The oldest masters track event in the eastern United States, founded by the late Jim Hartshorne, is a series of indoor miles that now bear his name at Cornell University, his alma mater in Ithaca, New York. With a potential
We dodged a bullet. According to organizers of the masters 4×4 relays at the Millrose Games in February, full complements of club teams are good to go in both the men’s and women’s races. All lanes filled (with an alternate
Here we go again. Based on a tip, I wrote to new WMA President Cesare Beccalli, asking him if he were aware of a doping case at last summer’s World Masters Athletic Championships in San Sebastian, Spain. He said yes.
Although runnercentric, a current thread on the T&FN Message Broad is intriguing reading. And inspirational — if not instructive. It’s titled “Hardest t&f workout you’ve ever done?” and the responses number over 60 at the moment. My toughest workouts were
In recent years, World Masters Athletics has been talking with the International Masters Games Association about coordination of their respective showcase events — the WMA world outdoor championships and the World Masters Games. Originally, the World Masters Games were held
In December, the Southern California Association of USATF was honored as Association of the Year at USATF’s annual meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. Last week, that same association gave some of its leaders the boot, including Masters VP Mark Cleary and
World Masters Athletics is reporting on entries at the WMA world indoor championships in Linz (with parenthetical comments being WMA’s): “The entries are just partly registered, but so far more than 2,000 athletes are counted. Leading is Germany (up to
Dave Clingan has posted this on the Keston petition page and circulated the same note to all involved: “I would like to thank everyone who has come forward to support the Keston mile record petition. The response has given me
Olympian Ruth Wysocki was one of the few American middle-distance runners to challenge (and beat) Mary Decker Slaney in the 1980s. But after rabbiting in Europe at some big-name meets in her 30s, Ruth retreated to Southern California domesticity, which
Every few years, a couple fresh-faced college kids show up at masters nationals, sitting behind a card table and asking our help. “Would you please complete this 120-page questionnaire on every competition you’ve ever entered?” Or something like that. Usually,
Last May, John Keston, an 80-year-old Oregon man, ran a mile in 6:48.3. It smashed the listed M80 world outdoor best by 63 seconds. A slam dunk for an American record? Not by a long shot. John averaged 1:42 a
Sharp eyes may have noticed that our home page now registers 800,000-plus views on the hit counter. It’s kind of bogus, since we reached that figure years ago sitewide. But 800K looks cool. How many times has the whole site
