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Share At the 2010 Gibson Relays, Usain Bolt ran an impressive 400m anchor leg making up more than 20 meters, but it wasn’t enough to win against a strong University of Technology team. Bolt’s anchor leg split was 43.58 seconds. Listen to the crowd as 15,000 spectators stand and cheer on their feet as he [...]
Share Or, when does Standard Time end? The answer: it depends. The United States, Canada and some other countries (such as Saint Pierre & Miquelon and Turks & Caicos Islands) extended Daylight Savings Time in 2007. The new start date for DST is the second Sunday in March (previously the first Sunday in April) through [...]
Share The producers of NCAA On Demand Track and Field have a nice selection from their archives. This includes all the indoors and outdoors NCAA Championships. What’s your Favorite NCAA Track and Field Moment? If you are a Florida State Fan, or Walter Dix, surely it can’t be 2007! Was it Xavier Carter’s 4 Gold [...]
Share At a global media event featuring footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in London, NIKE, Inc. today unveiled the Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II, a lightweight boot featuring a new, unique adaptive traction system designed for explosive acceleration. The Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II features a reengineered upper for enhanced fit and ball control for fast feet. The vibrant [...]
Share One of the biggest fallacies in sprinting fast is the muscular legs and thighs in sprinters. I recall watching a meet and someone said “look at the size of Dwain Chambers’ quads!” I simply remind them to look Blanka Vlasic legs with her tiny calves… thus the power is in the hips. Even the [...]
Share This week is dedicated to the NFL Scouting Combine, held February 24 – March 2, 2010. Basically, it’s a Job Fair for 300 of the best college football players seeking employment. Everyone will be there and everyone will be watching. A lot of emphasis is on the 40 yard dash, but the other skills [...]
Share This week is dedicated to the NFL Scouting Combine, held February 24 – March 2, 2010. The NFL Football Combine is a Job Fair for 300 of the best college football players seeking employment. I’m a bit biased in choosing the fastest men out of the NCAA. Why? First, I’m a track guy after [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Patrick Beith of Athletes Acceleration. The ability to stop, start, cut and sprint are extremely crucial skills needed to be successful in soccer. Here are 6 of our top soccer agility drills for players that can be used and are great in a team setting. 1. Ground Marker [...]
Share The 4x400m relay. The final event of any Track and Field schedule. What does it take to run 2:54? I’ve always wanted to see the dream team of Steve Lewis, Quincy Watts, Harry Reynolds, Michael Johnson, because all were sub 44 men in the 400 meters. The “current” WR has 3 sub 44 men [...]
Share LRC Brain Teaser asks: How is Bolt’s 200m WR almost exactly twice his 100m WR? Wejo and Rojo, you might think just doubling your 100m PB is the quick answer, but there’s more behind the story. Usain Bolt’s PB for the 100 and 200 meters is 9.58 and 19.19 respectively. In the 200 meters, [...]
Share Former Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green just turned 50 years old. He played for the Redskins from 1983-2002 which is quite a feat in longevity considering the NFL average of 4 years! On his Twitter account, he claims to have run a 40-yard-dash in 4.43 seconds, and then claimed to be the fastest baby [...]
Share If you haven’t heard of iDashboards, you’ve probably seen their dashboards at many other applications. Now iDashboards has another Olympic gift for you: The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Real Time Updates Mouse over your home country, and you can see the entire stats of medal counts and the names of the medalists. Historical data [...]
Share Torrin Lawrence is quickly becoming a household name in the elite 400 meter running scene. His recent 45.03 seconds was the third-fastest in collegiate history and the fastest time in the world this year. The indoor world record for 400m was set in 2005 by Kerron Clement’s 44.57. He also ran 32.32 in the [...]
Share The best analogy for buying starting blocks is camping. You want to purchase the highest quality boots and tent money can buy. For everything else, you can go second rate, used, or thrift shops. For example, if you don’t have the best sleeping bag, or the best water bottle, who cares? As long as [...]
Share This interview was held on March 2009. A couple of interesting points. John Smith’s HSI group does their weight training at 9am, followed by the track work at 11am. By no means are the weights at maximal levels. Same with Jeremy’s weight workouts. They are primarily used as a stimulus, in my opinion. Also, [...]
Share Here in Italy, we love our football or CALCIO. After attending a few games, I started to see some patterns. On the clothing side, a lot of spectators wear Italian made KAPPA. You can’t miss their logo. But for footwear among the players, it’s a toss up between the Nike Mercurial Vapor Superfly versus [...]
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Share If you drink alcohol, you’ve seen the ads where there are different portion sizes for various drinks. A beer is served in a 10-12 oz glass. A glass of wine is 5 oz, and a shot of hard liquor is 1.25 oz.. For the purpose of conversion, 1 US fluid ounce (oz) = 29.57 [...]