calm down Biker, yeah I agree that there are 100's of world titles to be won you can blame the Yanks for that. There is only one World Championships and that is the Elite, I'm not blowing my trumpet on here saying I am World Champion, you asked me how many I won and even then I never responded because I don't think it is worthy compared with Elite Worlds, having said all that, having an old farts worlds is actually quite good, back in the year dot, when you got to 40 you were finished, and certainly did not have a mass participation that we have today, it keeps me going and I do in fact race against guys I used to race against on the circuit 30 odd years ago, riders like Danny Clark, Gordon Singleton, Ian Hallam blah blah blah have all been up there, its a larf, very low key but deadly serious when it comes to the racing. Put it this way the world record for my age group is 11.1 for 200mts pretty quick by anyone’s standards let alone 50+
Then there is the road worlds, from what I have heard is very competitive and very high standard with shed loads of ex pro's but at the end of the day, it's there for me and you to race an added incentive.
The majority of guys I know that have won medals in the World Masters are genuine people and do not brag about it but you get the odd one that does but who cares.
Back problems aside, if there was no World, National or any other kind of Masters racing I would not be racing. Just to let you know that I don't just hide behind a World Masters Title all 15 of them, I take on the young blokes too, I enter all the National series Sprinters league around the country and normally make the semi-finals which means that even at my age when I should be backing off and taking it easy I am still up there, I don't care if you think I am wrong, I do what I do because since the age of one my parents have told me to slow down and stop rushing about and I ain't gonna change and if I die because of it so be it at least I enjoyed it
I had a good innings when I was a youngster despite the Commonwealth Games crash that broke my back and I am glad I am helping kids and turning them into Champions I get a kick out of that too.
Then there is the road worlds, from what I have heard is very competitive and very high standard with shed loads of ex pro's but at the end of the day, it's there for me and you to race an added incentive.
The majority of guys I know that have won medals in the World Masters are genuine people and do not brag about it but you get the odd one that does but who cares.
Back problems aside, if there was no World, National or any other kind of Masters racing I would not be racing. Just to let you know that I don't just hide behind a World Masters Title all 15 of them, I take on the young blokes too, I enter all the National series Sprinters league around the country and normally make the semi-finals which means that even at my age when I should be backing off and taking it easy I am still up there, I don't care if you think I am wrong, I do what I do because since the age of one my parents have told me to slow down and stop rushing about and I ain't gonna change and if I die because of it so be it at least I enjoyed it
I had a good innings when I was a youngster despite the Commonwealth Games crash that broke my back and I am glad I am helping kids and turning them into Champions I get a kick out of that too.