August/September 1983
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N o * i 9 - 2 0 Bìwmmqhmm : il : Join us for the eighth annual Vulcan FRIDAY EVENING PROGRAM R unrung Run in Birmingham, a Racing South films and guest speaker at the Birmingham- Grand Prix VI event. It's pleasantly cool Jefferson Civic Center Theater. Free in November, and the 10K takes you over admission. a stimulating but not rugged course of PARTY AND RUNNERS EXPOSITION flat land and slopes. If the 10K is not for For registrants and their families on Sat you, perhaps the two-mile Fun Run or urday, 11 AM until 4 PM at the Hyatt 26.2-mile Marathon is. Join us for the Birmingham. Free Lite liner and Coca Cola. 1983 Vulcan Run Weekend. Last year nearly 6,000 runners did. Entry fees are VIDEOTAPE REPLAY Sen yourself donated to the American Cancer Society. finish. Videotaped highlights of the 10K and coverage of all finishers will lie shown during the Saturday afternoon party at RACES the Hyatt. Birmingham. AWARDS Fun Run: Ribbons to all m finishers. 10K: Awards to top ten In each 10,000 meters (6.2 miles) age group. Marathon: Awards to top three 9:00 a.m. in each age group. Special Masters awards. November 19 HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION Awards to 8 top ten in the 10K, over 200 pounds. Fun Run ACCOMMODATIONS Discount rates: 2 miles Hyatt Birmingham, 205/322-1234 10:30 a.m. Holiday Inn Medical Center, 205/322-7000 November 19 Birmingham Hilton, 205/933-9000 M ^ r a f h u n REGISTRATION By mail only, no later For more information: than November 11. The $5.00 entry fee Vulcan Run 26.2 miles per race includes a tee shirt. Make checks c/o Sonatine. Certified and sanctioned by payable to the American Cancer Society. P.O. Box 2563 TAC(AAU) and RRCA An information packet will be mailed to Birmingham, Alabama 35202 10:00 a.m. you later. Phone: 205/325-7568 November 20 S p o n so red fey ÎB2CÜZ1T Mail to: VULCAN RUN '83 I certify that I have decided to participate in Vulcan Run the 2-mile Fun Run, the 10K Vulcan Run c/oSonatlnc. and/or the Marathon with full knowledge that P.O. Box 2563 being physically fit and sufficiently trained is Birmingham, AL 35202 necessary to prevent any injury to myself. Checks payable to American Cancer Society ($5.00 per race) In consideration of the acceptance of my entry, I, for myself, my heirs, devisees, execu tors, administrators and assigns hereby waive, IPlease type or print) release and discharge any and all claims against Sonat Inc., the Birmingham Track Club or the Name American Cancer Society, or their employees, Last First Middle Initial agents or representatives, arising out of my par ticipation in either the 2-mile Fun Run, the Address. Phone 10K Vulcan Run or the Marathon. ! Signature------------------------- :--------:------------------------ City. State Zip Date________________ :__L.-------------------------- ---- □ Male □ Female ________ Age on November 19, 1983 If under 19, parent's or I plan to enter: Track Club Affiliation_______________________________ guardian's signature--------------------- .--------------------- □ Fun Run (2-mile) Tee Shirt Size: D S M ^ E D □ LG O X L G □ 10K (Best previous time:----------------) □ Heavyweight Division (over 200 lbs, 10K only) □ Marathon (Best previous time:--------- REGISTRATION BY MAIL ONLY FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY NO LATER THAN NOV. 11 □ Sonat employee or family member Entry Race NO Sunday, December 4, 1983 Dallas City Hall, Dallas, Texas The Presidential Sports Fitness Festival — Saturday, December 3, 1983 ■ ' -ML • New City Wide Course • Free Sunday Family Fun Run • Free Admission to Fitness Festival • Trophies to AM Finishers , • Free Awards Banquet • Noted Speakers Symposium / The Course: The course follows a single loop beginning at The Dallas City Hall along paved streets. The route includes a single loop around scenic White Rock Lake and finishes directly in front of The Dallas City Hall. The course is basically flat with a couple of small hills to offer variety! This is one not to miss in 1983! TAC NUMBER: (You must have A CURRENT VALID REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 27, 1983 TAC NUMBER to participate.) CN O Q P FOR OFFICIAL USE Il 11 I □ TAC NUMBER I I I Ì I I I I I I I I I NAME I___I___I___I___I___I__ I___ I___ I___I___ I___ I I I___ I___I I___ I LAST NAME FIRST NAME INIT., J___ L ADDRESS ZIP lililí AGE AS OF DEC. 4, 1983 I I I SEX |___ | CITY : i i ili i__ I stateL CIRCLET-SHIRT SIZE S M L X-L ESTIMATED TIME _________ DAYTIME PHONE NUMBER (______) Please make reservations in my name for the following: WAIVER STATEMENT (must be signed and submitted with registration) Check In consideration of the acceptance of this entry, I, the undersigned, assume full and Below complete responsibility for any injury or accident which may occur during the event or while I am on the premises of the event, and I hereby release and hold harmless the □ Marathon participation sponsors, promoters and all other persons and entities associated with the event from ($12.00 per runner) ($25.00 after Nov. 27).......... $ _________ any and all injury or damage, whether it be caused by negligence of the sponsors, □ Presidential Sports Fitness Festival........................ $ no charge promoters or other persons or entities associated with this event or otherwise. Further, I hereby grant full permission to any and all of the foregoing to use any photographs, □ Awards Banquet fo r_______ videotapes, motion pictures, recordings or any other record of this event. (Registered runners only).................................... $ no charge □ Awards Banquet fo r_______ Signature (Participant) (Parents’s signature for minor) (non-participants, $3.00 per person)................... $ _________ □ Please mail my packet ($1.00)................................ $ _________ Mail with check or money order to: I heard about the Marathon from: DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON □ Send Accommodation Information □ Magazine □ Flyer for Race Weekend................................................ $ no charge c/o Phidippides Running Center □ Newspaper □ Friend NorthPark East Make check payable to DALLAS WHITE ROCK MARATHON. I HAVE ENCLOSED MY CHECK FOR$___________ □ Other _____________________ 8822 North Central Expressway Send separate registration form for each runner. Forms may be Dailas, TX 75231 machine copied, but must be complete as to content. If publication, Incomplete applications may be rejected. Please Name: _________________ _ review carefully! NEW ORLEANS TRACK CLUB FOOTPRINTS IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE NEW ORLEANS TRACK CLUB AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1983 $1.25 6 SHORTS Nike Lady 10K scheduled; volunteers needed; tips for driving to a marathon; NOTC picnic memoirs. 8 OFFICERS’ REPORTS Our president speaks his mind on track club goals and our compensated sales agent; our marathon director announces MGM schedules; and a thank you from the editor. Publisher New Orleans Track Club Editor 9 MAILBAG Suzanne diGeorge Alan Engle, D.PM., fields questions on heel spurs, plantar wafts, and Executive Committee flat feet. President Ed Fleischmann 10 HILL TRAINING IN NEW ORLEANS Race Director Jeff Hannusch Interviews New Orleans' top runners to discover how they Bill Couret train for hills in the land of the swamps. Board Members Martha George Ronnie Brinkman 12 YOUR FIRST BITE OF THE BIG APPLE Chuck George M. Rayner takes us, mile by mile, through the New York Marathon, Lyle Morehouse one of the world's finest races. Alvin Roussell Ray Sears Mark Holcomb 14 THE MOST IMPORTANT STRETCHING EXERCISES Gini Davis discusses howto prevent injury by Incorporating just two Treasurer important exercises Into your running schedule. Willie Stamm Secretary Julianne Cox 18 POSTER TLC Editor Suzanne diGeorge writes on how to take care of your Investment Marathon Chairman poster. Cary Kuhlmann Competitive Team Coordinator 21 RACE RESULTS Mike Guillot The summer held many good races for NOTC members. Find you and your friends' times and mark your improvement each issue. Typesetting Forstall Typographers Layout 30 THE LAST MILE Wavelength Notes, quotes, and good ole running gossip about the members of the New Orleans Track Club. Printing Marathon Press FOOTPRINTS is published bimonthly by ihe New Orleans Track Club, RO. Box 30491, New Orleans, LA 70190, Telephone 504/482-NOTC. Subscriptions entail member ship in the New Orleans Track Club, $15 per year. M aga zines are free to members. Unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or other materials are handled with care but we do not accept responsibility for them. No un Cover photo: On a hot and humid New Orleans evening, runner Pete Soutullo solicited material will be returned. wins the MGM Memorabilia Madness 2-mller. By Suzanne diGeorge. 4 FOOTPRINTS Lady 10K Saturday, October 8, 8:30 a.m. Tallahassee, Florida Ladies, plan to run in the fifth edition of the South’s premier women-only 10K. Challenging, but fast course. Forty broke 40:00 in 1982. Unique awards to first 15 overall finishers and first 3 Masters. Awards to top 5 in nine age groups. Open and Masters Southern Team Championship. A Grand Prix VI event. Pre-race dinner and post-race party. For entry form and complete details, send self-addressed stamped envelope to: Racing South-Nike Lady 10K RO. Box 20209 Tallahassee, FL 32316 Entries Available July 15. SHORTS Driving To a Marathon whether to take that initial step of joining the club. Going to the New York Marathon? What about Boston? Do Philadephia Independence I remembered the comments of Ed Knight or Atlanta look interesting? Got chosen for of the Panhandle Runners in Florida. He Nike-OTC? If a marathon is in your future had a corollary to the oft-quoted George and you plan on driving there, you might Sheehan statement that "the difference want to take advantage of these travel hints between a jogger and a runner is an entry by marathoners Chris Gonzalez and C.J.