I thought for most of yesterday that we were going to have to wait
awhile. if ever, for further posts in this series. Sunday afternoon,
just when the Thanksgiving Turkey was coming out of the oven, the
entire lower third of Vancouver Island lost electrical power for two
hours. Since I'd left my computer turned on, of course it wouldn't boot
up again. Time has taught that if I push enough buttons enough times in
no particular sequence, something eventually works. It did, but this
time with a new twist: Everything worked except sending and receiving
e-mail messages. Nothing seemed to correct that; even running all the
Mac software restore software discs. Same thing today, until I scanned
all the way down to the bottom of my list of "sent" messages, and there
found all the ones I'd tried yesterday to see whether any of my several
e-mail addresses would send to any of the others. All were dated Jan 1,
1970. Correct the mail computer calendar to today's date, and we're
back in business! (But as a one-time masters vaulter, I couldn't help
feeling a little nostalgia for that 1970 date.)
Anyway, back to business--this time with the masters listed on the
Mirko Jalava 5,000 meters world lists.
Masters on Men’s 5000m World List for 2008
N=1365
List threshold=14:29.92
77 13:20.48 Alberto García ESP 22 Feb 71 Barcelona 19 Jul
107 13:27.05 Erik Sjöqvist SWE 4 Dec 72 Heusden 20 Jul
113 13:28.09 Mark Carroll IRL 15 Jan 72 Walnut CA 18 Apr
211 13:42.24 Martin Lauret NED 27 Oct 71 Heusden 20 Jul
272 13:46.53 Guy Fays BEL 15 Sep 69 Heusden 20 Jul
348 13:52.07 Masatoshi Ibata JPN 20 Aug 72 Kumamoto 5 Apr
486 13:58.83 David Galván MEX 6 Apr 73 Victoria 19 Jun
516 14:00.70 Driss Lakhaouaja MAR 26 Feb 72 Barcelona 1 Jun
748 14:09.50 Mohamed Serbouti FRA 3 Mar 71 Dijon 13 Jul
792 14:10.59 António Travassos POR 24 Sep 71 Santo Antonio 24 May
811 14:11.04 Marco Gielen NED 30 May 70 Arnhem 18 Jun
826 14:11.40 Makoto Ogura JPN 18 Dec 72 Nobeoka 31 May
885 14:13.20 Jorge Pinto POR 31 Oct 70 Maia 18 Jun
927 14:14.44 Ian Hudspith GBR 23 Sep 70 Birmingham 12 Jul
938 14:14.81 Kevin Castille USA 17 Mar 72 Walnut CA 18 Apr
950 14:15.46 Kenjiro Jitsui JPN 16 Dec 68 Yokohama 20 Apr
966 14:15.91 Larbi Zéroual FRA 10 Jan 71 Villeneuve d'Ascq 18 May
1038 14:18.70 John Kipsiele KEN 64 Roma 1 Jun
1053 14:19.52 Zbigniew Murawski POL 68 Szczecin 4 Jul
1119 14:22.10 Karim Foulouh MAR 27 Sep 72 Remiremont 4 May
1196 14:24.02 Henry Kirwa KEN 4 May 73 Beijing 11 Sep
1338 14:29.03 Róbert Štefko CZE 28 May 68 Praha 7 Jun
(Couldn't help noticing that Henry Kirwa's 14:24.02 was accomplishing
in winning the Paralympic Games event at Beijing. Does this mean that a
Paralympics-eligible runner made the open world list? Wow!)
Youngest athlete (16) on this list:
300 13:49.31 Jonathan Ndiku KEN 18 Sep 91 Kumagaya 29 Apr
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Masters on Women’s 5000m World List for 2008
N=1320
List threshold=17:29.92
104 15:35.61 Sabine Fischer SUI 29 Jun 73 Naimette-Xhovémont 16 Jul
145 15:45.49 Harumi Hiroyama JPN 2 Sep 68 Kumagaya 18 May
148 15:45.96 Dulce María Rodríguez MEX 14 Aug 72 Walnut CA 18 Apr
183 15:54.38 Fernanda Ribeiro POR 23 Jun 69 Leiria 22 Jun
210 15:58.68 Dorota Gruca POL 5 Dec 70 Biala Podlaska 31 May
233 16:01.56 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu NOR 29 May 70 Oslo 6 Jun
273 16:07.08 Nora Rocha MEX 18 Dec 67 Victoria 19 Jun
302 16:10.18 Alina Gherasim ROU 10 Nov 71 Bucharest 25 May
318 16:12.10 Silvia Sommaggio ITA 20 Nov 69 Cesenatico 28 Sep
359 16:16.25 Samantha Warriner NZL 1 Aug 71 Auckland 28 Mar
446 16:25.39 Jan Blockx BEL 62 Kessel-Lo 7 Jun
448 16:25.99 Saadia Bourgailh-Haddioui FRA 1 Jan 72 Beograd 29 May
483 16:28.06 Nadir de Siqueira BRA 4 Sep 70 São Paulo 28 Jun
484 16:28.10 Caroline Hoyte GBR 30 Jun 70 Eton 9 Aug
578 16:36.92 Lilian Magnusson SWE 18 Oct 68 Västerås 3 Aug
650 16:42.60 Carmen Siewert GER 10 Jan 72 Rostock 21 Jun
675 16:43.93 Petra Kamínková CZE 19 Jan 73 Kladno 28 Jun
679 16:44.07 Liza Hunter-Galvan NZL 25 Jun 69 Houston TX 29 Mar
687 16:44.45 Maria Baldaia BRA 29 Aug 72 São Paulo 28 Jun
688 16:44.44 Adriana Fernández MEX 4 Apr 71 Monterrey 13 Mar
776 16:49.77 Susan Michelsson AUS 29 Feb 72 Melbourne 8 Feb
799 16:51.68 Helena Javornik SLO 26 Mar 66 Ljubljana 7 Jun
816 16:52.69 Veronika Ulrich GER 26 Feb 68 Nürnberg 5 Jul
819 16:53.20 Jaana Niemelä FIN 1 Jun 72 Kajaani 6 Aug
1094 17:14.59 Zohra Graziani Koulou FRA 7 Jan 66 Dijon 13 Jul
1140 17:17.67 Eva Trost GER 30 Jan 68 München 12 Jul
1174 17:19.97 Genevieve Graff-Ermeling USA 72 Walnut CA 18 Apr
1212 17:22.78 Anja Peeters BEL 69 Oordegem 17 May
1226 17:23.64 Bernadette Pichlmaier GER 69 München 12 Jul
1246 17:24.56 Isabella de Castella AUS 6 Sep 71 Melbourne 8 Feb
1250 17:24.73 Ivana Sekyrová CZE 13 Oct 71 Ostrava 31 May
1252 17:24.85 Patricia Lossouarn FRA 21 Sep 72 Dijon 13 Jul
1264 17:25.79 Annette Kealy IRL 30 Nov 67 Dublin 20 Jul
1282 17:26.84 Frída Rún Thórdardóttir ISL 13 Feb 70 Tallinn 22 Jun
1305 17:28.48 Ilda dos Santos BRA 5 Feb 72 Maringá 15 Mar
Youngest athlete (13) on this list:
1014 17:08.41 Tessa Potezny AUS 18 May 94 Adelaide 7 Feb
