THE BATTALION
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 7, 1977
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By TERESA ROACH
Thomas Abbot is a 23-year-old
runner who claims to be the first
Aggie to finish the La Luz Trail Run
in Albuquerque, N.M.
The La Luz Trail Run, a race
often requiring about two and one-
half hours to run, is sponsored by
Albuquerque s Police Athletic
League each August.
The seven and one-half mile run
extends from the bottom to the top
of the Sandia Mountains, a 3,700-
foot gain in altitude. The racers
begin at the Juan Tabo picnic area
and finish at the 10,678-foot Sandia
Crest.
As the trail winds higher and
higher, the air becomes thinner,
and most runners are forced to slow
down.
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La Luz runner Tom Abbott advises runners to “pray a
lot.” This summer, Abbott completed the seven and one-
half mile run through the mountains of New Mexico.
Scientists seek moon mines
A 30-me in her scientific panel
asked by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration to study
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M space colonies that would be needed
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more detailed data to come from an
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satellite that NASA hopes to be able
to rocket into a polar orbit around
the moon within a few years.
Arnold said the panel was not yet
ready to say when resources from
space could be mined.
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we do not understand, he said. But
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Earth-approaching asteroids — the
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covered in 1932, Arnold said, was
promptly lost and not seen a gain
until 1973. “Therefore we have
much to do before we will be in a
position to evaluate the importance
of these bodies in a program of space
utilization. ”
Some asteroids are almost solid
metallic iron and nickel. One good-
sized asteroid, Arnold said, could
represent about 20 years produc
tion of steel in the United States.
Scientists think the asteroids have a
wider variety of useful materials
than the surface of the moon.
The panel suggested that NASA
embark on a program of near-earth
resource evaluation.
Thomas Young, director of
planetary programs for NASA, was
present and said “Our response is
this proposal is something that
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panel said.
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The runners race against high al
titudes, time, heat, and the
mountain, rather than each other.
“I never ran oyer three miles in
my life before 1 found out about the
race, said Abbot.
In preparing for the race, Abbot
ran two miles each morning, noon
and night the first two weeks. He
doubled this the third week. During
the fourth week, he ran four miles
each morning. Each evening he ran
up the Corps of Engineer s Dam
slope in Coleman, Tex., more for
the conditioning of running uphill
than for distance.
“I hated the workouts, but I had
to prove to my self that I could do
any thing once I made up my mind
to do it, said the recreation and
parks graduate student from Austin,
Tex.
During the race, the combination
of beat and thin air almost caused
Abbot to quit the race several times
within the last two and one-half
miles.
"I felt the worst pain I had ever
felt in my life, hut I kept telling my
self, ‘will. I couldn t think nega
tively . he said.
Of about 270 men and women,
200 finished the race. Abbot came in
after two hours and 20 minutes,
two-thirds of the way behind the
winner.
Abbot said he felt as though he
“could do anything after I finished.
Abbot, the heaviest runner,
weighed 210 pounds before the race
and weighed 198 pounds after
wards.
He said he ran the race mostly
because it was a challenge, but also
because “I wanted to prov e an Aggie
could do it.
“There are very few things I ve
enjoyed in life. I take every thing as
a challenge, he said.
Besides training. Abbot s advice
to future runners is “to pray a lot.
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