Haile Gebrsellasie made a retirement announcement after dropping out at Mile 16 of the New York City Marathon. But recent reports suggests that he’s having second thoughts, reading Tweets as tea leaves. We also learn from his manager: “Jos Hermans
Distance God Haile Gebrselassie — world record holder in the marathon — is mentioned in a masters context in the Irish Times. The story notes: “Strictly speaking, Gebrselassie now qualifies as a veteran — or a “masters” runner, to give
Dexter McCloud, newsletter publisher of the USATF Committee on Diversity and Leadership Development, has responded to the comments posted on this blog. Dexter, a world-class M50 hurdler, writes: “As you are aware, I was appointed as the Masters Diversity Chair
Bob Weiner, a nominee (along with moi) for the David Pain Award for service to masters track, appeared this morning on Fox TV’s “Fox and Friends” segment, interviewed by Dana Perino. See it here. Bob’s day job is with Robert
The December issue of Track & Field News features a nice career profile of retiring M35 hurdler Allen Johnson and an itsy bitsy status report on vaulter Stacy Dragila, who turns 40 in March 2011. T&FN says of Stacy, an
USATF delegates meeting at Virginia Beach next month have a boatload of rules-change proposals to consider. But one should be a slam dunk. Under Item 83, submitted by New England’s Steve Vaitones, a new rule would say: “When a Masters
Nine months ago, I posted a note about a masters athlete with severe depression. Your comments, public and private, helped. Now the athlete has decided to tell his own story — on his own blog. His name is Tom Phillips.
A scene in “Herbstgold,” the German documentary on masters track, shows five older athletes struggling with the print entry form for 2009 Lahti worlds. Kind of cute. But that may be ending for many. For the first time, a WMA
Some high-profile masters athletes and administrators are part of a USATF project to foster diversity. This means what, exactly? Aren’t we already a pretty diverse sport, ethnically and stuff? For whatever reason, USATF has launched a website devoted to the
Jeff Brower, webmaster of the USATF Masters T&F website, has rolled out a new feature—called Contact Master Pete. It says: “Howdy, my name’s Pete, and I run whenever I can find my shoes. Now I don’t know everything, but I
Our neighbor to the north has a crackin’ good masters track national portal. Doug Smith wrote me about it some weeks back: “I’ve spent the last three weeks loading the CMAA site. I think it looks pretty good. I’ve posted
Masters track didn’t really start until the late 1960s, but veterans athletic clubs had been around for decades before—especially in Australia. Now comes proof that America had masters track a century ago. Thanks to sharp-eyed Jeff Davison of Southern California,