Archive for December, 2006
Morning and night sessions possible at Clermont 2009
Don DeNoon, down in Clermont, Florida, says his national masters meet in 2009 will do its best to beat the heat. He writes: “One cannot predict the weather. Note the all-time high temperature for Orono, Maine, in August is 103 while Orlando is 101. I am willing to put this event on to the specs […]
December 14, 2006
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At age 40, Gail Devers plans to compete in 2007
USATF reported today that Gail Devers, who just turned 40, plans to compete this coming season. Didn’t say where or when. But the same news release gave details on the 100th Millrose Games in New York coming up. Maybe she’ll show up there. The other news: Gail, a new mom, will also take on coaching […]
December 14, 2006
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American masters records ‘lasted updated’ on Dec. 10
The “lasted updated” date stamp on our outdoor and indoor USATF records pages isn’t the fault of our masters czar, Sandy Pashkin, it turns out. All the USATF records files — Open, Racewalk, LDR — carry that silly typo (Dec. 14 update: The USATF webmaster fixed the problem today.) But Sandy still has to account […]
December 13, 2006
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IAAF opens gates to training/technique archives
The International Association of Athletics Federations today announced that it’s making available about 14 years’ worth of its New Studies in Athletics articles online, publicly, for the first time. (The last two years will be available only through subscription.) Still, this is big news for coaches and athletes. Masters too. Although I like to remind […]
December 13, 2006
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Clermont 2009 PowerPoint presentation online here
Meet organizer Don DeDoon today sent me this PowerPoint file outlining Clermont’s bid for the 2009 USATF National Masters Outdoor Championships. (It was shown at Indy.) The Florida home of the National Training Center beat a SoCal bid in voting a few weeks ago. The presentation file is a monster — 3.7 megabites — so […]
December 12, 2006
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Bill Collins gets highest “Faces in the Crowd” honor
Bill Collins really is the poster boy of masters track. In a special issue of Sports Illustrated devoted entirely to the 50 years of “Faces in the Crowd,” Bill is among the current crop of FITC. The weekly feature has become renowned for spotlighting up and coming stars (or notable oldies). Track has been the […]
December 12, 2006
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Root for Lofton to get Stanford head coaching job
James Lofton, our local Pro Football Hall of Famer and sprint stud, will interview this week for the head coaching vacancy at Stanford. If he gets the gig as head football honcho, he might have more time to train and compete. Last season, an abbreviated one for him, he nearly nailed the M50 world record […]
December 12, 2006
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Eurovets asked to take the pledge: Just say nyet
In the Global War on Dopism, you’re either with us or against us. “Us” is the axis of IAAF/WADA/WMA. Add to that list the European Veterans Athletic Association, which has trotted out the latest PR campaign against evil drug-doers. It’s called the “Anti-Doping Declaration and Personal Pledge by Master Athletes” (and it’s copyrighted for some […]
December 11, 2006
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Two trackos are Geezerjock of the Year runner-ups
Geezerjock magazine has announced its second annual set of Geezerjocks of the Year. (Last year, our Bill Collins won top honors.) This year’s top geezerdog is a 54-year-old racquetball champ from Staten Island, N.Y., named Ruben Gonzalez. This puts to rest the notion that Geezerjock’s editors are trackcentric. But two track stars made the age-group […]
December 11, 2006
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Brazilian mystery solved: Just an age-graded ‘WR’
Remember the strange case of the reported M55 world record in the 800? It wasn’t a record after all. And it wasn’t quite a typo. As Rex Harvey of WMA reports: “It appears that Julio Quirino M55 BRA ran an actual 2:27.65 in the 800, which age-grades to 2:03.09. That is probably where the mistake […]
December 10, 2006
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