Archive for March 6, 2006
Biggest bargain in USATF Masters: rankings for $3,750
A few months back, I worried aloud about whether USATF Masters would have a rankings program this season — an online list of top marks in all age groups, indoors and out. As you’ve probably surmised, it’s back in business. Today I also discovered the value placed on these updated seasonal performance lists: $750 (Correction […]
March 6, 2006
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Happy birthday to marathon man Ed Whitlock!
Today the Man turns 75 — sub-3-hour marathoner Ed Whitlock of Canada. Breaking 3 at 75 would be ungodly, but I wouldn’t put it past the man from Milton. (He ran 2:58:40 at age 74.) That’s 26 consecutive 6:48 miles. Incredible. But I hope he returns to the track eventually. These M75 records are ripe […]
March 6, 2006
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Sprinter Down Under sets sights on dashing at 100
Supergeezers enchant me. By that I mean sprinters, jumpers and throwers who blow by 90 and set their sights on competing at 100. The latest to make his presence known is New Zealand’s Lewis Taylor, who was written up in the Wanganui Chronicle as part of its coverage of the New Zealand masters nationals. One […]
March 6, 2006
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