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RACEWALKER VOLUME XIV I MJMEElt 11 COLUMBJS I OIUO JANJARY 1979

PYKE TOPS STRONG l HOOH FIELD

~c v-Results are in 11 the r.:ational AAU 1 Hwr Championship, held as a pa; tal

affair over a several-month period, and Neal Pyke emerged as the winner­nearly "a half lap up" on Todd Scully. With nine walkers bettering the 8 mile mark, Neal set an American record of 8 miles 1020 y?.rds with Scully' s 8 miles 807 yardo also ahead of Ron Laird's old record. Larry Walker, Wayne Glnsker, Tc:m Dooley, John Knifton, Dave Romansky, Dan 0' Connor, and Bob Henderson were others to go beyond 8 miles in the hour. Pyke and Dooley led Sequoia Sport Club to the team title with an out ­standing 21+ miles 906 yards as third man, Dave Hirrrnelberger~ missed the 8 mile barrier by just 11~ yards in finishing tenth.

Ro111ansky led a strong Y.aster ' s field with Bill Ranney claie behind. Fonner record holder Laird took off enough fat in the late season to capture third in this division, which he just joined, nearly ~~kin ~ 7! miles . Honors in the Class" 8'1 Division went to San Diego ' s Dale Sutton with 7 miles 781, yards and tbf! Junior title was captured by Sam DeLoe­Santoe of the Shore AC. Chdll;went beyond 7 miles to capture the women's title , The race was handled by the San Diego Track Clnb with Dale Sutton canpiling the rerulte .

Senior Men: 1. Neal Pyke (30), Sequoia Sports C1uh e mi 1021 yds 2. Todd Sc11lly (29) Shore AC 8 mi 807 yds 3. Larry Walker (35) Tobias Str i ders 8 mi L,96 yd a 4. Wayne Glusker, Weet Valley TC (30) 8 mi 291 yds 5. Tom Dooley ('.32) wvrc 8 mi 290 yde 6. John Knifton (39) NYAC 8 mi 249 yds 7. Dave Rom~nsl(y (40) Shore AC 8 mi 174 yds 8 . Dan O'Connor (26) t.-YAC 8 mi 117 yds 9 . B:>b Herderson , SeqnMa (30) 8 mj JO yds 10. Dave Himmel­berger (32) Sequoia 7 mi 1616 yde 11. P.ill Ranney (li3) WVTC 7 mi 1585 yds 12 . Carl Schueler (22) J'otOIJl&c Valley Seniors 7 mi 1575 yds 13 . Ron Daniel .(37) NYAC 7 mi 1563 yds 14. Tom Lough (36) Shenandoah Valley TC 7mi 11.45 yds 15. Peter Doyle (31) I sland TC 7 mi 1143 yds 16 . Dennis Reilly, Da uchet Street Walkers 7 mi 1061, yds 17 . Alan Price (31) Poto­fllac VS 7 mi 1060 yds 18. Tom Hamilton (31) PotomRc VS 7 mi 831 yds 19 . Ed B:>uldin (30) &uchet St. Walkers 7 mi 785 yds 20. Dale Sutton (38) San Diego TC 7 mi 784 yde 21. Jerry Young (21), :JllLouis TC 7 mi 714 yds 22 . Sam De J,os S:intos, Shore AC 7 mi 632 yds 23. Rryan Snazelle (22) \-NTC 7 mi 567 yds 24. Manny Adriano (31) WVTC 7 l'li 545 yde 25. Gary Westerfield (33) !eland TC 7 mJ. l,59 yde 26 . John Fredericks (30) Shore AC 7 mi IJ.8 yds 27. Dave Eidahl (37) Iowa 7 mi 408 yds 28. Bradley Jacobs (17) Woodside 7 mi 33 yds 29 . Cliff M1mm (20) Shore AC 7 mi 202 yds 30. Paul riendricks (35) SDTC 7 mi 179 yds 31 . Troy Engle (17) IsJa nd TC 7 rni 162 yds 32. Bob Minvn ( 53) Shore AC 7 rni 63 yds 33. &n Ottmer (44) Shore AC 6 mi 1281 yds 34. David Staebler (38) Shore AC 6 mi 1203 yde 35. Danr\Y L. Diezel (19) SDTC 6 mi 1133 yds 36 . Michael Culllllinge, SDTC 6 mi 1-039 yds :37. Scott Decle r0.23) St . Louis TC 6 mi 965 38. Brian Conway (23) Salem TC 6 mi 613 yde 39. Don Jd;vnson (61) ShoN AC:: 6 mi 482 yds 40 . George Braceland (65) Shore Aeb 111.i 471 yds 41.

