Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share At the 2008 Reebook Grand Prix, Usain Bolt set the world record in the 100 meters in 9.72 seconds in less than ideal conditions. And it wasn’t in Europe. It was set at Icahn Stadium, the state-of-the-art facility on New York’s Randall’s Island. This year, we have Asafa Powell running in this same meet. [...]
Share Bud Winter coached at San Jose State University from 1944 – 1974 and was responsible for the legendary “Speed City” in the mid 1960’s. In total, he produced 1 NCAA Championship, 49 NCAA records, and 27 Olympians including including Tommie Smith, Lee Evans, John Carlos, and Ronnie Ray Smith, just to name a few. [...]
Share There are several posts on “Attitude” on this Blog. The best articles include the Dan O’Brien story, Maintaining a Positive Attitude, and Attitude: the Difference Maker from the 2007USATF National Podium Education Project Why is Attitude the most important factor for success? You know that numerology numbers game where: A = 1 B = [...]
Share Gone are the days where the 400 meters was an event for 800 meter runners who moved down in distance. Today, I am convinced the short sprinters have an advantage over the “strength” sprinters like Lee Evans and Butch Reynolds. I am referring to the successes of Quincy Watts and Michael Johnson. In MJ’s [...]
Share Can you use your 150 meter fly time in practice to determine your 400 meter performance? A 150 fly is simply running 160 meters and timing the last 150m. Yes and No. First it would be scary to consider Usain Bolt’s 14.35 150 meter fly time which is probably around 13.35 subtracting 1 second [...]
Share Speedendurance went live on May 21, 2007. That was Victoria Day in Canada (or La fête de Dollard-des-Ormeaux in Quebec) So today marks the 2 year anniversary. This site has helped hundreds of personal bests, seasons bests, and Masters “age category” bests over the past 2 years. And I don’t plan on slowing down [...]
Share This article is an anthology of attributes for a great coach. Mix the ingredients carefully and add you own touch. Many Thanks to all the readers who submitted their notes and thoughts. From Tom Tellez: You are the teacher, and the classroom is the track What are the qualities of a good coach? Comprehension [...]
Share The Great Manchester 150 is run on a specially built tartan track in the city center of Manchester. British sprinters Mark Lewis-Francis and Simeon Williamson will also be in the field, I’ll bet he plans to watch his favorite football (soccer) team, Manchester United, play at Old Trafford after the race! Just to put [...]
Share If you enjoyed Vince Anderson’s Sprint Acceleration and Maximum Velocity article, you are sure to enjoy this podcast. Vince Anderson, the assistant coach at Texas A&M University, is a world class sprint, hurdle and relay coach. He has coached a number of athletes to NCAA and US national titles, including Leonard Scott, Jabari Greer, [...]
Share Daniels’ Running Formula If you enjoyed the article on Jack Daniels – The Art and Science of Running Video, you are sure to enjoy this podcast. With the closing of the The High Altitude Training Center in Flagstaff, I thought to give Jack Daniels some shameless promotion for his book and DVD, though I [...]
Share Bud Winter coached at San Jose State University from 1944 – 1974 and was responsible for the legendary “Speed City” in the mid 1960′s. In total, he produced 1 NCAA Championship, 49 NCAA records, and 27 Olympians including including Tommie Smith, Lee Evans, John Carlos, Ronnie Ray Smith, and Ray Norton, just to name [...]
Share There are two corollaries from the article “Good to Great” Book – Analogies to Track and Field. This is based on Jim Collins’ business book Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t Here are 2 other topics I want to point out: 1) While the practices of engineering continually [...]
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