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400 meters - The Numbers Game

Ever notice airline magazines and USA Today have those short articles with interesting stats and numbers?
I thought to give it a try with the 400 meters. 
Here goes…
The 400 meters
5800 – Number of subscribers to SpeedEndurance.com
3635 – Age of the current world record (in days)
2010 -  ? Year of the first sub 43 by Usain […]

100-200-400 Sprint Doubles and Triples

When Michael Johnson became the first man to win the 200-400 double at the same Olympics, a lot of people didn’t know that feat was accomplished TWICE by a female athlete.  USA’s Valerie Brisco-Hooks did it in the Eastern Boycott Olympic Games of Los Angeles in 1984.  Then Marie-Jose Perec of France did it hours […]

What is Speed Reserve? Part 1 - 400 meter Sprinter types

Before I discuss the topic of speed reserve, I want to talk about the different types of 400 meter sprinters.

Types of 400 meter runners

100/200 sprinters moving up to the 400m: In the past, short sprinters moving up the distance were rare. Remember Eric Liddell in Chariots of Fire? Today, we’ve […]

History of Jamaican Sprinting 1948-2002 Video

Here is an interesting 15 minute history lesson on Jamaican sprinting from the Olympic appearance of Herb McKenley in 1948 up to 2002 when this film was produced.

This video includes interviews from Jamaica’s Head Coach Dennis Johnson, and athletes Lennox Miller, Michael Blackwood, Ray Stewart, Donald Quarrie and more. None of these men won […]

Obituaries - Herb McKenley 1922-2007

This article was guest blogged by Philippe Neron of Incrediblesteps Records

Today is the one year anniversary of the passing of Jamaica’s Herb McKenley.

Sometimes, you get better with age. Michael Johnson repeated his Gold medal victory in the 400m in the 2000 Sydney Olympics at the age of 33. Mike Larrabee was 30 years […]

Last Ten 400 meters Dash Olympic Champions

I was going to post the last ten 400 meters dash Olympic Champions, but decided to post the last 16 Olympic medalists since the post WWII “modern era”.

To read more about these athletes, click on the link under their name. Some names require no introductions.

This list is a classic, but it leaves me with […]

Greatest Relay Leg - Herb McKenley 1952 Olympics 4×400m World Record

With the passing of Larry James, and his gold medal in the 4×400m relay in Mexico City, I decided to surf around for some great relay moments. In that relay, I am impressed how Ron Freeman opened up an insurmountable lead as their second runner. In fact, Kenya was in first place at the […]

Obituaries - 400 meter Specialist Larry James 1947-2008

In the past 18 months this Blog has been around, we’ve had a few great ones pass away in such a short period of time:

Al Oerter
Herb McKenley
Peter Norman
Robert Taylor

And now Larry James.

Larry James is best known for his silver medal at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in the 400 meters with a time of 43.97 […]

Usain Bolt 100m 9.69 Olympic World Record Video

Utterly, amazing!

And he slowed down. Imagine if he ran right through?

Take my 100 meter to 200 meter conversion equation of doubled and add or subtract +/- 0.2 seconds = 19.38 (+/- 0.2).

The next question is, “Can he bring down Micheal Johnson’s 19.32?”

Will he win 3 Golds with Jamaica winning the 4×100m relay? How […]

David Powell’s Top 50 Olympic Athletes List

The world is full of lists. Everyone has their own list on who deserves to be the greatest Olympic athlete.
Here is David Powell’s Top 50 Olympic Athletes List.
50. Merlene Ottey (Jamaica)
49. Frankie Fredericks (Namibia)
48. Gwen Torrence (United States)
47. Harry Hillman (United States)
46. Evelyn Ashford (United States)
45. Alain Mimoun (France)
44. Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Union)
43. Parry […]

Winner of the Herb McKenley DVD Contest

To make this contest fair, I entered all the emails from both the RSS subscribers and the Speedendurance.com newsletter using Random.org. This site is also good for choosing lottery numbers.
The Winner of the Herb McKenley DVD Contest is “Coachus”.
“Coachus” is a RSS to email reader, and the sign-up doesn’t ask for your name, but […]

Win a Herb McKenley DVD Contest

This is his story.
Jamacain Herb McKenley is the only man to have reached the finals of the Olympic 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters.
McKenley was also the first man to run the quarter mile under 46 seconds and under 45 seconds.
It took six tries in Olympic Finals to eventually win a Gold medal:

1948 Olympics […]

Olympian Champion Herb McKenley dies

Full article found here.
Jamacain Herb McKenley is the only man to have reached the finals of the Olympic 100 meters, 200 meters and 400 meters. Even Michael Johnson didn’t achieve that, despite his PB of 10.09 seconds. Personally, if I was the USATF head relay coach, I would put MJ on the 3rd […]

Race Strategy - How to run the 400 meters

What’s the best way to run the 400 meters?
Go hard for 300 meters and hang on; and if you die, you die? Or run even pace splits?
Both work depending on your conditioning and experience. Once you have a race plan, you stick with it. Of course, talk it over with your coach […]

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