WINTER 1978 VOL.10 No. 1 JUNE 1978
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REGISTERED FOR POSTING AS A PERIODICAL - CATEGORY B THE VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB NEWSLETTER IS PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS OF THE Y.M.O. AMD OTHER PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DISTANCE RUNNING AND ATHLETICS IN GENERAL. THE V.M.C. NEWSLETTER IS THE EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE EDITOR ON BEHALF OF THE MulivIBERS OP THE V*M#C# It is issued four times a year,corresponding to the Seasons (Months) of: SPRING (September) SUMMER (December) AUTUMN (March) WINTER (June) • All athletes,irrespective of sex or age,are invited to contribute letters,results, comments,etc,to the Editor^V.M.C.I'TEWSLETTERt 1 Golding St,CANTERBURY13126,Victoria* LEADLINE FOR COPY - 15th February,May, August,November .Please submit earlier. All contributors are asked to aim for the 1st day of the month, to achieve better production and time-tabling. PLEASE NOTE that material submitted for publication MUST be on single-spaced, typed foolscap,irrespective of length.It is suggested that articles should not exceed one and a half pages of foolscap. Articles fnr publication MUST be accompanied by the name and address of the contri butor, together with his or her signature.The writer of the article shall retain full responsibility for the content of the article. THE VICTORIAN MARATHON CLUB IS 1 OPEN FOR MEMBERSHIP for any registered amateur athlete. COSTS $2 per annum for Seniors,$1 per annum for Juniors (under 19)» CHARGES 60/ Race Fee for each event,long or short,EXCEPT the MARATHON - S1 fee and the EMIL ZATOPEK 10 000m - $1 fee in each case. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION - contact the GENERAL SECRET AES' of the V.M.C. s Iavid CRAIG,45 Caledonia Crescent,MULGRAVE,3170jVictoria. MEMBERSHIP FEES and OTHER MONEY'S should be sent to the TREASURER of the V.M.C. t George WILSON, 43 Argyll Street,CHADSTONE,3148,Victoria. RACE ENTRIES (NO MOIIEY TO BE SENT) - you pay on actual race days 11 - and ideas and suggestions for fixtures,new oourses,etc,should go to the COMPETITION SECRETARY: Fred LESTER, 1 Golding Street,CANTERBURY, 3126,Victoria. ENQUIRIES ABOUT TROPHIES SHOULD BE SENT TO the ASST.TREASURER (Trophies) 1 Vic ANDERSON,12 Wright Street,CLIFTCN HILL, 3068,Victoria. IMPORTANT : For track events (Emil Zatopek 10,000m, 1 hour run,etc)and for the VMC MARATHON,entries MUST REACH the Competition Secretary three weeks prior to the event UNLESS a special date has been notified in the NEWSLETTER which will be the DEFINITE CUT-OFF-DATE of ENTRY.
- INTERSTATE LINES OF COI.EaUNICATIOlT - AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF AUSTRALIA Mr.A.L. Morrison 31 Abbott Streat,SANDRINGHAM,3191 ,Vic.
NEW SOUTH W A L K QUEENSLAND Mr.Cliue D, Lee Mr.John D.Bailey A.A.A. of NSW Queensland A.A.A. 280 Pitt St,SYDNEY,2000,NSW 33 Wighton St,NASHVILLE,4017,Q'land.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA TASMANIA Mr,Ray E.Graham Mr.Noel J.RUDDOCK S . A * ii«A • A. T.&.A.A. P.O.Box 231,ADELAIDE,5001 ,S.A. 10 Reynolds Court,DYNNHTNE,7005,Tas.
VICTORIA WESTERN AUSTRALIA Mr.Rick Pannell Mr.The0 F.Treacy V • ii • A«A. 33 Salkirk St,NORTH PERTH,6006,W.A. 12 McKillop St,MELBOURNE,3000,Vic
(The Editor apologises for omitting two State AAA offices in some previous issues of the Newsletter) IT IS YOUR CHOICE s SPORT OR BUREAUCRACY. One of the things V.M.C .members are very conscious of is out desire to pursue our sport with the least restrictions placed upon us in the way of red tape and unnecessary work. At this stage we are only partly succeeding,thanks to a limited nutober of people who are interpreting this awareness into action and jumping in to do necessary jobs which others are omitting to take on as a matter of natural obligation from time to time.To overcome this state of affairs and ensure a more equitable way of sharing in the exe cution of necessary chores,we have instituted a roster system which is gradually over coming some of our organisational problems.Now that we are going well beyond the 500 in terms of membership,I believe that there is‘ a growing realisation for the need to find alternate methods of organisation to avoid folding up through sheer weight of numbers or creating a bureaucracy whioh will besome more important than the sport« I also believe that it is vital for all of us to understand what is involved to keep us on an -even keel,to what extent we,as individuals, can do all the time so that work does not heap up for just a few.Those of our members who are attending to various official or-administrative tasks,whther on roster or not,need to have .full information given to them in a clearly understood and written manner,to the extent where it will eliminate back-checking and other queries which eat heavily into our time.We are all busy people and we must respe<8£ the other person's right to his or her time.lh.cn entering,timing or recording we have to be aware that the details we give are of interest in a whole num ber of wayss Finance,Membership,Trophy and Handicap records are either up-to-date or faulty according to your entry information.In addition tho media also have a stake in pre-race publicity,so let us have a look at an Entry Records DATE!(Recorder,a rostered member) DISTANCE*(Recorder,sparate sheets for long VENUES (Recorder) or short race) NUMBER OP STARTERS s (Recorder-final total) WMTBERs ______PAGEs ‘ 1 OF 2 (Recorder)______START NO.' CALLNAME SURNAME* RACE FES MEMBERSHIP VET.JUN.WOM. 1. Paul DRINKWATER 60 / 2. Wal RILEY 60 / V 55 3. Stan GALLAGHER 60 / J 17 4. Geraldine RILEY 60 / JW 14 5. Betty nevman 60 / vw 53 6. Jacqui SMITH 60 / w This is a part sample of the information required and every competitor who fails to give details as'complete as above either before or after the race creates unnecessary work afterwards .Every Junior and every Veteran must statetheir age against the letter J or V as there are special handicap categories for prizes in the VMC race,the Veterans Club needs details for accurate keeping of records,the Junior details are useful guides .for Association and Schools selectors and also, provide our handicappers with details for a better assessment of handicaps. In recording the finish,competitors must stay in order of finishing until they have mn.de sure that the finish recorder has physically recorded ALL the relevant details on the sheet.ALL FINISHING (actual times)TIMES go into the first column' after the full names.the next three columns (Handicap,Nett Time,H1cap Place) are for the Handicappers use only and must remain blank.Veteran.Junior & Women details Must appear- again in the last column. We do not want a repetition of your Treasurer and your Competition Secretary spending two hours on the phone sorting out the mess after the Falen Comrades races,In future, if your details are incomplete,you will not be considered for any category that you may have been eligible for apart from the open handicap,neither will you be making your self popular, or even noticed,with the handicapperw,selectors or veterans,men or women. Participation in athletics is on the up,the growth in numbers involved in Fun Runs,not to speak of events conducted by the VMC,a completely new picture is emerging and we need to study the trends so that we can channel them into ways of benefitting people's health and enj oympnt, the joy and senseof achievement by doing things for yourself.There is a very real danger of super-imposing commercial values on what should be an antidote to the money rat.race. It is also becoming more obvious* that we need not fear races or fun runs clashing with each other,we need to look forward to providing additonal and varied opportunities. First claim clubs need to organise within their own areas to cater for growing numbers aiid boldly go "ahead.If ,y£>u can organise participation,pinners will find their way to your promotion from all over the piece .There is. a. limit to what extent' the VAAA or the VMC can cater adequately through their* own organisation,but they can give support to projects of similar aims. Frad Lester FIXTURE LIST WINTER 1978. JTIN 10 VAAA 10km Open, 5km Vet, 5km u.15 VMffilBEE, 2.00pm• JUN 11 (Sun) VMC MARATHCN & MINI=MARATHON. TYABB. 