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:_-\.,; . ·.uw Aoge1es., July 9 _..:, ~ri "The }~mtert 1 Laird scored ~f1cant i .!..t1t.ematd,o~ · , : ,..: · . .. ' viet.Ol"y i.t!t the 20 ld.lGneter -walk at the US-,..~iah CQinr.1o~lth meet today.. Laii '-d

, · . -l-,ook: the bd on the .tint lap a.round the uack and l.!Quxi up over tour mia1t~ _; ahead or runnerup le.rJ!:1 ·Ycun.g.,. who also beat the best the Iritish lnpi.re could. .

otter. i'he best t18.S pretty darn good., too, i,nJ;he pe:raon of Ron Wallw01'X., 196& ' Camnon,,ea.lth 20 mile champion and current Briti .sh ' titleholder at 10 mil.ett am 20 kilo() Wa.J.l:work undoubtedl,y . BUffered mere fr(lll -~ heat (high OOts • -ce~r~ tet·. ·1me feeVee) than d.id I..aird. or Y~ .as the Bl'itish ·eeem to think its l!lt,itling aey t1m(- it ~ nneh owr 700 · rut he wn that »ttph-6 a> mile in ~ ~ t a~ . in ver.r -good ttme:, ~o · .Laird -am You.ng ha.4 to be doing ~ goo:1 "'11-~ -. ·

laird' e t:l;.:E was l:36: 29 ..,.2., AsSUlilit.lg they used the aame COUl"Se as ll6 the pe.st.,TJµs bet.ters ,lmdy Ha1wm9 s 1:37:02 last year .and Golnbnichi;r-'s 1:39 :5806_ ~ l9t4_. La.ini had a l:40:56a6 for third : in the latter race .and · 1: .40:16 la~ ~~i ~ this was by' tar his best race on this crurse<J · Perhaps b1a best :e.ee ~r M th Is appears .to be a p~tty tough .c~e judging fran past .perf'<rmaneeso

The race waa Stf~~ on television as plrt of the ' l.ivet telecast !ran the ~to ' The e&'l1eras ctayed 'with the walkers ·tor all or the nearq two l.apa .on tM tra ck befai-e they lert the Coliseun tor the roe.do HoD-o Thol"eaU' s camnents -~n ' t i.-ea.1.:ty pa.~Ollar:ly canpllt.-wntary to t.t-ie epo,rt., but we've heard worseo The oomment..e 'WE!nn1 t .as 'tad as the inflectionso , Af'1$'1111.Y th-ey also Sbvwed a ·few shc>te or laird as he came through at 10 kilo du...'>'i.ng the 3 mlleo Appu-entl.7 he was 1fell elear ot too field at that poi.zit., at least no one elee was showno Ron ,finished just -before . ·the end 0£ the teleca.ot,. ·so we got to eee tr.a.t~t~, althoo.gh they didn't give the

· time.:, undoubtedly because . thf;\Y didn• .t have ito 'lhey problbly didn't have · it becau54!3 they weren1t interestedo fut ·-they did show about the most waltdne *television . has " e"~r seen at ~e time»

.-Tcn' cooley tailed to finish, _bit we don't know tmy .at 't.his point 0 Acccrding · ·. ·to . T & . F Ne'\'1Slett~?" he fell~ whicll is a bit unusutl duri~ 8, t..-alki.ng raceo . So. -.mat ha pnened e.rqw&y, Tan?

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: eJY · w,f t a.---(;'- ilo Santa lhr oora, -0ali :f., June 2lt.- '?he same R~ ~ 1en laird also .t urned in an out ­standing oerfOl"!lance in . an earlier 20 kil o 1n Santcl lhrbe.rai ·.ally beat i ng t he best in the West ·wit h i: 32;24o The race wau held .on a 5 kilo loop along th e beach :walkway l-Jhich ha.d been wheel .-measured ar.d later checked w ·Btll Ra.nne;y .. The level of perfa:rna.nce in this raoe was quite high, with Ranney sixth in l:40:0J o Don DeNo~ walked ~ one of ~ best races at a longer dist.ance, rut was ~ till

P two mimtes back of the Monster, Y'OUQg and Dooley bad a dog-eat-dog battle tor third, t?ying to pl'OW llho 1a. the b&tter :man, in light ot ·c1ecu1ons en tril8c- . SI*\king ot the tripe• I haven't h8l.l'd aiv ~ regarding azv changes _in the original

.dJ. ·ansignnentso Not tr.ring to take 41ttt~ .._,. ll"m. Ten Dooley, I can lal'dl7 see hCJrl he can be picked far the Europeab°Xwer-1&1"17 Yatmg ,mo beat h!Jll quite~ n' I

· · . .bath the National 20 am 500 · ! ha• gottaa w01'd on teams fcg the Iugano Cup t.ri. Pa t-mich is ·qui.te tentative yet, a~Jd Gil~ •t least 8Cllle<me'voke up ~ot U!ft7 Wal.l<Br .as ·the third m.a.n t~ the 20. ra~"ler than ane ·Jo 'Mortland .who we . earlier ,rwned alternate for the Pan-fan teaJno 'l'he Iugano t.eant is I.&ud., Dool~ and. -Walker in the ·20 9 Yrung• ip.op.fer• am Kulik 1!1 'the 500 The big question ii f nioneyo ~ 1"ll have ~ extil~ha1ting arw.nd you it-.nt to ldok in · to get these gtV'8 av_. t here., aem it to Charlie SUcock at the A.AU in Nev York o · .

