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Show L May 6, 1977 Signpost Page 9 GRAND SL by Lynn Arave Is running fun? It all depends on the person, but nevertheless, running is becoming a bigger sport in Utah as each year passes. Whether or not you care to call it a sport, is your opinion; yet, there will have been no less than a total of 33 races staged in Northern Utah by the end of this year. All of the races are open to all participants, regardless of age, sex or ability. Spearheading Utah's running events has been Jan Cheney, a Weber State student from Kaysville who was also a college runner himself years ago. The number of entries in each race have grown every year. Three track clubs Utah now has three track clubs, the Golden Spike, Beehive, and Utah Valley track clubs. Almost every week, a race is held somewhere in Utah with the race length varying from a 29 mile mountain race down to two miles. The type of terrain they are run on vary from the road, to grass, to up 10,000 foot mountains. Running is of course an individual sport that offers more competition against one's self than anyone else. Running is also one of the best exercises for all-around fitness. It especially develops cardiovascular endurance (in the heart and lugs) and doesn't take much amount of participation a day to reach a reasonably good level of fitness. Running is on the upswing in Utah and nationally the number of marathon (26 mile, 385 yard long) races has tripled in the last three years. If you're out of shape and or think you would like to have a lifetime sport to keep you in shape the rest of your life ; then try one of the races in the area this year. You just might like it. A partial race schedule is: May 7: Golden Spike Marathon, 7 a.m. from Promontory, Utah to Brigham City. July 4: Molestus Marathon 13.2 miles from Weber State College. Aug. 13 Bair-Gustsman Mountain race, 10 and 29 miles. Someone Else said it: "If lessons are learned in defeat, as they say, our team is really getting an education." (Murray Warmath, High school football coach). QUIZ: 1) true or false: Oklahoma was last year's NCAA Golf champions. 2) Multiple choice: the first event at a college track meet is the: A) 100 yard dash; B) 440 relay, C) Steeplechase; D) Pole vault. 3) Completion: Weber State won how many total games last season in basketball? ANSWERS: 1) False, Oklahoma State. 2) C) Steeplechase. 3) 20 games. -St. 5J )MEM Fri., Sat.. 7 and 9:30 pjii. $1 with I.D.. $1.50 without I.D. The Weber State softball team snatched defeat from the jaws of victory over the last weekend and necessitated a playoff for a playoff in the Intermountain Region IAIW. The Wildcat women needed only a win against either Wyoming or Northern Colorado last Saturday to nail down the one-open playoff berth in the conference. The women dropped both games, however, and now a three-team playoff looms for the sixth spot. "It was the same errors that we have been making all year that cost us the playoff spot," Coach Miner lamented. "It was Wyoming's first win of the year, and we handed it to them with poor fielding. All six of their runs were unearned." The Wildcats will now travel back to Greeley two days early to lock horns with New Mexico State and Colorado State for the remaining playoff berth. Weber Steps out of league play for a doubleheader this week against BYU. The game will be played in Provo Friday afternoon starting at 3 p.m. in an earlier meeting between the two schools, Weber won both ends of the double-header with the Cougars. Inkleys and the Associated Students ofWSC present Album Give-Away May 11 at 11 a.m. U.B. Lounge Sign your name and drop in the Box provided. . ; I 1 w V V I ; :: V'x i f 1 SOW ' Z- I ; ' A '-"- ' K i ' 1 |