Archive for January, 2006

Smashing time in store for Hartshorne masters miles

The oldest masters track event in the eastern United States, founded by the late Jim Hartshorne, is a series of indoor miles that now bear his name at Cornell University, his alma mater in Ithaca, New York. With a potential $900 payout to record-setters, the races being held Saturday again have golden potential. Event director […]

January 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Millrose Games to have full fields in masters relays

We dodged a bullet. According to organizers of the masters 4Ă—4 relays at the Millrose Games in February, full complements of club teams are good to go in both the men’s and women’s races. All lanes filled (with an alternate team ready to step in for a missing women’s club.) This averts the embarrassment of […]

January 18, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

WMA prez reveals doping positive at San Sebastian worlds

Here we go again. Based on a tip, I wrote to new WMA President Cesare Beccalli, asking him if he were aware of a doping case at last summer’s World Masters Athletic Championships in San Sebastian, Spain. He said yes. He wrote me today: “In fact there has been a doping case — I have […]

January 17, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

What’s the hardest masters workout you ever did?

Although runnercentric, a current thread on the T&FN Message Broad is intriguing reading. And inspirational — if not instructive. It’s titled “Hardest t&f workout you’ve ever done?” and the responses number over 60 at the moment. My toughest workouts were in college, but my most memorable was during my junior year in high school: running […]

January 16, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Masters account for Edmonton windfall: $30 million

In recent years, World Masters Athletics has been talking with the International Masters Games Association about coordination of their respective showcase events — the WMA world outdoor championships and the World Masters Games. Originally, the World Masters Games were held in even-numbered years. In 2005, the WMG were held the same summer as WMA worlds. […]

January 15, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Shake-up in USATF’s Association of the Year

In December, the Southern California Association of USATF was honored as Association of the Year at USATF’s annual meeting in Jacksonville, Florida. Last week, that same association gave some of its leaders the boot, including Masters VP Mark Cleary and SCA President Mo Haneef, the father of a U.S. volleyball Olympian. An election of SCA […]

January 14, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Germans plan blitzkrieg for world indoor championships

World Masters Athletics is reporting on entries at the WMA world indoor championships in Linz (with parenthetical comments being WMA’s): “The entries are just partly registered, but so far more than 2,000 athletes are counted. Leading is Germany (up to now 650 and more are expected), second place to the host, Austria, with 432 (a […]

January 13, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Keston mile record petition withdrawn

Dave Clingan has posted this on the Keston petition page and circulated the same note to all involved: “I would like to thank everyone who has come forward to support the Keston mile record petition. The response has given me cause to believe that athletes really care about these issues and their opinions can make […]

January 12, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Ruth Wysocki coyly hints comeback as W50 runner

Olympian Ruth Wysocki was one of the few American middle-distance runners to challenge (and beat) Mary Decker Slaney in the 1980s. But after rabbiting in Europe at some big-name meets in her 30s, Ruth retreated to Southern California domesticity, which includes raising a runner son. Now she’s piped up on a T&FN Message Board talking […]

January 11, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Geezers as guinea pigs: When do we get something back?

Every few years, a couple fresh-faced college kids show up at masters nationals, sitting behind a card table and asking our help. “Would you please complete this 120-page questionnaire on every competition you’ve ever entered?” Or something like that. Usually, we graciously assent. Academic types don’t often take our measure, we figure. Might as well […]

January 10, 2006   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments