 26.2-mile course in LosAngeles, “shadow” Los Angeles Marathons weretaking place among military personnel in Iraqand Afghanistan.

At Camp Taji in Iraq, located about 20miles north of Baghdad, more than 500 soldiersfrom the 56th Stryker Brigade participated in amarathon of their own, supported by the LosAngeles Marathon. Conceived as a MemorialDay fund-raiser for the family of a fallencomrade, the event started at 5 a.m. to beat theheat and finished about 10 a.m. with the finalrunners making their way to the finish line in99º temperatures.

In Afghanistan, two soldiers who had heardabout the Iraq race participated in a marathon aswell and were sent T-shirts and finisher medalsby the Los Angeles Marathon to salute theireffort.

On the streets of Los Angeles, of course,there were thousands of individual stories alongthe route; some of the highlights:

Marathon organizers were informed abouttwo marriage proposals that were made at thefinish line.

Chris Del Valle of Twenty Nine Palms, ranthe race dressed as Uncle Fester from “TheAdaams Family.” He and “Thing”—perchedatop Del Valle’s head—finished in 5:21:54.

Ultra-marathoner Dean Karnazes ran the

course in 4:04:39, one day after finishing a 100-mile run from Santa Barbara to the Los AngelesMarathon exposition at the LA ConventionCenter.

A total of 208 Legacy Runners—who eachcompleted all 23 previous Los AngelesMarathons—entered the race, with many alreadyplanning their participation in the SilverAnniversary edition in 2010.

In the end, Korir’s running and attitudesummed up the race and its impact far beyondthe individual activity of running. He bought hisusual pair of tuna sandwiches on Sunday andplanned to eat one that night and then one afterthe race on Monday. But on exiting the shop, hesaw a homeless woman asking for help. He gaveher one of the sandwiches, ate the other, and ranto a career-making victory on the streets of LosAngeles on a Memorial Day he and many otherswill never forget.

—Courtesy Los Angeles Marathon

TOP FINISHERSMEN1. Wesley Korir, 26, KEN, 2:08:242. Tariku Jufar, 24, ETH, 2:09:323. Laban Kipkemboi, 31, KEN, 2:10:294. Mulugeta Wami, 26, ETH, 2:10:495. Negari Terfa, 25, ETH, 2:10:53Top 5 Californians12. Brian Livingston, 31, Los Angeles, 2:21:3413. Romualdo Sanchez, 39, Los Angeles, 2:25:4015. Mark Batres, 24, Rowland Heights, 2:30:3316. Will Hudson, 27, Berkeley, 2:32:3218. Bartolo Sequen, 23, Los Angeles, 2:37:35

WOMEN1. Tatiana Petrova, 26, RUS, 2:25:592. Amane Gobena, 26, ETH, 2:26:533. Silvia Skvortsova, 34, RUS2:28:354. Lyubov Morgunova, 38, RUS, 2:29:425. Irene Mogoka, 24, KEN, 2:30:10Top 5 Californians10. Ieng Klukken, 37, Huntington Beach, 3:00:1612. Laura Aceves, 29, Lomita, 3:05:3813. Mandy Grantz, 22, Pasadena, 3:08:4814. Ginna Ladd, 33, Santa Monica, 3:09:5715. Jody Wolk, 33, Encino, 3:13:48

Full results and photos at www.lamarathon.com.

Cooperative Conditions and a Record-Shattering Run Highlight 2009 LA Marathon


by Cregg Weinmann

The 2009 season offers good news if you find yourself looking for running shoes in the economy price range.Even though prices have been escalating industry-wide, there are numerous shoes with very reasonableprices and good performance. We’ve looked for the best new or updated shoes, and there are more in the

performance range—nice and light—than we have seen in many seasons. There’s something here for nearly every-one, whether you’re heading out for training, trails, or racing, and they’ll all give you your money’s worth.

adidas adi Kanadia TR $65adidas has a long history of success in the

trail shoe category, so its new Kana-

dia TR has plenty of

company. Designed

to provide traction

and performance,

the Kanadia’s attrac-

tive price might cause it to

be dismissed, but that would be a

mistake. Though not as durable as the full- featured (and higher-

priced) models, it does a surprisingly creditable job of cushioning,

and the traction is as good as most of the better trail shoes, thanks to

adidas’ Traxion tread design. The midsole is a low-profile, single-

density CM-EVA with a small adiPrene crashpad for good cushion-

ing both on the trail and the roads. The upper is cool airmesh that’s

tailored to provide a nice snug fit.

TRAIL

Sizes: Men 6.5–13,14; Women 5–12 Weight: 12.0 oz. (men’s 11); 9.6 oz. (women’s 8)

For: medium- to high-arched feet with neutral biomechanics

ASICS Gel-Phoenix $75 The Gel-Phoenix is a new shoe, but the niche

it occupies—Performance Stability—is an

ASICS hallmark, here at an economi-

cal price. The air mesh

upper is roomy in the

forefoot with a secure

fit in the heel, a family

trait thanks to its familiar

ASICS last. The SpEVA mid-

sole is durable, cushioned, and offers

the good stability for which this configuration is known. The AHAR

outersole is an effective blend of traction and durability.

The Gel-Phoenix is not the equal of its more expensive sibling, the

Gel-DS Trainer, but it does feature a comfortable, stable, resilient

ride at a good value.

PERFORMANCE STABILITY

Sizes: Men 6–13,14,15,16; Women 6–12 Weight: 11.1 oz. (men’s 11); 9.3 oz. (women’s 8)

For: medium- to high-arched feet with mild to moderate overpronation

END Stumptown 10 oz. $75END (Environmentally Neutral Design) is a new

brand with a new target audience. Aimed at

the value-minded runner who expects

quality for their cash, the Stumptown

delivers. The 10 oz. is the most

performance-oriented of

three versions of the

shoe, and it also fea-

tures the most shoe

for the money. The

upper is minimal, with well-

placed synthetic overlays, and a

pared back design to eliminate unneeded materials and their associ-

ated waste. A high-friction toe cap protects on the trail while the

lower profile is perfect for nimble trail running. The midsole is single-

density EVA topped by an additional layer of EVA in the Strobel

board for good cushioning and a responsive ride. A forefoot protec-

tion plate adds a little foot armor without hindering flexibility, and

the outersole tread provides excellent traction.

PERFORMANCE TRAIL

Sizes: Men 7–12,13; Women 5–11 Weight: 10.9 oz. (men’s 11); 8.9 oz. (women’s 8)


Mizuno Wave Nexus 3 $80The Wave Nexus has undergone a number of

subtle changes. The upper is a more open

airmesh, with overlays reduced in num-

ber and many replaced by HF-

welds. The Alpha Polymer

midsole has seen a

minor adjustment in

the molding, and

the Wave plate has

received minor

tweaks through the

shank, but the ride and perform-

ance haven’t been altered to unfamiliarity. The outersole has a sig-

nificant chunk of lateral blown rubber which may account for a

cushier feel, but the X-10 heel maintains the durability necessary for

high mileage. These thoughtful improvements are well-executed,

and the value in the Nexus 3 is the tangible result.

STABILIZING CUSHION

Sizes: Men 7–13,14,15; Women 6–11 Weight: 12.4 oz. (men’s 11); 10.0 oz. (women’s 8)


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New Balance 737 $80New Balance has often produced effective

shoes in the economy range. The 737 is

the latest, and perhaps the most versa-

tile, of the neutral shoes New Bal-

ance has placed in this

price range. The upper

makes good use of

airmesh and mini-

mal overlays to sup-

port the foot and let it

breathe. The midsole is a

fairly generous slab of ACTEVA Lite, which is quite responsive,

though the firm Abzorb crashpad and fabric Strobel board make

the shoe a little less cushy for longer runs. The midfoot support is

good, and the minimal outersole keeps things light without compro-

mising durability or traction.

PERFORMANCE NEUTRAL

Sizes: Men 7–12,13,14,15; Women 5–11,12 Weight: 11.2 oz. (men’s 11); 8.4 oz.

(women’s 8) For: low- to medium- high-arched feet with neutral biomechanics

Reebok Premier Phoenix $75Best Motion Stabilizing

Economy ShoeThe Premier Phoenix is Reebok’s lat-

est quality economy running

shoe. The dual-density, in-

jection-molded mid-

sole offers a

durable, stable,

and responsive ride,

aided by the DMX Stro-

bel board beneath the insole.

The upper features a PlayDry lining to keep

the foot cool and dry, with well-spaced overlays (there’s a little

extra on the medial side) for excellent midfoot support. The combi-

nation of supportive upper, multiple layers of cushioning, and good

stability make it a solid choice for budget-minded runners; it’s our

Best Motion Stabilizing Economy shoe.

