Well, it’s hard to keep a good announcer down. Despite his medical misfortunes, Pete Taylor reports from Virginia: “I worked a half day today, the first day since Jan. 21 that I made it to the office.” Pete sent me
Jess Brewer is my oldest masters friend and original inspiration. This Canadian scientist, now 59, posted the original piece that drove me to start the Masters Track & Field Home Page in 1996. But his conquering of prostate cancer may
Today brings news of an amazing world masters record for 200 meters. But it’s hard to tell whether Italian Enrico Saraceni’s M40 indoor 21.94 is really superior to South African Philip Rabinowitz’s M100 outdoor 77.59. Enrico’s mark smashes the listed
Meet director Mark Zeug of the 2005 masters nationals in Hawaii has replied to my query about dorms and such. Having noted the very reasonable cost of $20 a night (double occupancy), I was worried about the lack of air
Snow is on the ground in many places, but today I booked a flight for a sweltering place in the middle of the Pacific — Honolulu and the 2005 USATF national masters outdoor championships in August. I checked six online
Pete Taylor calls him “The Great Earl Fee.” And great the M75 Canadian is — at most middle-distance events (where he holds world age-group records). But he’s also a standout hurdler, and so that’s what we see in a new
Just becuz it’s winter in the USA doesn’t mean outdoor track season is in a deep freeze everywhere. I’m reminded of this after stumbling across a New South Wales club in Australia with an odd-sounding Web site: lollylegs.com. Man, these
What if they gave a track meet and didn’t give results? Of course, that never happens. But that’s the upshot in masters track, where you have to own back issues of National Masters News to have a clue who won
Just got this note from Douglas G. Martin, national director of the State Games of America: “In reviewing our policy for age group determination, we were given incorrect dates from our Commissioner but have now changed the dates to correspond
Out in Ohio, a “mild-mannered math teacher at Start High School in Toledo” calls himself Superfan and started a track and field Web log. Yippeee! I’m not alone! The blogger is Jesse Squire, and he and I share mile PRs
For the past few weeks, Coach Ross Dunton has been dribbling out what is being billed as official World Masters Athletics performance rankings for the 2004 outdoor season. I’ve tried pleading and making fun to get Ross to stop issuing
Today I ran at a winter all-comers meet at Long Beach State University — almost exactly 10 years after high-jumping 5-5 3/4 for my first masters thrill there in my track comeback at age 40. Didn’t jump today, but saw
