The Mid-Pacific Road Runner 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION Post Office Box 2571 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96803 • www.mprrc.com • Vol III, Number 25 • Summer 2002 SUMMER 2002 The President’s Forum Club Members Pursue Spring, Summer Success, Gearing up now for Marathon Season By Bill Beauchamp This year’s run was dedicated MPRRC President to Jack Wyatt, running and water sports writer for the It’s a pleasure to report Star-Bulletin, tragically killed that our year so far has been in mid-June. Tightened securi- going great. Our spring ty at Hickam Air Force Base meeting at the Hale Koa was caused the relocation of the a resounding success with an event, and we are considering a inspiring talk by member Ed new site for the race next year. Cadman, dean of the UH With 500-plus entries for Medical School. We had the first race in the readiness more than 100 members and series, the popularity of the guests in attendance. series seems to be continuing Our running program is into the fifth year. We judge going great guns with strong from an early count of series participation in our signature applications that we’ll have a Oahu Perimeter, Johnny number of participants com- Faerber and Norman parable to last year. Tamanaha runs. The new This year is our 40th sprint series earlier in the anniversary as a club. We’re 11 Bill Beauchamp, club president, year was very well received, gestures exuberance at the finish years older than the Honolulu of the Norman Tamanaha 15K in April. and Clint Iizuka-Sheeley, who Marathon, so it looks like directed the series, promises we’re here to stay! The social committee also has set up even better next year. Our dynamic social com- a December holiday party at the The smaller club races have mittee organized an Aug. 25 Pacific Club, which should be a win- gone well with a particularly hike and picnic at Kualoa ner. This will be a couple of days good turnout at the Lanikai Ranch, an innovative venue for our after the Honolulu Marathon, so we Bike Path 8K in July. The club full membership meeting. should all be able to navigate our also worked with the USO in co- Jack Scaff has invited us to join way there for the seasonal festivities. sponsoring that organization’s annu- the Marathon Training Group’s See you on the road! al 5K and 10K benefit races, held Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day Aug. 11 at Barber’s Point/Kalaeloa. and to consider making it part of our We kicked off the Marathon Readiness Series. That certainly TABLE OF CONTENTS Readiness Series on Aug. 18 with a seems like a great idea. relocated 15K run at Kapiolani Park. President’s Forum ..........................2 MPRRC celebrates 40 years ..........3 Hawaii runners at Boston Marathon.................................4-5 Mollie Chang...................................6 Farley Simon ...................................7 Photos by Tesh Teshima.............8-9 News of distant members .....12, 15 Jack Wyatt remembered ..............13 More photos by Tesh....................14 2002 Schedule of Races................15 Roster of 2002 Club Officers .......16 ON THE COVER Pictured clockwise from left: 40th anniversary logo on MPRRC T-shirts; Farley Simon; Mollie Chang; and Kevin Rathbun, winner of the 15K run in honor of Jack Wyatt. Photos by Tesh Teshima. Jonnel Wyatt, a daughter of the late Jack Wyatt, expresses thanks to participants at the awards ceremony for the 15K Run in his honor Aug. 18 at Kapiolani Park. 2 SUMMER 2002 MPRRC Celebrates 40 Years with Highlights from its Long-running Memory Banks The year was 1962. President By Scott D. Hamilton, Jr. Kennedy and Governor Bill Quinn The Mid-Pacific Road Runners led the nation and its newest state. Club, founded in 1962, is the oldest John Glenn orbited the Earth. Cuba road runners club west of the and Mississippi were front page Mississippi. news. The Yankees and Giants were In 1962, Harold (Ky) Cole, on their way to the World Series. inspired by efforts to form a Road Movie audiences watched “Tom Runner's Club in Illinois, together Jones” and “Lawrence of Arabia.” TV with Harold Kuha and later joined by Jim Ferris, Horace Itoku, Peter fans focused on “Wagon Train” and McDonald, and Johnny Faerber, “Beverly Hillbillies.” Pop music sta- formed a small nucleus for the pur- tions played “Moon River” and Tony pose of holding road running competi- Bennett’s new song, “I Left My Heart tion primarily based at Kapiolani Park. in San Francisco.” And a group of Club Selling Birthday Shirts Club co-founder Harold Kuha To commemorate its founding 40 years runners in Hawai’i formed the Mid- ago, the MPRRC has designed a spe- won his third straight marathon title Pacific Road Runners Club. cial anniversary T-shirt that is selling for in the 1966 