California Track & Running News Jan-Mar 2013, VOLUME 39 NUMBER 2 | Page 3

CTRN-JanFebMar2013-_Layout 1 1/17/13 6:27 AM Page 3 welcome to 2013 California Track & Running News Vol. 39, No.1 Jan–Mar 2013 SHOOTING STAR MEDIA Group Publisher Larry Eder Group & Coordinating Editor Christine Johnson [email protected] [email protected] CT&RN Contributing Editors Cregg Weinmann Apparel, Footwear Reviews Dave Shrock Community Colleges Mark Winitz Northern California Photographers Victor Sailer www.PhotoRun.net Ford Fujii, Hollie Reina Rebecca Trahan, Thuc Tran www.supersportsphoto.com Association Consultants John Mansoor Pacific Lawrence Watson Central Wayne Joness, Rebecca Trahan Southern Mike Rouse San Diego/Imperial Proofreader Red Ink Editorial Services Madison, WI Pre-Press/Printer W. D. Hoard & Sons Co. Fort Atkinson, WI Website Chuck Bartlett Publisher’s Representative Dave Parham ph 517.914.3181 [email protected] Advertising Production Manager Alex Larsen Larry Eder California Track & Running News (ISDN #10986472), incorporating Pacific Athlete, is the official publication for the four USA Track & Field associations in California and Northern Nevada. It is produced, published, and owned by Shooting Star Media, P.O. Box 67, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538. All ad materials and insertion orders should be sent to Shooting Star Media at the above address. Publisher assumes no liability for matter printed. Publisher assumes no responsibility or liability for content of paid advertising and reserves the right to reject paid advertising. Publisher expects that all claims by advertisers can be substantiated and that all guarantees will be honored. Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Publisher. Copyright © 2013 by Shooting Star Media. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the Publisher. California Track & Running News is solely owned by Shooting Star Media. Publisher recommends, as with all fitness and health issues, you consult with your physician before instituting any changes in your fitness program. Let Us Hear From You! We welcome your suggestions, comments, and questions. Direct them to: Christine Johnson, Group Editor Shooting Star Media/CTRN 608.239.3787 [email protected] Address Changes/Missing Issues Third class mail is not forwarded. Contact your local USATF association about address changes, duplicate mailings, or missing issues. See page 5 for contact information. Member of: 3 w w w. c a l t r a c k . c o m Regards, Jan–Mar 2013 • ct&rn ADVERTISING Publisher Larry Eder Shooting Star Media ph 608.239.3785 fax [phone] [email protected] Same magazine, redesigned and reimagined! We are excited to present the new www.caltrack.com and updated California Track & Running www.facebook.com/CalforniaTrackRunningNews News. This fresh new design is the work Twitter handle: @caltrackrn of group editor Christine Johnson and www.runblogrun.com designer Alex Larsen and it’s just the beginning. Christine has many editorial enhancements in the pipeline, with plans roll them out all year long. While the new design is what you first noticed, the next thing you’ll see is that instead of grouping association news by subject, it’s now grouped by association. Christine will be working with association representatives to fill these pages with the information they wish to deliver to their members. Each association may have different ways they’d like to use CTRN to enhance their message and serve their members, and this change reflects that. We’re also adding more subject-driven sections (such as nutrition and training) to go along with our shoe reviews. These will be of interest no matter what your USATF association. Check out the Athlete Profile of SCA’s Tyler Okamoto on page 18 of this issue for the first of these. In addition to changes in the magazine, we are putting the finishing touches on our updated website and you can look for new approaches and directions on our Facebook page and Twitter, as well. Put them on your RSS feed, so that you can keep up with our plans, share your own ideas and suggestions, and participate in our growing online CTRN community. All of these changes are underpinned by our belief that this is your magazine and that means it’s news is focused on California and USATF. For those who are interested in also reading about the rest of the world, we invite you to sign up on to receive the nightly newsletter, RunBlogRun. See the box for direct links to each of these. You can type them in your searchbar or, if you are reading the issue online, the links will be hot so one click will be all you need!