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Getting taek to th e above nee J1 here .~ the results: . lo · '.Ron Iairo. 1:32124 . 2o Don -DoNoon l:34 ·:25 .3., Larry Young 1:35:30 . 4o Tdll Dooay 1 :35 : ;o So Goetz JQ.oprer 1:38:22 66 B.i.11 Be.nne,-_l:40:0CJ 7" Rich Ibwa n l.: 44 -:46 So Jim Hanley 1:44 : 50 9 .,-Jim .lopes 1:45:10 lOo Bob Brewer 1 : 59:05 *_;:-~-'***~~~HH'-****'~-lHHHHHH f-~ -'.r.H~:~»~8*-" "*' A*".d-l~,<* **"~r...:}1.:,ff,J'..-,.B} /

a9i1rt . . • . . Hoo &,fl Once"we got the ~ · ae~p on a lktionalo . Art.er crediting a ~

mo -.1m•t even there with sixth place 1n the one mile, 1ftl gave a lot of wrong tJJnes · in th e t.wo mileo · Not actua:l.q · our .ftlulto We are re]Jring ozi what is o.ffi~ · . released a1'ter the meetso Seema at tho two mile no one could read a .•t.ch ,_. OJ" tbq ' :didn' t 'bothe:t and g-uessed a~ the timee,. or aomtbingo ~ , the lt>lJ.owtng ·coma .. courtesy or mn Rann,sy ~ and waa pie~ed togetheflSifiler. Dalton and a. ff1!il' ct.here" ·Places are the same as qrigina.117 reported ,. bit the times ·look a little more like it : lo . Ron Ie.:trd 13;41 . 2o lArcy- Young-14.:01 3o Don 0.Noc?a ·14:06 4o Ilarr,r Walker 14:00 So Rqn Daniel 14:12 · 6. rem .Dooley 14:l? 7-. Jitll Han.le., .14:23 e. fat.berch . 15:40 9o Beger Duran 15:Sl. DNF Bob ~n. ~ Stev-e T.Y,.-er,, Goats Klopfer., am Jim Lopee (Gee» Bill., -that 1'8&lly shoat.at.he~ Athena AC reeonl . or no calls 1n · a big Wlq'o Hoo Ha, welcane to the olula •ts•) . Warnings to ·WaJJer• Dol'loon!' 1-ie l , . and Dumn. · ORW Styl.e award :to laird ld.t.h j1Jdg1ng quite strict» ae midenoed &bol't,c laird ~ 1'ran the start, al.though the a~ was not exceptionally fast (l:39-1:40}, puled steadi q -,q am 'WU 'M'Nl" ohal.lengedo C • > '

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While · cleaning up on liack -stutt,. - . ~ got the o.f'-tic:ial ' results on 'the 'Hl.tional ·35 'NI!\}" beck in May. AtJd here -th~ &NU 1o laird 2:57:40 2o Shaul lad&:,;r ):06:'7 3., John KeU, 3:11:39 ' 6o Ron Kulik · 5o Paul ·Schell 6-, Ron Daniel · 7o Howie Jacob­sen So B.tll. ~ · 9o Elliott Deman '(no tines after third} Team: N!'AC - 8., NYPC - 13

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The race wa put on by the Pittehlrgh Walker's JiJn Johnson and~.&eOOl'ding to Chuck, he had a. nel cram oot in his t1anetown to cheer b1m on. 1'h1e was a bit deinorali.3:tng to the othez• .:I.leers, mt. a grmt thing tOJ6 JJm• wio led rca-tho tint three er four miles~ E"'L'fept on b,v the ch~ers ot the crowdo Onr~umte]7 tor Jim., and fourtunately far- the rest at the •lkBn, tbia eart of 1nspt:ration ~ eai-ries you so far, and he eventaally dropped be.ck to aixtho

Fa.nest Conrad showed even greater inrprovanent ttMID Nevell with a lifetime best <lf 1:57:3005 f>or ninth pla.cee If Dale ,Arnold had been able to ake 1t. the arc would have had en easy teem championship vithout either Blacldnz,n or Mortl&rd, whl.ch shQ\'JB those tt.10 are only ao mob ex.ceaa baggage after all. As it lllS• t. Pittsbi..irgh Walke...-.s walked otf with the title ..

