Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share I’ve been waiting for this article to come out. There was a lot of news with Michael Johnson’s Golden Track spikes back in 1996. And we are still waiting for the Asafa Powell spikes expected to make an appearance at Beijing. We’ll see if he wins a gold after Usain Bolts 9.72 World Record [...]
Share The last time a mixed team consisting of athletes from different countries setting a world record was the University of Southern California in 1967. Ironically, the infamous O.J. Simpson ran the 3rd leg and handed it off to Lennox Miller of Jamaica in a time of 38.6 hand time. Lennox Miller would later win [...]
Share In the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Jim Thorpe won both the Pentathlon and Decathlon events. He also placed fourth in the high-jump and took seventh place in the long jump in the individual events. That’s 17 events in a span of a week! In 1913, the IOC unanimously decided to strip Thorpe of his Olympic [...]
Share This article was guest blogged by Martin Chase, a retired NFL player who has played with the Giants, the Saints, the Redskins, the Ravens, and the Jaguars. How To Become An NFL Player In this article I am going to discuss the specific football drill skills you need to develop to make you look [...]
Share The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder. Men’s 1500 meters Taylor Milne runs away from the field with 300 meters to [...]
Share The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder. Women’s 1500 meters Kara Goucher shows her speed in this 1500m. She’s my favorite [...]
Share The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder. Men’s 800 meters Gary Reed runs a solo 1:45.44 despite running a 1:45.66 two [...]
Share The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder. Men’s 400 meters Strong performances by James Davis (a.k.a. “Quarter Horse” on Track & [...]
Share The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder. Men’s 100 meters Impressive performances by Canadian Brian Barnett and American Jason Heard. Barnett [...]
Share The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder. Women’s 100 meters A great 100m/100m Hurdles double by Priscila Lopes-Schliep (11.61 / 12.86) [...]
Share This article was guest blogged by Joe Heiler PT, CSCS, a physical therapist specializing in sports medicine and orthopedics. What is the best way to increase speed for football? Improve acceleration! This means getting to full speed in as little time as possible. Football requires short intense bursts of speed, and the most successful [...]
Share When I was a boy (and that was a longtime ago) I remember eating Shark Fin Soup for New Year’s Day dinner. The occasional wedding dinner would also serve it as an appetizer. Unlike the Bird Nest soup (which isn’t really a bird nest) and the Egg Roll (which doesn’t contain any eggs), Shark [...]
Share Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness… and Olympic Medals ! By now, you’re probably aware of countries like Qatar and Bahrain “importing” elite athletes in the Pursuit of Olympic Medals. Qatar offers a monthly stipend of $1000 USD for life to athletes who “switches passports”. LetsRun.com is notorious for pointing out this fact [...]
Share “Speed-linking” is a term to define a collection (or handful) of good posts on a particular topic, very similar to a Blog Carnival. Here is a collection of 40 yard dash workouts and videos from Speedendurance.com’s archives: Improving your 40 Yard Dash Instructional Videos Draftguys TV: The Secrets of the 40-Yard Dash – Coach [...]
Share Remember that tie at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 200m where it was virtually impossible to separate 1st and 2nd? In 1990, both Danny Everett and Roberto Hernandez were credited with a time of 31.48 in the rarely contested outdoor 300m. Danny was declared the winner with the new world record breaking the previous mark [...]
Share Here we go again. I hope this court order doesn’t cause the 100 meters US Trials to be delayed by several days. If history repeats itself, you may remember the incident at the 1992 US Trials. In 1990, Butch Reynolds was banned two years by the IAAF. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) cleared [...]
Share With my extensive Information Technology background, I used to volunteer as a Photo Finish timer or reader. The days were long, and the number of interruptions were tremendous from all the athletes peeking over your shoulder looking for their official electronic time! Who can blame them? Gone are the days of hand times at [...]
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