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Inside the bologna factory: Scheduling at Riccione worlds

The schedule of the 17th World Masters Athletic Championships is not set in stone. But it’s like mystery meat. You don’t wanna know what goes into it. OK, maybe you’re a bit curious. With nearly 9,000 athletes entered at Riccione — the biggest track meet in WMA history — the Italian organizers have a heckuva […]

July 12, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Australian reports on racing in China masters nationals

M50 runner Robert Herd of Australia has quite a sense of adventure. In mid-May he joined a Hong Kong contingent and traveled thousands of miles to Hangzhou — to compete in the All-China National Veterans Athletics Championships — their masters nationals. After his return home, he posted this amazing yarn of his experience in China. […]

July 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed

Reality TV show seeks masters tracksters ages 32-52

Producer Julia Dudley Najieb is a former high school and collegiate track star herself. Masters track is about dreams. And now a 35-year-old Fresno high school teacher and movie maker is dreaming REALLY big. Her name is Julia Dudley Najieb, and Monday she wrote about her plans to produce a “track & field reality game […]

July 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments

Coach Dunton signals end to his training Web site

Coach Ross Dunton of Tennessee, whose masters newsletters and Web site articles have been quoted and reposted around the world, plans to take down his Web site as he focuses on his battle against Alzheimer’s disease. “I will not be staging/hosting any track meets and will no longer need to have a Web site, so […]

July 11, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Nolan’s latest M55 American record: 1500 in 4:19.37

Nolan Shaheed reports that he ran the 1500 in 4:19.37 at Sunday’s Trojan Masters meet at USC. He adds: “The (first) spits were 68, 70, 69. . . . It was a very warm day but little or no wind, so that was good. There were three young runners in the race and (I) tucked […]

July 10, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  2 Comments

Entry deadlines bear down for Orono, West Regionals

Just in case you haven’t checked the calendar, the drop-dead deadline for USATF West Regional Masters at Occidental College is July 16. (Gotta pay a $20 late fee.) The meet is July 21-22. The Orono masters nationals in early August have a July 13 deadline. After July 13 — and up to July 20 — […]

July 10, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Riccione men’s and women’s entries posted as PDFs

The folks in Riccione, Italy, have posted the men’s entry list and the women’s entry list — 63 pages and 28 pages, respectively — for the WMA world masters championships this fall. Easier to navigate than the advanced search entry tool, which remains online as well. The PDF files are big, but worth the effort […]

July 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

O’Connor, Shaheed smash records at Trojan masters

Results haven’t been posted, but USATF reports that Nadine O’Connor broke Irene Obera’s W65 world record in the 200 meters Sunday at the Trojan Masters Meet at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Catching a legal wind at last, Nadine ran the deuce in 29.37 to lower Irene’s 1999 WR of 30.46 by […]

July 9, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  One Comment

Dr. Steve Peters shares training secret: Just speed it

Dr. Steve Peters is the British version of Bill Collins. In other words, he smashes records and rarely is beaten. At the Riccione world masters championships in September, Steve will run the M50 100, 200 and 400 (with entry times of 11.5, 23.1 and 53.0). He’s a good bet to sweep. That much is known. […]

July 8, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Blogger blasts IOC over planned Youth Olympic Games

Alan Abrahamson tore the IOC a new one a couple days ago over the interesting but unexamined plan for a Youth Olympic Games for ages 14-18. In his NBC Sports blog, Alan laid waste to every justification for this Jacques Rogge-pushed boondoggle. Alan writes: “If the Olympic Games themselves aren’t a spark (to get people […]

July 7, 2007   Posted in: Uncategorized  Comments Closed