Second Wind

 Thanksgiving Day 5K Success

Thanksgiving Day 5K FAQs
Registrations: 108 Runners: 97
Ages: under 14 to 69
Males: 47 Females: 50
Sponsors: Francis, Great Harvest, Dillons, HyVee, The Merc, Lawrence Memorial Hospital Volunteers: 16
Time to make one turkey: 6 mm. (3 1/2 hrs. for 6 people to make 200)
Weather/Conditions: 30’S, some snow/ice on trail from the day before
Cost: $510    Profit: $1,150
Resulting new members: 6

Upcoming Races and Events

March 12 - Shamrock Shuffle - 5K, Fun Walk on the Levee - 8 am - Phone: 749-6677
March 20 - Brew to Brew 43M 6am Boulevard Brewery, KC, Mo. www.active.com
April 2 - RunforLife 8:30 10 M Race/Relay, 2M Run,
               Anna’s Mile, Washburn U. www.RunForLife.us
April 17- Raintree Run - Half Marathon, 5K, Jack’s Fun Mile - Clinton Pkwy and Inverness - 8 am - www.raintreemontessori.org.
April 24- Trolley Run - 4M from the Plaza, ~7:30 am www.active.com.
April 30 - Hilltop Hustle 5K/Family Run www.people.ku.edu
May 7 - To the River and Back 5/10K and Family Fun Mile 8am, www.totheriverandback.org.
May 21 - Olathe Marathon, Relay, 15K - Gardner Edgerton High School, Olathe - 7am & 8am. www.active.com

Running Tips

Check out “Your Magic Number” in the April Runner’s World It gives coach and exercise phys-iologist Jack Daniels’ formula for figuring out how fast your training runs should be. Using a meas-urement he calls VDOT, which is the amount of oxygen you use during one minute, he provides a table to help determine three different paces at which you should train. He also provides a six week training schedule for a ~K, along with eight points to keep in mind when training. If you try it, let us know what you think.

Runners You Should Know: John Huchingson

by Karen Hyde
For the inaugural issue of our runLawrence newsletter I’ve been asked to interview one of our members, John Huchingson. Catching up with him for the interview was more challenging than I had anticipated given the traveling habits of John and his wife Janet.
Fortunately, I was able to squeeze in a telephone interview between their ski trip in Colorado and their next adventure in Ely, Minnesota, where they will stay at an Elderhostel and learn about wolf-lore and the reintroduction of wolves into wild areas in Michigan, Minnesota and Yellowstone National Park.

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The Huchingsons moved to Kansas last July. For Janet, the move was a return the area of her youth. Their home, which lies amidst a roadrunner’s dream of rolling country roads, is a 1/2 mile from Rim Rock Farm in rural Jefferson County.
When I asked John where he prefers to run he responded, “I do over 90% of my running outdoors, mostly on the hilly roads near our house. Occasionally, I run at Rim Rock Farm; I especially like running at Rim Rock in the snow for the extra challenge that it provides and to see the tracks of various animals.
“Currently, I’m doing some long runs on the levee to prepare for the Paris Marathon on April 10. I like the levee for long run training because it’s a flat, soft surface, and the miles are marked.”
I don’t know John well, but from our interview and from other encounters I would describe him as a life-long learner, educator, runner and adventurer. John is originally from Arkansas; he started his undergraduate studies at Arkansas A & M. and the University of Arkansas.
He finished his B.A. in psychology and earned an M.A. in counseling at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces. John then moved to Dallas and worked as a counselor for ten years at El Centro College in Dallas.
After completing a second master’s degree in ex-ercise physiology, he became chairman of the physical education department and athletic director.  John left the education field for a time to start three fitness centers in the Dallas area.
Upon returning to education, John worked in the field of behavioral medicine at spinal rehabilita-tion center and he taught in the physical fitness technology department of North Lake College.
He moved to Tarrant County College in Arlington, where he worked for six more years as a counselor.  During this time John met Janet, they married, then they retired and moved to Kansas.
One of the highlights of John’s long academic and professional career was the chance to assist Dr. Michael Pollock in his work with skin fold measurement theory—a way to calculate the per-centage of an individual’s body fat.
Now, on to the topic of running. John doesn’t reward himself with a trip to the bakery or any other special treat after a run For him, the reward for running is the running itself. He runs alone 95% of the time, spending the time thinking on philosophical themes at tirnes, but just as often he thinks about the physical aspects of the run itself and about how great he will feel afterwards. John says, “Running makes me feel de-stressed and makes me more efficient throughout the rest of the day. It helps me think more clearly and allows me to be a better person in social situations because I have higher self-esteem, due in part to my running.” I mentioned that John is preparing for a marathon in Paris this April.  He has run the White Rock Marathon in Dallas three times, in 1979, 80 and 81. When I asked John about any highlights from his running career he offered this.
“I’m proud to be able to say that I was one of the ‘original runners’ who started running for the sake of running.  I began at age 16 and ran in my canvas Converse shoes.  I had to replace them about every 2 months, until finally in my senior year in college, they started making shoes that were better designed for running.  Since then, I’ve been running steadily for 49 years and covered roughly 44 thousand miles.”
When John is not preparing for a marathon, he runs about four to six miles per day and logs 30-35 miles per week. Currently, he’s doing much more mileage and just completed his is and 20 mile training runs.
I asked John for his advice to those of us who hope to achieve his consistency.  He replied, “Think about the rewards of running itself.  Before starting each run, imagine the way you will feel while you’re running and afterwards.  Read about running and get inspired by others’ stories.  Also, change your route from time to time.”
Thanks for the advice John. Good luck in Paris, and I hope you have many more years on the back roads.


