The current issue of Masters Athlete magazine has a nice two-page spread on how masters road runners can make money at selected events. It’s kind of short and could use more detail on how to find money races, but I
Record your workouts! It’s my party, and I’ll pry if I want to. Do you keep a training diary? Do you do it on paper or via computer? Well, yesterday was my 54th birthday, and I’m offering you a present:
Jim Sorensen, WR man A year ago, the big story in masters track was Jim Sorensen’s attempts at a sub-4 mile at age 40. He set world records at 800 and 1500 but came up short on the mile (although
Mesquite, Texas, hosted the USATF Southwestern Association masters championships over the weekend (results below), and some great throws were recorded by the likes of Ken Jansson, Ken Ellis, Bob Ward and Steve Patridge, who had an M50 shot mark of
Hi, all. I’m covering the Olympic Trials in Eugene for the duration of the meet, and my original roommate at the dorms (called the Living-Learning Center across the street from Hayward Field) had to withdraw. So I’m looking for a
Simon Vroeman of Holland, the listed M35 world record holder in the 3K steeplechase (8:04.95 in 2004), turns 40 in May 2009. If he can hang on another year, he’ll likely demolish the M40 record of 8:38.40 by Italy’s Angelo
Olympian Arne “Roald” Bradstock has his fingers and toes crossed. Sometime in the next few days, he’ll learn whether he’ll compete at 5:30 p.m. on the Fourth of July at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field — the men’s javelin
Linda Cohn, a 55-year-old javelin thrower, raised her own American record for the third time Saturday. She chucked the spear 39.03 meters (128-1) at the Southern California Association USATF Masters Championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California. (Complete results are
James Lofton has a new uniform and new job (as receivers coach for the Oakland Raiders, instead of the San Diego Chargers). But his speed hasn’t changed. He’s still fast. A week ago at the Pasadena Senior Games (aka California
Email flying across the country suggests that finances and turnout for Phase 2 of the T.R.A.C.K. Live!” masters track TV show are a disaster. Athletes are paying out of their own pocket, and show organizers are incommunicado. I’ve sent a
Debbie Fetterman of the Dallas Morning News, a great friend of masters track, has written another nice story about one of our stars: national champion W50 sprinter Cindy Steenbergen, who has been missing from the circuit the past few years.
A few days after Tony Young broke David Sirl’s M45 world record in the mile, I wrote to Athletics New Zealand, asking if David were around to react to the 4:16.09. About a week later, I got a note from