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July–Aug 2013 800m specialist Duane Solomon posted aworld leading 1:43.27 at the USA Outdoor
Track & Field Championships in Des Moines.
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Meb earned a silver medal at the 2004 Athensgames and won the 2009 New York City Marathon.We caught up with him in early February, while hewas training for the 2013 Boston Marathon.
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from now, then your trainingfor the half is part of your
marathon training. Use it (the half) to experiment:for example going out at a hard pace and seeinghow long you can keep it up. Or see if you can runexactly even splits for the half, or even go for nega-tive splits. Learn what you can or can’t do. The pointis that every workout should have a purpose, evenif it’s just to recover from a hard workout the daybefore. Make a plan for each workout and eachrace. Then execute your plan.
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Publisher’s Letter 6
Association NewsPacific 8San Diego/Imperial 29Central 30Southern California 30
Runner’s Schedule CalendarEvent Listings 10
Legacy Women in Marathoning 12
Gear Racing Shoe Reviews 19
Training Summer Mileage Program 21
California Track & Running News is a magazine for members of the California and N. Nevada associa tions of USATrack & Field. Contact your region regarding changes of address and missing issues.
Central California Association — [email protected] — www.central-california.usatf.orgPacific Association — 916.983.4715 — [email protected] — www.pausatf.orgSan Diego/Imperial Association — 619.275.6542 — [email protected] — www.sdusatf.orgSouthern California — 562.941.2621 — [email protected] — www.scausatf.org
Brian Pilcher of thePacific Association
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July–August 2013
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Last year, when Duane Solomonfinished fourth in the LondonOlympics, some people were
surprised. They shouldn’t have been,as Mr. Solomon is one of our mostpersistent and consistent 800-meterperformers. Last year, Duane
dropped his times from 1:45 to 1:42.82. This year, Solomon set a shortlived 600 meters indoor AR record in January. In
February, while focusing on Nick Symmonds over 600 meters in the Millrose, ErikSowinski caught Solomon by surprise. That was a wake up call for Mr. Solomon.
I finally met Duane at a dinner for the Saucony athletes hosted hosted by MarkBossardet and Brian Mahoney at the Millrose Games. Duane is affable and with a senseof fashion that exudes a quiet confidence, could be a model in GQ.
And his race at the USA Championships was also all about confidence. Runningfrom the front the entire way, Duane Solomon led three Americans under 1:44: he ran1:43.27, Nick Symmonds finished in 1:43.72, and Brad Johnson following almost imme-diately in 1:43.97.
Solomon’s time was the world leader. And then, on July 1, Duane Solomon ran thesecond-fastest time ever for 600 meters, a time of 1:13.28.
Duane’s victory at the USA Championships came on his ninth visit to the outdoortrack & field championships. Like his coach and mentor, Johnny Gray, the 1992 Olympicsilver medalist, Duane Solomon wants to be the next American male to medal at 800meters. The last one to do so was Rich Kenah at the 1997 World Championships, 16years ago. Solomon could medal in Moscow in August 2013. Mark my word.
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Going, going, and still here … Guess you can’t getrid of me that easily, so here’s one more articlefor our members. I’d like to introduce you to yournew executive board: David Shrock, president;Irene Herman, vice president; J. R. Heberle, sec-retary; Fred Baer, treasurer; and George Klee-man, past president. John Mansoor remains ourCEO. Just a reminder that our Board of Athleticsmeetings are open to all members. The Septem-ber meeting is usually the most heavily attendedbecause it’s when the committees find out if theirbudget requests have been approved. For in-stance, the Youth Committee may be requestingfunds for equipment repair and maintenancecosts, clinic expenses, and facility rental fees; theLDR might request $25,000 for the Grand Prix cir-cuit; and officials could request expenses forclinic costs and rulebooks.
The majority of our income derives fromsanction fees. Our income has increased over thepast few years because there have been newraces on the roads. If you know of any new racesthat haven’t been sanctioned, please direct theevent managers to our website(www.pausatf.org) to learn about sanctions andinsurance. We have about the most competitiveinsurance policy on the market. Sanctioned racesdirectly benefit our athletes because a sanc-tioned race with a certified course is eligible fornational recognition.
Community Steps Up: This year, the Bay toBreakers almost didn’t happen because it lost itssponsor. Fortunately, a local San Francisco com-pany—craigslist.org—stepped up to the plate asprimary sponsor. The bombings at the BAABoston Marathon had occurred just a month pre-vious, so security at B2B was tighter than usualthis year. B2B is famous for its many costumed
runners, and this year anumber of them ran asunicorns, the BAA’slogo. Thanks tocraigslist.org for beingthe major sponsor ofB2B, one of the topfive most popularraces in the U.S. Andit’s particularly fittingthis year to note thatthe craigslist logo isthe peace sign.
Where There’s aWill, There’s a Way: Inthe last several issuesof CTRN, I’ve written
about the long-deferred maintenance of SanFrancisco’s Kezar Stadium’s track facility. A fewmonths ago, at least 22 San Francisco schools, theSF Track Club, and PA clubs signed a petition tothe San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, Rec andPark, and Mayor Ed Lee, and the petition was cov-ered by the San Francisco Chronicle. The upshot isthat the Kezar Advisory Board renewed its pushon this project, which has been on its “to–do” listsince 2007. S.F. Rec and Park submitted a $2Mrenovation plan to the Capital Planning Commit-tee and it was approved in May. It was next on itsway to the Budget Committee for the final ap-proval, so listen for the buzz. As you read this, theproject should be in the planning stages. Look fora new track at Kezar in the middle of 2014. Thankyou to all the coaches, PA members, and officialswho helped champion this project!
On the topic of will, have you been followingthe Academy of Arts, SF? It’s an NCAA Division IIuniversity that doesn’t have its own sports facili-ties and still they took the NCAA D-II women’strack & field championship title. Read the articlehere: www.ncaa.com/sports/trackfield-outdoor-women/d2
Our association is collecting data on areatrack & field facilities. Bob Thompson, one of ourat-large officials, has taken on the responsibilityof forming a chart of various facilities used andthose that are available for our youth clubs andadults. It will have information on safety, parkingaccess, rental use, etc.
The 2015 Club National Cross Country inGolden Gate Park will be upon us soon. A sugges-tion from a club is that they want to buy a mile onthe cross country course. This will certainly helpour sponsorship. The biggest challenge is findinga place that can hold 800+ runners for the awardsceremony. And if you know of a beer sponsor,please let me know. We plan to reserve the Holi-day Inn at Fisherman’s Wharf for lodging. DoyleDrive will be opening in 2015 so that the trip fromthe Fisherman’s Wharf to GGP should be veryfast. We want to make this the best-ever NationalClub cross country experience. We have plans tohave food trucks at the south parking lot of thePolo fields so that all the athletes and spectatorscan purchase food during the races. In all of theprevious XC Club national races, there has beenminimal, if any, food for purchase.
Again, I welcome your ideas and questions.Even though I’m now your vice president insteadof president, I remain your membership chair,and I want to hear from you. Please email me [email protected]
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Women in Marathoning: JacquelineHansen (left) and Nina Kuscsik competingin the first Women’s InternationalMarathon Championships in Waldniel,West German in 1974. Renowned Califor-nians Judy Ikenberry, Joan Ullyot, andRuth Anderson also competed. Hansenfinished 5th overall and first American in2:56:25, her first sub-three hourmarathon. See story on page 12.
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Sun., 8/11 Water to Wine Half Marathon, LakeSonoma to HealdsburgWater To Wine Half Marathon is a point-to-pointevent in Sonoma County, starts at the LakeSonoma Visitors Center at 7:00 am and will finishat Alderbrook Winery in Healdsburg. This may beone of the fastest half marathon courses on thewest coast.
Sun., 8/18 America’s Finest City Half Marathon& 5K, San DiegoThe Half Marathon begins at historic Cabrillo Na-tional Monument, with its majestic view of bothSan Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, follows sce-nic San Diego Bay and Harbor Island along theEmbarcadero to The Star of India, winds throughdowntown San Diego, and ends in beautiful Bal-boa Park in front of the Hall of Champions. Startsat 7:00am. 5K Run/Walk - Fast loop course runcompletely within Balboa Park. Starts at 6:45 a.m.All participants (HM & 5K) will receive a specialtechnical fabric t-shirt (gender specific).www.afchalf.com
Sat., 8/24 Wild Duck 5K, Guajome Park, Ocean-sideSan Diego–Imperial USATF/VS Athletics Dirt DogCross Country Series event. On this course, you’llrun through all of Guajome Park. There are somerolling hills (no “big hill”), fields of grass andviews of the lake and ducks. This is a unique cross-country course; it is made for speed and negativesplits with its fast downhill sections and a flat,fast finish. Masters 8:00 a.m.; Open 8:30a.m. Contact Joe Crosswhite at 760.723.3257.
Sat., 8/31 Balboa 4-Miler, San DiegoSan Diego–Imperial USATF/VS Athletics Dirt DogCross Country Series event. Masters 7:30 a.m.;Open 8:10 a.m. Trails, grass, and sidewalks.Start/finish just north of 6th and Laurel in BalboaPark. Contact Paul Baumhoefner at 619.200.4792.www.SDTC.com
Sat., Sept. 21 69th Aztec Invitational 5K, BalboaPark, San DiegoSan Diego–Imperial USATF/VS Athletics Dirt DogCross Country Series event. 8 a.m. Contact RickReiser, 310.227.5534
Sat., 9/28 Bonita 8K Stampede Sweetwater Regional Park, BonitaSan Diego–Imperial USATF/VS Athletics Dirt DogCross Country Series event. 8 a.m. Contact AntonioMelchor at 619.370.1184
Sat., 10/5 Presidio Challenge, San Francisco PA/USATF Road Race Grand Prix event. The racewill start and Finish at Paul Goode Field. Enter byfoot through Julius Kahn Playground which is lo-cated at Presidio’s southern border between Ar-guello and Presidio Gates (at Pacific Ave. andSpruce St.). Course subject to change due to pos-sible trail closures. Hosted by New Balance Excel-sior RC. Contact Chikara Omine at 415.269.1022 oremail [email protected]
Sat., 10/12 Ursula Rains Balboa Boogie 5KMorley Field, Balboa Park, San DiegoSan Diego–Imperial USATF/VS Athletics Dirt DogCross Country Series event. Masters 8:00 a.m.;Open 8:45 a.m. Contract Nancy Morris at858.874.8784.
Sun., 10/20 Healdsburg Half MarathonAn epic adventure through California’s award-win-ning wine region. Start in historic downtownHealdsburg, located only one-hour north of SanFrancisco. The first mile runs through the residen-tial area past 100-year-old homes along quaintstreets. Just outside town are miles of vineyardsand dozens of wineries waiting for your viewingpleasure along nice, gently rolling roads withbreathtaking views of Dry Creek Valley and Alexan-der Valley. Start/finish in Downtown Healdsburg atHealdsburg City Hall (401 Grove Street). This thefinal event in the Run Wine Country trio of events.www.runwinecountry.com
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Sun., 10/20 Humboldt Redwoods Marathon Half Marathon, 5K, WeottPA/USATF Road Race Grand Prix event. Come runalong the Avenue of the Giants in the scenic Hum-boldt Redwoods State Park. PA/USATF halfmarathon championship In all divisions. Hosted bySix Rivers RC; thanks to media sponsor KHUM.www.redwoodsmarathon.org
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In 1984, when Joan Benoit Samuelson won thegold medal at the first-ever Olympic Gamesmarathon for women in Los Angeles, the world’s
eyes were opened to what pioneering female run-ners had long known: Women are just as capable atrunning long distances as men—often more so.
The first Olympic marathon was conducted in1896—but only for men. It wasn’t until Bobbi Gibbchallenged the prevailing misconception thatwomen were incapable of running long distancesby jumping into and unofficially finishing the“men’s only” Boston Marathon in 1966 and Kather-ine Switzer by unofficially—but very visibly—finish-ing the 1967 Boston Marathon that the issue caughtthe attention of the general public. The rules beganto change, though slowly. Three quarters of a cen-tury after the first Olympic marathon, in 1971, theAmateur Athletic Union (AAU), the U.S. governingbody for track & field at the time (which later be-came The Athletics Congress, and eventually, USATrack & Field, as it’s known today) relented and al-lowed women to officially compete in marathons.
In 1972, nine women officially entered theBoston Marathon, and on June 23, 1972, the ground-breaking Title IX legislation became law. In 1974,fifty-seven women participated in the first AAU Na-tional Marathon Championship for women in SanMateo. Since then, women’s involvement in long-distance events has grown, and later boomed. Ac-cording to Running USA’s 2012 “State of Sport”report, there were more than 7 million female U.S.road race finishers in 2011, a record high. Among an
estimated 487,000 U.S. marathon finishers in 2011,42 percent were women. By comparison, in 1980—before the first women’s Olympic marathon washeld in 1984—only 11 percent of finishers in U.S.marathons were women.
The Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathonhonored “Women in Marathoning” at last March’srace via a panel discussion at the event’s annual“Marathon College,” held the day before the race.The discussion, emceed by longtime runningwriter/editor Joe Henderson, featured the four pan-elists, all of whom were female icons/pioneers invarious eras of the marathon from the ’60s to the’90s: Nina Kuscsik (1972 women’s Boston Marathonchampion), Jacqueline Hansen (1973 women’sBoston Marathon champion), Lorraine Moller (1992Olympic Games marathon bronze medalist), andJoan Benoit Samuelson (winner of the inauguralwomen’s Olympic Marathon in 1984). Appropri-ately, women comprised 51% of the 2013 Napa ValleyMarathon’s race field, a race record.
CTRN’s Mark Winitz was on hand, capturingthe vivid, colorful, and educational comments fromthese women about the struggles and emergenceof women in long-distance running. Part 1 of this se-ries features Kuscsik and Hansen. Part 2, in our nextissue, will focus on Moller and Benoit Samuelson.We think that all long-distance runners and theircoaches—regardless of their gender or age—whomay not be familiar with the challenges that femalerunners encountered in their fight for “runningequality”will find these articles enlightening.B
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NINA KUSCSIKIn 1970 at the AAU annual meeting, a high officialon the AAU’s Women’s Track & Field Committeesaid that women’s long-distance running wasn’tworth bothering with because those involvedwere largely bored housewives. Two years later,the Boston Marathon saw the light, and Nina Kusc-sik—who had run in the race unofficially in 1969—became the first official women’s winner. Kuscsikalso won the 1972 New York City Marathon afterparticipating in a sit-down strike with five otherwomen at the starting line in protest of the sepa-rate women’s start imposed by the AAU to pre-vent them from competing with men.
Kuscsik, a true rebel with a running cause inthe early days of women’s marathoning, had nei-ther a high school or college distance-runningbackground. At the time, there were no programsfor women in the discipline.
Kuscsik, now 74, still lives on Long Island, NY,where she was born. She is a vocal member ofUSATF’s Women’s Long Distance Running Com-mittee, Law and Legislation Committee, and RulesCommittee. Last year, Kuscsik was inducted intothe New York Road Runners Hall of Fame on the40th anniversary of her New York City Marathonvictory. She was inducted into the USA NationalDistance Running Hall of Fame in 1999.
Joe Henderson: Nina, you started running in the’60s when there weren’t a lot of women running.What triggered your desire to become a runner?
Nina Kuscsik: I was an athlete anyway. In 1960, Iwas the New York state champion in bicycle rac-ing, speed skating on ice, and roller skating. ThenI started to have children. In 1967, Bill Bowerman[a track & field coach and cofounder of Nike]came out with a book called Jogging, and it cost$1. I opened the book and saw women running intheir raincoats who looked like they were in their40s. I thought, “If they can do it, I can do it.” I’dbeen running anyway as training for speed skatingon ice.
My husband and myself and two other guysfrom speed skating [Charlie Blum and Bob Muller]got our first issue of the Long Distance Log [amonthly publication that carried results and arti-cles of interest to distance runners] in 1968. Itshowed Elaine Pederson jumping into the 1968Boston Marathon from the sidelines. I’d neverheard of Katherine Switzer, but I knew womenweren’t officially allowed in the Boston Marathon.It didn’t matter to me at all. We trained for, andran, the 1969 Boston Marathon. From there, wemet the New York Road Runners, got involved,and I increased my mileage and lowered my times.
Then I thought, “Why can’t we be official?” Iwent to the AAU national convention in 1971 withsome resolutions in mind. As a result of Kuscsik’sproposal, the AAU resolved that “certainwomen,” without further definition, could partic-ipate in marathons; however, they were requiredto start 10 minutes before or after the men or ona different starting line.
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That might make sense now—for manywomen, maybe it’s better to start separately—but [at the time] we felt it was women’s discrim-ination. So at Boston [the following April 1972] wepainted a separate starting line for ourselves onthe sidewalk. Then [at the 1972 New York CityMarathon] we [six women entered in the race in-cluding Kuscsik—Editor] had a sitdown strike atthe starting line [to protest the rule], which cre-ated so much publicity that in 1972 at the AAUconvention everything changed. From then on, itwas moving ahead to get women into theOlympics marathon.