Evidently n well handled nee &rd enthuaiastioaU, aqe~odo A l&rge c:t'ONll at the et.art ani peq>le _lining the CDUJ'8e ti. whole U&J'o ~ IIILJOI' attended the &·J&l"'da luncheon eveno 'l'h&re were six police care keeping tmok or all the valkers~ and Char-lie l~ had a personal escart all the way.. Someone at fmfrT 1nteraeot i on to handle traffic.

And here 1s hCM the race •nt: l.o Howie Jacobsen am Steve Hayden• long Isla.rd AC 1:42:51.6 3o Chuck Hewn_ ·oro 1:44:23 4o John Harwi~ Pitteblrgb Walkers 1:48:23 S. Paul Wallccm.•• Fh1lo 1:1223 ~ Jim Johnson• Pittsl:urgh Walkers 1:53:39 ?. Bart ld.t•• ~one AC, T~o 1:55:.36 (1il.llll'&y f017 Bert) 80 ~ke Donaldson 1:57:02 9o lorftst Conrad, 0'1'C l:.571

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lro NAAU 2 Mlle_ Ib£; ·&10:, NY, J~ 15- l. ste'ft ~ ~ Islard...AC 14:55.2 {ntn1 record) 2o HM.e Jacobsen~ LIAC 15:Cfl 3. Don Johnson, Shore AC and Jim Jchmon~ Pittalx!rgh Walkers 17:12 So BDb Beed7'~ Mill.rose AA 17:)0{est). Eigh-c. f1nishers3 rut other three not availabl.eo ¼lHt~:-~.:-.'H'~-****~~~ ;:-~-:..~'H~::JlJl~lHH'~~***""~1*'*

rou t~'1l~te s1obS are readill? t.be ~ Chio Baoe Wal.Jcmo • . We are not too nn ~botJt-. • that. rene t.'lese de.Ys, vitb ~a aa th•.._are in the c:tUs. \'le oould get bit

,dtb the backlash if arvone mieintei,:t:'Gta ti\,blllffift Ge~ a rew strange looka when c'I~ ca.oh ohecke., :la it i& :Bit we•n ·1ea,,. it as it .ti .. '-ivea ua a good open1fW tp ~bllsh a f«f of our opinions on the bf.gate cme en.countere these de.Ye, if we ner !eel so dispoeeda, ~. our main topic 1s walking (secomar:,r topic ME) am we .mne to you mo~ for only ,)lo29 ~ anmzm (ap~teJ1' one year). Puhllsbsr: tack~ ln.ackwrn,. Editors Jack Mortland,. Printer: Y-r., Jo Bl.ackburno ..ddresa: 31.$4 SUmmitl st •• Collmiws. Chio ' 432000

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RESUL'IS FROM VAAIOOS Al'JD SUNDRY PLACES:

Mt is h 20 lilo~ l'i~ 13 - 1. Ron Wallwork 1:37 :.31 2. Arthur Jones 1:38:01 _ 3. 1?2y lli.ddle to n 1:38: 27 4. Roy Lodge 1:40:02 · 5,. .Rd.an Elery 1:41:42 6. Don Thanpaon 1:41:29 7. D. Siwth 1:42:30 s. Ken Easle.t 1:42:.32 (69 ~er 2 hours~ 137 started, lll finished. ) : . ~ Blil.XStUD.iU~BXQX.

. I , Inter Cour.tieo 7 Mile, Track - l. \'lallwork Sl:38.2 2 .. 'Jones 52:53.2 3. Mi.ddle-tot1 53:.3.3 4. Ee.slea .53:52 s. Eley S.3:58.6 {~ -Z'/) I' .

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15 Mile , April lS - Wallwork 1:58:09 2. Eric ~l. q • l:S9:35 .3. Malcolm 'lo~ 2:80:i

20 Mile., April 29 - l.. Don Thanpson 2:42:45 2. av:~ Sutharlam 2:4.3:48 3. Ken . Easlea 2:46:39 4. Bill F~ 2:47:09 (This was a cJ mty 20 miler. In other .counties top t imes were turned in by Brian ElErT 2:~:26- Ray 3 li.ddletoa 2:48:09. Ron \'lal..h,oz,k 2:49:04. Roy L<Xlge 2:43:56~ Eric 'lay'lor 2:49:00. Ai~l";JaaJ:cy~ sane ot these wre in ~ ; not county reees.

