Nolan Shaheed has been USATF Masters Athlete of the Year (twice, in 2006 and 2007). But this is a first for him. USA Track & Field today picked Nolan as its Athlete of the Week (for the whole sport, not
A British newspaper reports that M40 sprinter Darren Scott of Trafford AC a couple Sundays ago ran the indoor 200 in 21.81 seconds, smashing the listed WMA world record of 21.94 by Italy’s Enrico Saraceni in 2005. (Results are here.)
Nick Berra, Anselm LeBourne and Nolan Shaheed were among the men starring at Saturday’s Hartshorne races in Ithaca, New York. Nick won the M40 elite race, Anselm the M50 elite race and Nolan — well, he just shattered the M60
Just kidding. Gravatar means “globally recognized avatar.” It’s an image that accompanies any comment you post on any Forum or blog that has gravatar functionality. Check out my comment below, with a mug of moi. Currently, folks see artsy colored
At 9:37 a.m. today, this site moved from Movable Type to WordPress, a content management system and blog platform. Many of the changes are cosmetic, but my blog just became turbocharged. You’ll see. It’s the equivalent of trading in a
Nolan Shaheed set a world record at the Hartshorne miles Saturday, but he wasn’t the top miler there. Not according to the WMA Age-Graded Tables. One of the side contests at Cornell was for best age-graded percentage, and Nolan’s 4:57
Running at the same venue as his 60-meter WR, M65 Don Neidig yesterday beat the listed world indoor record for the 200-meter dash at the Cherry and Silver Invitational in Albuquerque. Official results again fail to note his mark. But
Aaron Munzer’s Ithaca Journal report on the Hartshorne masters miles is posted here. I was touched by this passage: “(Nolan Shaheed) mentioned Diane Sherrer, a longtime advocate of masters running and columnist for this newspaper, who died last year, as
Nolan Shaheed Pasadena’s Nolan Shaheed, injured before Lahti, couldn’t compete at worlds last summer. But he made up for that today. Flying cross country to run at the Hartshorne Memorial Miles at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, he took
Pat Manson isn’t that old — a mere babe at 42 — but he thinks it would be “neat” to say he vaulted 18 feet in four different decades. The 2010s are in his sights now, thanks to the confidence
Pam and Stan Immelman in South Africa send along this gracious note: “If any USA Masters are contemplating attending the World Cup (soccer tournament) in South Africa in June, they may wish to come a month earlier and participate at
I know, I know. We don’t cover masters marathoning. But WMA’s epic scandal of ignoring legitimate road marks is ongoing. Latest reminder: Haile Gebrsellasie’s world open record of 2:03:59 — at age 35 — is still nowhere to be found