12.30r>m(Entries to be in by Mav 22) Dinner-Iance bookings to be in by May 29* ■ JUN 17 VAAA Marathon, Point Cook, 1.00pm. JUN 24 Kew-Camberwell 10 Miles JUL 1 VAAA 16 C.,8 pOOn U.I7 O9C,Jell* s Pk. JUN 25 Bendigo 25km JUL 8 VMC 25km & 10km .WERRIBEE South.Lingers & White1 s Roads Hall.2.30pm. JUL 15 VAAA CC Relays,Yarra Bend.C*wood.2pm.JUL 22 Traralgon Marathon. JUL 29 VAAA. 12k Open,4k Vet,8k u.19 & u.15 0C& Bunddora,2.00pm. AUG 5 Mai Hill 10 Miles,Morwell AUG 6 AAU MARATHON,Cab00lture,8 .OOam. AUG 12 VAAA 15km Open,5km u.175Fishermens Bend,2.00pm. AUG 19 Vic Country Marathon,Bendigo. AUG 26 VAAA 25km Open,10km u. 19»Cranbourne,2.00. SEP 2 AAU CCC,Sydney/king of the Mountains,Latrobe Valley SEP 9 Moaash Uni'10km SEP 16 VMC 30km & 15km King of the Mountains.POINT LEO-ARTHRU'S SEAT, 1.30pm. SEP 17 Geoff Watt Half-Marathon. OCT 8 VMC 1 Hour Run. 5000m & 3000mJ Teams Races fM[JHRUMBEEtIA, 1,30pm. PSOBABLE SUMMER FIXTURES; OCT 24(Tue) Glenhuntly "Ron Clarke" 10 000m,Murrumbeena NOV 5(Sun) BIG "M" MELBOURNE MARATHON, Franks ton High School start 9.00am. NOV 8(Wed) VMC 16km & 6km,Two Bridges,6.30 NOV 14(Tue)Sandringham 10 000m,6.30pm. NOV 22(Wed) VMC 12km & 4km,Tv/o Bridges,6.30 DEC 6 (WED) VMC 8km & 2km,Two Bridges,6.30 DEC 11/ 12/ 13/14 "EMIL ZATOPEK" 10 000m divisions,Masters Mile & Women 5000m. (Proposed cut-off times:30:30,33*00,35*00,37*00,39J00,subject to adjustment) DEC 31 (Sun) VMC MIDNIGHT RUN,Two Brideges JAN 2 "Rua-for-your-Supper,Murrumbeena,6.30 JAN 2l(Sun) VMC 4laps Princes Park(l3km) 8.00am. FEB 11 (Sun.) VMC 5 laps Princes Park(l6'*:£.)km) 8.00am. FEB 25(Sun) VMC 6 laps Princes Park(l9«4 km) 8.00am. The South Melbourne Olympic Marathon,at this stage,is still set for NOVEMBER 19 and it would be a tremendous help to the organisers if VMC members and others could indi cate to then as early as possible of their intention to run in it and supporrt it.The Melbourne Marathon held two weeks earlier could actually help to boost the Olympic race LOCATION MELWAY No.11 Reference Werribee Racecourse,Bulban Ed,north of railway line 205 F 9 Tyabb Motel check-in point(Cars must not enter motel drivel) 148 G 10 (Peninsula Motor Inn,next airfield,Mornington-Tyabb Road) Point Cook RAAF base,turn-off sotuh at Laverton,past 20km Geelong Rd 53 BC 11 JELLS Park(Dandenong Valley Metrop.Park)off Jell's Rd, 500m Waverley Rd rJJ\ J 7 liggers Rd Hall,Werribee South,corner White’s Rd. 201 F 10 YARJLA. BEND Jark,check-in Oollingwood Track,Heidelberg Rd,500m Overpass 30 G 12 Bundoora C.B.C.Parade College,Plenty Rd,400m past Bundoora Hotel 9 K 10 Fishermen's Bend,GMH plant,Salmon St,Port Melbourne 42 H 11 Cranbourne Racecourse,Turn right off Sth Gippsland H’way at P.O. 133 & 6 Monash University,off Wellington Rd,Sports Centre 200m from Entrance JO F 12 Point Leo,turn right at Flinders Rd/Beach turn-off,away from beach 196 G 2 (Shoreham Telephone Exchange at corner,check-in 200m up) MURRUMBESNA(Glenhuntly Track)North Rd/Murrumbeens Rd , 68 K 9 TWO BRIDEGS,course between Swan St and Morell Bridges, 44 B 12 (check-in at Barbecue nearest Morell Bridge) PRINCES PARK,Pavilion opposite Walker St,nearest Carlton F.G, 29 G 12 XXX XXX XXX V.M.C. MARATHON TIME TABLE - TYABB.SUNDAY JUN 11.1978-PENINSULA MOTOR INN . 10.30 Entrants check in at office above Squash Courts.Pay race fees($1),collect race numbers,PIN ON CHESTWITH 4 PINS.Pay balnce for Dinner-Dance and Overnight. 12 NOON Briefing of starters,officials and spectators for BOTH races.Competitors and officials move to start(Power Pole No.2,Hastings-Tooraddin Rd,near apex of triangle with Tyabb-Hastings Rd. Mini-Marathon competitors move to point 650m down from Tyabb Hall,app. 100m short of 10km mark in main race. 12.25 Competitors assemble at starting point,count-down begins. 12.30 Starting Gun fired. - Count-down begins for Mini-Marathon(lO 000m). 12.45 Mini-Marathon starts precisely 15 minuses behind Main field. 1.15 Finish of Mini-Marathon on Median Strip 50m short of Tyabb Hall. 2.45 Finish of Mafathon at end of drive in front of Motel. No cars will be allowed inside the Motel grounds,to keep clear for guests and runners. ALL RUNNING WILL BE DONE ON THE LEFT OF -THE ROAD.With the Traffic 11 NAME TINE H/CAP H/CAP POINTS ON FORN 5T OAVIS RICHARD 96850 23*43 4^ ♦ ♦ MIN SC MIN SC 352 397 92*43 PLACE RACE AV. MIN SC 58 JUPP TREVOR 97823 20837 61 ♦ 346 461 878 37 ♦ SOFIANOS GERALD 67811 0846 2 840 826 678 46 59 DICKINSON MURRY HARRISON 97825 28857 25 ♦ 346 361 95857 ♦ TERRY 70S 7 1811 31 771 816 68811 60 NCKERR CLAREW 99825 30818 34 * MCKINNEY ROD 71851 48 9 326 347 97818 ♦ 13 733 748 718 9 61 CALLAGHAN ANNE w 100816 30818 36 EQ * 318 347 97818 ♦ SIMPSON DON 741 9 6845 8 685 693 73845 62 8ATTRICK PETER SEYMON 103816 218 0 64 ♦ 291 456 888 0 * JIM V 74817 6845 9 EQ 682 693 73845 63 ZELEZNIKOW JOHN 103816 22817 62 ♦ NANOIIE ROBERT 75s 7 291 439 89817 ♦ 8825 3 666 660 75825 64 MINGJAN KEN 1068 57 388 5 30 ♦ 261 276 1058 5 ♦ PRATT GEOFF 758 27 7815 23 659 683 748 15 65 YAFFE DAVID V CLARKE 109818 40815 32 * 244 259 107815 ♦ JOHN 75844 8831 7 654 658 75831 66 MCLEISH NORN V 118815 298 8 65 ♦ 187 359 968 8 * KINGSLAND ARTHUR 75845 08 0 58 653 845 678 0 CARPENTER FRED V 76815 8828 14 644 659 75828 1973 MAY WINTER NEWSLETTER VMC MCVEIGH BRENDAN 76858 5821 43 630 72 2 72821 MEAKIN BRUCE 77818 88 37 27 624 656 758 37 W n u f c c l BROOKS BARRY 77846 8840 33 616 655 758 40 KINDNESS JOHN 788 30 11822 5 EQ 603 605 78822 > ANDREW DENIS 78843 5s 4 53 599 728 72s 4 . LEAR PHIL 79213 88 15 41 590 663 75815 56 HERBERT JOHN 71815 16840 49 * 370 425 67:42 * ’ HAROY GRANT 79841 68 7 51 582 706 738 7 57 COTTERECL STEPHEN 738 18 21811 39 ♦ 341 356 72813 ♦ 1 HARRISON BILL 80s 4 12856 5 EQ 576 578 798 56 58 ZELEZNIKOW JOHN 73830 178 1 52 EQ * 338 419 688 3 ♦ I BIRD BRIAN 808 43 6827 56 565 699 738 27 59 9ATTRICK PETER 73830 16: 1 56 ♦ 333 436 67s 3 * > HART GERALD 81846 9837 45 548 637 76837 60 CHAMBERS BILL V 788 7 25838 42 * 282 299 76840 ♦ COGHLAN TOM 828 6 14811 17 542 557 81811 61 DAVIS RICHARD 788 7 19843 57 * 282 377 708 45 * ! MCINTOSH KEITH 82822 14841 12 538 549 81841 62 CHAMBERSGREG 788 7 10842 62 ♦ 282 537 618 44 * \ COUTTS NEIL 82840 13849 28 EQ 533 563 80849 > RILEY GERRY M 838 1 158 3 18 EQ 528 543 828 3 > MQLLARD LES 83s 3 15814 16 527 540 82814 » LOOKER GARY 83s 6 10845 46 527 616 77845 r CAVILL MARK J 83851 158 53 18 EQ 515 530 828 53 1 ELLIOT ERN 848 2 168 4 18 EQ 512 527 838 4 Key to results: > YOUNG RON V 848 4 148 0 38 512 560 818 0 ) SCHICKERT BOB 84128 11822 49 506 605 78822 TIME L HARRIS GARY 84840 118 5 52 503 610 788 5 Actual time recorded in the race ! BECK NORM 848 48 14837 39 501 550 81837 MIN SC » YOUNG ROBIN 858 5 10822 57 497 623 77822 H/CAP fr CRAIG DAVE 858 32 16859 26 490 513 838 59 The handicap you received for the race 5 SMITH JOHNV 86837 168 39 36 EQ 475 518 83839 MIN SC & BARTON D 87849 19845 21 458 473 86845 7 HARPER JOHN 87857 20824 11 457 464 878 24 H/CAP 9 TAYLOR NEIL 88816 15845 47 452 532 82845 PLACE Your handicap place 9 CAMERON JOAN y 88825 20837 15 450 461 87837 0 DUNN IAN 888 25 15853 48 450 530 828 53 POINTS Your time for this race has been converted to a points ^ L FREELANO DICK 888 25 21831 4 450 449 88831 2 SALTHOUSE GRAHAMN 88840 20833 22 447 462 878 33 RACE score, where 1000 points is near world record time. *“ 3 MAHONY JOHN 88843 18825 40 446 492 858 25 4 HARVEY RICHARD 888 55 15814 55 444 540 82814 POINTS This indicates probable form based on your better performances 5 JENNINGS ROY V 89812 19815 35 440 480 86815 AV. in the last few years. 6 LAUGHTON ROBERT V 908 27 24837 1 424 410 91837 7 CLARKE ALAN N 90847 178 27 50 420 506 848 27 ON FORM The time you would have run if true to that form. 8 CALLAGHAN RAY V 908 55 17815 54 418 509 84815 MIN SC 9 ANDREWS NIKE 91846 23833 24 408 423 908 33 0 MCDONALD TED V 92848 23857 28 EQ 396 418 908 57 Note that because points are calculated on better—than—average performances, 1 LEVY RALPH 93843 178 3 60 3B5 512 848 3 and because penalties are incurred by new runners or people who haven't 2 WEST RICHARO 948 6 228 3 44 381 442 898 3 3 HATTIE DENNIS 94824 12848 63 378 580 79148 competed in the last year, the average points awarded may be higher than 4 COLTHUP PETER V 95831 19845 59 366 473 86845 expected. This will remedy itself after 2 or 3 races. Further note that 5 BYRNES BARB 96823 28891 9 EQ 396 362 99851 the "race points" and "average points" enable comparisons of performance over * BYlttES OAVID 96823 2815 66 3S6 791 69815 different distances and different times of the year. 57 GMY NHL 4^5 33 6118 -60 EQ 584 599 431 5 58 PEARCE IAN 435 35 6: 3 88 EQ 583 607 42550 59 CLOSE ALAN 435 39 7:33 14 EQ 581 560 44520 60 WILLIAMS NAME TIME H/CAP H/CAP POINTS ON FORM LYNNEW 43548 6:33 60 EQ 576 591 435 20 61 CRAIG OAVE 43s 50 95 56 1 575 493 46543 MIN SC MIN SC PLACE RACE AV. MIN SC 62 GOBELL 1 DECASTELLA ROBERT 36s 35 01 0 34 849 864 36s 15 JOE V 445 0 6:44 62 570 585 43531 63 MCCARTHY TERRY 445 3 7: 0 43 EQ 569 577 43547 2 WALLACEROBERT 37s 19 0: 0 67 EQ 816 840 36s 47 64 SHARRAD 3 WELSH BOB 37551 0519 88 EQ 793 826 375 6 JULIAN 44s 14 7sll 43 EQ 5*3 571 43558 65 ELLIOT ERN 44S14 75 49 26 563 552 445 36 4 HARRISON TERRY 38s 1 0543 64 EQ 786 808 372 30 66 HARRIS 5 MCLENNAN BRIAN 385 17 0559 64 EQ 775 797 375 46 GARY 44516 5558 107 EQ 562 610 42145 67 RILEY GERRY M 445 23 8510 18 559 542 445 57 6 MARBURG DAVE 38:24 1552 30 EQ 770 760 38539 68 MACDONNELL 7 WILSON ROBERT 38:39 1:53 37 760 759 385 40 JOHN M 44540 6522 107 EQ 550 597 43s 9 69 LYNCH DAVE M 445 44 65 23 109 EQ 54^ 596 435 10 a TUCKER CJNR) PAUL J 38:32 1:23 49 765 780 385 10 70 ANDERSON 9 KINGSLANDARTHUR 38:51 1150 39 EQ 752 761 38537 P.G. 44 s 45 7541 47 54-8 556 44528 71 BERRY TONY V 445 53 8537 21 544 529 45:24 10 ROCK KEVIN 39: 6 0:56 106 742 799 37543 72 11 DUXBURY KEN 39: 8 2146 23 EQ 740 724 39533 LABONTE HARK J 45s 3 7s 45 64 EQ 539 554 44:32 73 BECK NORM 45s 5 8543 23 EQ 538 526 45:30 12 0*NALLEY MARTIN 39:13 1:53 70 EQ 737 759 38540 74 HUTTON 13 DRINKWATER PAUL 39:14 1:44 86 EQ 736 765 38:31 DICK 45513 7533 93 534 560 44:20 75 HYSEN DAVE 45519 6:54 112 531 580 43:41 14 RANDS IAN 39:27 3159 6 728 678 40546 76 FRANKE 15 ANDERSONBRIAN 39:39 2129 50 720 735 39516 RON 45525 8: 8 63 528 543 44:55 77 CONNER TONY 45S27 65 1 120 527 608 42:48 1* ELTRINGHAM DAVID 39:43 2132 51 T18 733 39519 78 ALLAN 17 MCVEIGHBRENDAN 39:57 2149 48 709 722 39136 JOHN 45536 55 38 127 523 621 42:25 79 TORT IKK A LAURI 45S41 8:22 67 EQ 521 536 45: 9 13 ANDREW DENIS 40: 1 2158 43 EQ 706 716 395 45 80 CANNY 19 PRATT GEOFF 40: 9 41 1 17 701 677 40148 PAUL 46: 0 5:58 128 512 610 42:45 81 PETERS BRUCE 46:11 8:52 67 EQ 507 522 45:39 20 MANDXLE ROBERT 40112 4128 10 699 661 41:15 82 SKINNS 21 BOREHAM HOWARD 40129 5116 4 689 633 42: 3 PETER 46:12 7:49 111 507 552 445 36 83 MAHONY JOHN 46:15 10:51 5 505 469 47538 22 MEAKIN BRUCE 411 4 4150 19 667 648 41:37 84 23 LARKINSFRANK 411 5 3153 52 EQ 667 682 40 s 40 JENNINGS ROY V 46:21 10525 13 503 480 47512 85 ALGIE umkiTM *mL3TCM3N DMA 24 BOTH STEPHEN J 411 8 3156 52 EQ 665 680 40143 ROB 46:21 6: 3 131 503 607 425 50 86 CAMERON JOAN w 46:26 115 15 3 500 459 485 2 25SMITH DENNIS 41113 3119 97 EQ 662 703 40s 6 87 26BYRNES DAVID 41H7 2120118 660 741 395 7 ANSELL DAVID 46:31 8: 1 113 498 