I’ve had enough of skateboard parks. Let’s open pole vault parks! Or do what the folks in Springfield, Oregon, did, as detailed in this intriguing story about an indoor vault facility set up for residents. Thanks to some masters vaulters
This is my 1,000th post. Yeah, I have 1,000 entries on Masters News and Muse. (And countless embedded links.) Coincidentally, my first post was on a January 5 — exactly four years ago. The cheeky debut headline: “A blog to
Randy Sturgeon is deep into work on the February edition of National Masters News, which he bought last year. Although the venue of publication has changed from Eugene to Sacramento, he wants meet directors to know that he wants no
Mike Soule, posting on our Forum, writes: “If you are planning on competing at the National Senior Olympics in July, there are a couple of dates you need to know about. First one is the Limited event varification form. That
Clubs are cool. Some cooler than others. My wife, sprinter Chris, is a member of the Southern California Striders, and this year she was summoned to the club’s annual dinner to receive an award. So off we went to what
Brian Keaveney took umbrage at being called a possible “Uniform Nazi,” but he calmly answered the central question posed in my recent post about Linz uniform policing. To wit: Did he challenge the uniforms of female athletes at Linz? Brian,
The World Veterans Athletics Championships — aka the WAVA or WMA world meets — have been held outdoors 16 times since the Toronto inaugural in 1975. But until recently, complete results from only the past four were online (1999 Gateshead,
Remember the “Soup Nazi” on “Seinfeld”? It appears that masters on the WMA stage may have to deal with a Uniform Nazi — an official who challenges your team uniform. So suggests a recent post on a blog attached to
Mary Rosado sent this note today: “We just received go ahead from USATF (for a masters women’s 4×400 relay at the Millrose Games), so that is why I haven’t made an issue of it but I will now.” The issue
The Millrose Games — where officials wear tuxedoes and fans toast indoor track — celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, and masters will again be in the mix. (But men only, perhaps.) Masters club leader Jim Relly has sent out
Sunday was the last day of 2006 but the first day of Tony Bowman’s new fame and fortune. A sprinter nearing the 30-year mark in masters track, Tony won the equivalent of $7,900 by taking first in a 120-yard handicap
George Mathews really is just getting started. In addition to venting on USATF, he now feels liberated to comment on WMA issues as well, especially the drug-testing rituals that seem to penalize masters. George writes: “As you can see, I’m
