The Chris Lukezic Workout

May 6, 2008 by Jimson Lee

UPDATE: Sorry, this video has been removed from blip.tv.

When you watch this video, and see lots of medicine balls, hip mobility drills, dynamic stretching, speed and agility drills, you would think he was just another skinny sprinter. But with more and more middle distance runners becoming a more complete athlete as seen in the […]

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Usain Bolt 9.76 100m Video

May 4, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Asafa Powell, step aside. With his world record at 9.74, it good to see his fellow countryman step up to the plate.
Usain Bolt ran a 9.76 100 meters (wind +1.8) at the 2008 Jamaican Invitational.
Here is the video from YouTube (Usain Bolt is in Lane 4):

Second place was America’s Darvis Patton in 10.08 and […]

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Some Great 4×400 Relays this Weekend

April 28, 2008 by Jimson Lee

The 4×400 meter relay is arguably the most exciting event in Track and Field.
This weekend was no exception.
The Oregon Relays
Check out the number of lead changes in this 4×400m video hosted by Runnerspace. We are so use to seeing USA dominate (annihilate?) the competition at International meets.
University of Washington phenom Jordan Boase takes the […]

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1968: Black Americans or Negro Americans?

April 25, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Here is a video clip from the CBC archives.
The video shows Tommie Smith and John Carlos being interviewed immediately after their 1968 Olympic “Black Power” salute from their Gold and Bronze medal in the 200 meters. They were ordered by the IOC to leave the Olympic Village within 48 hours.
It also has Harry Jerome, […]

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Who Needs Rabbits? Video of Filbert Bayi 1500m WR

April 22, 2008 by Jimson Lee

My all time favorite race without rabbits is the 1974 Commonwealth Games 1500 meters in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Filbert Bayi’s set a world record of 3.32.2 beating New Zealand’s John Walker in the process. Bayi opened up a first lap 54.9 and ran from start to finish in first place, with Walker closing in the […]

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TrackandFieldRadio .com - I DARE YOU TO RUN

April 17, 2008 by Jimson Lee

I had the pleasure of working out once with Decathlete Phil McMullen during my years at Berkeley, California. It was a pretty intensive speed endurance workout, and I’m sure glad he didn’t invite me to practice the field events!
On the other hand, his brother Paul McMullen is well known for winning the 1996 US […]

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Ties in Sprinting History: 1982 Commonwealth 200m

March 31, 2008 by Jimson Lee

In the high jump and pole vault, a jump off is used to determine the winner, but ties are permitted for the other placings. One has to look back at the drama from the women’s High Jump at the 1984 Olympics with the dual between Germany’s Ulrike Meyfarth’s and Italy’s Sara Simeoni.
Other field events, […]

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Japanese Documentary of Asafa Powell

March 27, 2008 by Jimson Lee

If you enjoyed the British version of Sports Matters “Worlds Fastest Man” with Michael Johnson, you’ll certainly enjoy this 1 hour documentary of Sports Science with Asafa Powell on Japanese TV.
There are no commercials, and you can view the 5 part, 10 min segments of the show below.
The show is in Japanese, but it’s well […]

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Complete Videos of Track and Field World Records

March 27, 2008 by Jimson Lee

This video is a great collection of all the Men’s Track and Field World Records (excludes distances over 5000 meters or Multis).
Some of these videos are very rare, as I haven’t seen these in a long long time (i.e. the pole vault or high jump record)
This list has a lot of outstanding performances… let me […]

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Clyde Hart Drills Session at the USATF NPEP

February 27, 2008 by Jimson Lee

These are some of the highlights from the USATF National Podium Education Project in Las Vegas from Dec 11-15, 2007.
UPDATE: download Clyde Hart’s 60 page Training Manual here

It was a dark and stormy night cold and windy day in Las Vegas for the outdoor session at the USATF National Podium Education Project.
The video quality is […]

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Butch Reynolds 400 meter 1996 Atlanta Grand Prix

February 26, 2008 by Jimson Lee

The 1996 Atlanta Track and Field Grand Prix was held two months prior to the Summer Olympics as a “warm up” to the USATF Olympic Trials.
Two of the favorites in this race was Butch Reynolds & Deon Minor won by Reynolds in 44.33. It also had Briton’s Iwan Thomas and Roger Black.
Here’s a brief […]

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Michael Johnson 200 meter 1996 Atlanta Grand Prix

February 25, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Sadly, this stadium no longer exists. Well, it does, but in the form of a baseball stadium for the Atlanta Braves.
The 1996 Atlanta Grand Prix was held two months prior to the Summer Olympics. So this race was “warm up” to the USATF Olympic Trials (the race where Michael Johnson won […]

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Where is Donovan Bailey & Mark McKoy?

February 23, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Mark McKoy won the Gold Medal in the 110 meters hurdles at the 1992 Olympics. Donovan Bailey won the Gold Medal in the 100 meters at the 1996 Olympics.
Where are they now?
Like most professional athletes, they either become coaches (like Larry Wade and Jon Drummond) or Sales professionals. The dynamic duo are still […]

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Curve Running and 200 Meters in Lane 8? No problem!

February 15, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Last year, one of my athletes complained about his lane draw for the 200 meters as he drew Lane 8.
Complaining wasn’t the best way to describe his emotions. It was more of frustration, or perhaps, a little worried.
I promptly reminded him that Xavier Carter (better known as the X-man) ran 19.63 in Lane 8 […]

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Videos of the Top 5 Foam Roller Exercises

February 11, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Retail Price: $32.31 Sale Price: $29.08
6′ Round 3′ Long Foam Roller
Last week, I posted 2 videos on How to Use a Foam Roller. The videos included pretty women in tight outfits.
So in all fairness, here are two more videos with men from YouTube that describes some different Foam Roller Exercises.
Unfortunately, the men aren’t very […]

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Foam Roller Exercises

February 7, 2008 by Jimson Lee

Retail Price: $32.31 Sale Price: $29.08
6′ Round 3′ Long Foam Roller
Last weekend, I was at the Death Valley Marathon and one of my athletes had a very tight IT band.
Obviously, he suffers from IT band syndrome. And with the course having a very long downhill section, it was imperative that his IT […]

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Ben Johnson, Bruny Surin 1992 Canadian Olympic Trials

January 17, 2008 by Jimson Lee

We all know the saga from the post-1988 Seoul Olympics.

At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Ben Johnson would not qualify after the 100 meter semi-finals, and Bruny went on to finish 4th after leading the race for 60 meters.

A reader who wishes to remain anonymous sent me the link to this video. This one […]

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Video of Bobby Morrow 1956 Triple Olympic Gold Medalist

January 15, 2008 by Jimson Lee

After the passing of J. Oliver Jackson, I looked into my archives to find some videos of Bobby Morrow, the 100m, 200m 4×100m 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist in Melbourne, Australia. Morrow also was a sprinter at Abilene Christian University. The 4×100 meter was a world record.

He retired in 1958, made a short comeback […]

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HSI John Smith Drills Session with Jon Drummond

January 12, 2008 by Jimson Lee

These are some of the highlights from the USATF National Podium Education Project in Las Vegas from Dec 11-15, 2007.
Anytime you have John Smith presenting, you can feel the passion in his voice. This man loves Track and Field.
Add ex-athlete turned coach Jon Drummond to the mix, and you have an educational and comical […]

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