Karla Del Grande, 67, just broke her world record in the 300m hurdles with a 54:00 flat. She holds six world records.
In an interview two years ago, about her youth… “Track was my love even then, and it was encouraged and enjoyed by my father for one of my brothers and myself. I had wanted to try triple jump and pole vault but was told I wasn’t allowed because my uterus would fall out. ” …More.
Must read: Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner’s Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause by Ty Seidule. …Review. …Ty Seidule at Washington & Lee video
There’s New Evidence on Heart Health in Endurance Athletes
Simple. Long time runners have enlarged atria. If that’s you, like Don, it’s unlikely a cardiologist will tell you to stop running.
Malcolm Gladwell on self-driving cars and how it bodes well for runners and cyclists. …Here
Getting Over Gold: Athletes and Mental Health
Finished Lieberman’s Exercised. Excellent. Compelling chapter on endurance and aging.
You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you think, at your age, it is right?”
–Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Results from the 7/22/21 OTC All-Comers here. Craig Godwin, now back on track after his second heart attack earlier this year, ran the best 3000 in the U.S. this year for a 54 year old. Along with Craig, we.ve done Q&As with Justin Gallegos, Becky Sisley (now 82 and still heaving the javelin), and Jill Mestler, the meet director.
The 61-Year-Old Shepherd Who Shuffled His Way to an Unlikely Ultra Win