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Members of the M40 champion Team Runners High mug for souvenir shots after claiming their national championship plaque, medals and patches. Their prize money would be mailed, officials promised.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:30 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19621 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19621
An older runner kept gasping for air -- quite audibly -- after finishing the 6.2-plus-mile race in over an hour.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:30 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19619 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19619
Brian Pope says he has size-12 feet, but sometimes wears size-14 shoes. He hails from Oxford, Mississippi.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:30 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19617 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19617
Tony Young of Redmond, Washington, stuck around to congratulate the winners, however. Earlier in the week he won a USATF track athlete age-group award. Some thought he should have been Masters Athlete of the Year.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:30 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19614 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19614
M40 mile champion Tony Young mugged with his 10-year-old daughter Andi. dropped out of the 10K before the halfway point. He couldn't point to injury -- he just kept falling back and back, and felt bad.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:15 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19611 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19611
Although a racecourse was an interesting setting for a cross country meet, local Portland runners said that far better venues were available -- but that event sponsor Nike got its way on this locale.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:15 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19609 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19609
Another gripe of masters runners: The digital clock (facing the finishers, not facing the camera) was missing dots in the readout, so finishers had trouble reading their time.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:15 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19607 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19607
Clingan got splattered with a little mud. But weather forecasts had been predicting rain for Saturday, the race day, and runners were grateful that mud was all they had to contend with.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:15 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19605 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19605
Nolan Shaheed's brand-new running spikes are caked with mud. At this point, my Nikon Coolpix begins showing effects of a dirty lens. That acounts for the softness or fuzzy areas in later shots.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:15 -0400 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19602 http://www.masterstrack.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19602
Members of the SoCal Track Club get together after the race. They took fifth in the M40 team standings, despite averaging in the high 40s.]]> photo Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:21:15 -0400