JH: Before I ask about your involvement in the ef-fort to win women a spot in the Olympics, I wantto ask you about a race in 1971. At that time, nowoman had [officially] broken 3 hours in themarathon. You ran a race in New York [NYCMarathon] which welcomed women, and youwere running against Beth Bonner. Tell us aboutthat race.NK: That race gave me such room to run. It waswonderful. I think Beth was ahead of me from the9th mile on. She had a nice stride and rhythm. Igot a little closer to her at the last big hill in CentralPark. I think she beat me by about 44 seconds. Weboth broke 3 hours for the first time, so it was acelebration for both of us.
(Editor’s Note–Bonner, age 19, finished firstfemale in 2:55:22 and became the first official win-ner of the women’s division at NYC. Kuscsik wassecond in 2:56:04.)
JACQUELINE HANSENA pioneering female marathoner in the early tomid-1970s, Jacqueline Hansen was instrumental,as a political and social activist, in gaining womenthe opportunity to compete in long-distanceraces. She is, perhaps, best known for winning the1973 Boston Marathon while a student at Califor-nia State University, Northridge. She was instru-mental in successfully lobbying the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) to add the women’smarathon, and later the 5000 meters and the10,000 meters, to the Olympic Games at a timewhen young women had little or no opportunityto compete in athletics.
During her career, Hansen won 12 of her first15 marathons. She set two marathon worldrecords: in 1974 at the Western HemisphereMarathon (a race she won three times), where her2:43:54 was the first sub-2:45 ever run by a female,and at the 1975 Nike/OTC Marathon in Eugene,where she ran 2:38:19, the first sub-2:40 by awoman. She is a Road Runners Club of America(RRCA) Hall of Fame Inductee. In 2012, she was in-ducted into the USA National Distance RunningHall of Fame.
Born in Binghamton, NY, Hansen moved toSouthern California at age 8. She began her careerin track & field at Granada Hills High School, whereshe excelled. Today, Hansen, age 64, resides in
Topanga Canyon and works at Loyola MarymountUniversity as an administrator and instructor. Shewas a volunteer coach for Team Diabetes forseven years and has coached the “See Jane Run”(today known as “The Janes”) all-women’s run-ning team to multiple USA Cross Country champi-onships. Hansen recently published a book, A LongTime Coming: Running Through the Women’sMarathon Revolution, which was published at oureditorial deadline for this issue. Visit www.jacque-linehansen.com for details.
Joe Henderson: Jacqueline, you started as a trackand cross country runner with a famous coach.Tell us about that coach and his encouragementor discouragement as far as you becoming amarathon runner.Jacqueline Hansen: I got my first start with a highschool coach. When I was in high school, we onlyran up to 400 meters. I only went out for track be-cause the team didn’t have to choose you. If yousaw me standing, I’m not basketball material. Thatwoman, [track coach] Dixie Griffin [at GranadaHills High School], opened the door for me. Oth-erwise, my life would be different today. For ex-ample, she didn’t take me to the City Meet [LACity Section of CIF Final Championships] becauseshe knew I was no sprinter.
I discovered in college—where [at the time]they really didn’t have women’s track coaches orteams—a man named Laszlo Tabori. He was aHungarian Olympian and the third man in theworld to break the 4-minute mile, after Bannister.And he trained us [at the Los Angeles Track Clubwhere he coached–Editor] as middle-distance run-ners—not as men or women. He took everyone.He considered himself an underdog, so he wasn’topposed to taking underdogs like me. I didn’tknow his reputation, or I might have been too in-timidated to ever show up. But he was so intimi-dating I was afraid not to come back even thoughthe first workout was more than I’d ever run atonce in my life—and it was just the warm-up. So,I was really a greenhorn. But I think I thrived underhis disciplinary coaching style.
I do not coach the way I was coached [be-cause] I think it’s survival of the fittest. But for me,it was adaptation: Being allowed to run 400 me-ters, which increased during my junior college[days] to 800 meters, which increased during myfour-year college to 1 mile. I’d already discoveredLaszlo by that point, so I was the national colle-giate champion at 1 mile in the same year that I wasthe Boston Marathon champion. So I had a range.
I know that all Laszlo ever wanted was an-other sub-4-minute miler, like him, and all he evergot was a lot of strong women. That’s because hecoached us after the [women’s] break [into long-distance running]. So I have Laszlo to thank. He’sbeen my coach for life. We’re still friends. I still seehim on a weekly basis.
JH: You had a teammate named Cheryl Bridges.
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Tell us how she inspired you.JH: Lazlo Tabori had been coached by Mihaly Igloi[who defected to the U.S from Hungary at thesame time as Tabori]. Igloi is considered thegrandfather of interval training. So my workoutswere all intervals. Cheryl Bridges, one of my LATrack Club teammates, didn’t train with me. Shelived in the San Luis Obispo area and was coachedby her husband, Larry Bridges. We had just fin-ished our cross country season, and for whateverreason, she came down to run the [1971] “West-ern Hemisphere” Culver City Marathon, the sec-ond-oldest consecutively run marathon at thetime to Boston. I thought that anyone crazyenough to run 26.2 miles deserved a cheerleader,so my teammates and I went out to cheer her on.And Lazlo was there because he lived on thecourse. It was the first marathon I’d ever seen. Iwatched Cheryl become the first woman in theworld to break 2:50. She ran 2:49:40 [betteringthe mark of 2:55:22 set by Beth Bonner severalmonths prior at the New York City Marathon].
I looked at Cheryl and I thought, a little bitprecociously, “I can do that.” I could beat hersometimes in the 2-mile on the track. SometimesI could beat her in cross country. Right there, Imade a vow that the next year I wanted to do that[run a marathon]. That was like fun. It wasn’tabout speed workouts.
I vowed to run the Culver City Marathon thenext year [1972], but I had to ask permission fromLazlo, figuring I’d get yelled at. So after the [1972]cross country season, I told him, “I just had thebest cross country season ever. I finished 8th inthe nationals. I want to run this marathon in twoweeks like Cheryl did last year.” He didn’t say no.He said, getting a little philosophical, “There’ssome things we need to find out for ourselves. Ithink you’ll go far.”
And I thought, “Does he mean I’ll run about18 miles and drop out?”
For 20 miles, I was zipping off 7-minute mileslike it was nothing. Then, it was a whole otherrace. The Culver City course is very cruel. It bringsyou by the finish line at 20 miles, and then sendsyou out again. I was tempted to drop out, but I fin-ished. I crawled in and, since Cheryl didn’t showup that day, I won. I crossed the finish line andsaid, “Never again!” But the minute they put thatmedal around me I said, “Next year, next time.”
JH: Tell us about what happened to you in 1984at Boston, the approval of the women’s[Olympic] marathon, and your chance to run inthe first U.S. women’s Olympic Marathon Trials.JH: The most dramatic moment of my running ca-reer was qualifying for those Olympic Trials. I didset the world record at Culver City in 1974 aftergoing to Waldniel [West Germany] for the firstWomen’s International Marathon Championshipsfor women. [Hansen placed 5th overall and 1stAmerican–Editor]. I came back with all the confi-dence in the world to run my first world record at
Culver City, and then my second the next year—the first sub-2:40—which was the most importantone.
Joe [Henderson], Nina [Kuscsik], and myselfwere on the International Runners Committee, a13-member worldwide lobbying committee forgetting the women’s 5000 meters, 10,000 meters,and marathon into the Olympic Games. The com-mittee was sponsored by Nike. [Hansen was theexecutive director of this committee—Editor]
I had just set two world records in themarathon with no Olympics to go to—unlikewhen I was a 1500-meter runner, and I knew Icould go to our Olympic Trials and move on. Ibumped up against a glass ceiling with nowhereto go. I was naïve enough to think in ’74 that a let-ter-writing campaign, petitions, calling Nina [whowas involved with the AAU, would change this]. Ididn’t know it was going to take 10 years of lob-bying and that it would culminate in a lawsuitagainst the IOC, IAAF [International Associationof Athletic Federations], the USOC, theAAU/TAC/USATF, and even the Los Angeles Or-ganizing Committee where the Olympics weregoing in ’84. At least we had anti-discriminationlaws in California, so we had our best chance [forwinning a lawsuit] here—as opposed to Moscow[1980 Olympic host] or Seoul, South Korea [1988Olympic host].
Without going into the details, [in 1981] themarathon for women was successfully lobbied in[to the Olympic Games via the IOC]. But the or-phaned events were the [women’s] 5000 and10,000. The president of our international [track
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The women’s10,000m officiallybecame part of the Olympicwomen’s track &field program in1988, just 25 yearsago. The 5000mfor women wasadded in 1996.
& field and distance running] federation [PrimoNebiolo of the IAAF] told me to my face that theywere of no value. They were garden events, theywouldn’t sell tickets to the Games, and they werenever going in.