STABILIZING CUSHION

Sizes: Men 7–12,13,14; Women 5–12 Weight: 12.5 oz. (men’s 11); 10.1 oz. (women’s 8)


Saucony ProGrid Jazz $80Best Neutral Economy Shoe

Saucony has offered good quality running

shoes in the economy range; the best of

these is the ProGrid Jazz. The Jazz

features the traditional

Saucony tailoring—

wide toebox and snug

heel—for runners with

medium-high to lower-

arched feet. The single-density

midsole offers good cushioning and

the ProGrid layer adds considerably to the comfort. The light weight

is attributable to minimized overlays coupled with HF-welds for

good support without bulk, and the foam formulation combined with

the foam layer in the Strobel board is light without losing its high-

mileage cushioning. The successful XT-900 carbon rubber heel and

blown rubber forefoot round out the versatility of our Best Neutral

Economy shoe.

PERFORMANCE NEUTRAL

Sizes: Men 7–13,14; Women 5–11,12 Weight: 11.4 oz. (men’s 11); 9.0 oz. (women’s 8)


Venue Sports Vroom $60Venue Sports entered the footwear fray with

spikes and throwing shoes, and it now

moves onto the roads. The Vroom is a

versatile lightweight trainer that

can handle a little rac-

ing, some speed-

work, and the

mileage required

by efficient young

runners looking for a

solid shoe. The upper is

airmesh supported by synthetic leather and HF-welded overlays in

the heel. The midsole is low-profile, single-density EVA with a sup-

portive, ventilated shank. The outersole is grippy, high-traction rub-

ber that’s durable without reducing flexibility. The weight makes

them suitable to tempo runs and track work, as well as racing, and

the price tag makes them even more attractive.

PERFORMANCE NEUTRAL

Sizes: Unisex 4–13 Weight: 9.4 oz. (men’s 11) For: medium- to high-arched feet with

neutral biomechanics for faster-paced running

Best Shoes for $80 or Less (continued)

CREGG WEINMANN is footwear and running products reviewer for the Running Network LLC. A competitive runner for the past 44 years, he also has coached runners at all levels for almost 30 years. He can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].

Copyright © 2009 by Running Network LLC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this article may be stored, copied, or reprinted without prior written permission of the Running Network LLC.Reprinted here with permission.

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Long Distance Running Pacific Association DistanceChampionship Round-Up

BY MARK WINITZ

NorCal John Frank Memorial 10-MilePA/USATF 10-Mile ChampionshipRedding; March 7

Sergio Reyes and Allison Kerr jump-startedtheir 2009 PA/USATF Road Grand Prix sea-sons with dominant victories at the 39th JohnFrank Memorial 10-Mile race. The event servedas the first race on this year’s PA/USATF long-race road circuit. Last year, Reyes (age 27, LosOsos) and Kerr (32, Vacaville) were season-endopen division champions on the competitivecircuit. Both runners were preparing for theBoston Marathon on April 20, so 10 miles pro-vided a good checkpoint in their training.

In fact, Reyes’ win in 48:50 obliterated theprevious men’s course record (50:57 set by RyanHayes in ’04). The men’s all-time race record of48:29 was set in 1982 by ’87 U.S. Men’sNational Marathon champion Ric Sayre.

The out-and-back Redding course mostlyruns on the Sacramento River Trail and offersspectacular views of the river and nearby TrinityMountains. It negotiates two bridges over theriver—the historic Diestelhorst Bridge built in1915 and the impressive Sacramento River TrailBridge, a stress ribbon bridge which opened in1990 as the first of its kind in North America.Sunny, fair conditions and light winds greetedover 600 runners who turned out for the 10-mile championship, 3-mile, and one-mileevents.

Reyes found himself alone as he startedconservatively at 5-minute pace over the first 2-1/2 gradually downhill miles. By the first bridgecrossing, and through the rolling hills on thenorth-side portion of the course, the flight testengineer put it on auto pilot, flying through 5miles in 24:32.

“I get in this rhythm, and I really can’tslow it down,” Reyes said. “That’s it. I’m fixedinto that pace for the rest of the race. It just feelsgreat, like a long Sunday run preparing forBoston. With my training base for Boston [upto 140 miles per week], 10 miles is almost acakewalk for me. And the recovery time is lessthan a day.”

Well behind Reyes, a close contest devel-oped as Jonathan Marcus (2nd, 51:51),Jonathan Charlesworth (3rd, 51:53), and BrettCarter (4th, 51:54) finished within three clockticks of each other. Marcus and Charlesworthled the West Valley Track Club to thePA/USATF Open men’s team victory.

In the men’s Masters ranks, Jeff Hongo(57:10) edged Iain Mickle (57:22) for the vic-tory. 51-year-old Tim O’Rourke’s Senior(50–59) men’s winning time of 57:51 produceda superb age-graded performance of 87.9%.

Kerr topped the women’s field in 1:00:22while improving her runner-up finish last year(to Brooke Wells) by over a minute. Thewomen’s course record of 55:59 was recordedby ’08 Olympian Magdalena Lewy Boulet in2004. Kerr’s win was a solo effort. She ran in asmall group of men for a couple of miles, butthen was on her own.

“I was a little surprised. I thought thatthere might be a few more women near me to

work with, so I just focused on the [male] run-ners ahead,” said Kerr, an ’08 U.S. Women’sOlympic Marathon Trials qualifier. “It’s defi-nitely a challenging course. I wanted to average6-minute pace, which I did until about the last3 miles. I started slowing on the uphill. I washappy with the race, which was a PR.”

The performance of the day, however,went to 54-year-old Christine Kennedy (LosGatos). The Seniors starlet finished secondwoman overall in 1:03:44, a time that bettersthe F54 single-age U.S. best listed by RunningUSA (1:03:46, Marion Irvine, California 10,1983). (USA Track & Field no longer keepsU.S. Masters single-age records.) Kennedy’stime converted to a world-class age-gradedscore of 93.8%.

Jeannie Spink finished third amongwomen in 1:04:49, and scored first for herImpala Racing Team, the PA/USATF openwomen’s team titlist.

Kennedy’s race will, no doubt, stand up asone of the most outstanding for the ’09 circuit.

“I was really pleased with my race becauseI’ve been training for the Boston Marathon,”Kennedy said. “I just eased back on my trainingfor a week and decided to go out and run hard.I’ve been injury free and that’s made all the dif-ference.”

Other PA/USATF divisional winners:Masters (40–49): Jeff Hongo, 57:10 and CaroleParise, 1:09:27; Super Seniors (60–69):Michael Dove, 1:05:03 and Joann Rowland,1:25:25; Veterans (70+): Russ Kiernan,1:12:22.

Thanks to the Sweat Running Club fororganizing another fine 10-MileChampionship.

Postscript: Sergio Reyes finished the BostonMarathon in 2:19:22 (17th place). Allison Kerrran 2:49:34 (22nd place). Christine Kennedy’s2:56:32 earned her the F50–54 division title.

Emerald Across the Bay 12K PA/USATF 12K ChampionshipSan Francisco; March 15

Phillip Reid won’t soon forget his first PacificAssociation/USATF 12K Championship, host-ed by the Emerald Across the Bay 12K. Neitherwill the spectators at the end of the striking,point-to-point course that starts in Sausalito,crosses the Golden Gate Bridge, and finishes atSan Francisco’s Aquatic Park. They will, mostlikely, never see a finish quite like this oneagain.

Reid, 23, negotiated the first four miles

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across the bridge in a lead pack of four men thatincluded Sergio Reyes, Crosby Freeman, andThomas Kloos. Reyes, who won here in ’07 and’08, did much of the work, pushing the pace.

Kloos took a spill at about mile 4, fallingoff the leaders. By the 5-mile point, where thecourse finally flattens out after the hilly miles upand over the bridge, Reyes and Reid shedFreeman. It wasn’t until the final hill in FortMason, with less than a half-mile remaining,that Reid slightly gapped Reyes and pushedhome.

“I knew there was a last little hill coming,but I didn’t know exactly how big it was, and Iwanted to be ready for Sergio coming,” saidReid, who was a first-timer at the race.

The recent Cal Poly-SLO All-American intrack and cross country then rounded the finalturn and approached the finish line. His 20-meter margin over Reyes assured victory.

That’s when the bizarre finish occurred.Suddenly, about 10 meters before the finishline, a lead motorcycle unintentionally cutdirectly in front of Reid, forcing him to quick-ly veer in a wide arc to his left to avoid a colli-sion. In that instant, Reyes sped past his rivaland crossed the finish first, in front of thewould-be champion.

The astonished Reid immediately protest-ed and USATF officials on the scene awardedhim a 35:57 victory. Reyes (2nd, 36:00) didn’tappeal the decision. Freeman (3rd, 36:26) com-pleted a top-three sweep by the ASICS AggiesRC, giving them the PA/USATF open men’steam crown. 2004–05 Across the Bay winnerPeter Gilmore (4th, 36:44) followed. Kloos(37:01) was fifth.

