RACEWALKER VOLUME XVII, NUMBER 11 COLUMBUS, OHIO JANUARY 1982

HEIRING OFF TO QUICK START

Jim Heiring has the lj82 season off to a fast start with a series of ultrafast races over the short dtstances indoors . On January 9 he won a 1 Mile in 5,55 .2 in Milwaukee , A week later, he beat Todd Scully in the Olympic Invitational 1500 meter race with a World's indoor best of 5,27 , 1. Todd was pretty quick himself, only 5.5 seconds back. The next night, Jim was in Chicago, where he won a 2 Mile in about 12, 40 . (~e really have no results on that one yet.) Then on Jan. 2J, it was the USTFA Indoor Championships in Kansas City where Jim covered 2 miles in 12,20.06. Jim ' s 1500 meter perform ance bettered the 5128 . 7 of Finland ' s Reima Salonen in 1977,

Results of the first two races, l Mile, Milwaukee, Jan. 9--1. Jim Heiring 5,55.2 2 , Will Preischel 6118.7 3,¥ike DeWitt 6,19,6 4. Dave Lawrence 6,JB.2 5, Jay Byers 6,54 6. Mike Rummelhart 7,06,8 7 • .Paul Wick 7121.8 8. Karl Birk 8132 . 7 9. Dave Ritchie 8151.5 US Olympic Invitational 1500 Meters, Meadowlands Arena , N.J. 0 Jan , 16--1. Jim Heiring 5127,1 2. Todd Scully 5,32 .6 J. Tom Edwards 515),2 4. Evan Fox 6102 , J 6, Jim Mann 6,07 .3 ?, Ron Kulik 6115 8. Randy Mimm? OTHER RESULTS l 00 Indoors Lewie~e~ Maine Dec. 2 --1, Steve Vaitones 7&01 2, John Lafreniere 101 3, Scott Albert 9,08 Women, 1, Joanne Petkus 9•51 1 ~iile, Hanover, N,H •• Jan . 9--1, Troy Engl e 6147,B 2. Bob Keating 6150.8 3. Mark Fenton 7,09 4. Tom Knatt 7114 5, Michel Lafortuney 7117 6. Alain Pomerleau 7126 Womena 1. Chris Shea 7•44 .6 2. Carol Brown 8 114. 2 J , Kathy Coll 8,31 4, Lori Tripoli 9108 5. Chris Anderson 9,25 2 Mile, Boston, Jan, 24--1. Ben Defibaugh 14101.1 2. Bob Keating 14 117 J. Mark Fenton 14135 4 . Tom Knatt 14151 5, George Lattarulo Women;s 1 Mile, same place--1 . Judy Mcl\eown 8146 2. Chris And-erson 8148 J, Tammie Mc.Poland 8150 4 . Beth Rosen 9,30 5. · Marua Braithwaite 9•37 1 fllilte, West Point, N.Y., Jan . 3--1. Tom Edwards 6117 2. Ben Defibaugh 6148 J. Ben Marsh 6154 4 , Laryy Beckerle 6155 5 , Susan Liers-Westeffield 7,07 6 . Jim Sullivan 71Jl 7, Jim Eastwood 7•39 8 , Norma Arneson 7,47 9. Paul D'Elisa 7147 2 Mile, Brooklyn, Dec. 27--1. Evan Fox l4a40 2, Ben Defibaugh 15106 3. Ben Marsh 15134 4. Barry Blake 16,51 Women's l Mile, same place- - 1. Susan Liers-Westerf ield 7111 2 . Jim Sullivan 7•)5 {8orry . Not a women's l Mile, just al Mile) J ·Km Brooklyn. Dec . 20- ~l , Evan Fox 1J•41 .6 2. Jerry Katz 13,43.8 J . Ben Iviarsh lJ 15?1J 4. Susan Liers-Westerfield 14132,4 5, Barry Blake 15,50 .6 6, Paul D'Eliaa 15&55 7, Carol Brown 16•JO.l 8 , Sharon Kimmelman 17 •51 1 Mile, Farmingdale , N,Y., Dec, lJ- -1. Ben Defibaugh 6140 2: Ed O'Rourke 7,00 . 2 J. Ben Marsh 7•09,6 4. Jack Boitano 7,10.i

