Tom Gage, the great Olympian and model human, died in mid-July, but a memorial service was held over the weekend. His daughter, Ali Gage Kershaw, posted on this site a poem she wrote and read at the service. “I thought
Christel Donley was inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame in 1997 — the second class. That means she was THIS close to being a charter member, a very high honor given the candidates. By all rights, she should
Sometimes you have to die to show people how to live. So it seems with M70 steeplechase Dallas Kloke, whose passing in a climbing accident has unleashed an avalanche of fond anecdotes. A Seattle Post-Intelligencer story reports: “Kloke’s passions weren’t
Uta Pippig, three-time winner of both the Boston and Berlin Marathons, says of the masters track documentary screening in the USA soon: “A celebration of life force! A movie filled with joy and life. Herbstgold explores the deep drive of
Andy Hecker, the Masters Rebel with a Cause, has outdone himself this time. Instead of joining the Greek chorus complaining about WMA’s fatally flawed world records, he’s started his own list. Check this page out. Andy is updating age-goup WRs
Last we saw her, Ruth Frith was winning golds and pooh-poohing attention at the 2009 World Masters Games in Sydney, Australia. That was then, when she was 100. This is now: At age 101, Queensland’s Queen Ruth upped her own
Marie Kay got the email on Oct. 5: You have been selected by World Masters Athletics as an IAAF Masters Athlete of the Year. Her fellow Australian, Peter Crombie, had known about his honor at least two days earlier. But
Joanna Harper, a race organizer and contributor to this blog, has told an amazing story on Carmel Papworth-Barnum’s website, WomenRunningTogether.com. Until 2005, Joanna wouldn’t have qualified for Carmel’s site. She was a man. Now she’s a woman, and Joanna becomes
Phil Raschker has been there and done it all. All except pose nude for a national sports magazine. Since her involvement in ESPN the Magazine’s second annual Body Issue has triggered some stark reactions, I sent Phil some shameless questions.
M90 sprint god Ugo Sansonetti, who once appeared in a popular Coca-Cola commercial, is back as a TV star in Italy. This time his part promotes a margarine. But a great storytelling commercial depicts him as an old man unappreciated.
The current issue of ESPN the Magazine is creating a buzz in Mastersland. It has a pictorial series showing naked athletes in “The Body Issue.” Masters are in the mix, including our own Phil Raschker. At 63, she’s not even
Masters athletes witnessed the lightning strike that left two students in critical condition at the Huntsman World Senior Games. Barry Warmerdam, a javelin thrower, wrote yesterday: “The track competition was held on the campus of Snow Canyon High School, but