Nolan Shaheed, the 2007 USATF Masters Male Athlete of the Year, writes: “I’m a late entry for the world indoor meet in France and have paid my registration fees and have booked my flight. But the French travel agency (dropped
This is one beastly file. But a PDF reaching 322 pages, the IAAF statistics handbook issued for the upcoming IAAF world indoor championships in Valencia, Spain, is a treasure trove of masters stats. Mainly, it’s good for finding out the
Jody Hawkins of Texas, winner of the masters national cross country title last month in San Diego, mothers a running family. How much into racing are she and husband Mark? Her stepson is named Coe, after Sebastian Coe. Jody turned
I usually ignore road results, but I have a soft spot for old ladies in Nikes. Yesterday, a bunch of masters dominated the Napa Valley Marathon, but the most amazing mark might be the 5:36:15 by ultradistance legend Helen Klein
South Pasadena’s Pete Magill, whose cross country season ended at San Diego nationals with an M45 victory and third-place overall masters finish, has made the switch to track quite nicely, thank you. At Saturday’s USC Trojan Relays in Los Angeles,
Why should the men have all the fun? Jeff Kingstad’s back-and-forth M55 record exchange with Germany’s Wolfgang Ritte — the subject of this blog and then the cover of the current National Masters News — has a female analog. In
Our masters moles report two more world records set at the New York Road Runners’ Thursday Night at the Races. Two indoor 1500 WRs were set at the Armory track in New York City, according to a source who writes:
South Africa’s great centenarian sprinter Phil Rabinowitz died Thursday at age 104, local media report. Ironically, what led me to this discovery was a Track & Field News message board posting. It made me chuckle when someone linked to “news”
Allan Williams of Blackheath and Bromley AC is an outstanding M50 pole vaulter. His teammate Tom Phillips says Allan recently returned from knee surgery and is jumping well. But when I spotted his picture in Tom’s latest masters shots of
Allen Johnson turns 37 Saturday, and admits he’s not going to win the 60-meter hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain. But he’s shooting for sub-7.50, an amazing time for a masters athlete. Gene Cherry of Reuters
Carter Holmes, 58, dearly wanted to compete in the pentathlon at the WMA world indoor championships in France. But life happened, and he probably won’t go. He’s just content to speak French, which he studied in advance of the planned
After Sunday’s 800 final at the AT&T USA Indoor Championships, third-placer Morgan Uceny, 22, approached the woman she had beaten by less than 2 seconds. Morgan asked Alisa Harvey: “Excuse me, I don’t want to be rude — but how