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VOL. XVII, NO. 11 The Ohio Racewalker is published monthly in Columbus, Ohio. Subscription rate is $4.oo p~r year ($6.00 for First Class Mail. $10.00 for Overseas Air Mail. Editor and Publisher• John E. (Jack) Mortland. Address all correspondence regarding both editorial and subscription matters tot Ohio Racewalker, )184 Summit St., Columbus, Ohio 4)202. Second Class Postage paid at Columbus, Ohio. 1 t Annu 1 Cone Isl nd 10 Mile Handica Nov, 2 actual fast

time fl.nishers --1. Randy M mm lal 1 7 2. Ben Defibaugh l1221J, J. Sam De Los Santos l122t54 4 •• Jerry Young 112)114 5. Steve Johnson 11231)6 6. Bob Mimm 1127104 7. Tony De Los Santos 1,27108 a. Ron Daniel 1128113 9. Howard Jacobsen 1129107 10. Susan Liers-Westerfield 1129108 11 . Barry Blake 1129119 12. Bob Timmons, Sr. 1129130 lJ •• Condez l1J010l 14. John Shilling 1130124 (about 60 finishers) 10 Km, New York City, Nov. 15--1. Ray Floriani 491)0 2. Ben Defibaugh 511)5 3. Barry Blake 55110 4. Carol Brown 57141 Women's Half Marathon, New York City Sept. 26--1. Dorot~y Kelley 2106144 2. Lo-Ann Fletreich 2121106 3. Sharon Kimmelman 2124125 4, Mary Rodriquez 2128125 5 Miles New York City, Oct. 18--1. Barry Black 45140 2. Gary Nall 47,59 J. Howard Stevens 49,06 4. Edwardo Loedel 52111 5. David Balboul 54107 10 Km, New York Ctty, Sept. 13--1~ Pete Timmons 46110 2. Vincent O'Sullivan 461 l J. Randy Mimm 46121 4. Sue an Liers-Westerfield 481)2 5, Ali Bouchekouk 48sJJ 6. Thomas Magel 49s J5 7. Peter Doyle 51&08 8. Shaul Ladany 51• 20 9. Richard Evans 51157 10. Edward O'Rourkc 5~{19 11, William Lakes 52125 12. Barney Moldrem 52126 lJ. David Petri 54113 14., Dorothy Kelley 54 155 15. Andrew Veith 54157 16. Norma Anresen 57,17 17, Thomas Hallock 60112 18 •• Ovadine Wilson 6215 (44 finishers) 25 Km, New York City, Oct. 14--1. Ray Floriani 2116148 2. Stephen Johnson 2120127 J. Jack Boitano 2,231JJ 4 • Barney Uollrem 2, J41 50 5. Barry Blake 21 J8, 50 ( 18 finisher l Mile, West Point, Jan. J (see above--additional finishers)--9. Jim Eastwood 7•39 10. Randy Krakowar 7157 11. Chris Shea 8101 12. Carol Brown 8104 lJ. Maria Sacco 8151 (18 finished) 1 ~ile 1 Philad~lphia ~rack Classic, Jan. 22--1. Todd Scully 6•01,8 2. Tim Lewis 6114.1 J. Ben Defibaugh 6,35.2 4. Joe Alcott 7,01.1 6. Butch Alcott 7,12.8 7. Bill Norton 7,15.5 8. San De Los Santos 7116.4 9, Susan Liers-Westerfield 7•16.8 lo . Joe Stafanowicz 4 Mile, Detroit. Dec •• 31--1. Gary Morgan 31•24 2. Ward Freeman 34120 J. Sally Mader J7•38, 4. Dan O'Brian J81J6 5 • . Leon Jasionwoski 40128 (25 participants) 2 Mile Macom Colleae Michi an Jan. --1. Gary Morgan 13• 58, 2. fw!el McGinnis 1 12 J, Glenn Sweazy, Can. 14129 4. Martin (raft 16116 5 •• John Padrick 16116 6. Fred Smith 17124 7. John Goodman 17•55 6 Mile Handicap, Sprignfield, Ohio, Dec,31--l. Denise Downs ?7154 2. Gary Beals 59155 3, Nate Blackburn 58151 (age 11) 4. Jack Blackburn 51112 5. Nicholas Crome >9•21 6 •• Phil Lewis 62s00 7, Chris Knotts 47143 8. Tim Jlackburn 57,09 Women's 1 Mile, Milwaukee, Jan, 9--1. Barbara lirk 10,17 2 , Ruth Leff 11101 J. Connie Hardacre 11102 4. Iary Byers 11104 Half-Marathon Cor us Christi Tex. Se t.20-lr imm Reaper 115911 20 K~, Houston, Nov, 8--Grimm Reaper 1• 9 iO Km, Houston, Dec. 2?--GriJnm Reaper S•J0aJ2 Half-Marathon, lobile. Alabama, Jan. 10 2•04ao6 for the Grimm Reaper (For ·,·, ~wer readers, Grimm Reaper ls also known as Neal Picken.}

