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Stock/ SUMMER 1979 (No.77) ONLY $8.00/YEAR (8 ISSUES) S t a f f CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig LDR RANKINGS: Craig Corey PHOTO QUIZ 10 THE RUNNING PODIATRIST 22 PUBLISHER: DeMoss Designs RESULTS MGR.: Judy Fox T.U.R.D. OF THE MONTH 10 SWEDISH MASSAGE 23 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Judy Leydig AD MANAGER: Jim Gorman THIS & THAT/BOOK REVIEW 10 SPECIAL ARTICLES 24 FEATURE EDITOR: Len Wallach PROD. MGR.: Harold DeMoss LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 14 SCHEDULING 26 PODIATRIST: Harry Hlavac, DPM PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi CLASSIFIEDS & AD RATES 14 RACE WALKING 32 MEDICAL ADVICE: Tim Smith, MD AGENT MGR.: Mike Niemiec OUR READERS SPEAK OUT 15 PREP RAMBLINGS 32 PREP EDITOR: Keith Conning STORE SUBS: K. Kressenberg GUEST EDITORIAL 19 1979 PREP BESTS 46 CIRCULATION DEPT.: Carl Faaland, George Minarik & Jack Leydig THE HUMAN RACE 20 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 49 NOR-CAL PORTRAIT 21 LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 52 STAFF WRITERS: Harry Hlavac, Jack Leydig, Keith Conning, Doug RUNNERS' ZOO 21 LATE GNUS 56 Rennie, Harry Cross, Dan Hintz, Bill Reinka, Richard Doty, Len Wallach, Jim Nuccio, Tim Smith, John Weidinger, Don Capron, Dave Martin, Tom Jordan, Bemie Black, Jim Barker. EDITOR'S MESSAGE STATISTICIANS: Keith Conning, Fred Baer, Marty Post, Ulrich •HELP NEEDED ON TWO UPCOMING RACES: - Most of our readers Kaempf, Frank Smith, Craig Corey. have run in a roadrace or participated in a track meet, but a very small percentage have probably ever been involved in PRODUCTION & MAILING: Jack & Judy Leydig, Jerry & Danielle Mc­ either organizing such an event or even helping out on the Fadden, Frances Sackerman, Tom Elliott, Karen Kressenberg, day of the event itself.