Henry Rono says on the letsrun message board that he’s down to 176 pounds (having lost 33). More significant, the former world record holder at a gazillion distances says he’s training with a 5000-meter road run in mind. He writes:
In the wake of his M75 world indoor record at 1500 meters, Ed Whitlock posted some comments on a letsrun message board on the remarkable feat. Ed writes: “Well 5:31 is maybe not too bad off a training regime of
The Home Depot Center in Carson, California (near L.A.), once was touted as a place for all levels to host track meets. I got overly excited when I first heard about it in May 2003. Since then, the Home Depot
Rochelle Stevens, a two-time Olympian and relay gold medalist, has the masters bug. On Monday, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that she’s returning to track with a goal of making the 2008 Olympic team. Short of that, she wants to
USATF and the Millrose Games have announced that Gail Devers will compete in the Millrose 60-meter hurdles. But the news release failed to mention a salient fact — Gail (a new momma) is now 40 years old! She’ll be a
Marc Grasso (aka Dr. Track) of New York state is taking a plunge as an online publisher of track and field (and related sport) articles, and is looking for athletes and coaches to submit articles for listing. The cool part
The Los Angeles Times telegraphed the news a few days ago, but now it’s official: The World Anti-Doping Agency (and therefore the IAAF and WMA) is revisiting its draconian drug war. A war on innocent athletes more than cheats. If
Ed Whitlock refuses to slow down! Running at this all-comers meet yesterday in Toronto, the marathon legend shattered the listed M75 world age-group record in the indoor 1500 by six seconds, going 5:31.23. The old record was 5:37.28 by Sweden’s
Professor Rick Hoebeke, our favorite insect expert, sent complete results from Hartshorne, held Saturday at his school (Cornell). He writes: “Needless to say, we had a spectacular day here in Ithaca, NY. Tremendous turnout of runners, and exceptional times by
Results aren’t up, but this note on a polevaultpower.com message board bespoke of some M45/M50 record attempts at the annual Pole Vault Summit this weekend in Reno, Nevada: “Both Paul Babits and Gary Hunter jumped great and attempted new age
Kevin Forde took second to John Hinton in the elite men’s race at Hartshorne on Saturday night in Ithaca, New York, but was especially proud of holding off world record holder and world masters champ Anselm LeBourne. Thanks to the
Ardell Chester “A.C.” Linnerud of North Carolina, who introduced the weight pentathlon to masters track, died Friday, according to a report on the USATF Associations listserve on Yahoo Groups. A.C., who was about 75, helped Bob Boal with the Southeastern
