Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share The 2011 Rome Golden Gala ended the same way as the upcoming 2012 London Summer Olympics. That is, with the 4×100 meter on the program (instead of the traditional 4x400m relay) The home team of Italy was favoured to win, but you can never count out the Canadians. Or anyone for that matter. In [...]
Share Sorry, Usain, but the Men’s 200 meters drew the loudest cheers during the race. The Men’s 200 meters was a non Samsung Diamond League event with USA-born Italian Long Jumper Andrew Howe winning the race in an impressive 20.31, beating seasoned 200m specialists Shawn Crawford, and Christian Malcolm. I have videos from the TV [...]
Share Prior to the 8pm start time at the 2011 Rome Samsung Diamond League Golden Gala, they had 2 “pre-program” 100 meter races. Unfortunately, the winners do not go on to run the Final. That’s too bad because 2 Canadians won, and these same two guys were running the 4x100m relay 2 hours later. (Maybe [...]
Share Looking at the clouds at tonight’s Samsung Diamond League 100 meter race (I still call it the Roma Golden Gala), I thought it was going to downpour. But the rain and lightning started around 6pm and luckily, the winds pushed it about 40km north of Stadio Olympico. With a near full house, the showcase [...]
Share This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. Part 1 talks about being injury prone. Part 2 talks about expectations. Part 3 are my top recommendations. Considerations and Expectations If you had world class speed as an open athlete, chances are you’ll do well in your age group. If you were a mediocre [...]
Share Alex Hutchinson’s first book Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights?: Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise is officially released today. Congrats to Alex, (being a distance runner), who beat me (a sprinter) in the race to publish their first book. Who the heck is Alex Hutchinson? For [...]
Share The key to success, execution and leadership is composure. In Track, the “worst” moment is the 5 minutes leading up to the gun. Once the gun goes off, the rest is all automatic. Remember that stupid TV commercial for the antiperspirant deodorant? One of the rules of success was “never let them see you [...]
Share When you think of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, you immediately think of the Black Power Salute of the 200 meters, Kip Keino and Jim Ryan in the “rabbited” 1500 meters, the Bob Beamon Long Jump, and Dick Fosbury’s High Jump. These events are etched in Gold. Some people may even remember the Marathon. [...]
Share This is a basic weight training guide for a 2nd or 3rd year (or onwards) “full time” athlete (i.e. not a recreational nor part-time multi-sport athlete). For a primer on weight training, click here. I feel for a beginner track athlete, the 1st year and/or 2nd year should be a general strength training program. [...]
Share This is a follow-up to the article Training for 400m: Balancing Speed and Special Endurance You’ve done your GPP (General Prep) last fall, and are currently doing SPP (Specific Prep) training or possibly be in your Competitive phase. For a good detailed review of the terminology of different workout types, see CLASSIFYING SPRINT TRAINING [...]
Share It all started in 2009 when Usain Bolt broke the 150 meter record in 14.35 with splits found here. Prior to this, the unofficial “world best” was Italy’s Olympic 200m champion Pietro Mennea in 14.8 (HT) sec back in 1983. I’ve always loved the 150m distance as it is a good indicator to extrapolate [...]
Share A reader asked me by email several questions on weight training. Since this is May, and just before the competition phase, I would not do anything radical until September. But it doesn’t hurt to review some of the basic concepts. Weight training has its place but there are a few things you should know. [...]
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