Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share It’s April, and that means relays! But for the Olympics, it’s a different story. The qualification process for the Relay events (4 x100m and 4 x 400m) for London 2012 is as follows: A maximum of 16 qualified teams in each relay event (for 2 semi-finals), based on the aggregate of the two fastest [...]
Share The Women’s 4×400 meter Relay at the 2012 World Indoor Championships provided the best race of the meet. The race clearly shows how to run the relay, because anyone can win a relay. Aristotle once said, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. This video on YouTube is in my film [...]
Share Costa Rican Nery Brenes had a victory locked up in the men’s 400m at the 2012 Birmingham Grand Prix. I projected a 45.2 or 45.3 performance with an aggressive first 200 meters. But freak accidents occur in the last 50 meters of a 400m, and he accidently stepped on the advertising billboard and crashed. [...]
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 Here is a drill. Hold a paper tube in your mouth with your teeth, then sprint 100 meters. After the run, inspect the paper tube. Those who had no teeth marks on the tube were considered sprinters. Those with teeth marks were simply considered runners. Thus, the main quality to sprinting is the ability [...]
Share Clyde Hart’s 200/400M Sprint Training Program Clyde Hart’s resume at the NCAA and Olympic level proves his method works for the athletes he recruits. I’ve seen Clyde in person at several conferences, and the room is always silent with his stories and examples when he talks about his training methods. This Blog has free [...]
Share I created a 12 minute video on How to Run the Indoor 300 or 400 meters. The indoor track competitive season has begun, so if you plan on running a 400 meters indoor, read on. Scroll below, or click here for the video on YouTube. Here is the presentation in PowerPoint with the transcript [...]
Share The 6 pack abs, or a “washboard stomach”, seems to be the holy grail for the average non-athlete. For athletes, especially sprinters with above average muscle mass and below average body fat, a six-pack (or even 8-pack) appears to come with the territory. We don’t train for 6-pack abs, it just comes naturally. But [...]
Share Here is a sample analysis of a sprinter using starting blocks. As always, I try to keep my videos under 10 minutes. Normally, I need a whole hour or 90 minutes to critique a full starting block analysis. If you want more information on how to get a great start with starting blocks, read [...]
Share I did a 10 minute video on Calculating 400 meter Potential, giving conversions for 200m, 100m and 60 meter times. The indoor track competitive season has begun, so if you just ran a 60 meter indoor, read on. Scroll below, or click here for the video on YouTube. Here is the presentation in PowerPoint [...]
Share Here are two great videos for coaching sprinting as well as understanding sprinting. John Pryor is a Biomechanist and Strength & Conditioning coach in Australia. Primarily his focus is in International Rugby, but his passion is speed (like most of us). How to get faster is the Holy Grail for all strength, power and [...]
Share I started my Track career at nine years old as a Triple Jumper, so the horizontal jumps has a special meaning to me. Because speed training is vital for jumpers, I also ran the 4x200m relay, then eventually became a specialist in the 400 meters. The Long and Triple Jump doesn’t have the glory [...]
Share If you like the video of Christophe Lemaitre’s How to Run the 100 meters last July, you’ll like this one with Usain Bolt. And it’s subtitled in French, too. In this video on YouTube, we go through the entire process from start to finish. Even Usain Bolt admits his reaction time is critical. His [...]
Share London 2012 and Atos, the Worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today officially unveiled the Technology Operations Centre – the mission control for all 94 Olympic competition and non-competition venues. The launch follows the first phase of the London Prepares Series, during which the London 2012 technology team together with Atos, [...]
Share This is not an April fools joke… Just like the 1908 Olympic Marathon was extended to present day 26 miles, 385 yards (or 42.195m), running counter clockwise started in the 6th century BC and has stayed that way ever since. That is, until the 2011 Brussels Diamond League. Take a look at the YouTube [...]
Share Usain Bolt had something to prove. With Asafa Powell’s 9.78 World Lead at Lausanne, and Yohan Blake’s recent back-to-back 9.82 100 meters, he wanted to finish the season on top. And with Nesta Carter in the race, it wouldn’t be easy. Little did he know that Yohan would run 19.26 six minutes later (with [...]
Share No surprise we see yet another superior performance by David Rudisha in Rieti. The track is known for its fast times and world leaders after a major Championship. Yes, it’s the hard track and favorable winds. See conspiracy theories below. Yes, it’s a “straight finals” meet instead of the rounds. Yes, it’s after THE [...]
Share A while back, I posted Peter Snell’s training log leading up to his 1:44.3 800m world record. Many of you know his coach was the legendary Arthur Lydiard (read Was Arthur Lydiard Right All Along?) This National Film Unit classic from New Zealand tells Peter Snell’s story up to just prior to his triumph [...]
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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 [...]