Tag: Lahti

WMA Finals M50 400 meters

WMA Finals M50 400 meters.  Masters Track & Field World Championships, Lahti, Finland, August 7, 2009.

The top eight men in the entire world, aged 50-54, at 400 meters. Three of them are Americans – James Chinn, Ben James, and Jeff Lindsey.

USA has a long history of producing an abundance of world-class 400 meter runners. In Beijing, USA swept the Olympic 400 meter finals:

Men’s 400 meters
August 21, 2008
1. LaShawn Merritt, USA, 43.75
2. Jeremy Wariner, USA, 44.74
3. David Neville, USA, 44.80
4. Chris Brown, BAH, 44.84
5. Leslie Djhone, FRA, 45.11
6. Martyn Rooney, GBR, 45.12
7. Renny Quow, TRI, 45.22
8. Johan Wissman, SWE, 45.39

Seven of the eight Team USA M50 400 meter runners made it to the semifinals (top 24) in Lahti last week.  I was the one that did not.

And yet, I still feel like a champion.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂

Lane 8 – The Results

Guido Muller, Jack, Me
Guido Muller, Jack, Me

Lane 8 – The Results.  Folks want to know, “How’d ya do at the WMA Masters World Championships in Lahti, Finland”?

I did really, really well.  Superfantastic actually.  Beyond what I thought was possible this year.

However, I must start with the top line results:

BMI, Triglycerides, Cholesterol, and Blood Pressure – the big four.

All have been tracking at very good to excellent levels.

Do you know your big four?

I never used to, but the health experts say these are the top, overall health metrics we should discuss with our personal physicians.

Not long ago, I decided to get a handle on what these mean and why they are important.

How’s your handle on your big four?

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

PS.  Guido Muller, in the photo, set the M70 400 meters World Record, just minutes before the photo was taken.  His achievement has been compared to the equivalent of Roger Bannister breaking the 4-minute mile barrier back in 1954.

Lane 8 Vision

Lane 8 Vision.  What’s the vision for Lane 8?  I’ve shared it over and over with people, one at a time.

It hit me.  Record a Lane 8 You Tube video and post it as a PAGE for first time visitors to Lane 8.

This is the first of several jeff noel midlife You Tube videos, sharing the vision for Lane 8.

Now, hopefully, you have a clearer picture.  But this is only the beginning.  Stay tuned.

As soon as I can, I’ll post the followup to this one.

Carpe diem, jeff noel  🙂

Welcome to Lane 8

Welcome to Lane 8. Hope you had a GREAT experience at the 2009 Master’s World Championships, in Lahti Finland.

I believe, “If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough”.

My name is jeff noel, I’m an American from Orlando, Florida.  My wife and I have been married for 26 years and we have a nine-year old son.

Our son has three teddy bears (exactly the same).  He told me I had permission to bring the one with the torn ear.

My impossible goal is to make it to Lane 8.  You know, the worst lane and the one the slowest runner gets.

My son asked me, “Dad, you want the worst lane, and you would even feel great about finishing last”?

“That’s right, son, even if I’m last, I would feel great”!, I respond back, smiling.

After a short pause, I add, “Lane 8 in the finals, at the World Championships.  Although you are last, you’d still be in the top eight in the entire world”.

That would be impossible for an ordinary person like me.

Understand?  Good.  Carpe diem, jeff noel 🙂