Stefan Waltermann

North Carolina

State Games

Cary, NC
6- 12 - 05

Another hot and muggy day in Cary. I don't like events where starting times are not set in stone. The NC Games are notoriously slow and you will stand around forever.

The much delayed 100 m was very slow for everybody and 14.30 are nothing to write home about. Still, I take the second place with seven starters any day.

It rained in the 400 m and the rain had a very slight cooling effect but the humitity was extreme: 1:03.93. It was a good race because I got beaten by a good runner by just 2/100s of a second and placed third.

The200 m was the last race of the day. Again, times were rather slow: 28.94 and third place.

Greg Marshall won all sprint races!

Charlotte
Masters Invitational

Charlotte, NC
6- 4 - 05

A very hot day in Charlotte brought out the best in almost all participants. It was a good day for the club, a good day for the individuals.

I started in the 100 m and clocked 13.86 (hand timed) and the 400 m 1:03.14. I still have a few seconds to go.

Sam Hall recently moved up to the M 60. He blasted to a 12.81 in the 100 m, to a 26.40 in the 200 m. Greg Marshall, M55 went 12.74 in the 100 m and 26.68 in the 200 m. And Jay Smith, M 55 ran his first sub-2:30 800 m when he arrived in 2:28.27!

Southeastern
Masters Championships

Durham, NC
5 - 6/8 - 05

My second Pentathlon was already hampered by a stupid injury to my right elbow. The score was 2.484 points and that is even closer to my season goal of 2,600 plus points...

I still suck in the long jump! But this time I knew what would happen and it did not face me at all.

However, I knew that the second event would even put me deeper into a hole. The injury to my elbow guaranteed me a trip down agony lane and so it happened. After each throw, I found myself in agony on the ground.

Still, after a strong 200 m and an improved discus result, I ran a better 1500 m as well. Hence, the score.

USATF Southeast Regional
Masters Outdoor Championships
& Georgia Association Champs

Savannah, GA
4 - 15/16 - 05

My very first Pentathlon turned out to be a rather enjoyable adventure. The score was 2.454 points and that is close to my season goal of 2,600 plus points...

I truly suck in the long jump! It was a bit of a problem to put the disappointment of the very first event of the day behind me.

In the javelin, my first two throws were over 30 m but both were ruled out. I switched javes and landed no. 3 at 28.45 m or so. Long delays were the rule of the day and the 200 m started much too late: 29.70 sec. with first 100 m into the wind. Not bad.

Got some scare (everybody did) in the discus: 25.40 m, not bad. The 1500 m were started late again. After 7 hours of slow competition, all concentration gone: 5:53, disappointing as well.

Charlotte Invitational

4 - 9 - 05

Started out with the 800 m as the first outdoor event of the season: 2:34.26

40 minutes later, the 400 m, already tired: 1:06.18

And the javelin, my first throwing event in any competition: 30.45 m.

And a very tired 29.97 seconds 200 m

M 50 to 59
4 x 400 m relay, David Friedman, Tony Plaster, Rick Lapp
2nd Place and Silver Medal

M 50 to 59
Carroll Blake,
David Salazar

M 50 to 59
Carroll Blake

M 65 legendary
Sid Howard

In Boise, Idaho at the US National Indoor Championships with a bad cold. Needed medical clearance to run and competed very carefully.

M 50 to 59 world record holders
Alston Brown,
Nolan Shaheed

M 50 to 59 world record holder
Bill Collins

Middle
Roger Pierce,
200 m National Indoor Champion

M 60
Roger Pierce

Put my old triathlon shirt on and scared the neighborhood.. Halloween, October 30, 2004

Actually, I ran a relaxed 6 miles up the road and got more encouragement than on 'normal' days.

In addition, I 'wrote' per personal horror story at practice in Charlotte. It was so bad that I was afraid to fall asleep at night.

Luckily, I have some time to work on the javelin and the discus. Otherwise, nightmares might become constant companions.

7/29-8/02/2004

Well, after my forced lay-off from running due to Achilles tendonitis, I was finally back in action. The European Track & Field Masters Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark.

And what a beautiful little city Aarhus is. First, everybody speaks English. Second, you'll find a wonderful, friendly and warm people, an intact old town, a busy harbor, a bustling downtown, great restaurant, cultural events, bars, nightlife, the whole nine yards!

I'd go back any old time, just for fun. Tell everybody but definitively all Americans to include Aarhus in their travel plans for Europe.

Sure, I did some running as well. Nothing much could be expected since I just could not catch up after the long injury delay. The 62.59 seconds in the 400 m are respectable and not bad, indeed. In the 800 m race, irony struck. I was cancelled by a Czech instead of canceling the Czech myself. He struck my right Achilles and I slowed down badly and finishes next to last. Bad luck, indeed, but what the heck. I don't dwell on stuff like this, life is too short to whine about things that went wrong.

For results, just go to the page LINKS and click on the EVAACS site link.

7/4/04

I was a driver in the Fourth Parade in Blowing Rock. Actually, I had the privilege of being allowed to present three Catawba Catfish Queens to the admiring public! What great fun!!!

July 2004

Completion of Tiki Bar! Let's give the Rickmeister a big hand! What a craftsman the dude is, unreal.

