Archive for April, 2010
Time for Massin to man up on Kamloops story posted by Koops
I love a good mystery. But this one is getting tiresome. Nearly a month ago, Annette and Robert Koop posted a note on their German masters site about “Personenschutz fĂĽr Massin” — a personal security detail at Kamloops worlds for Eurovets President Dieter Massin in the wake of the Val Barnwell suspension. Within hours, WMA […]
April 6, 2010
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Seeing is believing: Videos and photos capture Kamloops, Boston
It’s time to savor some photo and video gems of recent masters meets. Britain’s Lesley Richardson and Canada’s Doug Smith shot a gazillion photos at Kamloops worlds, and Chris Kalafarski (providing images to usatf.org) has posted 2,570 incredibly sharp shots of Boston indoor nationals. Over at YouTube, folks are uploading great clips from Boston and […]
April 6, 2010
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Pete Magill pulling the plug on Younger Legs for Older Runners site
This was a shock but not a surprise. My masters distance-runner friend Pete Magill announced today that his year-old site is closing shop. He writes: “So why end the blog? It’s simple really: there just isn’t enough time in the day.” This was my fear from the start, which I shared with him privately. He […]
April 5, 2010
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Don’t blink! Two dozen world records set in the past 2 weeks
Whew! I should go on vacation more often. It’s good luck for would-be record-setters. In the past 10 days, dozens of world age-group bests fell. Fortunately, the Italian masters observer Andrea Benatti kept track of WRs in my absence. At Boston nationals alone, he counted 21 (listed below). And in the past couple days, we’ve […]
April 5, 2010
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Back from vacation — tanned, rested and ready for more blogging!
Some things are more important than masters track. Sorry. Excommunicate me. But faith (Easter and Passover, for example) and family get higher priority. And sometimes long naps. Last night, after more than 9 hours of driving, Chris, Bobby and I got home from an unforgettable vacation to northern Arizona and southern Utah. We spent eight […]
April 4, 2010
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Book review: ‘Second Wind: Rise of the Ageless Athlete’ is No. 1
Lee Bergquist and I shared some time at Oshkosh nationals, and he brought his middle-school son along. I hope the kid appreciates what kind of superstar his dad is. Not as an athlete, but as a professional newsman, investigator and storyteller. As a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, he specializes in the environment. But a […]
April 3, 2010
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Book review: ‘Creating Amazement’ is a long motivational talk
David O’Meara doesn’t merely walk the walk, he runs the run. The mile run. Again and again. Of course, he rarely competes on the track (Boston nationals being an exception, where he was a DNF), but his string of sub-5 miles in his mid-40s is an amazing feat. During his mile circuits of 2008 and […]
April 2, 2010
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Book review: ‘The Masters Athlete’ is Aussie’s magnum opus
Outside of Earl Fee’s book, this is the best guide for older athletes in existence. Like Earl in “How to be a Champion from 9 to 90,” Peter Reaburn shares his own sports history. Like Earl, Peter draws together many strings of sports science. But Peter’s book is so chock full of new information he […]
April 1, 2010
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