Noting my Kevin Forde entry, a new friend writes that Dr. Cheryl Bellaire, 50 going on 21, also ran the Philadelphia Distance Track Classic last weekend. “It was so cold and windy you just wanted to get the race over with; I
Rex Harvey, our candidate for WMA president, has posted this long analysis of the lodging situation at Lahti for WMA worlds. He lists a bunch of options, including one for 25 Euros a night at local schools! And many volunteers
Scott Weeks is 36 and not yet on the masters radar. He will be soon enough. According to an article in his track club newsletter, Scott has gone sub-2 in the 800 meters every year since 1988. “The streak began .
As promised by national masters chairman Gary Snyder, Landover indoor nationals results have been reposted. (The original results were a botch.) But I wouldn’t call it a complete correction, since it includes a 69.0 for W55 Karla Del Grande in the
Kevin Forde isn’t the best M45 miler around. He’s just the gutsiest. On Saturday, he competed in the Philladelphia Distance Track Classic. On his wacky blog, Kevin describes his mile race thusly: “Remembering my vow to have a better reaction to
Just as last year, M45 Paul Babits cleared 4.90 meters (just under 16-1) at the Sea Ray Relays yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee, which stamps his as a favorite at the masters exhibition vault in two weeks at the Drake Relays. Last
Roald Bradstock, who competed in last year’s Olympic Trials at age 46, popped a nice one yesterday at the Spec Towns Invitational in Georgia, throwing the javelin 68.62 meters (225-1) for his best mark of the season. He also won
Aeron Arlin-Genet took fifth in the women’s invitational 1500 yesterday at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational. Aeron’s time of 4:27.50 is a big improvement from her 4:30 in late March. And the results note it as having met the qualifying standard
So you think you have long track seasons? Be thankful you’re not South African or Australian. On Friday, the four-day Australian masters track championships started. (Here’s a link to the results site.) If they’ve been competing for four or five
Victor Berezovskiy shares news (and this photo) of masters entrants at the Easter Relays April 5 at Santa Barbara City College. (Results are here.) Victor writes: Here is the picture of the master champions of Easter Relays in Santa Barbara
Doug Thompson sends a reminder about the 2009 SISU Foundation 800 Meter Challenge race May 2 at Arizona State University. Doug writes: “We’ve registered a strong field, including at least three national/world champions (Horace Grant, Nolan Shaheed and Frank Condon),
Doug “Bubba” Sparks of Texas, the M55 national champ at Landover, is dealing with some hamstring issues, according to a nifty profile in his hometown paper near Houston. Yet he’s shooting for Dennis Phillips‘ M55 American outdoor record from 2001,