WeHhington Runninq cfu6 DeGember 1'lSI Ne-wslet.ter NEXT MEETING: FRIDAY" JAN. 8" 2100 K St." 4th floor. Follow signs. Inquiries 653-5270. DECEMBER MEETING REPORT JANUARY ELEC'I'IO!~ MEETING Our meeting on Dec. 11 got underway at Election of officers for 1982 will 8: 30" with president Mark Baldino thank­ take place at our next meeting, on ing the club for helping make the T-day Jan. 8 at 8:00 p.m. Also to be dis­ race a success. That venture earned cussed: at least some of the 1982 racing $2000 for 'WRC, and the Georgetown race program. BRING REFRESHMENTS. See . netted us $1500. I·lark predicts that you at the meetingl those races and Hecht's should give us a $6000 income next year. DEC. MEE'TING, CONT. Dan Rincon explained some exercise physiology testing going on at U. of Md. We heard a report on the Maryland Designed especially for runl1ers who are Marathon" in which our B team trounced going from one stage of training to an­ everyone. other, the tests will measure anaerobic About half a hundred members attended threshold, max. O2 uptake, and possibly the meeting" not counting Jamie Moffett body fat. WRC member Henry 0'Connell is and David Thurston who spent most of the assisting in the research. For more de­ time diving into the floor outside the tails" call Dan Rincon at 933-7427. meeting room. Norm Brand reported on the TAC convent­ -- r.e.t. ion.Some of the developnents were: ap­ proval of a trust fund for prize money, * * * pending IAAF approval; continuing regis­ HAPPY NEW' YEAR! tration, permitting runners to maintain IN THIS ISSUE: j -.~, registration with a club (such as ~RC) no matter where they live in the U.S.; Dues are payable: see page 7 ";;.;':,... a decision to begin shifting the x-count­ New York City" by Jacob "iiind p. 2 ry championships to later in the season Charlottesville, by J. Ulvestad rp. 3 to conform more to international x-count­ \'iho is Billy Pilgrim 'po 4 ry; and setting of some of the 1982 Movie review, p. 2; poetry" p. 5 ch~~pionships (the next one in this area The year's highlights p. 7 is the 507." slated for Hains Point on Local results p. 6 March 13-- ultrar~~ers" get out your Cartoon by Barbara Jones p. 3 ice and your dizziness pills). The racing schedule was discussed. Suggestions were made concerning races to be added or dropped fr an the schedule. It seems the "club races", where we would travel to a race en masse, were a complete flop. The clubofficers were charged with ~utting together a proposal for a racing budget and schedule for The Yffi.C Newsletter is the monthly 1982. publication of the Washington Running Bob Thurston asked for any correct­ Club. It depends on unsolicited art­ ions for the club address list" but side­ icles and neviS tips; send yours to the stepped questions about when a .new list editors: Bob Thurston" 2135 Nev~ort Pl., would be produced. N."i{." j'iashiIlgton DC 20037, tel. 293- Will Albers reported that Converse 7009; or Peter & Valerie Nye, 5780 Dunster is prOpOSil'lg to sponsor 20 runners with­ Ct. #172, Alexandria VA 22311. in our club, supplying shoes, gear and some travel funds. (cont. next .. column.) -1.- BERKA STARS ON mTlmL~L TV "CHARIOTS OF FIP.E" vmITTE:1 IN IN NEa YORK CITY MARATHON ~~~ l800s; ~NS 1981 A\i~ By Jacob Wind .' In the period of 1804 to 1808" Wm. Twenty million people watching A3C 1s Blake, an Englishman of art and poetry" national broadcast coverace of the New wrote a poem which was a preface to a York City Mar:jthon saw wac's Jim Berka larger poem" Milton. finish 109th in 2:25:26. The third stanza reads: Jim" his blond ha,ir nying" held off Bring me my bow of burning gold; a last-mile charge by ~ew Zealand's Allison Bring me my arrows of desire: Roe. She finished ju-.;t behind Jim" in a Bring me my spear: 0 Clouds unfold1 women's world record of 2:25:29. The Bring me rrry chariot of fire. camera crevT followed them for the entire One of the finest movies this year last mile. was Chariots of Fire which takes its name "I could hear the crmvds cheering as I from the abovesta.nZa. It's about the got near the finish, 11 said Jim" "and I knew stories of some real people who participated the cheers werenlt for me. ~o I looked at the 1924 Olympiad in Paris. Two the back and said Oh-oh, 1'd better run film concentrates on are Harold Abrahalns harder." Allison Roe was gaining. of ~glandand Eric Liddel of Scotland. For Jim, New York was an enjoyable The Almanac shows that Abrahams won the surprise--he didn't think he '\-las in sooh 100-meter dash in 10.6, and that Liddel good shape. Since his last marathon" the won the 400-meter dash in 47.6. Both times 1980 Marine Corps Y~rathon" Jim had been were new Olympic records. laid up rdth a stress fracture of the Two others mentioned in the movie vlet' e heel. " In fact" he hadn't I' un a step Charles Paddock, who had won the 100 meters all sunmer, and lvas "learing a soft cast. in the 1920 games with 10.e"and Jackson His first r{1ce in" nine months was Scholz who won the 1924 Olympic Games 200­ a low-key 10-kilometer event around Amer­ meter dash in 21.6. They were U.S. runners. ican Univer'sity in AUGust" and the Nelol The Blake poem was set to music in York City. the Victorian era "and is entitled Jerusalem. ttl guess my training's going pretty It's an old standby which you've no doubt well,,11 he said. heard in English movies "Tithout knowing what l-1att Hilson" vJRC' s fastest marathoner song it was you're hearing• . 1dth a 2:14 at Gramrnals harathon in north­ Shortly before Christmas, the movie ern Minnesota in' June" led a contingent of was awarded the "best cinematography" by four other \·..-RC JIlen with a 2:26:53 for the New York Film Critics" with the Warren 133rd place. , Beatty movie Reds taking the prize far ~ Kelly ran 2:31 but wasn t listed best movie. - in the results, and ~ ~ ran his first --Po Nye marathon of the week in 2:37 (He ran ano­ ther 2:37 the. following week at l'Iarine Corps). Bruce Coldsmith started out fast * * * but finished with a whimper. He was forced to vTalk portions of the end of the race. I~IDOOR TP~CK ALL-COMERS 1$ETS lou Patterson dropped out at 17 miles" say­ ing, III crashed and burned." Indoor meets will be held on Jan. 24, For those of you who read in the Jan. 31, and Feb. 14 and Maryland's newspapers the next day that Edlvard Swiat­ Reckord Armory (College Park). Events ocha of J\rlingtcn" Va." ran 2:19:53" start at noon for age 14 and under; at don't fret about not knowing him. He 2 p.re. for 15-95 years of age. Donation lives in Arlington" but in Tey.as's 50¢/participant. Longest event: 1 mi. Arlington, not Virginia's. Meets will be held at Morgan State in Oh, and in case you didn't hear" Baltimpre on Jan. 3 & 17, Feb. 7 & 14. Alberto Salazar set a new world's record with 2:08:13. After the race" he told reporters he was going out to disco all night. * * * * * * -3- REPORT FROM CHARLOTTESVILLE by JiJn Ulvestad From three or four to as marw as fifteen or twenty rUTh'1~s. rather for the la-mile Charlottesville, as I expected, is workout. Although it is intended as a social training run, the battle of egos an excellent location for running. The mental effort involved in inventing s aneti.'iles leads to efforts to grind one courses that avoid all the slopes is too another up on the hills in the latter half of the· course. On a recent Saturday great to be Vlorth'\'lhile, so I eventually eave up and started running more hills when only four runners showed up, two every day. Arthur Lydiard would have were recovering fro:::. all-out efforts in JFK a grand time desi~ing loops for his the 50 miler ••• needless to say, hill vmrkouts in this time. the pace was gentle on that morningl The only rea1 disadvantage of rUh­ One of the benefits of being in ning here is the lack of traffic-free Charlottesville has been the opport1L~ routes such as bike paths. This leads i ty to watch U.Va I S women's x-country to a choice between a few well-lit, but tea.'1l in action. They obliterated the busy, main roads and lots of unlit serni­ field in the first NC~~ championship rural roads. 'Ihere are obvious dangers this fall and have at least seven past in either alternative,. so caution is or present All-.~ericans on the team. necessary in train:i.ng during the dark AL'1lost all the top r~'1ers will be mornings and eveninf;:'s of winter. back next year to test themselves on the The ~ea supp8rts one major club, hilly 5 lane home course, which is as the Charlottesville Track Club (CTC). much as a minute slower than some of the This club attempts to perform the flat Eolf courses used around the CO":.mtry.