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Paul Robertson (39) Potanac VS 6 mi 322 yds 42. Carl Birk (20) Calif. Walkers 6 mi 179 yds 43 . Do11g Reeves (30) SDTC 5 mi 1727 yds 44. Brent Earsden, Portland TC 5 mi 1477 yds 45. Don Jacobs (59) Portland TC 5 mi 579 yds. · Te~ns: 1 . Sequoia Sports Club--24 miles 906 ydo 2. West Valley TC--2~rl. 416 yds J. New York AC--24 mi 169 yds 4. Shore AC--23 1niles 1613 yd s 5 . Island TC--n mi ,~ yds 6. Shore AC II B11 21 IRi 6sa yds 7. San Diego TC 21 trl. 336 yds 8. Shore AC "C" 19· mi 1206 yds Claes "B'': 1. Dale &itton, SDTC 7 mi 784 yds 2. De Los Santos, Shore AC ( see above res11lts where distance is not listed) J. Snazelle, WVTC 4. Hendricks, SDTC 5. Tim Good, ~lashington 6 mi 1626 yds 6 . ,John Shilline (42) N.Y. Pioneer Club 6 mi 1469 yds 7. Ottmer, Sha- e AC 8. Staebler, Shore AC 9. Diezel, SCTC 10. Andrew Briggs (47), Pot~nac Valley 6 mi 1066 yds 11. Decker, St. Louis TC 12. Conway, Salem TC 13. Johnson, Shore AC 14 . Braceland, Shore AC 15. Carl Croreberg (48) Potanac VS 6 ml 1167 yds 16. Steven Eackles (18) Shore AC 6 mi 439 yds 17. Robertson, PVS lA. Alberto Alvarez,15) Shore AC 6 mi 290 yds 19. Ri.rk, Cal. Walkers 20; Marsd en, PTC 21. ,Jacobs PTC Teams: 1 . San Diezo TC--21 mi 336 yds 2. Shore AC--20 mi 1356 yds Masters: 1. Dave Romansky, Shore AC 8 mi 174 yds 2. Ranney, vNTC J. R,,n Laird (40) 7 mi 827 yds 4. Sal Corrallo (47) Potomac VS 7 mi• 620 ~ s 5. Jeff Boirter (42} T8 rlingua TC 7 mi 463' yds 6. John Stowers (50) Terl­ing11a 7 mi 283 yds 7. ~limn, Shore AC 8, Shillins, NYPC 9. Ottmer, Shore AC 10 . Briggs, PVS 11. Lawrence Hack (46) Austin Runners 6 mi 802 y<ls 12. Johns on, Shore AC 13. Braceland, Phil. Mast~xs 14. Crone­ber6, PVS 15. Dave Hugener (40) SDTC 6 mi 371 yds 16. Elliott Denman, ( 1,4) Shore AC 6 1rl. 94 yds 17. Hal McWilliains ( 62) 6 mi 74 yds 18. Egon Y.a.fka (55), PVS 5 mi 1732 19. Gordon Wallace 5 mi 1~69 yds 20. Chesley Unruh (7m) SDTC 5 mi 958 yds 21. Harry Siitonen 5 mi 697 yds 22. Jacobs, PTC 23. Sanford Kalb, Shore AC 5 mi 532 yds 24. George Garty (57) SDTC 5 mi 263 yds Teams: 1. Shore AO 21 mi 1518 yds 2. Potomac Valley Seniors 20 mi 393 Junior s: 1. Sam De Los Santee, Shore · AC (17) 7 mi 632 yds 2. Bradley Jacobs (17) Woodside 7 mi 333 yds J. Tracy Teegarden (18) Bluchet St. Walkers 7 mi 214 4. Troy Engle (.17} Island TC ?mi 162 5. George Braff (19) Island TC 7 mi 111 6. Gary Chodosh (17) TTC 6 mi 1666 7. TI.m Good ( 18) PVS 6 mi 1626 8. B:>b H11ffucci ( 16) Island TC 6 mi 1380 9. Steven Eeckles (16) Shore AC 6 mi 439 10. Alberto Alvarez (15) Shore AC 6 mi 290 ll. Guy Sutton (9) SD't'C 5 mi 1207 12. Nathan &ldy (11) EDTC 5 rni '.3311 13. Eric ,Jonke (13) 4 mi lh66 l.4. Todd Sutton 4 mi 298 Tear.is: 1 . Isla!'ld TC 20 mi 1653 yds 2. Shore AC 19 rni 2361 J. San Diego TC 15 mi 79 yds · Women: 1. Chris Shea (18) 7 mi 133 yds 2. Lori Maynard (42) Woodside , Cal. 6 mi 1226 J. Lisa Langston t17), Cleveland 5 mi 1320 4. Kathy Keller (JO) SDTC 5 mi 324 5. Jenni Capr.iarella (48) Carolina Godiva TC 5 mi 505 yds (ap•:arent~ there is some mistake with Keller's d iotance, but I don't know what it is) 6 . Carol Briggs (17) OGTC 5 mi 341 7. Ruth Hamilton (31) Potanac VS 5 mi 226 8. Ruth Jacokes (50) CGTC 4 mi 1603 9. larbar& Ayres (39} Austin Runners 4 mi 1394

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RESULTS: 1 M.i.J.e, Lewiston , Maine, Dec. 9--1. Etf111n hhitaker, Bates Col. 7:23 2. 2. Jim Ellis 7:41 · Olymoic Invitational 1500 Meter, New York, Jan. 20-1. Todd Scully 5: 40.0 ( Breaks American record and World' a !lest for third straight in this event, tho11~h I still wonder about Reirna Salonen' 8 reported 5 :29 effort in 1977) 2. Dan O'Connor 5:46.3 (also under old record) 10 Km, New York, Dec. 10--1. Ron Daniel 45:30 2. Vin O'Sullivan 45:33 3. Peter Doyle 46:02 4. Howie Jacobsen 48:21 5. Jack Boitano 50:30 6. Clue Salerno 51:59 7. George Lattarulo 52:10 8 . · Hank Monroe 57:42 9. Andy Nowick 58:45 1 .Mile, New York, Dec. 15--1. Pete Tim:~ons 6:38.5 2. Vin O'Sullivan 6:45.7 3. Peter Doyle 6:47.1 10 Mile , New York, Dec, 17-1. Peter Doyle l:?.0:27 2 . Howie Jacobsan 1:23:09 3. Gary Wes~rfield 1:26:00 4. Paul DeVegvar 1:28:42 5. Ous Salerno 1:29:23 6. Georr,e uittarulo 1:30:29 7, Hank Monroe 1:44:44 a. Andy Novick 1:1,4:45 9. Steven Grossman 1 :48: 311 JO Km, New York, Dec. 23--l. Dan O'C onnor 2:31:58 2. Howie Jacobsen 2:5):08 J. George lattarlllo 3:01:26 2 Mlle, New York, Dec. 29--1. Dan O'Connor 13:J6.2 2. Ron Daniel 13:49.4 3. Pete Tiunnons 13:56.2 Women's 1 Mile, New York, Dec. 29--1. Chris Shea 7:24.8 2_. Eileen Harland 9:05 3. Nonna Aransen 9 :11 6 Mile, i~ew 1

York, Jan. 7--1. Howie Jacobsen 50:50 2. George Lattarulo 55:30 3. Tcm Kline 58:30 4. Andrew Novick 69:45 (Came to the race on skis and walked in ski l::oots) 1 Mile ~.s . 1".arnaroneck N. Y, Jan, 16--1. Tuey Engle 6:48 2. Ebb l·!affucci :51 J. Eric OJa 8 :07 l 00 meters, West Point , New York, Jan. 19--1. El'Jl'!le 6 :4A. 3 2. Maffucci 6:51.4 J, Paul Von

· Erdea 7 :31--The mile wa s walked in sr.hool hallways in rather poor con­ditions but ia a Nation al hip.h school indoor best, nonetheles~. Erl earron Ha.n.gover Cla s sic 10 Km, WashlnP,ton, D.C. 1 Jan . 1--1. Carl Schueler 48:00 2. Sal Cor•llo 49:30 J. Tim Good 55:28 4. Dave Milzman 58:40 5, Carl Croneberg 58:55 6. Paul Robertson 58:59 7. John Wissler 62:63 8. John Kafka 63:L.6 9, \·/es Mathews 63!49--tadly, F.d lli.rron for who this race wee nruned died 15 days . later. Be was known ao the father of Seniors compet­ition in the D,C. a1•ea ancl fo11ndP.r of the Potomac Valley Seniors. Pri.Jnar­ily a runner, he had been a member of the 24-hour relay tea,n that aet a world w;1lkini:t record of 168 miles 1700 yards a couple of years back . F.d had suffered fran ulcerative colitis and cancer of the colon for over a deca.de and sttrib11ted his ability to withstand six major, high-dsk operations to his donditioning from distance racing. He would have been 55 in Feb!'uary . 10 Nile , "'a shinr,ton, Jan. 21--1. Sal Corrallo 1:33:JO 2. Paul Robertson 1 :37:37--icy conditions 10 Mile, Greenbelt, Md.

1 Dec.

~--1. Sal Corrallo 1:24:27 2. Alan Price 1:29:33 3. Martin Greenbaum 1:56:03 20 Mile, same pli,ce - -1. Tom Kline 3:ll:l!l Annual Ne~, Year' 8 Eve 6 Mile liandicap , Spdnefield, Ohio, Dec. 31--1. Patrick KAne 66 : 00 2. Dr. John ID.ackburn 67:04 3. Bob fiess 70:27 4. Jack .Bl.ackburn53:05 5. Ihrbara 57: 05 ( I can't reinernber her last name even after talking to Steve Pecinovsky the other nir,ht and r,etting it f rom him. She's frr..m Colwnbus anyway and an excellent prospect, as tl-e time indicP-tes.) 6. Rich ~t,ers 58:30 7. Dave Lingo 59:00 8. Steve Pecinovcky 47:13 (fast time) 9 . Phil Lewis 62:21 10. Cathy HJ.a ckburn 75:32 - Mile DaTton Jan . 14--1. Chris Knotts 39:33 2. Tim mackcurn 44:12 J . uack ffie.l•:kl:urn 44:32 first loss to his kid as the generations roll on) 4. Rich Hyers 51 plus 5. Phil Lewis 54 plus 6·. Guy from Middlet~in with lousy etyle ( per Blackburn) 7. Patrick Kane 62:28 8 . Cathy Blackburn 62:32 17 Mile, SprinP,field, Ja n • .21--1. Chris Knotts 2:54 (very icy) 2. T:!.rn Blackb urn J:03~03 3. ~ack Blnckoorn 3:03:28 (second loss to the kid) 4 • Rich Myers 3:09:49 20 Km, Columbia, J.:O, 1 Nov. 18-1. Randy Mitnm l:1~:42 2. Leonard B1sen 1:57:57 J. Jim \o/ass 2:12:27 10 Mile, Columbiat Dec. 16-1. Randy Mimm 1:19:39 2. Leonard Btsen 1:43:10 J. Rob Spier J.:47:59 4. William Taft 1:58:13 20 Km, Columbia, Mo,1 Dec. 2- - 1. Randy M:l..mm 1:41.:57 2. Dan Dudek Chicago 1:55:00 3. Rob Spier 2:16:il 10 Km. Chula Vista, Ual •• Jan. 2~

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l. Dale Sutton 48:42 2. R-0n Laird 5li: 50 (must have put some of the fat back on, or else he faked that 1 flour) 5 Km, ~liasion lhy

1 Cal., Jan. 21-

1. Dale Sutton 23: 51 2. Guy Sutton (10) 30:54 3. Norman 31:17 lh Jo Anne Bartelt Jl:38 5 , Chesley Unruh (71) 31:38 15 Km

