Earl Fee has more records in sight at Lahti worlds. When you turn 80, you realize every day is precious. In Earl Fee’s case, it’s every world record. So it’s no surprise that he’s miffed over the timing debacle at
At 44, you’re supposed to be cruising. The new age group is less than a year away, and the new M40s are eating your lunch. Not with Aaron Thigpen. Over the weekend at Stanford, Aaron ran a 100 meters in
Great news! Sports Illustrated has hired me to write a weekly column on masters track! Serena Roberts has been fired, and I’ll be taking her spot on the back page! And if you believe any of that, you haven’t looked
Complete results from the Ontario masters indoor championships haven’t been posted, but Doug Smith put up a stunning series of images. Most show new Canadian record holders, including my fave Karla Del Grande (only a little older than me but
Nice little story on M65 thrower Glenn Sasser in his local North Carolina newspaper. Although he’s the defending shot champion from Spokane and Landover, he’s not sure whether he’ll go to Lahti for worlds this summer. Glenn says: “Those boys
Aeron at Stanford in 2008 A year ago, Aeron Arlin-Genet ran a potential W40 American record for 1500 meters of 4:27.68 at Stanford. I wrote about it here. She later ran a 4:21.6. Now almost 42, Aeron returned to Palo
No breakdown of the timing system in Toronto. Yesterday at the Ontario Masters Indoor Championships, Earl Fee crushed the listed age-group WR in the 400. A week after turning 80 and being denied an 800 WR at Landover nationals amid
First he’s named USATF Male Masters Athlete of the Year. Then he collects more medals at indoor nationals (despite a stress fracture in his right leg). And over the weekend he won a handicap 200 at Texas-Arlington (see the video
Geeze! Are these guys cool or what? Folks organizing the Eurovets indoor meet in Ancona produced a series of promotional videos and posted them on YouTube. I wouldn’t be surprised if event clips eventually are posted there as well. In
Deadlines are creeping up for Lahti worlds. USATF members, for example, have until May 15 to enter without a $34-per-event penalty. U.S. athletes have a drop-dead deadline of June 5. Entry fees vary from about $100 for single-event entrants to
The Oregon Track Club Masters has clout. Its membership provided many volunteers at the Olympic Trials last summer, and they’re influential in all things trackish in Track Town USA, Eugene. Now we learn from M40 runner Fidel Bañuelos that the club is organizing
Pete Mulholland of Running Fitness magazine in the UK reports on Days 2 and 3 (Thursday and Friday) at the European Veterans Indoor Athletics Championships in Ancona. An interesting revelation in Pete’s report: “There appears to be a high content