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Bits and pieces.Coileen Hiilery after taking two

f o u r t h p l a c e s ( i n t h e 5 , 0 0 0 a n d1.500) ran a 3:03 to win the marathon at the Empire Games held atSyracuse, in August ... Jim Shields,w i n n e r o f t h e M a h o p a c F a t h e rMooney Memorial, was also in fineform at the Games with a victory inthe 3,000 meters steeplechase, a2 n d i n t h e 5 , 0 0 0 a n d 3 r d i n t h e10.000 . . . John D'Angelo. vacationing in New England, took time out tocapture 2nd place (Masters Division)in a lOK run at Wood River Junction.R h o d e I s l a n d . . . J o e E r s k m e a n dClayton Bristol finished 3-4 in theTw o B r i d g e s u l t r a - m a r a t h o n ( 3 6m i l e s ) r u n f r o m W e s t P o i n t t oPoughkeepsie, in August...Marathon-ers in full swing as B"g Apple 26 miierdraws near. All club members plann i n g t o r u n s h o u l d n o t i f y H a r r yNeeson of intention to do so . . . BillCu l len c locked 1 :32 fo r H ispan ichalf-marathon. . . Peg Meisier andJeannie Arnett also completed thecourse . . . Judy Pickert, ConnieLyke , John OToo le a t tended andr a v e d a b o u t G r e e n M o u n t a i n s R u n

ning Camp, Lindenvilie, Vt. Super-duper according to the girls . . . BillMcCaff rey, 53 . back f rom Europew h e r e h e c o m p e t e d i n t h e I n t e r n at i o n a l M a s t e r s M a r a t h o n , a n d t u r n e din an excellent 2:50 good enoi..gh 'of17th in the world in his age group.Congrats . . Bedford Village successf o r T R R C m e m b e r s , J e a n n i e A r n e t t( A g a i n ' ) , J a n e C a h n . ( w h a t , n oAndy). Bill McCaft'ey, winners in fivem i l e r w h i l e H o w a r d B a s h a n t , F r a n kS a b i t o . a n d J o h n , B u r n s t o o k r u n -n e r s - u p t r o p h i e s . N e w l y r o l l e dmember Eim Cox's debut garneredhim 3 th i rd p lace. . Weiconne.Bi l l Krebs shone wi th 2nd overal l and1s t i n Mas te rs in two mi le r . . JohnKelly, (heard that name somewherebefore) too'K 3.-d overall and 1st i.n14-19 year olds. . . Theresa Penningt o n w a s w o m e n ' s 4 0 - 4 9 c h a m p ,Frank McCann copped 2nd in 30-39s. . . Jim Walsh took 3rd in 20-29,a n d w e e P h i l i p R h o d e , w i t h h i sf a t h e r ' s q u i e t n e s s a n d m o t h e r ' scharm, was 3rd in the under 14. Notbad for an eleven year old . . . Justbits and pieces.

Nash-Ball, Kehoe-PickertWin Couples Relay

Tom Nash and Cathy Ball. Ridge-fi e l d , C o n n . , w o n t h e s e c o n d m i x e dcouples relay race at Mohansic StatePark, Wednesday.

N a s h a n d M i k e B a r n o w o f W h i t ePlains, finished in a virtual tie over thefirst leg. but in the end it was Ball whowrapp up the victory with a fine run.The combined time for the winningd u o w a s 3 5 : 2 2 .

Barnow teamed wi th Susan Stern-gold, Chappaqua. to take lop honors inthe 60-69 years category, edging outTRRC's twosome of John Vangor andConnie Lyke.

Dan Kehoe, Mahopac, and JudyPickert, Mohegan Lake, were victoriousin the 80-89 category, and Kevin Edwards and Diedre Caffrey, both ofMahopac, t>eat out Tom Baker andCaroline Mulvihill in the 28 years and •under division.

Special recognition award went toJohn Naul t . Stormvi l le , and Br ieMeis ie r, Gar r i son . Nau l t and Me is ie rfinished some 32 minutes behind thewinners, but time is one thing theyhave on their side. Nault is nine, whileMeis ier has s t i l l to see her seventhb i r t h d a y . - u . rComb. Age T.me

H. Basban t . K . EdwardsDan Kehoe. Judy PickertP Fe r rus i . P. L i s tonM a r k M o r r i s . L i n d a M o r r i sAmbrose Sa lmln t . S . Ber taB Hipkins. C. Hipkins8. Kei lner. Jane Pressa*J . Cur r te . Me lao ie MuMh i l lG. King. 0 KingF. Cullen. B. CUMenK. Cote. C. KusickM . S t e u a m a n , E l i z . S l e u e r m a nKevin Edwards. E)€irdre CaffreyTo m B a k a . B a r b a r a Wa l s hPete Salmin i . .Adr ienne Salmin iJohn Nault. M. LindquistE. Tarasov. E . TarasovJ . Dav is . C Jenk insR . T h o m a s . J C c s n aR. Vail, H. VailT. Baker. C. Mulv th i l lJ . Nau l t . B r ie Me is ia

Hecket t NamedRunner ofthe Month

Richard (Dick) Heckett. of Yorktown,has been named July s Runner of theMonth, by Dan Caffrey, TRRC President.

Runner of the Month is a non competitive award created to recognize thee f f o r t s o f T R R C m e m t ^ e r s w h o ,through their efforts, demonstrate asense of well toeing toward the sportand the general public m particular.

Heckett, who has been runningsome eighteen months, took up thesport because, as he admits, to beingoverweight and "...well out of shape."As a middle-aged, two pack of cigarettes a day jogger, Heckett had mucht o o v e r c o m e .

"At first I found that I couldn't run aquarter of a mile without stopping,"s a i d t h e c a n n i n e o f fi c e r . H o w e v e r ,kicking the habit and perseverancepaid off. A milestone was reachedwhen he eventually completed the twomile Mohansic State Park Loop witho u t a b r e a k .

As the months passed the two milesg a v e w a y t o t h r e e , t h e n f o u r , a n dmore, to the point where the 45-year-old father of four has now progressedto a sixty mile, 6 day a week schedule.

As the jogging gave way to competitive running, Heckett showed he was arunner with a difference. Whereas,most new joggers enter the two milefun runs. Heckett 's init ial venture wasa t e n m i l e r o a d r a c e . H e fi n i s h e d ,proud as the proverbial peacock, averaging just over eight minutes a mile.

Now thirty five pounds lighter, theTaconic Road Runner is now contemplating the ultimate: the Marathon,t w e n t y s i x m i l e s t h r e e h u n d r e d a n deighty five yards. If determination andpast performances are anything to goby. then come Octotjer, Dick Heckettwill be putting another feather in hisc a p .

Lyke Wins Women's Road Race

Tom Nash. Cathy Ball 4 9 35 22B. Eckei-te. L. Hautau 3 8 3 6 3 8D. Goldt)efg, H. Twrptiri 3 7 3 6 5 7Jim Robertson. L. Ropes 3 3 3 8 3 38. Lewis. Lesl ie Chew 5 5 3 8 ; 5 2Mike Barnow. Sue SlerngoW 6 4 3 8 . 5 9John Vangor. Con-^ie L/ke 6 5 3 9 : 1 00 . Crosse t t . M . Crosse t t 6 4 3 9 - 11D. Buertetgh. L. Reager 3 5 4 0 - 2 4D. Buerteigh, L. Aie'ic 3 3 4 0 2 4N. Jubok. S. Beaote 4 2 4 0 : 3 7B. King. J. Pauly 5 6 4 0 - 4 8John O'Toote, P. Martone 3 3 4 0 5 0

Connie Lyke broke open a close racewith a strong last half mile to capturetop honors in a TRRC Women's Two-' Mile Race held at Mohansic State Park

on August 1.Lyke led throughout being trailed by

Susan Sterngold and Jeannie Arnett atthe halfway mark. Arnett move<J intosecond place and dosed to within tenyards of Lyke, but the Carmelite runner poured it on to win going away.Sterngold finished third.

Ca ro l i ne Mu l v i h i l l s t o l e t he show,h o w e v e r . T h e y o u n g S o m e r s l a s ssmiled and laughed her way throughthe course enroute to an 11th placeoveral l finish. Her t ime of 16:54 wasgood for 2nd place in the under 14 division; a excellent time for a nine yearo l d !

