Who needs National Masters News? Masters distance runners now have where to buy cenforce a rock ’em, sock ’em online home that puts NMN to shame. M45 fluffystud Pete Magill of South Pasadena, a many-times national cross country champ and
Bob Fine died more than two months ago while jogging in the Reno dawn, and today USATF Masters T&F Committee Chairman Gary Snyder announced Bob’s successor as chairman of the USATF Masters Race Walk Committee — Ray Funkhouser, a former
Karla Del Grande of Toronto had a good day Sunday. Competing at a Toronto “mini-meet,” Karla clocked a dazzling 8.57 in the 60 to set a Canadian W55 record and just miss the listed world indoor record of 8.53 by
Bob Weiner, chairman of the USATF Masters T&F media subcommittee, has been popping up all over Washington — in radio interviews, in press releases — now that his fellow Democrats are back in power. After eight years in the wilderness,
Willie Banks set a world record in 1985 — and again in 2001. Yesterday’s track chatter was all about the new USATF Board of Directors. One name immediately leaped out: Willie Banks. Of course, I was thrilled to see my masters track friend
Multi-eventer Nadine O’Connor of Del Mar, California, smashed the W65 American record in the 60-meter hurdles Sunday at the USATF West Regional Indoor Championships in Flagstaff, Arizona. Nadine, 66, clocked 11.03 to beat the listed AR of 12.53 by Barbara
Thanks to the artistic skills of my son, Bobby, our masterstrack.com shop has several new designs for your inspection, including the ones below. To save on price, we’ve taken off the masterstrack.com logo from the backs of these shirts —
Emma Mazzenga of Italy, who set the listed W75 world outdoor record for 800 meters last August (3:36.11), dropped down to the 200 over the weekend and apparently became the oldest woman to go sub-40 in that event indoors, as
Henry Rono, who trains in Albuquerque, has fought to slim down in his 50s. Three years ago, 1970s distance god Henry Rono sparked an explosion of interest by announcing his goal of taking down the M55 world record in the
Who says only sprinters and middle-distance types can represent masters in major outdoor meets? A bunch of world-class geezervaulters (some in their 60s) will compete in a masters exhibition event at the 100th Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Doug
A week ago, I wrote Australian Masters Athletics Inc. about reports that it had been frozen out of involvement with the 2009 World Masters Games in Sydney — even though the WMG track meet was sanctioned by World Masters Athletics.
Through the magic of video sharing, we can now see Bill Cosby running at the 1985 Penn Relays (not 1988 as labeled) in a race staged for his sitcom. (Click here for the video.) It’s a two-team race in which