In late November, I depicted the venue change at the 2011 National Senior Games as a bait-and-switch. That was rough. But to his credit, Competition Director Sean Gomez bravely sent me an explanation. Yesterday he wrote: “First, I want to
Multi-events maven Jeff Watry — aka decamouse — has posted results from last weekend’s USATF National Masters Indoor Heptathlon Championships at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. See the men’s results here. He’s also posted uncorrected women’s results. (Still need to
World masters champion Martha Mendenhall shares two items — a recent profile in a local real estate magazine (see it here) and a 6-second video clip of her granddaughter Violet (not Victoria as I wrote earlier—my bad) jumping. Guess which
Alisa Harvey’s indoor season is young, but she already has her first W45 American indoor record—a mile in 5:04.02. That edges the listed W45 national record of 5:04.73 by Joan Nesbit Mabe in 2007. She did it at the Navy
Friends remind me that some great meets open to masters are coming up. One writes: “Many masters competitors don’t know about, arguably, the finest indoor track facility in the U.S. It’s part of the GaREAT Sports Complex in Geneva, Ohio
Former sprint great Patricia “Pat” Peterson, a masters Hall of Famer and one of the stars of “Racing Against the Clock,” has had a rough enough life already — surviving at least two bouts of cancer. Saturday morning saw her
The heat was on, and Sacramento’s LOC decided to do the right thing—avoid scheduling events between 2 and 5 p.m. at the World Masters Athletics https://xanaxlife.com/anxiety/ Championships in July. Bob Burns of the local organizers sent me a “preliminary competition
Lance Elliott has gotten a speedy education in masters pathways, especially about what marks to enter for major meets. After I tweaked him for entering a 1:55 seed time for the M40 800 at Sacramento worlds, he graciously responded to
My Italian masters friend Andrea Benatti passes along some world-class triple jump news. Here’s his post, translated poorly: “Shocking news from the second day of the meeting of Modena, dated January 9: Elisa Neviani (04/29/1965) has gone where no woman
Indoor season is sizzling amid the snow back East, with a bunch of world records to report. M65 Matti Kilpelainen jumped 3.51 meters at the Eastern Michigan University Invitational, beating the listed WR of 3.50 set last year by Esko
Roald Bradstock’s impossible dream just got less impossible. He may not throw jav in the 2012 London Olympics, but he’ll fall only one meet short. Over the weekend, he threw the spear 71.83 meters (235-8) at age 48, and thinks
M90 hurdler Ralph Maxwell, who shared USATF Male Masters Athlete of the Year honors for 2010, also likes to share recipes. He writes: “Folks nowadays seem obsessed with diet. Especially those who are interested in achieving or preserving vibrant health