Archive for January, 2012

Nolan Shaheed chops 6 seconds off own world indoor mile record

Nolan Shaheed, 62, crushed his own world indoor record in the mile Saturday, clocking 4:50.96 to beat his listed M60 mark of 4:57.06. Nolan was the only record-setter at the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Miles in Ithaca, New York. W40 Sonja Friend-Uhl beat W45 Alisa Harvey, and Charlie Kern defended 2011 his title. Tom Hartshorne sends [...]

January 22, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  16 Comments

Porto Alegre changes dates for 2013 WMA world championships

After weeks of “sensitive negotiations,” organizers of the 2013 world masters outdoor championships in Porto Alegre, Brazil, have settled on new dates for the meet. Originally, the meet was set for July 24 to August 4. The new dates are October 15-27, I’m told. A source inside World Masters Athletics writes: “Finally we have a [...]

January 22, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Isett soars again at Pole Vault Summit in Reno, but no record

PV goddess Becca Gillespy Peter is live-blogging the Pole Vault Summit in Reno, and reports that Don Isett went 3.25 Saturday. That’s short of the WR he set recently. Masters results will be here eventually. Becca tweets: “72-year-old Don Isett of Dallas, Texas jumped 3.25m today which betters the M70 world record. He also jumped [...]

January 21, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  No Comments

Records by the dozen: Weia Reinboud notches her latest HJ mark

W60 Weia Reinboud of Holland, the high jump specialist and world stat expert, may have set a record for records in the event: She wrote Friday: “Tonight in my hometown Utrecht I have improved my own indoor record of last year. This 1.43 [4-8 1/4] makes a dozen world records. It was a mixed meet [...]

January 21, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  12 Comments

Hartshorne races include women’s elite battle: Sonja vs. Alisa

Saturday brings the always dramatic series of indoor miles known as the Hartshorne Memorial in upstate New York. See a list of the top entries here. One that caught my eye: Alisa Harvey at age 46 taking on Sonja Friend-Uhl at age 40 (who has signaled her interest in Alisa’s age-group world record). This women’s [...]

January 20, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments

Hal Higdon lets it all hang out in long interview with Bob Anderson

Hal Higdon, a masters running pioneer and world champion, is a prolific writer at age 80. He recently gave what may be his definitive interview with Bob Anderson, founder of Distance Running News, which became Runner’s World. Check out the interview. Hal properly gives credit to David Pain for starting the show: “An unsung hero [...]

January 20, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Charter buses possible from Helsinki airport to indoor worlds site

Marilyn Mitchell, the longtime masters official from New York, writes: “The travel organization for the WMA Jyvaskala organizers has just told me that they will be organizing two charter buses (morning and evening)  from the Helsinki Airport to Jyvaskala, if she has at least 30 people for each bus.  They have not yet determined the [...]

January 18, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Lida credits coach for his WRs — fixing his lifetime overstriding

Bob Lida’s M75 world indoor records for the 60 and 200 were amazing in themselves. Now we learn anuther stunner: How Bob did ‘em — by correcting a decades-old flaw. Bob writes: “I mentioned I coached the sprinters at a local high school. In doing so, I am working alongside the former coach of Wichita [...]

January 17, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  15 Comments

Rest is history — and necessary — for masters track, story reminds

You can’t hear this enough: Masters tracksters can’t train like the kiddies. Latest reminder is in a savvy profile of M50 sprinter Craig Davis in Florida: “I want to do what it takes to compete when I’m 75,” Craig is quoted as saying. “I know you need more rest as an older athlete.” Adds his [...]

January 17, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  14 Comments

Sonja Friend-Uhl aiming for W40 indoor mile record at Hartshorne

According to this article in the Naples News: “Sonja Friend-Uhl of Brentwood, Tenn., … is going for the U.S. Masters record in the indoor mile Saturday at the Hartshorne Memorial Masters Mile in Ithaca, N.Y.” Sonja is 40, so she’d be shooting for the listed American record of 4:47.26 by some jogger named Alisa Harvey. [...]

January 15, 2012   Posted in: Uncategorized  6 Comments