The 30-ring circus known as Perth worlds is going full blast (see results here) — and my Facebook feed is flooded with photos and videos. But I’ve been playing hooky from my hobby. Tuesday night, wife Chris and I got
A month ago, M75 multi-eventer Don “Boomer” McCrea traveled from his Oregon home to Atlantic City, New Jersey, to accept a major geezer sports award: Male Adult Athlete of the Year for the National Congress of State Games. It’s kind
As previously noted, WMA is taking the leap into out-of-competition drug testing, a masters first. In his official report to the Perth General Assembly, President Stan Perkins says: “WMA now has approved out of competition testing and will increase its
Meet directors Tom Hartshorne and Charlie Fay say star milers can race for free at the 50th annual Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile in late January. “The $20 race entry fee will be waived for elite runners,” Charlie writes. “On the
If your wallet isn’t already empty from 2016, here’s another track trip for you: Daegu. South Korea is hosting WMA indoor worlds in late March 2017. Online registration doesn’t appear to be working on this page. But buried is a
Seven months after scratching from the 800-meter exhibition at IAAF Portland worlds, Masters Hall of Famer Nolan Shaheed is back on the track, apparently recovered from injury. Now 67, he ran the 1500 and then the 800 at a low-key
USATF named our sometimes-tracko friend Brian Pilcher as Athlete of the Week on Tuesday for his amazing race in Chicago. “All I can say is holy crap,” Brian reacted on Facebook. “I never expected this in this lifetime and I
OK, get real. Men who are 85 don’t run a mile in 7:18.55 or marathons in under 4 hours. So what do we make of Ed Whitlock, who did both this year? At Sunday’s Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Ed ran
In September, the shadowy Russian hacking group Fancy Bears made public the TUEs (therapeutic use exemptions) of Olympic gymnasts Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez and many others. The WADA database was invaded. Last week, Masters Hall of Famer George Mathews wrote
Race organizers north of San Diego are going back to the future. In the late 1960s, “masters miles” in elite invitationals led the way to masters track. Now the folks at Bring Back the Mile are touting a November road
My masters at Nemean Games post prompted our Seattle multi-eventer friend Dave Ortman to share his own recent European adventures — in Serbia. Dave, 63, was part of a five person 60+ U.S. team in the IX Olympiad of Sport,
Members of the W80 American relay teams at Perth worlds are dedicating their efforts to the memory of Fei-Mei Chou, one of their friends and Lyon teammates. Fei-Mei, 81, died of stomach cancer in August. Christel writes from Colorado: “As