. . . I . 2 ~ Toronto, June 17 - FeliX _Cappella-14:57, fmw Johnson 15:07_ Joseph Is<q 15:34. Me.: Gould 16~05 (HQmicap mce. order er ( tinish was different than this) 10 Kilo~ 1

JXJUD~ -tt'o1"0nto• Ju:ey, l. - Felix Cappella 49:15 ~ ., P.mnk JohDson 52:49.--S 3. Mut Gould 55:00 4,. Harold Hoffman 56:35 (High beat am hln1d1ty• pocr track) '

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2 J«].e, . West Seattlf>~ June 3 - L F.d Glander 14: )l.2 2. larl. Jahansen 15:52 I

2000 meters~. West Seattu. June 9 - 1.. Glander 4 :56.1 2. Jottanaen 9:17 '- steve ,..___ 9. "'>'> ' . . ~~~ -~ ~ \

0.regon l Mile - 1. ·Roger Duran 7:l2~2 2. Steve/ Tyrer 7:29 (June 11)

Jr-. National. 30 W.0~ Kings Paint., ta$. Juiw 3 - b .. &aw Hona:ast,• South Jersey TC 2:42:13 2. Jim Lo~s~ Athena AC 2:43:17 3. BOide Jacobeen~ ta,g Island AC 2:SO:l.6 i.. Dr. Jcn.,i SbiU1ng• BI.PC 3:03:31 5- Don Johnoqn. Shon AC 3:13:14 6. Paul Walkovic• Ph1la. AC 'J:(T/:,J,

3.3 Mile~ lbng !ranch,- B.J.• Juq 17 - l. Shaul 1..adalV 25:43 (not. acstuall7 ftrst• it 1mS a handicap , wt Shaul. ha4 the best ~ t.1 l1.ch makes tam best 1Ja 11V. book.) Sellitto 11 Shore AC (Toru i8 his first nam.) 27:59 3-. Don Dauaon., Share AC 28::,6 4. Elliott Demian 29:24.- 'ftleBe AN b1.lled aa SoCO aetc- raeesa mt Elliott ava it 1s actually 3.3 miles:, so wt:w not call it that_. eh 1W.1ott1 1her bold tlSel veekq &lld this is the best set of times eo ~ this 78LY'• Iadaiv- _,, jmst ~ aecoma otf Ron KuJ.iks s course l'Ooord_. aet last y-ezu,. . . *3.,t.X¼:H:~--?HHHH~~:tJI • 11 ff~il II 1111 If K IUUII IH! U lUI J•!HC~~~ 111 I-~~ Sf SI IUI JICI ~lt J It SI It l Kil ll

Spes.kL,g or 3.3 mile races. ·Bob liendF.Umon soumed er£ 1n the last. J.aeae or Alan Coolc' s Amencan Race Walker abalrt. abort aces and Gld,,wmll dlataneea. a,b figur0s just about ever,th1ng ahGuld be at 20 or SO kilo as these ue the intermtional distances. We have ex:ireased our n¢n1on bet~ on ultra.-.hort noea ,, -eo dma't. need t.o go into that. HOW8'181', w aee noth1J,,g ~ with · an 8 mile 'S?l 7&rd nee if that is what someone wnta to holcl. It Jll8IID8 tbeJ' aeuurod the couree -~. and who caree 1.f you can ecautBre the Ume. that cloeen' t Nall7 man ~ ~ --ay. The mce is the thing. That•• what the apc:rt is all abollt. And I ean ~

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of noth i ng more boring thai a 20 ldlo ffer'Y time out. {That isn't rea ll,y f.1-ue,, I could probabq think or l:Jwxlreds ot th1nge mre borlllg. ) B.tt it is more .fl.m, end I feel better uperience, to walk a ftl"iety- ot distances in raeese- I suppooo l an1

· con3idered primariq a 20 kilo w.lker, ·&rd haft bad rtlUJOrable success at the dist .• rmee$ rut I woul.d estimate I haVe proba~ oricy' competed at the distance abou t 20 time s 1n·9 years. I don't need to wlk91al.at ot 20 kilos to haft confidence at what I can do over the distance. The 1964 OJJ,mpic Trial was m:, first race at the distance in · well over a yea:r, bit I knew vhat I needed and was confident I could do ito So I say lets have more ot those 7 5/9 aQ! 14 'l/3 mile mcea. Katter,ot tact, I might just. schedu1e one to get. old lbb 1 s dander up • . ~'f-;HH~:*'~ .. '¼:}-:Hf-.lHH'n~:HHP~.rlHHH~Hh ;+;.<•lHHBHHHf·~-'*1,HH, .. ~-:t-1'_...~.:;-,i.~"""".(*'.Hc-· ''*

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"' t his, am I t-ron1 t recopy it here. Essent1ally • Iarr:, feels that there 1s a good deal of regional bias 1n the sport or race walking which Vtrk.a to the detrime nt, or the sport o He evident:cy has felt this ~ tor IIQlle time mt stat.ea that the immediate catalyst for his let.tar ws the rejection or lJl.rr:y Y~ for Tan Dool.,q on t.he Im-opean team., am the tact that he vu replaced b,y Mortlam (hfO'., tba.t 1 e me) as an a1termto tor the Pan Am teain. Iarr;r feel.a that these were striotl1' arbi trary selections based on regional bias. He suggests t.he repla~ ot Fbll Ja~'lelski ~ Charlie Silcock as ?G.tioml Cbail,an~ describing Jacnelski as striet]y &stern and Charlie as a ra tione.l 1':i.gure. He alao aska toJo aol"9 o'bjeet1TIJ judging or out­of-district walkers., cit.ing Jachelski's harassment. of Don 0.!foon it Pittsburgh.

