Archive for February, 2014
British outfit wants to interview masters runners in Los Angeles
This came over the transom. It seems like a legit operation (with a YouTube channel), so here you go: “My name is Jakob Kisker and I work for Seymourpowell a London-based design and innovation consultancy. We are currently working together with a well known Sports nutrition brand on a project about the future of sports […]
February 4, 2014
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WMA safety officers can pull you from a meet if you’re ‘a danger’
World Masters Athletics has a new rule, approved by the Porto Alegre General Assembly, that puts a lot of power in the hands of “safety officers.” If they think your health is endangered — or you’re a risk to your rivals — you can be yanked from the track or field. No kidding! See the […]
February 3, 2014
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Ed Whitlock, Karla Del Grande get big indoor WRs in mile, 200
The era of “soft records” in masters track ended years ago. Now we need a new category: “stunning records.” In that group you have to include M80 Ed Whitlock and W60 Karla Del Grande, whose latest WRs were set Sunday at the third Ontario mini-meet. (See complete results.) As Doug “Shaggy” Smith reports: “Ed Whitlock […]
February 3, 2014
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Blast from T&FN past: My interview with Al Oerter in July 1978
Track & Field News has an archive of interviews going back to December 1973 (Q&A with Brian Oldfield). In the summer of 1978, when I was only two years out of Kansas, I had the honor of quizzing Al Oerter in a Los Angeles hotel room the day before a UCLA meet. He had decided […]
February 3, 2014
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Super Bowl vet, sprinter Phil McConkey lauds wounded warriors
M55 sprinter Phil McConkey, our own Super Bowl champion, has been scarce on the track of late. But when the big game comes around, he’s a featured figure. Latest gig was taking part in a Wounded Warriors game Wednesday (indoors, thank goodness). ESPN has a great video showing Phil, and the New York Post ran […]
February 2, 2014
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Stephen Chantry’s winter mystery of 1973: Who saved my life?
M55 miler Stephen Chantry was a freshman tracko at St. Lawrence University in upstate New York some 41 years ago. In a Facebook posting Friday that ran nearly 2,000 words, Stephen tells an amazing story of being rescued by a “guardian angel” — a woman who allowed him, a freezing lost boy, into her home […]
February 1, 2014
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