Archive for February 17, 2009
New T-shirts tout Oshkosh, Lahti masters championships
Thanks to the artistic skills of my son, Bobby, our masterstrack.com shop has several new designs for your inspection, including the ones below. To save on price, we’ve taken off the masterstrack.com logo from the backs of these shirts — which bumps up the price appreciably. We’ve also added some generic USA, Canadian and British […]
February 17, 2009
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Italian lady, German gent set indoor WRs over weekend
Emma Mazzenga of Italy, who set the listed W75 world outdoor record for 800 meters last August (3:36.11), dropped down to the 200 over the weekend and apparently became the oldest woman to go sub-40 in that event indoors, as this report indicates. Emma clocked 38.88. The previous listed record was 40.13 by Germany’s Ingrid […]
February 17, 2009
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Distance legend Henry Rono enters masters indoor nationals
Henry Rono, who trains in Albuquerque, has fought to slim down in his 50s. Three years ago, 1970s distance god Henry Rono sparked an explosion of interest by announcing his goal of taking down the M55 world record in the mile. The letsrun.com thread grew to a mile long, but he fell way short of […]
February 17, 2009
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Masters vaulters to be showcased at 100th Drake Relays
Who says only sprinters and middle-distance types can represent masters in major outdoor meets? A bunch of world-class geezervaulters (some in their 60s) will compete in a masters exhibition event at the 100th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Doug “Bubba” Sparks made the announcement on Becca Gillespy’s site. Bubba, who won M55 silver at […]
February 17, 2009
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