Marilyn Mitchell, the longtime masters official from New York, writes: “The travel organization for the WMA Jyvaskala organizers has just told me that they will be organizing two charter buses (morning and evening) from the Helsinki Airport to Jyvaskala, if
Bob Lida’s M75 world indoor records for the 60 and 200 were amazing in themselves. Now we learn anuther stunner: How Bob did ’em — by correcting a decades-old flaw. Bob writes: “I mentioned I coached the sprinters at a
You can’t hear this enough: Masters tracksters can’t train like the kiddies. Latest reminder is in a savvy profile of M50 sprinter Craig Davis in Florida: “I want to do what it takes to compete when I’m 75,” Craig is
According to this article in the Naples News: “Sonja Friend-Uhl of Brentwood, Tenn., … is going for the U.S. Masters record in the indoor mile Saturday at the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile in Ithaca, N.Y.” Sonja is 40, so she’d
Meb Keflezighi will NOT be in the running for masters honors this year. That’s guaranteed. But he’ll get over it, since he’s ticketed for the London Olympic marathon, when he’ll be 37. USA Today’s report: “Running his best marathon time
M75 sprint superstar Bob Lida — my fellow Jayhawk— added to his legend Jan. 12 at Wichita State University, crushing world indoor records in the 60 and 200. He ran 8.49 and 27.03 at the Herm Wilson Invitational, where they
KMVT Community Television — a nonprofit serving the Bay Area towns of Mountain View, Cupertino and Los Altos — says it broadcasts to more than 100,000 viewers. It also posts shows on YouTube, and one is an interview with local
I’m reminded that the Run For The Dream Indoor Meet is back Jan. 20 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. It’s a high-class elite event with a half-dozen or so masters events on the track (plus the shot;
Don Isett reports he bettered the listed M70 world indoor vault record four times Jan. 7 at the Texas Pole Vault Roundup at Joshua High School, south of Fort Worth. After clearing 3.24 (10-7 1/2) to beat his good friend
Meredith Melnick, a 29-year-old writer for Huffington Post, discovered the story of R. Laurence Macon, who at age 66 ran 113 marathons in 2011. Curious about what other old folks are doing, she contacted me. The result is this story
M40 sprinter Calvin Padgett writes from down South: “I wanted to forward you information on an upcoming masters meet at a brand new track in Winston Salem, N.C. The date is Feb 18th. We are hoping with good attendance, the
M55 hurdler and multi-eventer Steve Kemp last month quit his coaching job in the San Francisco Bay Area in the wake of the latest bane of high school teachers — parental interference and athlete disloyalty. Read this dismaying column in
