Another 1500 WR bites the dust! This time it’s by Clare Elms, who lowered the W45 world indoor record at the British masters nationals this weekend at Lee Valley. Complete results are here. But Clare likes her records in pairs.
Blogger extraordinaire Pete Magill is becoming the Barbara Walters of masters running. His athlete interviews are warm, knowing, revealing. And funny! His latest triumph is this family Q&A with M45 miler Tony Young, his wife Heather (an ex-collegiate star) and
Yesterday I shipped off a Geezerjock ballcap to Frank Morton — a thank-you for his being the 500th person to register for our Forum. Frank runs for the Nike Central Park Track Club and frequently shares results from the Armory
The 1500-meter WRs are dropping like flies! First Alastair Dunlop dunks the M55. Then Tony Young yanks M45. Now we learn that Raymond Zembri of France has zapped the M60 record. A 1972 Munich Olympian in the 5000 meters (he didn’t make the
So you don’t have a relay team or go fast enough to qualify for an individual masters dash at the Penn Relays? No sweat. Tell your boss (or former boss) about the corporate distance-medley relay at Penn. Last year, some USATF masters
At 51, Joan still rocks. With the final late-entry deadline at midnight Pacific time tonight, at least 850 athletes are signed up for the USATF Masters Indoor Championships in Landover, Maryland — a record for a meet that marks its 35th anniversary
Grace Foster, who recently took up track at 91, demolished the listed W90 world indoor record for 60 meters, clocking 26.95 Saturday at the New Jersey USATF masters indoor championships in Toms River, N.J. The listed record is 31.82 by fellow
Tony Young, a spring chicken who turns 47 next month, might take some inspiration from 90-year-old Spanish runner Julián Bernal. A retired policeman from Ferrol in the country’s northwest, Julián clocked an M90 world indoor record for 3,000 meters last
Flotrack.com posted this interview clip with Tony Young after his 1500 WR Sunday in Boston, quizzing him while sweat was fresh on his brow (just like the Big Boys). Among other things, he suggests he’ll go for a 3K record
Our Forum now has 499 members! So to mark this milestone, I’m making this offer: Be the 500th person to register for the Forum, and I’ll send you a good-as-new Geezerjock ballcap. It’s black with white-and-red lettering. New registrants only. (I’ll
Natalie Soltyszewski, media director for the Sydney 2009 World Masters Games Organising Committee, writes: “In regards to claims made on your blog about tweaking of rules, here is a link to our Athletics Sport Information page which contains a copy
Payton Jordan’s memorial celebration is set. He didn’t get a funeral, but he’ll have a sendoff. It will be the night before the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University, according to several notes. One says: “If you are interested in