Archive for March, 2014
Ad-server firm removes Ed Whitlock image hawking supplements
Last November, I wrote about a shady outfit promoting Athletic Greens, a dietary supplement. Peter Taylor commented on my post, noting that he’d seen Ed Whitlock’s image connected to the supplement-pusher. I didn’t see the photo until a couple days ago. But I was curious whether Ed, our M80 distance friend, had given anyone permission […]
March 24, 2014
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Hamstring advice from an expert and victim: Dr. Allan Tissenbaum
Jimson Lee’s Speed Endurance blog has a new guest columnist: world-class M50 sprinter Allan Tissenbaum. His first topic is near and dear to his legs: the hamstring. Allan suffered a hammie pull at Olathe nationals, and knew what befell him. He’s an orthopedic surgeon, after all. In his blog post, Dr. T writes: “The most […]
March 24, 2014
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Germany’s Thomas Zacharias zaps M65 WR in indoor high jump
Thomas Zacharias is back — despite lumbago in his back. A 1968 Olympian with an all-time high jump best of 2.22 (7-3 1/4) indoors, Thomas straddled another world indoor record this month. Now 66, he cleared 1.65 (5-5) to beat the listed M65 indoor WR of 1.62 (5-3 3/4) first set in 1993 by American […]
March 23, 2014
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Who wants to host 2018 worlds? WMA seeks bids by September
So you have a country that isn’t named USA, Australia, France, Italy, Spain or Finland. Wanna get a world outdoor masters track championships? Here’s your chance. WMA has issued a call for bidders for 2018 outdoor worlds. The 2015 meet is in France, 2016 in Australia. But after 2013 Brazil, don’t count on another Third […]
March 22, 2014
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World’s fastest woman over 80 named USATF Athlete of the Week
With the NCAA indoor championships being held the same weekend, I feared USATF would overlook the stars of Boston nationals. Thank goodness, Indy held to form. They chose a star of the masters meet as the USATF Athlete of the Week. Good pick: Irene Obera, the legend returning to form at 80. USATF nicely framed […]
March 20, 2014
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Time flies when you’re miling fun: Enter 10th annual Portland mile
Dave Clingan writes about his Oregon Masters Mile on June 14: “Yes, we are about to celebrate our 10th year of world-class masters mile competitions during which 
four American records and three world records have been broken in Portland, Oregon. As usual, prize money in the amounts of $200, $150 and $100 will be given […]
March 19, 2014
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Helly ‘On Wheels’ Visser snags 4th WR of indoor season: W80 mile
Helly Visser ran a mile Saturday at the Running Room 36th Annual Indoor Games in Edmonton, Alberta. But whatta mile! Competing with two others, she clocked an incredible 8:19.70 to beat American Gerry Davidson’s listed world record of 10:54.48 from 2005. Oh, and did I mention Helly is 80? Here are results. Even more amazing, […]
March 18, 2014
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Day 3 at Boston nationals: Irene Obera makes it 3-for-3 in records
If it’s Sunday, it must be Obera record day. Of course, Irene Obera — the comebacking W80 from Fremont, California — also set records Friday and Saturday at Boston nationals. So after claiming the age-group 400 American record on Day 1, she followed with WRs in the 60 Saturday and 200 Sunday. Irene ran the […]
March 16, 2014
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Day 2 of Boston nationals: Barb Broad breaks indoor WR, takes 2nd
In a November 2011 column for Running Times, Mike Tymn profiled Boston marathoner Barbara Broad, then 61, writing: “Barb Broad believes that her best times are still in front of her.” Barb said: “I just don’t think I have peaked yet; I really don’t.” On Day 2 of Boston nationals, we got another hint of […]
March 16, 2014
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Day 1 at Boston nationals: World records by Burke and Hewitt
Tom Petranoff would smile. Remember how he threw the javelin so far in the early 1980s that they changed the specs to make the spear land sooner? Well, they can’t make the 16-pound weight any lighter. But when officials at Boston nationals saw how Olympian Ed Burke was throwing, they avoided bodily harm by switching […]
March 15, 2014
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