Archive for March, 2007
Kathy Jager describes heart recovery, Orono plans
W60 sprint champ Kathy Jager of Arizona, whose heart problems were mentioned here a few days ago, has written to thank the folks who wished her a speedy recovery. She writes: āIt really has meant a lot to me to read the thoughtful words from those who responded to the blog article.ā She also answered […]
March 8, 2007
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Darren Worlock promotes sub-4 dream on own site
If Darren Worlock comes close to running a sub-4 mile at 40, he can thank his own Web site for helping push him out the door to training. Gotta fan the flames! Darren writes on the site: āEasier said than done? Well, yes, especially as like most people I have a full time job, family, […]
March 8, 2007
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American M70 team destroys indoor 4×2 world record
Just as they promised, the M70 quartet of Larry Colbert, Richard Rizzo, the Rev. Dick Camp and Robert Lida smoked the world indoor record in the 800-meter relay, clocking 1:54.05 to shatter the listed record of 1:58.71 set by a German national team at the 2004 world masters indoor championships in Sindelfingen, Germany (not Linz […]
March 7, 2007
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4:20 miler says he’ll run sub-4 at 40 — just give him time
Darren Worlock of Bristol, England, is raising a ruckus in the pages of Athletics Weekly, we learn from the Telegraph newspaper. The issue? Darren, now 36, has a best of 4:20 for the mile. And he insists he will improve 5 seconds a year and be the first human to break the 4-minute barrier outdoors […]
March 7, 2007
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NMN target of a hoax? Case of the M60 ‘All-American’
The March issue of National Masters News has been out for a while, but we have some unfinished business with the February issue ā the first under new publisher Randy Sturgeon. A 64-year-old Santa Barbara sprinter named Tony Craddock copied me an exchange of email he had with Randy and USATF Masters T&F Chairman Gary […]
March 6, 2007
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Brits endure bumps in track at their indoor nationals
Pete Mulholland, my No. 1 masters mole in Europe, has resolved the mystery of Steve Petersā DNF at Britainās masters nationals over the weekend: āThere appears to be a major problem with the track in . . . lanes 3 and 6. . . . . On the final bend . . . is a […]
March 6, 2007
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Two WRs at British nationals; Peters denied sweep
World champ and WR man Stephen Peters was on track to sweep the M50 60, 200 and 400 at the British masters indoor nationals over the weekend in Cardiff. But after running a 23.88 heat in the 200, he was listed as DNF in the final ā won by Alasdair Ross in 24.80. Dr. Peters […]
March 5, 2007
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Ed “Mr. Speed” Whitlock lowers own WR in M75 3K
From the Track & Field News message board comes this news: āEd (Whitlock) did it again . . . breaking his own M75 World Record in the 3000m at Saturdayās Ontario Masters Championships with a stunning 11:17 mark. His āoldā record was 11:28, set just after his 75th birthday at the meet last year. The […]
March 5, 2007
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Ottey falls short in Euro Indoor 60 heats by 0.03 sec
Merlene Otteyās debut at the European Indoor Athletics Championships over the weekend was incredible by masters standards ā but 46-year-olds generally donāt advance past the first round. Merlene ran 7.33 seconds for fourth in her heat Saturday in Birmingham, England. The third-place qualifier ran 7.30 (equal to Merleneās season best). As it turns out, 7.33 […]
March 4, 2007
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Merlene Ottey, 46, races tomorrow in Euro 60 heats
Merlene Ottey is in lane 4 of Heat 5 of the 60-meter dash at the European Indoor Championships tomorrow in Birmingham, England. As luck would have it, doping dodger EkaterĆna Thanou of Greece is in lane 5. But Merlene (with the 15th-best time this season and making her Euro indoor meet debut) isnāt the only […]
March 2, 2007
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