Archive for December, 2005
Bob Boal dies at 93; masters pioneer and world-class doer
Bob Boal, who founded the first masters meet in the Southeast USA and set records into his mid-80s, died Sunday, we learn from USATF and his local paper, which even honored him with an editorial. I met Bob once — at a daily USA team meeting at the 1999 world WAVA championships in Gateshead, England. […]
December 21, 2005
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Throwers can toss words around the Web, too
I might have left the impression that runners are the only ones who blog — keep competition/training diaries on the Web. Not so. In Houston, M50 weight pentathlete John Stilbert has a frank and revealing blog called Take it From Jake. In May, Jake jotted: “Yes it’s true that I went 36 years without touching […]
December 20, 2005
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Why should throwers have all the pentathlon fun?
Over the years, a masters-inspired event has become big-time popular: the weight pentathlon. It’s even been added to the WMA world championships. Out in Hawaii, M60 multi-eventer Jack Karbens is trying to light a fire under the dashfolk version of the event. Called the sprint pentathlon, it consists of these metric races: 60, 100, 200, […]
December 19, 2005
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Scholarship honors Robert Castillo, late masters 800 star
Robert Castillo was an exceptional M45 middle-distance runner. World class, in fact. But his accidental death in October prompted memories of his status as a world-class human being as well — with proof coming in the many heartfelt comments on my original blog post (including ones from his son and a nephew). Now it’s been […]
December 18, 2005
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Michelob Ultra delivers on Geezerjock goodies
I pushed for a cash payday, but $1,000 in gear should suffice. That’s what the Michelob Ultra Geezerjock of the Year won this winter. M50 sprint king (for North America at least) Bill Collins has to clean out his garage to accommodate his prizes for being named the inaugural GJOTY. Geezerjock editor and co-founder Sean […]
December 17, 2005
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Official notice on Millrose masters relays
Mary Rosado shares the following note, which begins “USATF has announced that there will be a 4 x 400m relay event for masters 40+ men and women at the 99th Millrose Games on February 3, 2006 at Madison Square Garden.” Interesting. If USATF is behind these races, why did it take so long to make […]
December 16, 2005
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Deadline for Millrose masters relays entries is Jan. 9
Jim Reilly of 2nd Wind Track Club writes to confirm that he’s in charge of organizing the men’s masters 4Ă—400 relay at the Millrose Games on Feb. 3, 2006. He apologizes for the short notice and writes: “Please submit your qualifying time with the team’s roster to reilly3@optonline.net by January 9, 2006. Also include the […]
December 15, 2005
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Snell plans surgical strike, enters Kiwi road mile
Three months ago, Running Fitness masters editor Pete Mulholland created an international stir by suggesting that Olympic god Peter Snell was making a masters comeback. Turns out it was a false alarm — with Snell committed only to an orienteering event at the New Zealand Masters Games in February. Now the false alarm has been […]
December 14, 2005
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Contact names given for Millrose masters relays
Mary Trotto of Long Island’s Bohemia Track Club informs me that W55 distance runner Mary Rosado and M40 sprinter Jim Reilly (also of Bohemia) are the go-to folks for information on entering/qualifying for the Millrose Games masters relays. Rosado will handle the women’s 4Ă—4 and Reilly the men’s. More information is pending (presumably how to […]
December 13, 2005
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Tracking their progress, day-by-day, blog-by-blog
Paul Durrant is a 44-year-old photographer in Melbourne. Paul Zanis is an M40 publishing company techie in New York. And William Dean is an M30 software developer in Florida. They all run track. But more than that, they have in common a courageous honesty. They all keep blogs — charting their athletic ups and downs […]
December 12, 2005
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