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Jan. 21--1. Ron Laird 76:24 (lost eome of that fat in a hurry) 2. Dave Hueener 66:10 3. Doug Reeves 91:16 Hose Bowl 10 Nile liandica.p, Pasadena, Jan. 21-1. Jim Coots 1:24:16 2. John Allen 1:21:09 (U.S. ~Asters IIA record--thatt s the 50-55 category) 3 , Joe Haiopton 1:24:16 4. F,d &uldi n 1:19 : 53 (fast time) 5. Roeer Braddwein 1:25:10 6, Diane Uribe 1:39•51 ?. Pa ula Kash-Hori 1:33:lil $. Jim Hanley 1:29:28 9. Mike Gonal:ey 1:29:28 10. Pal ¥.cWilliams 1:46:49 ll. Eric Jonke--atyle award went to Tracy Teegarden, but I don't know where he finished 15 Km, London, Dec. 2- - 1. Bob Dobson 69 :38 2. Ian Richards 69:55 Further places in Olympic Invitational 1500- -3. Bruce Harland 6:53 4. Pete Timmons 5:55 5. Ron Daniel 6:04, or so my memory tells me after glancing at a cllpring on the meet posted on the b.llletin board over at French Fieldhouse this evening.

UPCONING EVENTS OF A WALKING NATURE

Sat., Feb. 10- -8 Mile, Mt. Vernon, Va. ; 10 a .m, (J) Sat . Feb . 17-- 5 and 10 Km, Washingto n, l),C. (J)

NAIA 2 Mile, Kansas City, Ho. 2 Mile, Oskosh, Wis., 12 noon (I) 15 Km, Columbia, Mo., 8 : JO a.m. (E)

S,m. Feb• 18- 10 Km, Indio, Cal., 10 a .m. (C) 20,30,liO~ and 50 Km, Mission Bay, Cal., 9:30 a.m. (D)

Fri. Feb. 23- - - NAAU INJvOR 2 mU; AhD w()'IJEN' S l MILi!:, NEN/ YORK CITY Sat. Feb. 24-- Senior Canadian 3 Km and Women's 1.5 Km, F.dmonton (F) Sun. Feb . 25- - - WOfllen's 10 Km, Northridge, Cal. (K) Rri . }arch 2-US - USSR Indoor 5 Km, Richmond Va. Sat. }larch 3--:...5 Km, Cohunbia, Mo. , 9 a.m. (E) Sun. Z,,iarch 4-10 Km and 20 Km, Bethesda, Md., 10 a.m. (J)

Girl 1 s (9 - lJJ and Women's 4 Mile \t/alk Relays Northridge, Cal., l p.m. (K) '

Sat . 1".a.rch 10-2 Mile and 10.1 Mile, Silver Spring, Mi., 10 a. m. (J) Sun. Ms.:rch 11-Girl's 1500 m, Jr. Women's 3 km, and Woinen'e 5 Km Walnut

Cal., 9 a.m •. (B'.) ' ' Sat, March l?-3 Mile, ColUJnbia, Mo., 9 a,m, (E) Sun. March 18- High School 5 Km, Open 10 Km, Beginner's 11"dle, New

Rochelle, N.Y., 10 a,rn. (L) Sun. March 25-5, 10, and 15 km, San Diego (D)

Ont1trio 50 Km and Open 10 Km, Oshawa, ll a.rn. ( F) Sat. Apr~ 7-- -1 Hour, Colwnbia, Mo. 2 p.m. (E)

NJ\AU 100 KN CJ-IA.MPIOl\iSHIPJ WASHD-IGTON, D.C. (J) 5 and 10 Km, Loe Angdes, 9 a . m. (c)

Note: The National 30 Km,originally scheduled for Pasadena on March 18 has now been awarded to the iM.chigan Assooiation with no date set yet. This is because of Southern Pacific having to handle the Pan-Am Trials at 20 and 50, as well as the Niltional 5 at the T&F Championships in June. '

Contacts: C- - John Kelly, 1024 erd, Santa Monica, CA 90403 D-- Dale Sutton, 8937 Petit Court, San Diego, CA 92111 E-Joe Duncan, 2980 1-':aple Bluff Drive, Columbia, l-',O 65201 F--Dong Walker , 2360 Dundas St., Toronto M6P 4132, Ontario, Canada I - Larry Larson, 909 Ostergaard, Racine, WI 53406 J -- Carl Schueler, 10602 Woodsdale Dr., Silver Spring, MD 20910 K- Paula Kash- Mori, 1124½ Corning St., Los AngeLes, CA 90035 L-Cary Westerfield, I sland Track CJ.uh, PO lbx 440, Sm.ithtown, NY ll787

J/\NUJ\RY 1Q79 PAGE 5 LOOKING 13/\CK 10 Years J\f!.O ( From the Jan. 1969 ORW)-Little news at that time so we rP.vived an old feA.ture frorn the earliest yP.ars of the ORW-- the We Predict bit, In January 1969 we boldly predicted that at sometirne before the year 2000, race wall-:ing wo11ld p.et more play during actual programming time tha n in the commercials. In 1968 we had seen a lot more walking during the Winter than t he -S1Ul1lller Olympics . I'm afraid it hasn't happened yet-­we j1rnt r:et less play in thP. co111111ercials than in those olden days • •• In indoor 1 Mile races Larry Youne 1'/0n in LA with a 6:41, Jiln Hanley captured a San Francisco race in 6: 53, and Dave Romansky blitzed times of 6: 31 and 6:28 in the East ••. We also reported on the first ever indoor mile raee held at the ~'YAC Meet on Nov. 11, 1868 and won by J. Russell in 7:50.5 •• • • We had a feature on Vladimir Golubnichiy under the heading T

