Stevens Creek Striders Newsletter 09/1982

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P.0. Box 3540SANTA CL.4R.4, CA 95055 Vol. 1 No.TT

September ,B oa rd o f D i r e c t o r sJ u l i e B ry so n, ~ r e a s/ h f e m b er s h i p L i r i o G ue va reBob Downs Li z Ross , N e w s l e t t e rL a r r y Gomez, V i c e P r e s . T e r r y S e y f a r t h , P r e s .S h e l l y G r i e b , S ec .

~t t h e August mee t ing o f t h e SCS bo::..rd o f d i r e c t s r s JoeL o ri no r e l ~ o r t e d r o g r es s on h i s n r t iwork f o r o u r ' o f f i c i a l 'T - s h i r t . It i s d s o J o e ' s l o g o on ou r hnndsome nevi s i n g l e t s .:July t ha nk s t o J o e , a l s o t o T e r r y S e y f a r t h zhd B i l l unn f o rt h e i r e f f o r t s i n making us t h e b e s t d r e s s e d t e r n a ro un d. T h er ea r e s t i l l s i n g l e t s n v a i l s b l e i f y ou d o n ' t h a v e y o u r s y e t - - c o sti s $12.00.9 h i l e we a r e e x p r e s s i n g a p p r e c i a t i o n i t i s o n ly a p p r o p r i a t et h a t we acimowlndge Ka thy S t i n s o n ' s work 2t t h ? Y e st er n S t a t e s1 30 'L z s t C h7 nc e1 ei d s t z t i o n . The S t r i d e r s sp o n so r ed t h i s a i ds t z - t i on , and Xe thy was i n ch.-.rge. She d i d P n o u t s t . ? n d i n c j 3 b o fp r o v i d e i n p e r s o n2 1 tr ea .t n en t t o as many iveary runners as p o s s i b l e .H er ki rld ne ss and c m s i d e r c t i o n g - m e r e d h e r na ny p r o ~ o s = l s fr n r r r i a g e , and o u r c l u b mzny a r d e n t ~ c c o l a d e s .T e n t n ti v e d z t e f o r o ur f i r s t amus1 ye2. r-end pzr ty i s s e tf o r Dec. 1 8 t h . 'le e r e l o o k i n g f o r a l i k e l y s i t e . Riclc i. e n d e l w i t z.;;illc h z i r t h e g l m i n g c o r mi t t e e f o r t h e p a r t y .George S lack w i l l h o s t t h e 3rd. ? ) annual V i r ~ o i r t h d ? yP z r t y on S s p t . 1 8 t h a t 6:00 p.m. ( ~ o t l u c l t s u s u n l r . I n c o m e t i o nw i th t h e p a r t y ive z r e p l s nn i n g t h i s y e z r t o h o ld a P e r f e c t V i r g oR ac e, f o r members o n l y , j us t before--5:OO p . ~ . ,Ye w i l l hmdic2.pt h e r e ce by s t i i r t i n g slo rver m x e r s f i r s t , f a s t e r r u nn e r s l e t e r - -t h e o r e t i c a l l y a l l r a c e r s v i i l l f i n i s h t o g e th e r D i st 2n ce w i l l be

K w i t h t h e f i n i s h l i n e in front of Geor s house . Race d i r e c t ~ r sc r e ;belly G r i e b a V i r g o ) zqc L i z Ross ~ q u a r i u s ) . T he re w i l l be-

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~ ? e o t h e b e s t we c a z t o c om pil e XJ C3 XBULTS f o r o urnenb ers . Somet imes we re ce iv e f o m a l r e s u l t s , o t h e r t i m e s wedepend on your input . If vre miss your name, i t s no t becaus ewe do nl t lov e you--so, keep th os e r e s u l t s coming. Re su l t sp r i n t e d in t h i s n e w s l e t t e r a r e u n i i o f f i c i a l f o r t h e most p&.Aptos 'iVomenls 5 m i l e r 7/18Cool w e at h er , y r e t t y c ou r s e , s m a l l f i e l d , p l e a s a n t , l ai d- ba cka t n os 2 h er e . N i ce p r i z e s , t o o . T e r r y S L iz a t e h e rs .91iz . Ross 38:43 ( 1 s tTer r y Se yf ar th 41:12Yharf t:, iVharf 7/25B i l l Dunn 30:19John J o v i t sky 31:01Jim Bordcmi 31:13Dave B ar r y 31:41DO^ i i iggle 31:45Ri ch Kendeloi ritz 33:41~r ay ne Iooper 34:49i3ob Dwnls 37:15

50+ Joa n Vald es 47:40 ( 3 r d 53+)Lenore S h e r i d m 53:39Ch a r l i e Snygg 41:29Judy Hooper 42:26 4 t h ItTaJ u l i e Sryscm 42: 26Li z Ross 44:12 1st 50+Ter r y Sey fa r t h 42 0Also ran: Rich Gri eb, Bev. {{al ter ,John r 'elde, Tom Ross, Barb Almeter ,m d mag mmy more.

S r i Chinrno:~131: 7/25Georce i.Iaes 34 6 B i l l a i l b u r 33 2Rich Si ene ns 34:49 2nd : l zs te rs P a ul Sr;rm 43:271011Gle,zson 36 4 Lee Schrfiidt 44:04L?rry Gomez 36:41Le rr y Beck 37:21~ a i s e r / ~ a k eze r r i t t 10K 8/8 B i l l s B a l l 8K 8/15O v e r c ~ s t ,becoming sunny S m y w a mDoug Xl ggl e 35:12 Z m l e F l o r e s 31v l i g g l e 35 4 Ri ch :endelovritz 31 0a i c h i ..endeloivitz 36:17 PR Glen il un si ck er 31 5Pa ul au xto n 33:334nd t h e Tough Guys went and d i d t h e Sk yl in e 50K 8/152ich Siemens 4:03, 1 s t X a s t e r s , 1 5 t h o v e r a l l3 n l i e F l o r e s 4 :51L a r r y Gomez 4:52, w i t h Dave Ba rr y c l o s e behi nd. H ? . l t ;iiirltersnd ~ e o r ~ e.la.e~2 . 1 ~ 0 ren w e l l , but I h?.ve no times f r them.T e r r y S ey f? ,r th f i n i s h e d i n j u s t o v e r 5 h r s , Lee S chmidt i n 6 +.

-4116: G r ~ c e oss won h e r d i 7 i s i . n i n t h e S o ro p to m is t s f ir ec r: ?. ck srS? ec iz l 131C, Ju l y 4 t h , i n Bend, Oregon r- ith a t i n e of 44:31. Shev zs t l ~ e nd t:~on2n o v e r a l l . Jim Bordoni y lzce f i r s t O-JJ3.AALL ilz t h e3 e n t d -issoc. 5K in Golden Gate park vrith t ime of 15 :?? . B i l lD m n went p 11 t h e n e y t o Juneev. P.lzslra t o f ilzd h i s rzce-- s hr - l fn?.rr_thon which he .won i n 1:12:08.


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A t h i n g s c ~ n s i d e r e d t s hard t o imagine a more p er fe ctrumling day, a s a swarm ( ?) of a t l e e s t 28 Stevens Creek S t r i de rs ,most n e t t i l y a t t i r e d i n c o l o r fu l new t e r n s i n g l e t s , descended m-th e Pre s id i o . lea ther began cool m d overcas t as promised w d t h ecour se was wonde rfu lly s c en ic , though some nembers rpn t o o Ta st t ono ti ce . Others , more h i d back, m b l e d d o n g s to pp in g t o t & epic tur es . Paul Buxton neve r even got ou t of bed u n t i l t ime f o rt h e par ty . Race t imes were reloorted t o me over eggs bene dictand be er i n Tiburon. Some zr e guesses-none a r e of fi ci al -- so rtof c r ea t ive renor t ing .P os t r zc e f e s t i v i t i e s were a t Burnie Mof fat ' s pool 2nd s p awhere vve .?lurched and drank and l i e d ha pp il y about t h e r ac e u n t i ldar lme ss drove u s home--a lo ve ly , l o v e l y day.B i l l m 55 :06 J u l i e Bryson 78: 41So ber t Sdrfards 56:53 J e r r y Z i s 79:??B i l l Wilber 63:?? Ter ry Se yfa rth 81: 24Geo. Maes 67:03 J i m 'Yrma 81: 24:Valt V a l t e r s 68: John Fe ld e 81:59 PRIioy I l s e 63:52 Jo e Lo ri no 82: 28Tom J i l l i m s 70:14 3ev N d t e r 86:45 PREl ain e Hut sin pil lar ' / l :?? Roberta. KeenanT ohn Gu?.rino 87 :N7 1 3 L o t t i e Cole 89:17L i r i o Guev?.ra 74:OO 4.1k o r o t t 91:OOGr~.ceVoss 74: ?? Lenore Sh er id an 99 :17Sh el ly Cri eb 75:29 53rry Bxith 99:18Lee Sc ki id t 76:??Pa ul jwnin 78: 35 L i z Ross GoodC h zr l i e Snygg 78:37 George Black GoodLarry Goodman ??:??