Although Reid’s winning time was“assigned” by USATF officials—based on anestimated 3 seconds he lost in the motorcycleoccurrence—Reid and Reyes recorded the sec-ond and third fastest times ever recorded by a

male in the 26-year history of this race. Theyjust missed Bill Donakowski’s men’s race recordof 35:48 set in 1987. (The course has changedseveral times over the years, but the GoldenGate Bridge has remained its enduring fixture).Prior to the 2007 race, a hilly section throughSan Francisco’s Presidio was eliminated. Thisyear, the event’s title sponsor (Emerald) offered$1,000 course record bonuses on top of the$4,500 PA/USATF Championship prize purse.

“I figured for us to be even close to therecord, we had to hit six miles no slower than29-flat,” Reyes commented. “I think we wereright at 29 there, but we came up a little short.”

In the women’s contest, Chris Lundy tookadvantage of her hill-running strength (she’s a3-time member of the U.S. Mountain RunningTeam and 2-time Olympic Marathon Trialsqualifier) to record a solo 43:05 victory. The38-year-old Sausalito resident and veterinarianwho trains on nearby Mt. Tamalpais said thatshe “got into a good group of men” and wasable to push it to the finish. Allison Kerr turnedaround from her previous weekend’s victory atthe PA/USATF 10-Mile Championship andplaced second in 43:15. ’08 Olympic Trialssteeplechaser Kara June was third in 43:19.

“Allison passed me with about a mile togo, and she was strong,” said June, who scoredfirst among the ASICS Aggies victorious Openwomen’s squad. “I couldn’t respond enough tomake a move back at her. But I felt really good,

strong, better than last year.”Two Seniors turned in “world class” per-

formances, and were the top age-graded per-formers of the day: 54-year-old ChristineKennedy’s (47:37, 92.7% age-grade) and 52-year-old Brian Pilcher (40:44, 92.6% age-grade). In fact, Pilcher earned the PA/USATFMasters men’s title, 1-1/2 minutes ahead ofrunner-up master Eric Albrecht (42:13). ValerieYoung, 42, grabbed the women’s Masters victo-ry in 44:29.

Other PA/USATF divisional winners:Super Seniors (60–69): Michael Dove, 48:43and Hansi Rigney, 1:01:26; Veterans (70+):Russ Kiernan, 54:21 and Barbara Robben,1:24:45.

New Balance Excelsior Zippy 5K PA/USATF 5K ChampionshipSan Francisco; April 19

The 10th anniversary of the Zippy 5K pro-duced zippy times, a zipper-tight race organiza-tion (courtesy of the Excelsior Running Club),and over 400 finishers in separate men’s andwomen’s races on a bright, springtime morningin Golden Gate Park. Plus, the opening eventon PA/USATF’s 2009 short road racing GrandPrix yielded two first-time winners of the race.

A 43-year-old mom who resumed runningonly 10 months beforehand following the birthof her second child won the women’s race.Valerie Young, a native of Ireland, owns 15:45(5000m track) and 2:38:02 (marathon) creden-tials. But few local women other than her ownTamalpa RC teammates recognized Young, whowas competing in only her second PA/USATFcircuit race. The former Irish national teammember and 2004 U.S. Olympic marathon tri-als qualifier (she didn’t obtain U.S. citizenshipin time to compete in the trials), had securedthe masters title at the PA/USATF 12KChampionship a few weeks before. Now, atZippy, Young went out with the lead women onthe popular, keyhole-shaped course (out onJohn F. Kennedy Drive, loop around StowLake, and back on JFK Drive).

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2009 Pacific Association USATF Road Race Grand Prix Schedule

Date Event Division Points Detail10/18 Humboldt Redwoods Half Marathon Long 1.5 (4)11/8 Clarksburg 30K Long 2.011/26 Turkey Trot 5K Short, open individual only 2.0 (3)12/6 California International Marathon Long 2.0 (3)12/13 Christmas Relays Team only 1.0 or 2.0 (3)

Detail: (1) Subject to a resolution satisfactory to race management of the headphone issue; (2) Pending bid and acceptanceby the LDR executive committee; (3) Pending satisfactory bid; (4) Pending correction of prize money in bid.

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“I got on the line thinking 5:30 miles, butI’ll go with the pack,” said Young, who negoti-ated the first downhill mile down JFK Drive inabout 5:32 on the shoulder of HeatherMacFalls with Young’s Tamalpa RC cohortAnna Bretan and Emily Bates in tow.

By the end of the second mile that featuresrolling hills around the lake, Young found her-self in the lead.

“At that point I was just trying to keeppace,” Young said, “but behind me I could hear‘go Tamalpa’ [being yelled by Young’s Tamalpamale teammates who were observing], so Iknew Anna [Bretan] was there. I actuallythought I was okay, but that’s the longest mile[back up JFK Drive].”

In fact, Young had cause for concern.Bretan is a 2008 grad of San Francisco StateUniversity who owns 4:36 (1500m) and 16:56(5000m) PRs. The recent All-American livesseveral blocks from the course and trains on it.

In fact, Bretan, using her familiarity withthe course, strategically passed Young on thegrade. But Young fought back, regained thelead with about 200m remaining, and finishedfirst in 17:30. She captured both PA/USATFOpen and Masters championship crowns.Bretan (2nd, 17:37), Bates (3rd, 17:47), andMacFalls (4th, 17:50) followed.

“It was a good effort,” Young summarized.“I’m just trying to get back out there and get fit.It’s coming together. The goal now is to getunder 17.”

Tamalpa Open women’s team, paced byYoung and Bretan, pinned down thePA/USATF Open women’s team title.

In the men’s race, two-time U.S. OlympicMarathon Trials qualifier Peter Gilmore,(2:12:45 personal best), moved down in dis-tance, hoping to steal a win. But red-hot PhillipReid prevented Gilmore from repeating his2005 victory.

Gilmore, 32, grabbed an early lead, close-ly tailed by Reid. The pair negotiated the down-hill first mile in 4:42, and the rolling secondmile in 4:55 (9:37).

“Peter is a great runner. It’s nice to be insuch elite company as him. I trusted him tokeep the pace going,” said Reid, who owns a13:55 5K PR.

Coming off the lake, where the course dipsdownhill, the men’s battle was won.

“What are you going to do [with Reid]?He’s fast at 1500 and 5[000],” Gilmore com-mented. “I was looking back and started hurt-ing pretty bad at 2 miles, and he put on a strongmove. I just couldn’t match it. The last mile wasso painful. I’m not used to (the pace).”

Reid’s 14:40 at the finish tape was the thirdfastest men’s winning time in the 10-year histo-ry of the event. (Chris Lundstrom holds themen’s race record of 14:38, set in 2004.)Gilmore, garnered 14:54 for second place. Thecontest for the remaining top men’s spots wasn’tsorted out until the last 400 meters where recentCal Poly-SLO grad Keith Hankins (3rd, 15:05)used his 1:50 800-meter speed to gap JonathanCharlesworth (4th, 15:07) and Lenin Zapata(5th, 15:13). River City Rebels were thePA/USATF Open men’s teams winners.

In a razor-close masters men’s race, ChrisSchille (16:31) edged Jeff Hongo (16:31), JeffMann (16:31), and Cliff Lentz (16:33) for thevictory. Schille said he was happy with his windespite the fact that he hadn’t run a speed work-out in 4 months and was 10 pounds over hisnormal racing weight.

Tom Bernhard, 57, turned in an excellent17:20 for a 90.2% age-graded score—the sec-ond best (behind Reid’s 90.5%) of the day.

PA/USATF Championship division win-ners in the 50-and-above ranks were: Seniors(50–59): Brian Pilcher 16:36 and Sara Frietas,19:09; Super Seniors (60–69): Don Porteous,19:13 and Jo Anne Rowland, 24:26; Veterans(70+): Keith Johnson, 24:42 and MargeDunlap, 29:02.

Big Sur 5K & MarathonCarmel; April 26

For the second weekend in a row, PacificAssociation/USATF competitors flocked to aPA/USATF Grand Prix 5K Championship inthe pursuit of Grand Prix points and champi-onship prize money ($2,900 here). And, for thesecond weekend in a row, there were similaritiesin the top results. One dominant man on theearly-season PA circuit prevailed over his com-petition again, and a Masters woman won con-vincingly overall.

But that’s where the similarities end.A week earlier, at the Zippy 5K, competi-

tors tested their fitness on its moderately fastroad course. Different story in Carmel. Like itscompanion event, the Big Sur International

Marathon, the Big Sur 5K is tough. Of course,you can’t convince a hardened finisher of thehilly Big Sur Marathon course of that fact. Butgenerally as 5Ks go, the course isn’t PR materi-al. And, like its big brother held on the sameday, the 5K offers commanding views ofMonterey Bay and the coastline.

Eight hundred 5K runners and walkersnegotiated a challenging, hybrid road/crosscountry course as over 8,000 participants tack-led the marathon route in an array of running,relay, and walking events.

