Archive for January, 2007

Ed Whitlock displays modesty on milestone 1500

In the wake of his M75 world indoor record at 1500 meters, Ed Whitlock posted some comments on a letsrun message board on the remarkable feat. Ed writes: “Well 5:31 is maybe not too bad off a training regime of glacial paced long runs around the cemetery. But I don’t recommend it as proper training […]

January 25, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Home Depot Center meet to exploit masters again?

The Home Depot Center in Carson, California (near L.A.), once was touted as a place for all levels to host track meets. I got overly excited when I first heard about it in May 2003. Since then, the Home Depot folks have shown their true colors: green and more green. Last year, for example, the […]

January 24, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

W40 Rochelle Stevens tells her goal: Beijing or bust

Rochelle Stevens, a two-time Olympian and relay gold medalist, has the masters bug. On Monday, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reported that she’s returning to track with a goal of making the 2008 Olympic team. Short of that, she wants to lower the longstanding W40 world record at 400 meters: 53.68 by Chile’s Sara Montecinos in […]

January 23, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Gail Devers enters Millrose Games 60m hurdles

USATF and the Millrose Games have announced that Gail Devers will compete in the Millrose 60-meter hurdles. But the news release failed to mention a salient fact — Gail (a new momma) is now 40 years old! She’ll be a slam dunk to beat the listed W40 American and world records in the event: 8.71 […]

January 23, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

A place for masters to publish training/tech articles

Marc Grasso (aka Dr. Track) of New York state is taking a plunge as an online publisher of track and field (and related sport) articles, and is looking for athletes and coaches to submit articles for listing. The cool part (if it pans out): You get paid something every time someone downloads your article. Marc […]

January 23, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

New hope for masters caught in doping dragnet

The Los Angeles Times telegraphed the news a few days ago, but now it’s official: The World Anti-Doping Agency (and therefore the IAAF and WMA) is revisiting its draconian drug war. A war on innocent athletes more than cheats. If the new rules take effect next year, let’s hope they grandfather in for masters like […]

January 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

News of latest Whitlock WR: 5:31 for 1500 at 75

Ed Whitlock refuses to slow down! Running at this all-comers meet yesterday in Toronto, the marathon legend shattered the listed M75 world age-group record in the indoor 1500 by six seconds, going 5:31.23. The old record was 5:37.28 by Sweden’s Rune Bergman in 2000. Ontario’s Doug Smith, who shared the great news, also wrote: “Ed […]

January 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Complete results from Hartshorne, courtesy Rick

Professor Rick Hoebeke, our favorite insect expert, sent complete results from Hartshorne, held Saturday at his school (Cornell). He writes: “Needless to say, we had a spectacular day here in Ithaca, NY. Tremendous turnout of runners, and exceptional times by the elites. John Hinton (NC) winning the men’s 40-49 elite race (4:21), Alisa Harvey (VA) […]

January 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Pole Vault Summit saw attempts at masters records

Results aren’t up, but this note on a polevaultpower.com message board bespoke of some M45/M50 record attempts at the annual Pole Vault Summit this weekend in Reno, Nevada: “Both Paul Babits and Gary Hunter jumped great and attempted new age group indoor records but were not successful. At 11:19 pm (this pit was considerably behind […]

January 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Kevin Forde’s first-person account of Hartshorne race

Kevin Forde took second to John Hinton in the elite men’s race at Hartshorne on Saturday night in Ithaca, New York, but was especially proud of holding off world record holder and world masters champ Anselm LeBourne. Thanks to the miracle of Google’s blog search, I can pass along Kevin’s account of his Hartshorne experience. […]

January 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments