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Masters Running
Masters Athlete and Masters-Athlete.com are the best places to stay up-to-date on Masters Road Racing and Long Distance Running. At Masters Athlete, it is our goal to provide the very best coverage of the sports you still play.
In this section, you'll get the latest news, results, event listings, trend stories, equipment reviews, personality stories and much more about Masters Road Racing and Long Distance Running.
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The Sunday Morning Showdown
By Sean Callahan
SEAN CALLAHAN'S BLOG (April 29, 2009) -- I ran in a 5k race near my home on Sunday. It was the Ravenswood 5k. I ran with two of my family members, and what starts out as a friendly morning jog always turns a bit competitive. This race was no exception. It was a cool, gray morning. Perfect for a short run. When the horn sounded and we started running with 3,500 other people to the strains of "Born to Run," we were bunched together, my family members and I. In the pack, we got separated and by the time we'd run a half mile we were running on our own. I caught my sister by mile 1, which I ran very slowly -- 9:03 by my watch. That was good, though. I had a couple of beers and some wine the night before (it's my own way of carbo-loading), so I wasn't in peak condition and was conserving some energy. I felt good enough, however, to pick up the pace, leaving my sister behind. I then focused my eye on the other family member in the race. He was about 40 to 50 yards ahead of me. I kept my eye on his black baseball hat bobbing up and down in the distance. I focused on reeling him in over the next 2.1 miles. . . . keep reading...>>
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Shoe Sense & Cents & Scents
By Lisa Menninger
LISA MENNINGER'S BLOG (Jan. 9, 2009) -- Part of my job as coach includes helping people with equipment and fit of that equipment. Outside of nutrition, I feel like the biggest area of misconception and misinformation happens with regard to people's running shoes. Simple and understandable misconceptions such as, "If the tread is worn it is time to get new shoes," or "I have high arches so I must need a stability shoe" can permeate the dialogue. So let's set the record straight on some key points. First of all, how do you determine what's the right fit for you? That's simple: Go to a store that specializes in running shoes. . . . keep reading...>>
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Women's 50-59 Masters Athlete of the Year: Kathy Martin
By Ray Glier
Kathy Martin still remembers lying in the street in her Long Island, N.Y., neighborhood exhausted after a loop around the block when she was 30 years old. Her husband told her to get up off the pavement before she was run over by a car. "Good, let them run me over," Martin said. "I can't do this." Martin got up and kept running. At first, it was just to the next telephone poll, or the next mailbox, simple goals. Now, 27 years later Martin is fit enough to run to the next zip code and the next area code. . . . keep reading...>>
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Anderson-Abbs, Hofacker win Masters titles at USA 100-Mile Trail Run Championships
By Patrick Fitzell
Some of the nation's best ultramarathoners gathered in Lake Tahoe, Nev., on July 19 to compete in the USA 100-Mile Trail Run Championships. On a grueling course that had a cumulative elevation change of 22,000 feet, Nikki Kimball of Bozeman, Mont., and Beverly Anderson-Abbs from Red Bluff, Calif., battled before Kimball pulled away to win the overall race. Anderson-Abbs placed second overall and was the first female Masters runner across the line with a time of 23:28:10. Charles Hofacker from Carmichael, Calif., finished fifth overall in the men's race and was the first male Masters runner across the line with a time of 23:12:58. For complete results visit www.usatf.org . . . keep reading...>>
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Becoming "Badwater Bob" at 63
By Bob Becker
It was race day for the 2008 Badwater 135 Ultramarathon, and it was already 110 degrees. I left my room at 6:30 a.m. in Death Valley, Calif., to head to the starting line at Badwater, Calif., the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282 feet below sea level. Before I'd reach the finish line at 8,300 feet on Mount Whitney, 135 miles and a couple of days would pass. The desert is a place of spectacular beauty and outrageous extremes. The fun was about to begin. . . . keep reading...>>
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Righteous Running Towns
By Dan Rabin
Eugene, Ore., is Track Town USA. It's the town where Steve Prefontaine, America's martyred, patron saint of distance running made his name. And it's he town where Nike was founded. For these reasons and others, Eugene tops Masters Athlete's list of the best running towns for Masters runners. Our staff evaluated the towns in terms of climate/terrain; training facilities; events and the number of local participants. For each criterion a town could earn as many as five stars. Eugene received a perfect score of 20 stars. In the following story you can see how other top running towns, such as Boulder, Colo., San Francisco and, of course, Boston, rate for Masters runners. . . . keep reading...>>
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Still running
By Dan Rabin
Frank Shorter is one of America's most decorated distance runners. He's a five-time national 10,000 meters champion, four-time national cross-country champion and winner of Japan's prestigious Fukuoka Marathon four consecutive years. In the 1971 Pan Am Games, he won both the 10,000 meters and marathon. But by far his best-known achievement is his 1972 gold medal in the marathon at the Olympic Games in Munich. That year, he was honored with the Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete. The following Olympics, in 1976 in Montreal, he was the marathon silver medalist. At age 41, Shorter won the World Masters Duathlon Championship (run-bike-run). He was the first chairman of the United States Anti-Doping Agency and currently acts as an unofficial spokesperson for the agency. Now 60, Shorter lives and trains in Boulder, Colo. . . . keep reading...>>
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Turning 70 on the run
By Matt Draper
A marathon can be daunting, but what about a race that tackles more than five times the distance over six grueling days? Throw in a 1,700-mile trip to Costa Rica and a sweltering racecourse that varies from rainforest to desert, and you've got what most athletes would consider a mountainous challenge. But that's how Jay Norman wanted to celebrate his 70th birthday in January. A racing veteran who has completed more than 200 ultramarathons -- continuous runs of more than 26.2 miles -- Norman competed in The Coastal Challenge (TCC), a 230-kilometer, six-day Costa Rican expedition race, in each of its three installments. In addition to celebrating his birthday, Norman had some unfinished business. . . . keep reading...>>
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Chicago Marathon registration opens Feb. 1
The Bank of America Chicago Marathon opens registration at midnight (CST) on Friday, Feb. 1. The giant race can accommodate the first 45,000 runners to register. The race is slated for Sunday, Oct. 12. Formerly known as the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon, the race has a new sponsor thanks to Bank of America's acquistion of LaSalle Bank last year. . . . keep reading...>>
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CEO on the run
By Sean Callahan
Molex CEO Martin Slark discusses running in the heat during the Chicago Marathon, his participation in the CEO Challenge marathon and how exercise helps him be a better executive. . . . keep reading...>>
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Marathon men
By Phil Jurik
Two men who have run (and sometimes walked) more marathons than almost anybody else share what drives them. . . . keep reading...>>
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The old man
By Eric Chandler
Eric Chandler looks back on how his father set an example that taught him how to run and how to train. . . . keep reading...>>
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On the double
By Sean Callahan
Bob Crowley, 50, plans to run a "Double Boston" on Monday, April 16, running the Boston Marathon course from finish to start before the race, and then running it in the traditional order with the other participants. He's doing it for a good reason: to raise money for charity. . . . keep reading...>>
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