Just back from a two-day family trip to Disneyland. Just finished reviewing results from Boise (appended below). Very pleased to see how USATF’s Melvin Jackson summarized the records set at masters nationals. Very disgusted that the official Web site for
Well, gag me with a moldy spud. It’s 11:20 p.m. Pacific time, well after completion of the first day’s events at the national friggin championships. And results are not available at the place set up for ’em. So unless you’re
The European Veterans Athletic Association has announced that it will inaugurate an annual award for top athlete of the year (male and female). That’s great! Helps give the geezers the recognition we deserve. But something in the selection criteria leaves
Well, if I could read the fine print, I would have figured this out earlier. But the Armory results I referenced in yesterday’s blog post were from a YEAR ago. That’s why Anselm’s 1500 record wasn’t mentioned. I’m told that
Who knows why USATF does what it does? A recent press release mentions an Anselm Lebourne world record but neglects to mention another world record at the same meet and in the same event. Hooookay. A masters runner (but not
Well, masters appreciate the thought. But this is ridiculous. USATF has named a 4 1/2-hour marathoner its Athlete of the Week. How does that compute? Well, the 49-year-old jogger is Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. According to today’s USATF news release:
Generally, national championships are “above” the promotional tactic of touting record attempts. (Such hype is generally reserved for big invitational meets in Europe, for example.) But there it is in the USATF news release on the Boise masters indoor nationals:
A track meet is like a circus, they say. Several events vie for your attention at the same time. But in masters meets, especially
Dave Ortman is a national-class M50 sprinter/hurdler/jumper from Seattle who some might say has WAY too much time on his hands. His current complaint in masters track? “Lack of decent T-shirts” proffered by national championships. With the Boise national indoor
Looks as if WMA prez hopeful Stan Perkins has a new job, which doesn’t carry the bylaws-violation baggage of his previous gig with Gold Coast Events Management, which runs the Pan Pacific Masters Games (a rival to WMA events). Perkins
Italy’s Cesare (pronounced CHEZ-a-ray) Beccalli, who was president of WAVA from 1987 to 1997, is running for his old post, according to my impeccable sources. Very interesting. He’s an old old-timer, having helped found the European Veterans Athletic Association and
Australia’s Stan Perkins, whose day job involves putting on masters sports events, is officially a candidate for the presidency of World Masters Athletics, the world governing body of masters track. He would succeed Sweden’s Torsten Carlius, who is out due
