0 ~ · . .. · . () (y (:) :r:. 0(\ - C. .r a 3 Al er" V) )::, OH IOJRACEWALKER C C (\ VI ~ rn 3 0 rt- 1 VOLU~-;J.,;VIII I NUM.ffiR1 COLUNr.:USI OHIO li AHGH1 19?2 ~ (/) r- \,JJ r- KITCHEN, YCUNG HIGHLIGH'f U. S. SCENE; ).J "v "'ii\ MCDONALDSHINES IN OH.IOJ SOVIETS SWEEP C) j\) 1-1 '.i.'hepast month has seen an unuimal amo!ll'lt of race walking activity for th i s timo of ye.i.r with many- top-level performa.nc .oe , In a poorly ~cheduled effort, Bob Kitchen just missed the last issue of the ORWwith a new American 50 Km.record on February 27; a brilliant 4:13:35 ,8. Three wesko later, I..l.rry Young loft the field e:..rly to win the Senior ~tional 35 Kmby nearly a mile in 2:52:41, 'fuo days before that those two i..'llr,ec­ cable ~ nd irre pressible veteran:i Qf the raco-wall<i11g wars, Nikolai S:-,iaga .. nd Vladimir Golubnichiy, h<>dt~ke11 OM-two in an indoor 3 ¥• .ilc a.t the US-USSR du;,.l meet, despite an out st,mding effort by Dave· Romarnsky. On tho Ohio scene, Phil HeDo:.3ld first walked a good 10 :nile in icy cond­ itions and then banbod 20 Kmin 1:37:25 two weeks later . Details on theso race:i and other goodies of interest from th-! weird ~d wonderful WO>rldof nee ·wal.ki:ig follow, as the Ohio Raee Walker unbeliew.bly enters its eighth year 0f publication. KI'l'CHENDOES TI ACJI.IN ( Speei;.1 te the ORWfrom Steve Lund via. the Pacific A3soiilation Race · ' Walki~~ Report.) . Snn F:ranci3co, Feb. 27-Bob Kitchen again picks up tho glory for the month by walking ti?: fa:,test ever 50 Kmby an runerican. Hi3 J)(lrfarmance (4:13 :35,S) betters the old U.S. record held 1::rJDan Ro,11ansky by 1:43, That's darn near a lap . Looks a:, thou zh the Olympic te2111this time around is going to include t hreo 50 Km walkers all of who:n will ~ able to better the old-record . ... thoy're going to h;.vc to, or they "just aint goin 1 to ma lee it". There isn't a whole lot one cart say about this performance or tho· raoe, which started sh0rtly after 9 a.m. Aa is always tho case around here, all the 'l>.11lkers hil.d their r,1 n plans, most of whicli had nothing to do with an Olympic qualifying 50. It waf; in the 50• s at tho start, a.rxl as tho to.11J)(lr.i.turo slowi:;r rose to the low 60 1 s cver.rJ;iody dropped out­ except Bob. 0 It positi~ly makes me weak te watch this guy go,and go, and go ••.• r Fat~ue sots in, hi:, pace slows a little and he keeps right on truckin 1 • J:> It see m:i a:, though he i.pproaches each lap of that track ao though it haa 1/1 moa-ni~ unh itself an:i is of little or no rel.a ti.on to the other 124 laps. (/\ He sit!!ply starts peeling off U.S. records as though thoy were simply tho skin off a Florida orango. Since his 35 Km record 2 month:, ago, he ha.:m•t l~oked too good. For the past couple of races, his form haan't been .u­ .togethor too smooth . He set no World, or even U. S., records during that . period. A real downer. Tuia wec!<ond all th;.t ohanged. His !or.u soem.:s to be a good ir.dication of his condition. With his fonn oompltitely ~othed out (except a little sloppiness during the first oouple miles) MU~a, 1972 PAGE 2 NAHCH, 1972 PAGE3 FOUR:tOflli U.S . RECORDS! First to !all w.lS Klop!er 1 :, bra nd new 40 K l. N:i.kol:i.i Smaga, UC:SR 20:08 {6:50, 13:33) 2. Vladi."llir Golubnichiy, USSR re cord of last month. (Really not a rec ord ainco it w..s on the ro.ld.) 20:11.2 (6:50.5, 13:32.4) 3. Dw.veRo) nansky, USA 20:12 . 8 (6:51.2, 13:32- His ti:no of 3:20,:27 waa shaved down to 3:20:00. Klopfer was holding Davo's ti me shatters tre American record, by the way, which should be 11&mo t he stop mtch-,s and· really waan 1,t to~ oxcited tor Herr Eob. The consolation for losing the race.) 4. Ron Laird, USA20 : 59.8 (6:52 . 8, next record l{lopfer road Qff w~s 25 milea in 3:21:16. Then c-mo 30 13:51.8)--Romansky had one caution at about 880 yards--Judges were Lask.au, :niles in 4:.04:36 and finally the 50 Km. following are the statistics Macr¼~ld, Tigc:nnan, and one &ther, whose name I din 1 t ~uite oatch . ) so you can study the progression. Also included are everybody elses doi:-iga. Klopfer and Lund '.fert either sick or Just recovering, Snaz­ YWNG CLOBEliRS35 KM FIBLD el le coll•psed due tD hunger, Lansing due to too much pressu~e around the household, Bob Jackson due to dist anc e inexperience and eptimisn, Hollyl ·10od, Cal., J,,!..arch19--Larry Young came into tir.sel - t'own today !.or. the Ranney peeled off at 20 Km with a personal best bj" saaething under a N.1.ticn:11 35 Km and quickly i ndicated t~t he is ready to answer the trem­ minute (1:35:34--a fairly ~npresaive performance in its o~m ri&ht but endous challenge being thrown up by one P.ob Kitchen. Leaving his only Bill did have a 1:34:36 in 1968; perhaps Steve refers h track Jill r ka), challe nger , P.ob BQ;~nan, after 5 km, he movjd through 20 Km in 1:36:10 be­ Phil ;,:oocrs was ;getting 1:aek: in shap11 after foot problems in the Jr. fore t he :,:nog sl01·1ed him somewhat the rest of the way. His 2:52:41 was, 35, Eark Price re:mmed his walking <:.lreor after finiohj,ng college and neverth eless, an excellent solo perform~nce. Kitehen had church earJllit­ acq uiring a cuto little wife nruncd Elizabeth , and B:>b Bowma.n,Kitchen's ment s an d could not ma:ke the race but it should be very interesting when onl y competition, called it off at 40 K.'ll, havine posted a peraonl best they do m~et. .of. 3:29 : 58 . One mile a'!µ 5 Km splits: Kitc hen : 7:50, 15:50, 23:51 ( 24 :42), 31:50, 39:44, 47:38 (49:17), , :&,b Bowman wtlked .i. very Gtl"ong N.Ce in l!leO~nd, h.,ngine with Yomig 55 :31, 63 :26, 71 :21 ( 73: 34) , 79 :14, 87 :10, 95 : 08 ( 98: 34), 1: 43 :03, fo~ 5 lGn then droppir.g back of Bill Ranney by nearly 2 minutes at :25 Jan 1:50:59, 1:5 8 :57 (2:03:10), 2:06:55, 2:14:56, 2:22:58 (2:28:08), before caning on again in t he fin.i.l 5 to best the Athens AC veteran. .. Ran­ 2:31:01, 2:39:06 , 2:47:18 (2 : 53:31), 2:55:37, 3:04:04, 3:12:41 (3:20), nc~, despite fading in tho final 10 kn',, probably had his ·best time at .i.ny­ 3:21:16 , 2:29:56, 3 :38:45 (3:47:14), 3:4 7 :28, 3:56:00, 4:04:35. thing o•r-er 25 !<.Illas , like fi ne wine, he continues to improve with age. Bow:?an: 8 : 03, 16:14, 24:31 ( 25 :23), 33: 25, /+J_:Id, 1+9:52 ( 51 :38), 5,8: 05 In fourth place, Todd Scully captured tha style prize a.n:lalso turned in 66:21~, 74:41, (77:05) 83:04, 91:23, 99:51 (1:43:31), 1:48:14, 1:56:42, ' hie best distance performance. Obviously a fellow t0 watch , :&>bHe nder­ 2 :O~:12 ( 2: C9 :45), 2: 13: 45, 2: 22 : 41, 2:.JO: 47 '(2: 35 :10), 2: 39 :14, 2: 47 :38, s on, :iow in tho Army and traini11B with Scully at Fort Mae.Arthur moved 2: 50:04 {3:02:23¢,J:p4:'33, 3:13:29, 3:22:24 (3:29:58), 3:31:16 for 25 M throu.g~ in th e seco nd half of the race to tako fifth and l-li.ke Ryan bested Bob J a ckson: 17 ;:iil cs · in 2:36:55 , · Strid~r te~nate Jchn Kelly over the la st 15 km for sixth. The Striders Bill n~nr.e;r: 7:37, 15:ll, 22:46 (23:34), 30:21, 38:00, 45:39 (47:10), too k the te2.1n title over the Shor e AC. Not<'Jablo abs entees besides Kit ­ 53:22, 61:03, 68:46 (70:51), 76:31 , 84:18, 92:10 (95:34) chen wero Gootz Klopfer, just getting l::ack in shape after so me i lln ess, llr'y'an Sno\zelle: 1:59:01 for 20 l~n am To:n Dooley, concentrating strictly on 20 Km. Ron Laird atarted but il~I-~- ~·{.~H"~iHHH8**1,HHHH.~~~~~-''°'"";P,HHHH~~·1HH~-;.'Hi*~~*;;-~;HP~~~~~-**1"~~'*>t-a had .1.