Meet maven Charles Fay writes from Upstate New York: “Attention Masters Runners: 2016 has arrived and we hope your training is going well in preparation for the 49th Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile coming up on January 23 at Barton Hall
A masters hurdler who won gold, silver and bronze at Lyon worlds went undercover in that now infamous Al Jazeera report that basically accuses NFL QB Peyton Manning of doping with HGH. One of my readers brought to my attention
What the fork? According to a New Year’s Eve report by The Sunday Times of Colombo, “The Masters Athletics Sri Lanka, the only association in the country accredited to World and Asia Masters Athletics Association, will conduct a Selection Meet
Five days before Christmas, our German masters blogger friend Alfred Hermes posted a photo he discovered while archiving his Lyon shots. When he blew up one image, he found an M40 Frenchman with bib number 3515 showing what Alfred called
I get letters. A week ago, one said: “I cannot find a schedule for the Albuquerque Indoors in March. Do you know if the LOC has posted a schedule yet?” Nope, and I’ve been trying. The USATF portal for the March
Thanks to funding from the USATF Masters T&F Committee, our historical archive has grown. On New Year’s Eve, I uploaded five years’ worth of National Masters News to mastershistory.org. Some 316 issues are now online — every edition of every
In our final Hall of Fame interview, we highlight Phil Brusca and one of his fans — Olympic discus medalist Richard Cochran (bronze in 1960). First, Dick: “Coach Phil Brusca has, and still is, a major positive factor in my
China Daily reports that an international association has been established in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to oversee a new running sport: the vertical marathon. (Check out towerrunning.com) “Running the stairs of a very tall building was originated in the U.S.,” we’re
Jeff Watry’s alter ego is Decamouse. But don’t think for a minute his efforts are tiny. Jeff roars as the longtime organizer of indoor masters multi-event (combined event) nationals. So it was great to learn he was honored recently by
Masters Hall of Famer Tom Langenfeld continued his march through the record books this month when he raised the American M80 indoor record in the high jump to 1.30 meters (4-3 1/4), clearing on his first try. He had three
World Masters Athletics posted a link to a report on Africans winning medals at Lyon. One is mystifying. The African masters site shows W75 Sylvie Ah Kang of Mauritius standing alone, displaying a silver medal. But for what event? Lyon
Hope everyone had a great Christmas, especially Steve Spence, who ran his annual sub-5 mile a couple weeks ago — his 40th in a row. But as we learned over the summer, when another sub-5 streak was noted, Nolan Shaheed
