Henry Randolph on Saturday.
We’ve arrived! eHow now features masters track — or at least masters sprinting. The same site that teaches folks how to
run an ant farm and
details bridesmaid duties now tells us how to run fast in old age.
The article is here. M65 sprinter
Henry Randolph wrote the masters track article, one of 1.5 million on the site. Henry, who competed last weekend at the Southern California Striders
Meet of Champions, writes: “Did you run sprints or participate in fast team sports in school? Now that you’re thirty years of age or better, do you miss competing at 100, 200 and 400 meters? Or perhaps you always wanted to be a sprinter but never had the chance? USA Track and Field (USATF) offers Masters sprint competitions for female and male athletes age thirty and up at local, state, regional, national and world-level indoor and outdoor track meets.”
Henry continues:
Competition is by five-year age groups, starting with 30 to 34; there is no upper age limit. Fulfill some basic requirements, then get fit, get back up to speed, sign up for a meet and you can be in the blocks again, ready to go for gold.
He concludes:
After the meet, register your times at www.mastersrankings.com, the Masters track results database. This will let you gauge where you rank nationally in your age group and monitor progress as your “track record” grows.
Nice to see us featured on such a mainstream site! Great job, Henry!
3 Responses
Ken, your masterful blog’s encyclopedic reach continually amazes me. How you dug this out of 1.5 million ehow articles I can’t imagine. Glad you liked my little write up; thanks for the kind remarks. One thing is clear, we both love the sport and want to see it grow. Thanks for all you do here to chronicle Masters T & F — it wouldn’t be the same without it.
Regards, Henry
Hi I will be 50 in November and I would like information on Masters track clubs in the Los Angeles or Orange County area. I was a sprinter in high school and think I am still fast for my age. Please contact me.
Hello, Jennifer, you could try
http://www.scstriders.org/
or
http://www.socaltrackclub.com/
both in Orange County.
Henry
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