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Sacramento bid presentation for 2011 worlds online

On Sept. 11, delegates to the WMA General Assembly in Riccione, Italy, will pick a site for the 2011 World Masters Athletics Championships. Whether this 9/11 will be a masters disaster depends on the assembly’s verdict. The bid cities are Sacramento and Porto Alegre. Brazil’s candidacy scares me. South America is a rookie at age-group […]

August 24, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Comments function is on hold during anti-spam fixes

My apologies if you can’t use the comment function. A few days ago, my Web host, Pair Networks of Pittsburgh, kept me from logging into this blog because some maniacal robot was posting hundreds of comments every hour to my blog — and was overwhelming Pair’s servers. Such Google-bombing spam machines — which use a […]

August 23, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Geezersex! Yet another selling point for masters track

M90 fitness guru Jack LaLanne says he has sex nearly every day — “nearly on Monday, nearly on Tuesday, nearly on Wednesday.” Jack is jesting, of course. And yet it’s the conventional wisdom on elder-whoopie — that it’s elder-rarely. But hide this blog from your grandkids. It talks about the Associated Press story in your […]

August 23, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Rex Harvey elected to IAAF Masters Committee

Capitalizing on his presence at many IAAF and WMA functions over the years, Rex Harvey of Ohio was elected today to the IAAF Masters Committee. The vote took place among IAAF delegates attending the world championships starting this weekend in Osaka, Japan. Rex has long coveted this honor. I don’t know a lot about what […]

August 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Geezerjock magazine sold, promises muscular growth

Geezerjock’s August issue. The September issue will sell for $4.95 at selected newsstands. Geezerjock magazine, previously available only by mail, hits the newsstands for the first time with the September issue. (Check out my article on Orono nationals, with my wife’s photos.) But when the glossy masters book begins appearing at Borders and Waldenbooks in […]

August 22, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Yes, Virginia, a team champion was crowned in Maine

Track is an individual sport, but many folks compete for teams and care about winning club titles. At Orono nationals, more than 140 teams scored points. The winner in the combined men’s and women’s team competition was the Florida Athletic Club, which was runner-up at Charlotte last year to Brooks Fleet Feet Racing, based in […]

August 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

A party for David Pain at 85: photos of his celebration

Last Saturday, masters track pioneer David Pain basked in the praise and playful ribbing of 100 friends and family members. Although he turned 85 on July 31, the party was over the weekend to accommodate summer schedules. I was there, too, snapping these pictures and taking video. Linda Pain, David’s wife, even invited me to […]

August 21, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Canadian sprinter rescues, rejiggers Ross Dunton’s site

Jimson Lee, a mid-40s Vancouver sprinter and track blogger, learned of Ross Dunton’s Web site plight and offered to help. Ross accepted Jimson’s generous invitation to host — for free — Ross’ training and technique site. Jimson writes: “I organized the front page to list ALL the articles, added a few more, then added the […]

August 19, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Thrower’s goal: going from Orono to Olympic Trials

Wanda Johnson of Tampa won the W35 shot and discus at Orono. But what’s really remarkable about this single mother of four is her ambition: competing in the 2008 Olympic Trials. The key paragraph of a great Tampa Tribune story on Wanda’s quest: “She is 43 feet away from qualifying for the trials in the […]

August 18, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Amazing resource debuts: an all-time Olympic database

Olympic historian Bill Mallon of North Carolina has unveiled a fantastic new reference — an Olympic database he calls OlyMAD. He detailed its genesis with this posting on the Track & Field News message board. More than 110,000 known Olympians are in the database, the site says. The only downside: You have to register to […]

August 17, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed