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The Yosemite Winter Club Junior Racing Team is doing veryYouth Sports Report well. The J-1 and J-2 teams just finished a race at Boreal Ridgeand are going to Slide Mountain. At Boreal, Carter Williams tookBy Ron Mackiefirst place in J-2 Boys and Jessica Rust a third place in the J-1The Mariposa High School athletic teams continue to excel in Girls Competitions. The J-3, 4 and 5 teams just returned fromSouthern League competition this year under the direction of a race at Mt. Reba. Coach Rusty Rust announced that an outstandingjob was done by the racers, including a second placeDirector Lloyd Hobby and Dis excel ent staff. The Grizzlies’ VarsityBoys’ Basketball Team is undefeated and is the Southern League trophy to Lisa Reece.Champions. The Girls’ Varsity Team under the direction of Coach Results of the Yosemite Winter Club Championships held atTracy DeSanaers is one game out of first place.Badger Pass for J-3, 4 and 5 racers were:The girls’ Junior Varsity Team, led by Natalie Godfrey, isJ-3 Girls 1st Place Dana Mackieundefeated and League Champions. The Grizzlies’ Wrestling2nd Place Ursula FurrTeam is in second place behind Patterson High School.J-3 Boys 1st Place Mike MackieMariposa High School coaches have announced the opening3rd Place Paul Smithof both the Spring Track Season and the Grizzlies’ BaseballJ.4 Girls 1st Place Jennifer SargentSeason which will begin this month.J-5 Girls 2nd Place Lisa ReeceThe Yosemite Junior High Badgers and the El Portal EaglesDasketball teams played the first of two games on January 31st.During the Winter Club Championships at Badger Pass, fiveCoach Jim Lee of the Badgers after a close and exciting game, ski teams were represented with over 150 racers in attendance.announced a Badger victory. Final score- Badgers 23, Eagles 22.Runners Comerof training, your recovery time will shorten, and you will berewarded by faster race times.NOTE: Congratulations to Connie Archer and Bill Germany whoBy John Cartercompleted the Zoo Run in San Francisco, braving a very coldThere are two basic types of running -- aerobic running, and and foggy four miles!anaerobic running. Distance runners run aerobically and sprintersrun anaerobically. If you haven’t guessed, the basic differencein these two types of running involves the intake and usage of Winter Games Comeoxygen.Sprinters run from 100 to 800 meters in oxygen debt. In other to Yosemitewords, they can’t breathe in enough air for their bloodstream tocarry away the waste deposits that are created by the muscles By Jason Krausewhen exercising. One of these deposits is lactic acid which causes From January 28th through the 30th, Yosemite National Parkthe muscles to cramp when too much of the acid is stored up. and Badger Pass were the site for the Sixth Annual Tulare CountyNaturally, a sprinter doesn’t have to keep up his running for very Special Olympic Winter Games. 165 athletes and their coacheslong and can rest soon, so his system can cleanse itself. representing Tulare County, and visiting contingents from SantaA distance runner doesn’t have the sprinter’s advantage as hiscontinued on next pageevent can last from nine minutes to hours of exercise. However,running anaerobically during training can produce faster timesfor a distance runner, as it helps the body become more able towithstand longer periods of increased heart rate. This, in turn,helps the system free itself of lactic acid build-up.The next time you’re out running, try some anaerobic trainingand pick up your pace for 100 to 200 yards, then slow down toa walk or jog. When your breathing and heart rate returns to nearnormal again, run hard again. Do this aoout 8 to 12 times. Youcan vary the distance -- 100 yards, 200 yards, 400 yards, 800yards up to a mile. You can make a game of this sort of trainingby picking out a tree or a rock in the distance and running to it,or race to reach a point in the path before a person walkingtowards you reaches that point. You can even do your speedworkby running repeats up a hill. This type of a workout is commonlyreferred to as "fartlek," which is Swedish for "speed-play."Once a week is often enough at first to do anaerobic running Tim Messick introduces himself to the athletes and prepares toto improve your distance running endurance. Then you might want , introduce them to their awaiting Nordic Ski Instructors.to add on an extra day each week. As you progress in this typerr:~:’