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By workday, Tony Young of Seattle is a mild-manered loan officer for small businesses at Venture Bank, "with a sprinkling of commercial lending." By weekend, he's SuperMiler! He's young, indeed, especially after claiming his first individual world record over the weekend at age 46. It came at the Portland Track Festival at Mt. Hood Community College, which featured one of the fastest masters miles of all time. And Young, running in the orange top of Club Northwest, was the star, taking... Read More
Three years ago, I reviewed the first documentary film devoted to masters track: "Racing Against the Clock," which followed five women in their championship season, ending at the 2003 World masters Athletic Championships in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Last month, I reviewed something even more unlikely -- the first novel to revolve around masters track. And coincidentally, the book also concluded at Puerto Rico worlds. As a work of literature, it has problems. But I still celebrate it as a Master... Read More
Later this year we plan to run a special report on masters sports around the world. Our first stop on the masters Athlete World Tour 2008 was Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which had a very visible masters athletic movement. Rio is a gigantic beach town of almost 12 million people. The city’s beaches – from Copacabana to Ipanema to Barra da Tijuca – are filledwith athletes of all ages. On the walkways by the beach, men and women jog and bicycle parallel to the Atlantic Ocean. On the beaches themsel... Read More
Few major invitational meets allow Masters. The Penn Relays this coming weekend is one that does allow masters athletes. The Mt. SAC Relays in Southern California is another. Mt. SAC stands for Mt. San Antonio College, a junior college tucked into the rolling hills east of Los Angeles in Walnut. This past weekend, Mt. SAC saw some wonderful masters races -- even with some major no-shows (due to injuries and other reasons). I also had a chance to chat with a high jumper I idolized in high sch... Read More
Finally, Spring is here. We have turned the clocks forward and picked up the pace. Hopefully there will be no more crawling through the slush or shoveling the driveway(obviously this doesn't apply to much of the West Coast contingent). Even though it was halfway across the world, Major League Baseball has already thrown its first meaningful pitch. Fans of America's Pasttime have to be excited for that. But, don't forget about the basketball enthusiasts. I'm sure you all haven't stopped... Read More
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