I’ve had this experience. So have you, probably. You’re training at a local track in your colorful meet T-shirt. Another older adult asks you: Are you a marathon runner? Nope, sprints and jumps. Which leads you to describe masters track
In Northern California, the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat informs us of a May 7 pair of miles with prize money. The Heart & Sole shoestore is sponsoring the races and the paper says: “Aeron Arlin Genet will attempt to break the
New Zealand’s Tony McManus, a masters champion since at least the 1990s, ran an outdoor mile in 4:53.29 on February 20 to break the listed M60 world age-group record of 4:54.07 by Holland’s Joop Ruter in 1993. The mile WR
I love a good mystery. But this one is getting tiresome. Nearly a month ago, Annette and Robert Koop posted a note on their German masters site about “Personenschutz für Massin” — a personal security detail at Kamloops worlds for
It’s time to savor some photo and video gems of recent masters meets. Britain’s Lesley Richardson and Canada’s Doug Smith shot a gazillion photos at Kamloops worlds, and Chris Kalafarski (providing images to usatf.org) has posted 2,570 incredibly sharp shots
This was a shock but not a surprise. My masters distance-runner friend Pete Magill announced today that his year-old site is closing shop. He writes: “So why end the blog? It’s simple really: there just isn’t enough time in the
Whew! I should go on vacation more often. It’s good luck for would-be record-setters. In the past 10 days, dozens of world age-group bests fell. Fortunately, the Italian masters observer Andrea Benatti kept track of WRs in my absence. At
Some things are more important than masters track. Sorry. Excommunicate me. But faith (Easter and Passover, for example) and family get higher priority. And sometimes long naps. Last night, after more than 9 hours of driving, Chris, Bobby and I
Lee Bergquist and I shared some time at Oshkosh nationals, and he brought his middle-school son along. I hope the kid appreciates what kind of superstar his dad is. Not as an athlete, but as a professional newsman, investigator and
David O’Meara doesn’t merely walk the walk, he runs the run. The mile run. Again and again. Of course, he rarely competes on the track (Boston nationals being an exception, where he was a DNF), but his string of sub-5
Outside of Earl Fee’s book, this is the best guide for older athletes in existence. Like Earl in “How to be a Champion from 9 to 90,” Peter Reaburn shares his own sports history. Like Earl, Peter draws together many
Mike Tymn is my hero, and my envy. He lives in Hawaii, writes almost exclusively about masters running and — like one of those everyday-streak-runners — just keeps churning out marvelous slice-of-life vignettes. Year after year. National Masters News, from