Archive for September, 2011

Trippy championship meet set for European masters in August 2012

The Eurovets are doing something a little crazy next year at their 18th European Veterans Athletics Championships — holding the meet in three countries at the same time. Actually, it’s not as bad as it sounds. The countries are Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, and the cities of Bogatynia (Poland), Hrádek (Czech Republic) and […]

September 18, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

IAAF screws head back on properly, restores masters age to 35

Leftover from Daegu worlds is news for masters road runners. WMA reports: “César Moreno Bravo, a Council Member of the IAAF, has just announced that by a very clear majority, the IAAF Congress voted in favour of recovering Rule 141, the age of master athletes, as it was before the Berlin Congress. All masters start […]

September 17, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  17 Comments

Anselm LeBourne finally makes it into SI’s Faces in the Crowd

This was long overdue. Our M50 middle-distance star Anselm LeBourne is featured in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd. I don’t have the magazine at hand, but here’s what the website said of AL: “LeBourne, a 52-year-old retired NYSE analyst, won gold in the 50–54 age group in the 800 meters (2:01.30) and 1,500 meters […]

September 16, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Michael Jackson lives! And sprints, hurdles and triple-jumps, too

Michael Jackson is an M35 masters trackster who pops up four times in the results from the California State Games, aka the State Games of America. You know, the Meet from Hell. But San Diego’s Balboa Stadium was a paradise for our Michael, who might sing its praises after recording marks of 25.22 for 200, […]

September 15, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  5 Comments

Dr. Ralph Peterson enjoying his fame from Sacramento worlds

The stories behind the photos blow me away. On Monday, a PRWeb news release about Ralph Peterson linked to my photo of Thad Wilson handing off to him in the M60 WR 4×100 at Sacramento worlds. Turns out the back story is incredible: “This was Dr. Peterson’s first relay race. The members of this relay […]

September 14, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Snappy results, live webcast from European Masters Games in Italy

The track meet of the European Masters Games has one of those snazzy flag-dotted results sites. See it here. I haven’t inspected marks closely, but I notice folks from all over the continent and elsewhere — including Argentina. Starting Sept. 9, we learn: “Raisport 1 presents on satellite channels and digital terrestrial a summary of […]

September 12, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Masters milers club emerges in New York City: déjà vu of origins

Conor O’Driscoll graciously shares this neat news: “Neil FitzGerald, world masters champion, has established a milers club in New York with the support of Jerry Macari’s Urban Athletics organization, and has organized three wonderful nights of miling at Van Cortlandt park track in New York City. Masters were all over the most recent meet, from […]

September 12, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  3 Comments

Lions and tigers and blackouts, oh my! Sorry for delayed posting

Earthquakes, hurricanes and tornadoes? They don’t faze me — especially if they’re in the East. But in a patch of the Left Coast this week, a 10-hour power outage knocked me for a loop. Actually, I had the ability to post to this blog all along. I just got distracted by day-and-night work obligations. I […]

September 10, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Tom Bernhard claims M60 American 5000 record in track time trial

An obscure blog for the Strawberry Canyon Track Club reports an M60 American record in the track 5K at (apparently) the University of California at Berkeley on August 31, 2011: “In tow was an even more remarkable performance turned in by NB Excelsior runner Tom Bernhard, who popped a 17:06 at the tender age of […]

September 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Masters meet for first-responders: World Police and Fire Games

The 2011 World Police & Fire Games — with lots of masters categories — wrapped up Sept. 5 in New York City. I note at least one fellow traveler on the USATF masters circuit — Tony Ciccone of the New York-New Jersey Port Authority Police. See results here. A friend wrote some days back: “Apparently, […]

September 6, 2011   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments