Archive for March 30, 2009

W40 Aeron Arlin-Genet runs and tweets at Stanford Invite

Aeron at Stanford in 2008 A year ago, Aeron Arlin-Genet ran a potential W40 American record for 1500 meters of 4:27.68 at Stanford. I wrote about it here. She later ran a 4:21.6. Now almost 42, Aeron returned to Palo Alto yesterday and ran a tad slower: 4:30.79. But that’s about a 4:50 mile. Only […]

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March 30, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  4 Comments

Earl Fee snags his first M80 world record — indoors at 400

No breakdown of the timing system in Toronto. Yesterday at the Ontario Masters Indoor Championships, Earl Fee crushed the listed age-group WR in the 400. A week after turning 80 and being denied an 800 WR at Landover nationals amid the timing mess, The Great Earl clocked 1:11.23 — well under the 1:15.58 indoor world […]

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March 30, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  10 Comments

Bill Collins and Rick Riddle write book for masters sprinters

First he’s named USATF Male Masters Athlete of the Year. Then he collects more medals at indoor nationals (despite a stress fracture in his right leg). And over the weekend he won a handicap 200 at Texas-Arlington (see the video on YouTube). Now we learn that he has a book coming out soon. Is Bill […]

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March 30, 2009   Posted in: Uncategorized  9 Comments