Stuart Lynn - Masters Athlete
The Scottish Masters Championships unfolded at Grangemouth Stadium this year, graced with favorable weather conditions amid intermittent storms. Despite a slight headwind of +0.5 on the home stretch, the racing conditions were splendid. The inaugural race featured the 100m sprint, where I found myself in competition with Ronnie Hunter, a revered figure in Scottish Sprinting. […]
Another fantastic North East Masters Athletics Association Track and Field Championships, made even more special by sharing in the triumphs of this incredible group of friends and masters athletes from North Shields Polytechnic Club. Thrilled to secure three championship🥇 in the M60 category – 100m, 200m, and 400m sprints, and setting a new championship record […]
Fantastic! Clocking sub 60 seconds for the 400m in my second outdoor race of the season. A special shoutout to my friend Darren Towart for capturing the moment—I literally ran off into the sunset 🌞😂 Big thanks to the officials and organisers. Pulling off an athletics meeting with around 300 athletes in just two and […]
At the recent World Masters Athletics Indoor Championships the GBR M60 sprinters brought home 6 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze medals, and a new 200m world record. John Wright Michael Vassiliou Pat Logan Peter Ilo Paul Guest Stuart Lynn Des Wilkinson In the 400m, John Wright took Gold in (55.65s) and Michael Vassiliou Silver […]
And just like that the Road to Torun training plan is complete. The past 4 weeks have focused heavily on adding the speed element to the seemingly endless winter strength and speed endurance sessions. I can’t lie, its been a physically demanding month, as the training has been focused on very high quality (mostly short […]
With less that 4 weeks to go until the start of the World Indoor Championships, my competitive racing schedule is complete and the final part of my training plan is focused on conditioning, i.e. adding speed to the strength and endurance platform that I have been working hard on over the winter: To give you […]
Is how the training plan is building my performance so far. For example, in the three 400m races I’ve ran this year I have clocked 63.0s, 62.31s and 61.38s. Over the past two weeks I’ve competed at the Scottish Masters Indoor Championships and the British Masters Indoor Championships. There are updates on the site covering […]
A valuable lesson was learned this years British Master Indoors Champs in Sheffield … I deliberately ran, and thought I’d won, a tactical race against fellow M60 Athlete ‘Peter Ilo’ for the bronze medal in the top seeded M60 400m race, only to discover moments later that two of the other athletes in the second […]
After months and months of winter training, strength and conditioning sessions and gradual build up back to race fitness, it was time to measure progress at the first competition of the year. That competition was the Scottish Masters Indoor Championships held at the wonderful Emirates Arena in Glasgow. The full story of how I performed […]
I travelled with a group of friends and athletes from North Shields Polytechnic Club and Morpeth Harriers & AC to the Glasgow Emirates Arena which was once again the venue for the Scottish Masters Indoor Athletics Championships on 12th February 2023. It was a hugely enjoyable event, not least because it’s one of the best […]
Stuart Lynn - Masters Athlete