What will be your reason for taking part?
Entries for this event at Lee Valley close on 26th February 2025 at 11.59pm. This is the link you need to enter. You can read below the reasons Caroline Marler has given for entering BMAF Championships.
Caroline’s reasons for entering BMAF Championships
Caroline’s reasons for entering BMAF Championships
The wonderful thing about Masters Athletics is the friends you make. Some I have known over 35 years and we meet and catch up at the National and International events. It is also great to meet the younger athletes joining the Masters Family and see them thrive. We all have the same motivations- to stay as fit physically and mentally as possible, to push ourselves (and win if possible! ). Also to travel to new places, have fun and stay feeling young. It works!
So I would encourage people to join us at one of the events. Whatever your ability, you will be welcomed and encouraged.
More about Caroline’s Athletic Achievements
CAROLINE MARLER
(W70-75) and NMAC Hon.President
Caroline now 74, has been competing since she was 11 and joined British Masters at 35. Before becoming a Masters athlete she competed at English Schools, won the Hampshire pentathlon Champs. regularly, became a PE teacher, ran in the 1976 Olympic Trials at 800m and completed a marathon in 3:36.
As a 400m, 800m runner in her early Masters years up and to age 65 days she won World and European titles at those events with world indoor records along the way and a few British records but from 55 to 70 plus diversified by also winning world Heptathlon, Indoor Pentathlon, high jump and 200m (indoors) titles, relays and European 300m hurdles. Other World and European medals were won at 200m and 300m hurdles and 60m hurdles indoors, as she enjoyed going back the event at which she represented Hampshire as a schoolgirl. More recently as endurance has declined and a partial knee replacement has been performed (in October 2024) thoughts are turning to specialising in Shot and javelin, with a bit of sprinting if possible.
Caroline runs in Birmingham
Let your clubmates know
If you think you have clubmates in your local club who might be interested in this story please post the link https://bmaf.org.uk/2025/02/13/british-masters-winter-throws-championships-2/ to your club’s social media – thanks.