With 1.17 billion people, India should be a masters track powerhouse. You’d think. But at Lahti worlds, India won a mere 10 medals. Only one gold (by an M70 hammer thrower). With a handful of exceptions (mainly male sprinters), the 70-member
Now this is service! Marilyn Mitchell prepared several pages of Team USA results from Lahti worlds, and USATF posted relay splits in the 4×100 and 4×400. As mentioned before, every U.S. foursome at Lahti came away with hardware. No finish
Jim Waters of the San Diego Track Club, who ran the automatic timing gear at the San Diego Senior Olympics on September 12, has sent out results for the meet at Point Loma Nazarene University. Jim writes: “Please note: missing
Record rift: Ivar Söderlind vs. Sandy Pashkin A month ago, we reported how W40 Lisa Valle of Albuquerque made SI’s Faces in the Crowd, noting her great effort earlier in August: “(She) set a world age-group record in the 2K steeple at Lahti
Ed Whitlock How fast is Ed Whitlock? He replied to my email queries only hours after I sent them — despite his stiffness after running a half-marathon in 1:37:34. Among other things, he gently corrected me on the M75 age-group
When they write Ed Whitlock’s obituary (in about 30 or 40 years), his sub-3-hour marathons in his 70s will be right up there in the headline. But here’s another superhuman mark: 1 hour, 37 minutes, 33.5 seconds for the half-marathon
Marion Jones Seth Brower, brother of world-class M50 hurdler Jeff Brower, is a meet organizer in South Texas of some repute. He’s a great friend of masters athletes and youth as well. And everyone knows how forgiving masters are. We all have “issues.” Now
Philly’s Kevin Forde gave his mother a present today — the pleasure of watching her son win the Fifth Avenue Mile only three months after calling his season over (and skipping Lahti) with a leg injury. Kevin took the M45
Jason Fast Frank Levine. We talk a lot about inspirational stories in masters track: “He’s my hero,” “She’s such a role model.” But real-life people are indeed moved by what we do on the track and field. No cliche. Latest
Prediction: Ruth Frith will kick arse in Sydney. And she’ll get even more attention at the World Masters Games than 101-year-old Alfred Proksch got in Lahti. Ruth speaks Strine (understandable to many in the English-speaking world), and she has a
According to reports on the official German Athletics site (DLV) and the unofficial (but sexier) blog kept by German world champ Annette Koop, the Germans are defying some changes approved by World Masters Athletics in the rules of competition. At
Olga Kotelko just kills me. She claims at least 15 world records in the run-up to Lahti, sets eight WRs there, and then what? She goes and sets some more a couple weekends ago at the British Columbia Senior Games