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Share When was the last time you crammed for an exam? Why didn’t you keep up all year long, studied a bit every day, so you would just have to review your notes as a refresher the night before? Would you run a marathon the night before a marathon? This sounds ludicrous, but I see [...]
Share When you do 200 meters in workouts, where do you start? I wrote about 400 Meter Training Workouts – the Descending 6×200 meters as well as Clyde Hart’s Split 400 meter Workout. Usually, they start across the field at the 200m start line, and finish at the regular finish line. On windy days, you [...]
Share This article is guest posted by Latif Thomas, CSCS, USATF Level II, Creator of Complete Speed Training for Sprinters. Part 1: How to Race for the 200 Meters Part 2: How to Train for the 200 Meters The 200 meter sprint is the Rodney Dangerfield of the sprint events. It gets no respect. When [...]
Share Last week’s article on Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts for 200 meters brought some good discussion on super high volume, medium intensity training methods. In all fairness, I will present the final week of training prior to his 7 day taper period. I will only focus on track workouts and times, which will give [...]
Share I am sure Tyson Gay is saying (in his head) “Veni, vidi, vici” It’s a famous Latin phrase reportedly written by Julius Caesar in 47 BC which literally translates to “I came, I saw, I conquered”. Tyson Gay came. Tyson Gay saw. Tyson Gay conquered. When Tyson Gay ran a 19.41 FAT at Manchester, [...]
Share Pietro Mennea’s 19.72 200 meter World Record was set at the 1979 World University Games in Mexico City. The WR would later become the holy grail of the 200 meters until Michael Johnson broke it (twice) in 1996. Today, that 19.72 sounds like molasses in January compared to 19.19. Pietro Mennea also won the [...]
Share Michael Khmel: The Best of British Track & Field 200M & 400M Long Sprints Drills (DVD) If you are not familiar with name Michael Khmel, check out his podcast and his other product review here. Michael Khmel is the Senior Performance Coach for Sprints and Relays for the UK. This DVD covers three aspects [...]
Share This list is sorted from lightest to heaviest. 1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams All prices listed are the MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price). Click on the link or image for the latest prices. ASICS Japan Lite-Ning – Mens – Blue/White/Lightning Weight: 4.5 oz. Description: The Japan Lite-Ning is ASICS’ lightest track spike designed for [...]
Share What the heck is an Icosathlon? The icosathlon is simply a Double Decathlon, formerly known as the “Double Deca”. When you think about it, Track and Field has 19 events without relays. So what’s the 20th event? A 800 meter race walk which was held in the original Decathlon? A 150 meters straightaway? Nope, [...]
Share I re-read Tommie Smith’s autobiography Silent Gesture: The Autobiography of Tommie Smith (Sporting) and he mentions in Chapter 2 FOUR times that he held 11 World Records concurrently. The "11 World Records" are also mentioned on his Bio on the inside of the back cover. But nowhere in the book does it list all [...]
Share Can you imagine having a 17 year old male sprinter on your team who runs 11.45 for 100 meters, then the following year as a Junior he runs 10.50. 10.30 is the IAAF “A” standard so you dare to write him off as “Nah, he’ll never be a world class sprinter” kind of attitude. [...]
Share During my prime running years, Pietro Mennea’s 200m WR was the holy grail. 19.72 was the 200m WR standard for 17 years. In fact, Pietro Mennea won the 200m 1980 Olympics in the Moscow Boycotted Olympics. He also won the Bronze medal at 1972 Munich Olympics at the same distance. Mennea competed in 4 [...]
Share The official splits from the IAAF can be found here (PDF). What can we learn from these splits? Standard Coaching Theory If your opening 200m is within 1 second of your best 200m, and the differential between the 1st half and 2nd half is about 2 seconds, then simple logic determines your 400m time [...]
Share 19.19. Sounds like a year from the WWI history books. What is the take home message, when you compare this with his 19.30 from Beijing 2008? (1) The faster your 100m time (speed), the faster your 200m can potentially be, with a faster opening 100m (speed reserve) taking the curve in consideration. (2) Everyone [...]
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LetsRun.com asks How is Bolt’s 200m WR almost exactly twice his 100m WR?
Share LRC Brain Teaser asks: How is Bolt’s 200m WR almost exactly twice his 100m WR? Wejo and Rojo, you might think just doubling your 100m PB is the quick answer, but there’s more behind the story. Usain Bolt’s PB for the 100 and 200 meters is 9.58 and 19.19 respectively. In the 200 meters, [...]