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David Rudisha 800m World Record Video: 1:41.01

August 30, 2010 · 3 Comments

I predicted David Rudisha would break the World Record in Rieti. He ran a World Record 1:41.09 6 days earlier on August 23rd. When you analyze the top men’s 800 meters performances over the last 25 years, NINE were set in Rieti. Make that TEN as of today! SIDENOTE: In 1997, Wilson Kipketer also broke the record twice in August as he ran 1:41.24 in Zurich on August 13th and 1:41.11 in Cologne on August 24th! UPDATE: split times 1:41.01 48.9/52.1 diff +3.2 1:41.09 49.1/52.0 diff +2.9 Here is that video. Read More →

Track and Field

How much Horsepower does Usain Bolt Generate?

August 31, 2010 · 1 Comment

Back to School Special, Part 2. Warning: this subject matter may bring back horrible memories of high school Physics and Calculus! If you liked the past article on physics, then you’ll love this PowerPoint video using Physics and Calculus to determine the number of horsepower in Usain Bolt. Of course, you can use your own times and bodyweight and come up with a similar (yet lower) number! The presentation shows an exact mathematical calculation of Usain Bolt’s power in horsepower. 1 Horsepower is 746 Watts (a measure of Power). ... [Read the full story]

40 Yard Dash

TRUTH or CRAP? 40 Yard Dash to Determine 400 meter Potential

August 10, 2010 · 14 Comments

One of the quickest and oldest 40 yard dash predictor for 400 meter talent (or any sprinting distance) is running a 40 yard dash. Then, For Male athletes = (Time for 40 yards × 10) + 2 seconds For Female athletes = (Time for 40 yards × 10) + 4 seconds Thus, for a man, a 4.6 40 yard dash is (4.6 seconds x 10) + 2 = 48.0 Now, it’s not saying that a 4.6 40 yard guy WILL run 48 flat for 400m, though funnily enough, my 40 yard dash was 4.6 and I ran 48.36. It’s saying a 4.6 40 yard dash has the POTENTIAL of running 48 seconds for 400 meters based... [Read the full story]

Soccer

Maximum Speed Predictor for 100 meter times and Soccer Players

August 15, 2010 · 7 Comments

My good friend Clay Parker asked me if a runner’s top speed can be extrapolated to a 100 meter time. It’s a good question as we constantly have endless running calculators or converters. Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay recorded 0.805 second splits for 10 meters (based on 20 meters) which calculates to 44.72 kph or 27.794 mph. In the past, I recorded a 3.8 40 meter segment on a flying 100m test. This equates to 0.95 seconds per 10 meters or roughly 37.89 kph. (My ego just soared 10 feet as I would get a moving violation ticket for speeding... [Read the full story]

Basketball

Torino (Turin) 2013 World Masters Games, August 2-11

July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

50,000 athletes in Torino for the 2013 World Masters Games… just 3 YEARS away! TORINO-TURIN — Torino will be hosting the eighth edition of the World Masters Games, the summer games for sportspeople aged from 35 to 100+ years in August 2013. The event – called by Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Torino and Comune di Torino – will attract over 50,000 athletes and fans worldwide and will have positive consequences for economy and tourism throughout Piemonte. From 350,000 to one million presences are expected: visitors will stay from 7 to... [Read the full story]

Swimming

Full Body Track Speed Suits and Compression Suits

July 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment

After all the hard training and countless hours of drills to perfect your running technique, the difference between winning and losing may come down to the difference in the food you eat and TECHNOLOGY. Namely, your track spikes and the clothes you wear. First, we had had the sprinter’s full body suits for aerodynamics. We saw Sanya Richards with the arm bands in Beijing 2008. It was later revealed they were to cover up her skin lesions from Bechets disease. Often you see full body suits – long sleeves, full leg lengths and... [Read the full story]

400 meters

TRUTH or CRAP? 40 Yard Dash to Determine 400 meter Potential

400 meters: Forget Usain Bolt, Here is Jermaine Gonzales

What do you get when you have Usain Bolt as a teammate, Glen Mills as the head coach with former 400 meter Olympian Bert Cameron as a coach? Coupled that with being a taller than average height for a sprinter (1.90m or 6 foot 3 inches)? Ecco Jermaine Gonzales… Jermaine Gonzales ran 44.63 last Friday... Read more of this article

PODCAST – Jared Deacon 400 meter Training Interview

Jared Deacon is currently the UKA Development Coach for Sprints and Hurdles at Loughborough High Performance Centre. I never met Jared, but hopefully I will soon when I go visit fellow Canuck Derek Evely who is the Director at the same venue. Like several well known coaches, he was an athlete first with... Read more of this article

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