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by Sh e l ly GriebThe r e s u l t s a r e i n a d h e s t a t i s t i c s a r e impre ss ive The

S te v en s Creek S t r i d e r s f i e l d e d 13 t e a s a t t h e Summer R el zy s, >Iw.1 Thzt i s u a s t o m d i n g 6056 of our membership: W;.-tsmore, ourc lu b made up 11.6$ of all teams comgeting i n t h e race . Jac k Ley-d i g and t h e iWTC now u v t h e S te v en s Creek S t r i d e r s e x i s tThree t e r n s rec ei ve d awards. The SCS M zs te rl s Men's A ,c o n s i s t i n g of Tom Gleason, Don S ~ v s m t ,Glen &s ike r , B i l l :; ilber,and Rich Siemens placed 3rd in t h e i r d iv i s io n . O u r Open Men's t e v n(Doug Riggle, Jim B or d m i, Robert Edwards, John Nov itsky, andRich l e n d el o w it z ) r e c ei v ed p la q ue s f o r t h e i r 1 3 t h p l a c e f i n i s h .The su rp r i se winne r of t h e day was t h e Master's Men's B t e v nLee Schmidt, Ed Mahler , Pa ul Swain, Gary Lind gren an d C h a r li e Snygg.The hea r tb re & k id s were t h e Submaste rs Hen 's A ( ~ s.te 'vego t t o be more c r ez t i ve w i th th e s e ncmes:). They s e r e t h e 7 t h t e r nin t h e i r d i v i s i o n and r e c e i v e d n o o f f i c i a l r e c o g n i ti o n . Had t h e ye n t e r e d t h e men's o2en d i v i s i o n t h e y ~ t o u l d a ve p l a c e d 1 7 t h . Theopen ca tag ory medaled (? l aqu ed? j 20 deep a cas e of be in g i n t h ewrong place 2 t the wrong t ime .To add a l i t t l e e x t r r i n t e r e s t , S t r i d e r s * t e r n s e nt er ed i n t oa h m d ic a p p ed r a c e m o n g o u r s e lv e s . Based on b e s t 10K t i m e s ~ n d" c o r r e l a t i o n f i g u r e " dreamed up by yo u r s t n i L y , a l l t e a s c-me upn i t h pr oj ec te d f i n i s h t im e and handicap. The winn er of t h e s.:. ee?-s t ak es was th e team whose a c tu a l t ime ? lus handicap was t h e loviest .The pe r f on n~ nc es anged f rom : lower th an t o 5:07 over pro-jec ted t imes . The winning tern (SCS : im en ls t e a 11 with Bevi n l t e r , Rober ta Keenan, L ot t i e Cole , J ,met Breen , and Sus m Horrr e c ei v e d b o t t l e of wine m d a he a l th y apple wz lnut c?ke. Ken 'sMasters B , ment ioned e a r l i e r , a a s second. George B lzck ' s 53t e?m ? l -ced 3rd a l thou gh t h i s n a s n o t d i sc o v er e d f o r saxe d : r s t ocone. Our a po lo gie s t o George a d h i s fello vr team-mntes. .ioclenlsteem I ( ~ 3 5 ) as f o u r th and Doug Ri gg le l s Open tepm v r 8 s f i f t hComplete r e s u l t s fo ll ow t h i s a r t i c l e . Teams a r e l i s t e d i n o r d eo f f i n i s h . . sp ec i e 1 t h m k s goes t o Bob Dorms who pa t i e n t l y recorder e s u l t s f o r o v er t h r e e h ours


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R I K E M YRATHON TRAVEL R D BTS ub je ct : 3 t r i d e r s t r a v e l t o Mike O T C i a r a t h o n .Thursday, 9 s e ot . 1982: Ten S S members began s o j o m t o E ugene,b r e g o n f o r t h e 1 2 t h a n n u z l G a . t he r in a o f t h e Z ag le s- If ik e M ar at ho n.i ~ i s i u r e f e zg le s m d t u r k ey s t r a v e r in g were ~ c e l l y r i e b, L i zR os s, T e r r y S e y f z r t h , F a u l B u e o n , Jim Lamb, L i r i o Guevnre, KathySt in so n, La rr y Gomez, Lenore Sh eri dan , end Kanager George Bleck .A l so K i c ha e l G r ie b . One c o n t i n g en t o f 5 S t r i d e r s went t o C o m a l l i st o l o dg e w i t h S. G r i e b l s m a t e rn a l p z r e n t m d P e p pe r l u pp y ( h e r e i na f t e r r e f e r r e d t o as PP). C a rb o l o a d i n g b egan Th u rsd ay n i g h t w i t he g r o m i n g b oe rd l s d e n w i t h s p a g h e t t i , s a l a d , g a r l i c b re ad , a n g elfood c:ke an i c e c ream. Conva rsa t ion co ns i s te d o f warm-up o f us ua lp re - rzce excuses .F r i d a y , 10 S e p t a m began w i t h s h o r t t r a i n i n g ru on park t r a i l sl e a p i n g o v e r b a n a n a slugs a n d d ea d s n a k e s w i t h s i d e t r i p s f o ra p n i e & t h e r i n g anil b e r r y p i c k i n g . B r ea l cf a st p r e p a r a t i o n s w er ea b o r t e d upon r e c e i p t o f d e l a y e d s i g n a l f ro m fii. Grieb as t o i mp en di nga r r i v e 1 of member J Lamb a r r i v i n g k i t e d in 30 m i n u t e s . T h i sm i s s io n i n c lu d e d t r i p t o Zugene f o r r a c e p a c ke t p ic ku p a nd t o u r oft h e c i t y . Ihgr. G a l a c k v a i n l y p ur su ed q u e s t f o r Adidas v i s o r i n~ i k e / ~ u g e n et o r e , w h e r e S. G r i e b s u c c e s s f u l l y c o m p l e t e d a c o u i s i -t i o n of Dusty Bose V a l ky r i e r u n ni n z s ho es . Fteturn t r i p t o C o r v ~ l ln 2 s u n ev en t fu l .S a t u r d a y , S e p t . a .m : A f t e r b or n -a g ai n b e r r y p an ca ke b r e a k f a s tor' f r e s h b l a c k b e r r i e s p i c k ed by h a d by P. B ux to ~landconvened a t Eugene Hi l ton i n rooms 1027 c 1329.( wh ic h d i d n ot vc on ne ct due t o m a n e e e r i a l e r r o r ) . In ? a van.d e pa r te d f o r a i r p o r t t o pic : x member T. Se y f a r th a r r i v i n g f ro mS e a t t l e , a d nembers L. Gonez ?nil K. S t i n s o n j o i n e d t h e g ro u? . L a s tca rb o - lo ad in g o ccu r red a t t h e i u ge n e H i l t o n . E a r l y b ed ti m e w a sobserved by a l l , i t i s b e l i e v e d .Sund?.y, 1 2 S e p t , 6:00 a.m: L. Ross' alarm f a i l e d t o a c t i v r t e duet o , m ot h er m a a g e r i a l e r r o r . Not t o v:orr?--evervone e l s e ' s d i d m dS. G r i e b was f o u nd d r y i n g t h e b at hr oo m m i k o r w i i h h e r h z i r d ry er .D r e s s i n s p e c t i o n a t 7:55 a .m . r e v e e l e d a l l members pr op er ly 2 t i ; i red--n o s h o r t s on b ack s a rd s . Fo re i - a an n e r , L i r i o Gu ev a ra , madeanne -rm ce accoapzn ie d by L. Sher idan . 3eviewed rn?n a ,~ er ' sp a c i n gs c he du le p r i o r t o m. S a i d s c he d u le d e c l z r e d n u l l and vo id duet o ma na ge ri el e r r o r as race merkings : .rere in k i l o m e t e r s n o t m i l es .A t t h s un members s o r t e d t h em s elv es o u t , e ach t o run a t h i s / h e rocm psce.

A t m i le 1 2 P . 3 u xto n w a s s p o t t e d e a lk i n g , i n t e n t l y t r y i n g t oreinove t h e wrapper fros h i s crndy. A t m i l e 1 9 h e w a s observedz sk in g f o r a s s i s t r n c e i n t h i s t asl c from r a c e o f f i c i a l s . I t wasl a t e r l e z r ne d t h z t h e f i n n l l g had t o g iv e u.p 2nd t a k e t h e sag-.rt=.gonhone . Pev lwhi le e t m i l e 1 4 , S. G r i e b m n o u nc e d t h n t s h e ~va s o l o c gg o i n z t o s m il e o r l zu gh i n resyozlse t o Mgr. Bl ac k ' s jokes . ?leerJ L z ~ b lew k i s s 2nd de?r. r ted a t t h i s ? o in t .

