My columnist colleague Nick Canepa has joined the knee-jerk gang. You know, the folks who criticize athletes for the unforgiveable offense of wanting to compete past their showtime prime. Check out his latest column, which mocks the boxing comeback of
After years of ranting, I see progress in USATF Masters Track and Field making good use of its own section at usatf.org. As part of the USATF Masters T&F Strategic Plan, a Web site liaison has been named to make
M75 Hall of Famer Bud Held has a column in the current National Masters News about the disappearance of masters records involving phased-out implements. M35 Norm Deep, a relative newcomer, is calling for even more changes in the weights. (See
Becca Gillespy, webmistress of polevaultpower.com, writes: “I just wanted to let you know that my high school (in Washington state) is hosting this summer’s masters decathlon and heptathlon nationals. I made a website for the meet: It’s nothing fancy but
Or ThrowBud or JumpBud. For those who have a leeeetle too much time on their hands, a new Web site offers the tools to create your own running-centric Web page. It’s called RunBud, and it hopes to piggyback the popularity
Readers of this blog are amazing. Especially y’all out in Switzerland. Pino Pilotto, an M50 Swiss jumper, eagle-eyed a mistake in my June 19 post, where I wrote: “Also coming to our attention, belatedly — a W45 world record in
Results have been posted for the 25th annual Hayward Masters Classic, which again is one of the deepest masters meets in the country outside nationals. (The M70 discus had 10 entrants!) As expected, just-turned-45 Pete Magill of Southern California took
Belgian sprinter Erik Wymeersch, who won the M35 title at 60 meters at the WMA world meet in Linz this past March, is being detained by authorities on drug-selling and doping charges (human growth hormone). According to reports on the
The Winchester Star online reports that W40 Alisa Harvey — somewhat quiet since her record-setting indoor season and the Penn Relays — ran a road mile in 4:55 over the weekend. The story says: “Harvey, who was an assistant cross
M65 sprinter Paul Edens reportedly ran the 100 in 12.53 seconds at the Hayward Masters Classic over the weekend, but in the course of looking for meet results (still not posted), I came across a story that said Paul ran
The latest issue of Geezerjock magazine is online now, and the M45 high jump is a focus. The story is headlined: “Odd couple: Extroverted McBarnette and camera-shy Lewis set to square off in high jump at USA Track & Field
Bill Wambach, an 80-year-old from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, cleared 1.26 (4-1 1/2) yesterday at the Badger State Games to break the listed M80 American record in the high jump, reports his local paper. The old record was 1.22 (4-0) by
