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LOS ANGELES FRONTRUNNERS www.lafrontrunners.com Vol. 30 No. 1 January, 2010 FrontPage RUN DEO RUN 45K LAFR Annual Banquet & HALF MARATHON Sunday, January 31 ome on out to the Deo's Birthday Bash & LAFR Annual CBanquet as we cel- 200th Marathon Celebration ebrate another great year oin your fellow of LA Frontrunners and LAFRs and the hand out a bunch of nifty Jone and only Deo awards to our breathren. Jaravata as he com- Besides the standard fri- pletes his 200th volity, we plan to have our marathon and clicks brand new LAFR uniforms off another year on available for purchase. the calendar. Charlie Alewine Racing is put- When: ting on this event to Sunday, January 31, 2010 celebrate our Deo’s 6:30 PM Carl Maravilla with last year’s Female latest marathon mile- Where: Newcomer of the Year, mother-in-law stone - on his birthday The Castaway Restaurant Anne Vasquez no less!! 1250 Harvard Rd. Volunteers are need- Burbank, CA 91501-1096 ed as well, please Phone: (818) 848-6691 contact Piyush at [email protected] if you would like to help out. Price:$40 per person Please note; There is no race day registration. See page 7 for the application. We have an approved 20% discount. Register:Mail form on insert START : 7:00AM - Sunday March 7th, 2010 or register WHERE : Legg Lake Park, 750 S. Santa Anita Ave. S. El online at Monte, CA 91733. Fast, flat course on sidewalks, dirt around active.com beautiful lake in scenic family park. Plenty of Gatorade, water and snacks. (12) 2.2 mile loops INCLUDED : Great Event T-Shirt and Finishers Medals. Last year’s Male Trophies to Top 3 Runners in each race & Special bobble Newcomers of head trophies. Limited to 50 Runners. No Race day the Year Brad Maury and Registration. Mark Jones LOS ANGELES FRONTRUNNERS The boys remind you to renew your LAFR Membership!! LAFR Board Meeting Briefs BIRTHDAY 12/09 GIRLS AND BOYS December 7 at Angus’s Ron Del Rio................ Jan 1 Kate Hutton.................Jan 20 A. Annual Banquet Sunday, January 31, at Castaway in Martin Zimmerman......Jan 3 Noelle Olson............... Jan 21 Burbank. Mark and Christine will go to brunch and final- Nelson Miranda...........Jan 3 Dan Graham............... Jan 22 ize menu. Angus and board working on plans for event. Jim Williams................Jan 4 Alicia Soto...................Jan 26 LAFR Performance of the Year to be voted on by mem- Robert Hamm............. Jan 9 Hakha Mortezaie.........Jan 26 bership through an online vote. Angus & Carl will deter- Robb Briggs................Jan 9 Bernie Tan...................Jan 27 mine nominees. Dennis Schorr............. Jan 10 Margie Gonzales.........Jan 27 B. Uniforms: Mark placed initial order. When they Arturo Salgado............Jan 11 Kristi Twilley................ Jan 27 arrive, Angus will get them to screen printers. Goal is to Andrew Gonzalez....... Jan 13 Ross Lamkin...............Jan 28 have uniforms available for purchase at Annual Banquet. Howard Hamburger.....Jan 13 Neil Weisenberg......... Jan 28 C. Catalina/Death Valley: Plans moving along well. Lorraine Silver.............Jan 13 Mike Kalvoda.............. Jan 29 Members are signing up for both. Susan Parker.............. Jan 14 Ruthanne Salido......... Jan 29 D. Upcoming Events: Xmas Party (12/17) New Year’s Sean O’Brien...............Jan 14 Joanna Hankamer.......Jan 29 Day Run & Potluck (1/1), Annual Banquet (1/31) Angus Kennedy...........Jan 15 Augie Robles.............. Jan 30 E. Clothing Drive: Clothing Drive at Xmas Party to ben- Ken Dunn....................Jan 19 Bahman Ghahremani..Jan 31 efit Jeff Griffith Youth Center at Gay & Lesbian Cneter and My Friend’s Place. Angus set up an online donation WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!! form to donate funds which will be used to purchase new clothes to donate as well. John Deamos Al Garcia F. Annual Meeting Annual Meeting and Run went well Don Bing Bahman Ghahremani at Glassell Park. William gave a very thorough Treasury Report and the space for the meeting was a good fit for Los Angeles Frontrunners LAFR FrontPage 2870 Los Feliz Place us. The Toy Drive was a big success as well. [email protected] PMB #229 co-editors: G. Mimi’s Mimi’s fundraiser on Tuesday, Dec 1, went Los Angeles, CA 90039 Carl Maravilla, layout great - close to 30 members showed up. kalvoda to fol- [email protected] Angus Kennedy, results low up regarding check. www.lafrontrunners.com William Fang, board info H. Marathon Training: Training program going great. Angus Kennedy, president Mike Kalvoda, copy editor Lots of people running halfs/fulls early 2010. Club pro- Patrick Owen, vice president viding water/gatorade at long runs. William Fang, treasurer Phil Amato, Henri Faucher, I. Next Board Meeting: January 3 at Patrick’s Piyush Prakash, secretary Wadley, Margie Gonzales, Christine Curtin, Mark Jones, Carl Deo Jaravata, Bernie Tan, Maravilla, John McGuinness and