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One road down, three miles of hairpin bends and That route took a special kind of nerve lady and both cars locked in the garage:• a special kind of shoe:· She stood against me "So I confess:• She put her arms around my neck. and that perfume hit "Now all you have to do:• she breathed, "is to me again like a prove ie' velvet brick. "Okay inspector, I called. "you can come out now!'' She spun round. "Why you ... !" They led her away. I felt like a heel. But my feet? My feet felt like a million dollars. Author's message: The New Balance 475 is a technologically advanced shoe for the middle and high mdeage runner Rlr men and women. It combines special cushioning With stabdity and style. R?awres mid·sole dual density compression moulded EVA for maximum shock·absorption and the mid sole's firmer density along the medial side protects agalnst material compaction. The shoe's shank support straps provtde extra support during runner's mld·stnde gait. Check out the many features that the New Balance difference will bring to a dedicated runner's performance. Regardless of motlve. ---- new balance~ PLAYff AGAIN. .. Cans Can Be Good For You In a Well-Fed Runner Special John Hawthorn argues that canned foods are healthy and safe for runners Edllois Alen Campbell Qou9 Gill Two Minute Deadline art Mclnrosh Piona Macaulay talks to Anne Pwvis who reures at the end of the season !..I after hopefully beating one last target Highland Triathlons What bette.r way to spend a day. a!:ks Fraser Clyne. than running cycling and caneomg through the Highlands It Takes All Sorts .... Graham Crawford meets Peter Cartwright, formor footballer TI Racer, Go Kaner and now runner Scottish Rankings Our athletic efforts m 1986 do not make impressive reading, but Duncan McKechnie spells them out in black and whne All Over at 26 Doug Ctllon pays tribute 10 the outstanding talent of Graham W illiamson. who sadly has been forced to stop racing at the age of 26 Advatlslng: R On other pages . Slew 5 Inside Lane 33 Orlmey Jlduildlblllun: Up front Sandra Whittalc t 1 42 Yesterdays 15 Letters 43 Results 18 EwanMee 44 Hill Running 19 Running Sores 48 The Veteran Scene 22 Training Tips On 23 Women On The Run 49 Events 25 Cycling 57 Crossword 28 Highland Games 58 Next Month's Contents r--------------------------, : SU'llSCIUJ>TlOHS I .......I I W\Sh 10 become • JUbecnbtr '° ScocMind• Runner foe Ol'lt )'eat Slll!tUlg wilh the l'Otl tl : I enclose. cbequelpoat•I Ofdm let r I~~ m.tdo plyiible loSootRan Pub!~ : I t I Name t I I 1 Address l I I I I I I I Nounp ~ed Wd."llfttbeUt'\"otd ~ I I Send. kl Sccdtun ~ lid. I lED<A I , ~Cl7elt t ~------ - ---------- ----- -- - ---~ 3 If a good run makes you feel terrific, just imagine how fulfilling a successful spon- e. said il last September, ongratulations to Liz Lynch and make no apology for her splendid run in l"lf ~N~ so~~~~~ for repealing it again C Scotland's final World Cross f, W now-the danger signs Country Championships. That she '"I -..,...-. Ra1s1ng are flashing for the Glasgow Marathon didn't win was obviously a shame, but The marathon, which more than any what a marvellous effort she staged INVA l I 0 C H I l 0 R EN ·s money for other event has stimulated interest in Although the general conoensus AID NA T IONWIOE 'I CAN' (Invalid running and athletics in Scotland, isn'l was that Liz took off too early, in fact even going down fighting. While the she did succeed in burning off all her city proclaims its Garden Festival and main rivals. including the great Make your efforts City of Culture achievements from Ingrid Kristiansen. Looking al the 1he rooftops. the greatest people·s falling away. Unless we are being video replay, Annette Sergent came ~••h.llechil~ren'~Aid event of them all lies mute in the subjected to propaganda ofGeobbels from a huge distance behind to 11'1' eNat1onw1de) Trongate proportions by Chris Brasher and outsprint the badly tiring Norwegian Worth Is this really the same Glasgow his London team, runners will still tum and Scot. On the day. it was a has earnt a special Maralhon which only two years ago out for the big. prestigious occasions magnificent and inspired run by the was agressively chasing lhe title of -particularly if they are covered by Frenchwoman which deserved the place amongst many the werld's biggesl? A mara1hon television gold big-hearted runners. which attracted 20,000 enmes, even if So, Glasgow, don't throw tl all away You can't fault anybody for going "only" about 12,000 ran? Publicise the event professionally, down with all guns blazing, and Liz And with good reason. How clilferent the picture 1s in 1987 and with the drive it deserves. And Lynch certainly did thal unlike most Al the end of the first week in April one footnote for whoever's going to of the Scottish team It was, indeed, 'I CAN' helps determined the evenl was still unsponsored. and pick up the pieces. The 1986 men's another race which increased her youngsters overcome many the entry roll stood at 3.500. A pathetic winner was Kenny Stuart, not stature on the world stage, and she figure in comparison to previous Kenny Stewart. can look forward with renewed difficult and often hidden handi­ years. or course, but nevertheless confidence to the 1987 track season. caps. Fuelling their hopes for even this figure Is a tribute lo the popularity of the marathon given that alking about lack of publicity. a bright future with pride and there has been damn all m the way of we are delighted to iniroduce a self respect Letting them take publicity this year. T regular column on cycling this Again, we said last September that month. following in the wake of the a responsible place in society. the switch in public relations firms two one we launched on Highland Garnes Perry Hinton pictured here years ago had not been a good last issue. investment, for all that it saved money Scottish athletes are wont to knows both sides of the coin. in the short tenn. The message complain, usually with justification, at doesn't seem to be getting through the lack of coverage the sport rates As a child his chronic asthma Despite the Glasgow Herald again -especially in comparison 10 football and eczema stopped him even backing the event - and therefore -but spare a thought for the cyclists obliged 10 give 1t space it doesn't who are ignored by comparison. walking to school. necessarily merit against other One of the few journalists with any Now, thanks to his persever­ competing stories - there hadn't been knowledge of the subject, Bill any marathon coverage since the Cadger, has beavered away for ance and the organisation launch at the beginning of February years on the Glasgow Evening Times and April 8 10 get cycling news into the paper. He behind 'I CAN'* he has run a Whether the organisers themselves, wheels off for Scotland"s Runner this marathon and takes part in or their public relations firm, are month by interviewing the new responsible for this deafening silence Scottish team manager. Sandy sponsored events whenever is a matter ror internal recrimination Gilchrist. possible. If you can run for us, We know that an entry form for the There are, of course, strong links marathon is 10 be inserted into a between athletics and cycling, which we will gladly provide sponsor­ Glasgow District Council newspaper is why they form two legs of a sport ship forms and running vests.