Results:Open Connie Lyke. Carmel (13:34;Jeannie Arnett (13:43); Susan Sterngold. Chappaqua (13:54).Under 14: Kim Silvera (16:11, CarolineMulvihi l l (16:54): Chr ist ine Baker(19:50).20-29: Ksthy AfeM, (16 16); TerryPenebre (18:38).30-39: Melame Mulvihill (14:18); Len-ora Macri (16:26).

40-49: Pat Liston (14:41), Anne Oswald (16:27) ; Mar ianne L indquis t(17:14).50 +: Adrienne Child (1801); AnneFreye (19:33).

To Load or Not to Load,That is the Question

As a teenage fanatic of track andcross country, 1 had a very good anddear friend who was the best road runner in Scotland for a number of years.His races ranged from 10 to 20 miles.His init ial attempt at a marathoncame in the Scottish championships.At the twenty-two mile mark he wasahead by over five minutes and feelinggreat. He never finished. I rememberhim telling me later that all of a sudden he felt bad with three miles to go.He struggled on. but by the twenty-fi f t h r r - i l e w a s s o w e a k h e w a s u n a b l eto step from the road onto the sidewalk. He attributed it to poor pacing,but in reality it was, for both of us, ourinitial experience of a runner "hittingt h e w a l l . "

Simply put, the average runner's ,body contains 2000 glycogen (storedcartxjhydrale) calories. When running^a marathon the hiody uses up lOO of'these calories for every mile run. Sincethere are 26 miles to run this leaves adeficiency of 600 calories. Somethinghas to give.

Of course, it is much more complexthan that, ^me runners are able tofinish without exhausting their supplyof glycogen calories and, therefore,don't experience "the wall." Others, byrunning tielow their maximum racepace, may not expend their "fuel" andalso avoid such unpleasantries.

However, in an attempt to finish thedistance and maximize performance,m o s t r u n n e r s t a k e s o m e k i n d o fprecaution. This done by adding - orstoring - as many additional glycogen-/calories as the body will hold. (Theidea is to have surplus calories onhand so that they will be availablewhen needed.)

Glycogen calories are obtained byeating and dinking foods that are highin carbohydrates. Italian foods, bread,cakes, candies, fruit, pancakes, waffles, soft drinks, beer, or if you prefer,Brandy Alexanders, are examples oft h e s e .

The act of adding these foods inexcess is called "loading." Cartiohy-drate loading is accomplished by several different methods. The most simpleform is merely to increase the intakeof carbohydrates to the present diet.Some runners prefer to take a longrun (18-22 miles) the week prior to therace - thus depleting the existing supply .-. then add cartjohydrates from

. that day until race day. A third approach is to limit carbohydrate intakewhile continuing to train. This also de-

supply after which the runn e r c o n

sumption.The fourth, and most comrni^iy^^

known, is a combination of the lasttwo methods. In this depletion andreloading process, the theory isanalagous to a wet sponge.

When wet. it is difficult to add morewater to the sponge. However, whensqueezed and then submerged, thesponge absorbs more water than itoriginally held. Similarly, when thebody is drained and deprived of themuch needed glycogen calories duringthe depletion phase, it reacts by storing the surplus calories it receives during the reloading phase.

In this approach the runner takes along run seven days prior to the race,then for the next three days limits himself to an extremely low calorie intake(depletion), and for the last three daysreverses direction by engaging in highcarbohydrate intake (reloading).

But does it work? And is i t recommended?

Most experts agree that depletionand reloading can be dangerous. Physically it can be dangerous if done toooften, that is, if it is done for eve^marathon and four or more are run ina year. (For sure there are proponentswho will argue that running four ormore marathons a year is physicallydangerous regardless of depletion andreloading.) Physcologically it can bedangerous, also. Avoiding carbohydrates is not the most pleasant ofchores. Personally, it drove me up thewall On the last evening of depletion 1remember eating two steaks, then twohamburgers without buns, and still being hungry two hours later. Bob Bur-bank's experience was to jump out ofbed at four o'clock Thursday morninga n d d e v o u r h a l f a c h o c o l a t e c a k ebefore he starved to death.

