W50 throws champion Oneithea “Neni” Lewis is the overall USATF Masters Athlete of the Year, as previously signaled, but the revelation at the Virginia Beach USATF convention is that M90 hurdler Ralph Maxwell and M60 middle-distance runner Nolan Shaheed will
Paul Sinatra, an M45 vaulter who competed as recently as April, died today, according to Nick Vogt, coach at Christian Team Ministries of Meadow Vista, California. Nick sent this note: “Today, December 1, 2010, our world lost a most excellent
Jim Broun, M55 world champion in short hurdles (and my relay teammate at Lahti), is making progress after undergoing an anterior cervical discectomy and fixation with allografts in mid-June. He writes: “I still have numbness in my hand and it
My old GeezerJock editor friend Sean Callahan could use our crowdsource help. He writes: “I was wondering if you or your readers could tell me if any of them have had a problem with the nerves in their feet ‘dying’
I went to my local Barnes & Noble today to buy the Sunday New York Times — and they were sold out. I wanted a copy of the NYT Magazine with the Olga Kotelko article, which included quotes from moi.
A sharp-eyed friend spotted a list of American records submitted for approval at this week’s USATF annual meeting in Virginia Beach. (See them here.) A few revelations: About a dozen are from pre-2010. Some of these are multi-events dating back
USATF’s annual meeting starts Wednesday in Virginia Beach, Virginia. And we still have no clue regarding the biggest decision our delegates will make—where to hold indoor and outdoor masters nationals in 2013. (Ohio will host 2011 outdoors and Illinois in
I recently heard that Henry Rono was making noises about entering 2011 Sacramento worlds. So I wrote him about his plans. He replied: “I will start off by running a 5K on Nov 25, 2010, Thursday Turkey race here in
Don’t know the lady’s name but am trying to find out. Talking about the star of the Target ad promoting its 4 a.m. sale Black Friday — traditional start of the holiday shopping season. She’s depicted doing crunches and lifts
Olga Kotelko, the W90 phenom, is profiled in a stunningly well-researched article in the current New York Times Magazine. See it here. Near the end of Bruce Grierson’s report, we learn why Olga is able to set world records on
The motto of the National Senior Games Association is “Long live the challenge.” Does that include scrambling to make new travel and hotel reservations? So one thinks from a surprise e-mail landing in many in-boxes this Thanksgiving Day. Addressed to
German masters honcho Dieter Massin sends this classic shot from Sunday’s World Athletics Gala celebrating the world’s top track stars — including IAAF World Masters Athletes of the Year Peter Crombie and Marie Kay. Balding guy at left is fellow