So the marathon had been lobbied in and themost important thing in my life at that point wasto qualify for [the first-ever U.S. Women’s OlympicMarathon Trials in 1984]. Unfortunately, I hadcompartment syndrome in my left hamstring andin November of 1983 I had surgery. The Women’sOlympic Marathon Trials were going to be held inMay of 1984 [in Olympia, WA] and … my lastchance [to qualify] was Boston in April. I got tomile 25 [in Boston], and there was a clock saying
that my projected finish time was 2:44 and myplace [at that point] was 10th. That was the lastthing I remember. I had tunnel vision and wasfighting to keep myself upright. I started chantinga mantra in my head: “I deserve to finish this race.I have 1 mile to go.” I didn’t work 10 years for noth-
ing. I had to finish. It was the most importantthing in my entire life.
So I woke up on a hospital cot with an IV bot-tle and a dog tag around my neck, a wool blanket,and no clothes. My watch was still running. Ilooked at the doctor and said, “Did I finish andwhat was my time?” A nurse came back and toldme 2:47, 14th place. So, over the last mile I gained4 minutes and lost four places. I must have lookedlike I was running in place. [Editor’s Note: LorraineMoller won in 2:29:28. Hansen’s 2:47:48 was underthe 2:51:16 women’s qualifying standard for the1984 Women’s Olympic Marathon Trials.]
In fact, there were two television crews fol-lowing me around all day because our lawsuit was
in court for the first time that day in Los Angeles.I couldn’t be there [because of Boston] but mylawyers could take care of court.
So I called home and said, “Get those ticketsfor Olympia. We’re going!” I got a call back fromJulie Cart at the Los Angeles Times. [She told me]we lost [the case for a women’s Olympic 5000mand 10,000m] in court that day. I went from thehighest high to the lowest low in a moment.That’s why it’s the most dramatic day in my entirerunning career. n
Tune in to the next issue of CTRN for Joan BenoitSamuelson’s and Lorraine Moller’s personal insightsabout women’s emergence in marathoning.
Mark Winitz is a USATF Master Level Long DistanceRunning official and serves as the LDR officials co-ordinator for the Pacific Association of USATF.Since 2001, he has officiated at and served as aUSATF referee at hundreds of road running andcross country races. Recently he added a track &field specialty to his USATF officials credentials sohe can also officiate at track meets. Contact [email protected] or at 650-948-0618.18
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UPDATED Sizes men 6–13,14,15; women 5–12 Weight 6.9 oz. (men’s 11); 5.7 oz. (women’s 8) Shape semi-curved Fit snug heel, roomy forefoot For medium- to high-arched feet with neutral biomechanicsRange efficient runners: up to marathon or beyond; heavy strikers: up to 25K or a bit beyond
�%� #&*�'���'����On Running produces shoes with a unique feel and its Cloudracer is the lightest iteration of the Cloudtec technol-ogy. While not the lightest of racers available today, it’s aimed at providing protection and energy return, and it’sbest suited to longer races. The upper is a gauzy but closed mesh that’s lightweight yet tough, with a suitable fit.On’s outersole technology needs a touch of extra cushioning so it relies on a midsole of a relatively thin, moldedEVA (sheet EVA would be too thin). This combination really allows its unique technology to shine. The outersoleis a series of lugs covering the whole sole. The lugs, which have a side profile that looks like oval loops, compressunder the force transmitted by the footstrike and provide cushioning on impact. Though the lugs add a littleweight, they greatly extend the shoe’s effective range and provide assistance in recovering from longer races. TheCloudracer is a solid shoe for faster running and racing.
NEW Sizes men 8–12; women 6–10 Weight 9.6 oz. (men’s 11); 7.9 oz. (women’s 8) Shape semi-curved Fit snug heel, roomy forefoot For medium- to high-arched feet with neutral biomechanics to very mild overpronation Range efficient runners: marathon or beyond; heavy strikers: up to 30K or a bit beyond
��*�&%-���(),!)� ����The Fastwitch has been a racing staple in Saucony’s line for nearly a decade. Round 6 continues to focus on racingwhile zeroing in on some specific features. The midsole retains the high-quality EVA and dual-density design, alongwith its low-profile geometry from Round 5. Its profile and cushioning are aided by the co-molded ESS shank for atouch more support and stability. The outersole setup is unchanged, though minor tweaks—cosmetic, though per-haps also with a technical purpose—are apparent. The upper has received the lion’s share of the attention, as is oftenthe case in racer updates. The closed mesh has been replaced with an open mesh of small ovals, combined with asaddle of FlexFilm and stiffer, closed mesh that hold the foot securely. The good news is that the Fastwitch 6 is astable, protective racer with a broad size range that’s suitable for faster races.
UPDATED Sizes men 7–13,14; women 5–12 Weight 8.2 oz. (men’s 11); 7.0 oz. (women’s 8) Shape semi-curved Fit snug heel, roomy forefoot For medium- to high-arched feet with neutral biomechanicsto mild overpronation Range efficient runners: marathon or beyond; heavy strikers: up to 30K or a bit beyond
��&))�������&�"�'�����The Race Rocker brought the AeroFoam midsole into Scott’s lineup. Its effectiveness as a light, tough, and respon-sive foam formulation has fueled its permeation from Scott’s racers to its training and trail offerings. The midsoleremains unchanged, thanks to the effectiveness of its low profile, resiliency, and durability. The outersole, likewise,was a dialed-in combination of carbon rubber over most of the medial side and a foam-backed polyurethane regionon the lateral forefoot, here very slightly reconfigured with chevron-shaped elements for improved traction. Theupper trades the round, open mesh of the original for a closed mesh with welded overlays. It’s still breathable butmore secure and stable. The ankle collar foam has been beefed up slightly, trading a slight weight increase foradded comfort. Round 2 continues to deliver protection, cushioning, and an effective racing profile.
UPDATED Sizes men 5–13 (unisex) Weight 8.1 oz. (men’s 11) Shape semi-curved Fit snug heel, roomyforefoot For medium- to high-arched feet with neutral biomechanics to very mild overpronation Range efficient runners: marathon or beyond; heavy strikers: up to 30K or a bit beyond
�%��'��'$&*'� �'���� ��������'���The Charge RC introduced a new upper construction and midsole to Under Armour’s running line, and now itssibling, the Charge RC II Racer, does the same for its competition line. The upper has two parts: a supportive,closed mesh in the split rearfoot that locks down the foot, and a stretchy forefoot of closed mesh with no-sew over-lays that moves with the foot. A well-padded tongue rounds out a monosock construction and works well becauseof the split upper design. The midsole is a low-profile CM-EVA that’s responsive, and the geometry maintainseffective contact with the ground to take advantage of racing biomechanics. The outersole is thin but effective fortraction, though best suited for the road. The result is a surprisingly nimble and supportive road racer that cushionswell, has a snappy feel, and doesn’t get in the way.
UPDATED Sizes men 5–13 (unisex) Weight 6.7 oz. (men’s 11) Shape semi-curved Fit snug throughout,stretchy forefoot For medium- to high-arched feet with neutral biomechanics Range efficient runners:marathon or beyond; heavy strikers: up to 20K or beyond
CREGG WEINMANN is footwear and running products reviewer for Running Network LLC. He can be reached via email at [email protected] © 2013 by Running Network LLC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this article may be stored, copied, or reprinted without prior written permission of Running Network LLC. Reprinted here with permission.
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Summer training is the key to success, not only in cross country next fall, but alsothe following spring track season. The keys are to build yourself up, both physicallyand mentally. We at AT&F met with the folks at Saucony to help promote this pro-gram. Here’s what we're going to do: We’ll provide you with 12 weeks of summerand fall training, taking you through the first month of your season in this trainingprogram. We'll also provide you with fine-tuning suggestions each and every weekon www.atf-athlete.com starting the week of July 1. We’re publishing this piece inAmerican Track & Field, Athletes Only, and California Track & Running News.
After your track season, you need to take a couple weeks’ break. The break canbe a complete departure from running and your regular schedule. If you want torun, then no more than four runs a week of about 40 minutes. Your body and spiritneed a break. Pick some books you want to read this summer. Pick the movies you’venot yet seen. Do some summer vegging. Remember, your summer training programis to build you up and prepare your body and spirit to handle the hard racing andtraining that come in the fall. This can only happen if you allow your body to restand find outlets from the training regimen.
��� ����#��������# �� ������������1. Make sure you have two pairs of good training shoes. We suggest that most train-ing shoes can last about 12 –16 weeks with your level of training. Take your timewhen you go to your local running store to purchase training shoes and rememberto go at the end of the day (your feet swell during the day). Bring a clean pair ofsocks and be prepared to check out 5–7 pairs of shoes to find the right shoe foryou. Also check socks, shorts, and tops (although you probably have enough t-shirtsto keep you going for months!).
