Posts from — August 2008

Doc’s Talk:
Dr. Scaff spoke about yesterday’s marathon results in the Beijing Olympics and also, the “evolution” of women in the marathon. He mentioned that the first woman to run in a marathon was in the 1960’s and she finished “unofficially” in approximately 3:40 minutes. Current women marathoners are now more than an hour plus faster. Doc also mentioned as to how the marathon became “handicapped” (like golf) to meet the growth in running - for example, awards for age brackets and awards for men’s and women’s brackets were created.

No official clinic on Sunday due to the Labor Day holiday. But most groups will be meeting “unofficially”. Please read the group reports to see when your groups will be meeting.

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Doc’s Talk:
Doc spoke to a smallish crowd today - probably due to the scheduled Tamanaha 15K run going on. He spoke on the origins of the Olympics (Greeks halting the war every few years to engage in “war type games” with neighboring city states), and specifically, the marathon battle between Athens & Sparta; it tells the tale of the soldier collapsing after running 150 miles to tell of the victory.
Reported by Jeff Beard

Table Duty:
Thanks to Staff leader Alberto for the smorgasbord of goodies; all of the items were muy bueno! [Read more →]

Doc’s Talk:
Initially at 7:30 a.m., less than 100 members appeared to be present, but within another 15 minutes, the full group, nearly 200+ runners were gathered to hear Doc’s very interesting talk on cholesterol. Doc mentioned the usual topics such as HDL and LDL but mentioned other details not too familiar to lay people. Hope we can get to hear about this subject again.

Jeff Beard’s Bakery and Refreshment Stand:
Thanks Jeff, for taking care of table duty this week. Mahalo for the gatorade, ice water, sodas, pretzels, and that onolicious mango bread! That mango bread is a winner! Thanks for all of your efforts!

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Apologies, but I am away on the mainland so do not have a report on Dr. Scaff’s important talk this past Sunday. 
Thanks to those assigned to table duty for the refreshments.

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