546 44548 88 BROWN MERV 46:34 10:28 14 EQ 497 479 47515 27 MCMAHON PAT 41:22 4121 39 EQ 657 665 41s 8 89 28 HARRY RON 41:23 3:25 102 656 699 40s 12 ONLEY DAVID 46:36 10:51 11 496 469 47:38 90 RYCROFT BRIANM 46:39 5513 137 495 635 42s 0 29 MCCONNELL IAN 41:24 4:11 55 EQ 656 671 40 s 58 91 CLARKE 30 CAMPISIJOE 41:25 4:23 42 655 664 415 10 ALAN M 46543 10512 28 EQ 493 486 465 59 92 ALFORD GEOFF 46:45 85 3 116 492 545 445 50 31 JAMIESON ROB 41:38 31 0 115 647 715 39547 93 BARRIE 32 CLARKE (SNRI JOHN 41:45 4133 52 EQ 643 658 4 H 2 0 JOHN 46:47 9526 72 491 506 46513 94 RUTHERFORO FRANK 46:48 7521 121 491 566 445 8 33 WINTERTON PAUL 41:55 4141 57 EQ 638 653 41128 95 34 GARNHAM ANDREW J 42: 0 5 H 6 36 635 633 425 3 CHUGG REX V 46:52 6522 132 EQ 489 597 43s 9 96 STANWAY ROY M 46:55 9533 73 EQ 488 503 46520 35 MCCARTNEY ALISTER 42s 7 5136 28 EQ 631 622 42s 23 97 36 HARRY IVAN 42:15 6122 12 626 597 431 9 ONLEY KEVIN V 46:58 9:38 70 EQ 486 501 465 25 98 DAVIS CLIVE 47s 2 10:35 27 484 476 47522 37 SMITH FRED 42:19 51 6 55 EQ 624 639 41553 99 38 STERN STEPHEN 42:22 4136 94 EQ 622 656 4 H 2 3 COLTHUP PETERV 47531 10:49 35 472 470 47536 100 SHEPPARD WAL V 47549 9:47 103 465 497 465 34 39 SCHICKERT BOB 42:25 61 7 22 621 605 42154 101 BEATON 40 FALLOON KEVIN 42:27 5113 57 EQ 620 635 421 0 LINDSAY 475 53 8:18 12 2 463 538 45s 5 102 MCLEAN KATHY w 475 59 10537 73 EQ 460 475 47524 41 MACEK CHARLES 42:30 2146 124 618 724 39:33 103 42 BUTLER EVAN 42:37 5136 39 EQ 614 622 42123 GOULD ROGER 48512 10539 91 455 474 47526 104 SZEGEDI IMRE 485 17 10554 76 EQ 453 468 47:41 43 BIDDAU NICKJ 42:43 6: 9 32 EQ 611 604 42:56 105 44 DREDGE ARTHUR 42:46 4:14 114 609 669 41: 1 MEISELBACH HANS V 48s 19 11545 32 EQ 452 447 48:32 106 BATTRICK PETER 48520 12513 16 452 436 495 0 45 KEHOE PETER 42:51 5:25 84 606 628 42112 107 46 GUTHRIE BOB 42:55 1:42 135 604 767 38:29 MCLELLAN NOEL J 48:21 10s 0 109 EQ 451 491 46547 47GOERKE NIKE V 42:56 3:20 123 604 702 40 : 7 108 CALLAGHAN RAY V 48:27 8s 37 125 449 529 45s 24 109 GARTH WAYNE 48:33 lls 8 80 EQ 447 462 47 s 55 48 HART GERALD 43: 4 5: 9 99 599 637 41:56 110 WEST 49 YOUNG RON V 43: 6 7:33 8 598 560 44s 20 RICHARD 48:45 12513 30 EQ 442 436 49s 0 50 MOLLARD 111 BANGER ANDREW 48:47 8537 129 441 529 455 24 LES 43:15 8116 2 594 539 491 3 112 BLAKEMORE 51 BEOWELL ANTHONY 43i 19 61 5 57 EQ 591 606 42:52 BRIAN V 48549 lls 25 78 EQ 440 455 485 12 113 ROBBINS TREVOR V 48550 105 54 100 EQ 440 468 475 41 52 YOUNG ROBIN 43121 5158 76 EQ 590 610 42:45 114 MOORE 53 BARRALET STEVE 43123 6120 43 EQ 589 598 43: 7 BOB 48556 12541 20 438 425 49S28 115 DAVISON TOM V 48:57 lls 1 100 EQ 437 465 47:48 54KUTZ GEORGE V 43126 5159 85 588 609 42:46 116 LOGAN 55 CURRY JOHN 43130 5138 96 586 621 42125 PETER 49: 2 85 50 130 435 523 45:37 117 HARVEY RICHARD 49: 2 8514 134 435 540 45: 1 F*\ lc.r> Co>i 47*48 49* 7 111 1 105 * *33 116 BAIRD ANGUS III 6 104 * *32 463 47*53 JOHN 49*11 48*37 119 JOHNSTON 49*15 11*50 80 EQ * *30 449. 120 MCDONNELL GEORGE 11*53 78 EQ * *29 444 48*40 NAME TIME H/CAP H/CAP POINTS ON FORM GRAEME 49*17 48*40 MIN SC MIN SC PLACE RACE AV. *IN SC 121 BLOOM 49*18 11*53 80 EQ * *29 *44 122 MCMMINEV MARTIN 1 HARK I SON TERRY 52: 6 0: 2 38 784 816 51: 4 104 ♦ 432 463 47*53 ♦ 2 WILSONROBERT 52:55 4:41 2 759 680 55:43 119 JOHNSTON JOHN 49:11 il: 6 3 RYAN MATT 53: 6 2:46 6 753 733 53:48 49:15 11:50 80 EQ ♦ 430 445 48*37 * 120 MCDONNELL GEORGE * 4 MARBURG DAVE 53*15 1:31 20 EQ 749 770 52*33 121 BLOOM GRAEME 49:17 11*53 78 EQ ♦ 429 444 48:40 80 EQ ♦ 429 444 48*40 * 5 MCVEIGH BRENDAN 54*44 3: 3 18 EQ 707 725 54* 5 122 MCBURNEY MARTIN 49*18 11*53 6 MCLENNANBRIAN 55* 7 0* 0 50 696 817 51: 2 6 I 49* 19 11*33 94 EQ ♦ 429 452 48520 ♦ IC 10 LAMBDEN ANOKE 54:56 0: 0 66 * 592 964 43:25 WINTER NEWSLETTER LI WHITH2) GEOFF 55: 0 10:58 8 * 591 606 54:23 DATE * 07/05/78 DIST * 5000H VENUE = ALBERT PARK L2 GUTHRIE BOB 55: l 5:32 59 ♦ 590 763 43:57 STARTERS 38 FINISHERS 37 WEATHER WARN,WINDY L3 ESSING WAYNE M 55:22 9: 6 41 ♦ 581 656 52:31 FINISHERS = 37 DIVISION * NA 14 WATT BRUCE 55:56 9:48 38 * 568 637 53:13 15 OREDGE ARTHUR 56:18 10: 8 40 ♦ 559 628 53:33 16 GOBEL JOE V 56:28 14: 8 1 ♦ 555 530 57:33 NAME TIME 17 DORAN PETER 56:34 9: 8 49 * 553 655 52:33 MIN SC MIN SC PLACE RACE AV. MIN SC 18 ELLIOTT ERNIE 56:34 12:18 18 EQ ♦ 553 573 55:43 1 BOTH STEPHEN 16:12 0: 7 16 EQ * 2 ROCHE 662 705 15:45 ♦ 19 MAN01LE GREG J 57: 4 12:50 15 EQ ♦ 541 560 56:15 SANDRA 16:23 5:50 1 * 646 323 21:28 ♦ 20 CANTWELLGARRY J 57:12 13: 8 9 * 533 553 56:33 3 JAMIESON R08 16:27 0: 0 24 * 4 MCGUIGAN 640 715 15:38 ♦ 21 BERRYTONYV 57:22 13:58 3 • 534 534 57:23 NICK 17: 4 1:32 5 ♦ 588 531 17:10 ♦ 5 HUMPHREY N'l 10 VOL 117.J MAY 22 SCHICKE&T BOB 57:32 10:54 44 ♦ 531 608 54:19 ROWAN 17:16 1:26 7 ♦ 573 588 17: 4 * 23RILEY GERRY M 57:44 13:34 14 * 526 543 56:59 6 HUMPHRIES PAUL 17:17 1:28 6 ♦ 571 586 17: 6 ♦ 24 LA TI MORE STEPHEN 58: 5 14: 0 10 * 518 533 57:25 7 BUTLER OAVIO 18:18 l: 8 34 ♦ 497 * 3 HUMPHRIES 613 16:46 25 HARRIS GARY 58:10 10:49 46 EQ ♦ 517 610 54:14 BRUCE 13:40 2:48 8 EQ ♦ 473 488 13:26 * 26 TAYLOR NEIL 58:17 14: 3 15 EQ ♦ 514 532 57:28 9 HINTON WAYNE 18:45 2:53 8 EQ ♦ 10 ROSE 468 483 18:31 ♦ 27MACOONNELL JOHN M 58:43 11:20 48 * 505 597 54:45 STEPHEN 18:57 1:48 33 * 455 560 17:26 ♦ 28 SALKOWSKI GARY M 58:59 14:52 11 ♦ 499 514 58:17 11 BUMTER M 19: 7 3114 10 EQ * 12 GIULIERI 445 460 18:52 * 29 RYCROFT BRIAN M 59: 4 10:58 53 * 497 606 54:23 TIM 19: 9 3116 10 EQ • 443 458 18:54 ♦ 30 BENNETT PAUL 59: 4 7:22 64 * 497 706 50:47 13 ROBSON C 19:10 3117 10 EQ * 14 BATTRICK 442 457 18:55 * 31 BECK NORM 59: 9 14:25 26 * 495 524 57:50 PETER 19:21 3 H 6 16 EQ • 431 458 18:54 ♦ 32POWELL MICK 59:20 15:11 13 * 492 507 58:36 15 ROSE PAUL 19:49 4155 3 ♦ 16 CONNOLLY 404 366 20:33 • 33 LYNCH DAVE M 59:41 12:20 46 EQ * 484 572 55:45 STEPHEN 20:17 4122 13 * 379 394 20: 0 * 34 SIMPSON BRIAN 59:51 15:43 12 ♦ 481 496 59: 8 17 HART MATTHEW 20:40 41 4 26 * 360 411 ♦ 18 TURNEY 19142 35 STANWAY ROY M 60:23 14:14 39 ♦ 470 528 57:39 JACKIE 20:40 4118 21 EQ 360 398 19:56 * 36 BARRIE JOHN 60:33 14: 6 42 ♦ 467 531 57:31 19 TURNEY BOB 20:44 0147 36 ♦ 20 MILNER 357 643 16:25 • 37 CLARKEALAN M 60:47 15:11 35 ♦ 462 507 58:36 J 21:20 5122 14 ♦ 329 344 21: 0 ♦ 3* SHEARO JOHN 60:49 9:50 63 * 462 636 53:15 21 RILEY JERALDINE J 21:31 5131 15 * 321 337 21: 9 39 ANDERSON NOEL M 60:53 16: 6 27 * 460 488 59:31 22 CUMBERS BILL V 21:40 6152 * 23 ROSE 2 314 280 22:30 ♦ 40HAHONY JOHN 61:17 15:17 36 * 453 505 58:42 MICHAEL V 22:49 61 6 27 * 268 311 21:44 * 41 SALTHOUSE GRAHAMM 61:25 16: 8 31 ♦ 450 487 59:33 24 NEMAN BETTY V 23:33 81 6 4 * 243 237 23:44 * 42 PETERS BRUCE 61:53 13:24 56 ♦ 441 547 56:49 25 SHEARD JUDY W 23:39 6152 30 ♦ 26 GALES 240 280 22130 ♦ 43 HARVEY RICHARD 62: 3 13:42 55 * 438 540 57: 7 GABY w 23:40 7135 16 EQ * 239 254 23:13 44 SHARAM JEFF M 62:30 18:16 15 EQ * 430 445 61:41 27 SALTHOUSE NICOLA J 24:51 8142 19 ♦ 201 ♦ 45 28 ELLIOT 218 24:20 MCINTOSH FRED 63:25 15:34 51 * 414 499 58:59 BRAO J 25:23 9112 20 ♦ 189 204 24:50 ♦ 46 OAVIS RICHARD 63:41 21:16 2 • 409 392 64:41 29 COLTHUP MARG V 26:35 101 4 25 * 160 * 47 30 ANDERSON 181 25142 WOODS BILL M 63:49 13:21 61 ♦ 407 548 56:46 MARG V 26:41 10119 21 EQ * 158 175 25:57 * .48 FEWSTER ROBERT 64:15 19:59 18 EQ * 399 414 63:24 31 YOUNG LORRAINE J 26:41 7s 15 35 * 158 32 BARBI 266 22:53 * 49 YOUNG BOB 64:27 15: 3 57 EQ * 396 510 58:28 N 27:45 11121 23 * 137 152 26:59 ♦ 50 DAVIDSON TON M 64:30 16:56 50 ♦ 395 471 60:21 33 RILEY MAUREEN V 29:23 8155 37 ♦ 34 WHITLOCK 109 212 24:33 ♦ 51 HART GERALD 64:36 9:54 65 * 393 634 53:19 LAURIE J 30:54 14: 8 28 EQ * 89 104 29:46 ♦ tog 32 BROWN TREVOR M 64:46 20:26 21 ♦ 391 406 63:51 35 SEARLE K J 30:54 141 8 28 EQ * 89 * 36 DAVISON 104 29:46 53 BRAO LES 65: 0 20f41 20 * 387 402 64: 6 J % 32: 2 151 6 31 * 76 91 30144 * 54 MCDONALD TED V 65: 3 20:23 25 * 386 407 63:48 37 POWELL VAL V 32:30 15126 32 ♦ 72 87 31: 4 ♦ 55 ME1SELBACH HANS V 65:11 18: 4 45 * 3B4 449 61:29 ------« • ** •% ** * 1 AC 1 ^ . 1 GRIFFITH 1978, A FEMALE VIETOOINT. Lynne Williams. The Easter weekend at Griffith is fast entrenching itself as a "must" for Australian raiddle-to-long distance athletes (and associates) - the traditional stayera of the run ning fraternity .Although the program covers a wide choice of activities,from manual tasks such as tent pitching to the more refined (for some) pastime of wine tasting,the feature event is without a doubt the Bacchus 12 000 foot raoe .Prizes include return trips to Milan and New Zealand for the first male and female finishers .respectively, plus trips to New Zealand for both second finishers also.As well,there are numerous team,age and special category awards,a bottle of local port for all "of age" finishers and commemorative singlets for the under-18*s,in al-1 making the race a very rith one* The event is held around a 12.6km course,mac1 up of two approximately equi-distant loops.This gives the spectators several opportunities to see the contestants performing. Shis year attracted just over 500 entries,with the form guide quoting Dave Fitzsimons, Rob DeCastella,Dennis Nee,Brian Lewry and Albie Thomas as the fancied contenders in the men's section,while Rosie Bell started as the outright favourite in the female race,The race lost some of its glamour through the scratchings of Chettle,Wardlaw and Barrett, but nevertheless a formidable line-up of talent faced the starter. In the fashion stakes,Caroline Sigmont just beat Arthur Botterill for the "Easter Bonnet Award" - although the basic structure of their hats were the same,the judges felt that Mrs Sigmont's vine leaves more than offset Arthur's curls.The "Best Dressed Prize" undoubtedly went to Rosie Bell,who sported multi-coloured panelled shorts of red,blue, green and yellow which she successfully teamed with a white tank top .Evidence that the judges were not sexist is given by the fact that the prize for the "Most Appropriately Attired" went to the two gentlemen wh0 competed in suitably modified plastic garbage bags — it was.after all,raining! Unfortunately,Yours Truly can't tell you much about the progress of the leaders, though rumour has it that Fitzi was about 100m ahead at the half-way point and had dou bled this margin, by the finish,with Deke and John Andrews filling the minor placings* My personal view of the race consisted of chasing a great horde of males around a very scenic'route,incorporating several vineyards,pockets of suburbia,and even some buch land .Surf aces ranged from Bitumen to very slushy red mud (which fortunately came out easily in the washing machine).Spectators lined the course for a lot of the way,thus creating (for me) a pleasant change from the backviews,of grubby males.Again,I find myself unqualified to report on the relative ..progress of the females in the race,as I just settled down to a pace I hoped I could maintain and kept going.In any event,the finaJi result showed me winning from Rosie Bell with Susan Bradley in third place. Victorian clubs took off both.the male and female teams events; - Glenhuntly won the men's title,while the recently married quartet,the "Can-Cans"(Jacqi Smith,Barb Byrnes, Caroline Sigmont and Lynne Williams - all VMC) scored a,good win in the ladies' section. 