2. Make sure you’re hydrating yourself. Eight to 10 glasses of water a day plus sportsdrinks and juice are a good start. Drink coffee, tea and carbonated soda sparingly.
3. You need to fuel the engine. To do that, you have to get the proper amount andproper types of food into your system. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, pasta, andmodest amounts of fish, chicken and beef make sense. For snacks, try an apple andpeanut butter. Nuts are good. Pizza, tacos and a trip to fast food places are fine, aslong 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 will affect your training. Get 8 –10 hoursof sleep and, if you can, try for a nap (yes) on a few afternoons.
5. Get your training group down. Some people like to train by themselves, but finda group helps with the hard days or long runs. Find what works for you and yourtraining style.
6. Inspiration. Find some good books (Once a Runner, The Irishmen Who Ran forBritain, The Lonely Breed, A Cold, Clear Day, Self-Made Olympian) that can inspireyou. Find music that inspires you (Outkast, Disturbed, Hurt, Counting Crows, LedZeppelin, ACDC). We will post our partner’s, the Shoe Addicts, running music liststo inspire you!
7. Goals. Do you want to make the top 7? Do you want to improve your times atyour league and section meets? Do you want to race better over the second half ofthe course? Think about these things now, write them on a card and prop them inyour room where you can read them each day.
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���������#��� �� �����������!������In this week, we get you on the road to a good summer of training. You will run along run, a tempo run and some moderately paced runs each week. Don’t worryabout pace the first two weeks, just get out there, have some fun and get in thehabit. Workouts always start with warmup, some gentle stretching major musclegroups, light jogging. Do the same for cool down.
Monday: Warm up; 35–40 minutes easy running; cool down.Tuesday: 1-mile warm up; 20-minute tempo run; 1-mile cool down. To determine your tempo run pace, add a half-minute to your present mile pacefor a 5K. For example: if you currently run 19 minutes for a 5K, that’s 6:10 pace.Add 30 seconds and your tempo run pace is 6:40-per-mile. Wednesday: Warm up; 35- 40 minutes easy running; cool down.Thursday: 1-mile warm up; 2 Hill Repeats (run 200 yds uphill, turn, jog downhill tostart. Repeat one more time, no rest); 1-mile easy cool down.Friday: Warm up; 35–40 minutes easy running; cool down.Saturday: Off. Walk, bike, see Man Of Steel.Sunday: Long, easy run, 45 minutes, on grass or dirt.
���������""����"�������"��"� "�� �����Make sure that you’re doing your runs 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 way.You’ll bea little sore this week as your body adjusts. Drink your liquids, sleep, eat well andhang out with your friends.
Monday: Warm up; 40 minutes easy running; 2x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Tuesday: 1-mile warm up; 20-minute tempo run; 1-mile cool down. To determine your tempo run pace, add a half-minute to your present mile pacefor a 5K. For example: if you currently run 19 minutes for a 5K, that’s 6:10 pace.Add 30 seconds and your tempo run pace is 6:40-per-mile. Wednesday: Warm up; 40 minutes easy running; 2x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Thursday: 1-mile warm up; 3 Hill Repeats (run 200 yds uphill, turn, jog downhill tostart. Repeat twice more, no rests); 1-mile easy cool down.Friday: Warm up; 40 minutes easy running; 2x150 yards relaxed strideouts on grass,jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Saturday: Off. Walk, bike, watch a movie.Sunday: Long, easy run, 50 minutes, on grass or dirt.
��������� ��������"!� ������������You will begin running 6 days a week. Juniors and seniors can being 7 days a week.For college athletes, add a 35–40 minute session of easy running on Monday,Wednesday and Friday.
Monday: Warm up; 40–45 minutes easy running; 3x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Tuesday: 1-mile warm up; 20-minute tempo run, 1-mile cool down. To determine your tempo run pace, add a half-minute to your present mile pacefor a 5K. For example: if you currently run 19 minutes for a 5K, that’s 6:10 pace.Add 30 seconds and your tempo run pace is 6:40-per-mile. Wednesday: Warm up; 40–45 minutes easy running; 3x150 yards relaxed strideoutson grass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Thursday: 1-mile warm up, 4 Hill Repeats (run 200 yds uphill, turn, jog downhill tostart. Repeat three more times, no rests); 1-mile cool down.Friday: Warm up; 40–45 minutes easy running; 3x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Saturday: Easy 30-minute run or a walk.Sunday: Long, easy run, 50–55 minutes, on grass or dirt. Hang with friends.
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Monday: Warm up, 40–45 minutes easy running; 4x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Tuesday: 1-mile warm up, 20-minute tempo run, 1-mile cool down. To determine your tempo run pace, add a half-minute to your present mile pacefor a 5K. For example: if you currently run 19 minutes for a 5K, that’s 6:10 pace.Add 30 seconds and your tempo run pace is 6:40-per-mile. Wednesday: Warm up, 40–45 minutes easy running; 4x150 yards relaxed strideoutson grass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Thursday: 1-mile warm up, 5 hill repeats (run 200 yds uphill, turn, jog downhill tostart. Repeat four more times, no rests); 1-mile easy cool down.Friday: Warm up, 40–45 minutes easy run; 4x150 yards relaxed strideouts on grass,jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Saturday: Find an all-comers meet and run a 2-mile or 5K. Warm up, run strong,and then cool down.Sunday: Long, easy run, 55–60 minutes, on grass or dirt, with friends.
���������""�������� ���������You are getting on track. Make sure you remain focused on your goals. You are start-ing to get fit, you run faster, you feel fitter. Stay focused.
Monday: Warm up, 45– 50 minutes easy running; 5x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Tuesday: 1-mile warm up, 20-minute tempo run, 1-mile cool down. To determine your tempo run pace, add a half-minute to your present mile pacefor a 5K. For example: if you currently run 19 minutes for a 5K, that’s 6:10 pace.Add 30 seconds and your tempo run pace is 6:40-per-mile. Wednesday: Warm up, 45–50 minutes easy running; 5x150 yards relaxed strideoutson grass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Thursday: 1-mile warm up, 6 Hill Repeats (run 200 yds uphill, turn, jog downhill tostart. Repeat five more times, no rests); 1-mile easy cool down.Friday: Warm up; 45– 50 minutes easy running; 5x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Saturday: Easy 30-minute run or a walk.Sunday: Long, easy run, 60 –65 minutes, on grass or dirt with friends.
�����������$�%��� �#����#��� ������This is a tough week. Check your shoes and make sure they aren't too worn. Con-sider getting some racing shoes for the fall and use them for tempo runs.
Monday: Warm up; 45–50 minutes easy running; 6x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Tuesday: 1-mile warm up, 20-minute tempo run, 1-mile cool down. To determine your tempo run pace, add a half-minute to your present mile pacefor a 5K. For example: if you currently run 18:50 minutes for a 5K, that’s 6:05 pace.Add 30 seconds and your tempo run pace is 6:35-per-mile. Wednesday: Warm up; 45–50 minutes easy running; 6x150 yards relaxed strideoutson grass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool downThursday: 1-mile warm up, 7 hill repeats (run 200 yds uphill, turn, jog downhill tostart. Repeat six more times, no rests); 1-mile easy cool down.Friday: Warm up; 45–50 minutes easy running; 6x150 yards relaxed strideouts ongrass, jogging back to the start after each, no rest between; cool down.Saturday: Easy 30 minutes or find a hilly 4-mile race.Sunday: Long, easy run, 65– 70 minutes, on grass or dirt with friends. �
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Emerald Across the Bay 12KSan Francisco; March 17On a picture-perfect day for running, Sergio Reyes(Los Osos) won the 30th Annual Emerald Acrossthe Bay 12K for the fifth time, and Maggie Conley(Portola Valley) captured the women’s title. Theoldest race over the Golden Gate Bridge tookplace on St. Patrick’s Day, the date that marks therace’s origin. There were over 2,600 finishers.
“I was determined to make it a good racefrom the start, and I opened up probably quickerthan I ever have before,” said Reyes, who alsowon this race in 2012, 2010, 2008, and 2007 andcame in second in 2011 and 2009. “My mile splitwas 4:36, on race-record pace. Nobody was withme, so I just ran by myself the entire way.”
The 2010 U.S. marathon champion finishedthe challenging point-to-point course from FortBaker near Sausalito to Aquatic Park in San Fran-cisco in 36:36, shy of Bill Donakowski’s men’s racerecord of 35:48 set in 1987.
“I don’t know where you lose [time] on thiscourse. Maybe it’s the climb up to the bridge, orthe hills on the way,” Reyes mused.
Brian Medigovich, a 2010 NCAA Division II5000m national titlist for Adams State (CO), fin-ished 6 seconds behind Reyes, capturing the run-ner-up spot.