photographers Bryan Prado, directors at large FRONTPAGE JANUARY 2010 JANUARY FRONTPAGE 2 LOS ANGELES FRONTRUNNERS LAFRs Meet an Olympic Hero n December 20th, the LA Frontrunners were well repre- Osented by five members at the annual Deena Kastor Fun Run in Agoura Hills. Sponsored by Future Track and Asics (who also supplied free technical long sleeved shirts), the three to five mile run was followed by a free pancake breakfast and auto- graph signing by the 2004 Olympic from left: Keeley Webster, Cat White, Deena Kastor, Margie Gonzales, Regina Robinson, Areana Tate Marathon Bronze medalist and London and Chicago Marathon win- ner. Last Grand Prix Race of 2009 Deena started her career here in Southern CA, winning three state Margie Gonzales coor- dinated and manned cross country titles while attending our LAFR table at the Agoura High. Currently, Deena lives inaugural LA County in Mammoth with her husband Half Marathon on 12/13 at the Fairplex in Andrew. When she’s not training, she Pomona. It was the last is looking for a publisher for her cook- Grand Prix race of book, Making Strides in the Kitchen, 2009. Reports were that the new race was with recipes inspired by her huge well organized with a appetite, her world travels and enter- beautiful course that taining family and friends. was roughly half on the road and half through “It doesn’t matter how fast you’re the trails of Bonelli moving, as long as you’re moving for- Park. Thanks, Margie!! ward.” -Deena Kastor -by Margie Gonzales FRONTPAGE JANUARY 2010 JANUARY FRONTPAGE above from left: Areana Tate, Stephanie Stone, John McGuinness, Regina Robinson, Doug Jones, and Margie Gonzales at the inaugural LA County Half Marathon in December. right: John McGuinness with LAFR newcomer Chad Myers at the LA County Half Marathon. This was Chad’s first half marathon. Congratulations, Chad! 3 LAFR RACE RESULTS Santa Barbara Marathon Tahoe Rim 50 Mile Trail Santa Barbara, CA 12/6 Lake Tahoe, CA 7/18 Bob Berman ...............4:26:57 Sean O’Brien..............9:51:18 2nd 40-49 Mike Murphy.............11:29:40 Ridgecrest 50K Ridgecrest, CA 12/6 Topanga Turkey Trot 15K Sean O’Brien..............4:24:42 2nd 45-49 Los Angeles, CA 11/26 Mike Murphy...............5:13:19 Sean O’Brien..............1:18:36 3rd 45-49 LOS ANGELES FRONTRUNNERS LA County Half Marathon Long Beach Turkey Trot Pomona, CA 12/13 Long Beach, CA 11/26 William Korthof ...........1:26:11 2nd 30-34 John McGuinness ......1:27:49 2nd 35-39/PR John Yong......................40:07 PR Juan Moreno ..............1:41:39 Deo Jaravata..............1:42:45 PR Running Off the Turkey Half Marathon Chad Myers................1:48:02 PR South El Monte, CA 11/29 Mike Smith..................2:01:23 Winter Silver Lake Juan Moreno ..............2:21:50 RaceWalk/PR Stephanie Stone.........2:20:57 Regina Robinson........2:45:45 Tuesday Night Tiger Run Doug Jones................2:47:38 RaceWalk/PR Potlucks Pasadena, CA 12/5 Bill Walsky..................3:04:39 PR 5K Say No to Drugs January Carl Maravilla ................17:40 2nd 45-49 Tuesday, January 19 John Yong .....................18:55 3rd 25-29 Los Angeles, CA 12/13 at the home of Ken Wilson John Deamos................20:55 PR 5K 2171 Kenilworth Avenue Bill Austin.......................22:02 3rd 50-54 Jim Martinez..................23:57 2nd 55-59 Jim Martinez..................23:00 PR LA, CA 90039 Rusty Millar....................25:12 10K Patrick Owen.................43:19 2nd 50-54 February 10K Tuesday, February 16 William Fang..................40:45 1st 30-34 LAFR GRAND PRIX TEAM at the home of Henry Ong John McGuiness............41:50 2nd 35-39 CHALLENGE RESULTS 3431 Fernwood Ave Angus Kennedy.............44:55 3rd 40-44 Finish times are added for total time. Teams LA, CA 90039 Robb Briggs...................45:43 with all 3 members racing are ranked first. Ted Wyder.....................46:29 March Eric Fischer ...................50:37 2nd 60-64/PR Race #12: Tuesday, March 16 Bill Winkelmann.............55:50 Tiger Run 5K/10K at the home of Doug Jones...................75:30 RaceWalk/PR 1. Team 8 (3)................................ 81:19 Bill Walsky.....................67:18 2. Team 2 (1) ................................17:40 Mike Kerkman & Kevin Shiramizu 3. Team 4 (1) ................................20:23 2038 Redcliff St. Troy’s CA Trail Runs - 9 Miles 4. Team 5 (1) ................................20:55 LA, CA 90039 San Jose, CA 12/5 5. Team 9 (1).................................22:02 Juan Moreno ..............1:23:16 2nd OA 6. Team 7 (1) ................................22:51 7. Team 3 (1) ................................23:00 GRAND PRIX Las Vegas R’n’R Half Marathon Las Vegas, NV 12/6 Race #13: STANDINGS LA County Half Marathon Margie Gonzales........2:59:56 2009 LAFR Grand Prix 1. Team 5 (2)............................. 3:10:24 Series Final Standings Xterra Trail Run 21K 2. Team 3 (1) .............................1:41:39 3.