1 .Dave FITZSIMONS ISA)SA) 37:58 50.Lynne WILLIAMS (Vic) 46*13 21 Rob DeCASTELLA (Vic)Vic) 38 s 38 VMC 74*Rosemary BELL (a c t ) 49*12 3.John ANDREWS (NSW)NSW) 39*05 98.Susan BRADLEY (n s w ) 51 s 27 4.Gerry S0FIAN0S fVic)Vic 39*42 VMC 117.Judith SANS0M (NSW) 53*24 5.Dave McINiES” (ACT)a c t ] 40s02 VMC 119.Jacqui SMITH Vic) 53*41 6.Ray WILSON (Vic)Vic j 40s14 VMC 129.Barbara BYRNES (Vic) 54*22 7.Arthur KINGSLAND (Vic)(Vic) 40:25 VMC 17"*Roslyn BROW (NSW) 59*16 3 .B * MORGAN 4O144 189.Caroline SIGMONT (Vic) • 60*03 9.Arthur BOTTERILL (Vic) 40s47 YMC 10.Dennis NEE (NSW) 40s54 32.Jeff CRAWLEY 43*59 VMC 14 ,Ken DUXBURY 41:22 VMC 33.Len JOHNSON 44*02 VMC 15.Eric SIGMONT 41*36 VMC 34.Neil GRAY 44*05 VMC 16.Colin 0'BRIEN 41*44 VMC 35.Nick McGUIGAN 44*10 VMC 17 .Martin 0'MALLET 41S48 VMC 38.Brian BIRD 44*29 VMC 19.Vic ANDERSON 42s02 VIC 39.Rob JAMIESON 44*41 VMC 24.Keith HYLANDS 42*55 VMC 4p.Stan GLLAGHER (J 17 45*04 VMC 26.Geoff PRATT 43*00 VMC 45.Richard KING (J 17 45*37 VMC 28.Dennis SMITH 43s09 VMC 47.Brian LEWRY 45*48 VMC 31.John' KINDNESS 43 * 50 VMC 48.John SHEARD 45*54 VMC COMING EVENTS . Australia will send a (fully sponsored) six women CC Team to the N.Z. National CCC on August 12th next.The race will be held over approx. 5000m on a rela tively flat course.As New Zealand always does well at the International CCC's,this is a good opportunity to assess the standard of our cross country runners before deciding whether it would be worthwhile trying to raise finance to send an Australian Women's team to the International. V.M.C. NEWSLETTER WINTER 1978 JUNE VOL. 10 No. 1 LETTER FROM U.S.A. John Kneen. Prod,you*re always after lap scorers,officials,etc,and since I arrive at all races minus a lap scorer I’ll try and make amends by writing a page for the VMC magazine.If there’s anything of value you might share it with Lick Dowling for one of his activities# For the past six months,officials who have acted as whips in VMC & VAAA races pro bably have wondered why their jobs became loss frustrating.Well,six months ago I camo to work here at Colorado Springs .Since arriving I have participated in several races with the local club -The Pikes Peak Road Runners - so named after a 4230m mountain,Pikes Peak that dominates the western sky.Each year(August 13th this year) there is a marathon up and down Pikes Peak.This is the big race for the year,all other races being small local affairs.Included in the races I’ve run have been 3 5Mile road races(28s04,29*27*30*12). The first of these was a relatively flat course,the second was up a hill and back,while the third was a very hilly course.The first race mentioned I won,since the good runners turned up at the wrong place.However I was pushed all the way and suffered headaches following this effort,Since then I ’ve adjusted somehhat to the 1900m altitude.Comparing my recent sealevel times with races over the same terrain at this altitude it'appears as though I run about the same pace I would for 3 times the distance at sealevel.For exam ple 28*04’5Miles is about the same pace as a 87*00 25km which I ran in Melbourne in September.Yfnen actually racing,provided progressive times are not given, one gets into equilibrium and does not notice the altitude difference.However starting too fats,surges and other such harsh treatments will leave one falling backwards through'the field if overdone.Also my final sprint is even more non-existent at this altitude* She first Saturday of each month at 8am (l) a 2Mile handicap is run.I have times of 10*40 and 11*12 in the two run so far.The 10*40 effort was probable not helped by slee ping in until 7»30.At race time the temperature was -6 C.Believe it or not in the second race I actually had the fastest time I At race time this day the temperature was -15 C and there was 5cm of snow on the ground.I felt I ran better than the 10*40 day but the cold air and softer terrain did make a difference.Normally the courses here are marked with flour - however they saved their flour this day by just scraping a line in the snow down to bare earth for the starting and finishing linee. These races amuse me a little'when I remember all the time we spent on our new Sand ringham singlets a few years aga.One combination we did not consider was how it looked in a race with red track suit bottoms,bright green and white head band,day glow orange gloves and a yellowwind cheater and sometimes a yellow sailing jacket under the singlet. All this against a background of white snow I Before leaving 2Miles I ran one indoor one'in 10*12.This was at 2200m >n the Air Force Academy 6 laps to the mile tartan track.In the same building there is an ice hock ey rink and a basketball court with a total spectator seating for 11000 in the 3 arenas. Unfortunately for the ordinary Joe Blows there are almost no indoor meets.Star Athletes yes,University Track Teams yes,but even then they have to travel a lot. the other series of races that is in progress at the moment is what is called an in cremental series.This time its a metric incremental series starting off at 5km and going in 5 ^ steps up to 30km.Those who finish 4 of the 6 win a Tee Shirt - no big deal over here since many larger races give the Tee Shirts to all starters .So far two races in the series have been held.I've managed two thirds (17*02 & 35*26).Following this series there is a marathon in Denver (Mile High City) and the incremental series is meant_partly to help one prepare for that.I may manage the 15km race in this series but I suspect in my present state of fitness the 25km and 30km races may bring me back to reality regarding running- a marathon.I still remember another marathon in a mile high city (Calgary 1968 - Canadian Olympic Trials) when the dressing rooms afterwards looked like a disaster area. All the races here are mixed,both sex and quality.Many of the girls do very well while others and many of the fellas often finish in over twice the winner’s time.We hear a lot of the cut throat American Athletics at the top and I think this other side,the encouragement given to the plodders should not go unmentioned.Evne the 5 hour plus mara thoners get offical times.Many local companies also encourage exercise and have jogging programs.Before Xmas my company hsld a 5Mile mini-marathon in which over 80 people par ticipated, the divisional manager, finished 4"th*I wonder how many Australian managers of 1000employes plus companies could do as well.Once a month the company hold a fun run of some 3km to 10km. The interest in jogging over here is very strong.For the past, months the top non- fictipn book has been "The Complete Book Of Ruming"by James Fixx.One of my friends, Peter Wood,who ran with MUAC in the late 1950’s is also 2/3rds of the way through wri ting a book on Athletic Running in Melbourne Summers is to get a mcntion.Peter has fond memories of MUAC in 1958 and was surprised to hear one of its membefs is now Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Training in Colorado Springs is not without its problems.The sun in mid-wihter dis appears behind Pikes Peak at 4p® so its dark early and it can be very cold.If one tries to run hard in the cold thin air its almost certain that you'll end up in a coughing fit .Within town there are a few hills which compared to the 300-4000m peaks just out side town are insignificant.Between hills the terrain looks flat.However it could easily rise some 15m per km.While this is not steep it could continue at this rate for over 20km and after a few km the only redeeming thought is that at this altitude the cars don' t have much acceleration either.I d on't know the significance but running in the tougher conditions here I suspect my style is more pigeon toet The locals tell mo 50km a week here is worth 7 5 ^ at sealevol.This could be se*I don't feel it so much while actually running but I've felt I've needed a lot longer to recover from say an hour run than I did in Helhounne.After a while this takes its toll so* at the moment with plenty of races coming up,instead of running how I feel I will be deliberately concentrating on holding off the pace in training to see if this leaves me faster.This may be a problem our team will have at Edmonton.Since they'll be fitter than me they will not have quite the same problem but nevertheless they'll have to adjust their training such that they are putting in an effort equivalent