ASICS World Distance Summit

The ASICS World Distance Summit may be of interest to our Buffalo Chip members. It is scheduled for Thursday, December 7, 2006, 6 to 8 pm at the Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf, 550 North Point St., San Francisco, CA 800/942-7348. Some of the top speakers on running are featured at this event: Steve Scott, US Mile record holder at 3:47, current coach at Cal State San Marcos; Dr. Armando Siquieros, past winner of Warf to Warf race, coach at Mission Prep HS in San Luis Obispo which Jordan Hasay, defending Footlocker Nation Champion runs; Jim Spivey, Former Women’s coach at Vanderbilt University and 3:50 miler; Dr. Joe Vigil, 1988 US Olympic Coach and 2004 Olympic coach for marathoner Deena Kastor; and Mike Fanelli, Moderator and commentator on the history of competitive distance running and physiology of training.

This event is absolutely free as a Christmas present from Asics to the coaches and fans of distance running in California. More details can be found at the California Track & Running News website.

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will also host the Club Cross Country National Championship Meet on Saturday, December 9, 2006 just east of the polo field. The scheduled start times are: 10:30 am for the Masters Women, 11:30 for the Masters Men; 12:45 pm for the Open Women; and 1:30 for the Open Men. This is a great venue for cross country running. A lot of hard work goes into putting a meet like this together so we are fortunate to have a couple of top quality events for runners and fans in Northern California.

Joel Contreras