JANUARY 1982 PAGE J l Hour, Lafayette. Col., Nov. 21--1. Floyd_God~in 7 mi 576 ya 2. Bob Carlson 6 mi 304 J. E.J. Rivet .5 nu. 1?58 . 4. ~erry Femmer 5 mi 1665 5. Lenny Wos 5 mi 11)2 2 Ihle 3and1cap, Los Angeles, Dec. 13--1. Jim Hanley 67130 2, Jenne ~ui:~ ?4•~0 J. Larry Pollock 70118 4. Larry Walker 521 Jl 5. Hal ),culllame: 72•15 6. Ralph Nunn 70,18 1 Mile. Los Angeles 1_Dec, 20--1 Dan O'Connor 6117 2, Larry Walker 6122 3, Chris Smith 6,45 4. Roger Brandwein 6,51 5, Vicki Jones 7139 6. Jim Hanley 8104 7. Ralph Nwm 8150 40 Km, Oakland. Dec. 6--1. Di!l Ranney )141,52 2, Denis Gustafson 4109130 J. Walt Jaquith 41)4112 Half-Marathon. same place--1, Beth Sibley 1158138 2. Rob Robirwoo 2108,56 (Whoops: A big l'i1istake . The 40 Km above is actually a Marathon. Times at 40 were Ranney )130127, Gustafson J•551J8 and Jaquith 41191.58) 50 Km, Seattle, Jan. 2--1. Dan Pierce 4•S6 2. Ed Glander and Bev LaVeck 5•51 (Cold?> Indoor l Mile, Seattle, Jan, 17--1. Torry Lingbloom 6142 2. Dan Pierce 61.5508 3. Gerald Pollet 7,19.4 4. Tony Engelhardt ?•19.6 5, All~r James 7124.3 6. Ed Kraemer 9106.9 Womens 1. Gwen Robertson 8104.6 2. Bev LaVeck 8130.4 3• S.A, Miller 9•08 OVERSEAS STUFF so Km (track), Bergamo, Italy, 0ot. 10--1, Grazie~o Morotti 3,58,59 2 Mile Formi Ital Jul 2 -- 1. Mauriz:o Damilano 11159,56 2. Caro wattioli 212 .90 3, Antonll ~o~e 7uso 12136,53 4. Vittorio Visini 12149,43 5. Giorgio ?~1lano 12,44,88 20 Km, Piacenza, Italy, Sept.13--1. l.lauru1.o Dami~ano 1124111 2. Alessandro Pezzatini l1251Jl J. Sandro_Belluc c~ 1127•23 4. Giorgio Damilano 1127156 5., Poggi lr2oa0~ ~-ilian 20 Km Championship, Brasilia, Sept. 26--1. n·aldemar Flor• encie 1139• 05 tfala ian 20 Km Kuala Lum ur Oc't. 2.0-•l. V, Subtamaniam l1J 100 Singapore 20 Km Champ., Au~-~2--1. N~da~-ajan 1144102 Japanese 20 Km1 Tokyo, Oct. 25--1. ~~zuo Shirai l1JJ157 Women's SO Km, Isla of li1an, Sept. 20--1. 1::-er:e Cor~et t. 5124,52 20 Km, ~ahnstatten, w.G. 1 Oct. _24--1~ Fr_ar.z-Josef Webe~ 1128129 2, Hans Michalski 1128143 20 ¥,m, AkJa, :i'.lng,, Sept. 6--1, Domjan 112?117 2. Farlcas 1127123 3, Daru. 1128102 Womirn•s 10 Km, Lassing, Austria, Oct. 24--1, A, \·/yzaynska, P_~l,! 52144 2. L. Rokitovska, Pol, 53107 Women's 1110 Y.m, Hac-.i::, 11 ..... 1 Oct. 17--1 , de Rylt, Holland 11140107Women' s Km ? el··atin::; USSR Aug. 22--1. Nadezda Stupnickaya 2 131, wo~en's ~ K~ track , Kiev, USSR, Oct, J--1. Polina Bisnya 2315 .a 2,Ta 7~·ana Kobsar 24100.J J, J.tarina Karyagina 24,14.8 4, Svetlana t,1rkpicenok 24,25,2 5. Nardazda Stupnitskaya 24,49.3 (p~obac~y the sam~ individual as above,but spelled better one tlllle tnan the otner} 20 Km, Kiev, Oct. 1--1. Nikolai Matveyev 11 26,47 2. Iv an Sarik-ovska 1127108 3. Sergei Procisin 1127126 4. Sergei Ab~ialo_ . 1,27146 (10 under l1JO) 30 Km, Kiev, 0qt. 3-:l~ Yev~en1y Za1k4n 2107108 2. Vladimir Gerus 2107133 J. ~lkola1 UdoVe!i..~O 2108,07 4. Ivan Sankovski 2,08121 5. ~ariman Aitmuchamedov 2,09101 6. Vladimir Nefyodov 2•09105 7. Vladimir Rezayev 21~9,10 8. Petro Melnik 2,09,35 9. Valeri Jarrets 2,09,40 10, Lev Lhlopkov 210915 5 20 Km. Smolensk USSR, Aug. 9--1 . Aivars Rumtenieks 1126, 00 2. Pankow 1128144 'ti omen's S Km, l,:elbourM. J..ug. 6--1. Lorraine Young 2410.5 2, Sheila Niller 25121 ·1,omen's 5 Km, Rich-mond, Aust., Aug. 15--1. Rachel Thompson 24135 wonen's 5 K~. Box Hill, Aust.--1. Sally Pierson 23150 (track) 2. ~orraine Young 24,44 Women's Km Melbourne Set. 12--1. Sally Pierson 2)117 2, Lorraine Xoung 23•) Women's Km Canbe ra Aust.~ Dea. 15--1. Sue Cook 23114 (track Women's Km 1',ielbourne Nov. 25--1. Sally Pierson 2J106 Wo en's 20 o Melbourn~, Dec. 20--1. Sue Cook laJ9•J0.4 (World's best performance bettGr-ing her own mark of la4la42 made in 1980. Splits of 24,39~

