Generic geezer sprinter used with Sean post has no photo credit. (But perhaps it’s Alex Rotas)
A sportswear company in the UK has a clueless blogger named Sean, who writes for kudos-sports.com. He interviewed British masters official
Maurice Doogan and wasted his time by reinventing the wheel. It appears Sean With-No-Last-Name saw a BBC story about
Alex Rotas and her photos of elder athletes.
Sean wrote: “Earlier in the summer,
a BBC report on Masters Athletics caused quite a stir. Hitherto hidden away entirely from the mainstream, Masters Athletics sees, shall we say, veterans competing in track and field. It is genuinely inspiring to see athletes as old as 90+ getting stuck into sport at a competitive level.” Had Sean done the least amount of research, he could have covered much more interesting ground. Instead, he slept-walk through his chat with Maurice. I suppose 1 percent of his readers will learn something, but I wish Sean asked better questions than: “If 35 is the minimum age requirement, is there a maximum?”
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I scanned (slept-walked, even) thru Sean’s interview, without undue damage. The following exchange, in particular, got a heartfelt laugh:
Q: Is it fair to say some of the athletes compete not just against others, but sort of against themselves – for their own self-esteem and pride?
A: Yes it is for self esteem and pride which is magnified out of sight, when you put on a GB Masters vest.
I liked the article. It was nice and positive, nothing political and geared towards the general public, maybe not for hardcore masters athletes, but not sure why such negative feedback…
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