0ugh Cat of the

Month (European &lition) and hit.1hlighted Tom Dooley under the same title (U.S. Type) ••• We also updated our list of best track and field pirforrnances by walkers, first run in one of our early issues, (I~ 1s now been a couple of years again since we have rim this and you can look forward to seeing it again in the near future. It should illicit some response by way of outstanding perfonnances by great athletes who ha ve joi ned the walking ranks the past few years.) 5 Year s Ago (From the Jan. 1974 ORW)--John Knifton edged Ron Daniel with a 13: 59 .6 in the Net AAU 2 Mile and Ron Kulik won a 1 Mile from Dan 0 1 Connor in 6:46 •• • l'e~ond that, there didn't seernto tie much hapr:ening., .~le did run an excellent picture of Larry Young during his bronze medal 50 Ion perfor­mance in Mimich. llea11tiful , relaxed style and solid cont.a.ct in one of those rare double-contact shot ,s .

FROM HEEL 'ID 'IDE

First "don bl e" Centurion? Athletics Weekly reports that British Centurion No. 12, Bill .Brown, cele hr::itcd his 100th birthday on Dec. 12. Brown did his hundred from London to Brir,hton ard back in 1907 in the time of 20:38:01, finishine third , That raoe was won by Torn llaromond in 18:13:37,,.In that srune issue of Athletics Weekly (Jan. 13), C1>lin Youne adds a little fuel to the fire we have had going on judging. Under the headline "Bend or Lift: That is the Q11estiont", Colin says: "Over the past five years or so there has not only been a dramatic reduction tionewise by the world's leading walkers but a change by many in techni4ue and training. With the l-iex5 cans leadine the w;i.y there hae been more emphasis placed on body, particularly hip, mobility and faster stride cadence. With the shortenine of the stri de , especially ,,,hen men are operating at j11tst over 4 minutes per kilo­meter for l ·h hours, that brinr;s even more probil.em.s for judges with t!'le detection o.f "lifting" becomine even more difficult. l'1deed, as a close observer of major events both home arrl in Ehrope, I feel judgeo are in­creasinr:ly notinc and taking action on 1' bent knees" whereas contact in­frine:f"ments are much more likely to go 1mpunia h~<l. The "strai ghtening of the knee" clause in the present definition was brought in to stop the "creepnrs" gaining 1mfair advantage; this it has dore and , indeed, there are very few now left in the sport. It was never intended to be a sub­stitue for loss of contact and it m11st never be al] owed to as I run stlre everyone in the sport would ae;ree. Some Western European nations are already cx)"ressing do11bts on the ourrently successful "dancing" style, as the put it, as against the traditional and seemingly fairer angu lar prop,ression. 11 With thA.t said, we are running some of the lecture net es from Jerzy Ha,lsleber 1 s sessions at the Olympic training camp this swruner. Hauslet:er, 1-',ex:l.can National coac .h, is certainly one of the pr i mary movers in the revolution in the sport over the i:sst few yea rs since his athletes have been in the vanguard ••• Old Centurions and Old National Teams: Great Britain nBY recently have fielded ohe of the oldest National teams in the

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a1v1~ls of sport (011tslde of .Master's canpetition, of course). John Lees ll1'ites in Race Walkinr, Record: 11In the 85 km Gompaigne to Paris event, t>en Harding became the old est Senior Great Britain athl. P.te of all tiJne at 49 years 141 days, the previo1Js recorrl holder having been Harold Whit­lock who was 48 yea rs 218 days when appearing in the 1952 Olyin<.lios, Bit not to be 011tdone, Peter Worth at 49 years 94 days became the oldest person to make a UK Athletics deb.It and was possibly the oldest UK international debutant in any sport. John Ecldersaw · wei ghe d in at 45 years 113 days with Dave lbXAll, on deb..tt, being the absolute b:lby of the team at 45 years 14 days, Averaging 47 years 90 days this was eortainly the oldest four-man team ever to represent Great Britain in aey physicaJ.ly active sport, 0 ,,. ,Unf ortunately we have another death to report. John Soimone, age 45, died of cancer in Florida on Decetnber 11. John w~s the chief organizer, race director, coach, OHi-i contact, and. motivating force for walkine, in Central and South Florida., . ,One other race result , a 25 Km in ~liami on Jan, 13: 1, Marcel Jobin, Gan. 1: 57: 37 ( Wann--high 70 1 s--and humid--95 percent) 2. .&rry' Ingar field, .r.ngland 2:10:07 3. Dave C111mnines, Niagara Falls 2:26:46 (attending school in Daytona) 4, Joe Sherman 2:28:56,.,,Turbara Carroll-that's the girl who was sixth at Springfield . Just got a subscription for her via Steve P. She's going to get her first :l.8sue only to fincl out that the dumb editor didn't even know her name. Hope she reads this far ••• Also the g,1y frorn Middletown r.oes by the name of Dan Debold. This per results I just got ft'om Rich Myers, wh:i.ch show a few different times than those filackb•irn gAve me over the phone,. lie did have his own time rir.ht. First off, the race was in Cenetrville, not Dayton. Knotts had 39:45, Tim B. 41.:P$, Rich l-lyers 50:07, Phil Lew•" 53:12, and the flying Debold 53:54, According to Rich, the guy was d-:>ing the old 'tent-legged creep the last half of the race. Since it was actually a running race invaded by a few walkers there were no judges around., ••

Reproduced below are lecture notes frorn the presentations of Mexican National Coach Jerzy Hausleber at the 1978 USOG Training Camp at Squaw Valley in August. These represent the first three lectures. We will reporduce notes from his fourth and fifth lectures on a general train­ing plan at a future date. Note that the typos in this case may be laid at the fineere of ~b Bowman, or at least his typist , and not your editor. As a professional technical writer I would also make a few editorial changes here and there given the opportunity, but then I would make a lot of editorial changes in the stuff I send you each month-given the opportunity.

J . lnt1:oclt1c:hJ1:y McctJn9 wlth l•i·of'euuor ,Joi::1.y ll:,11r.).01Jc11;

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Faul tis: Tool:ar. of a forward lean oft <in leads to disqunli£icntion, n!: the knees often remnin in th(! bent position shc,wn below:

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Too far of a backward lenn in an economical mistahe which results in a loss of: power as shown below:

Swaying side to side as in the old days of rnoe walking is not efficicn .t. It is alright to have a slight s ide to side motit :11, but: too much of thl.s action hinder.s the desired f or.ward motion and results in a very inefficie11t style.

e.g. m side to side ur motion is o.k. 'l'QO much !SJ.lle to side motiou hi.11dcrs forwnrd motion

The length of: one '·s stride depends on one• s height, len(Jht of 1<1CJ!-I, anc flexibility of hips. 11 walker must fir1d his optimum :en(Jth and frequency of stride ,

Tho Mexica 11n clo rm\ : do muny sp11cial exercises other than v:.-illd.nq ancl cxo1·cl roes whi .1 u wnlld.ng. rower worlc with weights is ui,,~cl V<!t:)'

little. 'rhe cmph;,~iH ji; mo,;tly on not:ural 11orl: (c . ,;1. w11lkinq lll' ~ ncllnc!l (?ll s<1t1<l). Ytnmger w,1 Lkero n,ny use U ~Jht wrii qht. wor.k. Sorne weight work iJS well os J.uon1r. tr.ic cxcrc.i.scs ,ire 11::;cil to corrrct spcci.nl problam!l .

B. nunn lnq while Trnin.lntJ !

l\ftcr 16 or 17 yc.irR of n<Jc it is best J.f n wnlkcr d1ws ·0 11ly wt1lking whi l.a traininq, 'l'hc heart rnte 1:eaches itn mnximum pcnk jlls t the same, wi. th the samo card.tovmwulat clcvelop1 11<111 t 1:c~>uJ. tl11g. The ~~n~1er of: adding runuing to 0110' s t1:aining pro9rom h: that n nnt\1rnl w,~ll<ing technique is h.lndcrecl. '!'ho Russh111,:; ;ind t:c r.muns have technicnl problems as they do Rome running. W.:ilkinq is noL in th•1 same famiiy of movement as runnin9 . If you are a ' walker, you race wall<: don't mix the two.

C. Important l\ssets in tlnce Walkinq Development:

(In ordar of importance and developmen t) l. Good Health 2 . Technique 3, l::ndurance 4. Power 5. Speed

II. Body Mecha nics (Second Lecture by Professor lla\1i;lcber)

For proper technique developm ,m t. a t"ace walker shoulu be cono,ar.ned with five major body areas: ~·oot. placement, knees, h~ps, t.01:::io, nnd shoulders & arms. 1\11 nre dependent on one another and are equ11lly important for developing proper t ec hniqu e .

A. Foot Placement :

The plncemenl of.each toot during a walker's str ide in relation to the line of direction iR ei<t:.rcw,ely imp-:>rtanl:. l ncoi:r. ect pln e ement can result in a loss of distance ::or the s1.1n1e e nergy exi:anclcd. The

- following diagrams will help illustrate this point.,

(c:..,,,1:.. p, le)

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INOOOii HEROES OF nm PAST. Fonner Indoor l .1-'.ile record holder (6:10,4), Don DeNoon, is seen in action in tho top photo, Who can tell us where and when? At the bottom, Ron Kulik and his huohpuppies lead scrr.e ancient race with the lo ng-forgotten Alnn ID.akeslee, Bl.11 Crneltchenko, Ron' Daniel, and RttdY Haluza close on his heels. Who can ident .ify this venue? (Photos courtesy of Charlie Silcock)

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Ro~ Laird, now in the Master's ran ks, is s een in earli e r tim es in the top photo leading West G~rinacy I s Karl-r.einz Pape in a 10 Km race in Augsbura in 1965. Pape went on to win in 45:20 to Ron's 46:06. Third in the race was yo.ir editor, 11een 1n the lower photo, 11: 47:57. Plea :;;e note tho excellent contact but 1.mecces:;arlly high and somewhat 11trained arm aotion of yrurs truly. Laird also appe.ii-s to be clearly in contact proceeding at about 7 minute mile pace at this early st age. (Eli Attar Photos courtesy of Charlie S1lnnn~,

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(-..) ( b) (c) (c() , (c) (F) I l ' I

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Only with the foot placement in (f) is the power i in t:he snme direction to the line of dlrnction. J:t is also more economical than (a) thru (c), ns 110 loso of diotancc rNmltp •. 1\ furthor illustration of this is shown be l ow : - ------:- ·.-..

t _______ 1_~{=, ... ,_ ---- _l W-~

Desired foot placement

Foot t,laeemcnt off to 011e side,

/I loss of 2 cm. can result f:rom poor foot placement ·. Th in is cqunl to a loss of approxinmt:e l y 400 meters (2 minutes) in ;!o ­kilomotors or l I<m (5 minutes) in SO-kilometers I ,I Most ot the \:op race walkers in the world usce this eorreet foot ulacomcmt ilS nhown in (f) on tho 9revious page. You will notice th~t thoy ur-u..illy walk on the outside of their feet in order to get one foot; directly in front of the other. Increa s ed flexi~iU . ty J.n the hips also aids this. '

B, Knees:

In ordor to achieve maximum pulling power and nt , the snme avoid possible rule violations (e.g . be ,nt. !:nee ir;i support it is important to begin each stride with a stra~~ h t 17g, diagram below sh ows both correct and incorrect leg action knee.