PAGE 4 JANUARY 1982 49119, lal4alJ) 2, Lorraine Yaoung 1155121 J, Frances Toohey 1,55,21 4. Sheila Miller 1157144 5. lllarlene Stanway 21001J2 20 Km, Melbourne. Dec, 20--1. Willi Sawall 1126156 2, Tim Erickson la29r2J J, Liichael Harvey 1, J0,}7 Women's 5 Km, Pu.ck.. Poland, July 5--1. Agnieszka 24156 2. Katartyna Figurow~ka 26112 Polish 20 Km, Zabrze 1 Aug. 8--1. Bohdan Bulakowski 1,29120 20 Km, Warsaw, Sept. 13--1. Erllng Andersen, Norway 1,261JO 2, Boguslaw Duda 1,28105 J, Grzegorz Ledzion lr29•25 20 Km track Women Katowice Pola. Oct. 10--1, Lucyna Rokitowska 1,57127 Woemn's K.m track Kislovodsk USSR, April 18--1. Natalia Sarypova 2J• 7 50 Km, Uzhgorod, USSR, Oct, 10-1. Pyotr Gauss 3,52,40 2. Sergei Jung J,55,07 J, Petro Melnik J155r27 4. Vladimir Rezaryev 3,55,56 5~ Al.e;irdae Sakalis 3,56115 6. Vladimir Nefyodov J15e,41 7, Vadim Tsvet-kov 4100,00 8. Nikolai Frolov 4100,12 Women's 10 Km (road). Uzhgorod. Oct. 10--1, Aleksandra Deverinskaya 48148 .2. O~ga Tsugonova 49,15 3, Regina Balkovskaya 49sJ8 4, Polina Bisnya 49,50 5. Tatyana Kobsar 50,11 6. Svetlana Kirpitsonok 50116 7, Valentina Petrova 50 144 8. Olga Jarutkina 51110 9, Nina Strogova 51,10 10, Tatyana Pulkina 51110 11, Yevgenia Tros-kina 51125 12, Maria Koryagina 51,25 lJ, Lidis Levandovskaya 51,30 14. Svetlana Krassovtseva 51151 15. Valentina Filina 52,26 16, Lia Grigoryeva 52138 17. Nadesda Stupnitskaya 52152 (There 's a ·1tholesale revision of my World 10 Km list published last month.) 20 Km (track), Aluschta, USSR, Oct. 22- -1. Vassili t.latveyev 1126, 25 20 Km, Santiago, Chile 1 1'ov. 14--1, Ernesto Alfaro, Col. 1135146 2, Osvaldo Morejon,. Bel. l1J612~ Wom-:?n' s 50 Km1 Charlv-s-t,iarne. Fr •• July 14--1. Jaqueline Delassaux 5•2913J \1omen's 28 nour~ Roubaix 1 Fr., Sept. 20--1, Annie van de ~eer, Holland 225, 00 meters 2. Ann Sayer, GB 217,010 3. Anne Radder, Holl, 193 ,J40 \I omen's 5 Km, Valer. Nor,, Sept. 19--1. Froydis Hilsen 2)110 2, Thorill Gylder 23142 Spanish 20 Km, Barcelona, Aug. 8--1. Jose Marin 1127•48 Women's 20 K Isle of Man A ril 26--1. Irene Corlett 115)116 Women's 10 K track Stretford E Au. 22--1. Carol Tyson 48135 Women's 20 Km, Sydney, Sept. - -1. Rachel Thompson 1,50,54

UNPLANNED NEW LOO'i{ If the appearance of the ORW seems a bit different this

month, it's because of the borrowed typewriter it is being composed on. As I . finished the final photo caption, my "e" broke (you will see a few handwritten e's towards th 7 end.) . So that machine is in for repair and a general cleaning~ oiling To keep me in business, the typewriter shop loaned me this machine However, on getting it home and going to work, I quickly learned I was working with pica type, not elite •. So, you ~e getti~ cheated. with less words to the page. Might be easier readi~, though. Probably, you are seeing even more typos than usual (and the usual is no small number) because of my unfamiliarity with the machine. Next month all should be back to•normal, RACES IN ~OUR FUTURE

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un Feb. 14--5 Mile Men, J Mile Women, Lake Darling, IA (B) Sat: Feb. 20--15 Km, Columbia, Mo, 9 a.m. (D)

San Francisco Invitational l Mile (G) un. Feb, 21--NATIONAL TAO 100 KM, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 2 p.m. (C)

Fri. Feb. 26--NATIONAL TAC MEN'S 2 MILE AND WOMEN'S l IIILE, NYC Sat, Peb. 27--2 Mile Handicap, Vall~y Co,, Cal, (E) S~n. Feb. 14--10 Km, Indio, Cal. (E)

JANUARY 1982 PAGE s 6--5 Km, Colwnbia, ~O, 9 a.m, (D) Sat, &tar.