TheN ·umoubtedly is a certa:ln amount o1" regl,om31m in wlk1ng, u there seems to be in all al.kB of lire. Ewr.,tine likee to adopt a aupertor attituae &bottt ' where they live. e'V9D if' it 18 caq woause it get.a 30 degrees eolder J.n the ld.nter am they have to ruf:ter t.hat auch Jll01"8o I know llhen • hel"9 1n Columh.ts .tint got int.o ,eJldng ve felt as it we..._.. ,-.y IIIICh al:Qeed 'lben w ~ eut. At. \tat time, although there 111&8 sane walking on the t'leat Coast and a little 1n rnd.crago•,. W8ft the tar west aa tar u being aar iw. of thNats in 111t.1.onal. ra.on held on the Eu t '-0nsto As a nsu].t• we ot't.en felt W WN treated untairq beaauee theM ~!'9 .felt we ware ~ 1n oar sport. I dcubt that there ,.. m1oh tzvth in t.hie ~ ~ t w really telt 1 l.f,\alter BLackwrn g<* t.hl'Olm out in t.he 1961. one a1le on -.t w thOQgbt was very arbit.r&J7 judgi~. ~tner the cue then. I suppose that. in vhe.t­ewr Ngi.onal bias there is now w ~ more cloael7 aJl1ed 14th the kst. !his then» I suppose., could bA the 1'8118011 I 11118 Nlected OYflr !arr., as an altermte. It's as good as a:rv ex.planaticn I could t.b1nk ot. Jbt it doea not in arv IIIIQ' e,q,J•1n the selection of Wooley Off?" Yeung. I know there 1a a lot or feeling bet1ftNtn 'Jforthem mid Southern California• b1t J•obelekt oerta1nq bae no 1nt.--t in th1a am Ch&Jtlie Silcock 11aS a!)plU'9J'ltq comul.t«l to 9Clle at.eat 1D the eei.etiona• ao wtv' ~ be go against his old SeCo h-.o I don't know my the .. lect.iona WN Jade aa t.1197 were~ and did not agree with t.bda. mt · I dan•t ~eel l&rl7 baa hit oa ".be ...,cm. I don• t think Ngl.oaµistio bla8 1a Qlite the og1"9 I.arr,- teela 1t 18. I do knal, J'Ql aren't going to get l"1d Of thi.s type or teel:f rg h<Nlffltr• jw,\ because people an what they U'eo ,

~1~ Aa to the ~ point,atzM • hanaeament of De!loon at PJ.tteblrgho !tiere eeaa

to be two sides to · ttda. Saae t-1 he._. being hansaed• othen ll8llll to reel be ws being coddled. JfOhelaJd. w.a det.lniteq 19ll.1Dg at bJm about h1a style. Int 8CIDB 1'eel 70tl don• t Jal at a gq and tell him he had bet.t..- Nttle down or 1'Gll' n

~ ) goiv.g to _call ltlmo You just call himo I did.n ' t see ueNoon,1t ar.d l am not a jUdge if , I had, 'i'-M I didn't hear J achelski~e o I ean't agree wit..1-t aithel"' sidec, I do knew that Don has more trouble 'With sty:W ~ 8.?lYot&e 1n t he countey-11 and this inc l udes in hi e own tel!'f'itory tt s o ~be he should be harassed more o-tten t ar his own G~o .

I t hink I can assure larry- th~.t 1.f htl is good. enough to get in the top th1--ee at either · the. 20 or SO ·next year he can ~ !eel a(!sUred of a spot or, the plane to Mexico City o Evaey-/oor years at -t he t .rials t :-iere is a l ot of' yr eaching about th e f1r.lal SGlect i on Wing up to th e canmitt ee nm if ecneoIJe doesn't appear to be a gOOd represent at ive bec&uefS of o t yl e or eanet hi~ h~ might be replac ed,, . lht this has never hap pened yet , and i t .l'1on't,, As t or ·mei .I can't- hold arzyf,bing against the West Coast . ,~ere as most er t han .are fr 0ll1 sanewhere mck east ar~(' .

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UPCOONG RACES "' . Sr o J,D I{ilo - August 13:, 10 Somo; Long &mlch, Ne-J ~ Dema n figures aey of' a bout,

10 guys might win it with Laird in Europe ar.d unable to de fend,.. . Sro - 10 Kilo - August 26 ~ :Kalis pellJt i,!ontana i, 7:30 pomo (MDT)

. . Sro 15 Kilo - Septem ber ·9 $ ~ck ,. Pao ·· ' .Sri., 25 Kilo ·- SsPtsn bel ~ 30, Seattlep Wa.sho

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Elliott Deman letG us ·knot-r that be is planning another usaul:t QI the London .to · irighton ( S2½ miles) 0r1 September- 2 and .figures he had · bet.tel' start t.1tining for i to This should : .get him -well wamed up tar the 100 miler 1n· Colum.b:ta later in · the mantho Elliott al.Go says, "Why dcn 1 t , YOll ,r..xya get sane r;iew t'aces * there in Qrl.o wal ks '? ·.Nepotism is t'irle rut would you ifa9t your girl fH'em to~ one? 1'my-· don 1 t yc;ai have vel.kslaufe out your ~ and pram1se .medals ( get tbaaJt scmamereg

• mm:.ehc»1) to ewr.,-~ who e&a"'l do~ ea-:, 51 miles pet" hour• or 10 miles 1n 2 hollrso lJe•ve ha~ big euccess with . that tOJ.'mlll.a. in NJ .. n ·

. P.r-an Jbb MiDE., vio wr.it.es of another or , tJloae :Vol.kslauts in Germarq.. . • Tt.111_ i e the event :mVe becm pointing .forl I did -.ery wello I n«>Vonq won 111.1 cla,s s bit _bad

. the beat time of the day- tar all clasoes. (Braggart) _ r.· received a model or t.~e · Hesaerschmidt 262 as a pn-zeo Iv kids all did well, . ·tooo ~ miss~ it &a~ W•i at &>y Scout Camp~' 'but Aobert& fim.shed 3rd in runnµ,g 900 met.era~ .~;~tea am

: '37 · seconds and won a cl.~ ta:- being the .til"at gb-1 'hem .A.ugsbirg to '11~:Sho. She . also i-ron the 3 km Walk for ,girls l4 and undero ·. She D 120 She .did 1t ' ltt ' l6 lld.m t es .an! 37 .se conds am wan a ' gamer~ a prise plus a galf.i medal o .she ati .~ hllPJVo.

· She. ooat 35 other girlso .Nol"9en was '8th ill nlk:b:~ .i~ -9tll in runnint ' and lfflll two silv er m~ o Clifford .won two eilver medau ltY' ~.~ S8tb out or 76 1n 1"U!1Ding aid blth · in wa:Ud.ng out ot 94o Douglas (4 yes.rs ·~) f~shed '8th · in 1falld.ng in ~he aomo .. clauo P'om wasn11. goad hlt tar 4 Jaal'S e.ld ·it WU Cito• (When ;r thimc or th e RJJJlber ot kids Bob' baa aind, I ~- · when he t'Ollnd t1- to train enough t o . .make an Olympio teamo ) !he race ·&>b won was l2 km• rer llhicb he tad ,;,; i 47 o That WliQld. be umer 50 ~or 10 kilo• ·which isn ' t bid ·.fer an old cat who muns on · -~ beero .Next ·beet Um~ was in the JOUDger age gl'GUP 1 6o : ll <> · Bast. wan&n'e time was 76 :17 0 Also r~ out in th ~ W81tlth ct material t hat Bob eent 'tha t Nolm Rothe , · for whcm we h~ld an annual benefit race~ still.a hol ~ the reccrd · tar 3000 mte rs in

. US Air . Force in Ioorope ·~ ck meet at 15: lJo This year. in t he USAF'i:, United Kingdcm , ·meet, ·the t~ 1·m11e went . in 17!1.3 to Tbeodi~ I?av.l.s.9 rut he _Also wo.p the 10& in l01>2t . ·the 220 low in 2604• .;mi t ook ~ Di 1n the highso · · ·

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And a l e ttE>.r fran _fat Bill Clark in Columbia, Mo: .. "~ ~i ORW caught me on read ·(j). · scouting · !or tloumering Pirates.. Took time off fran seeking hai:<1-throwing Pirates

to · scribble a -rew lineso Assume all of you -in ColumbU.s area. are god4 Pirate tan.so If not ~ - don't enter the 100 miler.. Race :1s not ~n to .un-Pinte P8<Jl)le., {FA., Sorey . we _are not Pirate !anso -~ven m.seblll tans. Gave up that sedentaar;y eport. nearly 1:wenty years ago when we · there weN real athletic _contests arou.m.o

· And to the mctent ·we do follow the sport we~ tor, the old ~incy Reds, despite the Pirates top ~ club being fight here in old Colunlb18 towo) .. . · ·