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Race/Event Results

Elizabeth Weeks: Austin - 3M Half-marathon Jan. 30 Finish time 1:50;
Karen Hyde: Topeka-Auburn Half-Marathon Jan 15 Finished 2nd place, 40-44 age group.
    KC, Mo. Groundhog 10K Jan. 30 Finish time 46:43, 5th place, 40-44 age group.
Dee Boeck: Topeka-Auburn Half-Marathon Jan. 15.  Finished 1st place, 55-59 age group.
    KC, Mo. Groundhog 10K Finish time:49:40, 1st place, 55-59 age group.
Molly Wood: Chicago Marathon - 3:58
Fran Breslauer: KC, Mo. Groundhog 10K 59:55

A Place to Run

Buck Creek Road in Jefferson County is a pretty run no matter what time of year, but in the spring, with redbuds in bloom, it is especially nice. The road runs 12.8 miles, north and south, with a few stairstep turns. It begins at 13th Street (which runs west off Wellman Road) and ends at the curve on Highway 59, just south of Oskaloosa. There are several possibilities. One-way or up-and-back involve some short, gradual grades. If you want to make a 23 mile round trip, the portion on Republic, north of KU’s Rim Rock Ranch, is very hilly, so you need to decide if you want to get that over with at the beginning head north from Rim Rock) or save it until the last (run clockwise from 13th Street or Rim Rock. Running clockwise, the 23 mile loop means running north on Buck Creek Road, turning right on 78th running south on Rawlins, and then Republic, with some stair-step turns off Republic on 68th, 66th. 62nd, 58th. 37th, and 21st.   If you need a map, ask for one at any club meeting.  Maybe we can organize a Buck Creek Redbud Ramble.

Gear and Things

We would like your input on running gear that is near and dear to your heart. Email:  jhuchingson63@hotmail.com with any tips.

According Craig, at Gary Gribble’s Running Sports in Overland Park, the hottest items in the store right now are speed and distance monitors by Garrnin, a local Olathe company that makes GPS devices.

The Forerunner 201 model, which has been out for a year, sells for about $149.  But now there is the 301 model with a heart rate monitor that sells for $259.  Craig suggested checking their website for information. www.garmin.com.

With this, you could make your own training schedule, similar to the one Jack Daniels suggests in Runners World.

Runner’s Log - Running Poetic

Conditions were perfect at about the 13th mile of a recent 20 mile training run. Most of the brain’s glucose had been diverted to the lower 40 of my body, leaving room for subconscious creativity.  “Why run?” was the question of the mile.

At the top of the next hill the answer appeared - P P P - philosophical, psychological and physiological. Around the next bend I startled a hunting cat.  Bounding across the road, it covered the distance to nearby wood in a surprisingly quick time. Memories surfaced of the previous week’s long run in the high Colorado plains where, instead of a cat, two antelopes effortlessly sprinted parallel to me, hooves kicking up white puffs of dust.

Most of nature’s kingdoms can, in some form, “run”.  Birds fly, fish swim, well, you can see where this is going.  Chasing down a wounded deer or fleeing an angry elephant made running necessary for one’s life to continue.

Your great grandmother to the 10th degree probably exhibited exceptional running abilities or you would not now be here!  For our ancestors, running equaled life, a powerful, powerful inherited disposition for each living person.

So, philosophically, we MUST RUN.  Because gravity and hard surfaces are present around the

Universe, we know intelligent beings in other solat systems are running right now!  Ah, that distracted me through a couple of miles, three hills and two dogs.  Wait!  The 2nd "P"- psychological - is emerging.

I’ll get to that in the summer edition of Second Wind.   Now, what do YOU think?

by John Huchingson

Newsletter Contributions

All members contribute to the newsletter. Please email any articles, letters to the editor, suggestions, as well as your race results to: jhuchingson63@hotmail.com.

About runLawrence

formed in September of 2004.
Officers are:  President: Dee Boeck  deeboeck@sunflower.com
Vice President:  Celeste Leonardi
Treasurer:  Molly Wood
Secretary:  Ed Payne


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