Monica Pellegrinelli of Switzerland, preparing for the Eurovets indoor meet in Helsinki, lowered her own W40 WMA record for 60 hurdles yesterday. She clocked 8.66 seconds over the distance with masters spacing, beating the 8.71 she set at Linz last
M70 vaulter Gérard Dumas may not go high, but boy does he go long! After posting that he jumped 8 feet a month ago, I learned something awe-inspiring. Gérard’s fellow British Columbian, Roger Ruth, wrote me: “Gérard’s most outstanding vaulting
Now it can be told. The recent world indoor record 4×2 relay team, made up of four 70-year-olds, benefited from PED. No, not drugs — performance-enchancing deity. The Rev. Dick Camp, No. 3 leg on the 1:54.05 team, writes: “Two
Every five years, this lady out in Georgia takes a break from her tax business and goes bonkers on the track. The result: a shredded record book. So it began a week ago as Phil Raschker, in her W60 debut,
Sub-4-at-40 aspirant Darren Worlock has replied to a set of questions I sent him via his Web site. He starts out by answering my DOB query: “My date of birth is 1st April 1970.” OK, April Fools Day. No problem!
Darren Worlock, meet Michael Marren. You’re two peas in a pod — even if separated xanax by The Pond. Darren — the 36-year-old British runner training for a sub-4 mile at age 40 — can’t begin to touch the ambitions
After learning of Ed Whitlock’s latest M75 world record, I wrote him to learn more about his 3000 indoor WR in Toronto. He graciously replied, “My objective was to run 45 seconds a lap (200m) for 11:45. On the first
W60 sprint champ Kathy Jager of Arizona, whose heart problems were mentioned here a few days ago, has written to thank the folks who wished her a speedy recovery. She writes: “It really has meant a lot to me to
If Darren Worlock comes close to running a sub-4 mile at 40, he can thank his own Web site for helping push him out the door to training. Gotta fan the flames! Darren writes on the site: “Easier said than
Just as they promised, the M70 quartet of Larry Colbert, Richard Rizzo, the Rev. Dick Camp and Robert Lida smoked the world indoor record in the 800-meter relay, clocking 1:54.05 to shatter the listed record of 1:58.71 set by a
Darren Worlock of Bristol, England, is raising a ruckus in the pages of Athletics Weekly, we learn from the Telegraph newspaper. The issue? Darren, now 36, has a best of 4:20 for the mile. And he insists he will improve
The March issue of National Masters News has been out for a while, but we have some unfinished business with the February issue — the first under new publisher Randy Sturgeon. A 64-year-old Santa Barbara sprinter named Tony Craddock copied
