Andy’s meet medals bear this iconic logo.
the maverick meet director of Southern California, gets his colleagues’ knickers in a bunch by allowing day-of-meet registration. He also proves meets can be run under any conditions — rain or shine. Now he reminds me that you can even make a request for your own event. Really. He writes: “Bring two competitors for the race of your choice and we’ll do it. If it is a weird distance, please let me know in advance what you want. I’ll guarantee you, aside from a surveying company, there is nobody better at calculating odd distances on a track than I am. Staggered 180-yard hurdles around a turn — need I say more?” Only one meet does this, however — Andy’s annual
Southern California Indoor Meet — Outdoors, which is Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana. Many events are indoor length to give folks a chance to prep for indoor nationals. Andy also notes the possible presence of a W40 sprint relay team that may be shooting for a record. The listed W40 American 4-by-100 record is 49.48, but the club record is 52.95. So get some friends together so they can have teams to run against.
Rick Muth (who paid for the Mater Dei track upgrade) and red-garbed Andy Hecker at his 2010 SoCal indoor meet outdoors.
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Thank you for the plug. This is how it works. After you posted this, I received a special request for a track 10,000 meters.
10,000 meters on the track is now scheduled for 10:30 a.m.
Tell your friends. If you are coming in to L.A. to watch the Marathon Olympic Trials, hang around an extra day and get a track 10,000 time. Mater Dei High School is about 45 minutes southeast of the Marathon start/finish area.
I failed to note, the Marathon Trials are the day before, the actual LA Marathon will be happening the day of the meet. Anybody coming from north of the Marathon, please plan ahead. Traffic will be much worse than usual. Stay away from the 405, the 101 downtown and find one of the few bridges that cross the course only if you must. Anybody with a brain will take the 5 which means it will be several times worse than normal. We’re all doomed. Out of towners, if you are staying in a hotel, stay south of the Marathon course so you don’t need to cross the course.
The request lines are open and the hits just keep on coming. Also by special request we will have a 3,000 meter race walk at 9:45 a.m.
looking forward to racing 25 laps at ths event on Valentine’s Day!
The 2017 edition is this Sunday, Jan. 29:
http://trackinfo.org/scaind.html
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