My pouty post on the PTFA, in which I referred to the anonymous emailer as an entity, did the job. I got the sender to fess up. And I was right. It was indeed M45 American recordholder Tom Gilliard of
Steve Boman has the bug. And no wonder. As co-founder (with his friend Sean Callahan) of GeezerJock magazine, Steve can’t help but be moved by the folks he writes about as editor-at-large. But in the latest edition, November, Steve takes
If you ever start a professional track and field association, check your spelling and syntax. That’s my advice for the entity who sent me email today. The subject line said: “Track and Field for the less able-bodied people.” The message
Yolanda Gail Devers, the ageless Olympian who still strikes fear into fellow hurdlers’ hearts, turned 40 today. She hasn’t competed since early 2006 (partly because she became a Mom for the first time in 2005). But she also vowed she
Canadian masters officials have decided to piggyback (or piggyfront) the USATF masters nationals in 2007, reports our friend Doug Smith. “We held a very successful Annual Meeting on Thursday at Sport Alliance in Toronto,” Doug writes. “The big news is
Well, I guess this is good. A few months ago, on a lark, I submitted this blog to blogburst.com — a service that promotes blogs to rootin-tootin’ real publishers, like newspapers and stuff. If something on a blog is of
Bill Collins is back in Houston after being feted at the IAAF Gala in Monaco, where he and Melitta Czerwenka-Nagel of Germany received their IAAF Best Masters of the Year awards over the weekend. I wrote to Bill, asking about
The Telegraph newspaper in Britain concludes its Zola-Budd-at-IAAF-Gala story with an intriguing tidbit: “In addition to studying for a Master’s degree in pastoral therapy, she is running again. The aim is to compete on the masters’ circuit. ‘I’m trying to
All four candidates for the vacant USATF Masters T&F Committee chair have completed my questionnaires and their answers reflect a wide range of approaches to our problems. All for the good. This election will offer masters delegates to the Indianapolis
Folks down in Brazil have posted results of the South American masters track and field championships, which ended over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro. A handful of Americans — some sprinters, hurdlers and thrower Rex Harvey of Ohio and
The European Veterans Athletic Association runs masters track in Europe. Its Web site has been a treasure trove for several years. Now it’s added a 92-page PDF handbook to the mix — which covers everything from rules and bylaws to
Under the heading “Suspension of Hella Boeker (GER) now official,” the Eurovets news page says: “The German Athletics Federation (DLV) informed that on November 1, 2006 the DLV Disciplinary Commission declared the thrower Hella Boeker (W 65) ineligible for one