Conley dominated the women’s race whilescoring her first PA/USATF Road Grand Prix indi-vidual win with a time of 43:39.
“I’m strong on the hills, so I planned to getout aggressively so I could use my strength to myadvantage,” Conley said. “I was surprised that Iwas able to take the lead. I was running scaredmost of the race since I knew that Tania [Mori-moto] was close after seeing her behind me onthe out-and-back section at Fort Point [4 miles].”
Said Morimoto: “Maggie was within a rea-sonable distance, but she also looked extremelystrong. Plus, I know how well she works out, so Iknew she still had more in her.”
Conley crossed the finish line near San Fran-cisco’s Aquatic Park in 43:39, widening the gapover Morimoto (her New Balance Silicon Valleyteammate), who finished second in 44:29.
Reyes and Conley led their teams—ASICS Ag-gies (men), NB Silicon Valley (women)—to thePA/USATF open team titles. 58-year-old ChristineKennedy won the PA/USATF women’s 50+ age di-vision in a superb 48:08 (95.8% age-graded score).
Credit Union SACTOWN Ten-Mile RunSacramento; April 7Strong winning performances by the defendingmen’s champion and by a female 2012 Olympian,plus two U.S. age-group record-breaking perform-ances, highlighted this third annual race organizedby the Sacramento Running Association that ben-efits the Children’s Miracle Network.
Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Alemayehu pushed hard
from the start (about 4:42 pace) on the flat-and-fast loop course that starts and finishesin front of the California State Capitol, tuck-ing in behind fellow native EthiopianShadrack Biwott (Eugene). At about 6 miles,Alemayehu made a move and proceeded tosuccessfully defend his 2012 men’s title in47:42. Last year, he won in 47:37. Biwott gar-nered second place in 48:30. Jameson Mora(third, 48:52, Arroyo Grande) followed. Ale-mayehu, who resides in Antioch, wascrowned the PA/USATF open men’s 10-milechampion.
41-year-old Kevin Castille (Nicholasville,KY) finished fourth overall in an exemplary48:57, bettering the existing U.S. M40–4510-mile record of 49:34 set by Paul Pilking-ton in 1998.
Kim Conley (West Sacramento) was abit of a surprise entrant in the women’sfield, given that the 2012 Olympian had pri-marily stuck to racing distances of 10K and shorterto that point. The 27-year-old UC Davis graduatecaptivated the track world last year with a stirring,come-from-behind effort to finish third in thewomen’s 5000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Track& Field Trials in Eugene and earn a trip to theOlympic Games in London. After grabbing a spoton this year’s U.S. team for the IAAF World CrossCountry Championships in Poland, her aim be-came to make the U.S. track team for the IAAFWorld Track & Field Championships in Moscowthis coming August.
Conley treated the 10-mile race in Sacra-mento as a strength workout, taking a longer-term view as she prepared for her track seasonand a world team-earning performance at the U.S.Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June20–23). She was accompanied by two of her Sacra-mento Running Association Elite team members,Alia Gray and Lauren Jimison, for the first half ofthe race before proceeding to victory, timed in56:21. Gray (Santa Rosa) finished second in 56:52.Jimison (El Dorado Hills) was third in 56:56.
“We’re still trying to build up a little strengthcoming off the cross county season and transition-ing to the track,” Conley said. “This really fit intomy training week well. I’ve been running between85 and 90 miles per week. This is definitely the far-thest I’ve ever gone in a serious way. In someways it felt really good, but there were also somehard moments out there where I questioned if Iever want to move up in distance.”
In age division ranks, Melody-Anne Schultz(age 71, Ross) recorded a sparkling 1:20:16—apending U.S. W70–74 age-group record. Schultz’stime bettered the currently listed record of 1:20:33set by Hedy Marque (a USATF Masters Hall ofFame member) in 1991.
“I was really pushing for a sub-1:20 today,”Schultz said. “I really didn’t know what the record
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was. I paid in the last mile where I kind of lost mo-mentum, but it really doesn’t matter.”
Schultz, Brian Pilcher (55:57, age 56, Ross),Iain Mickle (58:42, age 52, Sacramento), and Jan-ice Kesterson (1:09:54, age 59, Oakdale) all turnedin age-graded performances bettering 90% (whichis considered “world class”).
The race had over 1,100 finishers and offereda $15,000 prize purse.
Zippy 5KBrisbane; April 21A venue change to Brisbane (from the GoldenGate Park course where this race has traditionallybeen held) greeted approximately 300 partici-pants with a moderately hilly “keyhole”-config-ured course and a pleasant venue that included apostrace festival in Brisbane Community Park.
The 14th annual race yielded two first-timeZippy 5K champions: Former Cal Berkeley All-American Giliat Ghebray (Oakland) and New Bal-ance Silicon Valley’s Maggie Conley (PortolaValley). Plus, Melody-Anne Schultz (71, Ross), con-tinued her U.S. age-group record-bettering streak.
In the women’s contest, a tight pack com-posed of NBSV and Impala Racing Team athletesproceeded conservatively from the gun until Con-ley decided to make a break at 1 mile.
“I’m better at the hills,” Conley explained. “Iwanted a buffer specifically between me and[NBSV teammate] Kris Paaso because she has verylong legs, and I didn’t want her to get me on thedownhill. After that, I was hoping that I wouldn’tget caught.”
The strategy worked as Conley proceeded tothe women’s victory in 17:15, well off the women’srace record of 16:15 set last year by Clara Petersonon the more forgiving Golden Gate Park route.
“Now I’d like to get a really fast 5K in some-where and break 17:00,” said Conley, who owns a16:36 5K PR [on a downhill course].
Paaso, age 42, was second overall in 17:17 andearned the PA/USATF 40+ women’s division title.Stephanie Pancoast finished third in 17:29.
Among the men, Jameson Mora used a simi-lar strategy to Peterson’s, making a move on apack of five leaders around the mile point.
“I thought my best chance of winning wouldbe pushing hard early because I felt that GiliatGhebray would have a much better kick than me,”said Mora, who finished second to winner ChrisChavez at last year’s race.
Ghebray, however, had his own strategy inmind: “I wanted to do as little work as possibleand make a late race move,” he said. “The courseis difficult and Jameson threw multiple moves atme. I have a decent kick and was confident in myability to finish strong.”
Indeed, with about 300 meters remaining,Ghebray struck and crossed the finish line first in14:38. Mora (second, 14:40) and Brandon Shirck(third, 15:07) followed. Chris Chavez, who wonlast year and set the men’s race record of 14:24 in2010, was fourth. The men’s masters winner was
Jaime Heilpern, 43, in 15:55.Despite the challenging course, age-group
winners Hans Schmid (age 73, 20:18, 90.4% agegraded), and Melody-Anne Schultz (age 71, 24:29,92.4% age graded) turned in notable perform-ances. Schultz’s 24:29 bettered the current U.S.W70–74 age-group record (for a mixedmen/women’s race)—that is, until she improvedupon her mark two weeks later.
Pacific THERx 5K4PlayPortola Valley; May 5The second annual Pacific THERx 5K4Play offeredPA/USATF road racing Grand Prix competitors thesecond opportunity in two weeks for racing the5K distance. About 260 competitors turned out totest themselves head-to-head over a USATF-certi-fied course that demands smart racing tactics. Theout-and-back route has a gradual 128-foot dropover the “out” leg which, after the 180-degreeturnaround point, becomes a moderately chal-lenging uphill charge over the final 1.5 miles.
Giliat Ghebray (29, Union City) scored a sec-ond PA/USATF men’s victory in a row while 42-year-old Kris Paaso (Menlo Park) turned her Zippy5K runner-up performance into an overallwomen’s win here. In addition, Melody-AnneSchultz (71, Ross) improved on her pending U.S.record-breaking performance for age 70–74women (in a mixed gender race) that she recordedat Zippy. Schultz finished in a sterling 24:22.
Ghebray earned his win by taking an earlylead, gaining a cushion by the 1-mile mark andholding it to a 14:48 finish. He gapped last year’smen’s winner, Chris Chavez (2nd, 14:59), and re-cent Brown University grad Matt Duffy (3rd,15:06), who was the first scorer on the ASICS Ag-gies PA/USATF championship open men’s winningteam.
“I ran aggressively to get away from my com-petitors because I haven’t felt that great in train-ing this week, and I didn’t know how I’d feel,”Ghebray said. “I wanted to pull away and kind ofrelax. I’m tuning up for Bay to Breakers (whereGhebray finished fourth on May 19. —Editor) and,hopefully, for the U.S. half marathon champi-onships [June 22].”
In the women’s contest, Paaso was accom-panied by her New Balance Silicon Valley team-mate Stephanie Pancoast until the turnaround.From there, the fast master used smart runningtactics and her ingrained discipline to advantageover the gradual uphill to the finish as Pancoastdropped off the pace.