Sun. Mar. Sat. Mar,

7--6 Mile Men, J M Women, Lake Darling , Iowa (BJ lJ-5 Mile Men, 2 J.1 Women, Des Moines, a p.m~ (B)

TFA Regional Championships, Los Anglees (F) Sun. Mar. 14-15 Km, Bentontille, Ark . , 8 a,m. (A)

20 Km, SanFrancisco, 10 a.m . (G) Sat, Mar. 20-3 Mile, Columbia, Mo. 9 a.m. (D) Sun, itar.21-NATIONAL TAC JU?lIOR 29 KM AND ST, PATRICK •s DAY WA!KS.

LONG BEACH, CA (E) Sun, Mar, 28-NATIONAL TAC 25 KM, MONTERREY, CA. (G) CONTACTS, A--Arkansas TAC Racewalk Committee, 219 Ozark Acree,

Bentonville, AR ?2712 B--Dave Eidahl, Box 209, Richland, IA 52585 C--John Evans, 5440 N. Braewood, #945, Houston, TX s7096 D--Joe Duncan, 2980 Maple Bluff Dr., Colwnbia, MO 65201 E--John Kelly, 1024 Third St., Santa Monica, CA 9040) F--Ron Daniel, 110 S. Michigan Ave., #14, Pasadena, CA 91106 G--Bill Ranney, 101 Sunnyhills Dr., San Anselmo, CA 94960

Looking at the International schedule, the Fourth Annual Marcel Jobin International will be held at St. Louis de Terrebonne, Quebec on Sat. June 19, The distance this year is JO Km. lX it is anything like the first three editions, we can expect a auper race. In 1979, Daniel Bautista won a 20 Km in 1120107, The 1980 20 Km went to Erling Andersen in 11 201 57, Both those races were on the track, Last June , Raul Gonzalez walked SO Km in 3147•16, be*ting Jobin by just Jl seconds. For further information, cont-act Michel Parent, CP 244, Montreal-Nord, Quebec HlH 5L2. Canada.

An International event featuring ultra-distance races is ·tn be held in Sint-Deder.rode, Holland on May 22-2J. Races are scheduled at 100 miles, 100 Km, 50 miles, 50 Km, 25 Km, and 15 Km. Anyone interested can get further information from Philip Hastings, 2 Green Lane, Chiselhurst, Kent, England.

Several International races are lined up foR U.S. walkers during 1982, A men's team (I am not sure how many) will be chosen from the Indoor Championships to compete in races in Milan, Italy on March 10 and in England on March 13, Distances of the races are not specified. Mens tea.I:1s will be sent to a JO Km in Italy on May 1 and to the annual 20 and 50 Km walks in Bergen, Norway on May 14 and 16, as well as a 50 Km in Prague on June lJ and the Jobin JO Km, Again the number of competitors for these races is not known at this time. There are also to be walks in US-USSR-Africa meet in Indianapolis July 2-3, the US-East German meet in East Germany on July 9-10, the US-USSR Junior meet in Washington on July 10-11, and the Junior Pan-Am meet in Venez-uela on July 29-31. US vs Canada walks are scheduled for Color-ado Springs on July 22-23, Finally, a women's team will go to the Women's World Championships in Bergen on August 7, That meet incl udes both a 5 and 10 Km race.

The National Sports Festival, with both a 20 and 50 Km walk, will be held in Indianapolis this year on July 24-25. The Alongi Memorial. which usually includes top walkers from Italy, is sched-uled for Oct, 2 and Jin Detroit. The slate includes Junior and Women's 5 Km, and Open Mile, an Open 10 Km, a novice J Km, and a.ra Open and Masters 20 Km. Considering the usual slate of National title races, including juniors and women• it lookalike an ex-citing year for u.s. race walking

PAGE 6 JANUARY 1982 ORW WORLD AND US RANKINGS AND LISTS

Late arriving 1981 results have some effect on the Annual Rankings and Lists we published last month. (Plus, there were just a few oversights and omissions . ) The \'/omen's World Rankings and List are now practically worhtless. Carol Tyson had a 48tJ5 on the track and should probably rank third, as well as being listed third . The race in Uzhgorod, USSR places seventeen girls on the list and the first three should go in the rankings. rhe revamped rankings should read, Jansson, Cook, Liers_wester-field, Tyson , Bateman, Deverinskaya, Cox, Tsugonova , Hilsen, and 3alkovskaya.

