July 4th Free Five Miler

The 31st running of the Fourth of July Free Five-Miler went off with a bang Wednesday, shattering expectations for attendance. An estimated 800 to 1000 runners packed the River Park neighborhood for a brisk run on that fast, shady course. Aside from a few bugs--running short on bottled water and the sprinklers running on us the entire time--everything went as smoothly as could be expected.

Our major sponsor and partner this year was Sac Fit, and Executive Director Ken Press was there pitching in--including making a much needed last minute dash to the store for more bottled water.

We were also generously supported by Fleet Feet Racing, City Councilman Steve Cohn, and Assemblyman Dave Jones.

Novice race directors Ed Randolph and John Blue worked out last minute details on the fly and a host of Chips (including, but not limited to, Mark Lantz, John Nichols, Erik Skaden, Grant Carboni and Tony Lafferty) managed the course marshal efforts. Rena Schumann, Gina Adams, and Merie Paddeck ably ran the Chips booth. Tony Smith and Mario Sanchez did a bit of everything, as usual. Youth Chips and Youth Chips parents ran the aid station, hosted by former Chip Carl Dahl. (And thanks Carl for helping clean up and haul the aid station back to the finish line!) AJ Underwood took race photos (Which we'll post someday) and stepped up to start the race when John realized he didn't have a stop watch for the start.

The massive shopping and donation collection effort was provided by Jenny Hitchings who learned her car could carry a thousand pounds of water. And thanks to Dennis Scott for coming out the day before and touching up the mile marks, and to Lloyd Levine for leafleting his neighbors to alert them about an aid station we decided to move elsewhere. There were other Chips pitching in that I don't have names for, including a Chipette who did a significant amount of work at the finish line aid station. (Help!)

A special thanks to the FrontRunners for coming out and helping with registration and setting up the finish line aid station.

Thanks to all this years donors, including: Safeway, Trader Joes, Save Mart, Costco, and the 1011 12th Street Espresso Bar.

Oh! And there are Results:

Top (and only) Wheelchair Athlete finished in 24:34. He got away before I could get his name! (Who was that masked man?)

Top Five Men:

Tim Cannon 26:00

Dan Napieralski 26:35

Scott Donahue 27:28

Eric Greggory 27:46

Chris Haworth 27:46

Top Five Women

Stacy Worthen 32:35

Elinor Yee 33:56

Cynthia Bosco 34:13

Sheri Opp 34:45

Theresa McCourt 34:56

REWARD 007-07-06

One thousand dollars ($1,000) reward is offered by the American River Parkway Safety Coalition for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the physical assault upon Satendar Singh at Nimbus Flat State Recreation Area near Hazel and I-50 at approximately 8 p.m. Sunday, July 1, 2007.


The victim reportedly was punched once in the face by a person described as being of Russian decent. The victim’s head hit the ground and he started bleeding heavily. Officials are looking for a dark green four door sedan and a red Mitsubishi with a red Department of Motor Vehicles registration sticker showing in the rear window with the number “7”

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If you have any information regarding the suspect or the vehicles please contact the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department at (916) 874-5115

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This reward offer shall be paid upon the arrest and conviction of the person responsible. The reward offer shall expire January 10, 2008. The maximum reward is $1,000 per incident.


To claim the reward, contact American River Parkway Safety Coalition, c/o Save the American River (SARA) P.O. Box 277638, Sacramento, CA 95827 or e-mail riverwatch@comcast.net


The American River Parkway Safety Coalition was established in 2000 for the purpose of improving communications between recreational parkway users and law enforcement. It offers rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for selected crimes committed on the bike trails, waterways and adjacent land from Discovery Park to Granite Bay, and encourages stiff penalties for persons convicted of crimes committed in these areas. The Coalition organization members contributing to the reward are Save the American River Association (SARA), Buffalo Chips Running Club, Sacramento Wheelmen, Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) River City Padders, Inc., and the Lake Natoma Community Task Force.


Issued July 6,. 2007

Weekly News Updpdate (sortof)

New World Records….

27 June…(Courtesy of Race Results Weekly)

Haile Gebrselassie added two more world records to his illustrious collection at the Golden Spike Grand Prix tonight in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Knocking off consistent 67 to 68 second laps, the 23-year-old Ethiopian set a new mark in the one hour run, covering 21,285 meters over the course of 60 minutes to break the previous best, 21,101m, set by Mexican Arturo Barrios in La Fléche, France, on March 30, 1991.

"Today is just a fantastic day," said a beaming Gebrselassie, who said he knew just beyond the half-way point that the record would fall.

En route, the two-time Olympic 10,000m champion also broke the world record for 20,000m, covering 50 laps in 56:25.98, well within the previous 56:55.6 also set by Barrios.

16-17 June, Oslo…(Courtesy of Race Results Weekly) New Women’s 5k WR

MeseretDefar produced a staggering 14:16.63 world record in Oslo, Defar returns to action again in the 5000 at Ostrava. Although the 23-year-old Olympic champion hasn't promised to take her record down even further, she hasn't fully dismissed the possibility either. Defar pulled a Kenyan woman to a 14:22, which was also under Defar’s previous WR of 14:24 at the Oslo meet.

On the HOME FRONT….

Shriner’s8k hosts solid herd of Buffalo….

Led by Samir ?, running with his Chips singlet, but not on the PAUSATF role at around 27:30, Brad Lael was the first fully “official Chip” to cross the line. Full results are not yet posted, but here is our best summary so far…by possible scoring teams…

Men¹s Seniors
205 Gary Lotspeich 35:44 M 58
157 Bob Fredenburg 33:09.0 M 54
280 Jim Fischer 39:46 M 67
372 Laurence White 45:21 M 62

Men¹s Super Seniors
173 Ernest Takahashi 0:33:58 M 62
238 Doug Braasch 0:37:46 M 67
260 Joel Contreras 0:38:54 M 63

Women¹s Masters
108 Jenny Hitchings 0:31:03 F 43
209 Gina Adams 0:35:55 F 45
168 Carol Parise 0:33:47

Women¹s Seniors
242 Christine Iwahashi 0:38:01
328 June Montuori 0:42:28.0
360 Nova Poff 0:44:21 F 70

Women¹s Super Seniors
246 Barbara Miller 0:38:10 F 67
353 Cynci Calvin 0:43:45 F 61
380 Barbara Rinker 0:46:07 F 61

non-PA-USATF
60 Eric Johnson 0:28:58 M 33
339 Steven Polansky 0:43:13 M 61
316 Maggie Ward 0:41:40 F 60
478 Patty Payne 0:52:27 F 54
497 Jan Stevens 0:55:05 M 72
362 Steve Scott 0:44:31 M 54

PA-USATF but unattached
139 Tim Coughlin 0:32:12 M 46

PA-USATF but different team affiliation
166 Cynthia Bosco 0:33:42 F 44

no team
48 Brad Lael 0:28:22 M 42
85 John Blue 0:29:47 M 43
229 John Feeney 0:37:16 M 47
57 Edward Randolph 0:28:51 M 37
409 Linda Hall 0:47:41 F 63
525 PO Adams 1:05:43 F 82

Western States 100, Saturday…and Sunday 23-24 June…

Running clearly the best executed effort to date, Chip Erik Skaden moved through several of the wanna-be-elites in the miles from 49 to 85 to once again claim second overall and a new PR of 16:36 on this very tough course. Chip John Nichols turned in perhaps the best run of his long running resume for a just over 20 hour finish. IMPRESSIVE. Chip Mark Lantz earned the “hero of the day” award for toughing it out through some very frustrating side issues to once again finish “under 24 hours.” Jeffrey Barbier cruised in around 26 hours with Grant Carboni having a bit of breathing room under that 30 hour level. Steve Harrold and Christine Flaherty easily beat that final cutoff line too. Also in the finisher group at 27:30 territory was a “Nick Ham” who is a Stockport Harrier from our sister club near Manchester !!! Congratulations Nick and ALL WS 100 finishers and those who did not finish but took that incredible challenge as far as possible “on the day.”

Upcoming….This one is fun in a sadistic kind of way, and you can experience the first 4 miles of the Western States 100 without having to do the remaining 96…and enjoy a great view from the top of the tram line…

Squaw Valley Mountain Run

The mountain run info is atwww.squawmountainrun.com. Need to register by July 4 in order to get the lower rate.

Also ….July 4^th5 Miler in River Park…a Chips community contribution event !

Ultra Grand Prix Standings…

First in open men: Erik Skaden, 5^thGrant Carboni.

Second in Master’s Men: Mark Lantz, 6^thJohn Nichols.

Second in 60-69 Men: Ernie Takahashi

Teams: Men, Women, Mixed, Overall…BUFFALO CHIPS RC

Congratulations are certainly in order for this TOTAL DOMINANCE of the ultra running turf of the Pacific Association !

Weekly Workout Update

Our upcoming training program

Tuesday	Thursday	Saturday	Sunday
251 Commerce Circle	Univ. Park on Univ. Ave	Univ. Park	Check Below
5:30 p.m.	5:30 p.m.	8 a.m.	7:30 a.m.
26 June	28 June	30 June	1 July
Grps: A-E..8(400), 4(1000)F-H…8(400), 2(1000)	8(200) @ 1 min.6(300), 100 jogs	Tempo run of 3-5 miles or steady state on bike trail.	Bella Bru to parkway and upriver for 2-2.5 hours. 7:30 a.m. start DEFINITE
3 July	5 July	7 July	8 July
Easy workout for those racing tomorrow. Groups:A-E..6(600), 6(200) G-H..4(600), 4(200)	10(200) in 2 sets of 10 @ 1 min.	Tempo Run of 3-5 miles or base building of 7+	Fish Hatchery, strength building up to 2.5 hours, 7:30 a.m. definite
10 July	12 July	14 July	15 July
Groups:A-E. 8(400),4(1000) F-H..4(400), 2(1000)	8(200), 8(300)	Univ. Park 5k RACE, FREE	Rescue, 7:30 a.m.
17 July	19 July	21 July	22 July
Groups..A-D. 16(200),2(1)) E-H.12(200), 1	12(100), 6(300)	Tempo run of 3-5 miles or base building of 7+	Bella Bru 6-18 miles on parkway upriver, 7:30 A.M.
24 July	26 July	28 July	29 July
Grps: A-E.8(400), 4(800) F-H..6(400), 2(800)	8(200), 8(300)	Tempo run of 4 miles on Univ. Park course or bike trail	Rescue, 6-18 miles of rolling hills perfect for marathon prep. 7:30 a.m. start
31 July	2 Aug	4 Aug	5 Aug
Grps:A-E. 4(600),6(1000) F-H. 3(600),4(1000)	Relay 200’s	Univ. Park 5k RACE, FREE	Panera, out and back 2.5 hrs negative split,7:30 a.m.start
7 Aug	9 Aug	11 Aug	12 Aug
Grps: A-E..8(200), 6(800) F-H…8(200), 3(800)	8(200) @ 1 min.6(300), 100 jogs	Tempo run of 3-5 miles or steady state on bike trail.	Bella Bru to parkway and upriver for 2-2.5 hours. 7:30 a.m. start