ROAD RUNNERS CBUB, NSW YORK ASSOCIATiaT NEWSLETTER

No. 12, SPRING, 1962 President: J.Conway (NIPC) 57-55 80th St.,Jackson Hts.,L.I.,N.Y. Vice-President 1 Louis G, White (NIPC) 5 W. 65rd St.,N.Y. 25> N.Y, Sec-Treas. : H.Murphy (Millrose AA) 4111 Ave. I, Brooklyn 10,N.Y. Please keep the Secretary informed of address changes - •TEI^ITATIVE SCHEDULE of ROAD HUJTS of IITTERSST to METROPOLITM RUNNERS June 5, 11 Mi 4 Mile Met.AilU Development Run, MaCombs Dam Park; June 9, 1 PM, Sr.Met. 6 Mile track Champs, at Yonkers; June l6th, 1 PM Jr. Met. 5 Mile Run, Rock- ville Centre, NY; June 17, 11 m, 4 Mile Met.AilU, MaCombs Dam Parkj June 24, 1 PM, Jr. National 20 Kilo , Binghamton,NY; July 1, 1 PM, RRC Road Run Series: 5 Mile Junior (under 19 yrs. of age)j J Mile Open; and 6 Mile Vet.(45 yrs. and over); July 4, 10 5 Mile, Rahway,N.J., and 2 PM, 20 Kilo Sr. National Champ.,Needham,Mass.; July 15,Mt. Washington Climb, 8 Miles (John Setnple in oha.rge); July 22, 1 PM, Sr. Met.15 Kilo, Pacoy Club, Yonkers; July 28 or 29, 10 Mile RRC Postal Champs, track, time and site not yet set; Aug.19, 10 Bl, Jrd Annual Milk Run from Columbus Circle to Van Cort. (May also be Sr.Nat'l. 25 Kilo );,Sept.2, Sr.Nat'l I5 Kilo,Greenbelt, Md.; Sept.9,Sr,Met.20 Kilo (site,tiri]e not set); Sept.16, maybe Tvro-man 10 Mile postal relay: Sept.25, Sr„Met.25 Kilo (site, time not set); Oct. 7, 11 m, 5 Mile x-country Hd.,Van Gort. Park; Oct.l4, 11 iLM 5 Mile x-countrjr Hd.,Van Gort.; Oct. 21, 11 M, 5 Mile Hd.,v'an Cort.; Oct.28, 11 m, 6 l-lile, x-country Hd.,Van Cort.; Nov.4, Noon, ,Atlantic Gity.NJ; Nov.11 2 PM Jr.Met. x-country,Van Cort.; Nov. 18tn 2 PM Sr.net.,x-country,Van Cort.; Nov.^2, 9 /uM, Mile and 10"^fele, Poughkeepke, NY, and 10 AK, 4 Mile, Manchester,Ct., and 1 PM, Berwick, Marathon,Berwick,Pa.,and 1 PM National Sr. Oross-countrjr, Chicago, 111.; Nov.25, 11 xHRC 9 Mile cross-country Van oort.; Dec.2, 1 PM, ^ Kile, Staten Island; Dec. 9, 11 /uM,4 Mile run,MaComb3 Dam Park; Dec. 16, 11 M, 8 Mile ,Iv!Combs Dam Park; Dec.25, 11 m, 10.6 Mile,MaCorabs Dam Park; Dec. 50, 11 m, 12 Mile ,MaComos Dam Park...Blanks will be issued a month before the race. For information contact either Aldo Scandurra, Met.AAU Long Distan- ce Chairman, I5 Park Row, NY 58,NY, or'call Joe Kleinerman any day between 11 /u^i and 1 PM at KI 5-51^^0.

"THE 1961 ICr, WASHING-TON RUI'^—A^T IMPRESSION OF THE CLIMB MD THE WHITE MOUNTAINS." by Dick Clapp (NYPC)

The eight mile hill climb started at 1:^0 PM on Sunday, August I5, I96I. Among the entries were stellar runners from Boston, led by Jol-inny Kelley. A complete cross section of climb hopefuls was provided by the appearance of members of the Appala- chian Mountain Clubs' summer crew, vmich included a hutboy, forest ranger and a trail crew member. At the start, the pace was quite comfortable, although ^ soon found out that my idea of running all the way to the top v;as alitost impossiole. Incidentally, by walk- ing fast it was possible to keep up with those who were running. The weather change was fantastic! V/e started the race in the mid-60's and ended in weather that rivaled the winter of I96O-6I, We faced to 40 mile an hour v/inds, 55^ temperature and dust storms, plus confusion at the summit caused by fog„ OTHER SIDELIGHTS. Kelley was enthused about the prospect of hiking one of the trails on Sunday morning. The two of us hiked on a trail which ascended to the sum- mit of Mt. Madison (in fact, v/e were a quarter of a mile short of seeing one of many boulder streams that are so plentiful in the V/hite Mountains), The next day, yours truly set out wearily to conquer Mt. Washington by hiking trai'ls, choosing the popular Tuckerman Ravine trail as the best ascent. Along the way I met a family with boys, aged 10 and l4, vrho nearly hiked me into the ground v.dth their fast pace. At the halfway point, just below timberline, we v/itnessed a slight emergency...-wh^ one of the Halfv/ay House crew members had to recall a girls ^ camp which had started up a difficult trail to the sumait. Ordinarily the trail v/as not considered hard, but conditions were made dangerous by the report of ice forming on the summit. The shouts to ''come back" almost made every hiker on Mt. Washington retrace his steps, believing that h^ was the person being^paged by the hut crew. Un- daunted, my adopted family and I refreshed ourselves at the halfway station with hot chocolate and candy bars, held a short summit conference, and then set out to conquer the mountain. Our objective was to climb thru the glacial cirque knovm as Tuckerman Ravine (a glacial cirque is the bowl-like depression left Dy a glacier). One of -(ny first impressions of the trail was that it v/ould be a horrible thing to descend. To elaborate: The trail v;as easy going up since all you had to do was to grip the rock in front (or above) you and pull yourself up. But v;hat happened coming down ? Not until later, softer climbing c?-nd descending other trails, was I able to think in perspective and come to the conclusion that other trails ha.d descents which made Tuckerman look easy. Some trails required hesitant advances across a sloping rock face, or a very steep descent down what proved to be a mountain stream in wet weather. Getting back to Tuckerman: As we approached the headway of the ravine the trail turned into a rather indefinite path across huge boulders and was marked by yellow arrov/s and hugh rock piles, called cairns. Upon crossing the top of the headwall we riRG,NY Assn. wer3_treated to--FOG. It proved patchy, however, but r:illowed us one of th^ lastirig impressions of tho clir^.b.^ Thi's\iew devkSSd asTLthIr iSdSfinite sll^^ Of tne Lakes of the Glotids Hut (soiaetitneB these hazy first iraprossion views prove to if; iJI^'^-S^ lasting on the memory), nestled in a valley a half laile away. We quick- ly made the intervening dist^ince and wer® soon enjoying hot coffee sSved bv sympathetic hutboys. ^

Our momentuTa didn't stop, for nature's answer to perpetual motion, the l4 year soon/had us making the ih mile trip to the summit of tit. Washington which we reached amid a snowstorm (this was August. l4, I96I, temperature W 7? 06rs4ly at the summit was highlighted by snowball fights, a visit U the year-round weather station, and a retreat to the summit house in order to warm up That night at dinner one of the legends of the hut system unfolded. Unlimited of food were placed at our disposal, and were disposed of quickly. After- gathered to peruse Ihe library of mountain lore Bookf{j^d plSn the hike for the following day. .it 10:00 PM all' were asleep. . Up at 6:00 AM the next day for a hugh breakfast and more hiking. The day wrs beautiful and opportunities for color pictures everywhere. On to another hut, a mere 12^ miles away, but a comfortable day's journey. Such was the brief escape from civilization by a hopeful long distance runner. Expenses incurred at the various huts were kept to a minimum of I7.50 per day, which included lodging (blankets provided) and three meals, cooked up in professional style by college students. Along the trail there were many people, co that one never felt deserted by humanity, and in the huts one found that people froit] many different occupations were represented. .in excellent pictorial article on the White Mountains may be found in the August, 1961 issue of the National Geographic, which does much more justice to this challen- ging area than the author ' s notes a'Eove portr.ay. * * ******* - * ^ ^ ^ jQjj^T mp^ t^J^Q ^ ^ ^ THE 1962 BOSTON MARATHON, by John Ohodes, KIPO Eiro Cksanen, a Finnish detective, outlasted a hugh 181 man field to v/in his third B^sTGon Marathon, his second in a row. His winning time of 2:25:43 was I9.seconds shy of uhe clocking he recorded in capturing last years test. At the tape Cksanen held a 1 minute 10 second advantage over his compatriot, Paavo Pystynen (2:24J^S). Marine Lt. was a surprising third in 2:27:17, being the first ^.merican to defeat J,J. Kelley, the U.S.A.'s chief hope, at the marathon distance since Nick Oostes did so in the Melbourne Olympics. Kelley, who holds the course record of 2:20:17, returned 2:28^57 for a "disappointing" fourth place. At the gun the Finns rushed directly into the lead, with Gordon Dickson and Or- ville Atkins of Canada and Breckenridge clustered about them. They continued in an orderly fashion through Framingham (6.5 miles) chatting amiably as they ran. Progress ing past the initial stages, Dickson fell back-duo to foot injuries, and Atkins briefly stole the lead. At Natick (10.5 miles)' the Finns had crushed Atkins and most of the opposition, and only 3rec|venrifige remained with them. ', who had fought Oksanen down to-the v/ire in losing efforts both in 1959 and '6l was one of the pre-race favorites. He was not among the early leaders, apparently content to stay about 80 yards back, waiting for the right time to make his move. His failure to challenge seemed to v/orry Okaanen, who often looked over his shoulder, hoping to guage Kelley's position, ^'^hen Kelley finally attempted to make contact with the leaders, his efforts were not only frustratedj he steadily lost ground and by half- way he was hopelessly outdistanced. It was not until the s'liarp downhill section past Wellesley Hills (I5 miles) that Breckenridge was shaken off. Oksanen finally broke into a clean lead over Pystj-Tsen at 21 miles, after the two Finns had fought it out stride for stride over the difficult "Heartbreak Hill" sect- ion. He maintained his driving pace in the closing miles, despite a heavy dovmpour, ifhile enormous crov/ds gathered along the course to cheer him.on* The R.R.O. DIY ASSQ vras well represented in this classic. First member HOM^ V/as Ted Corbitt,l4th in 2:^7:42. He was followed by Bill Vvelsh, 20th; Rod HacNicholl, 27th Vin Kern,50th; Johjn Garlepp, Jlstj . John Kelly,40th; Nat Ciruiniak,44thj Dick Olapp, 46th j Ernest Medaglia, 52nd; Kurt 3teiner, 64th; Robert 3iii3T53on,76thj Gus Kotteakos, 84th; Pat Foley, 92nd; Joe Keller,104th.

