Two years ago, I gave the National Senior Games Association grief for announcing a venue change — switching the track meet portion of the National Senior Olympics from Houston to Humble, Texas, about 19 miles away. Now we learn they’ve
Four buff M40s runners averaged under 2 minutes each to claim a world record in the 4×800 Friday night at the Armory Track in Manhattan. A slickly produced video shows pieces of the relay and an interview with the men:
It’s one of the sweetest stories you’ll ever read about masters in love. Despite its sad ending, Eve Pell’s first-person essay in The New York Times Thursday will remind you why running in old age is no different from that
John Altendorf is 66 and doesn’t have the energy of a 16-year-old. He just jumps as high as one. How does one vault 12-8 under such conditions? Very wisely, it turns out. John graciously responded to my request for details
Saying he has the full support of his federation and the interest of local government, long hurdler Tony Echeandia has announced another try at a Puerto Rico Masters Grand Prix meet. In June 2012, he reported the meet in Mayaguez
Sorry, milers. This weekend belonged to the vertical jumpers. Besides John Altendorf and his M65 WR in the vault at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, we’ve been informed that Jill Starkey jumped 3.52 (11-6 1/2) at the same venue
After coming pretty close to John Hinton’s M45 indoor mile world record 4:20.18) at Boise State, Brad Barton informs us that he’ll try again Feb. 2, writing: “I sure appreciate the encouragement and guidance I’ve received from your blog followers.
World champion John Altendorf took fourth Saturday in the masters event at the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nevada. But at 66, he was king of the hill by clearing 3.86 meters (12-8) and crushing the listed M65 world indoor
Running against collegiate kiddies Saturday, Brad Barton fell 1.4 seconds short of the listed M45 indoor world record in the mile, clocking 4:21.58 at the Bronco Invitational at Boise State University, according to these meet results. That race overshadowed the
Today (Saturday) brings the 46th racing of the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile at Barton Hall, Cornell University. Organizer Tom Hartshorne, son of the namesake Jim, sent me heat sheets and wrote: “As you can see, we have lost a number
Brad Barton, 46, has his sights set on taking down John Hinton’s M45 indoor mile WR of 4:20.18, set at the Hartshorne Miles in 2008. But Brad isn’t entered at this weekend’s Hartshorne meet in Ithaca, New York. Instead, he’ll
Terry Pliner, a longtime Wisconsin coach who did a range of events, died Jan. 7, three days before his 75th birthday, reports Bob Osterhoudt. Bob writes: “Shortly after we last saw Terry at Nationals, he suffered a recurrence of his