Honolulu Marathon, Old-timers and former runners only $5. The shirt, which features a which then consisted of five laps of who were part of those days before birthday cake motif, floral wreaths and Waikiki. Teenage stars at that time jogging became trendy recall the running footprints, is the creation of Michael Whelan and Geoff Howard. It included Duncan Macdonald, who early running events—some odd dis- has proven to be a popular shirt, but a became a member of the 1976 tances around Kapiolani Park, runs few dozen remain in extra large, large Olympic team and the American along Kailua Beach, through and medium sizes only. Purchase them record holder for the 5,000 meters. A Kawainui Swamp (before the level at MPRRC events or by calling typical race at that time had eight to walkway it has now), from the 295-6777 12 entries with 16 being a large field. In to place an order. Nuuanu YMCA up over the Pali and the event of rain the race was postponed. down to the Kailua Y, off-road cours- es on the Neighbor Islands. Some members enjoy today. routes are still in use, others aban- The founders, early leaders and doned with changing times. star participants include Jack Scaff, When the club turned 25 in 1987, Jack Wagner, Johnny Faerber, Jim and Scott Hamilton, runner, MPRRC and Leah Ferris, Ky Cole, Harold Kuha, community leader who came to Duncan Macdonald, Harold Chapson, Hawaii in 1965, wrote a summary of Ken Wheeler, Tom Ferguson, Gordan club highlights, excerpted below. The Dugan and many others whose club also thanks early members inventiveness and enthusiasm started Happy Chapman, Hugh Ames and and sustained the running club. Dr. Raymond deHay for their remi- Since passing the 25-year mark, Happy Chapman, one of the club’s early niscences, photos and contributions the club has benefited from the presi- members is a retired prep track and to the running tradition MPRRC dential leadership of Bob Doleman, cross-country coach who still enjoys jogging. Duke Frey, Ruth Heidrich, Chris In 1967, several changes took Crawford, Geoff Howard, Ron Pate place. The annual marathon in and Bill Beauchamp with exceptional Honolulu was dropped in favor of a volunteer leadership that includes— marathon organized on Maui in but is not limited to—Joan Davis, honor of Norman K. Tamanaha. The Bart Mathias, Brian Clarke, Helen marathon in Honolulu was not Chisum and Sandra Burgess. resumed until Jim Ferris and others Scott Hamilton has been a leader in organized the “Rim of the Pacific MPRRC and other running organiza- Marathon” in 1973 with the backing tions. Until an injury in the late 1990s of Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi, who indicated it could become the “Boston sidelined him, he was an outstanding Marathon of the Pacific.” It is this runner. His history of the club and run- marathon that has evolved into the ning in Hawaii, written 15 years ago, Honolulu Marathon we know today. Dr. Raymond deHay, 82, an early member has been excerpted and edited for space of MPRRC, holds a picture of himself in a here to provide highlights of past Fast Growth Phase 1970s running event. DeHay, now retired, decades—John Simonds. A period of rapid growth occurred was active in the club as a volunteer physician and a runner. (Continued on Page 10) 3 SUMMER 2002 Hawaii Runners Clock Good Times and Team Scores in Boston Marathon By Kit Smith The top three teams in the men’s For each team entered, only the competition all came from three fastest times counted. Agroup of Hawaii’s fleetest did Massachusetts. No. 1 was a team As with the men, the winning us proud in Boston last April. Among from the Boston Athletic Association, team came from the Boston Athletic 65 “men’s open” teams that competed the outfit that hosts the event. Association. All three of the BAA in the 106th Boston Marathon, Mid- Just ahead of MPRRC were teams women’s top finishers posted sub-3 Pacific Road Runners placed 7th. from Pennsylvania, Georgia (Atlanta) hour times. Among the women, MPRRC came and Maryland. in 16th among 41 teams. MPRRC MEN MPRRC WOMEN The top three finishers — The top three finishers -- among five team members and the team’s only three —were: members -- were: Jonathan Lyau ...........2:36:22 Mina Casey-Pang......3:15:45 John Smith.................2:38:48 Tomoko Christian Friis ...........2:42:06 Iizuka-Sheeley ..........3:21:42 Kelli Lyau...................3:48:15 Here are runners from Hawaii who took part in the 2002 Boston Marathon. Pictured here in another event, Jonathan Lyau was Hawaii’s lead finisher at Boston. 4 SUMMER 2002 Senior Runner Proud to be Counted as Member of Hawaii Running Team By Kit Smith As you can see, it took me 7 min- Until now, the easiest it got for a utes and 16 seconds to get to the Would you believe that this man was 3:50 at age 70.