NSViS of the ROAD RUNNERS CLUB, N.Y. ASSN. -by J.Kleinerman, Millrose AA sponsored 5 vdnter races for the 4th year, our best: ideal vreather, record entries, and record times. The highlight was the "Chern/ Tree Marathon" with 44 starters, A successful post race affair was held at Union YMCA due to the tireless efforts of Gus Kotteakos and Nick Bilotta and the generous .contributions by members of our club to defray the expense,..We also had our cup full of sorrow in recent months with-the passing of three of our most ardent helpers and officials na.THely Max J. Silver, Bob Preston, and Jim Lyon. They were vK^nderful contributors to the success of the long distance game in our area and we miss them. We v.dll name at least one race a year in their memory. Fortunately we have new enthusiasts in Mike Frankfurt of the Hunter College Spike Shoe Club, and Nick Serakos of the NYilO, who vfill complement the' untiring efforts of Artie Gleberman, Sam Schwed, Lou White, J.Conway, Rudy 'Schv/artz, Harvey Lichtenstei^, J.Connolly, and Bill Wiklund .. .Ben / Malkasian, J.Garlepp,and J.Kelly have made it back off of the injury list...Bob p.5 Campbell, national Long Distance vice-chainaan tuade trips to NYO for the "Cherry Tree Marathon", the Sr. USA JO Kilo., and the lonkers Marathon. He hopes to cover nearljr all of the national senior chaiapionships.. .Bill Wicklund is now vice-presid- ent of the New Jersey AAU...Bxll Castle is acting fflanaEer of the NYAO long dist,ance teaTa...Don Heine and Diter BoztDann of the St. ABO have made fine progres's.... .Our National RRO Vice-President Larry Grace- of the Finnish-American AC of R.I, is putting on a series of development track meets. Better co-operation with Larry by our other officers v/ould allow hinj to do more for our Road Runners Clubs.. .Congratulations ,to Oscar Moore on hi& March 4th marriage. ...Bill^ Velsh doing a fine job building up in- terest in long distance running in Staten Island .. .The RRC,I'TYAssn showed their appreciation to Henry Isola for his efforts in reporting races by presenting him with a scroll after the "Cherry Tree Marathon"...At Boston, I5 New York runners fin- ished in 5 hours or less, and on the hard Yonkers course, 9 raen were in this group, the pay off on our winter program...The Millrose AA upset the New York Pioneer Club in the Yonkers Marathon. The team of Garlepp, Scandurra and Kelly ran fine races to defeat a good trio in Corbitt, Clapp and MacNicholl, Jim Nolan might have pulled the Pioneers thru in the Met.Championship but he missed both Boston and Yonkers runs due to his job...A number of runners have boxing backgrounds: John Garlepp was a middle- weight Golden Gloves finalist; John Ivelly was light-heavyweight champion of Victoria, Australia (he was also hammer throw champion); Pat O'Keefe, WIAOf was a welterweight Golden Gloves competitor; and Rudy Mendez was a fine boxer.' before turning to running. The Long Distance Log under Browning Rose is making great progress in raising money for the trip to the "NSlfTON CUP RACE" for mepjper Ted Corbitt. Aldo Scandurra says if the bug bites him hard enough he may fly over on his own and take a try at that race. Mike O^Hara, our iron man, could raaie a good showing in the London-to-Brighton race. If enough money is raised, other men v/ill, be sent...V7e appreciate the water dispen- sing of the gals from St.Anthony 30, Mrs. Scandurra, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. Patab^ and Mrs. Cirulnick, . .Member Bob Campboll received the first annual JIM LEE MEMORI/iL TROPHY at the Yonkers Marathon. Additional rewards should eventually come his way for the time he spends coaching, officiating and promoting distance running... .On July 1st v/e hold" our annual series of road runs: a 5 ^il© ^'un for runners under 19 years of age and a 3 mile open run plus a 6 mile run for runners over 45 years• of age. The races will be held in Staten Island v.dth dressing at the nev/ YMCA, 65I Broa- dway. The. 5 mile course is in Barrett Pa.rk...The National RRO has 8.nnounced' a postal 10 mile trp^ck run and a postal two-man 10 mile relay. Dates vrill be announced later.. John .Chodes has had numerous fine photos reproduced in the LPLog and in Track Field News. .. x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x~x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- "ARTHUR LYDIARD, MASTER COACH" by Jack Barry, Delaware Valley AA, former USA Jr. Marathon Champion, The latest running coach to aotract much attention is mara.thoner Arthur Lydiard of New Zealand. In the -alternating cycles of leading distance running countries. New Zealand is now at the top with Lydiard coached'Ronie Olympic Champions Peter Snell (800m) and Murray Halberg (5 Km), and bronze medalist 3. Magee (marathon). There are other great runners in the Lydiard group. When championships are v;on or when records are made, other runners seek to find out how it v/as done. The baaj.c ideas of Lydiard will nov/ be described.

LYDIARD PRINCIPLES 1, RUN within jrour own pace: train, do not strain.. 2. BUILD enoush stamina to maintain the soeed you wejnt to race at for your distance. 5. Many hours^of OVER DIBT/iNGES will develop the organs of the body to withstand hard racing. The long runs are supplemented by much speedwork in a balanced program. Gradual improvement can be expected. 4. SOR^IESS in the legs', stomach muscles, etc. accompanying hard training will vanish as training is continued. 5. Train ALL YEAR, taking a semi-rest at the end of the season. 6. DOMHILL iRUI^^NING will toughen the stomach muscles and develop the breathing apparatus. • . , • mi 7. The feared LOSS OF SPEED from long runs is a temporary Gii,uaoion. The runner will be faster v/hen speed work is started again. 8. EXEflCISES are done to loosen and stretch the body, e.g., high kicking,, touching the toes, loosening the waist, stretching the belly muscles, and deep breathing. Weight training is not part of, this regimen. At the end of the track season, the runner goes thru a "training off periodin- volving easy running for one hour, several times a week. The WINTER training is started three months before the race, with one hour runs at about J minutes a taile^ run over roads and, cross-countrv. Other runs are addea: 20 mile jog; miies at 4 pace; 10 miles at f pace; and every fth aay a run of nours. Most ot tnis running is slow and medium paced. As the intensity of the training is increased, a variety of running elements are gradually added, mixed with the stamina runs. Examples are (one per workout;: 220 yards: 2 x 220; or 6 x 220 | p.ace; or 12 x 220 | pace. 440 yards: 5 x 440 J- pace; or 440 fast. 880 yards: 880 @ i- pace and 880 fast. Mile: 1 mile @ 5/4 effort. 2 Miles: 2 miles @ 5/4 effort. 5 Miles: 5 miles @ 5/4 effort; or jog 5 miles. 6 Miles; 6 miles % speed; or jog 6 miles. p.4 LYDJAaD ' ^ ^ ^^^^^ ^ 2 miles, or same for Time trials: J lailes or 6 milee.

Or SSRlES-^One group is selected: , , 2 X 4A0 @ J/4 effort and 1 x 440 @ 7/8 speed. 1 X 880 @ t pace, 1 mile fast.

6 X 880 @^ fJ5 ipacer , —^w10 x 10w 0 jyardr s fast. 880's @ h" and 7/8 efforts, x 8'80 © ^ pace, and 1 mile fast. 1 Mile @^ f pace, 1 mile @ 7/8 pace, 2 x lGO>ards fast. 1 Mile f # pace, 1 mile fast. 1 Mil© @ i pace, 1 mile @ 7/8 pace. l.Mile fast, 10 x 100,yards fast. It TBiles, 1 TDile ^ 5/4 pace, 880 fast, 2 x 100 yards fast. 2 miles at 5/4 pace, 1 mile of 50 yards x 50 yards. The shorter, sharp work is gradually added to the training program. The runner must restrain himself in training so as not to hit a peak of fitness too early.' Avoid hard sprint work until the last two months before the race. Excessive racing and continuous fast work tends to lead to over-conditioning, leaving the runner washed out. The final 6 weeks before the race are devoted to sharpening up with time trials and running over and under distance runs. The body is easily sharpened up and for this reason, premature peak fitness is unnecessary. During the last 9 days before the championship race, ease up and conserve your energy. I have tried the training of Lydiard. It appears to be suited to men with natur- al ability, in my opinion. I acquired much freedom, power, and strength in running. However, at one point I had lost sharpness and found it difficult to run an 85 sec. 440. It took about 5 weeks to regain my normal speed. Of course Lydiard states that the runner need not worry about an "apparent" loss of speed. JB **** .VOTE..... IMPORTANT: The next meeting of the Road Runners Club, N.I.Assn. will be held June 10, 1962, 1:00 PM, Van Oortlandt Park Stadium, Officer candidates for I962-65 will be nominated, and future RRO races will be discussed. Attend and express you? ideas for improving the RRC.

It is with regret that vre pause to note the passing avfay of JAI^SS P. LYCH , an official of the A.A.U., who for many years encouraged a*thl6tes»

J.J.Oonway, President

DUES: 15.00, now payable for I962-65. Make checks or money orders payable to Treasurer Harry Murphy, 4lll Ave. I,*Brooklyn 10,N.Y. Thanks men.

MORE ON LYDIARD by P.W. Cerutty: "Ljrdiard is succeeding since he has some dedicated athletes who are loyal to him. I engender the opposite condition. He knows little or nothing of the techniques of perambulation and gets his results from his athletes doing around 100 miles per week of varied pace running. But it has only resulted in Slightly better performances than the Australian group and some three years later. Snell at 2^ nas ran_one-tenth of a second faster than Elliott ran.at 20. This, in distance, is approximately 2^ feeti But many, including Dave Power, have accepted these happenings as proof of a revolutionary approach—all over the world there will be a stepping up of mileage run in training—the many completely ignoring the hund-^ reds in England alone who have been doing just this, and. still do hot run even very fast . As I have long said, if this was the only answer every Marathon runner_^v/ould__be a 4 minute mileri" 4,, r

- • "Accuse not nature—she hath done her part. Do thou but thine." Milton's 'Paradise Lost.'"

R.R.O. Newsletter Committee Ted Corbitt Apt-. 15c, 5240 Broadway New York 65, N.Y,

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