A sizable pack of men led during mile 1that heads south and pointedly uphill onHighway 1 from the marathon finish line. Thepack negotiated the mile mark on Ribera Roadand then descended to the scenic dirt shorelinetrail that composes most of mile 2 with views ofrocky outcrops and crashing waves along southCarmel River Beach. Midway along this stretch,Phillip Reid tested the waters.

“I made a little move there, but thenrelaxed and held off a little while,” said thePA/USATF Open men’s short-distance GrandPrix leader.

Competitors exit the trail, reconnect withHighway 1 a few hundred meters shy of mile 2,and head back toward the start/finish area.Cresting a short but steep uphill, this is wherecaution is typically abandoned and the real rac-ing begins. It did here.

“The pack caught back up a little, but onthe [final] downhill [mile to the finish] I gotinto a little rhythm,” Reid said.

As Reid proceeded to an eventual 15:15victory, a close contest among the chase packtranspired.

“I felt great once we hit the last hill onHighway 1 and decided to go for it,” com-mented Mike Styczynski, a 2004 grad of IthacaCollege (upstate New York) where he holds themen’s 5000m school record of 14:50.41.

Styczynski briefly assumed the lead on theuphill, but Santa Clara–based Kenyan DuncanWeru and Jeff Peterson rejoined him on thedownhill.

“This man [Reid] is hard to beat,” admit-ted Weru. “Today we tried to keep contact withhim. Then he got away. I tried to catch him,but he was too strong.”

Weru settled for second place in 15:27,followed by Styczynski a clock tick behind.Peterson was fourth in 15:34.

Led by Styczynski, the Sacramento-basedRiver City Rebels won the PA/USATF Openmen’s team crown. The Impala Racing Teamwas the Open women’s champion.

Jeff Mann, 45, improved his fortunes fromthe Zippy 5K where he placed third amongMasters a stride length behind Jeff Hongo andMasters winner Chris Schille. Here, Mann nar-rowly defeated Schille in another close race asboth men finished in 16:33. Hongo was thirdMaster.

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Linda Somers Smith won this 5K, in 2002, shewas 40 years old and tuning up for the IAAFWorld Half Marathon Championships. Thistime, at 47, the attorney from Arroyo Granderan away from the women’s field in 17:45—atime just 9 seconds slower than her 2002 victo-ry. And she had some energy left to spare.

“I actually thought I went out pretty con-servatively [5:41 for mile 1] and thought therewould be [women] ahead of me,” SomersSmith said. “When there wasn’t, I just relaxedon the dirt [second mile], and figured someonewould catch up. Once I made the turn [backonto Highway 1] I decided that nobody wasgoing to, so I decided to run harder.”

Nicole Campbell, 26, and MagdalenaVisser, 40, found themselves running togetherafter the first mile about 20 seconds behindSomers Smith. The pair composed the “chasepack.”

“We were working together, pretty well,”Campbell commented. “We kept passing eachother back and forth.”

The contest continued until 400 metersremained, where Visser sensed that Campbellwas tiring, and swept past her.

“At that point it’s all downhill and I wasreally running scared, hoping to hold[Campbell] off,” Visser said. Visser succeededand captured second place in 18:04. Campbell,an ’05 grad of Humboldt State University whocompeted in cross country and track, was thirdin 18:06. 40-year-old Holly Hagerman grabbedfourth in 18:35, rounding out a remarkablesweep by female Masters of 3 of the top 4 places.Lisbet Sunshine, 45, also broke 19 minutes.

Yet, on a day of superb Masters accom-plishments, Somers Smith, in particular,demonstrated that although aging runners mayslow down a bit, they don’t need to abandontheir goals.

“Maybe it’s age, but I don’t remember the[Big Sur 5K] course being that hard,” SomersSmith joked. She set the Big Sur 5K women’srace record of 16:39 in 1993. “My goals noware to qualify for one more [U.S. Olympic]Marathon Trials and run the New York CityMarathon because I’ve never done it before.”

Additional PA/USATF divisional champi-ons at the race: Seniors (50–59): Brian Pilcher,16:57 and Meredith Mills, 20:04; SuperSeniors (60–69): Donald Porteous, 19:14 andJo Anne Rowland, 23:53; Veterans (70+): RussKiernan, 24:06 and Marge Dunlap, 29:45.

Big Sur International Marathon SummaryOn a day where 20 to 30 m.p.h. headwindschallenged competitors on the rugged Big Sur-to-Carmel route, Mary Coordt, 39, of ElkGrove and Ryan Hafer, 22, of ColoradoSprings, CO registered runaway victories.

Coordt, a three-time U.S. OlympicMarathon Trials qualifier, became a two-timewinner at Big Sur (she also won in 2006),breaking the finishing tape in 2:56:06.

“I really ran the race for fun because thiswas my husband’s target race, and for us therace was really all about him,” said Coordt, whowon the Napa Valley Marathon last March, andset her PR of 2:46:30 there in ’08.

Former Santa Rosa High School andStanford University standout Julia Stamps-Mallon (Miami, FL) finished second in3:04:18. Stamps-Mallon, 30, and her husband,John, who also ran the race, celebrated the birthof their first child, Ashlin Rose, last January.

Hafers’ men’s winning time was 2:32:17.Eric Bowles, 23, of Los Angeles, was second in2:39:34.

Marin Memorial Day 10KPA/USATF 10K ChampionshipKentfield; May 25

Run in the shadow of Marin’s Mt. Tamalpaisthrough the nearly flat, manicured neighbor-hoods of Kentfield, Larkspur, San Anselmo,and Ross, invariably in bright, sunny, but com-fortable racing conditions—this traditionalMemorial Day Pacific Association/USATFChampionship organized by the TamalpaRunners is one of the gems of NorthernCalifornia road racing. And the devotees whorace here year after year are never disappointed.A dramatic finish on the College of Marin trackprovides a classy conclusion.

Since 1982, when Dan Buntman (29:16)and Leslie McMullin (36:05) won overallcrowns at this race, formerly known as thePacific Sun 10K, the list of race winners readslike a Who’s Who of notables in California roadracing. The course records, set by PhilemonHanneck (28:45, 1994) and April Powers(33:36, 1988) are far from shabby.

Phil Reid and Chris Lundy have nowadded their names to the distinguished list ofrace winners. In fact, Reid’s name now appearstwice. The four-time Big West Conference (col-legiate) champion while at Cal Poly-SLO suc-cessfully defended his men’s title after makinghis debut on the PA/USATF Road Grand Prixcircuit here last year. Lundy, who resides innearby Sausalito in Marin County, recorded herfirst victory at this race after winning the Acrossthe Bay 12K PA/USATF Championship inMarch.

Last year, Reid waited until 3/4 of a mileremained before using his 3:42.5 1,500m trackspeed to sprint away from Sergio Reyes for vic-tory. This year, he successfully used a similarstrategy.

A lead pack of four men, led mostly by8:30 steeplechaser Tom Kloos, cruised throughthe initial flat miles at about 4:48 pace. Reid,’05 men’s champion Peter Gilmore, and recentCal-Berkeley alum Chris Chavez were also inthe pack. After the 4-mile split, on the CorteMadera Creek bike/pedestrian path, Gilmoreinjected a surge that Reid covered well.

“I decided to stretch things out,” saidGilmore, who was running his final tune-uprace in preparation for Grandma’s Marathon onJune 20th. “Mostly I was afraid to let it comedown to the final kick with Phil and Tom. ButReid was right on my hip the entire time.”

Said Reid: “I had planned on making amove a little earlier because I wanted to runfaster than last year. But with the stiff early paceand lack of energy on my part, I was content tofollow until about 800 meters to go.”

Indeed, with a little over a 1/2 mileremaining to the finish, Reid injected a shortburst that left Gilmore in arrears. He proceed toa 29:48 victory. Gilmore (2nd, 29:52) held offKloos (3rd, 29:54), and Chavez (4th, 29:56) onthe College of Marin track for the bridesmaidspot.

The victory gave Reid his fourth openmen’s PA/USATF Championship title in thespace of ten weeks. It marks the first spring thathe’s diverged from the track to make a concen-trated foray on the roads.

“The little success I’ve had on the trackthis year has me willing to do more road rac-ing,” Reid commented. “I think I’m better suit-ed for the road anyway since my 5K road andtrack PRs are almost the same. I really enjoycompeting on the PA road circuit. The cama-raderie and friendly rivalries that spark up onthe roads aren’t the same as they are on the oval.And afterwards, by the tailgates and openhatchbacks, everyone shares a story.”

In the women’s race, Lundy and herImpala Racing Team teammate TeresaMcWalters shared the early lead as Kara Junefollowed. A little past halfway, McWalters felloff Lundy’s 5:34 pace.

“I’m not in racing shape right now,”admitted 24-year old McWalters, a 6-time All-American at Stanford University who is nowpursuing a masters degree in Architecture atHarvard University. “This race was actually mysecond workout since February so it was moreof a rust cleanser than anything. I actually feltlike stopping around four miles.”