On the Women's 20 Km List add, Sue Cook, Australia 1139•351 ~achel Thompson, Australia 1,50,54; Irene Corlett, GB 1,53116 1 Lorraine Young, Australia 11551211 Francis Toohey, Australia lt55121J Lucyana Rokitowski, Poland 1157•271 Sheila lliiller, \ ustralia 11571441 and Marlene Stanway, Australia 2t00sJ2 .

On the Women's World 20 Km list add, Natalia Sarypova , USSR 231451 Polina Bisnya, USR 23•55; Tatyana Kobsar. USSR 241J01 ,tarina Karyagina, USSR 24115s Svetlana Kirpicenak, USSR 24 ,261 1nd Nadesda Stupnikaya, USSR 241Jl , Froydis Hilsen had ·a best time of 23,10 0 rather than 2)134. With this win over Thoryll . ,ylder and her good performance in the Eschborn Cup race, move ier ahead of Gylder and Tyson to 8th in the Rank~ngs. Gylder 1ad 2Js42 in the Valer race, which is better than her listed best ,f 23,50. Also change the best time of Rachel Thompson of lustralia to 24s35 (listed as 2)146.).

In the Men' s World 20 Km list , a race in Styelko, USSR in ~arch has now been repo rted as short . This eliiamnates the first three (Startschenko, Markin, and Bantikov) from the -list, along ,1th Gromov, Styeloma, and Girgaliumas. I ommitted number l ~anked Ernesto Canto from the list (his best was 1,23108). Add Jweden's Bo Gustavsson to the list with a l12515J. At 1122,40, .t should be Ronald Weigel, not Roland Weigel . At 1,25,20, its Lntonio Lopetaso and at l125tJJ Aleksanc.r Retunskiy. Damilano•s ·ecord in the rankings should include a l1241Jl at Piacenza on ,ept. 13, which enhances his third place ranking. Pezzatini tlso has a 1,30,19 (J) at Grad d•Isonzo on July 4 and a 1125131 2) at Piacenza on Sept. lJ. Add to Marin's record a 1127148 at

larcelona on Aug. a. Several additions to the World 50 Km list• Pyotr Gauss, USSR

1,521401 Sergei Jung, USSR J•5510?1 Petro 111elniko USSR ) 155127 1 ,raziano Morotti, Italy 3,58159, Algirdas Sakalis, USSR 1,56,151 Lubos Mackanic, Czech. J159•581 VadimTsvetkcv, USSR -100.001 Nikolai Prolov, USSR 41001121 Andrei Ivanov, USSR ,, 01,25; Vladimir Averin, USSR 4 10J12J1 Viktor Tsernos, USSR >103,401 and Reima Salonen, Finland 4,03124. Again, it is tonald Weigel. Vladimir Nefedov has a time of 3, 54 119 , not ~2, Enrique Ver should be at )157131, not 3158 144. The :oviet walker at 4aOlaJ7 should be Vladimir Yarets. In the US ;o Km list, Neil Picken had a best of 4149120, not 4151 , 56. 'ROM HEJ!:L TO 'r0E

Yet more additions to our Race Walking Bibliography in the lovember issue. First, we somehow managed to omit Tim Jacobs iollection of petry What's Racewalking? A Collection of Humurous 1oems, even though it's in our persoqal collection. In addition, re have, loty, Alvah H. ,Walking For Hea1*ho D, Appleton and Co., lt2J-

1ncludes mention of Edward Payson Weston .

JANUARY 1 82 PAG81 Jo hnson, Harry J., Creative Waking for ness,

Gorsset & Dunlap, New York, 1970 , Fitzgibbon, William, "Striding--the Most Natural Exercis e'",

Reader •s Digest, Jan . 1972 . Korm~n, Joseph , "Walk the Easy Road to Health , " .Preve ntion Mflh•