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Dan Caffrey loads up on the ca-bohydrates, but is not a devotee ofthree day depletion phase, because cfi t s adve rse e f f ec t s . How ie Bashan -similarly, avoids it like the plague, andstresses the unfavorable psycholog'ca'accompaniments.

With only two marathons under mybelt I am far from t>€ing a compef'rntauthority. In both cases, I must saythat I did engage in the deplefton-reloading phase as outlined above. Inboth cases I encountered no negativeresults, so, at this point, I have to assume it had a positive action.

Presently, I have two strong beiiefsabout marathons as they apply to me.One has to do with mileage and training, and the other has to do with loading. Insofar as the latter is concerned,I wouldn't dream of running twenty-sixmiles without depletion and loading.

There is no argument concerningthe depletion phase. It was the firsttime in my life I had to diet: it was easier to quit smoking. Barbara Streis-sand says. "What's too painful torememt)er, we simply choose to forget." To the point I like to rememoerthe pleasantries of the loading phase.

While depletion may be on thedevi l ish side, reloading is s impiyheaven. Starting in with pancakes andsyrup, and continuing right throughwith milk shakes, banana splits, MiikyWays, pineapple upside-down cake,pasta, pastries and plenty of Pabst, Ireally make a p-i-g of myself. America!What a wonderful country.

An article in the August edition ofR u n n e r ' s W o r l d s t a t e s t h a t s t u d i e sdone in the United States and Swedenhave shown that carlx)hydrate loadingdoes work. Which specific method iscorrect? Who knows?

I remember watching golfers holdingtheir putters at arms length, with oneeye closed, while lining up their putt.What it accomplished was beyond me.Fortunately. I had the opportunity toask a professional golfer. "There'snothing specific that one can put theirfinger on", he said, "but as longthe golfer thinks it's doing fiWn somegood, iheo -it has its purpose!"" Likew ise , ou r runn ing gu ru , Geo rgeSheehan, M.D., tells us that the faithalone that patients have in their doctoror remedy can produce improvementin 60-70 percent of ailments.

Most runners will agree to sometype of loading, but which Is for whomis debatable. Mind over mattv may bea more determing factor than tk«« biochemical breakdown and physiolog-:aVapplication themselves.

In conclusion it would appear thatnot to load is to ask for troub e.

To deplete or not to deplete? Thatapparently, is the question.

- Harry Neescn

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10. Volcano or Lab equipment11. Outward in appearance12. Presidential timbre14. Cereal bran15. Royal Acad, of London (Init.)15. Membership chairperson20. Jai21. Oist. Atty.22. Monogram for 1st US four

minute mile threat23. A Decree25. Emergency Room blotter

entry2 7 . M i n e o28. Bring harm to31. Stone or Ice32. Elevated3 3 . a s a b e e t34. Far East bigwig

DOWN1 . — of roses2. Airline Abbr.3. New England cape

Road Runners Club5. Heaved6. American Veterans Legion (Init.)7 . month of May8. Deleware harbor9. Fashions

13. American Agricultural Institute( In i t . )

16. Julius17. What vye hope to reach, but are

never in a hurry to get there18. Fastened with a hammer19. Young Scotsman24. What we hope we won't do in the

l a s t m i l e26. River in Belgium29. Viet30. Mister, Asner. and Sullivan

Postponed for a ^eek due to inclement weather, the club's picnic almost met a similar fate the followineweek but the sun finally broke throughand those who did attend were wellrewarded with a grand time.

The Barclays and the Neesons start-^ out with breakfast on the grill (after a22 miler to get their appetite going),hen were )oined by DC, himself, withthe appropriate liquid refreshments.

Soon the toops were pulling in and thePicker t ' ssottball equipment was well utilized

(Certain otsmen were humbled, butreturn^ later for revenge in the tug-of-war.) Highlights of the Softball were un-doubtediy Kathleen Edward's two mae-nificent blocks at home plate, and twooutstanding catches by young TommyNeeson, who is still learning how toswim (inside joke).

D'Angelo.Nault & company to shame with a scin-tillating display in the rope contest, afterwhich the basketball players exhibitedtheir prowess.

However, high marks of the day w«reshared by Christine Barclay s clamchowder and Frances Kehoe's sodabread. Hopefully, a tie-breaker will declare a definite result at next year's picnic. Grand time.!!!

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