Lundy 38, proceeded to a 35:11 victory.McWalters (2nd, 35:23) rallied to hold off achallenge by Zippy 5K women’s championValerie Young (3rd, 35:35). Young, 43, was alsofirst Masters female. Kara June (4th, 36:00) fol-lowed.

“The race went well for me,” Lundy said.“I’m happy with it because I’ve been mostlytraining on the trails, getting ready for the U.S.Mountain Running Championships (June 28in New Hampshire, past press time–Editor).”

Lundy was USA Track & Field’s MountainRunner of the Year in 2007, and has served onthree U.S. Mountain Running teams and theU.S. Pan American Games squad in themarathon.

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SCA/USATF ULTRA RUNNING REPORT

FROM GARY HILLIARD & LORRAINE GERSITZ SCA MUT OPEN & MASTERS CHAIRS

Series director Gary Hilliard reports that as ofMay 13, the Southern California Ultra RunnersGrand Prix Series Membership is at 53 partici-pants, with 15 registered as USATF members.Salomon Running has agreed to be a shoe spon-sor for the 2009 Ultra Runners Grand PrixSeries. All age group winners will receive a pairof Salomon XT Trail Running Shoes. Salomonhas also pledged a pair of shoes for the male andfemale runners leading the Series at the 2009half-way point (end of June). MUT chairs con-tinue to promote USATF membership andlook forward to being able to once again offerprize money to series overall and age-groupwinners who are USATF members.

Three Ultra Series races have taken placesince the March 2009 MUT report:

Old Goat 50-MileMarch 28The Old Goat 50-Mile Trail Race is comprisedof a relatively benign 20-mile loop followed bya not-so-benign 30. There’s over 12,500' of“UP” in this race with a continuous 4,000'climb from Holy Jim Canyon to the summit ofSantiago Peak. This 50-mile race ranks amongthe toughest 50-milers in the country. On hiswebsite, RD Steve Harvey writes:

“Ben Hian (40) is back on the trails inSouthern California and he announced hisreturn with authority at the Old Goat 50 MileTrail Race. Ben ran a 7:51:14 on what isarguably the most arduous course in California,taking 27 minutes off the course record set byAkos Konya in 2008. Tracy Moore, who fin-ished second to Hian, also came in 10 minutesunder the record. Both Ben and Tracy are mem-bers of the San Diego Bad Rats. The Rats tookthe first four places.

The women’s field was left wide openwhen Keira Henninger decided to forgo anoth-

er Old Goat and Maria Petzold blew out aknee—weeks before at a 50K. That left MichelleBarton 9:58:26 with little competition—sheenjoyed a wide lead over the second woman,Theresa Apodaca. The third-place womanGretchen Evaul is now the only woman who hascompleted all of the Old Goat 50s—only twomore to go for the Old Goat belt buckle!”

TOP FINISHERS: Men 1. Ben Hian, 40, 7:51:14; 2. TracyMoore, 48, 8:08:03; 3. Scott Mills, 57, 9:16:09. Women 1.Michelle Barton, 38, 9:58:26; 2. Theresa Apodaca, 47,11:03:29; 3. Gretchen Evaul, 32, 11:20:54.

For complete results, visitwww.oldgoatrunners.com/old_goat_50_home_page_022.htm

see http://californiaoldgoats.blogspot.com/2009/04/ben-hian-shatters-course-record-at-old.html for the full RD’s write-up.

Leona Divide 50-MileApril 18Course closures by the USFS caused a slightchange in the course this year but runners stillcovered 50 miles through the beautiful AngelesNational Forest near Lake Hughes. BenBerkowitz, 25, was the youngest winner ever in6:47:08. Women’s winner Krissy Moehl ofSeattle cruised to her third Leona victory andhad the fastest time of any woman ever atLeona Divide. The accompanying SpringChicken Sprint 28.4 Mile Run was won by 65-year-old Donald Caldwell of Pasadena in4:39:20. It was his fourth Spring Chicken win!

TOP FINISHERS: Men 1. Benjamin Berkowitz, 25, 6:47:08; 2.Kevin Sullivan, 38, 6:49:09; 3. Tracy Moore, 48, 8:34:30.Women 1. Kristin Moehl, 31, 7:25:37; 2. Michelle Barton, 38,8:14:53; 3. Lora Liu, 26, 8:34:30.

For complete results, visit www.leonadivide.com/2009_results.pdf

Wild Wild West 50KMay 2The WWW trail races take runners through thegreat Alabama Hills and the foothills of Mt.Whitney. There is a 50K, a marathon, a 10-mileand a 3-mile race but only the 50K is part of theUltra Series.

TOP FINISHERS: Men 1. Dean Gerad, 31, 4:40:05; 2. ChrisCoolican, 38, 5:15:32; 3. Michael Phillippi, 42, 5:18:10. Women1. Kim Gimenez, 44, 5:17:01; 2. Gina Natera-Armenta, 34,

5:40:47; 3. Anne Langstaff, 47, 5:42:06.

For complete results, visit www.lonepinechamber.org/events/Wild-Wild-West-Marathon-2009-Results.html

PCT 50-MileMay 9This is an out-and-back course mostly on sin-gle-track trail along the Pacific Crest Trail ineast San Diego County. The trail featuresnumerous climbs, particularly on the “out” por-tion, as well as some rocky sections. It begins atan elevation of approximately 3,000 feet, reach-ing 6,000 feet in the Laguna Mountains.

TOP FINISHERS: Men 1. Mike Wollfe, 7:12; 2. Tracy Moore,7:32; 3. Jonas Hansen, 7:53. Women 1. Angela Shartell, 8:35;2. Michelle Barton, 9:04; 3. Pam Everett, 9:08.

For complete results, visit www.pct50.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=32

2009 Southern California Ultra Runners Grand Prix Series8/08 Mt. Disappointment 50K & 50-Mile

SCA 50-Mile Trail Championship8/22 Bulldog 50K & 25K run9/19 Angeles Crest 100M Endurance Run9/27 Noble Canyon 50K11/30 Santa Barbara 9 Trails 35M Endurance Run12/07 High Desert 50K & 30K

SCA 50K Trail Championship

Other Local MUT Races CompletedFor complete results, see websites listed.

3/29/09 Sycamore Canyon Trail RunsPoint Mugu State Park, Malibuwww.pctrailruns.com/

4/4/09 OC Chili Winter 4-Mile Trail Run SeriesO’Neill Regional Park, Orange Countywww.bookthatevent.com/Trail_Run/Results_Photos.html

5/9/09 XTERRA Malibu Creek Trail ChallengeMalibu Creek State Parkwww.trailrace.com/malibu.html

A full list of races that are part of theSouthern California Ultra Runners Grand PrixSeries is on the web at socalultraseries.org. �

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ASICS Aggie RC and Impala Racing teams toPA/USATF open team titles.

Fifty-two-year-old Brian Pilcher turned inanother superb Masters men’s winning per-formance. His 33:13 (94% age-graded per-formance) upended masters Chris Schille, JeffHongo, and Jeff Adkins, as all ran sub-34:00.

“It’s the first time I’ve finished ahead ofChris [Schille], who in my opinion is the topmaster in the Pacific Association,” Pilcher said.“I never really saw any of the masters, althoughChris was right behind me.”

Female Masters winner Valerie Young’s35:35 (90% age-graded) for third place overall

was nearly as impressive as Pilcher’s, as sevenmasters women broke 40 minutes.

“I was pleased with my effort and the finaltime because my coach, Bill Stewart in Atlanta,predicted mid-35s–low 36s,” Young said. “I’mactually looking forward now to cross country.Growing up in Ireland, cross country was myweekend sport. It has a long season and domi-nates athletics there.”

Tom Bernhard, 57, also went away with aworld class age-graded mark (92%) of 35:25.

Additional PA/USATF individual champi-ons: Seniors (50–59): Brian Pilcher, 33:13 andSarah Tabbutt, 39:48; Super Seniors (60–69):

Jim Gorman, 38:51 and Jessie Stratton, 49:32;Veterans (70-plus): Russ Kiernan, 46:03 andMarge Dunlap, 59:29.

Mark Winitz welcomes your comments and con-tributions for this column. Contact him at650.948.0618 telephone or via e-mail [email protected]. Mark has written forCTRN since the mid-1980s and has been run-ning, writing about running, and organizing pro-grams for runners for 30 years. He is a longtimeactivist within USATF. He also assists road racingevents through his company, Win It!z SportsPublic Relations and Promotions in Los Altos.


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MIRACLES HAPPENOne Runner’sJourney Back to the Sport He Loves

BY MARK WINITZ

Journal Entry #4: June 2009I’m doing a lot of walking lately since I’m notable to run ... at least, not yet. Two years afterhip replacement surgery, full weight bearing isstill pretty painful most of the time. I’ve visitedso many doctors, who have come up with somany hypotheses for my challenges, that Iprobably now qualify as an Associate ofMedicine.