/ ,,

time plwsc) ,

The at the

i With ·the correct straight leq actio " it is imposbible to jump off t h e grou n d as the quadriceps (upper front leg mu~clcs) are loos';• however ·with the bent ):nee action, the quac1G are : tight and j t l.S

po s ~ibl~ to jump off the ground . It is often possible to. ",~.ilk" fast times (e.g. 45 to 47 minuteG for 1 0-Km . ) without tn11.11:1.11g using this incorrect l:echn iquc,

c. llil?!!,:

Tho propor flexibility or rotntion in the hips abowo. a walker to . not only <1chi.eve the prqper. foot placement , but to qai n metro diF>t.1nc£ without ovcrsti:iding. Diagram (a) shows a walker's foot ~lnccmcnt wit .h no hip rotntion , while dingram (b) shows thlj! , ext:rn d1,stnnce gained with prbpcr hip rotation.

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...L (b)

(No hip rotation) (flip r.otation)

The proper hip rotation is actually made up of rotation in both the hor.i zontal amt vertical clj.r.ect:iorts. ~lost of the rotutinn requ.ire<l is in the horizon ta1 or fon,ard direction. Tho ve r tical rotation or hip drop as it is often called should onlv be about

1/3 ,:~~;;:'"' •• ,. ....... ,. .... El~; ~r) Good proportion of lloriz: & Vertical Rotation

o. Torso:

] Poor proportion - m,:my rotations but little forward progress

/\s discussed in the introd u ctory lecture, the proper por;tut·e for the torso is a straight upright. position with maybe a sliylt t i nclina · tion. This is shown i n figure (c) below. l'igure (a) shows too much of a forwnrd lean which can often result in bent knee p i:oblems an<l disqualification. This also ·cloes not . allow a wall;ei: to get maximum power and stride . Figure (b) shows too much of a bi:lchrnr.d leon which also limits a wolker ' s power considerably.

E . Shoulders & 1\1:ms:

'!'he r.honJ.datG and hi.pH wor k toqother. Tho some work on tla~ slto11J.tlcrs is trmwfot·rc (l to the ltit>s anti in tl,nt: flonnc , l:hoy nen 1l<:pC'1t1lenl : on c.tch ol: lrnr. Plexi.l>ilit:.y ,l.n these two arc; .,,; is especially i111porl:,lltt

in ro:rntcring qoocl i:.,cn wnlkin'l technique . J.t is importont t-o nntc thn t !iO'I, of 0111: ' s power r:9mes from IJ,c &hn11lden1 and 507, from t:hc hipr-: (Nc,t tit<, .1u11:; ! ) . Moi:e actjon of: IJol.h the i.houl<.lr.t :o ;,nd ltipn i s required ror o longer stride :rnd inci ·ea:.wd speed.

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Tho nrnm .:ire 11r.eu for p1;opcr bnJ.nnoc and ,:;l,oulcl he Cilrriecl nt: npproximil t:cl.y ,. ight ( 90") .inglcu. l"igurc, (c) below shows til t' proper nrm c1tr:riu9c, while figu,:c,:; (n) and (L,) show i111propc1; can:fogc. Pigurc (a) results in };low wnlkin,:i while fiqw;c (I,) often rcsultu in lifting ~nd poaaiblc disqualification.

It is also important for the ar.ms to be somewhat relm:ccl oncl not tensed. Tension in the arms results in an uneconomical style, loas of energy ancl fatigue. It is suggested that the arms cross Partially in front of the body about 10 cm. from one's torso.

III. Elimination of Common Mistakes (Third I,ecture by

Professor Bausleber)

'fherc are two major clasi-es of technical mistakes in r;,ce walking ; (1) Mistakes tlwt are in violation of the rules of race 1-wll: inq; and (2) Economical miGtal:cs . The discussion that fol.J.m,s centers on t h e reasons for theoe mistakes (usually body construction problems or we,,k muscles, etc.) nnd possible corrective measures for their elimination.

/\. Leq Problem tl:

Figures (a), (bl, and (c) below jllustratc three types of leg structu1:ec. Nith (a) ancl (bl it is no\: diHic11lt to «chic-ve l:he proµor oroso-ovcr foot placcme ,,t, howcvar, with (c) it in diCficu].t. Jncr0.1sed flex.1.1,ility a11<l Dtccmqt henj ng of leg muscles nlll}' help, but this proulmo i-f severe may be hard to ooi:re .ct.

D. FoQI: PrC'bl !?.".!!E'

/\s c1isc usi, ccl pn,v) .our;.1.y, fout; pl;iccmc nt ic cd . l:ical f:or gQ..i.ninrJ the m.:lximum benefit (r.0111 onc'c :.;l:rlck!. Foot: plactrnicnt an shown 1.,cJ.ow resultr. in a shot:tcr nt,:icle for the >.11,mc cnoL·<1)' e,;p, 111dctl with .:\ poss.iblc loss in sir1nificant: c!is1:.111c:o. I\ Willker ill.:;o loos ·es th e fu ll force or the stride.