~. May 1979, Lambson, Marilyn , "Walking-The Universal Exercise" Let's Live

May, 1979. D --------------- ' This list comes from Chris Clegg. The items may be marginal as to w~ether they fall within the "race walking" guidelin es"" rather informally established for 'the bibliography. But perhape we shouldn ' t be too stringent in that regard . , ••• Han-y Sii tonen reports in the Golden Gate Race Walker th at a race walking shoe, designed by a new athletic shoe company. called Kangaroo, will be selsing in the $JO to$J5 range, Jerry Young is fuil time track and field promoter with the company and vou can find 011t more about the shoe by writing him at 431'7- A " Walker Lane . St. Louis. MO 63121 • • • Following action at the recent Athletics Congress Convention, the Race Walking Commi t·,ae is no~ responsible for both men's and women' s walking . Women's walk!ing was formerly a part of the women•s ~rack and Field ColllJl\ittee. This was a somewhat controversial action , but hope-fully it w;n be bes~ for the women in.the long run. The really i mportant issue now is to get an Olympic walk for women. No;; only is th;s the ~ight thing to do, but if it can be accompll~:-is ~ U. S. Olympic Committee funds can then be made available to help pr?mote women's walking in this country. 'l'hese funds a.re now available only to the men. 'l'his is one item the u.s. Assoc}ati oz:i of Wo1!1en ~ace Walkers plans to pursue--getti ng womens race walking into the USOC development budget even thoug~ it.is not yet an Olympic sport. Unfontunately . that organization has yet received practically no response from the top women competitors in the country. To find out more aboui the orga.i:ization, wh~t they are trying to do , and how you can help, write, Ron Daniel, 110 s. Michigan Ave., #14, Pasadena , CA 91106. • .Henry Laskau sends the following thanks to ·those who have remebered him during his recent illness , nTo all Rae~ Walking Officials and race walking judges and to all race walk-ing com~etitors who attended the TAC Convention in Reno

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would like to express my sincere thanks for sendin~ me tne 0 Get wel l card• with their appropiate saying and well wisheso I would l i ke to thank everyone who sent a card to me express ing th eir well wishes. It is wonderful to know and a goo d feelir,.g-that w~en you are in this predicament 0 one has so many friedcis who think of you. All I can say is that race ~a lkers race walk;ng officials, and r ace walkin§ judges are unique . and there is a bond which holds us together that is not to be found in any other sport ." Henry reports he i s quickly bouncing bac1~ ~o normal. LOOKING BACK 20 Years Ago (From the Walking News and the American Race W~lk!!r of Jan. 1962)- - Ron Zinn won the Chicago Holiday 10 Mile in a quick 1•21 102--quick considering the 18 F gempera~ut'fl ~nd sn?w drifts. Actually. he didn°t win it, but tur~ed in ~ast.time_by l_second over Rimas Vacaitis •• oVacaitis had winni~ mile times of 6aJ9.7 and 6a4J during the month •• • I ~aly s Abdon Pamich set a world reco rd of ~sl4 ; 04 for 50 f:.El on the Olyr,pic Stadium tra ck in Rome in Octobero •• Brue~ MacDonald was featured as Pedsstrian or the ~onth.

'roP r The Canadian team that competed in the wgano Cup in Valencia. From left: Juniors Guillaume Ieblanc (10th at 20) and Francois Iapointe (only competitor to complete both races), Coach Pierre Iecuiller , Msrcel Jobin, and Mike Stones . , BJ'.M'OM1 Jlaul Gonu .. lez , No. 1 in the world, and Jobin during their stirring 50 Km :race in Montreal last June.

'IDP: Bonnie Dillon, :tanked third in the U .s. at 5 km and 2nd at 10 Km by the ORW. (John Allen photo) D;)TTQM: Oldtimers out there will remember the Army' s Wayne Nicoll . Now run-ning a sport's shop in Augusta , Ga., he is seen here (JOl) dttting a haa.f-marathon . Accompanying him is a promising newcomer to th e maste r's ranks, 47-year-old Charles Blackburn .

PAGE ,., JANUARY 1982 10 Years Ago (From the Jan. 1972 ORW}--There was some fast ~arly seas on miling that year, too. ln Philadelphia, Ron Dan-iel turned in the third fastest indoor mile to that time with t 6, 12.B, as R~n Kulik , Todd Scully, and Dave Romansky followed ,n 6:17.7, 612 1. 7 , and 6128, respectively. Ten days earlier,

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~print In SUfflfflafY, what tha ar-ticle stated was that we cart run marathon, ~ thirty to thirty-five miles per week. The goal is to go for a very long n,n every two weeks. By a long run, t mean two and one-halt to three hours. Take ample waiklng breaks. By stay-Ing between thirty and forty niles a week ond not raising y~r mlleage to fitly or seventy mies a. week, there are drastical-ly reduced runnlrtg injuries. Llk&-wlse, you'll have about the same amount of comfort tn the same time In the marethon unless you're talking &!lout a wor ld class performance. An example, of the program, fM instance, on the seventh week prior to the marathon would be u follows : On Sunday, a tlWflty -three mite walk-run, on the week days, three to six mile workouts with 0".'8 day of rest, on Saturday, compl~Je reet. On the following week: On Sunday, eight to ten miles, during the week, three to six mites per day with one doy of rest, on Saturday , rest. The following week: On Sunday, .. . .. . . .

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\Wenty-tnree to-twenty•lllll milea, during the week, three to abc mites with one day of rast and on Saturday, a day of rest ~gatn'. This program can, of course. be modified to your running ability and skills. During the week, you may wish to do a ten 01 fifteen mile run and then the next day do three miles, and then the following day do six mile$, the day after that completely rest. In any event, the importance of Jeff Galloway 's program is to go tor long runs every two weeks and to rest a day before the long run. Likewise, go only about three miles the day after the long run. Race walking or pace walking is Important. It appears as though 1he fatigue that we have during running greatly increases our in-juries, makes our runnirtg form sloppy, and encourages stai. nass.