to what they would nor mally do at sealevel.Trying to keep the same program at altitude could be disasterous. Well,Fred,if I run any fantstic times I'll let you know,however I wouldn't reserve 3paoe 1 Ohoers John. XXX XXX XXX THE FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL. Richard Harvey* If someone told you there was a marathon starting at 5*00 in the morning you might start to sidle away from them.If they said it ivas on April 1st you might dismiss it as a rather pointless April Fool's Day joke.But if you did you would have really missed out on something. Because on April 1st at 5*00 in the morning,150 runners wheeled out of Manly in a misty dawn rain and on up Pittwater Road in the 2nd Annual Harbord Diggers' Marathon. And what a fine marayhon it was I That there were 127 finishers speaks for itself of the attitude of the runners,many of whom were having their first outing over the clas sic trip.A well marked traffic-free course,a few hills to keep us honest,plenty of drink stations,a good number of time calls,and a nice morning tea at the finish...what more could a runner ask for ? (Asides"A beer. I" yells Dave.) Local crackerjack,Anrew Lloyd,led us in with 2s32,and ether familiar names were Ernst Krenkels 2s52,Elizabeth Richards 27th in 2 s57 > George McGrath 2 s58,50-Mile expo nents Don Keysseeker and Tom Gillis trotted through as a warm-up for a 50 in New Zea land, a fortnight later,in 3*01 and 3*06 respectively,VMC members Peter (son of Harry) Logan and myself were nip-and-tuck all the way for a 3*08 dead heat for 50th,Jim Craw ford came to the wire with a grin as big as the entrance to Luna Park in 3s27,a 13 year old boy did 3s33 and a barefoot runner cane in at 3s35»Race organisers Goiff Thorsen gave the pre-race instructions,put down the megaphone,pooled off 2s54 third spot, and when last seon was standing out in the drizzle clocking in the last few finishers. To me,this race proves that you can successfully run marathons 'early in the season' (although what the 'season' is I don't know),and if local race organisers won't come to the party before June its well worth the trip to Sydney for this one.lt will be on again next year,first Saturday in April.See you there11 xxx xxx xxx MAEATHOiTIHG IN THE PHILIPPINES Tony Berry. The day after completing the South Melbourne ©lynpic Tyres marathon (my first) I flew off to Manila on a business trip,somewhat tired and stiff in the legs.The hotel's roomboy deposited my bags and thenswitched on the television set. Guess what ? They were filming the running of the final of the Philippines Marathon Championship.Having plodded (and,at times,walked) for 3 hours 19 minutes aroundPrinces Park only 24 hours before,it was all too much to see these fellows plodding'away in 70+ heat full of high humidity. The winner finished outside the time of 2 hours 40 minutes required to qualify for an overseas trip. Most interesting aspect was that this was the final of a nation-wide series of marathons races held over the preceding months.Every one of these had been sponsored by Milo,the bedtime and "health" drink.The final attracted full television coverage,the streets were lined all the way by spectators and a motorcade preceded the lead runners. Milo got extensive publicity out of the event and marathon running is obviously well in the limelight in a country where conditions,to say the least,are not the best for tack ling an event of this length. Seems a pity we cannot attract the same type of support and help,here, xxx xxx xxx CH0YSA 'MARATHON ECHO. 'VMC member Gerry Sofianos went to a lot fo trouble converting leading times to what they may have been for the full distance,a master of 7 rain 36 sec upwards.The only value we can see ,in that is that it is agood exercise with the calculator.A lot of things can happen in a Marathon 11 V.M.C. NEWSLETTER WINTER 1978 JUNE VOL. 10 No. 1 INTRODUCING BILL RODGERS (Gleaned from a nagasine,on a rainy afternoon)Richard Harvey. This is the story of the man who has the two fastest marathon times ever run by an. American,and who also ran the world's fastest marathon for 1977* Bill Rodgers* running started in high school where he had a best mile time of 4*20. However,after an inauspicious college career he seased regular running,took up smoking, and had 'no oommitment to fitness or real competition?running was always associated with fun'. He started running again when he was in ahospital doing menial tasks like emptying bed pans and washing up,a position he found a better alternative to national service in Vietnam, to which he was a conscientious objector .He found that 'running gave me an out let from that stultyfying job',and gradually worked up to a 10-mile run which he com pleted as 125 laps of an indoor track. After overcoming the giddiness from the above he was sacked from his job for trying to organise a union among the hospital orderlies.Branded as something of a revolutionary he was unable to find another job for 12 months and ended up living in a tenement,exi sting on food scraps,and running 15 miles a day. Thus he entered the 1973 Boston as his first marathon,dropped out at 20 miles,and 'realised he would never be a top runner'll! However when Boston '74 came along,he rolled out a 2 s19,followed this up with a second placing in the AAU 20km Championship and a third in the world crosscountry in Morocco.Then came Boston '75>where he set the marathon world on its collective ears by winning in 2 s09s55)s'till the fastest ever by an American. By noY/ he was working in aninstitute for retarded people,after which he did a stint at a school for emotionally disturbed children,and last year he quit that job and esta blished his own sports store in the Boston area,where he is apparently regarded as some thing of a demi-god. Over the last few years he has of course become well known as a top marathoner,with consecutive successes in the Hew York Marathon amongst other great performances.He is a frequent competitor...in the 15 months after the fj6 Olympics he ran 26 races including 8 marathons.He is very aware of his quick rise to the top of the pack and thinks he may decline just as fast.So he races continually,believing that once he breaks from running good marathons it would take a long time to come back. Like a rider falling from a horse,ho is anxious to run again after a bad marathon. OPor instance,after pulling out of the '77 Boston (perhaps Vic Anderson psyched him out?) he raced 5 we:;ks later at Amsterdam where he won in 2s 12. On his poor performance in the Montreal Olympics,he explains that a foot injury had curtailed his preparation,he realised he had no chance,so set a fast pace for the first 13 miles so the Flying Finn wouldn't get an armchair ride.He (Rodgers) eventually faded to finish 40th. While preparing for a marathon,he will run up to 170 miles per week,consisting of 14 miles in the morning and 10 miles at night,with intervals on the track once a week.He likes to run with others and will adjust his pace in training to suit the slo?rest man (or woman) in the pack,a point which many lesser runners might read with interest I He claims to be a huge eater,and although he would sleep 10 hours each night if poss ible he usually rises for a while at 3am for a snack.He sayss"Sometimes I wonder whether I run high mileage to eat like this,or do I eat like this so I can do high mileage ?" For the statistically-minded sHis age-30jhis height 5’82"(1^74)*his weight I281b(58kg) Finally,Bill Rodgers has a peculiar quirk that would endear him to Victorian runners who think distance running should be reserved exclusively for the depths of winter... he loves running in the cold,and in fact has a little mottos'No gloves,no good race'. After thinking what a fine fellow ne was this point rather upset me5but I still applied for a job washing bed-pans at the Alfred.That 3am sandwich gives me horrible indigestion though 11 xxx xxx xxx BILL RODGERS WINS 1978 BOSTON. 1 .Bill Rodgers 2s 10s 1 3 (2nd fastest ever) 4«Jack Fultz 2s 11 * 17 2.Jeff Wells (US) 2s10s15 5.Randy Thomas (US) 2s11s25 3 .Esa Tikkanen(Fin) 2*11s15 6.Kevin Ryan (nz) First woman home was Gayle Barron in 2544s52. xxx xxx xxx BOOK REVISITS IN BRIEFs MOTIVATION and Coaching Psychology,Wilt and Bosen (Tafnews)$2.50.Interesting. Two persons' view on athletics salesmanship, GETTING STARTED IN TRACK AND FIELD.R.S.Parker,(Tafnews)$4.00. -Originally published in Canada as "Recreational T&F Coaching Manual".Excellent basic guide,both in words and pictures,for teenagers at sbhool and club level.Can recommend to all teachers and coaches,as well as libraries. M Q M _THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER. sent in by Gary Looker. This is an extract from "World. Class Formula for Running Development" by ip Bill Suires.(Coach of Bill rodgers ahd other from the Boston area.) Working on a four day cycle one takes a long run on day 1,doea fartlek on day 2,reco vers with a few 100 - 200m pick ups,and completes the cycle with running long intervals (800*s to 2 Miles) at slower than 2 mile pace on day 4« Two mile race pace is determined from your average performance over that distance during the prior six months.Each week the runner shortens the recovery jog between intervals rather than increasing speed. Quickness is developed during fartlek and with the pick ups at the end of day 3* If you have been running for a year or two you will find doing days 1 - 3 r&ther easy as it is probably little different from what you are already doingiDay 4 > however,will be difficult both physically and psychologically.However,it is the key to this program and must be done consistently.The physical load will be bearable and will produce the de sired effect if you realistically appraise your anaeorobic capacity at the start of the program and do not run too fast.The psychological burden can be lightened by altering the lengths of the intervals both within a workout and also from workout to workout.This will reduce the anxiety associated with comparing workout times session after session. Don't worry if one interval session seems harder than prior ones or if the times are slower.Body cycles can't be expected to match the four day training cycle.If you feel tired take a day off but not the interval day.Skip day i or day 3>not days 2 or 4 »Most of us have more than enough slow miles to our credit5what we need is tempo running and race simulation which is developed by fartlek and especially by long intervals.Start with three to five miles of fast running in each interval session.Sample workouts for a 70 - 30 miles per week trainer would bes Day 1 Da.v 2 Day 3' Day 4 15 - 20 miles 8-10 miles( 1 3 - 1 6km) 8-10 miles(l3 - 16 km) Warm up,4xl600m (25 - 32km). of fartlek,including easy run,finishing with or 800,800,1600 some hills 6 x 150m repeat|or 800m, 1200m|or 6x1200m Recovery between intervals should initially be 4*00 800,5*00 for 1200j6s30 for 1600$ 7830 for 2000j8;00 for 2400j9*00 for 3200m(2 miles.Every third session shorten this re covery jog by 20 sec for 1600m and over and by 10 seconds for 800m. Don't be afraid to take a day off.You'11 be able to run much hardei? the following day and derive more benefit from the more intense effort .Resting betv/’een hard days is really no different tha resting between intervals or slowing between surges in fartlek. Intervals need not be run indoors and should not be run on snail tracks with tight turns. Mark off approximate distances along a road with your dar if necessary.Your body will benefit just as much doing 4x1-l/l0th or 6x 13/l6th.The secret is consistency and patience* xxx xxx xxx MASTERS' MILE OLYMPIC PARK •1977 WeathersFine,fair breeze’ 15 Starters • 1 .Geoff WARTEN 4*33.7 2 V 46 9 .John MA.CD0NBELL (scr.) 4*57 e11 V42 2.Jack RYAN 4 s40.4 1 V 55 10.Joe G0BEL (scr.) 5 $00 14 V40 3 .Dennis BOWERS 4 s 41•1 e6 V43 11^Gerry RILEY ( .12) 5 $06 e9 V47 4 .Rex CHOGG 4*41,1 e6 V41 12.Fred LESTER (.27) 5 s13 8 V54 5.Ron YOUNG 4*42.9 3 V 46 13.Hans MEISELBACH (.12) 5*17 15 V49 6 .Bill HUGHES 4*49' 4 V45 14.Keith ROOTLET (.27) 5*24 e11 V53 7 .Keith LODGE 4*49.9 5 V 46 15.Don TREM33EARTH (,27) 5*25 13 V 50 8 .Ken FRASER scr.) 4 s54 e9 V42 13.000m (Vic Champ's 2nd Division).DONCASTER.6-2-1978 WeathersFine,cool,windy,27 Starters 1 .Bryce DUNKLEY 31 s11 9.Steve BAREALET 34*45 17.Richard HARVEY 38*42 2.Nrom McLENNAN 32s01 10.John CLARKE 34*47 18»Merv W00DGATE 39 s00 V48 3.Ken DUKBURY 32s25 11.Phil LEAR 34*49 19.Peter BATTRICK 39*12 4.Dennis ANDREW 33s31 12.Barry WHEAR 34*56 20.Alan BURG0YNE 39*12 V63 5.John SHEAHD 33*45 13.Bruce ’.TALKER 36:05 21 .Paul E0SE 39*31 J12 6.Ian RANDS 33?50 14.Steve ROSE (J14>37s04 22.Jim McLennan 40 s 05 7.Gooff O'BRIEN 33*52 15.David 0LNEY 37*54 23.Kevin WALDRON 4° *45 8.Tom HASSALL 34s28 16.Steve TELEKI 38*27 xxx xxx xxx BOOKS IN BRIEF;The Little Red Book (Tafnews) $3.50 , Metric Conversion Tables and other useful information for the track fan,athlete, coach and official. Exactly what it says - it includes Decathlon Tables ,track dimensions and staggers, lap-speed conversions,etc. - U.S.bias. New Views of S-pecd Training (Runner's World) $>1.50. Back again after selling out fast, Read again and again,and think about the different ideas Illnvaluable!11 SOME VISITORS* VIEW OP THE AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS SCENE. Manfred Letzerich who came as coach with the West German athletes to Australia for the KB Games had this to say about the trip to Australia and New Zealand(Prom "Leichtathletik" official W.G. journal on athletics):-excerpts concerning us- The fact that the meeting in Brisbane was held at 3pm with a temperature of 36C and no shade in the stadium did not particularly assist results as most of the overseas compe titors left their country when snow and ice covered the streets.Nevertheless they en joyed the opportunity to look at parklands with tropical plants and Australian animals * The meeting in Melbourne,a city ‘blessed with large parks and gardens* which offered good training facilities for the German runners,was attended by 12000 spectators and whilst this(according to Letzerich)may have pleased the sponsors,the overseas visitors had reason to be disappointed because the accommodation left a lot to be desired and because of the absence of exact timetables and result sheets. Mr Letzerich agrees that such meeting give the Australian competitors a chance to test their own abilities with overseas counterparts but he claims that if such meetings are going to maintain their attraction the organisation must be left in the hands of the Australian Athletic Union to avoid running the risk that smart businessmen use the visitors from all parts cf the world for their own ends. Bad organisation in Sydney was held responsible for Richter being beaten by Raelene Boyle.Mrs Richter - aprt from the fact that she was not used to running on grass - had to borrow a set of starting blocks from a student in the last minute and was not given a chance to adjust the blocks setting to suit , her requirements and not allovred to have a practice start. The Germans left Australia with mixed feelings for New Zealand for four meetings and whilst the organisation in Australia was disappointing,pleasant surprises was the order in New Zealand .A perfect organisation which cihuld not be better in Europe was evident in all meetings,acting as a stimulant to competitors and performances.The influence of Walker,Dixon and Quax was quite obvious.All four meetings were televised * live*,the timetable was strictly adhered to and results were available.Everything was done to make their stay in New Zealand as pleasant as possible and opportunities were given to see something of the beauty of that Island Country. xxx xxx xxx A QUICK TRIP TO EUROPE(From a letter to Dave Gazley) John Stanley While in Europe I had a run in the Paris-Ess onn.es Marathon on March 17th,It was point to point with a 10-15 mph(16-25 kmph) headwind the whole way.The worst part was that the race started with the temperature at 2C and finished at 50.The locals all greased up and wore skivvies,etc,I thought I'd be running-fast enough to keep warm in the usual ■singletII It was okay clocking at 3 .10 per km for all but the hilly bits in the first 35kni,but then I quite suddenly lost all heat,legs knotted up and four blokes shot past, three in the last km to give me 5th in a miserable 2 t24526.That last 6km took about 26 minutes I 1.Fjaersted(Fin) 2s19*04 -2.Turzi(Turkey) 2 s22s12 -3. ?? - 4 »Mathis 2:24*10. It was a good race otherwise with 1200 finishing. xxx xxx xxx MORE FROM DAVID1 s MAILBOX. When I was in Melbourne for the Veterans' titles over Easter,a nice girl called Ann Cavanagh (Callaghan ?)sold me a copy of '’VMC Newsletter".I've just finished reading it and feel it is better than any of the other distance running magazines & newsletters I am already receiving. I wonder if I could become a subscriber ? I am enclosing a cheque for S3 and would be grateful if you could kindly arrange for my name to be added to the mailing list. Kind regards. Yours truly, Jack Weeks, xxx ’ xxx xxx HONOURS FOR LOCAL ATHLETE. VMC Member and Veteran athlete CLARE McKERR, 481 recently won the News-Gilette Sport star of the Year award for the Dandenong area from 49 other sportsmen and women. Her list ox acchievements over the past year included wins in the 100,200,400,800,1500, 3000 & 10 000m track runs in both the Victorian and Australian Veterans' titles.Then in the World Masters Championships in Gothonberg(on consecutive days),she came 4th in the 3000m, 2nd in the 1500m, 4th in the 400m,6th in the 10 000m CC and then, after one rest day finished 6th to run a 302 Marathon(some 10 minutes faster than her Tyabb race). Clare ran over 2000 miles in training and competed in 150 events ranging from the 100m to the Marathon,which included competing as an independent in &he V.W.A.A.A. Not a bad effort for a woman who first took up the sport at the age of 46,is it ?l? WOMEN MARATHON RIMMING. Gerry Sofianos. Look out,the women are coming 1 In North America many hundreds of women athletes,headed by a^beautiful cardiologist and exercise physiologist,Dr Joan Ullyatt,are taking on running Marathons .Many claim it is the best figure trimmer and complexion tonic .Their marathon times are coming closer and closer to times run by men.The marathon was once the preserve of the "iron” maniHe maight have'been skin and bone held together by piano wire, but he was hard and tough in his own way .Marathons like the one in the 1954 Common wealth Games,where Jim Peter collapsed of heat exhaustion and dehydration,helped sustain the image of the hard marathoner. But a six-year-old girl from California'is helping to destroy that image,when she fi nished one,and in a good time,last year.My ex-club mate and Canterbury marathon repre sentative,Peter McLauchlan,of Olympic Hariers Club,Chrsitchurch,N.Z.,whose wife,Dianne, is a competent distance athlete,takes a light-hearted look at N^Z.'s women’s prospects for the marathon event*In his dreams,these attractive young ladies,with lovely long legs are chsing him*Peter,a 2s30 marathoner,lives in fear that very soon they are going to catch up,then go flying straight past,actually it is something of a nightmare .Last year, a Canterbury woman runner,Kathryn Ball,ran marathons because it is good for her figure. She is very successful - not only has she a good marathon time,but also has an excellent figure.Also,N.Z. Crosscountry representative Bev Shingles,now aged 38 with two children, didn't sacrifice any femininity in the recent Hamilton Marathon.Bev ran what must be the fastest time for a N .Z.woman with 2 hrs 47 niin 16 sec,more than a minute better than her time over the tough Fletcher Marathon at Rotorua last April. Meanwhile the times for longer races for women is recognised by the Long Distance Run ners Club of N.Z.On December loth will’be the 3rd year that they will hold a -gMarathon for women only,from the Tau Tapa Hotel.This is the first event of its kind in N.Z. and is generously sponsored by T.J.Edmonds.What about the "VMC sending our top women like for the Hamilton Marathon ? In the first year the race attracted 29 starters,the field was expected to double last year and the next staging should reach about 100 or so. A two and a half hour marathon may no longer grab the headliies,but then neither does a four minute mile.IIov7ever,it is still a respectable time.The first New Zealander to be under 2*30 was Bill Richards of Canterbury,but that wasn't until 1957*The English with their great history of distance running had to wait until Jim Peters before a marathoner got under 2s30.Only a few years ago a woman entrant,Kathrine Switzer,in the Boston Mara thon was dragged out of the starting line-up "for her own safety".The official said it was too far for any female to run the marathon. Last year, 141 women started in the Boston Marathon.The finrfc one home ran faster than Arthor Lydiard did to win the N.Z. Championship,back in 1953.Dr.vanAaken,long time ad vocate for women distance running,believes that one day women will match men over the marathon.I believe that too if women train like the men,doing over 100 miles a week. Dr.vanAaken claims that women's bodies are better designed to use up body fat and stored’ energy and also are better able to cope with the prolonged ordeal of the 42.195 distance. In Australia,Adrienne Beames became the first woman to run the marathon back in 1971>ifr 2 :46230,then an unofficial world fastest time.Unofficial,because many claim that women can't run that fast and womenare not allowed to run marathons.As in Australia women couldn't run with men until only last year in the Victorian Marathon Club,when two Kiwis were allowed to run with some of our women in the marathon.In N.Z. women have been run ning for years in the same race as men,I f&und this during my winter running in Christ church back in 1974»^he women association would only the women to run up to 10km.In N.Z. women have been running marathons for years.No wonder why Australia is so far behind the rest of the world.Adrienne Beames was recognised for her talents and was granted a scholarship to Texas A and M,which was the first offered by a U.S.University to a foreign woman athlete.In the past two years Adrienne has been back to America to run in distance races .On December 11th, Adrienne ran in the Fiesta Bowl Marathon,Phoenix, Arizona,in hot and humid weather to better her own Australian Fastest to 2246 s25>to finish 69th overall and first woman home in a field of about 1700 and more than 200 women starters.Not only is Adrienne a success in marathons,but she also has ah excellent figure and looks a lot younger than you think,that's what running does to you. In America this March will be tho first international marathon for women only,the first of its kind in the world,but you must have run under 2 hrs 50 min.This women's marathon is organised by Kathrine Switzer who was told she could not run in the Boston marathon for her own'safety back in 1967«Kathrine's fastest time came in the Boston race in 1975 with 2 s51 850.Kathrine was also instrumental in getting women allowed to run in marathons but this was not until a few years after her experience at Boston.At the moment,the wofcld's fastest marathon lady is Chandal Langlace of France,with a time of 2 hrs 35 min, but the really frightening news for men is the recent performance of Mary Boitano,who in San Francisco ran a marathon in 3 hrs 1 min,faster than Canterbury,N.Z.,best boy marathonre,Michael Marquet did last year,Mary,at 10 years of age was 2-g-years younger and 20 minutes faster!!I Women Marathon Running ( oont.) Recently in Switzerland,a woman aged 74 finished a 100km race in 16 hours,In concluding I can see women's times coming down as they are now able to run the same distances as men and as long as they train like men I can't see why they can't do so,Maybe at the turn of the century women will be able to run in the events as men in the Olympic Games, It is only just now that women are allowed to run in the 1500m(since Munich 76)and it wasn't until 1960 for the 800m, What's wrong with women running in the Olympics with their times coming down more and more ? Are we frightened that one day they will catch up with us ? COMMENT BY THE EDITOR on the above articles I think that Gerry Sofianos is raising a very importrmt,a very topical,number of points. Whether his facts are correct in every instance is of no great consequence,in general he is tracing the picture as it is seen by most people .What is a pity is that in his enthu siasm he is repeating a heap of current misconceptions as follows: 1)The Victorian Marathon Club has never expressly debarred ANY person from participa ting in its races.on grounds of age or sex.On the contrary,concerned about the lack of opportunities for ALL,we introduced shorter events in conjunction with the longer ones to encourage participation some time in the 60's.Going further than that,we later specified special handicap prizes in the long races for women,veterans(over 40) and juniors(under 19),while preserving prizes; in the shorter races for women and juniors (under 17) since the early 70's.The question of "allowing" women to run in the mara thon as far as the V.M.C. is concerned is;a figment of the imagination,we have always considered it as their i?ight,if they should choose to do so, 2)Simply asserting twice that "women have to train like men" to be successful at the longer distances is just as true as to say that all men must train the same to be successful at the same aim.Women have to train as women,each as an individual working out what suits her best,just as, the men have to"find their own individual way towards the right mixture of training at the right time. 3)The worst misconception is the (unconsciously,I hope)patronising,male chauvinist atti tude towards pur fellow athletes .We are'^jot selling a beauty treatment with distance running,we are encouraging participation in an activity which speeds up our metabolism and develops a sense of well being by using our own bodies,irrespective of any precon ceived notions;We are not scared of anyone being faster than us,if we cannot got there first we'll assist someone else to do better,sex or age have nothing to do with it. Let's cut the crap about "Ladies",another patronising term,women runners and men run ners are out there for their enjoyment,letting themselves go,win,draw or lose,it is our way of self-expression.Trying to co.'fe up to some outside expectations can only destroy the good to be derived from such activity, xxx xxx xxx NOTES FROM S.A. Ian Hamilton. Last weekend(April 15/I6)a few of us travelled up to Whyalla for their marathon & apart from the run we had a good. weckond.Accommodation and meals were laid on free of charge, also plenty of grog and the hospitality was first class.On the day of the race at 1 pm at the start,the temperature clock showed 31C and rose to 340 by "the finish.This was in the town centre, 2 miles out of Whyalla,on the open raod and hot bitumen it must have been knocking 40C.Jack Foster,who fronted up for the race,said he was ready to give it ‘ away at 10km but kept on until the first drink station at 11km and then ran from one drink station to the next and went on to finish in 2:27 which was really good under the conditions.His reasons for coming over were to try and get a good qualifying time for the Commonwealth Games,.Ballinger won the N.Z,trials to gain selection and Foster,Ryan & Manners wore nominated to fill the other position.They had to run a marathon by April 22nd,Ryan & Manners were going ov&r to Boston,so Foster,unable to afford the trip,had no choice but to go to Whyalla.Judging by the Boston results it would seem Foster dipped out which is a pity because he is such a great bloke and seemed pretty fit,but no one could run a good time in that heat, I had intended to run 10 miles reasonably hard and 10 miles slow but in the conditions opted for a 15 miles jog,just enough to work up a thirst for tho boozo that afternoon and night and sweat it out in the cool of the next morning over a few miles.As I said, it was a good weekend and it was great to meet and talk to a bloke like Foster who, unlike some of the better runners is so friendly and easy going and only too pleased to offer help and advice.Pity everyone is not like him. I was talking to Farrington the other day and he doesn't expect to be running any seri ous marathons this year,but his mind can change like the weather (Melbourne weather, that is).He's doing about 50-60 miles a weok around 5 minute mile pace or less and ex- ]3e5ts to have a lash at the shorter distances.At this stage,myself and Brenton Nurman are 'the only ones coming over for the 13th,Norman provided his tendons are okay. GAMES SELECTION - IS THERE A SETTER WAY ? Dick Batchelor. In her article in "Distance Running In Australia",Angela Cook describes the bitter fee lings of an athlete who is unable to compete in an Olympic trial through injury and r^Lsses selection in the team,despite being the best in the country in her event* In Australian athletics,hers might be considered an exceptional case as several other ath&ets have performed badly at Games trials (or missed them altogether) yet hare