2 2 o ss and T. S e y f a r t h w er e s p o t t e d and t r z c k e d t h r o ~ g h i l e 5~ t h i c h o i n t s e p a r a t i o n oc cu rr ed . C ont in ue d t o t r a c k . i o s s

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through mi le 16 where a change i n pac ing schedule caused contac tt o be l o s t f o r d ur at io n. L a t e r i t was r e p o r t e d t h a t b r i e f c o n t a c tas made a t mile 18 between foreign runner Guevara , K S t i n s o n , e nRoss. No s i g h t i n g s were ev e r made of L Gomez.F i n i s h a t Hayward Field was accomplished in o r d e r l y f a s h i o n :L. Gomez--3:05 P.R., E Ross--3:33 PB, K Stinson--3:36 PR,

L Guevara--3: 36, Dlgr G Black--3:45, S. Grieb--3:45,I Seyfarth--3:48. lembers were met at t h e f i n i s h by S. G r i e b sMom with P.P. and ptlotographers M Grieb, J Lamb, ; L Sher idan.

Depa r tu re f o r San Jose in Griebmobile. P r e s e n tP. Buxton, I Grieb, S. Grieb, E Ross, G Black, MgG Black, Managercc. S tevens Creek S t r id e r s

RACE CALJ3TDkRSept . 9The Gre a t Grape Zace, 10K, 8a.m. S J Q u ic k s i l v e r Mine Pk.Sept. 26Bridge t o Bridge Race, San FrsrnciscoOct. 3Great Race, Stanford (10K) ur c l u b w i l l b e w ork in g t h e f i n i s ha t t h i s ra ce . Co nta ct Bob Downs i f you d l i k e t o h e lp .

Sacramento Marathon and H a l f htarathonOct. 10Columbus Day Golden Gate Bridge 10K, 8 a.m. San Frslnc iscoQuicksilver Challenge Half-Marathon, Q u i c k s i l v e r Kine Pk, SOct. 17S v l t a Ba rb ar a Marathon and/or Choo-choo rid e-- ca tc h L ar ry GomezS r i Chinmoy 7 i b il e r, P o s t e r C i t yOct. 24

Hayward Half-MarathonOct. 31Golden Gate Marathon and Half-MarathonNov. 7S t ock t on Karat honESL Runaway 10K and I t i l e rNov. 14Summit Mara thon , Los Ga tosNov. 21Clarksburg Cl ass ic , 20 Mil e r


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R UNN ~ NG AAY OM HOMEby Kathy St in so n

Seve ral of our members have ventured f o r t h t h i s summer, packing t h e i r runninggear t o run whil e on v ac at io n, h s i n e s s t r i p o r t o v i s i t f am ily .

Barbara Zwieg and toure d Europe f o r weeks and altho ugh had good in te nt io nst o run EVERY MY, found more excuses and reasons t o s ki p a day, more o f t en t han notBarbara , on the o th e r hand , f a i th fu l ly ros e , r a in o r sh ine , c i ty o r count ry, and pu ti n 4 miles : Although I ' d heard that the running fad had hit Europe, the re wasn ' tmuch evidence. Bike rs, however , dressed i n helmets, black woolen pa nt s, rac ing s h i r twere everywhere.

Running the ci ty streets of P a r i s and London was a nervous expe rien ce. The roadbelong, first and foremost , t o th e automobile: London and P a r is both have love ly parvery scen ic t o run through. The h ig hl i ght of my running was o u r l a s t d ay i n P a r i s whBarbara and go t ou t before a.m. t o t ak e a running t ou r o f Pa r i s . What a way t o sth e ci ty hi gh ly recommend itB i l l Dunn, whi le vacat ioni ng i n Juneau, Alaska f o r n ine days , r an t o and f rom ag l a c ie r each day. He noti ced a s ig ni f i ca n t temperature change of about 10. f rom thebeginning t o t he end of his run. General ly, th e temperature was a comfortable 60'.A s a good ambassador f o r running, B i l l met some members of th e l o c a l r unn ing communi(More about B i l l ' s running i n Alaska i n his a r t i c l e . )Don Perk ins at te nd ed t h e F i r e Academy i n Washington D .C . f o r one week. He r a n

miies da i l y, through lu sh , ro l l in g , green h i l l s near Camp David, Nd. Thehumidity was on h i s si d e and th e temperatures averaged i n the low 80's . Don sums uph i s running experience with: "Dogs were ve ry uncommon, bu t d i d come a c r u s s a 50pound goose th a t chased m e and s t i l l haunts m e a t night "

J i m Yrona, whi le v is i t in g h is mom i n Iowa, completed a ha l f marathon i n 85.' temperature with 97 humidity. He a l s o tra vel ed to Europe, v i s i t i n g Luxembourg, GermAus tr i a, I ta ly , Denmark and Sweden. Although he d i d n ' t have t ime t o maintain hi sr e g u l a r t r a i n i n g , J i m d i d . r u n a g ra nd t o t a l o f 9 miles J i m f e e l s t h a t t h i s e xt en si vtime of rest has a llowed h i s running in ju r i es t o hea l , he i s mental ly refreshed and iback s t ron ger than ever .