Yet, walking (yes, walking, as in pedestrianlocomoting), along with healthy running ses-sions on the Alter G Anti-Gravity Treadmill,running in the pool, exercycling, and weighttraining keep me fit enough. I’m still rail thinand pass as a runner, at least in appearance. Andmy arthritic hips typically feel a whole lot bet-ter after a good workout—as long as I don’toverdo it—than beforehand.

I remember when, as a runner, I shunnedwalking—until I started dabbling into ultras.Depending on the distance, terrain, and alti-tude, I learned that healthy doses of walking,interspersed with running, are essential whentraining for or racing ultras. By doing somewalking I was able to successfully navigate thelong haul. As I grow older, I realize that there’sa lesson there that goes beyond running.

I’ve found some rewards, and even a cause,in walking.

On May 30th, I informally participated inRelay for Life, the American Cancer Society’sseries of community events dedicated to the fightagainst cancer. I circled Cuesta Park in MountainView for several miles with my wife, Fran, a con-scientious walker. She was walking on a relayteam, and, along with about 1,000 other walkersand runners (mostly walkers), raised about$115,000 for cancer research, awareness, andprevention projects. Annually, 3.5 million walk-ers and runners around the world take part incommunity Relay for Life events.

Miracles happen. The fact that there are anestimated 12 million cancer survivors in theU.S. alone is nothing short of a miracle. As can-cer research and medical knowledge continuesto improve, perhaps cancer will become a dis-ease of the past.

During my walk, I talked with cancer sur-vivors, their friends, families, and supporters. Ithought about my own friends, family mem-bers, and associates who successfully fought, orwho are fighting, the disease. I ran into, ratherwalked into, Judith Webb, who began running29 years ago during the first running boom.She’s the Manager of Education and Leisure at

Avenidas in Palo Alto.“I began running partially because every-

one was doing it and partially because a friendwho was dying of melanoma cancer made meaware of my own mortality,” Webb says. “Thatwas at age 36. Now, here I am, suddenly a gen-uine Medicare card carrier, at age 65.”

Judith, remarkably, is still competing inmarathons, and routinely records national classtimes in her age group.

But that day she was walking, participat-ing on an Avenidas relay team at Relay for Life.Evidently, Webb’s thoughts and mine connect-ed on some mutual friends as we walked. Ourconversation turned to Jack Leydig, who isfighting cancer. Veteran runners in our part ofthe world know Jack as a pioneer of distancerunning in NorCal. Without him our state’srunning climate would not be as running richas it is today. (See my article about Jack in thenext issue.)

Before my—let’s call it sabbatical—fromrunning, I might not have taken the time todrop in on an event such as Relay for Life. Butslowing down—or having no choice but toslow down—has made me think about theextraordinary gift, and fragility, of life. Maybethat’s what drew me to attend Relay for Life,even for a short while. Above all, Relay for Lifeevents are a way to celebrate humankind’s ever-growing capacity to extend lives.

For active people, movement is an integralpart of life. That’s why so many runners nowparticipate in activities that support medicalresearch focused on health, decreasing debilitat-ing disease, and increasing longevity. Runningfor charity, in programs such as the LeukemiaSociety’s Team in Training and numerous oth-ers, comprises one of the largest growth areas inour sport.

Some runners are walking for the samereasons.

Dave Ahn of Sunnyvale, a veteran runnerwho directs several running events in the SanFrancisco Bay Area, has walked in Relay for Lifeevents for the past several years. As I write this,he was planning to walk in the Relay for Lifeevent on the Los Altos High School track (June20). That is, after pulling himself out of bedbefore 5 a.m. and making a four-hourroundtrip drive to Sacramento to compete inthe Shriners Summer Solstice 8K PA/USATFChampionship. He’s done this “double” before.

Dave is a good friend of mine. He has anenormous social conscience.

“I think there’s a community spirit andcommon goal of health in the act of running orwalking,” Ahn says. “And it carries over intoother health concerns, including the fightagainst cancer. For me, the Relay is an opportu-nity to combine taking part in a celebration oflife with the healing acts of running and walk-ing on the same day.”

I’m proud to be part of a running—and

now a walking—community that gives a hootabout their own physical well being and realizesthat these simple and fundamental acts canhave an enormous positive impact on the livesof others.

One of my favorite running novels is thecult classic Once a Runner by John Parker. Greatread. Even better title. The book begins andends with Quenton Cassidy walking around atrack, reflecting on his years as a runner. He hasachieved his goal of a sub-4 mile, but his run-ning days are over.

Once a runner, always a runner ... I believethat.

After 30 years of running, I’ve achievedmost of my goals. One remains: to continuerunning. I haven’t lost faith in miracles.Regardless, running or walking, I’ll always be arunner at heart. I think I’ll go out for a walknow and relish that.

Next Time: Read what I’ve learned aboutjoint care for runners and evidence that years ofrunning doesn’t necessarily make you a candi-date for a hip or knee replacement.

And from my in-box:

Mark,I’ve been reading your Miracles Happen articles in

CTRN. Sorry to hear about your medical problems. Ithought I would pass along my story.

I started running in 1978. I was about to turn 40. Iwas hooked. Nine months later I was running Avenue ofthe Giants. It was cold, wet, windy, and rainy. I thought tomyself, I’ll never do that again!

Seven years later I was back at Avenue of the Giantsrunning my 100th marathon. I had also racked up 35ultras. The running continued through the years, running amixture of everything. My personal favorites were theTahoe 72 miler (I was able to run it 20 times) and the BayArea 24-Hour track race (where I had a string of 14,around 1,400 miles). All my years of running were good.The people, the races, the trips were great.

In 2000, I was on a training run for the CaliforniaInternational Marathon. This was to be my 18th CIM, whichwas another string. A few hours later, I was in emergency.They said I was having a heart attack. I got a stent put inand in a short period of time I was back out on the roads.

Napa was my last marathon (#154). I continued todo shorter races, but my heart condition had not improved.In 2006 another stent, in 2007 a quad bypass, and in2008 I needed an AICD implanted (pacemaker) after anincident climbing Mt. Rose. Besides the 154 marathons,I’ve completed about 98 ultras and another 200 or soraces.

I am now down to just walking a few miles a day, butI still do the Journal Jog 8K every year. Looking back, evenwith the heart problems, I would not have changed a thing.Running has been good to me. I feel if it wasn’t for runningI would not be alive today. I still believe in miracles, butrunning for me now is just a state of mind.

Steve Galvan, Reno

Mark Winitz started this diary to chronicle hisreturn to running following hip replacement sur-gery in January 2007 and a heart attack in May2008. Cntact Mark at 650.948.0618, telephone,or via e-mail at [email protected] article is not intended to provide medical or rehabilitative advice of any sort. Please consult with your doctors and

physical therapists about your own medical situation.


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SCA/USATFRace Walk Roundup

FROM PEDRO SANTONI,SCA USATF MASTERS RW CHAIR

Race walkers in Southern California have had abusy and exciting spring. Early in April, at theannual Mount San Antonio College 10K and5K races, Pennsylvania’s Trevor Barron tookadvantage of 50º temperatures to continue hisexceptional 2009 season and set his second U.S.Junior record in two months. Trevor’s 20:54 for5K (on the way to a 51:07.1 10K) bested byjust over three seconds Ben Shorey’s 20:57:16from 2002. The Mt. SAC 10K also saw TimSeaman continue his comeback from hip sur-gery and clock a 42:49:9, a time that graded outat 88.63%. Tim, as he put it afterwards, is look-ing forward to retirement (eventually), but hewants to go out on his terms. The 5K served asWest Region championship, and Canadiannational team member Rachel Lavellee, off atraining stint at altitude in Flagstaff, AZ, tookoverall honors in 23:36.7.

Later that month, the Southern CalWalkers hosted their yearly Whopper 5K and10K races at Pasadena Junior College’s newlyresurfaced track. I have included the full resultsfrom both events at the end of this article.

Local races proved to be just an appetizer,however, because area clubs also hosted twonational Masters championships. The 31st edi-tion of Orange County’s Easy Striders by-nowtraditional St. Patrick’s Day 20K and 5K walksalso served as the National Masters 20K cham-pionship. Weekend festivities kicked off with apre-race dinner at the home of SCA race walkchair Chris Rael, who cooked up a storm ofchicken and pasta that fed 20 hungry athletes(and poisoned none).

The next morning, 38 race walkers (14women and 24 men)—the largest field in sev-eral years—toed the starting line for the 20Kunder ideal conditions. The course consists of afast and largely flat 1.051-kilometer loop withplenty of shade, and the weather gods delivereda 50º morning. Michael Tarantino prevailedover all competitors in 1:32:47, a time that wasonly 43 seconds off his best 20K in the last twoyears. He was ecstatic about his performance,particularly because his training so far this yearhad not emphasized distance. Michael hopedthis season would net him a sub-1:30 20K, andhe reached that goal two months later with a1:29:21 at race hosted by the University ofWisconsin–Parkside.

