Archive for July, 2005
Allah record came with a little help from his friends
Madeline Bost is a writer with better insights than most into running and the championship work ethic. She’s a running champion herself, now in the W65 age group, who also has been active in USATF Masters leadership for years. She’s a sweetie, too, who just sent me the following account of fellow New Jerseyan Sal […]
July 5, 2005
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Allah takes down 800 record from LeBourne
It’s the masters equivalent of Seb Coe vs. Steve Ovett — the British middle-distance stars who took turns setting mile and other records in the 1980s. I’m talking about Anselm LeBourne of New York and Sal Allah of New Jersey. Only six days after Anselm set an M45 world record at 800, nipping Allah in […]
July 3, 2005
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Tissenbaum: the sprinter who came in from the cold
Dr. Allan Tissenbaum competed for Canada in the 2003 WMA world meet in Puerto Rico, recording an 11.33 legal time in the 100 semifinals (third-fastest in M40) but was a DNS (did not start) in the finals. In 2004, at age 44, Dr. T won the USATF national masters M40 100 with an 11.16 into […]
July 1, 2005
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