Sally Luxton’s links: An Aussie comebacker views the WMG

Sally Luxton

Sally Luxton, 38, was fifth in the 5K at the World Masters Games — one of those runners who made a serious comeback because of the meet in her back yard. She writes: “I haven’t raced on the track for 20 years and have never done a 5000, so it was a new experience for me and, yes, a satisfying one. After three races for the week, I am a bit tired, though. 10K is the max I race over and have only been back training for six months, but amazed at the passion I’m reliving again. I wonder what took me so long to get back to running! So as you can imagine — I’m now a big fan and promoter of masters athletics and running for everyone. I also have a website “ And she wrote a lot about the Sydney meet. Check out her archive.

Sally wrote about the older age groups at Sydney, such as the W80 sprints.

She originally wrote me to share some links, saying:

As there was only limited coverage of the World Masters Games athletics in the media, I was wondering if you might interested in providing a link on your website to some articles I published online about the athletes and their results. A couple of them have been written to entice more participation in masters athletics.

Strongest age category seems to be 45-49 years.

Masters Athletes still competing at elite levels

Womens 70+ and 80+ Sprint Records and Results

These are just a handful of the articles she posted online but represent some of the best — with a trackcentric bias. She tells about Olympians at the Games. Some celebs I’d never heard of.

So good onya, Sally! And stay in shape.

Consider coming out to Sacramento in 2011!