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Youth and Masters Athletes of the Year 2013

Mary Cain (Bronxville, N.Y.) and Brian Pilcher (Ross, Calif.) have earned Youth & Masters Athletes of the Year titles, USA Track & Field announced Tuesday, Dec. 3. Cain and Pilcher will be honored on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Indianapolis, Ind. The event is held […]

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Masters Mile Road Championships

Olympic marathoner Magdalena Lewy Boulet celebrates 40th birthday by competing in first Masters national championship at GNC Live Well Liberty Mile PITTSBURGH – Olympic marathoner Magdalena Lewy Boulet will celebrate her 40th birthday by debuting in her first Masters national championship at the USA Masters 1 Mile Road Championship. Along with her, several American and […]

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Herbst-Lucke sets Masters record

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Despite the most challenging weather conditions in the 19-year history of the Syracuse Festival of Races (SFoR) on Sunday, runners from throughout the U.S. continued the tradition of 5K national records and world class performances for which Syracuse’s premier annual road race is known. Temperatures in the mid-forties with rain that varied […]

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Kennedy, Masters Athlete of the Year

INDIANAPOLIS – Christine Kennedy (Los Gatos, Calif.) has been named the 2011 Masters Athlete of the Year by USA Track and Field’s Masters Committee. Kennedy will be honored on Saturday, December 3, at the Jesse Owens Awards and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in St. Louis, Mo. The event is held in conjunction with USA […]

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Three world records fall at World Masters

JYVASKYLA, Finland – Over the first two days of the World Masters Indoor Track and Field Championships, Team USA set three world records en route to a total of 12 medals. Competition continues Thursday and runs through Sunday from Central Finland. Phil Rascker, Robert Lida and Bill Collins all picked up where they left off […]

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Physical Changes Caused by Ageing

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Physical Changes Caused by Ageing

The same physical requirements needed for performance as a younger athlete, are required by the older athlete. Unfortunately, there are significant changes which effect your strength and speed after the age of 50. [Read more…]

Stellar Masters Field for Freihofers 2012

Defending Freihofer’s Run for Women champion Lisa Harvey is set to headline another strong masters field at the 34th annual Freihofer’s Run for Women 5K on Saturday, June 2nd in Albany, New York  A 10K specialist who represented Canada at 10,000m at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Harvey hit the tape last year in […]

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Sagedahl hot at Masters

LISLE, Ill. – While temperatures in the mid-90s greeted the nation’s top masters athletes Thursday for the first day of the USA Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships, it did little to slow down Sherwood Sagedahl (M73) as the multi-event athlete bettered the listed American age group record in the pentathlon with a score of […]

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Masters Indoor Track Champs

A record 1,043 athletes, which includes a total of nine Olympians and 30 world champions, are expected to compete this weekend when the 2013 USA Masters Indoor Track & Field Championships converge on the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Md., March 22-24. Encompassing ages 30-95+, competitors from 47 states and 14 countries […]

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Ageing Effects on Skeletal Muscle

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Changes in Muscular Strength

It is well documented that a person’s maximal strength decreases with increasing age. Is this due to Ageing or a decrease in physical activity? The answer appears to be BOTH. [Read more…]