been included in the team,Other athletes appear to have made the team purely on their trials performancesiThousands of words have already been written on our inconsistent Montreal selections and it seems pointless re-opening these particular sores two years later* However,we can make some general observationss- (1 )Cleaj?ly, the only consistent thing about Australian athletic selection policies is their inconsistency. (2)History shows that results of Games selection trials are frequently ignored as selec tion criteria and many athletes would have a better chance of selection by by-passing' the trials. (3)Australia's selection policy, (if there is one) seems at variance with most other leading athletics nations,which simply pick the first three placegetters in each trial, provided they meet qualifying standards laid down by the Games organisers* (4)lt is also at variance with the selection policy for our swimming teams.Selectors strictly enforce attendance at trials by expatriate Australian swimmers if they are to be considered for selection.This follows disappointments in the early 1960‘s when seve ral Australian swimmers who were studying in the USA failed to reproduce in the Games the times they had swum in the USA,The high achievements of Australia's swimming teams indicate this policy is the right one* (5)ls it fair for an Australian-based athlete to miss out on an Australian blazer be cause some other Australian athlete,who is now living more-or-less permanently overseas, can achieve better results ? Which raises the standards of Australian athletics more - giving a promising'local'a trip or leaving him home -and selecting the overseas "star" who has not taken part in a trial ? (6)Perhaps prodded by the popular press and their fixation with "golden girls" etc, Australian selectors appear to be medal-obsessed rather than developing Australian ath letics as a whole.In other words,some people are picked not on current form but on past brilliance,and the "form" athlete is left at home. (However,this is not always the case and only serves to highlight the inconsistency when it does occur). (7)Athletes who miss or "bomb out" in selection trials through illness or injury,but who are later included in the team,frequently fail again in the actual Games.This is because the illness or injury came about through over-training q.nd many months must elapse before the athlete can regain his/her previous level of performance* Runners who fall at the last hurdle do so because they are tired*Runners who pull out of marathon trials due to influenza are probably too run-down for the subsequent Games marathon anyway.Jumpers who pull muscles before trials are probably over-trained and probably wouldn't have recovered properly in time for the Games.Leve them out.Come the next Games they will have re-assessed their training approach and be better athletes for it. I feel the time has come for our selectors to cease relying on "feelings in their bones", "women's intuition" or whatever else makes them tick,and to establish a totally new selection policy based on performance in selection trials only (first three in each event,provided they meet qualifying standrads)»Current form is the only true selection criteria and for this reason the trials must be held closer to the actual Games* The result of this would be that no athletes would be in the dark as to what they must do to secure a place in a Games team,unlike the present incredible situation which I feel is contributing to our steady decline as a world athletics power. Forget about Edmonton - the recent belated release of the airy-fairy selection criteria must surely be a sick joke.Let's start looking to Moscow now and put our house in order once and for all* FOOTNOTE? In case anybody thinks I am being overly harsh on our selectors,please read the piece of gobbledegook issued by Mr.G.Briggs,Chairman of Selectors,February 20,1978* "Notwithstanding the decision of the Union Conf.that selection criteria be established, the selectors have reached the conclusion that the setting of hard and fast principles would cause just as much heartache & injustice as is claimed by some to have resulted fajom the previous procedures. Nevertheless,! can amplify the previous statement by saying that performances at the Aust.Champs.and at the trials and during the period be tween the Ch.& the trials will be paramount.Only performances equal to or better than (cont. on another page,Ed.) p CHRISTMAS DAT 1977 - A DAY FOR RELAXATION IN CRADLE MOUNTAIN RESERVE ? Report on a successful record attempt on the Overland Track from Cradle Mountain to Lake St.Clair (Tasmania) by 2 VMC members,Paul Bennett(Vic) & Thom Turbett(USA)• While driving into Cradle Mountain from the north coast of Tasmania we watched the clouds slowly gathering overhead.Tents up,gifts exchanged and a "carbo" stuffing of Xmas cake ended our Xmas Eve .The dawn did not provide us with the hoped for blue sky, but as the temperature was still warm,we decided to set off and see if the mist would clear up on the mount* After applying bulk band aids and vaseline to toes,we arranged with the Park ranger at this the north end to ring through to the south *We were off and running by 8am. Initially we felt that 8 hours was not beyond us for the 85 km,but this soon proved to be overly ambitious as we struck jumbled rock paths,waist deep bogs,button grass, creeks and logs.This terrain also provided several thrills and spills.One such fall sent Paul crawling out of a bog with thick,oozy,black mud from his shoulders down. Halfway came up in 4k hours,but as the mist gradually cleared,the warm,sunny day began to take its toll.Fifteen minutes from the top of Pelion Gap,we met up with an English bushwalking friend,who had walked in from the south with emergency gear.He ran with us for the nest 1-g- hours until we reached his tent .Here we spent 5 minutes dining on jelly beans,chocolate,dried apricots and staminade. By Du Cane Gap we knew that the remaining 30km were basically "down".The 8 hour estimate passed as we stopped by Nardissus Hut for another food cache.Huge rain clouds had been forming with large claps of thunder booming overhead.Needless to say we cove red the last 181cm of undulating rain forest in 2§- hours of heavy "monsoonal"rain. This dampened our enthusiasm,but v/e kept each other going and may have actually accelerated slightly over the final 3km to finish in 11 hrs 20 min.The fastest unoffi cial record that we had come across was 11-g- hrs with another being 18 hrs .After warm showers and dry clothes it was off to Launceston for late Xmas celebrations. . xxx xxx xxx 4th ANNUAL CHNBEHRA DISTANCE RUMMERS CAMP (Sat June 3 - Mon June 5,1978) The venue is the Greenhills Conference Centre,18km from Canberra on the Cotter Rd. Activities will include training runs,films,talks,discussions,etc. Accommodation is either dormitories(Fibro-weatherboard)or 4*bed brick units w.pvt.fac. The cost issOver 14 -$16 & $18 junder 14 -$14 & $16 15 Years and under $6 . This covers accommodation and all meals .There are family discounts of 10-20fo. Applications will be treated on a first-come-first-served basis & close Friday May 26* CONTACT? Steve Brown,27 Hackett Gardens, Turner, A. CT.T*, 2601. PHs (062) 49 88 96 (Home) xxx xxx xxx THE FIRST HON OF THE SEASON - VMC 16km EASTER MONDAY - Dick Batchelor Cool and gusty conditions greeted the field of 69 for the traditional season opener at Princes Park on March 27. At the end of the first of five laps,Matt Ryan and Terry Harrison shared the lead in 10 s05,with Robert Wilson and Dave Marburg close behind and the rest of. the field al ready starting to string out a long way. Wilson led by several metres at the end of the second lap(20s30) with only Harrison really in contact,followed by Marburg,Ryan,David Gazley and Brendan McVeigh. Lap three saw Harrison (;”oOs47) resume the lead he was to maintain to the finish, chased by Wilson abou£ 15 seconds back,with Marburg and Ryan a further half minute astern,and McVeigh closing the gap to Gazley. Ryan displaced Marburg from thrid spot on the fourth lap,while Harrison (4 1*23) improved his margin over Wilson to 48 seconds which he maintained to the end,with no alterations to the placings and McVeigh finshing a good fifth. The two-lap event drew 19 entries and was won easily by Patrick McMahon in 21 min flat. xxx xxx xxx ONCE-AROUND-THE-TAN.Domain,Melbourne.at>P .3867m. GROUP RECORDSs(lnaugural run) NAME GROUP TIMS DATE Rate per km Rate per Mile Dennis SNITH Open 12:02 2-4-78 3*07 5:00 Joan CAMERON Women 13*42 11 3*33 5*42 it Nick SHARMAN J 14 13*57 3*36 5*48 Jeremy COOK J 15 12:59 11 3*21 5*25 Tim DUCK J 16 13*36 it 3*31 5*40 Stan GALLAGHER J 17 12 s08 it 3*08 5*03 Andrew GARNEAM J 18 1 2 *16 11 3 810 5 s06 Bill FULTON 43 V40 + 13*44 11 3*33 5*43 ti Ron YOUNG 46 v 45+ 13*24 3*28 5*35 Clare McKERR ■ 48 W 45+ 16 s 16 it 4*12 6 S46 Wally SHEPPARD 55 v 55+ 14:09 11 3*40 5*53 THE IDEAL MuR^THON. Dick Batchelor & Fred Lester. What is your idea of a "perfect" marathon ? One with the roads closed to traffic,per haps lined with cheering spectators and finishing under the eyes of T.V.cameras at the Melbourne Town Hall. - "Impossible",you say. - Not so. It seems that Brian Dixon,our illustrious Minister for Youth,Sport & Recreation heard recently about the New York Marathon and decided anything New York can do,Melbourne- can do better.So he went and called.tog&ther the key people from the organisations most con cerned in making the venture a successslrvin Rockman,Lord Mayor of Melbourne-Max Batche lor,Mayor of Franks ton-Judy Patching, A. O.F. ccMCC Parks,Gardens & Recreation-Dr.Diggle, Sports Medicine Fed.-Rick Pannell,V.A.A.A.-Keyin Fitzgerald,V.A.L.-Fred Lester,V.M.C.- Ted Paulin,P.C.C.C.