We ate lotsa lobstah at the Orono athletes banquet. The steak line was really short. But most of all we savored our greats at the first USATF masters awards ceremony ever held at outdoor nationals. Until now, the 30-year awards
Check the faces. Jai Black’s focus at the start. Her joy on the winner’s podium. Rita Hanscom’s strain at the tape. Steven Robbins’ exhaustion. Earl Fee’s intensity. Becky Sisley’s drive. Sid Howard’s disappointment. Tony Echeandia’s tender family moment. My wife,
On Sept. 11, delegates to the WMA General Assembly in Riccione, Italy, will pick a site for the 2011 World Masters Athletics Championships. Whether this 9/11 will be a masters disaster depends on the assembly’s verdict. The bid cities are
My apologies if you can’t use the comment function. A few days ago, my Web host, Pair Networks of Pittsburgh, kept me from logging into this blog because some maniacal robot was posting hundreds of comments every hour to my
M90 fitness guru Jack LaLanne says he has sex nearly every day — “nearly on Monday, nearly on Tuesday, nearly on Wednesday.” Jack is jesting, of course. And yet it’s the conventional wisdom on elder-whoopie — that it’s elder-rarely. But
Capitalizing on his presence at many IAAF and WMA functions over the years, Rex Harvey of Ohio was elected today to the IAAF Masters Committee. The vote took place among IAAF delegates attending the world championships starting this weekend in
Geezerjock’s August issue. The September issue will sell for $4.95 at selected newsstands. Geezerjock magazine, previously available only by mail, hits the newsstands for the first time with the September issue. (Check out my article on Orono nationals, with my
Track is an individual sport, but many folks compete for teams and care about winning club titles. At Orono nationals, more than 140 teams scored points. The winner in the combined men’s and women’s team competition was the Florida Athletic
Last Saturday, masters track pioneer David Pain basked in the praise and playful ribbing of 100 friends and family members. Although he turned 85 on July 31, the party was over the weekend to accommodate summer schedules. I was there,
Jimson Lee, a mid-40s Vancouver sprinter and track blogger, learned of Ross Dunton’s Web site plight and offered to help. Ross accepted Jimson’s generous invitation to host — for free — Ross’ training and technique site. Jimson writes: “I organized
Wanda Johnson of Tampa won the W35 shot and discus at Orono. But what’s really remarkable about this single mother of four is her ambition: competing in the 2008 Olympic Trials. The key paragraph of a great Tampa Tribune story
Olympic historian Bill Mallon of North Carolina has unveiled a fantastic new reference — an Olympic database he calls OlyMAD. He detailed its genesis with this posting on the Track & Field News message board. More than 110,000 known Olympians