She l ly Gr ieb v i s i t e d he r mother i n Cor va l l i s , Oregon. She knew about a h a l f marthon i n Cottage Grove, a nearby suburb, put on by the same man who runs the Nike MaraT i l l t h i s swnmer, h e r v i s i t s have no t co rr esponded t o r ace day. She l ly en te r ed the"Bohemia Mining Days Half Marathon" with about 1,000 ot he r runners. She des cri bes thcourse as downhil l , w i th an overa l l e l eva t ion lo ss , ve ry scen ic on o ld logg ing roadsexce l l en t a i d and support Shel ly enjoyed the r ace and f ini sh ed with t he t ime of 1:4So nany people tr av el ed and ra n i n var iou s pa r ts of th e U.S., Europe and Asia, tt h i s a r t i c l e w i l l cont inue wi th Par t 2 i n t h e n e xt e d i t i o n .


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s evidence t h a t I do some of my b es t t h i n k i n g wh il e running , Io f f e r t h e f ol lo wi ng :

I t s t he l i t t l e t h i n g s t h a t ge t you down. r e a l l y b i gproblem doesn' t happen very often and in r i s i n g t o meet i t schal leng e we may even be tem por ari ly ennobled. But, l i k em a l l yapping dogs, l i f e ' s n i n o r i r r i t a t i o n s a r e t h e ones t h a twear away at our s e l f esteem and make u mean and snappish.Much ti me , e f f o r t , and money i s S P q t by foundat ions and govern-ments t r g i n g t o s o l v e t h e r e a l l y m ajor c r i s e s f a c i n g t h e w orl dtoday. T h i n k how much more ea ce of mind could r e s u l t fromso lv in g some of our pr ic kl y t t l e problems--such as sox.Most runn ers seem t o wear sox. The st y l e s ve ry widelyfrom lmee high jobs w i t h b r i g h t ly s t r i p e d to p s t o t h e t i n y,b a r e l y v i s i b l e k i n d t h a t al low maximurn tanning. A l l t h e s e s o xm u s t be washed, and th er ei n l i e s t h e problem. Throw 6 pairs ofsox i n t h e washer and dr ye r, and most t ime s you w i l l end up w i t hsox. Very zea lous sox counting and monitor in g of th e washp ro ce ss may f o r e s t a l l t h e l o s s , b ut l e t y o ur a t t e n t i o n f l a g ev e rs o s l i g h t l y and one o f y ou r f a v o r i t e p a i r w i l l be gone, u s ~ l ynever t o be found again.

ow I b o w exp lana t ions have been o f fe red in t h e p a s t ; onet o t h e e f f e c t t ha b t h e l o s t sox turn i n t o w i r e coa t hsA,-ers whichco l l ec t end b reed in t h e b ack of c l o se t s . La t e l y I ' v e h ea r d t h et h eo r y t h a t tiyo sox fu s e and become one under t h e powerfu l se xu ali n f l u en ce of t h e h ea t and a g i t ~ t i o n f t h e l au n dr y p ro cess . Suchnot lon s s t r i k e me as excess iv e ly F reud ian , so I would l i k e t oadvance my theory--at l e a s t in r egard t o runn ing sox.Kany times while running I have observed dead sox l y i n gbes ide t h e pakh o r crumpled i n t h e s t r e e t g u tt e rs . I wonderedas I saw t h e s e p oo r, f o r l o r n , l im p t h i n g s , s o d i r t y t h e c o l o rof t h e i r b ra ve s t r i p e s v~zsba re ly di sc er ni bl e. Why would am q e r c a st o f f one sock as h e r an ? Upon f u r t h e r r e f l e c t i ma f l a s h of i n s i g h t c m e c t e d t h e two t ho ug hts -- mi ss in g sox int h e la un dr y; abandoned so x on t h e road--and my t h eo r y w a s born.I t h i n k t h a t a f t e r sox hzve b een ru in s e v e r d t imes( the p roblemi s r a r e in new so x) , the y become addi cted t o nm ni ng even as t h e i rowners. Le ft al on e in t h e l aundry they hop out t o heve a go a tit o n t h e i r own Unused t o m n ni n g d o n e , t h e y l o s e t h e i rrhythm and a r e doomed t o a d u s t y d eat h by t h e s i d e o f t h e t r a i l .Back a t hone the remaining ha l f of t h e p a i r d i e s of l o n e l i n e s sin t h e drawer, f o r sox mate f o r l i f e a nd a r e l o s t w it ho ut t h e i rpar-tners. Occasionally a d espe re te m e r may t r y t o air up twosuch s i ng le sox, bu t th e r e s u l t s o f such mismatching neve r l a s t .Now, I have ne ve r met any of y ova= miss ing sox on the OF-d,but I 'v e probably seen yours . #e cFn he lp each o t he r t o evoidf u r t h e r su ch t r ag ed i e s . l i s t of l o s t sox could be posted onour c lub b u l l e t in boerd and we can be on th e a l e r t f o r eachothers sox. Kany apparent ly dezd sox can i n fact be revived byc a r e f u l c a r e and l z u n d er i n g 2nd r e u n i t i n g w l th t h e i r l o s t n a t es .e ju st have t o l e t them know we care . E Ross