Four race walkers from Canada also hadreason to be pleased with their efforts. 39-year-

old Jeannie Harms broke the 2-hour barrier byone minute, while two current students and arecent graduate from Vancouver’s University ofBritish Columbia also walked strong races.Creighton Conley’s 1:38:39 represented a 9-minute personal best, Nicola Evangelista calledher first-ever 20K “a good learning experience”as she clocked a 1:59:44, and Megan Huzzey’s15K split on the way to a 1:52:13 qualified herfor April’s PanAm Cup. At this event, held in ElSalvador, Megan clocked a 1:49:37 under muchwarmer conditions.

The highlights of the men’s Masters 20Kincluded fine performances by two former U.S.national team members. Jonathan Matthewstraveled to Huntington Beach from cold,snowy, and icy Montana (temperatures were–13º when he left). Given the impact of a harshwinter on his training, he had hoped to break1:40, and he met his goal with a 1:39.19. Hisage-graded result, an impressive 88.59%,topped all male entrants. In second place, andin his return to racing after a one-year hiatusbrought on by an unfortunate accident (or, ashe put it, “I broke my ankle in a ladder inci-dent”) was Mark Green. He had looked for-ward to breaking 1:50, and he came in 1:48.56,good enough for an 81.43% age-graded per-formance. I took third place in 1:55:57.Through 15K, I was well on my way to improv-ing on the 1:55:53 I had clocked one monthearlier at the Western Regionals in Santee, but atthat point a stiffening lower back decided other-wise. In any case, it was an honor to join thesetwo other talented walkers on the podium.

Age-graded results for female Master walk-ers were even more remarkable than the men’s.Sherry Watts emerged as the 20K championwith a time of 2:14:58, and third place went toKathleen Balser in 2:16:01. The spot on thepodium between these two women went toLouise Walters, who put together quite a raceand finished in 2:15:44, which graded out to asuperb 92.02%. Kudos must also go to first-time race director Rick Campbell (who com-peted in a colorful leprechaun outfit), EasyStriders’ coach Jim Coots (who served as Rick’sadvisor/guru/guardian angel), and to all mem-bers of Easy Striders. The club put on a first-class event, and, just as importantly, maintainedits reputation for putting on the best post-racepotluck in the Southland.

Two months later, on May 17, Riverside’sInland Empire Racewalkers hosted theNational Masters 15K. Although temperatureslater that afternoon reached the mid-90s, theheat held off long enough to provide more-than-adequate racing conditions for the 33racewalkers who ventured out to FairmountPark. Temperatures hovered in the mid-70s for

most of the race and the course thankfully hasplenty of shade. Perhaps the day’s most notableperformances came from 15-year-old TylerSorensen. In his first attempt at the 15K dis-tance, the Lafayette resident took first place andbroke the U.S. Junior record in 1:12:57. Due tothe layout of the course, no 5K or 10 splits wererecorded, but Tyler’s splits show that he walkeda strong, steady race. He clocked a 6:41 for thefirst loop, which measures 1.327 kilometers,and his splits for the seven subsequent 1.709kilometer loops were remarkably consistent:8:20, 8:09, 8:09, 8:13, 8:22, 8:17, 8:23, and8:23. Tyler’s sights are now set on the JuniorNationals, which will be held in Eugene at theend of June, and he hopes that race will qualifyhim for a dual meet with Canada in August.Supporters of U.S. race walking can only hope,as race director (and SCA USATF president)Dave Snyder noted at the awards ceremony thatTyler’s performance is indicative of “bigger

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Rick Campbell in his leprechaun outfit at theEasy Striders’ St. Patrick’s Day 20K

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Marianne Martino (l) and Tyler Sorensen holdingthe Perona Cup for overall men’s and women’s

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things in the near future.” Other race highlights included Marianne

Martino, who hails from Littleton, CO, takinghome her second consecutive women’s Masters15K title in 1:33:36. Three other women,Louis Walters, Kathleen Balser, and JoleneSteigelwart, all broke the 80% age-graded bar-rier, with Louise slightly improving on herHuntington Beach 20K with an impressive92.19% age-graded performance. Five menalso broke the 80% barrier—AnatollyShipitsyn, a former elite race walker from theSoviet Union, Norm Frable, Carl Acosta, PaulJohnson, and Bill Moremen—while MarkGreen and Andrew Smith just missed out onhitting that mark. Last, but certainly not least,Steigerwalt, Walters, Johnson, and Moremenset age-specific American records.Congratulations to all!

20K Masters National ChampionshipWOMEN 1. Megan Huzzey (23), 1:52:13; 2. Jeannie Harms(39), 1:59:00; 3. Nicola Evangelista (20), 1:59:44; 4. SherryWatts (55), 2:14:58; 5. Louise Walters (69), 2:15:44; 6.Kathleen Balser (66), 2:16:01; 7. Janet Robinson (67), 2:16:21;8. Carol Bertino (61), 2:22:05; 9. Darlene Backlund (63),2:23:11; 10. Karen Karavanic (45), 2:28:05; 11. Kathy Frable(63), 2:30:52; DNF: Margaret Ditchburn (34), and Elisabeth A.Shepard (40); DQ: Kathy Finch (54).

MEN 1. Michael Tarantino (25), 1:32:47; 2. Creighton Connolly(20), 1:38:39; 3. Philip Dunn (37), 1:39:11; 4. JonathanMatthews (52), 1:39:18; 5. John Nunn (31), 1:41:36; 6. MarkGreen (53), 1:48:56; 7. José Moncada (20), 1:51:13; 8. PedroSantoni (51), 1:55:57; 9. Steve Harper (58), 2:01:40; 10. RickCampbell (63), 2:05:43; 11. Norman Frable (63), 2:08:33; 12.John Magnussen (56), 2:09:43; 13. Alex Kazaryan (54),2:13:00; 14. John Backlund (69), 2:16:11; 15. Ronald Walters(70), 2:18:12; 16. William Hosken (71), 2:19:04; 17. JamesOlsen (46), 2:24:01; 18. Wayne Wurzburger (67), 2:24:15; 19.Patrick Bivona (68), 2:28:17; 20. John H. Starr (80), 2:28:51;21. Jerry Welti (55), 2:33:02; 22. Bernie Finch (69), 2:49:53;23. Cliff Elkins (77), 2:52:27; DNF: Paul Johnson (71).

Mount San Antonio College Relays Race Walks10K 1. Tim Seaman (36), 42:49.9; 2. Trevor Barron (16), 51:07.1; 3.Salvador Velazco-Franco (16), 52:16.6; 4. Pedro Santoni (51),

55:26.8; 5. Alex Kazaryan (54), 1:00:48.9; 7. Deo Jaravata (42),1:02:16.0; 8. Wayne Wurzberger (67), 1:06:36.0; 9. YosselinVázquez-Montoya (18), 1:08:02.3; 10. Concepción Vázquez(49), 1:10:38.1.

5K (also served as West Region 5K Championship) 1. Rachel Lavellee (22), 23:36.7; 2. Daniel Lew (22), 26:01.8;3. Yoko Eichel (61), 29:43.4; 4. John Magnussen (56), 30:42.3;5. Deo Jaravata (42), 32:02.7; 6. Janet Robinson (67), 32:19.6;7. Ray Billig (52), 32:35.4; 8. Carl Acosta (75), 34:01.4; 9. BillMoremen (81), 35:07.1; 10. Shirley Capps (73), 36:08.2; 11.Leon Glazman (75), 36:45.3; 12. Jorge Birnbaum (61), 38:14.6;13. Joan McIntyre (72), 38:32.9; 14. Arvid Rolle (75), 40:07.5;15. Emily Zook (16), 40:17.0; 16. Anelise Smith (70), 40:51.1;17. Mary Jo Sullivan (66), 40:52.0; 18. Patty Kennedy (78),42:33.7; 19. Holly Osborne (57), 42:55.5; 20. Grace Moremen(78), 44:14.9; 21. Pat Willis (73), 45:21.5.

Southern Cal Walkers Whopper 5K & 10K Grand Prix RW10K MEN 1. Pedro Santoni (51), 56:12; 2. Rick Campbell (63),1:00:10; 3. Alex Kazaryan (54), 1:00:50; 4. John Magnussen(56), 1:01:38; 5. Carl Acosta (75), 1:08:51; 6. Bill Moremen(81), 1:11:45.

5K MEN 1. Ray Billig (52), 32:17; 2. Bob Nyman (7?), 34:41; 3.Jorge Birnbaum (61), 37.17; 4. Joe Fox (6?), 37:48; 5. StuartRay (6?), 38:06.

WOMEN 1. Carol Bertino (61), 33:09; 2. Joan McIntyre (72),37:43; 3. Anelise Smith (70), 39:32; 4. Mary Jo Sullivan (66),39:33; 5. Holly Osborne (57), 41:00; 6. Grace Moremen (78),44:06; 7. Pat Willis (73), 44:39.

