Archive for April, 2009

Earl Fee appeals for a work-around on 800 WR at Landover

Earl Fee has more records in sight at Lahti worlds. When you turn 80, you realize every day is precious. In Earl Fee’s case, it’s every world record. So it’s no surprise that he’s miffed over the timing debacle at Landover nationals, because it potentially robbed him of an M80 world indoor record for 800 […]

April 2, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  8 Comments

Aaron Thigpen notches his latest sub-11 in 100-meter dash

At  44, you’re supposed to be cruising. The new age group is less than a year away, and the new M40s are eating your lunch.  Not with Aaron Thigpen.  Over the weekend at Stanford, Aaron ran a 100 meters in 10.97 seconds. With a legal wind of 0.6 mps. Of course, that’s mediocre in Aaron’s […]

April 1, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

This Week’s Sign of the Apocalypse: SI errs on Tony Young

Great news!  Sports Illustrated has hired me to write a weekly column on masters track! Serena Roberts has been fired, and I’ll be taking her spot on the back page!  And if you believe any of that, you haven’t looked at today’s date. Enough foolishness. Here’s the real scoop: Tony Young is in this week’s […]

April 1, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment