British results show another 59-year-old 400-meter hurdler (drat!)
Ian Broadhurst
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Ken has followed track as an athlete, writer and web-master since the late 1960s, and saw most sessions of track and field at the 1984 Los Angeles and 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He also attended the 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Trials, the last three as a blogger and Patch correspondent. [More...]
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In M60, legendary sprinter Steve Peters won golds in 100 and 200 in 12.02 and 24.97. He’s still got game.
http://www.bvaf.org.uk/results/res2013/onatm60.htm
Yeah Ken, due to health problems it looks like I will not run a 400H at all this year. I am 59 and was a Feb. 10 baby. So far this year I have had one back surgery, a heart stint, been diagnosed with a Hiatal Hernia then Helicobacter Pylorus, acid reflux has caused 2 bouts with pneumonia and now bilateral leg weakness is going to cause a possible second back surgery. Need your prayers. I would love to run another relay with you sometime.
I am hoping to get healthy before I turn 60. Looking forward to that 300 hurdle event.
Rick, pray you heal completly and soon !
And Rick competed at Nationals !!
I only attempted the javelin and not very well.
Rick, you have added a lot to our meets, and I hope to see you run the intermediate hurdles in Winston-Salem in July 2014 (our national outdoors). You have always been a hard hitter in this event; in some cases you have even had a bit of luck in the competition. I am thinking of Orono 2007, in particular, where you downed Rob Duncanson and Russell Jacquet-Acea.
Didn’t something strange happen in the final 40 meters of that event? Regardless, hope to see you at Wake Forest/Winston-Salem and possibly even in Boston (March 2014, national indoors). Most American masters, including me, are not going to Brazil for worlds, and thus the thoughts of many of us have turned to 2014 nationals.
Rick, I have thrown the javelin against you a couple of times. I remember you in Orono, throwing the javelin shortly after running the hurdles…always a great competitor!
You are in my prayers.
Get well soon, Rick. For all of us who have ever seen Rick compete in the 400, 800m, & 400IH, it is “pain”-fully clear that the rest of us are not necessarily exploring fully just what it means to “hurt” at the end of a race. Rick knows.
Hope you are back on the track soon Rick. Those health hurdles you are facing don’t know what a fierce competitor they are up against.
Rick, you have always been a fierce and steady competitor in so many events. I have run against you in the 400 and the hurdles, and many many other fellow masters athletes have had the same privilege in the many other events you do. We all have tremendous respect for what you have accomplished in our sport. I wish you the best in returning to 100% health, and hope to see you back out there in 2014!
Looks like the indoor season has become problematic. My spinal surgeon has told me I need another fusion at the L-4 to L5 level. They will have to come in through both the front through my abdomen and the back to accomplish the surgery. The good news is that this type of surgery will preserve my normal spinal curvature and my surgeon seems to think that I may eventually return to running.. I am crossing my fingers. I really miss the competition and all of the good friends that I have made along the way.
Good luck to you all and I hope to see you this next summer.
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