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<H3>Bay Area Ultrarunners</H3>
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<P><FONT SIZE=-1>The (San Francisco) Bay Area Ultrarunners was organized
about 1983 primarily due to the efforts of the late Dick Collins. Dick's
reason for starting the club was to provide a vehicle for sponsoring
ultra races. At the time there were no track ultra marathons on the schedule
in our area. Dick and I, John Buenfil, had run several of the track runs
which Don Choi had put on a few years earlier at the Woodside High School
Track but Don had put those on singlehandedly and none of them were regularly
scheduled events. We had also traveled to Oregon (WestHills Striders) and
Southern California (Flatlanders) to participate in their ultras and
thought it was time we put on something of our own.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=-1>The result was the Bay Area Ultrarunners. Now with about
160 members the club sponsors several Northern California races. For more information about the club contact: <a HREF="mailto:president@baur.us"> John Vonhof, Club President</a></FONT></P>
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