M60 Lyndon Herzberg, the Yeti of masters track, enters N.Y. meet
Lyndon Herzberg, my favorite mystery of masters track, made a splash five years ago when he posted a 100-meter seed time of 11.26 as a 56-year-old. But he rarely shows up at meets, and his single mark on mastersrankings.com is a 15.04. Now guess what? He’s baaaaccck! According to the M60 entry list at this weekend’s New York Association USATF meet at Icahn Stadium, Lyndon entered a “qualifying” mark of 11.86. The listed world record is Ron Taylor’s epic 11.70 of 1994. I suspect that someone other than Lyndon is using his name as a prank. To test this theory, I’ve written the company where Lyndon works in Southern California. (I ran a poll in 2010, too) In any case, if you happen to be at the Randall’s Island meet Saturday, take a picture of Mr. Herzberg. I’d love to share an image of the gent — our answer to Bigfoot.
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I’ve spoken with him several years ago in Orange County. He is nice and quite and stays to himself. When he trains he trains hard and he is a very good sprinter.
No mystery … he is just a busy guy.
Are bogus seed times something new?
Lyndon Herzberg was a no-show at the New York USATF meet, I’m told. But at least he supported the association with his entry fee, so some good came out of it. Ha!
I confess I was disappointed he was a no-show! Normally, my idea of competing against a legend is finding myself in the same race as Oscar Peyton…this is an entirely different kind of legend.
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