HOAD RUNNERS C L U KSW YORK ASSOCIATION NriWSTJ^ITER No.31, WINTER 1967 Presidenta^at Cirulnick,2-fl™10 132 Rdc .Rosedale 225N.Y. (Urxitsd AA). Vice-Pro s. ^ Bill Taylor,4-3 Cliurch ot „ ,Groenv/iciijCcnn. O683O 2nd V,P. Ron; Brewington^ uC Navy/unitod AA Sec-Treas, sV.Chiappei;ta,26 Madison Pk.Gardens^Port , 11050 (NCV7 York"AC) _(PleasG__kGe2 Secretary ' . B/IPORTANT RRC MEETING™-Annual Spring RRC meeting and ^ election of officers. "Saturday Jujie 17:-,1967, 11^0 AIVI Alley Pond Park5Queens5N.Yo Meet at park locker room on Winchester Blvdc near Union Turnpikejacross the street from Creedmoro State Hospital. A Run" Per Pun will preceed the RHC Meeting. • REBEI^SER ~ = = = = rz = = = = = V 0 T E JACK BARRY"—Many will remember Jack Barry of Merchantville ,No J. He made many su.cc3ssful invasions into BIG TQrM to run cross-country^ track and road races. On a memorable cold, rainj^- Sunday in Bee. 1956^ Jack won the Jr.National Marathon Championship in Queens• He also conducted a training clinic for the New York area distance runners' ten years ago. Since then he has.travelled extensively and has spent time training under Igloi.He v/rote'an article for the News- letter on Igloi's methods. Jack still runs 6 to 10 miles a day but chooses not to try to fit in hard workouts on injury riddled legs while taking care of his successful, art.business. Jack never reached all of his ideal goals in .rujming and found running very hard but he is g3.ad that he made the effort. Success in the world .of art has come a bit easier to him. He is a jewelry engravex' ©aid artist. He was helped much in developing his art, talent.by an aunt. Over the years he has developed a uniciue method of expression iising a linear technique, viz ^ the projection of images with lines.. His landscapes an.d seascapes are much in demand. He is a prolific and versatile artist. Jack has had ''One Man Shows" and has exhibited his works in many cities around the country from coast to coast. He has won a number of "av/ards. Bravo Jack,' .. * -Sf -Jf « ^^ attend the next RRC meeting -Jt ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ .. MICH/LEL.J. BSVANEY, Millrose AA Coach, died . recently at age 75.. He was an Olympian in 1920 and 1924. ABSTRACT—"..oSensible'Considerations in Distance Rimning" by .Ken Boherty,CoachylJ.of Penn. ^Scholastic Coach, April '51 ^"A succession of repeated speed i^uns from 50 to 440 yards each in length, interspersed y/ith restfu.1 jogs or walksis the best endurance work-out yet devised for distance running-a -''-Peeling tired is not being tired, and. one of the essentials of good running is the develoxoment of callousness tov/ards the feelings of ' fatigue,so that only physical necessity will bring about a slowing of pace. -Running at even pace is. essential to achieving the best time ^ but most of the gold medals go to those who have learned to stay well up in the pack and wlio are alwajrs able -yo sprint regardless of pace . and fatigue• •^The process of getting in shape is more a mental than a physical problem^ only that man is in shape v.Iio is intelligent about pace^ and racing tactics, who can keep his mind alert no matter how tired he may feel, and who has a calm certainty that he can and \"ill do his best whether the race is won or lost. The 9th Annual ''CHERRY TREE B.1ARATH0N"•--Millrose AA strong man Big John Garlepp dug deep into his energjr reserves to captixre the RRC mid-winter shov/piece, the 1967 ''CT Marathon.'' In I963 Big John . tangled vrlth the Austrian Ace, Adolf Gruber^ in this same classic and was outgunned in the final miles 2;; 3740 to 2 38 46 0 This year in a cold,v/indy race Big John took charge of the race at the sound of Past President RRC USA Scott Hamilton's starting whistle. .After - • 20 miles former v/inner JJ Kelly, one of the all time great mar a th oners in history, ran Big John down and moved out 100 .yards. Big John stayed close and when he decided to unload everything in the last mile he poy/ered past JCeJ^;^ v/Iio gouM rospend t9 the challenge. p,2 CTKarathon Only the first two finishoPfj roached the RRC USA''&' First Class Standard time limit of 2:40 or bettor« The "Cherry Tree Marathon" courae has been re-measured on three occasions by Aldo Scandurra and i'ed Corbitt v/ith an assist from John Sterner, and the course is now 26 miles 385 j^'ards of hilly going. The course has been certified as reasonabD.y accurate by the Sub-Committee on Standards.of the National AAU Long Distance Running Committee. It is one of 14 marathon courses on the RRC List of Certified courses. To qualify for an RRC Standards Certificate you mxUst r-un 3 races on certified courses or tracks at distances of 10 miles or 15 kilometers to 50 mileso This means 3 separate distances, 3 separate races.. The Standard Classes are ^ World (based on 2 23 Marathon), Chilapion Clasg (based on 2^0 marathon) ^ Tst Class (based on 2::40 marathon)V^M Class (based on 3»10 maratho^, and Veterans Class for those age 48 and upwards (based on a 3J25 marathon). Ron Daws of Minnesota is Chairman of the RRC IJSA^'3 Certificates Cojimiittee and his coimittoe v/ill av/ard certificates this j^ear. How do you rate ? gj^WS—John Chodes will have his play ''Avenue A Anthology" produced • . at two off Broadv/ay theaters in May. .Brian Drewett^an English road rLinner who befriended US ultra-marathcners to the London-Brighton race, now lives in Canada. He ran the 1967 Boston Marathon and., collapsed en route and wound up in the hospital. He is OICc Miist have bee n fatigue 0 . .Bill Clark, Camp LeJunej won the RRC cross—country'' tryou.ts for the International Cross-Country Championships in Wales. The race v/as held on a Maryland golf course in six-inches of snov/, mud,ice and slush. The trip never materialized...Two Americans did make the meet.^ I/Irs.Boris Brovm, US National cross-coi:uitry champion won the first International Women's cross-country chamiDionship, March 11, in Barry,Wales. Boris ran the 2 mile course in 3.4;-28. Miss Pat Coole of Los ilngeles finished 15th.. .RRC .member Johnny Semple reports that the BAA tries to keep competitors numbers 1-30 for foreign and domestic big stars. Early entries and established rimners are likely to get lov/ n-uxabersOscar Moore ran 13-22.2 for 2nd place in the National AAU Indoor 3 mile run at Oakland,California. Only Ron Clarke and his conqueror in this meet,Tracy Smith,with a v/orld record 13ol8,4, have run faster,.o Canada's Miss Roberta Picco ran one-hour covering 9 miles 1140 yards Feb.10, for a world's best- effort... England's Sheila Taylor trains up to 50 miles a week in winter and is working to lower hir 880 time. Belgrave Harriers celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. It has 600 members and has its headq^iarters in Wimbledon (London,England)... Osier,Middle Atlantic star runner says ^ "The standard joke in these circles is" that a course can only be certified if it is measured with a six inch rule, and on ones hands and imees."...RRC member Soren Winge of Sv/eden sent Season's Greetings to fellow members...Tet Suite has been taking it easy lately'and is. fighting for better health,, .Bill Taylor missed the Cherry Tree rom.p because of a foot injujry. , .Arne Richards is now the schedule collator for all long distance track ajid race walking events in the Missouri Valley AAU. He has contributed -15,00 towards the RRC Travel Fund... Art Hall is back in town after a, some.otor at Southern University.,. ^^^^ Saillie , 32 Year old Nev/ Zealander, recovered from an Achilles tendon injury, v/on a 30 mile race in 2'55,running the last 15 miles fast3r than the first. He followed this with a victory in the Ov;aira- ka Marathon in 2;:22;07. He next ran tv/o miles in 8,^43.1 before coming to the LA TIMES indoor meet to take on Ron Clark...Bavid Littlehales and Glenn McCarthy have joined the road course measujring team of the PJ(C,I>TY Association. , .Rudy Mendez is still running (and teaching) in sunny Puerto Rico, but continues to be plag^^ed with injxiries.., Canadian Paul Hoffman has expressed serious interest in rmining races 30 to 50 miles... Aldo Scandurra ro-appointed as National AAU Long Distance Rujining Coimnittee ChairmanIn the Berkeley-Maraga Ridge . run last Oct.,Mel Johnson took a wrong tuxn and found himself sur- roujidod by three police dogs—imtil the owner came out and 'saved him.'...Ed Winrow was loiocked out of the defence of his USA 30 km Chajnpionship by illness but is coming back. ..Grace Butcher,mother of two boys, and former US women's 880 champion and record holder has been in retirement since 1965= She still rtins 3-4 times a week for fitness and for -''the beauty of running,.Ted Corbitt recently received a silver modal from the RRC of England for his 5th place finish in the BalfeCup 50 mile track race at Walton-on-Thanies, Oct.l5, 1966.