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Share The official splits from the IAAF can be found here (PDF). What can we learn from these splits? Standard Coaching Theory If your opening 200m is within 1 second of your best 200m, and the differential between the 1st half and 2nd half is about 2 seconds, then simple logic determines your 400m time [...]
Share How to Convert 10 meter Splits to Kph or Mph This article is in response to a LAZY reader who emailed me on how to calculate or convert 10m times to miles per hour. It is possible the reader is 9 years old and unable to do fractions, too. In reviewing the splits from [...]
Share Imagine if someone said to the Jamaican 4x100m Team: “You can’t win, all you have is Usain Bolt”. Afterwards, in victory of course, Jamaica would reply: “All you need is Usain Bolt”. In Zurich, 45 minutes after his 9.81 100 meter victory, we finally get a chance to see Bolt run the Anchor. Bolt [...]
Share Usain Bolt 9.81 Weltklasse Zurich Video How fast will Usain Bolt run? How tired is this human after his 19.19 200m World Record? His “weak” 4x100m relay leg showed he was human after all! Will he just go for the win against fellow countryman Asafa Powell? UPDATE: Check back on this site in a [...]
Share There are a lot of coaching experts out there who deal with sports specify. And they all charge big bucks. I simply look at any given sport and break it down to the fundamentals of training principles and sports physiology. For example, I’d rather focus on the short speed of a Soccer player than [...]
Share Thoughts on the post 2009 World Championships in Berlin I love Track and Field (Athletics to the rest of the world) primarily for one reason. With the Track running events, the first person to cross the line is the winner. Usually. In the Winter Olympics, all but one event is either a time-trial or [...]
Share If the number forty-three-point-one-eight (43.18) doesn’t mean anything to you, then you aren’t a real Quarter-miler. One day, that number (or lower) will be the 100 meter freestyle swim record. It was ten years ago today, Michael Johnson set the Men’s 400-meter world record in Seville. Michael Johnson should have demolished the 400 World [...]
Share NIKE, Inc. today announced the launch of the Air Pegasus+ 26 performance running shoe on NIKEiD.com. The Air Pegasus+ 26 debut on NIKEiD.com marks the most robust customization package ever available for a running shoe by offering customized width, independent left-right sizing, mid sole cushioning options, outsole choices and vast material and color options. [...]
Share LaShawn Merrit and Jeremy Wariner in the 400m – The Battle of Nike and Adidas Next to the Usain Bolt – Tyson Gay anticipated match up, the LaShawn Merritt Jeremy Wariner head-to-head match up comes next. These two have been avoiding each other all year, and the meeting in Herculis Greece never materialized where [...]
Share Watching the Men’s Pole vault with an injured Steve Hooker inspired me to write this article. In the past article on Technological Innovations in Track and Field, I forgot to mention the Pole vault standards that support the bar were changed from 76mm to 55mm. We are talking about the days of super dominant [...]
Share 19.19. Sounds like a year from the WWI history books. What is the take home message, when you compare this with his 19.30 from Beijing 2008? (1) The faster your 100m time (speed), the faster your 200m can potentially be, with a faster opening 100m (speed reserve) taking the curve in consideration. (2) Everyone [...]
Share On Monday, I posted Usain Bolt’s 20 meter splits courtesy of the IAAF. Another biomechanical report has come out with 10 meter splits. You can download the official document here (PDF) But First, the Disclaimer When you want to lose or gain weight, you should always weigh yourself with the same scale, the same [...]
Share On August 31, 2008, they had the largest Human Race with almost 800,000 participants Worldwide over a 10 km distance. Even Carl Lewis got involved by being the unofficial starter in Rome, Italy. I don’t know why he wasn’t in Los Angeles where he belongs. My guess is the Jerry Lewis theory… they are [...]
Share Here are some thoughts and opinions from the 2009 World Championships in Berlin “half-time report”. As usual, I’ll try to focus on coaching and training concepts. Starting Blocks – Back to the Low Blocks Track and Field at the elite level has gone back and forth from low blocks to high blocks during the [...]
Share This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Click here for Part 2 with 10 meter splits . Honestly, I didn’t expect Usain Bolt to run sub 9.60. I felt a WR was imminent after watching his SF, and I knew his chest thumping slowdown in Beijing showed me he could run low [...]
Share Usain Bolt Berlin World Championships Video How fast will Usain Bolt run? That seems to be the question these days, barring unfortunate weather conditions. His 10.03 jogging the last 60 meters in the Quarter-Finals made me believe he is ready for another world record. He appeared to relax (while the rest of the field [...]
Share It appears Coach Mills was right, based on extreme-value theory. Last year when Usain Bolt’s coach Glen Mills claimed Bolt could run 9.52, I bashed him say it was impossible. I analyzed Usain Bolt’s 10 meter splits from his 9.69 Beijing Olympic victory and extrapolated his last 10 meter segment, without the chest thumping. [...]
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