m W THE TURKEY SAYS: "You no longer need two pairs of shoes for cross coun­ try season. NIKE is revolutionizing road running shoes. The new Waffle Trainer was designed for cross country train­ ing, but it is light enough for the racing you will be doing. It is also an excellent shoe for training on any kind of track surface. Remember the Cortez? Many people felt that it was the best training shoe on the market. However, at NIKE, we are always looking for ways to improve shoes. We have widened the heel and constructed a much more stable heel counter. On the new Cortez, the sole is much more durable and the shoe is much lighter. The Cortez is not only an ideal training shoe, but is ideal for racing as well. The Cortez now comes in every PAC-8 color!" PRICES: Nike Cortez ($24.95) or only ($20.75 for 5 or more). Nike Waffle Trainer ($27.95) or ($22.95/— 5 or more). Nike Oreaon Waffle ($24.95) or ($19.95/— 5 or more). 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ONLY $5.00 PER YEAR Staff & Rates CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig ADVERTISING: Bill Clark PUBLISHER: Frank Cunningham RESULTS: Penny DeMoss THIS & THAT 3 MEDICAL ADVICE COLUMN 13 MEDICAL ADVICE: Harry Hlavac, DPM CIRCULATION: David Shrock LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 5 NUTRITION CORNER 15 ARTIST: Penny DeMoss PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi CLUB NEWS 7 SCHEDULING 16 CARTOONIST: David Brown PROD. MGR.: Harold DeMoss CLASSIFIED ADS 9 RACE WALKING 18 ADDRESS LABELS: Dave Himnelberger & Peggy Lyman EDITORIAL 9 NOR-CAL PREP BESTS 18 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 19 STAFF WRITERS: Bill Clark, Harry Hlavac, Len Wallach, Jack RUNNER-UP ll PREP X-C PREVIEW 22 Leydig, Chris Kinder, Tom Jordan, Dave Himmelberger. NOR-CAL PORTRAIT 12 LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 22 WEST VALLEY PORTRAIT 13 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Dennis O ’Rorke, Mike Shaughnessy, George Beinhorn, Dave Stock, Wayne Glusker, Jay Marlowe, Jim Hume, Jeff Searls, Paul Cooper, Jim Watt, Jeff Zimmerman, Jim EDITOR’S MESSAGE Engle, Keith Conning, Robert Main, John Marconi. • THANKS! - We had better than average response from the PRODUCTION & MAILING: Marc Lund, Dennis Tracy, Bill Weller, coaches in the area on our plea for cross-country schedules. Jack Leydig, Dan Anderson, Judy Gumbs, Peggy Lyman, Greg Mar As a result, this issue has our most complete listing ever shall, Penny, Harold & Bobby DeMoss, Bill, Ellen, Willie & of races this fall. If we've left out anything from about Teresa Clark. mid-November on, please let us know for next issue! 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We re­ 94401...Ph. 415/342-3181 after 8 pm). Due to irregularity of Who was this top long dis­ ceived 19 correct answers to publication dates, all information should be mailed as soon as tance runner (1970 Photo)? our Quiz...Billy Mills. possible for consideration. Prospective photographers and vo­ lunteer correspondants should reQuest details from us. Every­ THIS & THAT one is encouraged to submit meet results § scheduling. Credit is always given for materials used. Please reQuest permissior • PEOPLE NEWS: - Gayle Hopkins, the San Francisco State for the use of any NCRR materials other than scheduling infor­ track coach, has left for Southern California where he is now mation 5 meet results. PROSPECTIVE PHOTOGRAPHERS: Prints wil] coach at Claremont College. — John Butterfield, who has been not be returned unless reQuested (5 x 7 or larger if possible in Tehran, Iran, for two years (organizing the Iran Roadrunners in black § white preferrably). We now pay $15 for prints usee in his spare time), is now back in the U.S. He reports that as cover shots but nothing else as yet...see Editor's Message, his new home in Corpus Christi, Texas, is super-flat and humid. He may be reached at: 10416 Ocean, NAS Corpus Christi 78419. and correctional institutions of what can be done if a man has the desire to overcome the limitations of his confine­ a d id a s ment and achieve a worthwhile goal. Richard expects to gain his release soon and get into the SoCal long distance scene. INTRODUCING — Nora Smiriga has re-ruptured her achilles tendon and was operated on once already for her injury. She wants to know if any other runners who've been operated on for this type of injury are now running with no problems. She is debating as to whether or not to have another operation. If anyone of our readers can help answer her question, please contact her at: 281 Alvarado Rd., Berkeley, CA 94705 (Ph. 415/841-2410). •A group of Seventh Day Adventist vegetarians broke the 7-man 24-Hour Relay record by a little over a mile by running 258 miles, 1248 yards at Santa Monica City College on August 26th. The team was composed of all Californians except for one: Heinz Weigand of Tennessee. The others on the team in­ cluded Dennis Parrish of Tujunga, Darren George of St. Hele na, Dave Parker of Sylmar, Dietmar Oberhoessel of L.A., Kent George of St. Helena, and Dennis Reeder of Angwin. • Lost & Found: - Your editor picked up a Nikon camera case at the Tahoe Relays (without the camera, darn!). There is no identification that I could find, so anyone correctly identifying it (size, color, etc.) is welcome to it. •Race Information: - The Cal-State Sonoma X-C race, ad- THIS MONTH'S FEATURE: - The VIENNA (Model 3040) is a po­ vertised in the PA-AAU LDR Handbook as being at Annadel Park pular light training shoe made of white split oxhide in Santa Rosa, has been moved to Cal-State in Rohnert Park, leather with three red stripes. Orthopedic arch support, just south of Santa Rosa.