Hero of the Day: Buster Martin

Buster is attempting to set a new record as the oldest person to complete a marathon, at the age of 101! He still drinks, smokes and frequents several pubs. Learn more at the ABC News link or watch the video.

I have a strong conviction though that his record will be beaten by several members of this running group!

Senior Olympics Champions, 1989

Bob (you know, shortcut Bob) sent me some great pictures of the 4x400m relay championship team from the 1989 Senior Olympics held in Silverton, OR. Looks like those old guys could really run back then. Hey wait, these old guys can still run today, most impressive! Bob doesn't remember the official time but I bet you guys were close to the 50-59 record. It was set by Jackson Steffes, Jim Mathis, Martyn Adamson and Larry Colbert in 1989, a time of 3:35.88. It was also done right here in Eugene.

Champoeg 30k Controversy

Results:

Well we all survived and even thrived. Here are the race results. Pictures are available thanks to Anna.

March 2008 Trip to Portland

UPDATE:

Terry shared with me the flyer for the run and it states a 8am early start for the 30k as well as the 9am regular start time, very nice. Thanks Terry!

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According to J, there are 2 start times for the 30k at Champoeg Park on March 8. One is at 8:30am and another at 9:30am. The only info I can find online about this year's race is located here, http://www.orrc.net/races/champoeg/champoeg.htm. And all that website describes is 9am for everything. So either the website really sucks at letting us know what is really happening or J is trying to mess with my head. Either way we should all get there with plenty of time regardless. Since the website says to give yourelf 45 minutes travel time from Salem then we will have to be hitting the road real early. Google says the trip takes 1 hour 38 minutes so if we want to be there by 8:15am then we should be leaving at around 6:30am. Here are directions from the firestation: View Larger Map