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Exercise to corrects Thls walker should always compensate 11hen walking b y turning feet inward and concentrate on walking on the outside edge of' each foot.

c . . Leg Problem ff2:

/\s also previously cliscus~cd 1 .landing on 11 bt'!nt leg as shown in figure. (a) bcl.01'.' results in a loss of power and possible rule violat 7ons. 'I'lns impropc.r teclrnic:ue involves using the . front (qu aclri.oeps) muscles instead of the back leg m1tscles.

(a.)

? ) ; ) \, ) I I

To correct this mistake a wa~er needs to strengthen the back leg muscles and_hnmstring te ndon with exercise. The best exercise is always walkJ.ng. Therefore, walk in place on tbe balls of the f 7et and the heel!J below the level of tho bntls such as on n sidewalk cu:b. l)o this ten to JO minutes per day. This correct leg action l.S of course ns shown below in figure (bl :

(I,)

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'l'J.ght: hips hi11clcr. proper nt:ridc development. To corr,:-r;t thli; proble,n ,-, wnll:,!r. :ihou .ltl concenLr.at:e 011 twisU.11!1 the hi.p:, wl, i 1.c­wallting or Ht,lntling in pl,,ct,. General l:10>:ibil.i.ty ex,,rci:rni: .ilr;o will help.

E. •ron::o Pr.oblems:

'J'oo 111uch of a forward or backwar.c1 lean hinders a wallrnr • s st:ri<lc and power, nr,cl often rer•ul.ts in other problc111s such llS rule violations. To co,:rect !:or these misl:akcs, a walk er should co n­centrate, while walking, on cornpe n snti. ng in the oppo site c1ir.0ct: ion. Exercises such au pulling a tire on a t1:ncl~ 111ay be used to compensate for a backwnrcl lean.

F. /\rm Carriage Problems,

As previously discussed, proper a.rm carriage is essentittl for g?od balance and coor<lination . l\rms should not: be can:i.ecl t<)CJ

h1gh or too low, but shoulcl be carried at approximately ~110 .inglcs at the elbow. It is not: hard to correct this nlistaltc, but does requi r, concentrating on the proper arm carriage while training.

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G. Too Tight or 'l'ense Muscles:

This is a general problem which prohibits many walkers from developing a nice fluid s.tyle . It is possible to correct this problem by doing fle>: i bility exercines. It is best to do these while wnlking slow. }<eep the arms loose at all times and concen­trate on relaxing the muscles.

H. Concluding Remarks:

J\lw.iys concentrate on what you arc doing . You should be froslt when worl~ ing on corrcc tions of one's technique. Work on one mistake at a time if you are a veter.in walker . For youn~1cr walkers nC'W to the sport it is best to corr e ct all mistukes at once. It is especially import.mt for these younger walkers to . work only on technirJUC ut f i rr.t. En clurnnce, etc. will come latc-r. Tolal body coordin.i l:ion is needed f j rst: . I recommend l:he following percen t ages of: general trainin<J (swimmin<j, ru n ning, wnlkinq, gym, basebnll, etc . ) plus speci.il training (race walking only) for younger athlete~:

10-12 12-14 14-16 16-10

General Trnining

100% 75'!. 50% 25%

Special Training

25\ 50\ ~5%

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_WOMEN'S

World Dest Performances pr. 1. JANUARY -1979

Track Events * * * l mile 6, 59,e Thorill Gylder 1500 Ill 6,27, 3 Susan Orr 3000 lll l},}9,6 ~iv Gustaveson 5000 m 23.17,5 Thorill Gylder

10000 Ill 4a.4u 1 3 ~iv Guetavnson 15000 lll 1119.49,e Su.1an Llera 20000 m 1 146, 18,6 Susan Liere

Road Events *** I 5 ICJII

10 DII 15 km, 20 1cm, 25 Jaus 30 DII 35 1cm, 40 knu 50 DII

22,57,5 Siv Gustaveson 46,40,o Thorill Gylder

1118.4(),o Thori l l Gylder 114_3._19,6 Thori ll GY.l~er 2120.57,0 &uean Liers 3118,15,o Jeanne llooei }126,04,o Jeanne Booe! 41}0,12,o Jewme Booci 5,17.00,0 H&17 Hilason

INDOOR TRACK *** 1 mile,

i " }ooo 1111 5000 DII

10000 Ill

7 ,01,7 Susan /Sue Brodock 13,45,o Thorill G.rlder 25,35,o Thorill.Gylder 59,29,2 Jacinthe T~eberge

NOR Fredrikstad

AUS Donoaster SWE Gothenburr NOR Oslo :;Wl!: Gothenburg USA Xing9 Point USA Kinga Point

SWE Bode NOR Softelend NOR Mixhuca NOR Mixhuea

USA Port Jefferson 'USA Toronto USA Pittllburgh USA Toronto Slo'E Yuter!a

USJ. Nev York NOR Uddevalla NOR 011• CA.ti Q,uebec

22.e. 1978

4.2. 1978 29, 7. 1977 4,8. 1970

30,4, 1977 20,3. 1977 20.,. 1977

20.8. 1977 16.9, 1976 23.4. 1978 23,4, 1976 19.6 .1976 20,9. 1970 e,11 .1976

20.9.1970 21.10.1962

24,2, 1978 4,3, 1976

20.2. icn1 21.3.1976