. Hope Ofa,i will }lelp UB with our two up-caning races .. Ma.inl,y ·because YOtl qx­cra~ Cbioana ealled the race an oven ( .or sanething .else?) a..~d ia~n.l.y PeeaUSe Ron Laird spe 1lt his money ( or saneone el.Bes?) to ·call l.ong distance - ve mowd th~ race (Edt, ioe o the 30 kilo) to & cool date - like · October l5o Now - I hope we .get a great field., Assume you have air tlyer,. ·

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~ Now about the 100 milero W,lre iJti#J e.eriwe on the Centurla D Club aid the 100 miler" We· may gc,· to the road with . ~lie ra.ee in tbe future_ but ·this 7ear at least~ · it•s cm tho uaek to set aa valid American• rk. · We have a -rorce organized to operate JJ hours~ s,r ~eded, or longer I suppose. Om problem? What happens it the lap counter loses count. at .'317 laps~ · Do we start over? We'll have judges., etc., rw · . the mole ishatt -o We'd love (the Parks am .Recreation Denartment) to nake this the · 100-mile ewnt in .th.is country which would lure iii European wal,ker.s • · e;c.' (F.cio What

· are European etceteras am ~t do you · want with tmam 1n C~lumb:ta?) · . . ..

· · Must camnent on C>m·! I vi.eh you'd publish · e'Vf/tl7 t~ imJtead of twice in June (which came out in Jul;r) .and not in May - Or bow th• boll it happened in l.9lf/o lbi~ rather an outlaw - Pm in accord lid. th ·your 4111.itorial. pollcieso ADI as to yair

· referencd -concerning sex - my-attitude is . this: When I fill out a fOl'l!l asld.ng the quest-ion ttSe:x:?"., I ~r "as often u possible" am. ehaJ:"g-e of£ to oha.se one or the world•ia ~t love?"S - _, w.lte. (Ed. It,' Q1r cou."Jt here in -the au·i edi.tor.t.al offices she is at best m:aber tour. ) One or t~ reaaons I stq act1 ve in "'1gh~­.lif"ting is because lUti:rg gets the blood rushing through the hQdy ar.d thee' s . or..]Jr one ~ to quiet this rush o.f -hot 'bloodo Makes ~ workout a _great .. w.ried expe;rience. Keep up the om,1 and don1 t enange a thing .- other than to enlarg,jtt~ .

About Iar.ey Yoong - he's a gnat, Id.do Catne oock here last summer -to walk with .Pallner and the l.ocal crew~ a l.O k:Uo onq ,4 Wl18 atter tre Senior 30,, His dad•

; -&b Yoi.1ng~ is 1,$ a.nd lives ~ IC.Co He•e been ao haPP¥ wer Larr.,-'a success th&t ~e too hae taken upw alking and now ~ second onq to Palmer- 1n this &reao A

. 70'.:U:iger son, Leighton.- baa 'started walking am has beautiful tol'm. but la.eke . Larry's _speed at this t:1meo l'laJltng 1a beginning to grow cu~ h~ am•'• doae it ~ using ~tiortal Championships asa boost. to local inte1"9stg ~~.HHH , - ~Htst:l~~~.nHf*~'-*!:--4''"*****'.H~

. Hey,. just a little owr a page to go am. I didn't know what the heck I vas g01ug to fill ·t.his With when I atabted. Doc•a on vac&tion this month, -and you ean•t ask & ·

_'Doctor to Tt,ri te medical articles on hia . wacationo His a~. name ot Jack, is a lq,nr -not a w:riter<- Besides which he tl,linka be U 'b'&:hdng tor that sill;, 100 miler

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Ye:;ste~day he blasted tlu-ougb a 40 miler to follow up his .30 miler ot a .week ago0

0cu:;~, bat.ween t5 .mes he oriq did a loneJ.T two mil•., lbt he rerortD he is .tinding cu t. '111 s9rts o.f' new things about walkingo Suggeets to Bill Clar1: that perhaps theNi i';l<1..u:d be .a strategically placed hot bath ee.si.13' acees-aible to wa'-17 t-"3lk:81"s during t11e oourse of festivities. At .this PQint• I don't thing he tavors ·testirg .the ,.~r-cmw:e'.U ~ th eory at al.lo · · . · ·

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(d) · Let• a , t~n mck the ca:fendar , again, 8:11 the way to 19600 Going back no further

than that, I can give you a little cairnenta~ . as well as ·nsults & I was tbereo · The 50 Kilo OJ.3mpic Trials wre .held in Pitsw.rgho They })ad an& out an back course~ most of which _followed a ruw tCQr lane hir,h'W81'o The race lltarted in the morning

