In a November 2011 column for Running Times, Mike Tymn profiled Boston marathoner Barbara Broad, then 61, writing: “Barb Broad believes that her best times are still in front of her.” Barb said: “I just don’t think I have peaked
Tom Petranoff would smile. Remember how he threw the javelin so far in the early 1980s that they changed the specs to make the spear land sooner? Well, they can’t make the 16-pound weight any lighter. But when officials at
Leland McPhie better pace himself. Besides being entered in four events at Boston nationals, the newly minted M100 will have to navigate interview requests. The first to go live was in the Boston Herald, whose story quotes Leland as saying:
I haven’t landed a full-time job yet, but I’m back in the news saddle again. Seven months after being laid off at Patch, I’m now contributing editor to a brand-new website covering San Diego County. It’s called Times of San
Back to Tasmania. Aussie masters nationals ended Sunday, and here’s the scoop. The Athlete of the Meet appears to have been W70 distance phenom Lavinia Petrie. News outlets are reporting that she lowered her own world records for 5K and 10K
The two-day British masters nationals packed a punch. The meet ending Sunday at Lee Valley (in London) produced five indoor world records. Topping the stars was W80 Rosemary Chrimes, who set records in the natural double of shot put and
A week ago Sunday, some 29 Mid-America Region records were set at the association masters and open championships at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. So reports Colorado Masters Track & Field Club President Sue Norton, who graciously
Bob Hewitt is our Ashton Eaton. Actually, after USATF nationals at Kenosha, Wisconsin — the indoor multi-event nationals over the weekend — Bob is our Beamon. On the way to setting an M80 American indoor record for the heptathlon, M80
Nick Berra completed what he calls “the most fulfilling race I’ve ever run” Saturday, just missing his age 41 PR of 1:56.06 for the indoor 800. But no matter. He clocked an amazing 1:56.10 at an Armory meet in New
Geezer tracksters Chris Brown, 35, and Bernard Lagat, 39, both won silver Saturday at IAAF indoor worlds in Sopot, Poland, with Chris lowering his own M35 world record for 400 to an astonishing 45.58 lifetime best. The IAAF reported: “The
The Eurovets site reports that W80 Emma “Mimma” Mazzenga of Italy set two world indoor records Feb. 23: “In the new indoor track in Padua, Emma ran 200 meters in 39.69 — previous record held by Rosemarie Kreiskott (GER) who
Bob Weiner of Washington, our exceptional publicist, has issued his latest preview of Boston nationals and Budapest worlds. He notes in closing: “The [national] meet is returning to Boston after four years. It is the 14th time the national indoor