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FROM' RUNNER FOR D Yby B i l l h n n

I was stooped ov er double kn ot ti ng my running sh oes when I f i r s t t ook n o ti ce .Li te ra l l y hundreds of re d sockeye sa lmon were l ig ht ly thrashing the sur fac e of thew at er i n a small stream paral lel ing the pavement. Over my shou lder ci rc le d twob al d e a g le s ne ar t h e l e f t r i m of th e blue-white magnificence of t he Mendenhall Gla cieBroken pie ces of cr ys ta l l in e i c e weighing thousands of pounds each f l oa te d away i n thchi l ly bay. I t was Alaska, the s torybook re a l i ty of a splendor f a r beyond the thingsI ' d r ea d and th e t a l e s I ' d h e ar d.

I t only came t o be t h a t I was occupying this space a t t h i s time by chance. phca l l sev era l days before f rom my fr i en ds who l i v e here se t t h e stage f o r a n ev e nt t o a l l t h o se t h a t had been experienced prior . They had t o l d me cf a r ace , t he d i s t ance weren ' t su re o f , t ak ing p lace the f i r s t day o f my planned v i s i t . I was v e r y i n t e r e s tof course, as long as i t uas not a f u l l mara thon a t slx thousand foot e levat ion . Theas su re d me i t wasn't and I was exc i t ed .I t was Juneau, Alaska, July 31 1982; the las t day I would eve r be 34 ye ar s ol d.I was t h e f i r s t one a t r e g i s t r a t i o n by a t l e a s t twenty minutes . I t va sn ' t s o much t hI M s t h a t e a r l y , e s p e c i a l l y by California r ace s t andards , bu t th a t everyone e l se ( af i f t y of them) showed up only a few minutes before the start. I was t o f i n d o u t soo nenough t h a t one does no t rus h thi ng s here . With a g l a c i e r that moves perhaps two ort h r e e f e e t a year as a backyard i t was a l l easi ly unders tood.The start of th e 1982 ve rs io n of the Juneau Marathon and Half Marathon (thank Gouas within the boundaries of a n a t i o n a l f o r e s t , more s p e c i f i c a l l y t h e v i s i t o r ' s c e n tepar lc ing l o t over looking the g la cie r . I had not given much thought t o the ac tu al ra cel i k e I us ual ly do caused mainly t o t he many d iv er si on s around me new faces, counte tc . The p lan , i f th er e uas one , wa$o ru n a p ac e t h a t f e l t c o mf or ta bl e a nd i f I f egood i t would be a har d workout. Could I win? Well, any time you enter a r ace , t heot i ca l l y , you have the po ten t i a l t o win. I t just depends on who else i s - o r i s n ' t t he r

