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Share This is a long overdue updated article to the Nov 2008 post titled Dynamic Warm Up vs. Static Stretching Controversy Stretching is one of those topics that reminds me of a New York City subway (to quote a Woody Allen movie). Everyone has an opinion and everyone’s opinion will be different. I do like [...]
Share The World Record is 30.85A (altitude) set by Michael Johnson. LaShawn Merritt also ran 31.30 in 2009 which is the current “sea-level world record”. Based on his last 2 races, his Daegu 9.86 100 meter and Shanghai 19.76 200m, do you think he can break the World Record? There was some discussion on How [...]
Share In an attempt to draw more fans to the sport, we are seeing successful attempts at obscure world records. Why? Everyone wants to witness a world record. Winning isn’t enough for the average fans. I wrote about chasing obscure indoor world records last year. This year, we are seeing attempts at: 100 yards: Asafa [...]
Share Almost 20 years ago, both Danny Everett and Roberto Hernandez were credited with a world record time of 31.48 for the 300 meters. It was set on September 3, 1990 at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, just 1 hour south by car from Seville. Danny was declared the winner breaking the previous mark of [...]
Share Last week’s article on Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts for 200 meters brought some good discussion on super high volume, medium intensity training methods. In all fairness, I will present the final week of training prior to his 7 day taper period. I will only focus on track workouts and times, which will give [...]
Share Speedendurance.com went live on Monday, May 21, 2007. That was Victoria Day in Canada (or La fête de Dollard-des-Ormeaux in Quebec). So this weekend marks the three year anniversary. This site has helped hundreds of athletes and coaches achieve personal bests, seasons bests, and Masters “age category” bests over the past three years. And [...]
Share After months of waiting, the Diamond League has begun! Gone is the Golden League. It was great while it lasted. It also mean the Rome Golden Gals will be bumped up to June this year from the traditional July slot. The headline is, no doubt, Usain Bolt. His 100m in Daegu, South Korea looked [...]
Share The 2010 Colorful Daegu Pre-Championships Meeting is a warm-up for the next outdoor track World Championships in 2011. Any time Usain Bolt runs, the whole world watches. What’s he going to run? Weather permitting, that is. Bolt’s first race of the season in mid-February was a 19.56 world leading time for the 200m into [...]
Share Chinese medicine and in particular Chinese sportsmedicine is a topic where I have a lot of experience while growing up in a Chinese family. I’ll leave out acupuncture and other modalities for another time and perhaps get a guest post from my Canadian Chiro and ART specialist Gerry Ramogida. The biggest complaint with most [...]
Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed This is Part 2. For Part 1, click here: 400 Meter Training- Blending Short-to-Long and Long-to-Short Methods – Part I In working with some high school coaches [...]
Share I am sure Tyson Gay is saying (in his head) “Veni, vidi, vici” It’s a famous Latin phrase reportedly written by Julius Caesar in 47 BC which literally translates to “I came, I saw, I conquered”. Tyson Gay came. Tyson Gay saw. Tyson Gay conquered. When Tyson Gay ran a 19.41 FAT at Manchester, [...]
Share With all the hype over Tyson Gay’s attempt in breaking Tommie Smith’s 200 meter straightaway World Record of 19.5, lost in the hype is the potential 200 meter Hurdles World Record. The 200 meter hurdles WR is really the “equivalent” 220 yard hurdles WR, which is approximately 201.2 meters. On April 2, 1960 in [...]
Share Harry Jerome concurrently held or equaled 4 World Records from 1960-65 (60 yard, 100 yards, 100 meters, 4×100m). He attended the University of Oregon on a track scholarship from 1960 to 1964 under the tenure of Bill Bowerman’s of NIKE fame. He also won a bronze medal in the 100 meter sprint at the [...]
Share Nick Dakin: The Best of British Track & Field 400M Hurdles Drills (DVD) British National Team coach Nick Dakin is also the Director of Coaching for Loughborough Students Athletics Club at Loughborough University, a world prominent centre for coaching, sport and exercise science. A former hurdler himself who represented Wales internationally, Nick’s coaching accomplishments [...]
Share This is a continuation to my previous article on Acidosis, Acidic and Alkaline Diets What’s the best way to eat your meals? Certainly our ancestral Cave Men and Cave Women didn’t sit down and enjoy a 3 course meal with an anti-pasta, primi piatti and secondi piatti. They ate what they had. If you [...]
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