Buffalo Chips Weekly News Update

x-Chips Dominate World Master’s 100km Championship in Argentina

Traveling Ex-Chip from the last Comrades group, Mark Godale, won the World Master’s 100km Championship this past weekend in Argentina and long-time Chip Dee Dee Grafius was third woman overall (bronze medalist) and third scorer on the U.S. women’s team with a new world age 55 100km record. Congrats to both and to all our U.S. team members.

From Linda Hall….

The results were just posted and I am happy to announce that Chips Super Senior women won their age division at the Christmas Relays on Dec 11. Hurrah! Our team was Barbara Miller, Nova Poff, Po Adams, and me (Linda Hall).

Thus, we will once again finish the Grand Prix series in first place. I am going to try to make the awards banquet this year in San Francisco in February to pick up our award. I hope some of you will join me there.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our teams this year. This included:
Po Adams
Johanne Christmas
Barbara Elia
Florence Fong
Linda Hall
Barbara Miller
Nova Poff
Myra Rhodes
Charlotte Swanson

Special Congratulations also go to Barbara Miller who finished first in the Super Senior women's individual rankings for the PAUSATF series in both the long and the short divisions. Way to go Barbara!!!

Next years series will start in March with the Redding Nor Cal 10. However, I would encourage each of you to renew your PAUSATF membership now for 2006 so you don't forget. I am hoping next year that even more of the chips supersenior women will participate in the Grand Prix series. We have lost Myra and Charlotte because both have moved out of the area. But Cynci Calvin will be joining our ranks in mid 2006 so it will be great to have some newcomers on the team. Remember you don't have to be fast to help our team. You just have to wear chips gear to identify you as a team member and finish the race standing up and smiling in order to score. (Actually the smiling part is optional, but you do want to look good for the camera :-) We have a lot of fun carpooling to and from the races and hope you will join us.

Here is the tentative list for the Grand Prix Series for 2006. Please put them on your list and help us out with team scoring. Check the USATF web site for exact races and dates:

March 4 NorCal 10 miles Redding
March 12 Fifty Plus 8 k Palo Alto
March 19 Emerald Nuts Across the Bay 8 k
May 13 Zippys 5 k (Golden Gate Park, SF)
May 29 Pac Sun 10k (Marin)
June 24 Shriners 8 k (Sacramento)
July 9 Fleet Feet Mile (Davis, there will probably be a free brunch at my house after the race)
Aug ?? Susan B 5k (Sacramento....a Chips sponsored race!!!)
Sept 18 Jamba Juice 5 k (Golden Gate Park, SF)
Sept 24 Heritage Oaks 10 k (Paso Robles)
Oct 15 Humboldt Half Marathon
Nov 12 Clarksburg 30 k
Dec CIM??????
Dec 17 Christmas Relays (Lake Merced, SF)

Coming for CHIPS on the FIRST SATURDAY in January

Prediction Run 5k and Club Potluck Brunch and Annual Elections. University Park Clubhouse off Howe Ave.

Mark your calendars…The Saturday BEFORE the Stockton Cal 10 !!!!!

Shopping for Runner Things for This Xmas?

Recently I posted a note on the very good Oregon Scientific Heart Rate Monitor available from Performance Bicycles (Howe Ave or Madison here in the Sacramento area or internet even). At less than $50 this SE232 model keeps up to 50 splits and both time and HR data for each split !!!! It even comes with a nice carrying case.

Nordstrom Rack…
At the Nordstrom Rack on Howe and Arden they are clearing out Adidas Climafit windpants for men….originally hang-tagged at $75 for only $17.97. Check out your local “Rack Outlet” for good buys on Adidas and even Nike stuff.

Target
As usual “Chez Target” has some very good prices on their speciality sports items. For men, check out the CLEARANCE PRICES on windpants, jackets, and even very nice long sleeve technical fabric shirts. The pants and jackets, in an impressive stretch fabric are marked down about 30% to only $13.97 and the shirts were marked down 50% to ONLY $ 8.48 !!!! Wow !

I suspect there may be similar “good deals” on the women’s items for running/walking, but I did not actually check those out !