The Johnny Mathis Track and Field Invitational has agreed to include a "masters mile" to this year's line up of events...this is a very well run regional collegiate/open meet held at a great facility...the old guys mile will go off at 11:40 on Saturday 4/7 ...entry deadline is Wednesday 4/4...contact me directly at
for further info...and, pass the word.
MF
Sounds like a great idea Mike. Mathis has always been a great meet. A Master's Mile is a good addition.
Will Henry Rono be 'ready' for this? Enough talk; I wanna see some action!
Wish I could be there Mike. Regardless I hope you get a good field. Keep us posted on your progress.
Mike, Wish I could be there and it sounds like a good race for you. But we've got a home meet that weekend in etown. Good luck to you and the other entrants.
-your nephew
Just got word that we'll do entries on EZ Meets and should be live in fairly short order at
Have gotten another couple of declared entrants today, so field is certainly coming together...will keep you all posted.
RE: Rono, I did actually personally invite him so we shall see.
Thanks guys for your interest and responses (and that YMCA poster truly is my nephew from 3000 miles away...an up and coming collegiate trackster who can now easily outrun his aged uncle...dammit)
be well,
MF
Does anyone know the wherabouts of tony young?
He had wheels a few years ago.
TY still has those bad boy wheels today and is just about to hit the next age group 45-49 where he will undoubtedly take down a record or two...he is fit..he is smart...he is patient and has a plan...the big man from the Pacific Northwest will be an international 45-49 factor in the very near future for sure.
MF
[quote]mike fanelli wrote:
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RE: Rono, I did actually personally invite him so we shall see.
I don't think Henry has $300 bucks to spend on a ticket to San Fran. Not sure he is ready for a fast mile yet, anyway.
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I don't think Henry has $300 bucks to spend on a ticket to San Fran. Not sure he is ready for a fast mile yet, anyway.
If you check out the long running thread, you'll see that I had formally invited Henry and personally offered to pay airfare, hotel and meal money...the response was non-committal.
MF
actually, regarding Rono: I think he IS still too heavy and not nearly ready to run a fast (even for his age group) mile yet.
What kind of times would you need to run to get in a race like this? I'm recovering from achilles surgery now so not asking for this meet but would like to run in some of these in the next few years. I'm in the 45-49 group for now and approaching the 50+ group.
Thanks
dmm13,
We don't actually have a qualifying standard this year although we might next...if we did, it'd probably be 5:10ish...while this will be most everyone's first mile/1500 effort of the year, the 50 year old guys (your soon to be age group) will include at least 4 guys who either recently have or shortly will run sub 5:00...good luck with the achilles and genuinely hope that you can join us next go around.
MF
Thanks, Mike.
We have a couple of fast master women on our team. Any chance of a women's mile?
mike fanelli wrote:
The Johnny Mathis Track and Field Invitational has agreed to include a "masters mile" to this year's line up of events...this is a very well run regional collegiate/open meet held at a great facility...the old guys mile will go off at 11:40 on Saturday 4/7 ...entry deadline is Wednesday 4/4...contact me directly at
mfanelli@pacunion.comfor further info...and, pass the word.
MF
[quote]Women? wrote:
We have a couple of fast master women on our team. Any chance of a women's mile?
Mind shooting me a quick e-mail offline at
?
MF
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Hey Mike,
Any entry updates? Thanks!
Just got word that we'll be loading entries up on EZ Meets shortly...will get details to you all within 48 hours.
MF
Finally here is the entry procedure for the Johnny Mathis Meet Masters Mile
which takes place on Saturday, April 7th 11:40 a.m.
ENTRY DEADLINE IS Wednesday, April 4th @ 12 noon!!!
To enter: e-mail to Tom Lyons
Name
Age on day of meet
Affiliation
expected mile time on 4/7
e-mail address
Entry fees to be paid upon day of meet at check in
Please check in at least 30 minutes prior to event to pick up hip number
Entry fee is $20... and if you are feeling generous and willing to help support
track and cross country at San Francisco State, anything over and above will
assist young Gator athletes in their pursuit of excellence...
checks made payable to San Francisco State athletics
Awards to top 3 in age-graded scoring
You will receive an FAT time and your results will be submitted to National Masters News and the MastersTrack.com national rankings system...here's 2007 outdoor rankings to date:
http://www.mastersrankings.com/rankings.php?dispcategory=Distance&sex=MEN&pseason=Outdoor&cyear=2007
See you on April 7th!
MF