Sydney had practice. Nine years ago, they had a little event called the Olympic Games. But the numbers at the World Masters Games dwarf those of the Summer Games — about 28,000 are showing up this month. The Sydney Morning
Thanks to many of you, my wife’s Breast Cancer 3Day Walk thermometer today began showing 100 percent funding! Chris has raised $2,300 from more than 50 friends, co-workers and family members. (See my original pitch.) Now she can focus exclusively
It’s still early, but first reports out of Sydney suggest organizers aren’t ready for the monster crowds at the World Masters Games. Endless lines for credential pickup. Lack of foreign speakers to help folks not using English. Bad directions to
The excitement is palpable in Bubba Spark’s blog from Sydney on the eve of the World Masters Games: “There are SO MANY uniforms from all over the world as the airport was a zoo. On our flight I quit counting
The legends came out to play yesterday at the Huntsman World Senior Games. Continuing her comeback, Hall of Famer Irene Obera of Fremont, California, won the 100 in 16.67 seconds to erase one of the oldest sprint records on the
It’s October. The NFL season has started. Baseball playoffs loom. Yet track season continues, thank God, and masters records just keep on coming! At least two to report: Nadine O’Connor ran the 300-meter hurdles for the second time in her
Don McGrath has achieved his goal of interviewing 50 athletes over 50, preparing a book on the project. I introduced him last May. Thanks in part to this blog, Don found plenty of masters trackfolk willing to spill the beans
In a 45-minute press conference last week, officials in Turin, Italy, bragged about bagging the 2013 World Masters Games — the next one after Sydney. Turin apparently beat out Berlin for the gig. I missed the Sept. 28 announcement,
Although many eyes this month’s are on Sydney World Masters Games, the annual poor-man’s world games begin tomorrow in St. George, Utah: the Huntsman World Senior Games. The track meet runs through Wednesday. Results from this year and previous years
Ah, the good old days — when the biggest worry of Kamloops entrants was how to navigate an unbanked 200-meter track in March 2010. Now athletes headed for the first WMA world indoor championships in North America have another thing
M50 sprinter Michael Waller, perhaps the breakout star of Oshkosh nationals last July, is heading Down Under soon for the Sydney World Masters Games. His local TV station gave him a nice (although error-filled) sendoff. Not his fault. See this
India’s masters track scene is more dysfunctional than I thought. It appears that Jerry D’Souza’s Veterans Athletics Federation of India is vying for power with the Masters Athletics Federation of India, known as MAFI. Power to do what? To send