It all began in 1968, when prominent civil lawyer David Pain introduced and implemented the idea of age-group competition for track and field. What began as a special mile run soon expanded into North American, then world, meets. This is the first book-length account of how the Masters Track and Field program (for men over the age of 40 and women over 35) was started, how it developed nationally and internationally, and where it is headed in the future. Key pioneer promoters of the sport are profiled. In addition to covering how the movement grew and spread, the work reviews the effects of aging on performance and how the event standards and scoring were adjusted to accommodate aging. Current leaders discuss the most recent plans for the future of Masters Track and Field.
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Leonard T. Olson has been involved with the Masters since 1970 both as an award-winning competitor and administrator. A retired electronic engineer with extensive experience in technical writing, he lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Man has been running, throwing and jumping since the earliest of times. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Diego, New York, David Pain, South Africa, United States, Los Angeles, Bob Fine, Don Farquharson, North Carolina, Bob Boal, Field Championships, Claude Hills, New Jersey, Jack Greenwood, Great Britain, East Coast, Roger Ruth, Cesare Beccalli, Peter Mundle, George Braceland, Helen Pain, Puerto Rico, Phil Partridge, Bill Bangert, Hal Higdon New!
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Man has been running, throwing and jumping since the earliest of times. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Diego, New York, David Pain, South Africa, United States, Los Angeles, Bob Fine, Don Farquharson, North Carolina, Bob Boal, Field Championships, Claude Hills, New Jersey, Jack Greenwood, Great Britain, East Coast, Roger Ruth, Cesare Beccalli, Peter Mundle, George Braceland, Helen Pain, Puerto Rico, Phil Partridge, Bill Bangert, Hal Higdon New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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