Archive for May 28, 2010
Kamloops Daily News quotes tight-lipped WMA leader on drug case
Behind the scenes, officials at World Masters Athletics are struggling with Geraldine Finegan’s drug positive at Kamloops. They still don’t have enough information to deal with her case. Today’s Kamloops Daily News quotes WMA Prez Stan Perkins as saying: “The matter is still being investigated and whilst some decisions have apparently been made, there are […]
May 28, 2010
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Bernard Lagat adds M35 outdoor 3K world record to indoor mark
It was only a matter of time. The listed world record for the M35 3,000-meter run is 7:38.28 by Abdellah Behar of France in 1998. But buried in a USATF news release yesterday about the Ostrava Golden Spike meet in the Czech Republic was this: “2010 World Indoor champion Bernard Lagat ran a strategic race, […]
May 28, 2010
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Bud Winter’s ‘So You Want to be a Sprinter’ revived for new era
Jimson Lee, a Canadian masters sprinter and blogger (at speedendurance.com), has been working to revive the wisdom of Bud Winter, the legendary coach at Speed City in the 1950s and 1960s — San Jose State. Bud coached Lee Evans, Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Ronnie Ray Smith — among many other stars. Jimson writes: “His […]
May 28, 2010
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