Masters Mole No. 673(c) has shared a copy of what appears to be a detailed time schedule for Porto Alegre worlds. The mole, an American, says he got it from a Brazilian. In any case, the official world championships website
Folks in Porto Alegre have yet to post the minute-by-minute, venue-by-venue schedule for worlds. I’m also getting questions about transportation and other nitty-gritty details. Aside from the FAQ posted on the WMA website, some questions are addressed in the 48-page
Vaulters love their poles, but they hate the ordeal of shipping them to foreign meets. So WMA world meets make available a selection of sticks — from 11-9 to 16-4 in length. Today’s WMA site lists which poles are available
Don’t book your flights to Vancouver just yet. An exchange of email reveals that proponents of a British Columbia masters games are targeting 2016, not 2014, as reported earlier. Herb Phillips, a record-setting 1500-meter man in his 70s, posted a
Jimson Lee, our Canadian masters sprinter friend, is reporting that Vancouver, British Columbia, will host a regional masters games in 2014. Similar to the European Masters Games, it’s under the umbrella of the International Masters Games Association, whose Turin meet
Rick Reaser is meet director of the open Red-Black Meet at San Diego State University. He writes of the Saturday, December 3, event: “It is already sanctioned by USATF SD-I. Our FAT timer, Jim Waters, has been reserved. This year,
If you pit sprinters vs. distance runners vs. middle-distance racers, which group has the best all-around athletes? Track doesn’t have a Hot Stove League, but it does have a way of settling hypotheticals: the Greater Philadelphia Runners Pentathlon. The fourth
Colin O’Leary, a graduate student at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, writes that he and his adviser, Anthony Hackney, are “launching a study that is examining the effects of exercise training on sexual libido in adult males. To assess
Sometime around noon local time Oct. 23 in Porto Alegre, Brazil, we should know who will serve as president of World Masters Athletics through 2017. Will it be incumbent Stan Perkins, whose term would include 2016 worlds in his native
Superstar meet director Seth Brower — the force behind dozens of meets — is promoting one Oct. 5-6 worth noting. Called Texas vs. The World Challenge, the event will benefit charities KidSight and the Wounded Warrior Project. It includes a
When I first heard of the M60 American shot put record by Quenton Torbert, I said: “Quenton who?” Turns out he’s better known as Doug. But he’s also a rookie to masters track, starting just after his 2011 retirement from
Athletics Weekly in the UK is reporting six world age-group records set this weekend at the British Masters Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, including five by W80 Rosemary Chrimes and W75 Evaun Williams. AW, which takes geezer track seriously
