The Pace Setter August 2009 - Hudson Mohawk Road Runners Club

A Short Circuit is a brief third personnarrative describing outstandingperformances and unusual or humorousexperiences by runners especiallyHMRRC members.All Short Circuits must be e-mailedto jheinlaw@earthlink.net, subject:Short Circuits.It was previously reported that Sara Brennerhad accepted a big job in the Obama administrationas Senior Clinical Advisor in the Officeof Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.But according to the Dallas County (Iowa)News Sara has turned down the D.C. job tobecome the Assistant Vice President for Nano­Life Initiatives and Assistant Professor of Nano­Bioscience at UAlbany College of NanoscaleScience and Engineering. The Iowa article citedan Albany "boyfriend" as a key determinantin Sara's decision to stay in the area. Can youbelieve it? Why would anyone say no to thePresident for a 135 pound computer geek?well prepared." In recent memory, no remotelysimilar performances have been producedjust days apart.Seb Coe and his favorite teacherVoted the best running movies of all timeon LetsRun.com:10. On the Edge9. Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner8. Jim Ryun: America's Greatest Miler7. Jericho Mile6. Prefontaine5. Endurance4. Running Brave3. Chariots of Fire2. Without Limits1. Steve Prefontaine: Fire. on the TrackFire on the Track ­Voted No. 1Computer geek changes historyEthiopian Meselech Melkamu put the runningworld on notice in June when she ran thesecond fastest track 10,000 meters (29:54) everand then three days later ran a 14:345,000 meters"I had a very fast run in the 1O,000m threedays ago, and I'm very tired," said Melkamu."But I've had really good training and I'm veryMeselech Melkamu: historical one-two punch"My favorite teacher was David Jackson,a geography teacher, who was in large partthe inspiration for me to join the local athleticsclub. A memory that has always made melaugh is that he'd occasionally ask me in theseclasses how I was doing for mileage that week,because he understood what I was aiming todo in athletics. If I said I was a bit below target,he'd let me leave class early to go for a run.I think that probably partly accounts for mysuccess in track and field but also my ratheruncertain underpinning. I was always gratefulfor that .extra 40 minutes or so." - SebastianCoe, two-time Olympic champion and 12­time world record holder.A new 400 meter meet record was setat the Colonie Tuesday night track meets onJune 16. UAlbany's Joe Greene broke his previousrecord of 48.2 with a spectacular 46.1.The second place finisher, Alie Beauvais, alsobroke the old record with a time of 47.6.The Pace Setter - 9