ÑOR-CAL $1.00 RUNNING REIMEU 38 WOLFE ROAD 245-1381 EL CAMINO-WOLFE CENTER SUNNYVALE, CALIF. 94Ü87 shoes for all feats NOW OPEN IN SUNNYVALE ADIDAS • BROOKS • CONVERSE • EATON • MITRE • NIKE • NEW BALANCE • PONY • PUMA • SAUCONY • TIGER Visit the Women's Shac, featuring Gobelle running shorts and a wide selection of ladies training and racing shoes...also featuring age-group sizes. Ron, Joyce and Bryan Kovacs extend an invitation to you to come and try the world's fastest indoor "TRAC-IN-A-SHAC" Shoes & Apparel for the Woman Runner WOMEN'S RUNNING TOPS (S.M.L) SHOES: WOMEN'S SIZES 4-10 • Tricot Nylon Tank (red, gold, royal, kelly) • Lady Waffle Trainer • Mesh Tank • Lady Road Runner (gold, royal, purple, kelly) • Lady Cortez RUNNING SHORTS • Señorita Cortez White • Dolfin: 2-ply nylon •Señorita Cortez Blue •Sportco: built-in panty ALSO: - Socks, Warmups, and T-Shirts; Books on Women's Running, Etc. COME SEE THE NIKE SPIKES FOR 1978: America, Interval, Triumph, Universe, Vainqueur 2114 Addison St., Berkeley 843-7767 (ATHLETIC d e p a r t m e n t ) Hours: Mon-Fri. 10-6; Sat. 10-5 THE EVOLUTION OF THE REVOLUTION. When we built the original LD-1000, we threw away the book of traditional running shoe ideas, and started a revolution. It was a radically new shoe that combined our famous Waffle sole with a super-wide flared heel to give runners stability and traction like never before. Now comes an evolutionary shoe that grew out of the original revolution. The LDV For some runners, it will be a better shoe. Others will still want the original. We’ve reduced the flare of the heel. Opened the toe. And built the LDV on a vector last shaped to the natural axis of your foot to decrease over-pronation. The outer sole is made from tougher rubber with a new Waffle sole pattern that has stabilizers for longer wear. The new LDV We built it because we never stop working to build something better. M _ ___ - ... It’s all part of the Nike theory 285 SAV. Nimbus/Wetluite 115 ot evolution. Beaverton, Oregon 97005 A West Valley TC Publication UP FRONT Walt Lange of the Buffalo Chips Running Northern California Club of Sacramento demonstrates a good way to cool off (the double-sponge me­ Running Review thod) during the PA-AAU 30-Kilometer Championships in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. The 30K and accompanying 5K § 15K races, co-sponsored by Brooks P.O. BOX 1551, SAN MATEO, CA. 94401 Shoes and West Valley T.C., drew nearly PH. (415) 341-3119 1500 runners, including 500 touring West Germans. /John Marconi/ MAY-JUNE 1978 (No. 71) ONLY $6.00/YEAR (6 ISSUES) Staff CONTENTS EDITOR: Jack Leydig LDR RANKINGS: A r t D u d l e y PUBLISHER: DeMoss Designs RESULTS MGR.: Penny DeMoss THIS & THAT 6 MEDICAL ADVICE COLUMN 20 EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Cheryl Bundy AD MANAGER: Judy Leydig LONG DISTANCE RATINGS 9 SWEDISH MASSAGE 21 CIRCULATION MGR.: M&M Greenough PROD. MGR.: Harold DeMoss ADVERTISING RATES 12 SCHEDULING 22 FEATURE EDITOR: Len Wallach ARTIST: Penny DeMoss OUR READERS SPEAK OUT 12 RACE WALKING NEWS 26 MEDICAL ADVICE: Harry Hlavac, DBM CARTOONIST: Blake Crary EDITORIAL 14 PREP RAMBLINGS 26 PREP EDITOR: Keith Conning AGENT MGR.: Mike Niemiec THE HUMAN RACE 15 NOR-CAL PREP BESTS 28 PHOTO EDITOR: John Marconi STORE SALES: R a y M e n z i e NOR-CAL PORTRAIT 16 NOR-CAL J.C. BESTS 30 THE RUNNING GOURMAND 17 TRACK & FIELD RESULTS 31 STAFF WRITERS: Bill Clark, Harry Hlavac, Jack Leydig^ Jack Wi­ SPECIAL ARTICLES 18 LONG DISTANCE RESULTS 33 ley, Keith Conning, Doug Rennie, Harry Cross, Dan Hintz, Bill Reinka, Richard Doty, Celeste Scanlon, Len Wallach, Jim Nuc- cio, Tim Smith, John Weidinger, Dave Martin. EDITOR'S MESSAGE PRODUCTION & MAILING: Jack & Judy Leydig, Mike Niemiec, Joe Green, Don Lucero, Bill Zigmant, Marc Lund, Ken Paul, Bill • NCRR QUESTIONNAIRE: - All 3rd-class subscribers should Weller, Mike Duncan, Dave Bosley, Molly Newlon, Kim Schnurp- find a one-page questionnaire enclosed in this issue. If you feil, Don & Betty Carpenter, Ernie Coublucq, Paul Armstrong, did not get one and wish to participate in our survey, please Chuck & Judy Fox, Phyllis Olrich, Kathy Hirmelberger, Hal send us a SASE and we'll mail you one. It's basically a sur­ Tompkins, Bill Benz vey of our readership to see what you like and don't like in our publication. We'll publish results of our findings in is­ EDITORIAL & TYPING STAFF: Dan Hintz, Tony Levelle, Ken Paul, sue #73 (Sept./Oct.). We need your response to conduct a good Bridgette Duncan, Sylvia Gartner (issue #71). survey...it's your magazine, so help us make it better! • VACATION TIME: - It's been two years since I've had a va- CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS: Lorraine Rorke, Lani Bader, Dennis cation, and so Judy and I have decided to take off for Europe O'Rorke, Jim Hume, Keith Conning, John Marconi, Len Wallach, the first two weeks (June 4-18) of summer. We will have some­ Jim Engle, Lois Gowen, Don Melandry, Mike Fenner, John Sheretz, one tending to emergency mail, but don't expect a speedy re­ Mike Brown, Jeff Johnson. ply to any correspondence, as it may be left unattended until early July. I will have my phone-recorder on and someone will REGULAR CORRESPONDANTS: Fred Baer, Marshall Clark, Scott & Peg change tapes every few days, but it's quite possible that a Thomason, Keith Conning, Harold & Penny DeMoss, Wayne Glusker, message will not be recorded if the tape runs out between Bill Hotchkiss, Dick Meyer, Bill Mensing, Wayne Moss, Dave Pe­ changes...you'11 still get a recorded message from me, but I terson, Phyllis Olrich, Chuck Sheley, Walt Stack, Len Wallach. suggest you follow it up with a letter to be sure I've gotten (SoCal) John Brennand, Ted Brock, Bill Cockerham, Shirley Da- the message. I suggest that any unnecessary correspondence be visson, Tom Elliott, Dave Pain, Stan Rosenfield, Al Sheahen. kept to a minimum while we're gone. Thanks for your help! • LACK OF PHOTOS! - I realize that we don't currently pay Subscriptions for photos (except $15 for the cover pic), and we've been re­ lying on the generosity of our readers over the years to sup­ $6.00/Year (or $3/Six-Months) by 3rd Class Bulk Rate RATES: ply us with action pictures. We're still not at the point from San Mateo, CA. No multiple-year subscriptions currently where we can be paying for photos within the issue. When our available. Add $2.50/Yr. for 1st Class; add $1.50/Yr. for 3rd circulation gets up to around 4000, maybe we can start giving Class to all foreign countries; foreign air rates upon request $5 per photo we use...we'd certainly like to do this. In the (usually $10/Yr.). Only 3rd Class Bulk Rate mailings contain meantime, we hope we can continue counting on our readers to INSERTS (entry blanks, etc.) due to excess weight. NCRR IS keep up their good work. Although it may look like we have a NOT FORWARDABLE (3rd class) . Let us know when you move!! lot of photos in this issue (we do), a lot of them were from our files and not all that current. Also, you'll not we don't If you wish to carry the NCRR in your store, or sim­ DEALERS: have many (any?) starting photos (groups). We haven't been re­ ply wish to make money for yourself (or club), you can save ceiving too much lately and hope things will begin to pick up. 40% by ordering 5 or more copies per mailing. Write for info. We especially are in need of good track & field photos (not just running shots...we want field event pics too). So you Anyone can become a 'salesman' for the NCRR, and it AGENTS: people out there that submit pics from the upcoming big meets does not require any 'direct sales approach'. You may simply at the end of the season, please remember this. Thanks! distribute our subscription blanks at races, clinics, etc., § • STATISTICIANS NEEDED: - Keith Conning has been doing an get a $1.00 commission for each new subscription we receive excellent job on the high school marks, and Fred Baer has a JC with your name or 'agent number' on it (we mail commissions list that is similarly well-done...we'd also like to list sea­ every few months, not with each subscription received). sonal bests from other groups (college, age-group, masters, women, etc.). If you are currently keeping such lists or are The NCRR is published 6 times a year with a guar­ FREQUENCY: interested in doing so, please contact us immediately, as we anteed minimum of 40 pages per issue...usually more than that, want to run some lists in the next two issues. • F0UR-C0L0R NOR-CAL COMING UP SOON: - Hopefully next issue The NCRR guarantees an average circulation of CIRCULATION: will feature a four-color cover (along with three or more ot­ 7500 copies/issue, consisting of paid subscriptions, newsstand her pages). We're soliciting advertisers that will help us 5 specialty shop sales and samples. Please subscribe now! share the extra cost, so if you might be interested, give us a call right away. We need at least three full-color ad pages UNPAID STAFF: All help is volunteer; profits to travel funds. ($300 each; less with more pages) to do this. 4 Heel strike happens1600times each mile.