Sports
Wednesday, August 4, 1982
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The Michigan Daily
Summertime trials and tribulations
test 'M' runners while they train
By RON POLLACK "RIGHT NOW, I don't feel I'd like to Those workouts are really tough. If When the two Wolverines run over the
It's 80 degrees out and they've just follow a strict training schedule," said you're not in shape, and didn't run over summer, they often do so with a blazing
finished a hard day's work. On a day Diemer who is currently running 50 the summer, there's no way you can sun beating down upon them.
such as this, Brian Diemer and Gerard miles a week. "The reason is that some handle them." "THE HEAT can really get to you,"
Donakowski think a trip to the beach days, after work, I don't feel like run- said Diemer. "When it's hot, any
would be nice. But, as always, they ning hard and a hard workout would "Over the summer you want to get in sprinkler that's along the way you try
have to go out and run instead. probably kill me. It is important to run good enough shape so you can handle and run through because you're
Donakowski and Diemer are both over the summer, though. If you come practices when the year starts," said sweating to death and it really drains
members of the Michigan cross country into the start of the season with a good Donakowski, who is running 70 miles a you."
team, and each admits that he is often base, you can handle (head coach) week. "You don't need to be in racing Donakowski, meanwhile, perceives
tempted to skipsa day of training during Ron's (Warhurst) workouts right away. shape." the summer heat as the better of two
tesum er in order to go the beac Mii f- $)-s7 .:')-.. i '.-z .i .. -l; . . ;. evis. "I' supposeasthe hetecan he
or do whatever else strikes his fancy. bothersome, but the cold and snow of
"AFTER WORK you sit down, and if winter are worse," he said. "So I'd take
you wait long enough you can talk your- heat over 10 inches of snow any day."
self out of anything," said Diemer, Just as they have different attitudes
whose job is landscape maintenance. = toward the summer heat, Donakowski
"If I think about it, I'll try and put it off. 'The heat can really get to and Diemer have opposing views on the
I'll still go out and run, but it won't be a . hbenefits of running with, a group of
good run." When its hot, any people.
"Sure, there are times where I don't sprinkler that's along the Diemer runs with a group of high
feel like running," said Donakowski school and college runners from his
who is working in a Faygo lab as- a hometown of Grand Rapids.
quality control technician. "I've taken through because you're Donakowski, on the other hand, runs
some days off. The summer is a time to sweating to death and it alone.
recoup, take it easy and enjoy running "Running alone can be boring at
more. There are times where I feel like really drains you.' times, but I kind of like it," said
doing other things, and I do them." -Brian Diemer Donakowski. "During the season I run
Both runners say that it is not' . with 20 teammates. But I also kind of
necessary to train as hard as they do like to run on my own where I can be
during the season, although it is impor- alone with my thoughts. It's a nice
tant to stay in shape. ..'*:.**:** change of pace."
Kimball's comeback
takes him to Ecuador
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GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP)- Less than a year ago U.S. diver Bruce Kimball
of Ann Arbor, Mich., was in a hospital fighting for his life. A car wreck had left him
with a ruptured spleen, a lacerated liver, a torn ligament in his left knee and
severe facial injuries.
Ten months later he is at the World Diving Championships as a top contender for
a medal in the platform competition, which begins tomorrow.
KIMBALL'S WILLPOWER and determination to dive again helped bring about
the quick recovery.
"At first I was thinking more about living than getting back to diving," the 19-
year-old University of Michigan student said in an interview. "I was worried about
whether more surgery would be required."
He said he began to wonder whether he would be able to dive again and decided
"the only way to find out was to try."
KIMBALL SPENT a month in the hospital, wore a full length cast on his left leg
for 10 weeks and a brace for another five months.
But from the moment he left the hospital, he began a recovery program designed
to recondition his body, muscle by muscle.
He exercised his upper body while the leg was in cast and then used a cold water
whirlpool after the cast came off. Gradually he could fully extend his leg and
followed up with isometric exercises.
"GRADUALLY, I began putting pressure on the leg to get full support," he said.
"I feel just fine now," Kimball said. "The only effect from the accident is a sore
knee which gets painful sometimes after a lot of dives. But it's one of those little
things you've got to put up with."
Kimball said the torn ligament never will heal fully without surgery.
"PEOPLE PLAY pro football in the same condition," he said.
Greg Louganis, 22, a student at the University of California at Irvine, won the
gold medal in springboard diving on Monday and will join Kimball on the platform
tomorrow.
Louganis scored higher than Kimball in the world trials, but, as Kimball said in
his interview, "Diving is an unpredictable sport."
KIMBALL MISSED last year's collegiate competition because he didn't begin
diving again until June. He placed third in St. Louis at the Midwest Invitational on
July 3land second at the World Trials held July 21-25.
His last international competition was the World Cup diving meet in Mexico City
in 1981, where he placed third.
"I'm not concerned about placing this week, as long as I dive well," Kimball
said. "I don't set out to try to get first or second. I set out to do a good job."
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Better than kissing your sister
Rickey Henderson, of the Oakland A's, stole second base against the Seattle
Mariners Monday night. After the game, he was presented with the base and
kissed it.
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