l l t h e familiar f a c e s I ' d n ev er s e e n b ef o re . l l t h e sw i f t l o o ki n g a na to mi es , t h e ls t y l e s of people j u s t l i k e thos e back home, were around me.Pre race in st ru ct io ns were l i ke the explanat ions of the sa fe ty equipment aboard a i r c r a f t upon take of f , pr e t t y ba si c and heard many t imes before. But the course mawas i n t e r e s t i ng because i t represented roads I ' d never been on before , p lace s I ' d nevseen. I wasn't worried about which way t o go si nc e I ' d j u s t fol low whomever was i n fof me l i k e any oth er race. And so th e s t a r t i n g gun went of f and away we went.Now I might say with confidence that the half marathon distance i s by no means ak icker s r ac e nor i s i t a rac e one can throw caut ion t o the wind and l i ck et y- sp l i t thef i r s t te n ki lomete rs and then hope t o hang on the rest of the way. Good int en ti on s lquite different when you are slow-poking i t a long the s ide o f the road wi th .ye t ano ttwo or thre e mi les t o go. So I went out a t 5 :23 f o r t h e f i r s t mile and immediatelywondered about th e s iz e of the h i l l s l a t e r on down the road. t two miles I s e t t l e da s o r t of rhythm (white boys got rhythm too ) i n fo ur th place. I f t he t h r ee i n f ro n twere going t o run the whole rac e a t the cur ren t pace ( they were about 25 yar ds aheadthere wasn't much I could do about i t . But a t m i l e s i n t o i t I caught t h e i r dog wseemed t o be burdened somewhat by some excess body f a t . Short ly a f t e r the dog came tthird place runner who I found out af terwards ran t he e n t i r e marathon i n an outs tandi2:30:57. The f i rs t and second pla ce ru nn er s who had been runn ing t og et he r came back me j u s t b e fo re 3 miles and the f i r s t h i l l . I decided t o run wi th them f o r awhi le exct h a t t h e i r dog had caught up and w a s beg inning t o ge t under f oo t . So I po l i t e ly askewhich way we turned of f t h i s road try in g to use my most cont rol led aer obi c voice. Thsa id t o fo l low the two le ad b ike s which I hadn ' t not iced a hundred o r so ya rds ahead.Af ter that I was on my own.During races I t a l k t o m ys el f, t r y i n g t o c o n s ta n tl y i n s t i l l p o s i t i v e t h i nk i ng .

- Usually i t s a l o ng t h e l i n e s o f Le t ' s s e e i f we can cat ch up t o the runn er ahead oThe l e g s f e e l a l r i g h t s o I guess the weight t ra in ing was r i g h t . But b e in g i n t h elead o f a ra ce f o r more th an 10 mile s uas something qu it e new and had me think ing ad i f f e r e n t l y . I vas Rod Dixon lead ing th e Bay t o Breakers and Alb ert o Sal az ar a t t h e


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1FRONT RUNNER FOR A DAY (cont 'd)Boston Marathon. These tho ugh ts ca rr ie d me through th e miles f a i r l y comfor tabl;~ , ovt h e h i l l s and p a s t s cen er y I wished I had more time t o no tic e. I conversed with thel.ead bikes when they were within range and they assured me t h a t I was looking smoothand t h a t on the*aight aways they co ul dn 't see anyone el se .

I d i d n ' t f e e l s o much l i k e t h e e l i t e r u nn er a f t e r 1 0 m il es . I was s t i l l runninl i k e I was being chased by the l oc a l wi ld l i fe but i t was t ak i n g i t s t o l l . A t 10 milthe course turned onto d i r t and gra ve l and now I had t o concen t ra te on the foo t ing The though t of s low ing down some began t o en t e r my mind more th an onc e, e sp e c ia ll ys i n ce I had a s a f e l e ad , b u t I argued with myself about that . Seems there are thosefee l ings abou t a job wel l done af terwards to be taken in t o cons iderat ion. So I onlyconsidered i t f o r t h e l as t three m il es u n t i l t h e r e was no de ci si on t o be made.

The course ended i n as b eau t i f u l a s p o t as t had begun. Although the l a s t t h rq u a r t e r s o f a mile were back on pavement and s l i gh tl y up hi l l , I co u l d s ee t h e f i n i s hand s t a r t e d t o f e e l t h e c h i l l t h a t I guessed came with t N s s o r t o f t h i ng . h e hourtwelve minutes and eight seconds a f t e r I had l e f t th e majesty of the Mendenhall Glaca memory had b een c r ea t ed t h a t w i l l , I m sur e , not soon be fo rgot ten. I was f i r s tac ros s a f i n l s h l i n e . I t would be rerun many times i n th e weeks t o come.There weren't any crowds a t th e end now were th er e a m ulti tud e of re p o rt e rs Wat o know how I d i d i t J u s t f r i e n d s and r e l a t i v e s w ai ti ng f o r t h e i r s . I was alone wthe g re at es t f ee l i ng of accomplishment I ' d eve r had i n my l i f e . I t may never happenaga in but th e experience was enough f o r a l i f e t i m e . I had con t rac ted the u l t imaterunners high.

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