ESSEX RUNNING CLUB

NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1985

DECEMBER MEETING - MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1985

At: Beefsteak Charlie's, 464 Eagle Rock Avenue, West Orange7:00 PM - Come early - Dinner orders can be placed, trade war stories,

get to know each other, lie about your running feats (feets),have a good time.

8:00 PM - Meeting begins.

Speaker: Michael Rebarber. MBR ORTHODICS, INC. Ridgewood, NJ. ACERTIFIED ORTHODIST will talk to the group about "footproblems" and the corrective devises and measures that can betaken to correct these ailments. If you have ever losttraining time due to a foot injury, or wondered why yourrunning shoes always wear out in one particular spot, comelisten to Michael, he will "straighten you out". You arenot seeing double, Michael couldn't make last month'smeeting, but will be ready on December 2nd.

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR NOVEMBER 4TH MEETING

The meeting began with a short review of upcoming Club Races and GroupRuns. Not too many people seemed interested in getting together for aClub Race in December. This is understandable since most of our timewill be spent planning for the holidays and buying presents for eachother. As a result, no official Club Races will be on the agenda.

Group Fun Runs on Sunday mornings will begin on November 17, 1985 andcontinue through the winter. The schedule for these runs can be foundlater on in this newsletter.

George Mclntyre updated the group on how it felt to win a race. This isthe 5th time he has been an overall winner of a roadrace this year -truly incredible, considering his advanced years and incomparablyunorthodox running style. In his latest victory, George collected aVCR as a first.prize. Unfortunately, the VCR doesn't work and Georgedropped out of Electronics School, so if anyone can lend a hand, pleaselet George know. Who knows, maybe he'll let you in on his secret forchoosing races. GOOD JOB GEORGE!

Our speaker was Stu Mittleman, an ultra-distance racer from NYC. Stuwas kind enough to address our group at a moments notice and we werelucky enough to catch him in-between his six hour work out periods.Stu is currently the holder of six American records and has run 577 3/4miles for the six day run and 12 hours and 56 minutes for 100 miles.Stu talked about the special training required for ultra distanceracing such as: Breaking the year down into four 3 month segments ofeither 100-120 M.P.W. or six hours/day of 30 miles per day. With thiskind of "Excessive Moderation" as Stu describes his training, its nowonder that a special diet is required. Surprisingly, Stu's diet isFAT based although carbohydrates do make up a healthy portion of hismenu as well. Linseed oil, butter, egg yolks, wheat germ oil, wholegrain breads, pasta and cereals are all part of the successful ultradistance runners program for sustained health.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF NOVEMBER 4lH MEETING CONTINUED

In addition, Stu made us realize that age and sex limitations are nolonger legitimate and all but blown away by ultra runners who routinelyget better, faster and stronger as they approach the 60 year age mark.

UPCOMING CLUB EVENTS

As stated in the last newsletter, our 3rd Annual Awards Dinner istentatively scheduled for Friday, February 7, 1986. Richard Colabelli,Entertainment Chairman, will be looking for your help in organizingthis event which has included special awards presentation, yearbookpublication and Club Race distance rankings, lots of food, drinks,music and good times. If any member has special creative talents orjust simple good ideas, I'm sure Rich can use your help. Come to ournext meeting prepared to speak with Richard about these ideas.

MEMBERSHIP DUES

The best bargain in the world of running is the cost of membership tothe Essex Running Club. It's still only $20.00 per year and is due onJanuary 1, 1986. Those members who have signed up at or after theSeptember meeting will be carried over into 1986. Please be prompt ingetting your dues in to Norman Kail en with checks made out to the EssexRunning Club.

GROUP FUN RUNS — SCHEDULE

November 17:

24:

December 1:

8:

15:

22:

Bill and Karen MishlersThe "Bloomfield Bounce"

George MclntyreThe "Verona Voyage"

Open - Volunteer is needed.

Norman Kail enGreat Flat Course - see Florham Park like you've neverseen it before!

Marc NeumanCulinary Wizard of Glen Ridge

Craig and Lori Van DorenBeautiful UPPER Montclair

We are going to begin asking that monetary help be given to each hostof our weekly Group Runs in the form of $1.00 per person. This willhelp defray the cost of food, beverages, towels, dirty carpets, etc.

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GROUP FUN RUNS CONTINUED

AND... Remember these runs are for fun and as a great motivation totrain; they are not road races and no minimum speeds are required!

AT THE FINISH

The results are in....