15K National Masters ChampionshipWOMEN 1. Marianne Martino (58), 1:33:36; 2. Louise Walters(69), 1:38:59; 3. Vicki Pritchard (50), 1:40:24; 4. Mary Baglin(62), 1:40:28; 5. Kathleen Balser (66), 1:40:37; 6. Diane Brandt(60), 1:40:39; 7. Jolene Steigerwalt (65), 1:41:20; 8. SusanMears (54), 1:43:33; 9. Kathy Frable (63), 1:46:25; 10. DarleneBacklund (63), 1:50:31; DNF: Janet Robinson, (67).

MEN 1. Tyler Sorensen (15), 1:12:57; 2. Anatoliy Shipitsyn (54),1:16:34; 3. Mark Green (53), 1:22:27; 4. Andrew Smith (59),1:27:11; 5. Pedro Santoni (51), 1:28:09; 6. Norm Frable (63),1:29:29; 7. Rick Campbell (63), 1:31:34; 8. Alex Kazaryan (54),1:33:44; 9. Paul Johnson (71), 1:35:08; 10. Carl Acosta (75),1:41:15; 11. Ronald Walters (70), 1:41:38; 12. WayneWurzburger (67), 1:42:12; 13. James Olson (46), 1:42:27; 14.John Backlund (68), 1:44:43; 15. Al Cazas (51), 1:46:10; 16.Art Morrow (44), 1:48:51; 17. Patrick Bivona (68), 1:48:58; 18.Bill Moremen (81), 1:51:51; 19. Bernie Finch (69), 1:55:08; 20.Amado Castro (58), 1:55:34; DQ’s: James Kurtzman (47) andJack Cassidy (59). �

PA/USATF Race Walk

FROM ART KLEIN PA USATF RW CHAIR

The 2009 season has started with a bang!Already there have been many outstanding per-formances in three major events to date: One-Hour Championship, Quilantang 5000m, andthe Pacific Association Track & FieldChampionship. The two Grand Prix (GP) racesincluded a mix of Youth, Open, and Mastersathletes. Although it’s not customary for Youth(under age 19) to participate, the performancesof Lila Haba (age 13), Nicolette Sorensen (age13), Tyler Sorensen (age 15), and JD Bhatia(18) are especially noteworthy. Since it’s diffi-cult to provide the colorful behind-the-scenesreporting on a race if one is either competing orserving as a race walk judge, I asked Beth Priceto do some investigating. Here’s her interestingreport on the first race. I will comment on theother two in the later paragraphs.

One-Hour ChampionshipThe season so far this year has been great. Thefirst Grand Prix race was the One-Hour Postalrace held at the Los Gatos High School on Feb.28. The weather was perfect for a one-hourrace, starting cloudy, but clearing quickly to awarm but not too hot, calm day.

There were 15 racers starting the race,including a guest racer, Andreas Gustafssonfrom Sweden. Andreas, who trains in SanDiego, had come specifically to make a person-al record in a 10,000m race, even though hewould have to walk farther in order to walk fora whole hour and complete the race for the timeto count. Hopefully the other racers enjoyedand were motivated by Andreas lapping themseveral times. He completed his 10,000m racein 41:53 minutes. Then, he completed the racefor a total distance of 12,588m, merely walkingfor the remaining time. Andreas’s next race wasin Sweden on March 14, then in Dudince,Slovakia on March 28. According to Andreas’blog (www.goandreas.com/news.html), he wonthe 5K race on March 14, but was unable tofinish the 50K race in Dudince. He had to dropout after 26K with cramps in his hamstrings.Sorry, but Andreas says he’ll be back!

Back at the One-Hour Postal, NicoletteSorensen, female age 13, had a fine race with10,344 meters, while JD Bhatia, male age 18,came in right behind Nicolette with 10,265m.The top age-graded competitor was JamesBeckett, age 70, with 9,600m.

Wow, what a race!

Pl (by distance) Name, Age, Club, Meters, Graded %F1. Nicolette Sorensen, 13, PH, 10,344, 76.55%F2. Leslie Sokol, 51, SCTC, 9,681, 75.43%

Men’s overall 20K national masters winner, Michael Tarantino, is seen at far left in bib #492.



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Pacific Association USATF Race Walk Events Schedule

1. 2009 Grand Prix (six events planned)

8/22 West Region / PA Championship 3000m – Reno HS9/13 PA 20K Championship – OaklandOctober PA 10K Championship – CarmichaelNote: Shorter races of 3K, 5K, and 10K are being considered to be held concurrently with the 20K in Oakland. 3000m may also be held at the Distance Carnival.

2. Developmental Races - Draft (monitored)

6/18 – 8/6 (consecutive Thursdays) All-Comers 1-Mile Walk (track) – Los Gatos HS

3. Other PA Judged Events Planned (partial list)

8/8, 8/12 2009 National Senior Games – Stanford University (5000m on campus road, 1500m on Cobb Track)Note: A clinic is planned the day preceding each of the race walks at the National Senior Games.

F3. Karen Stoyanowski, 54, SRW, 9,428, 75.64%F4. Nicolle Goldman, 50, SRW, 8,965, 68.86%F5. Lila Haba, 13, unattached, 8,773, 64.39%

Guest. Andreas Gustafsson, 27, guest, 12,588, 78.95%M1. JD Bhatia, 18, unattached, 10,265, 66.07%M2. James Beckett, 70, MRW, 9,600, 82.22%M3. Joseph Berendt, 53, SRW, 9,340, 67.13%M4. Art Klein, 55, SCTC, 9,257, 67.68%M5. Ron Walters, 70, SRW, 8,933, 76.32%M6. Steve Poppell, 70, GGRW, 8,474, 72.27%M7. John Mullane, Sr., 70, SCTC, 8,256, 70.35%

Rank Team Score1. SRW 73.60%2. SCTC 71.15%

Note: There were two disqualifications. Team score is the aver-age of the top-3 age-grade percentages.Race Director: Becky KleinJudges: Ann Gerhardt, chief (M), Beth Price (N), Jon Price (N),Liesbeth Matthieu (A), Sandy Backer (A), Ajay Padgaonkar (A)Recorder/Warning Board: Laura Cribbins (N) and Doreen Adams

Quilantang 5000mThe site of this sanctioned race was Bella VistaHS in Fair Oaks. Hosted by the Sierra RaceWalkers, it has been held for many years as atribute to the departed Frank Quilantang forhis contributions to race walking. Top honorswent to Shoja Torabain and Louise Walters,both in their 60s, with impressive times of28:53 and 31:35, respectively. The 12 athletescompeted for more than just bragging rights.Several used it as a tune-up for the followingGrand Prix race. Louise also used it as a test offitness to ready herself for the USA Masters15K Race Walk Championship.

Men1. Shoja Torabain (60–64), 28:532. Joseph Berendt (50–54), 30:293. Ron Walters (70–74), 33:094. Garland Murphy (60–64), 37:585. Stu Kinney (65–69), 43:096. Robert Croeni (60–64), 44:167. Joseph Sailor (80–84), 50:17

Women1. Louise Walters (65–69), 31:352. Karen Stoyanowski (50–54), 31:533. Nicolle Goldman (50–54), 33:064. Doris Cassels (60–69), 34:145. Sandy Flint (60–64), 39:02

Note: A 1500m race was held at the same time and JohnLevinsohn (85–89) finished with a time of 13:29!

Judges: Sandy Backer, Trish Caldwell, Liesbeth Matthieu, HelenStorrs, Nancy Zielenski

Pacific Association Track & FieldChampionship (GP)The third race was held at the College of SanMateo on May 24, and was also 5000m on thetrack. Once again the Sorensens didn’t disap-point the audience, scoring two very fast wins.Louise Walters improved on her time from theQuilantang race, coming in third.

Men1. Tyler Sorensen (15) PH, 22:04.302. Kevin Killingsworth (53) MRW, 27:43.573. Alexander Price (27) PRO, 28:36.584. Joseph Berendt (53) SRW, 29:44.675. Steven Popell (70) GGRW, 33:53.736. Richard Hanson (83) GGRW, 41:14.19.

Women1. Nicolette Sorensen (13) PH, 26:19.422. Leslie Sokol (51) SCTC, 30:26.313. Louise Walters (69) SRW, 30:44.974. Karen Stoyanowski (54) SRW, 31:23.715. Marjorie Garnero (68) MPWWWC, 34:45.896. Jeanne Olson (62) Impala, 37:17.19

Team Results: Sierra 78.28%

Note: There were no disqualifications.

Judges: Laura Cribbins, chief (Nl), Beth Price (N), Jon Price (N),Art Klein (N)Recorder/Warning Board: Becky Klein (M)

Team Name Legend:GGRW = Golden Gate Race WalkersImpala = Impala Racing TeamMRW = Marin Race WalkersMPWWWC = Monterey Peninsula Walk Walk Walk ClubPH = Pleasanton HeatPRO = Pacific Race Walkers OrganizationSCTC = Santa Cruz Track ClubSRW = Sierra Racewalkers

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