Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share This is Part 7 of a multi-part series from my recent trip to Orlando & Clermont, Florida. Part 1 was with Dennis Mitchell and Part 2 was with Brooks Johnson. Parts 3 & 5 was Hurdle Touchdown Times with Kellie Wells Training and Part 4 included Håkan Andersson. Part 5 was myself being interviewed [...]
Share This is Part 4 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Week 1 was with renowned jumps coach Boo Schexnayder. Week 2 had Dr. Mike Stone of the USOC and NBA and Week 3 was performance specialist Henk Kraaijenhof. Dan Pfaff is the Director [...]
Share This is Part 3 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Week 1 was with renowned jumps coach Boo Schexnayder. Week 2 had Dr. Mike Stone of the USOC and NBA. Henk Kraaijenhof coaching credentials include Nelli Cooman, Melene Ottey, Troy Douglas and Tennis [...]
Share This is part 2 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Week 1 was with renowned jumps coach Boo Schexnayder. Mike Stone PhD is currently the Exercise and Sports Science Laboratory Director in the Department of Kinesiology, Leisure, and Sport Sciences (KLSS) at East [...]
Share This is Part 4 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was with Dennis Mitchell. Part 2 was with Brooks Johnson. Part 3 was Hurdle Touchdown Times One of the highlights of my Orlando-Clermont trip was shadowing a session with Håkan Andersson of Sweden. Since I am Canadian, his wife is also from Canada, so [...]
Share This is part 1 of the weekly “Friday Five” series where I ask 5 tough questions to world class elite coaches. Irving "Boo" Schexnayder is regarded internationally as one of the leading authorities in training design, especially in the Jump events. He coached triple jumper Walter Davis, long jumper John Moffitt, and 19 NCAA [...]
Share This is Part 1 of a multi-part series from my week in Orlando & Clermont. Dennis Mitchell is the head coach with Star Athletics at the National Training Center in Clermont, Florida. Prior to coaching, he has won numerous medals at the Olympics and World Championships in both 100 meters and the 4×100 meter [...]
Share This is part 3 of a 3 part series. Part 1 was about Greatest Sprinter who Never Went to the Olympics and Part 2 discussed The “Dirty Business” Side of Track & Field. Shortly after his competitive career, he coached alongside with Brooks Johnson in Florida (To hear what Brooks has to say about [...]
Share This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. Click here for Part 1. If you enjoyed the The Business Side of Track & Field Interview with Kris Mychasiw, then you’ll enjoy this one. People give credit to Carl Lewis as the man who setup professional Track and Field, where athletes got paid market [...]
Share Today is March 8, which means we recognize International Women’s Day (IWD) around the world. In the past, I wrote about Coach/athlete Irena Szewinska, and athletes Wyomia Tyus and Chi Cheng. For 2012, I reached out to Margot Wells. I feel coaching elite sprinters is a rarity for women. Sharon Hannan, Sally Pearson’s coach [...]
Share This is Part 1 of a 3 part series Between 1972 and 1984, American Steve Williams was probably the greatest sprinter who never went to the Olympics. Injury plagued him in 1972 and 1976, the Boycott prevent athletes going to the 1980 games, and by 1984, he was 31 years old and at the [...]
Share There comes a time in your track career when (hopefully) you will get a chance to run at the Elite and World level. What are the ins-and-outs in finding an agent, landing your first sponsor, and getting into big meets? I had the chance to speak to Sports Agent Kris Mychasiw of Sprint Management [...]
Share I have an expression for myself and my athletes. “Do whatever you have to do to get ready for your race”. When that gun goes off, you want both muscle and nerve fibers ready to fire at 100%. So in terms of a timeline, the activity before the race is called a “warm up”. [...]
Share 400m hurdler Jeshua Anderson is a 3 Time NCAA Champion from Washington State University. He is also the 2011 US Outdoor Champ where he defeated Bershawn Jackson in a close 3 way finish. You can watch the race here on YouTube. On our Skype call, we talked about his past Millrose performance at 500 [...]
Share I had the pleasure of speaking with LaShawn Merrit, the 400 meter 2008 Olympic and 2009 Word Championship Gold medalist. We talked about training, and especially Dwayne Miller’s famous “Drill Outs” workout. Miller presented LaShawn’s annual plan at the 2008 SuperClinic. I primarily asked about his 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 season, and that Beijing [...]
Share Dwayne Miller: World Class 400M Dash (DVD) If you attend the USATF Olympic Trials, they hold a fantastic SuperClinic series on the “rest day break” every year since 1992. The 2012 SuperClinic will be on Tuesday 26 June at the Boulevard Grill on the south end of Franklin, 5 blocks from Hayward Field. The [...]
Share The good folks at the Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre (CACC) have once again provided some stellar content. Even though Derek Evely and Kevin Tyler have left for the UK, the CACC continues to be a great source of information. Highly recommended with a mixture of free content, as well as paid premium content such [...]
Share Track Alerts had a great interview with Glen Mills, in case you missed it. There’s aren’t any secrets here, but the best part of the Q&A was “the last word” on Mills on the state of the sport. Canada and the USA aren’t the only ones having problems keeping and retaining young elite athletes [...]
Share Christophe Lemaitre was in Amsterdam this week and fellow Dutch Blogger Losse Veter has the chance to interview him. The first question was his decision (and his coach!) to skip the World Indoor Championships. Later, he talks about the past season, his goals, next year’s Olympics in London, the mental part of the sport, [...]
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My Ethical Cheating segment on ESPN 1280AM / Living the Run
Share Below is the audio and video from my radio appearance on ESPN (The Ticket) 1280AM yesterday. Many thanks to Ryan Foran of LivingtheRun.com for having me on the show Wednesday. The co-host is decathlete Paul Terek, a 2004 Olympian and on the USA World Championship team in ’03, ’05, ’07. Maybe I should title [...]