LINE

September 15:

September 22;

October 06:

October 19:

Philadelphia Half-MarathonFoster Brown 1:33

Nutley Five MilerRichard Colabelli 31;15

Montclair 10KDon Malcolm 36:44 P.R.!

Kean Alumni Run 5KMichael Wojcio 19:05

Liberty State ParkRun for Hunger 5 MilerMichael Wojcio 34:44A1 Gonzalez 35:30

William PatersonAlumni Run 5KMichael Wojcio 24:30

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AT THE FINISH LINE CONTINUED

October 20: Seaside Heights i Marathon

Michael Wojcio 1:37:45

October 21: Paramus 5K

Jim Bel Bruno 22:11Two steep hills, but still ran it 40 seconds faster thanthe Ridgewood 5K.

October 26: Liberty State ParkRun For the Fun of It 5.5 Miles

Carol Barker 39:58 2nd in age groupMichael Wojcio 44:18

October 27: Belleville Chamber of Commerce 10K

George Mclntyre 33:58OVERALL WINNER - appeared on Cable TV 36!

October 27: New York City Marathon

George Swiatek 3:20:56Foster Brown 3:30Rich Colabelli 4:01Mort Schneider 4:57:48Barry Newstein 4:59:55Larry Hollander 5:27Pearl Van Chama 5:29

November 03: Cranford Fall Classic 10K

George Mclntyre - 35:18 - 5th in age group

November 03: Marine Corp. Marathon, Washington, D.C.

Michael Wojcio 3:45:41

November 08: N.J.E.A. Boardwalk Run, Atlantic City 10K

Michael Wojcio 45:45

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AT THE FINISH LINE CONTINUED

November 10: Jersey Shore Marathon [Hot & Windy]

Andy Kotulski 3:04:35Don Malcolm 3:11:29John DeHart 3:25:47Foster Brown 3:40:35Bill Mishler 3:41:29

Note: Bill didn't feel too much worse than he usuallyfeels but received an intravenous solution afterfinishing.

MAYBE BILL SHOULD HAVE WORN THIS HANDY ITEM DURING THE RACE..

November 10; Jersey Shore Marathon (continued)

James Thomas 3:55:19Rich Suminski DNFRich is a very strong runner - the race conditionsapparently took their toll.

November 10: Giralda Farms Run 10K

Gary PetersGeorge MclntyreJohn YaldizianVivian HolzerMilt Westrich

36:07 23rd overall37:50 44th overall45:57 258th overall57:44 651st overall57:45 652nd overall

Here is a "race" result of a different kind - TOP OF THE MATERHORN!!!

Beverly McEntarfer 8 hours, 15 minutesThat's 14,778 feet folks!

Congratulations to Beverly and to all our Marathoners and Racers.

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OTHER UPCOMING RACES:

November 24:

November 28:

December 01:

December 08:

January 12:

Passiac-Clifton YMCA Turkey Trot - 10K

Glen Ridge Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot - 10K

Philadelphia Marathon

Atlantic City Marathon

Sneaker Factory 15K - 9:30 A.M. - Deer Paddock

NEW MEMBERS. WELCOME TO....

MARY GAVIN, from beautiful Caldwell, NJ has been running for four (4)years for fitness, exercise, and fun. She is capable of maintaining a7i minute per mile pace and enjoys racing the distance of five (5)miles most of all. She has logged times of 24:18 for 5K, 41 for 5miles and 53 minutes for 10K.

JAMES THOMAS, JR., runs 40 miles per week and has been running for sixyears. James' favorite race is the half marathon and has logged timesof 18:30 for the 5K, 34:00 for five miles, 37:00 for 10K, 1:20 for 20Kand an astounding 3:05 for the marathon.

DON BIGLOW, presently runs 25 miles per week and would like to learn,race better and have fun. Don has logged a 22 minute 5K, a 35 minute 5mile and a 46 minute 10K. Don resides in Far Hills, NJ, the home ofthe Midland Run; with his wife Christina.

SALLY SAMMON, has been running for one year and is getting in around 6M.P.W. She enjoys the 2 mile race distance and seeks to improve onboth her distance and speed. Her goal is to run 3 miles at a good andsteady pace. I'm sure there are a few people in the club who can helpSally achieve this goal.

SUZANNE HAYES, has been running for four (4) years and averages 35M.P.W. The 10K is her favorite race distance and has set as a goal 42minutes. She is seeking company to run with, advise and help withrunning problems and information on up-coming races.

Thanks to you all for joining Essex Running Club,

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SPORTS SHORTS

Just to prove that runners aren't always rejects from other sports, andthat we are capable of accomplishing much more than covering alot ofground real fast, we have this news report from Philadelphia....

