Archive for August 26, 2009
Lisa Valle gets Faces in the Crowd attention for Lahti races
Lisa Valle, a W40 distance star for the SoCal Track Club, set a world age-group record in the 2K steeple at Lahti worlds. She ran the race in 7:01.91, beating the listed record of 7:02.96 by Italy’s Samia Soltane in 2008. (She also crushed the listed American record of 7:05.06 by Karen Steen at Hawaii […]
August 26, 2009
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World Masters Athletics unveils new site (with old thinking)
World Masters Athletics just celebrated, in Lahti, perhaps the best-run world outdoor championships in history — dazzling records, incredible competition, excellent officiating. So what does the new WMA Web site feature on its home page? Yeah, the same group shot it had on the old site. It’s more of the same “hey, look at the […]
August 26, 2009
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Deadline looms for San Diego Senior Olympics, lone ’09 meet
Point Loma Nazarene University — with its beautiful track overlooking the blue Pacific — is again the venue for the San Diego Senior Games. But the registration deadline is fast approaching. It’s August 31 for the September 12 meet You can download the entry forms and stuff at this site. Unlike the National Senior Games, […]
August 26, 2009
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