This is crazy! Several dozen people were sent this court document filed Thursday asking a judge to hold a hearing on a possible order to block the USATF National Masters Indoor Championships in Bloomington, Indiana. I don’t yet know the
In the past few hours, I’ve traded noetes with a half-dozen people on the delicate matter of Val Barnwell’s entry at Bloomington masters nationals in March. The bottom line: He may not compete until he jumps through some hoops. USATF
Stop me if you’ve heard this before. A superstud smashes a WR, then worries if it’ll ever make the record books. So it goes with Anselm LeBourne, who writes: “I have not seen anything written about my new world record
According to a USATF email blast, online entry deadline for indoor masters nationals in Bloomington, Indiana, is 4 p.m. Eastern time Friday, Feb. 17. And: “Drug testing will be conducted at this event. Please review the information on drug testing
Masters track lovebirds Nadine O’Connor and Bud Held — both vault world-record holders — have launched a website devoted to knee replacements. Bud has a keen interest in this since he’s battled knee problems for years. Nadine writes: “We have
A gentleman wrote me the other day about his experience with androgen gel, “under the direction of my physician, [which] is totally legal under general law. If I were to just buy it on the black market, and use it
Julie Hayden graciously reports on her team’s WR 4X4 relay team at Millrose Games over the weekend: “Just back home from Millrose. To answer some of your questions regarding the 4×4’s yesterday. (Splits are approximate and what I was given
Christel Donley reports from Colorado and the USATF Mid America Masters Indoor Championships at the Air Force Academy: “Liz Palmer, CA, flew into snow and ice, say Colorado Springs, and ran a 9.32 second 60-meter hurdles American record in the
A W50 Athena quartet beat the listed WR for the indoor 4×4 and a W60 Central Park Track Club team apparently claimed an American club record tonight in New York City as the Millrose Games debuted in the Armory instead
Results from the Manhattan Armory’s latest Thursday Night at the Races aren’t online yet (that I can tell), but word arrives about yet another record for newby W70 Marie-Louise Michelsohn. She says she clocked a 6:45.8 mile. That crushes the
Marilyn Mitchell writes (and shouts): “PLEASE TELL ATHLETES TO REGISTER TODAY, IF THEY ARE GOING TO COMPETE IN JYVASKALA. ALTHOUGH THE DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 12, MANY ATHLETES IN OTHER COUNTRIES AS WELL AS IN THE U.S. ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE
Pete Magill, the best writer/runner combo in masters track, attacks a delicate question in his latest column for Running Times: “Is it ethical to give someone something they’re not making [in their own body]?” says Dr. Jeffrey Brown, a nationally