Pauli, Rickard advanceto Big East semifinals

Pauli upset second-seeded CarolKraus of Syracuse, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, at firstsingles. Westfield's Kathy Pederici ofGeorgetown defeated Millburn's- LubaMatkiwsky of Villanova, 6-l,.6-I, in an¬other quarterfinal match at first sin¬gles. . -

Rickard, formerly of ColumbiaHigh in Maplewood, N.J., upset top-seeded Amy Richardson of Boston Col¬lege, 6-4, 6-4, at second singles. In thethird singles flight, top-seeded Lisa Ro-samilia of Boston College edged LynnePagan of Georgetown, 6-4, 6-4, to gainthe semifinals. Pagan played first sin¬gles for Red Bank Catholic and Rosa-milia won two state singles champion¬ship while at Watchung Hills HighSchool in New Jersey.

Kim Carceres of Seton Hall de¬feated Metuchen's Laura Smelas of Vil¬lanova, 6-2, 6-0, to gain the semifinalsat third singles.

Penny was a long standing member of the Essex Running Club until shewent off to school. She is currently well represented in our club bythe talented Rickard family; Don, Maureen, and Ellen.

PHILADELPHIA - Peggy Pauliof Seton Hall University and PennyRickard of Georgetown scored upselsyesterday to reach the semifinals in theBig East women's flight tennis tourna¬ment.

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I guess we've all heard this before, but Larry Hollander felt itimportant enough to submit this article - "Don't put all your eggsone basket."

Study of 80 by PsychologistFinds Addiction a Problem

— It Can Affect Mood

By SANDRA BLAKESLEESpecial to Tlte New York Times

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 — Joggingmeets many deep-seated psychoipgicalneeds that most runners are ijtA con¬scious of until they are prevented fromrunning, according to a new study de¬scribed here today at the annual con¬vention of the American PsychologicalAdiQfviatifitl:

V About 14,000 psychologists attendedthe five-day meeting, which ended to-day.

Many people begin running simply toget exercise, but they end up runningfor far more complex reasons, said Dr.Connie Chan, an assistant professbr atjthe University of Massachuasets whoconducted the study, "I'm a runnermyself ," Dr. Chan said, "and more andjnofe I began tor notice a markedchange in people who had to stop run¬ning" because of running-related in-Juries.

¦ To evaluate those changes. Dr. Chandesigned a study using two groups; 40runners who had to give up running fortwo weeks to recuperate from injuryand 40 who continued running a mini¬mum of 3A miles a week over thosesame two weeks.

Tests Measure MoodAt the aid of 'the period, Dr. Chan

gave both groups a set of atandardwedpsychological reata thiat evaluatedjiiood, depression and self-esteetovThose prevarted from running, shefound, were significantly niore de-pressed, anxious, tense and conluaeathad active nuiners. They were signifi¬cantly less vigorous and suffered fromgreater overall mood disturbance.

"The surprise," Dr. Chan said, "wasat the extent of . these changes, Ithought there would, be some but idldin expect such dramatic signincance in how terrible they felt."

Those prevented from running, shesaid, imagined their bodies had fallalapart after Just two weeks, of no run¬ning. Substitute exercise such as swiBpming, biking and hiking did hot providemany of them with, the psychologicalbenefits of running. ¦

Ap addiction, Dr. Chan said, issomething you cannot dp without, add- iink, "Even when it's not healthy foryou dp it, you continue doing it." Run-'ning canflt this description, she said.

For the joggers in the study, runninghad become their only coping mech¬anism for reducing stress, combatingdepression and elevating mood, shesaid. In this regard, the runners are notpsychologically healthy, she said."They put all thpir eggs in one basket,she said, "Notmng else satisfies themWhen they aw deprived, they aredevastated."

The more people run, she said, themore likely they are to suffer runninginjuries such as tendinitis or knee prob¬lems. Thus compulsive runners shouldbe cognizant of their dependence onrunning, she said, so that if they areever deprived of running they willknow how important that loss can be totheir mental health.

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Joel Pasternak of Meltzers Sports of Clifton, is offering a:

- 10% discount on all running shoes- 20% discount on all clothing

to all Essex Running Club members.

Remember, this newsletter is for everybody to enjoy, learn from and getinformed through. If you've got race results, know of interesingrunning or non-running activities, future race information, pleasecall, write, or send smoke signals to:

Gary Peters Home Phone: 736-957911 Robertson Road Business Phone: 256-8200, ext. 206West Orange, NJ 07052

Send information in by December 18th.

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