Archive for March 3, 2012

Countryman of Bannister has good shot at sub-4 mile at age 40

Athletics Weekly reports that 1996 Olympian Anthony Whiteman provided the highlight of the McCain City Challenge in Lee Valley [London] by setting a world indoor M40 record in the 1500 meters, clocking 3:44.12 to better the listed age-group mark of 3:44.39 by Russia’s Vyacheslav Shabunin in 2010. The all-time M40 mile best is Eamonn Coghlan’s […]

March 3, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Kay Glynn fears end of track career: Faces total hip replacement

Multi-eventer Kay Glynn of Iowa—the vault record holder and most photogenic masters athlete of all time—is signaling a break from the sport at best. At worst, her track career is over at age 59. She needs a total hip replacement as a result of dysplasia. Kay writes: “In the last 10 years, I’ve missed my […]

March 3, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  21 Comments

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  Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and web-master since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Trials, the last three as a blogger and Patch correspondent. [More...]
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