• Home
• About
• Contact
• Blog
• Best of Articles
• Archives
• Promotions

Subscribe

• 40 Yard Dash
• 400 meters
• 800m-Mile
• Coaching
• Marathons
• Most Popular
• Nutrition
• Soccer
• Supplements
• Track and Field
• Training
• Videos
• Weight Training

400-Meter Strategies and Training DVD

UPDATE Sept 2007: Ralph White is now at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

In this video, Ralph White of Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts) is your host.

This video was produced in 2002 and is 100 minutes long. You will see a thorough explanation on how to coach your 400-meter athletes to peak performance. Every aspect is covered to […]

Gary Reed 1:43.68 - 800 meter National Record

In May, I made this bold prediction about Gary Reed possibly running 1:43-mid to lower his personal best and National record:

Let’s take Canada’s Gary Reed for example. His PB for a 400m is 46.72 from 2003. His PB for 800m is 1:43.93 from that magic Rieti meet in Italy 2006. Take his […]

Nigeria Squeezes in 4×100m Relay for Beijing

Last week I posted how the women’s Nigerian team missed the last spot by 0.04 seconds.

Well, The Gods Must be Crazy and magically they are in as the final qualifying spot with Finland and Cuba withdrawing, thus allowing 17th ranked Thailand and 18th ranked Nigeria into the relay.

On the Men’s side, Australia withdrew from the […]

400 Meter Training: 2 x 300m or 2×40 second Workout

When Jeremy Wariner or Michael Johnson does a 2 x 350 meter workout, those times are well under 40 seconds. That doesn’t mean YOU should do a 2 x 350 meter workout.

The purpose of this workout is for “speed endurance”, or to be exact, special endurance.

The ultimate goal of the workout is to reach […]

Track Dimensions: How Many Feet is 400 meters?

The 400 meters is exactly 1312.34 feet or 437.2 yards.

Conversely, the 440 yard dash = 402.56 meters.

You can read a lot more on 440 Yard and 400 Meters Races from an earlier blog post where Tommie Smith ran 44.5 400 meters and 44.8 for 440 yards in the same race.

I am reflecting on my last […]

2008 USATF Masters Champs Hotels in Spokane

COUNTDOWN: 2 WEEKS TO GO!
If you haven’t booked your hotel for the 2008 USATF Masters Championships in Spokane, WA, you’d better hurry. Since Hotels by City is a major sponsor for our Track team’s travels, I summarized the hotels based on pricing. The prices are comparable or lower than Travelocity.
Click here for Deluxe […]

2008 USATF Masters Champs Hotels in Spokane

COUNTDOWN: 2 WEEKS TO GO!
If you haven’t booked your hotel for the 2008 USATF Masters Championships in Spokane, WA, you’d better hurry. Since Hotels by City is a major sponsor for our Track team’s travels, I summarized the hotels based on pricing. The prices are comparable or lower than Travelocity.
Click here for Budget […]

2008 USATF Masters Champs Hotels in Spokane

COUNTDOWN: 2 WEEKS TO GO!
If you haven’t booked your hotel for the 2008 USATF Masters Championships in Spokane, WA, you’d better hurry. Since Hotels by City is a major sponsor for our Track team’s travels, I summarized the hotels based on pricing. The prices are comparable or lower than Travelocity.
Click here for Budget […]

Walter Dix NIKE Spikes?

I respect any athlete who gets a scholarship, especially a NCAA Div 1 scholarship, and stays the entire 4 years. Less than one percent of the 149,000 NCAA Division I athletes turn pro following their college career.

I respect athletes even more who go to school under their own terms, and preventing over racing in […]

Merlene Ottey Fails to Qualify for Eighth Olympics

Last Week, I wrote about Merlene Ottey attempting to compete in eight Olympics.

In the article from NBCOlympics.com, they stated Jamaican-born Slovakian sprinter Merlene Ottey, 48 years old, failed in her final attempts to qualify for Beijing in the 100m to become the first athlete to compete in eight Olympics.

However, there is an error in that […]

4×100 meter Relay Fallouts and Politics

It didn’t take long for all the finger pointing for those countries who did not qualify for the top 16 spots in Beijing.

Personally, I don’t see why the list can’t be expanded to 24 teams with a 3 heat semi-final (top 2 and 2 fastest times)

Last week I posted 4×100 meter Relay in Beijing from […]

Tryptophan Benefits - Good or Bad?

To me, Tryptophan is bad for you, at least during a 400 meters sprint.

I used to consume Power Drive (Biotest) and Vitalyze (SNAC) one hour before my race as both products contains Tyrosine as the main formulation.

Tyrosine blocks the release of Tryptophan, which is the amino acid that gives you the sleepy sedative feeling, especially […]

Michael (Mike) Larrabee Olympic 400 Meters

Mike Larrabee is famous for his “come from behind” or “even splits” 400 Meters Gold medal from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The Americans swept the medals, and they didn’t repeat that feat until 400 meters in Athens 2004 with Jeremy Wariner, Otis Harris, and Derrick Brew.

Mike Larrabee also won a second Gold in the […]

4×400 meter Relay in Beijing

On Friday, I wrote about the 4×100 meter Relay in Beijing. Here are the stats for the 4×400 meter Relay in Beijing.

The Mens side is no surprise. It takes 4 guys an average of 45 seconds to break 3 minutes. 45.75 from the lead-off leg, then 3 guys running 44.75 with a […]

Merlene Ottey - Queen of the Track

This is insane beyond belief.

I was a high school junior in 1979 when Merlene Ottey first appeared in Track and Field. By my senior year in 1980, she had won her first bronze at the Moscow Olympics.

20 years later at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, she won a silver in the relay for Jamaica.

From the […]

4×100 meter Relay in Beijing

When I wrote “Jamaica 4×100m Relay Potential - A Sub 37 Second WR?”, it was before the USA Olympic trials where 6 Americans ran sub 10 seconds 100 meters performances (with a wind of +4 m/s).

No doubt this relay will be a hot ticket item in Beijing.

But if you look at the latest IAAF qualifiers […]

Tommie Smith John Carlos 40 Years Later

Black Power Salute, 1968 Olympics, Mexico City Art Print

On October 16, 1968, this photo changed the world. Even in Canada the effects were tremendous.
You would think 40 years later these two men (children?) would settle their differences! They have 2 completely different versions on what happened on October 16, 1968. This story is from the […]

Bicarbonate Loading Raises Ethical Issues As Performance-Enhancing Aid

I discussed the findings of Bicarbonate Loading in my monthly newsletter. At the time, I didn’t want this Blog to be the focus of drugs or ergogenic aids, at least not the banned and illegal ones.

It comes down to the ethical question of whether or not the athlete has a competitive advantage by taking […]

Videos of USAIN BOLT 19.67 seconds 200m in Athens

Usain Bolt of Jamaica, the 100-meter world record holder, ran the fastest 200 this year in 19.67 seconds at a meet in Athens Grand Prix 2008. Amazingly, Bolt has not yet decided if he will run both races at the Olympics. This race ranks him as the 5th fastest man ever in the 200-meters.
Here is […]

Video of Speedo LZR Racers Controversy

Here is a great video of the controversial swim suit from YouTube and CBC that was discussed yesterday.

Speedo is the official sponsor for Team USA and Team Canada, among others.

This story is no different than the 1984 Olympics when the American dominated cycling (both road and track) with the solid black spoke-less wheels and “conehead” […]

Next Page »

NEW: Functional Strength Coach 3.0