The pace could be sub-4 when Jim Sorensen runs the Pro Men’s Mile exhibition Friday at the USA Youth Championships near Chicago. USATF press release says: “Daniel Lincoln, American record-holder in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, highlights the field of professional
Roald Bradstock also replied to my Q&A request (days ago), and sent along a cool multi-exposure throwing sequence as well. Roald, of course, is our 45-year-old stud who took 12th at Indy open nationals (beating eight in the process and
My apologies to the lady milers. Some great tales of the Indy nationals mile exhibition have arrived, and it’s not too late to share. One account is by Robin Judice, a 44-year-old runner from Lafayette, Louisiana. She writes: “I kept
Jim Sorensen isn’t done after all! The M40 middle-distance phenom is set to run a mile Friday at Benedictine University in the Chicago suburb of Lisle. And he told Jeff Faraudo of the Oakland Tribune: “I’d like to lower my
The National Senior Olympics in Louisville saw another dozen or so world age-group records set over the weekend. Mainly by youngsters over 80. But now the toddlers are having their fun — 50 and older. Our perennial poster child Phil
Three days after setting the M40 American record in the mile, Jim Sorensen of San Leandro, California, turned his sights on the two-lap standard — and delivered. Jim ran the 800 in 1:50.34 Saturday at Indiana University, smashing the M40
M40 speedsters Aaron Thigpen and Rod Jett posted great times yesterday the USATF Pacific Association Masters Championships at the College of San Mateo. Aaron, our own Maurice Greene, ran his umpteenth sub-11 100 of the past three years, clocking 10.78
In recent years, studies have emerged that say stretching before competition doesn’t help performance. Well, USATF took note of this major debate and is doing something about it —
Nadine O’Connor today lowered her own W65 world record in the 100, running 14.10 seconds at Cal State San Marcos in north San Diego County. Moments later, Harold Tolson ran against other M65s in his first race since his abrupt
An Olympics without track and field? Unthinkable! But that’s the case this September in San Diego, where the Senior Olympics entry form says the annual meet has been “postponed till 2008.”. Why? I’m not sure. It might have something to
Bob Lida of Wichita apparently plans to rewrite the M70 record book at Louisville. Yesterday in the 200 prelims of the National Senior Olympics, he led all qualifiers with a 27.26 into a 1.0 mps wind. The world age-group record
Payton Jordan, the masters sprint god and subject of a recent biography, is moving from Santa Barbara to the Orange County town of Laguna Beach, (later correction: He moved to Leisure World in Laguna Woods.) according to this gem of