As you can see, I'm hot on race walking as part ot my run-ning program and find It vary enjoyable. I hope that all of ~

,will try th is likewise. Let's ue ff we can run forever and cut down our injuriea.

Along the same lines, here is what one of the pioneers of women's race walking, Jeanne Bocci, is up to these days, as reported in the Michigan Runner, December 1981.

Bocci First Michigan Woman ToCofflplete An Ultramarathon

. . ~ Frank Soby· ·"The ultramarathon has always

intrjgued me. I viewed it as a &ignificant challen.ge. I believed I could comple te ooe m I just set my mind lo it ... the training would follow once I rriade up my mind that I wanted to do it."

So spoke Jeanne Bocci after her conqu_est of the 50 mi le . ultramarathon held ii Chicago last

month. This writer had the easier task of the twO-:-to assess the accomplishment and attempt to

·deter.mine . wh i,, ' people · run ultramarathons. '.

, : Ultramarathons are rare in · this day_ of marathons, While thousands compeie or participate in a single marathon, an ultramarathon may attract only a hundred hardy soua.

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The cistances ra~ from 60K's to a . hundred miles. In addition, training, diet, strategy and a ubiquitous pit er~ aD play impi>rtant roles in the success of the run.

It appears as though ultra-marathoners when compared to

. other long distance . runners are single-minded. goal-oriented, and very · -confident of their running prowess. On the average , they are taller, heavier ancj older than their counterparts. All ,have -completed num2rous marathons and have moved up to.the "ultra" because of its attraction as ah elite challenge.

Bocci's performance at the ~MJA sponsored 50 Mile/100 Kilometer National Championsrup . for the Road Runners Club of America appears to 6t this modeJ to some dewee. Although Jeanne's weight i5 al an aB time low for the past 10 years. . She· has competed in numerous races-as a runner and as a racewalker. Bocci wi1s one of the first Michigan women to qualify for the ~Ion Marathon. . Seeing racewalking as another ot

life'~ challenges, Bocci induced veteran ~er and U.S. Olympian, Goetz Kloeppter, to instruct her in the fundamentals ol walking. Her ne~t goal was to make the National .Racewalking team and compete in Europe. This she did in 1977. Jeanne Bocci is the currect world record holder a! the 30 and 35K distances in women's racewalking.

·1n preparation for the 50 miler, Bocci increased her mileage and blended ·swimming into her training program Her mi!~ during the last 4 training weeks averaged 110 mile&. These included several 5 hour runs and one 6 hour excursion through upper Michigan. She feels the long runs and the mental preparation that she · promoted durinq these runs were the two key factors that 'enabl~d her to complete the Ultra. These !'confidence builders" were ~tial to her goal of an & hour

· run.

PAGB 13 Her strategy during the run was

to combine ru'nning wi t h racewalkirut. The objective of this _ strategy was to relieve the fatigued

-quadricep muscle group and the· resultant cramping that predictably occurs during a long run. During the racewalking phase, the lactic acid buildup in the muscle groups could be eliminated while Bocci continued at a 9 mlnule walk pace.

The course was a 10 mile loop along the shore of Lake Michigan. The race drew 298 entrants, including 23 women.

Barney Klecker, 2:16 mara-thon, had returned to defend his 50 mile record of 4:51:25. Alex Ratelle, Frank Bozanich, Park Barner anrl Masters' Champion Roger Rouiller with a 5:25 posting, were there to challenge Klecker .

The women's field included: Lorna Richey, winner of last year's 50 miler (7:05) and 100 kilometer (9:07); Sue Ellen Trapp, 35 year old dentist, with 15 marathons and 7 ullrama;athons- to her credit (a SO mile PR ol h: 12 and a 24 hour run of 123 miles); and Kathy Schubert 39, last year's women's second place finisher in 7:50.

Bocci's strategy produced a "comfortable" 8 minute pa~e. Her

. pit crew maintained her confidence -~""throughout the run: Her marathon

time split of 3:32 sugg~sted that she could maintain the 8 minute pace. Passing Richey at mid point, motivated her to consider a laster finishing time. ·There was never_ any doubt that she would finish; the only question was when. At the 47 m~ mark, she realized the extent of her

'achievement. Her finishing time of 7:02: 13 broke last year's course record. Sue Ellen Trapp was the only woman to finish in front of

·Bocci. Jea .nne Bocci's .achievement

makes her-the first Michig5n woman to complete a 50 mile ultramarathon. The only unanswered qu(i!stion seems to be wh.1t her next challenge will be .

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An interesting reprint .fr0t11 the January 19'1). Ohio Racewalker.

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