Strider Briefs

We’ve been hearing from teammates:


Keith Wetterer (84) – “I ran today at Patrick Henry. My times were better than I expected. 400m – 1:48.17 1600m – 9:10.13 I am planning to run at Mission Bay on April 19.”

(Summer Nights track meet #3 – Patrick Henry HS, 1/31/26. 400m – #1 on the world list for 2026 (80-4) on MastersRankings.com; No list for 1600m)


Ed Rose (77) – “About 20 degrees warmer than last week so I have to limit my excuses. 100M 15.63, only .07 off my best last year, start is still an issue. 200M 33.41, .12 faster than last week. Really need to work on conditioning. No more meets until March so plenty of time to work on starts and stamina.”

(Summer Nights #3; 100m – #1/world, 200m – #2)


Aleksandra Avakova (45) – “After mulling things over I decided not to run Resolution half tomorrow. I have been under a lot of stress (in process moving and selling our townhome) and need to train a bit more before spending money on a half which I’m probably just going to wing. My plan is to run the Beer half Feb 14 I think in Mission bay leading to Paris marathon April 12.”


Andy Anderson (89) – “Saturday I ran my first competition since my kidney failure last February. It was a very slow 5K. Just out of interest I looked up in MastersRankings.com to see where that time would have ranked in the 2025 5K 85-89 rankings. To my amazement, I would have been 2nd in the U.S. and 16th in the world in 2025 with that time! I anticipate improving steadily. At least I hope to improve steadily.”


Mark Gookin (66) – “Won the pacific region indoor championship 800m last weekend- 2:37. Unfortunately, won’t be able to make it to US championships in Albuquerque.”

(USATF Masters West and Northwest Regions Indoor Championships Reno, NV, 1/31/26; 800m #3/US, #5/world (65-9))

Keith Wetterer

Ed Rose

Mark Gookin