“I knew I had to start working coming up-hill,” Paaso related. “It’s nice to have a [mixed-gender] race where you have guys you can tuckin behind. There was a little headwind coming upthe hill. I’m really happy with my race.”
Paaso crossed the finish line in 17:13, grabbingboth the open women’s and masters women’svictories. Liza Hitchner (second, 17:35) led theASICS Aggies to the PA/USATF open women’steam crown. Lauren Centrowitz (third, 17:43)—2
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the daughter of two-time Olympian Matt Cen-trowitz (and sister of Matthew)—competed inher first PA/USATF championship event.
And what did Melody-Anne Schultz have tosay about her pending W70–74 record-breakingperformance, which bettered the 24:35 mark (setby multiple age-group record-holder BarbaraMiller at this race last year) by 13 seconds?
“I thoroughly enjoyed the race,” she com-mented. “I liked the downhill going out. By thetime I got to the ‘supposedly’ uphill section, I wasready to start racing. When you’ve trained forraces like the Dipsea, that uphill doesn’t seem likemuch.” (Editor’s Note-—Schultz won the age- andsex-handicapped Dipsea race over Mt. Tamalpaisin 1991, 2003, and 2006).
Thanks to race director Dena Evans and NewBalance Silicon Valley for hosting a superb first-year event to benefit Playworks Silicon Valley, anonprofit organization that provides safe, healthyand inclusive play and physical activity to low-in-come schools.
Marin Memorial Day 10KKentfield; May 27Chris Chavez successfully defended his men’s titleat this popular 36th annual Memorial Day fixture,where he has finished among the top five in thepast six years. But the really big stories on asparkling spring morning punctuated by a fewclouds were a new women’s race record byChelsea Reilly and a U.S. record-bettering per-formance by age-group ace Brian Pilcher.
“I love the Marin Memorial Day 10K becauseit’s well organized and draws a lot of good com-petition from the PA/USATF [road racing] circuit,”said Chavez (Menlo Park), reflecting the feelingsof many racers who have competed at this vener-able event organized by the Tamalpa Runners.“That quality could be seen again this morningwhen we toed the line.”
A front pack of about half a dozen men pro-ceeded through the initial miles in tactical fashionover the flat-and-fast course that proceedsthrough tidy Marin County neighborhoods inKentfield and Ross and finishes on the College ofMarin track. At about 31⁄2 miles, Chavez took a ten-tative lead, hoping to string out the pack. Theycovered his move.
“My goals weren’t too lofty going into therace. I just wanted to be competitive,” Chavez re-lated. “My running has been consistent since theLA Marathon, but I’ve been sidetracked the lastfew weeks completing my MBA at UC Berkeley.”
Chavez placed eighth at the ASICS LAMarathon last March 17 in 2:19:21.
2012 Cal Poly SLO graduate Brandon Shircktook the lead just before 4 miles on the CorteMadera Creek bike/pedestrian path. Chavez tookthe lead again at 4.5 miles, proceeded through the8K timed split at 24:21, and held on for a 30:15 vic-tory, identically matching his 2012 winning time.Alex Varner (second, 30:29, San Rafael) and Shirck(third, 30:38) were next. Todd Rose (age 40, San
Francisco) won themasters 40-and-overage-group crown in33:04.
Chelsea Reilly(Berkeley) is off to agreat season in hersecond year as a pro-fessional since grad-uating from UCBerkeley, where shewas an NCAA All-American and set theschool’s indoor mile(4:48.89) and indoor3000m (9:00.86)records. Last yearReilly won the USA10K road title in 32:41at the Tufts HealthPlan 10K for Women in her debut at the distance.Last March she won the women’s national 3000mtitle at the USA Indoor Track & Field Champi-onships and also achieved the “A” standard at5000m for this summer’s IAAF World OutdoorTrack & Field Championships by running a 15:13.24at the Stanford Invitational track meet.
“I see races now as opportunities to showthe hard work that I’ve been putting in,” saidReilly, who’s coached on her Bay Area Track Clubteam by 2008 Olympic marathoner MagdalenaLewy-Boulet. “I used to be very nervous steppingon the starting line, but because I have so muchconfidence in the training that Magda’s given meand so much trust in our program, I just have nofear when I start a race, and I know I wouldn’t bethere unless Magda prepared me.”
Reilly jumped into the Marin Memorial Dayrace as a training run and proceeded to an unac-companied win. Her victorious time of 33:08broke the women’s race record of 33:26 set byApril Powers in 1988. In the process, Reilly won a$1,000 race record bonus offered by the event, ontop of her PA/USATF championship prize check of$250. Anna Bretan (Menlo Park) was second in35:04. Kris Paaso (age 42) followed her overallwinning performance at the Pacific THERx5K4Play with a third place here in 35:48, also cap-turing the women’s masters age 40-and-over title.
“I wanted to go out and run a controlled racetoday, a tempo run at 5:20 pace,” Reilly said abouther race. “So it worked out well. We’ve been train-ing really hard the last few weeks, so this was agood opportunity to gauge my fitness. I was verypleased.”
The age group competition in Marin wasequally impressive. Brian Pilcher (56, Ross)recorded an official 8K split of 26:40, smashing thecurrently listed U.S. M55–59 8K age-group recordof 27:00 set by Norm Green in 1990. (USATF allowsU.S. records to be set en route to longer distancesprovided specific timing requirements and docu-mentation are met.) Pilcher proceeded to a 33:4710K finish, capturing the men’s 50-and-over age
Chelsea Reilly and Brian Pilchereach set records at the Marin
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Melody-Anne Schultz added atitle in the women’s 70+ divisionat the Marin Memorial Day race.
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group crown, but well over the current U.S.M55–59 10K record (32:27, Jim O’Neill, 1993).
“I’ve tried for the 8K record many times, butI’ve always had to travel. It was freezing cold inPhiladelphia, too much wind in Virginia. So I gotthe record on my course,” said Pilcher, who com-petes for the Tamalpa Runners and lives near thecourse in nearby Ross. “I was dying after I went
through 8K to finish the 10K. My last mile wasslow.”
Melody-Anne Schultz—another Tamalparunner who lives in Ross—finished in an outstand-ing 49:04, capturing the women’s age 70-and-overtitle but coming up slightly short of the currentU.S. 70–74 age-group record (48:55, Libby James,2009).
Californians were a strong presence at the awardsbanquet for the 55th Annual Road Runners Club ofAmerica (RRCA) national convention. Of the 16 na-tional awards, 5 went to Californians (3 of whomare members of the Pacific Association of USATF).The convention had a strong PA/USATF presencein other ways, as well.
Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders/Tamalpa Run-ners member Len Goldman was awarded theBrowning Ross Spirit of the RRCA Award for an un-sung hero, someone who champions the RRCAtirelessly and enthusiastically with lifetime volun-teer service to the running community for manyyears. Goldman was instrumental in the success ofthe RRCA national convention when it came to SanFrancisco in 2009.
Christine Kennedy of Los Gatos was the sec-ond Californian in two years to receive the RRCAFemale Masters Runner of the Year. Last year,Linda Somers-Smith of San Luis Obispo won thisprestigious award. In 2012 Kennedy won her age-group division in commanding ways at the Bostonand Chicago marathons. She also won threeUSATF national championships: the 8K, 10K, andcross country. That same year, she was named 2011Masters Athlete of the Year by USATF’s MastersCommittee. On the awards stage, Kennedy re-counted how she started running when she wasinspired by the Dublin Marathon and how her suc-cesses are attributed to setting goals each year.
On accepting the award for Road Race of theYear on behalf of the Kaiser-Permanente Napa Val-ley Marathon, Rich Benyo (David Hill was codirec-tor) thanked the RRCA for its support of the race.He attributed the race’s success to the coopera-tion of fellow race directors. (At the convention,the Napa Valley Marathon was selected as the
RRCA National Marathon Championship for thesecond year in a row.) The Napa Valley Marathonis the third Northern California race in four yearsto win this prestigious award. The San FranciscoHalf Marathon, which is put on by Pamakid Run-ners, won in 2009 and the Presidio 10-Mile, whichis put on by the Guardsmen, won in 2011.
Kevin Lee of San Francisco’s Dolphin SouthEnd Running Club (DSE) was awarded Outstand-ing Volunteer of the Year in Honor of Rod Steele.It’s worth noting that he puts on a race nearlyevery weekend of the year and volunteers in al-most all of the them.