6/5/04

Well, I got some kind of green light from Dr. Johncock. I'm running again. Hell, I'm slow! Today, we walked our dogs and found a very small cat. She's family and Frida Kahlo is her name! (We'll make sure she won't find her Diego Rivera. She'll be spared the pain...)

My, this one is cute...

4/23/04

For quite some time, I have been intrigued by the Ageing of the Boomer Generation and the consequences for society as a whole, and the younger and boomer generation in particular.

Since no nation lives on an island, I also want to explore the influence of the soon-to-be retired “boomers” on the much larger scale of the world theatre. I strongly believe that our generation, the “boomers” have dramatically changed the world and will continue to do so for the next 30 years.

Current and future developments regarding social unrest, wars, health care, religion, perception of age, well, even dying are going to be determined by us boomers.

For example, I truly believe that down the road our own death might be “sold” to us as a necessity for society.

Well, it’s going to be provocative, to say the least.

4/30/04

Holla, nee, Holloh. That is the name of the soccer field I spent much of my youth on. On April 30, 2004, I returned to play a very nostalgic game of soccer: 28 years ago, my team won our division and got promoted to a higher division in the German Soccer Association.

Amazingly, everybody showed up. We played the current 30over team of the club and lost but that was very secondary. Most of our guys had not kicked a soccer ball in some time.

The whole program around the game, starting with a practice on Wednesday, a team meeting on Thursday, the game and a party in the town hall, was extremely well organized by Klaus-Dieter Collard, who deserves special praise for a job well done.

Unfortunately, I re-injured my Achilles but I had almost expected this to happen. It must have been really important to me to start the game. (It was.) Hell, I'm going to be back in two years to celebrate the 30 year anniversary of an event that was an athletic milestone for many of us. After all, it's not too often that we are having that much fun in our lives.

4/17/04

Georgia Masters USATF Championships Savannah, GA

Another of those wonderful sunny Spring days in Savannah, Georgia, this time at the Savannah State University

I decided to start in the 400, the 800 and the 200 m. Bad mistake, of course. Going into the 400 m, I felt relaxed and totally ready. It was the best 400 m for me, ever. I placed second in 1:02.34! Some more speed endurance and I will go under 60.0... Now, that will have to wait. The 800 m was a totally different story. At the 600 m point, I felt a sudden pain in my achilles, slowed down dramatically and finished in 2:40.

Now, I'm in recovery. No running at all! Thank you, Dr. Johncock of Hickory and Dr. Helge Hinke of Ludwigshafen, Germany for the quick help and great advise. I'll be back soon.

4/3/04

Carolina Masters Invitational, Charlotte, NC

A beautiful day, a wonderful facility (Johnson Smith University), an extremely fast mondo track... what more can you want? Less wind, maybe.

Well, it started out with a 100 m race featuring nothing but sprint specialists. Not me, brother. I arrived last at 13.91, never felt relaxed, actually felt disjointed and slow. Nevertheless, 13.91 is pretty good for me and age graded at 81.5 %.

Next up were the 400 m. The first 200 m we ran into a very strong wind but the home stretch was shielded... the wind was much less of a help than it added to the struggle on the front 200m. Result: 1:03.91 = 79.8 % AG

Not much later, I started at the 200 m. Again, lane one assured me of running a) in the worst lane b) longer into the wind than everybody else. I felt that due to this facts my time of 28.78 was an honest effort on tired legs (AG 79.8 %)

3/27/04

US National Indoor Championships 2004, Boston, Reggie Lewis Center
A total of 28 world and 46 US records were set in Boston !

This was my first National Indoor Championship, ever. Naturally, I never relaxed enough to fully enjoy it and was too tight to live up to my own expectations.

My roommate Max Hamlyn placed third in the 3000 and the 800 m (by 4/100's!).

I was fortunate to have the opportunity to chat with Maxwell Springer who set a total of 6 world records in the M 90 age group!

I witnessed truly historic events when my good friend Earl Fee crushed the old records for the M 75 in the 400 = 1:06.28, 800 (2:32.47!!!) and mile 5:41.95)!

Also, Sid Howard set new M 65 US records in the 800 m and the mile (2:23.79, 5:23.05).

Rastaman Alston Brown of Jamaica set a new world record in the M 55 mile with 4:49.33.

Next year, I know much better what to expect and how to react to the very intimate atmosphere in the Reggie Lewis Center .

400 m 1:03.97 - 200 m 29.61

Yours truly

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03/06/04

2004 Virginia Indoor Championships

800 m 2:34.7, 1st

400 m 1:04.7, 1st

200 m 29.8, 2nd, all races within 2 hours!

Carlolinas Track & Field Members

Brian clearing 11'6" (3.50 m), 1st Place, M45

Max Hamlyn, Godivas, placed first in 800 and 1500 m, M 60

02/08/04

Boston Prep Meet

Charlotte, NC

400 m 1:03.74

80 %
age graded

Well, it was much better than I could ever expect! I ran a very strong first curve, tightened up for a few meters on the

back straight, passed the 200 m mark at about 28 seconds, got the monkey on my back in the home curve and almost passed out on the last 100 m.

Looks like I have to adjust my goals for the season. Let's set it at 58.5 seconds, maybe temporarily.

12/24/03

new toys for Christmas

10/25/03 In the morning, we ran a race in Hickory. I won the M 50 in a 5 K, Brian placed second in M 45 in a half marathon.