We sold these cute mousepads back in the day.
I don’t have the exact date (and trust me, I’ve tried to figure it out), but February 2016 is the 20th anniversary of this rollicking site. As noted in
site history, it began on AOL as the Masters Track & Field Home Page. (Every site had “home page” in title back in February 1996.) I stole source code from ESPN and
designed my own logos. In 1999, Portland half-miler
Dave Clingan and I combined our sites (his rankings/calendar and my rants/raves) and registered masterstrack.com. The blog element began in January 2003. So what is this self-congratulation about? Another pitch for donations. Consider this my
semiannual pledge break. I often call this site “just a hobby,” but in fact it’s more than that. I’m traveling to Portland to cover the IAAF masters exhibitions, and I’ll be in Michigan for nationals. Costs money. So a PayPal donation or check would be appreciated. Write me at
TrackCEO@aol.com, and I’ll share my address. Muchas gracias.
Here’s a sliver of what site looked like in 1999 — same as in February 1996.
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Ken. If it’s “just a hobby”why would you try to destroy your friend and buddy’s reputation and credibility, then ask for monies from the Masters community to get to the same places where you are trying to keep your pal from competing.
I have ALWAYS supported you in the past and stuck up for you on your own blog but will no longer do so.
I have submitted proof of my performances to the officials like all the other runners but we ignored your request to submit to you because it’s non of your business. When you become an official in that capacity, you can ask for documentation but until then stop acting like a big girl.
Congratulations Ken and thank you!!!!!
Nolan, sorry you feel this way. Doubts about 2:17.5 was raised by others, and I shared their concern. Best of luck in Portland.
Without your blog, I don’t know what we would do to keep in touch with so much timely and informative masters track information. I am very appreciative. Thank you, Ken
So you were “concerned”. If I didn’t respond to you, why did you feel you had to respond to “them”? The protocol is to trust those who are in charge of verification and not start a lynch mob. I’m sure you are “concerned” now. How much money do you need?
I have to admit that I have checked this site daily for the past 20 years through the good and the bad. I hope you can mend fences with Nolan.
Nolan, Please read/watch this and consider your insults a little more carefully next time.
http://www.today.com/money/who-says-girl-insult-not-empowering-new-ad-1D79870115
I too was concerned by the article. If anyone at all has watched Nolan compete over the last 30 years they have seen him to, many times, produce some of the greatest performances of all time. That was why I was confused by the fact that this time was questioned due to the fact that it would be one of the best performances in this age group of all time. Sounds like status quo to me. I still, even today think back to the days when Nolan and Ken Popejoy battled it out in some fantastic Nationals. Ken retired, I slowed down a lot more than Nolan did, but Nolan, like the energizer bunny just keeps on plugging.
Just checked back into the rankings on your website for the year 2000. Nolan had turned 50 years old and runs a 1:58.65 when the listed world record was 1:59.45. He has always been world class.
Just a question but under the category on your site (Ken) for rankings from 2003-Present I can only find results for 2013 to present. What happened to the lost 10 years? Are they archived somewhere?
Hi Rick. Does the “rankings” button on masterstrack.com get you to the older rankings that you were curious about? Including the rankings you assisted with years gone by …
thx , as with Rick, hope you and Nolan can mend fences, guys, life is to short to be angry , let’s support and lift each other up . God Bless us all for still trying to be the best we can be .
Jeff, not that I could find.
Besides my oldie moldy Rankings page, you can find old rankings booklets from 1988 to 2001 at mastershistory.org:
http://www.mastershistory.org/history/rankings.html
(The links to year-by-year rankings are dead, sorry)
Ken: Congrats on developing probably the definite Masters Track website from (as I remember) very humble beginnings in the late 80’s. But, yours was a very typical site during those ‘very humble beginnings’ of the world wide web in those days.
I recall that you and our good friend Jess Brewer each started -pretty much at the same time- what could be described (in today’s vernacular) as ‘a computer-based propagation to the world at large of information concerning the obscure subject of Masters Track and Field’, and you each learned and traded information from each other (knowing Jess, for him it was at least partly an exercise to keep the mainframe computers at his atom-smashing physics workplace from getting too idle and freezing up). And congrats on where you took this great little ‘computer based propagation’ -and keep it going for at least another 20 year more! You’ve created a great online community and help our little oldster sport grow!
ps- I just saw our good friend Jess brewer at his recent 70th birthday party. Found out he’s planning to run some serious hurdles races this coming year as a newly-minted 70 year old. Geezer hurdlers; watch out!
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