USATF’s Indy office has emailed entrants a notice about the Riccione worlds, and one cross country runner is worried about declarations. She writes: “This ‘Last Minute Details & Reminders’ notice went out from USATF last Wednesday (Aug. 22). About halfway
I don’t pay much attention to the roadies, but I couldn’t overlook this note from Osaka: “Seteng Ayele , a 52-year-old Israeli, is the oldest competitor in history to finish any event at the IAAF World championships . . .
My masters friend Rosa Marchi of Italy shares news of a great new reference: this “Register of Honor” of all world masters champions by event and age group since the inaugural 1975 meet in Toronto. Here’s the list of 100-meter
And I mean porn in the clean sense. I’ve been sneaking frequent peeks at the wcsn.com webcast of the IAAF world meet in Osaka — both live coverage (which I’m ogling while typing this) and archived video. If you get
Jamaica’s Danny McFarlane, who turned 35 in June, ran the 400-meter hurdles in 48.32 on Aug. 26. This shattered the listed M35 world record of 48.93 by American Nat Page in 1992. But will Danny’s mark be ratified? Don’t count
John Gracey, an M75 vaulter in New Grenada, Pennsylvania, plays with pain. How much? According to Joel Rineer’s Sunday piece in the Chambersburg Public Opinion: “Gracey . . . has had to endure a chronic back injury, two bypass surgeries
Annette and Robert Koop share an interesting tidbit on their German masters blog. They report that six Italian athletes (Later correction: Comments point out the nationality wasn’t specified. My apologies –ken) were admitted to next month’s Riccione world meet after
More than 10 years ago, I had a field day mocking a fad supplement called Super Blue Green Algae. The scientific name for this stuff is Aphanizomenon flos-aquae. Then a decade passed with no peep from the folks in Oregon
The folks in Clermont-Ferrand, France, have begun building their Web site for the third WMA World Masters Indoor Championships in March 2008 (a week before USATF indoor nationals). Entry fees are listed in Euros, and other info is given. Lots
Merlene Ottey is 47 — and the oldest sprinter at Osaka this week. Alas, she didn’t make it out of the heats at IAAF worlds. But she still made her presence known. USA Today included this note about her performance:
One of the best things about nationals is meeting new people. At the Orono Athletes Banquet, I chatted with a lady named Margaret Kaufman of Madison, Wisconsin. She’s a national-class W60 sprinter. But even more interesting: She’s a world-class Greek
Many of you know my Oregon friend Dave Clingan, a world-class M50 runner, co-webmaster of this site and USATF mover-and-shaker (first as an active athletes rep, and later as chair of the rankings and awards committees). He also coaches preps
