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Share 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 [...]
Share 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 400m [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 running [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
Share 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 [...]
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