Every time you look around, another M35 sprint star shows up. The latest is Christopher Williams, whose IAAF profile shows him as 36. At Saturday’s Reebok meet in New York, where some kid named Bolt ran a quick 100, Christopher
Tony Young’s M45 world record yesterday was captured by a sainted soul in Portland and posted here on RunnerSpace.com. Notable about the race was how Pete Magill, 46, and Jon Swanson, 36, served as rabbits for almost 800. Pete fell
Tony Young of Seattle and Club Northwest today lowered the M45 mile world record, clocking 4:16.09 at age 46. The listed WR is 4:16.75 by New Zealand’s David Sirl in 1987. (The listed AR is 4:18.83 by Ken Sparks in
W35 multi-eventer Kimiko Nakatake sends word of a big-time single-event meet in Minnesota. Kimiko reports the 2nd Annual Kangaroo High Jump Festival. It’s Saturday, June 21, at Apple Valley High School — 20 minutes from Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport. “They are
Many masters athletes are coaches. But not many are tutoring 16-year-old sophomores who high jump 7 feet. That’s the privileged position held by M40 jumper Ron Lee, who assists at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano, in south
Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue likes guns and geezerjocks. This month, he gave the NRA another popsicle. “With Perdue’s signature, restaurant patrons will be permitted to carry a firearm, but would be barred from drinking while doing so,” reports the Atlanta
G’bye, Larry. Larry Barnum, a world champion masters sprinter, had his own farewell piece in National Masters News. Writing under the heading “A Little Off Track,” Larry mused about the trend at NMN to focus on distance runners: “How do
G’bye, Carmel. Carmel Papworth-Barnum wasn’t managing editor of National Masters News for long. Just short of a year. But she made many friends at the helm of our flagship publication. Now she’s done with the NMN gig, as reported here
David O’Meara is 20 percent done with his quest to run 20 mile-runs under 5 minutes this summer. His results page shows he’s clocked 4:42. 4:50, 4:28 and 4:47. (That third one was a road mile downhill, which helps.) On
Among the many great events at Saturday’s Striders Meet of Champions was a deep and fast 3,000-meter run. I’ve posted complete meet results, but consider these unofficial (I note a few typos). Also posted are results from the Southeasten Masters
Steve Robbins of Washingon state thrives on cold weather, it appears. While some athletes fretted over temps in the 50s or 60s at the Striders Meet of Champions last Saturday, Steve rode legal winds to an AR-equalling 100 and WR
Germany’s Wolfgang Ritte raised his own M55 world age-group record in the vault Saturday from 4.27 (14-0) to 4.42 meters (14-6), and his jump was posted on YouTube. At the start of the year, the world age-group record was 4.26