New this year was the Road Runner of theYear–Challenged Athlete which honors a runnerwith disabilities who inspires other disabled ath-letes and races to include this population. The in-augural award winner was Kerry Kuck, a visuallyimpaired runner from Denver. This award was de-veloped by RRCA California state pepresentativeand PA/USATF Disabled Athletes chair GeorgeRehmet and fellow RRCA CA state representative,PA/USATF member, and disabled athlete SimoneAdair.
Earlier in the day, Meb Keflezighi was pre-sented with the RRCA Male Runner of the Yearaward for his 2012 race performances and he wasthe keynote speaker at the convention luncheon.In introducing him, Rehmet related a story abouthow Keflezighi was able to get running shoes do-nated for at-risk students at the school whereRehmet works, calling Meb a true champion whouses his status to make a positive difference forothers. During his talk, Keflezighi related his expe-riences at the London Olympics.
The next day, the Run for the Zoo 10K, whichwas a RRCA national championship, several PAmembers performed well despite the mile-high al-titude. Christine Kennedy not only won her agegroup, but was the fourth female overall andearned the title of RRCA 10K Grandmasters Fe-male. Lake Merritt Joggers & Striders’ JeanineHolmlund claimed honors as RRCA 10K MastersFemale. Len Goldman took first, and Rehmet (rep-resenting Pamakid Runners) took second in theirrespective age groups.
Rehmet enjoyed seeing a high number of hisnominations win RRCA national awards because“Northern California, especially with its strong Pa-cific Association, has a lot of depth with its athletesand races. I predict that we will see more nationalwinners from our region.”
Albuquerque, May 2-5(L-R) Californians Rich Benyo,Christine Kennedy, JeanineHolmlund, Len Goldman, KarenAllen, Kevin Lee, and state repGeorge Rehmet.
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Sat., Aug. 24 Wild Duck 5K, Guajome ParkMasters 8 a.m.; Open 8:30 a.m. Contact Joe Crosswhite, 760.723.3257
Sat., Aug. 31 Balboa 4-Miler, Balboa ParkMasters 7:30 a.m.; Open 8:10 a.m. Contact Paul Baumhoefner, 619.200.4792
Sat., Sept. 21 69th Aztec Invitational 5K, Balboa Park, 8 a.m. Contact Rick Reiser, 310.227.5534
Sat., Sept. 28 Bonita 8K Stampede, Sweetwater Regional Park, 8 a.m. Contact Antonio Melchor, 619.370.1184
Sat., Oct. 12 Ursula Rains Balboa Boogie 5K, Morley FieldMasters 8 a.m.; Open 8:45 a.m. Contract Nancy Morris, 858.874.8784
Sat., Oct. 26 Cougar Challenge 5K/8K, CSU San Marcos TrackWomen’s 5K: 8 a.m.; Men’s 8K: 8:45 a.m. Contact Steve Scott, 760.750.7105
Sat., Nov. 2 Cuyamaca College 6K, Lindo Lake, 8 a.m. Contact Patrick Thiss, 619.660.4518
Sat., Nov. 16 USATF Cross Country Championship, Rohr ParkWomen 6K: 8 a.m.; Men 8K: 9 a.m.Contact Paul Greer, 619.388.3704
2013 USATF/VS Athletics Dirt Dog Cross Country Series
The 2013 edition of the SDIAC Dirt Dog Cross CountrySeries commences this August. In anticipation ofthat, Peter Stern interviewed Laura Stuart, lastyear’s overall women 40–49 champion.
PS: In last year’s series, did you have any goalsother than being the first Master?LS: In last year’s series, I didn’t really have anygoals. I was racing on the JH Cohn Open team be-cause we couldn’t field enough runners for a mas-ters team. It was challenging because in several ofthe races the masters runners run a separate racefrom the open so they based our place on time. Ithink I would prefer to have the races just be allmen/all women rather than split open/masters. Mymain goal during cross country was to win my agegroup at the National Masters Cross Country 5KChampionship in October at the Ursula Rains race,so I was using the series to help me get used tocross country racing/training. I had run in the Na-tional Masters Track & Field Championships inLisle, Illinois the summer before and got hookedon USATF masters racing.
PS: What did you think of last year’s races? Whichwas your favorite course and why?LS: I enjoyed last year’s races. I have a love/hate re-lationship with the Balboa 4-miler because I havedone it so many times and it has such history, butit is soooo hard. I also like the Wild Duck. I like thepark there and I like how close it is to where I livein Encinitas. I love their creative awards.
PS: In response to feedback that there were toomany races last year with too little rest, the num-ber of races has been decreased this year. Do youfavor that change?LS: Yes, I do prefer fewer races because I havefound as I have gotten older that if I try to race toomuch I get hurt and kind of burned out. I felt likelast year was just right. I also don’t like it when theyput the very last race of the series the weekend
before the championships because it is notenough recovery time for me.
PS: Do you plan to defend your title this year?LS: As of right now, I am planning to do the seriesnext year, but I am also tempted to maybe run afall marathon to try to qualify for the BostonMarathon. It also depends on if I can stay healthy. Ihave found that the older I get, it is more aboutmaking it to the start line without any injuries thanit is about being super fast!
PS: What do you think of the races in this year’sseries in general, and moving the championshiprace to Rohr Park from Mission Bay in particular?LS: I like the races picked out for this year. They area nice mix. I am also happy that the championshiprace has moved because I was not fond of runningall those loops at Mission Bay. It was so hard to getmomentum going. My favorite championshipcourse is the old one from the Kinney Cross Coun-try Championships. I love the steep climbs.
PS: As a younger runner, you qualified for theOlympic Trials. How would you compare runningas a Master to your days as an open runner?LS: Running as a Master is completely different. Itis so much more important now to do all the littlethings like get a weekly massage, stretch, eat right,get enough sleep, recover properly, do strengthwork, etc. It is also a lot harder to fit all thosethings in when you have a job and a family. Thehardest part is that in my mind I am still 30 and Iforget that my body can’t handle that kind ofworkload anymore without getting hurt. I havelearned to appreciate being healthy and able toparticipate in races. The sport of running has givenme so many great opportunities and I have met somany great people along the way. I feel like it is myturn to give back to the sport and so my next en-deavor is to hopefully start assistant coaching mid-dle school cross country.
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central ca assnevent scheduleJuly (weekly) Run for the Dream All-ComersMeets (youth, open, masters divisions)at Lemoore HS and Hanford HS. [email protected]
July 5 –7 Region 14 Track & Field Youth JOChampionship (Pacific Association hosts)
July 22–28 USATF National Junior OlympicYouth T & F Champs at Greensboro, NCAug. 14 Samansky Championship (youth, open,masters divisions) Location: TBA. Contact [email protected]
*Level 1 Coaching School 2013, Location TBAContact [email protected]
*Race Walk Clinic 2013, Location TBAContact [email protected]
Thurs., Oct. 10 USATF Central CA Annual Meet-ing, Coco’s (955 Oak St., Bakersfield), 6:30 p.m.Contact [email protected], 661-316-8357.
Sun., Nov. 24 Central CA Association XC YouthJO Championship, Fresno Contact LawrenceWatson
Sun., Dec. 1 Region XC Youth JO Championship,Fresno. Contact Lawrence Watson
2014Sun-Mon., Feb. 16–17, Run for the Dream IndoorChampionship (youth, high school, college,open, masters) at the Savemart Center, Fresno.Contact [email protected]
Feb. 22 Central CA Association Officials Train-ing and Certification, Bakersfield Contact Jerlene Powell at [email protected]
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This year we welcomed two new runs: the New-port Mesa Spirit Run Race for the Schools andthe El Segundo Run for Education
Celebrating 30 years, the Newport-MesaSpirit Run took place Mar. 3 in the Fashion Islandarea of Newport Beach. A major fundraiser for ElSegundo’s K–12 schools, the El Segundo Run forEducation was a fun, slightly hilly race that tookplace in the heart of the city. Both races were sce-nic and fun for all, and we look forward to havingthem on our schedule again in 2014.
Also on our 2013 Grand Prix Schedule wasthe ASICS LA Marathon. While many thingschanged this year with this race, it was still agreat event. Among the runners we were happyto have represent our association was Deena Kas-tor, who placed third. We attended the pre-raceexpo and added a number of new members toour association!
Race Report: Magic Shoe 5K (May 18)Sponsored by Orange County’s Cal Coast TrackClub and spearheaded by Coach Bill Sumner,many throughout Southern California showed upto run for a really great cause: the Cynthia Hol-
comb Magic Shoe Foundation. Not only did South-ern Californians show up to PR, but they alsoshowed up to donate shoes to help the needy. Anexciting and nail-biting race to the end, JordanChimpangama won the overall race (0:14:24)while Belainshe Gebre won the women’s race(0:15:55). Definitely a don’t miss race miss fornext year! n
El Segundo Run for Education men’s topfinishers (l-r): Juan Morales (3rd), Ken Ernst
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