· anf traffic wasn1t too bad goiqg out hit it real.q _picked up am became a. buud , on the way mck. T'ae O'l'C1 s "~ck ~ckhlrn., who "8.8 actualq ·considered ~nore or a. threat ·at 20$ tralked near the ' tront ·tar the ~t twelve or thirteen milea ·w.ith a~e fN.YB that didri' t fi~ to be too close at the finish such as Uale Arn.old (not -yet with the OTC) and Chris McCarthy (not yet on his ,o kilo ,.a week progrrun}~ The big · guns,Allen . MacDonald, an~ Laird.>were walking hick about sixth to tenth -hit not too far off the pacso I f"orget where Weinacker and Sjogren, ,mo were real threats were. pl.aced at that . point.. Poor old Ja~ had a bad: let down in the middle ·or the race about the same time everyone else started to mowo laird powered into -the lead around the tUJm aroun:l And loold~ not to right nor lett, ·& 1Jtudy in concentration• held it to the finish, with John Allen not tar ·behim.. Hi.ackb.trn; after ~ppi,ng be.ck to about eighth, finally started to move again am was gaining on third place lruce Ma.cDorald at the finish~

'. Two weeks later, the 20 was held at &.l.timore and of .:f ered a . .tw surpr.iseso filackb.trn ~eened a sure thing here, espec~ with ~e .or ti:B ~ing threats already on the team. M such was not to be, ard _although actualJ.T ~ni.shing seTenth, he emerged as the unfol"tumte altermte at both diatanceso Of the six ahead of' him, one ·was Ca~i:Uan Alex ~ a.rd two were alrad;r qualified, . Laird am tlacDo,- ldQ Rudy Haluza was no surprise in first and Ron Zinn had been. given sane chance before the mce, although he had been walking less than a ,.-earo Bit . I don't think &r\YODe, other than lbb Mimn~ had thought of joo.rne,man '11alker· Bob M1111ll as & threat .. . He •s really ready arxi moved from way be.ck during the second halt 0£ the race to take the third bertho I!'} -19S9., the 20 had been held · on the same ccuraeo In that race I bad been 100 to 150 yards mete ot Mbn about~ and easil;r aut him down the la.st 'few miles for the thirteenth spot. So ,at. the tr-ial.s in l96C>• ·'Wlll.king in tenth spot

;; (Wilie~ _I seemed to hold almost -uncontested &cm start to tinish} at the az ~ pointJ I gl.L"lCed ahead~ saw lbb ltiDm 100 to lSO yar4s up. "Aha0

, I thought, 11there•s Jt least one- more gtey" I will pi_ck up." Never aav Mm again. Wbooshl · Ava:y he ·went,

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· Results 0£ the two ~ee: .20 Kilo~ &ltimore, July 17 - l. Budy .u.alusa, NI Pioneer Club l:34,;12 . 2 .• Alex <akley, Gladstone AC 1:34:55 3. Ron Zinn, US Military ,Acad~ 1:35!58 4. Bob Mi.mm, Penn AC 1:36:07 s. Ron Laird, NY Pioneer Club 1:39:21 6. F.ruce Ma~, Ny Pioneer Club 1:40:30. Tea: mr Pioneer -Club-8, <IUO TC - 22

:. 50 Kilo, Pittsblrgh, July 3. -- l. Ron laird, NY ·f:i.oneer Club 4:4Q:CI} 2. "'7ohn Allen• IW"falo, ff 4:41:36 3. ll-u.ce ~cDoiald• IN Pipneer Cl.ub 4:45:42 4o Jaok Blac1dx1rn~ OTC 4:47:46 s.-Adolf Weimoker, US Air Force 4:48:28 . 6. l.eo Sj~ .F.i.nnish-American AC 4:S2:S2 NY Pi.oneer qlllb - 9., Green & GQld AC - l.S

Results - in i(jne: 20 Kilo-L . Vladireir Qolumdchiy, -OOSR. i!34:07.2 . 2. Noel~. Aµstralia l:34:16.2 3. St.an Vickers, GB l:34:56.4 4o D1~ter 1.idner, EG 1:35:33:8 So No:m Read, NZ 1:36:59 6. L. Eack, Sweden 1:37:17 . 'inn 1:42:47 2.3. M1aa i:45:0J .. 24. Haluza 1:45:11 · · SO Kilo-1.Don 1'h<11peon. GB4:~5:30 ·2. John J..junggrc,n~ Sweden 4:2S:47 3o Abdon ~ch, It.a.'1.7 4:27:SS.4 · 6o A. stcherbina, USSR 4:31:44 . ,. ~ Mi~;;;on~ GB 4:3.3:03 6. Alex Oakley• Callllda 4:3.3:08 •. 6 (ilex · was ninth- in the ·20, btt Ljw\ggNn vaa . ,

, eeyenth) 19. Laird 4:53:21.6 23. YacDonald j:00:47Q6 24. ill.en '5;03:15.2 . ·

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