Masters Athletics

UPDATE FROM BRAZIL ON TEAM SA MASTERS In the past 2 days of competition, South Africa added approx. 30+ medals to their already 40+ medals to date, after the 400m, 1500m and weight pentathlon events. The last addition included 17 Gold, 9 Silvers  and 7 Bronze, which may bring the total up to a record breaking 70+ medals ! Hopefully there might be 2 or more after the half marathon and marathon events, which took place today. A special mention must be given to Lucas Nel (M90-94) of KZN who won 5 gold medals in 100,200,400,800, 1500 and just missed out on the world record (1.35,04)in the 400m with a time of 1.35,64, “Dit wil gedoen wees Lucas”. AND TO Borge Stannius (M85-89)of GN, who won 5 gold in the shotput, discus, javelin, hammerthrow, weight throw PLUS weight pentathlon event (includes the 5 field events), in other words he competed in each event twice! You’re both an inspiration to us all 

https://wma2013.com/results/ CONGRATULATONS TO FRANCES VAN BLERK (55-59) WINNING THE GOLD IN PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLOSEST FINISHES IN AN 8 KM CROSS COUNTRY RACE - JUST 1 SEC SEPARATED THE FIRST TWO ATHLETES !!   BAIE GELUK FRANCES, JY IS 'N GROOT BLINK STER *** EN ONS SIEN UIT NA JOU 5000M EN MARATHON WEDLOPE ! WOMEN 55-59     1 VAN BLERK, FRANCES                       F   00:33:50 SOUTH AFRICA     2 02302 FISCHER, ANNE                            F   00:33:51 GERMANY                                          3 00665 RYAN, ANNE                               F   00:34:18 AUSTRALIA CONNIE V.D. WESTHUIZEN (50-54) WON THE SILVER IN THE WORLD MASTERS CROSS COUNTRY 8KM RACE IN A TIME OF 33:32,  JUST 20 SECS BEHIND THE WINNER. BAIE GELUK CONNIE, JY HET BEWYS DAT 'AANHOUER WEN'  NA VELE TERUGSLAE IN JOU ATLETIEKLOOPBAAN !!!   GOOD LUCK FOR THE 2000M STEEPLECHASE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER PB, SA RECORD AND MEDAL ! WOMEN 50-54     1  SILVESTRE DA NOBREGA, MAR

https://wma2013.com/en/    -  PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL  -  16 - 27 OCTOBER 2013 1995 S.A. MARCH PAST AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK THE 20TH WORLD MASTERS ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS  KICKS OFF TOMORROW AND MARKS 20 YEARS SINCE SOUTH AFRICAN. MASTERS' RE-ADMITTANCE TO INTERNATIONAL SPORT IN 1993, WHEN ATHLETES COMPETED IN THEIR FIRST EVER WORLD CHA MPIONSHIPS IN MIYASAKI, JAPAN. SINCE THEN S.A. MASTERS ATHLETICS HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, WINNING DOZENS OF MEDALS - INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM - AS WELL AS TITLES FOR OUR COUNTRY. WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER 2013 WILL SEE ALL THE MENS AND LADIES CROSS COUNTRY EVENTS OVER 8KM, AS WELL AS THE MENS DECATHLON AND LADIES HEPTHATHLON EVENTS. THE OPENING CEREMONY WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE. ZOLA BUDD - SILVER MEDALLIST IN THE W45-49  8KM CROSS COUNTRY, SACRAMENTO, USA, 2011.

SMILING WINNERS OF THE LADIES S.A. WALK TEAM IN 2007, ITALY WALKERS' WINNING WAYS - HEADING FOR BRAZIL !! LAST, BUT NOT LEAST ARE OUR MASTERS' WALKERS, WHO WILL BE PARTICIPATING AT THE WORLD CHAMPS IN THE 5000M TRACK WALK, THE 10K AND 20K  ROADWALK EVENTS FOR MEN AND WOMEN. THEY HAVE BEEN THE PRIDE AND JOY OF S.A. MASTERS AT MANY OF THE PAST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, WINNING NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM MEDALS AND ARE BOUND TO REPEAT THESE WINNING PERFORMANCES AGAIN THIS YEAR. THE TEAM OF SIX LADIES AND 3 MEN HAVE PERFORMED EXCEPTIONALLY WELL THIS YEAR, 2 OF WHOM BROKE S.A. RECORDS LAST SATURDAY AT THE S.A. ROADWALK CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CAPE TOWN - ELSA MEYER AND FRED CLEMENT. LESLEY VAN BUUREN TOOK THE 702 - WALK THE TALK 20KM TITLE THIS YEAR AND WILL BE TAKING ON THE BEST IN THE WORLD IN HER AGE GROUP. BARBARA NELL ACHIEVED PROTEA COLOURS AS A MASTER'S ATHLETE IN SENIOR COMPETITION AND IN 2001 BROKE THE WORLD RECORD IN THE 5000M IN THE 45-49 AGE GROUP WITH A TIME OF 24:14. DURI

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A FEAST OF MIDDLE AND LONG DISTANCE RUNNING AT WORLD MASTERS A feast of middle and long distance running awaits masters athletes from South Africa at the upcoming World Masters Athletics in 5 days time.   Our strength lies in the middle distances when  7 Men and 8 women from across S.A. are about to enter the battle of the middle and long distances at the 20 th   World Championships in Porto Alegre, Brazil, commencing on 16 October.   Our middle and long distance athletes will definitely be a force to be reckoned with and as in past World Champs, they are expected to bring home the medals as well as a few titles, PB’s and even S.A. records. Of particular interest will be the Women’s 45-49 age group in the 800m where the likes of Salome Vermeulen (GN) will be competing.   She is ranked 3 rd   in the 800 and 1500 going into the championships, and achieved  personal best times earlier this year of 2:17,93 (which was not ratified for technical reasons) and 4:47,81 (the latter w

General Physical Preparation and Specialized Physical Preparation Kevin Cronin, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC, USAW The right type of coaching begins by preparing each athlete to achieve a desired training adaptation. in Share 10 Within the conjugate sequence system, there are two types of foundational training methods. These methods are associated with different means that allow for the targeting of the desired adaptations within the process of achieving sports mastery.  These two methods are General Physical Preparation (GPP) and Specialized Physical Preparation (SPP).   General Physical Preparation The first method of foundational training is called General Physical Preparation (GPP). This type of training is rooted in the fundamental element of all sports, and that is movement. Prior to discussing GPP in more depth, there needs to be a differentiation made between GGP cycles for the different levels of athletes.  Highe