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400 meters: Forget Usain Bolt, Here is Jermaine Gonzales

Share What do you get when you have Usain Bolt as a teammate, Glen Mills as the head coach with former 400 meter Olympian Bert Cameron as a coach?  Coupled that with being a taller than average height for a sprinter (1.90m or 6 foot 3 inches)? Ecco Jermaine Gonzales… Jermaine Gonzales ran 44.63 last [...]

2010 Rome Golden Gala 400 Meter Video & Fiasco

Share I wrote about the 400 meter fiasco from my eye witness account at the 2010 Rome Golden Gala. This is unacceptable at any level and the race should be re-run.  Athletes who were unaffected should be able to keep their performance (time wise) for ranking purposes only.  In all fairness for the sake of [...]

2010 Roma Golden Gala – Notes from Underground

Share By now, we all know the results from the 2010 Rome Golden Gala.  Here are some stories you would not hear or read from the mainstream media. The Wheels on the bus goes round and round In typical Italian fashion, the 4:30 bus from the hotel to the stadium left 25 minutes late. The [...]

Chi Cheng – World’s Fastest Human

Share Unless you were living in Southern California during the late 60’s or early 70’s, you’ve probably never heard of the name Chi Cheng until last month. The Women’s 100 yard WR is currently 10.0 or (10.10 FAT) held by Chi Cheng of Chinese Taipei back in 1970.  Chinese Taipei is also commonly known as [...]

Great Britain’s 400 meter Glory Days and Roger Black

Share When was the last time you had 4 Americans AND 3 British athletes in a 400 meters Olympic or World Championship Final?  POP QUIZ:  Who was the lone non-American and non-Brit in that race? How is 4 athletes possible? Enter the “Michael Johnson Rule” of 1997.  When he strained his quad in the Donovan [...]

400 Meter Training: Blending Short-to-Long and Long-to-Short Methods – Part 2

Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed This is Part 2.   For Part 1, click here: 400 Meter Training- Blending Short-to-Long and Long-to-Short Methods – Part I In working with some high school coaches [...]

PODCAST – Nick Dakin: 400 Meter Hurdles Drills (DVD)

Share Nick Dakin: The Best of British Track & Field 400M Hurdles Drills (DVD) British National Team coach Nick Dakin is also the Director of Coaching for Loughborough Students Athletics Club at Loughborough University, a world prominent centre for coaching, sport and exercise science. A former hurdler himself who represented Wales internationally, Nick’s coaching accomplishments [...]

Andretti Bain – Running the Third 100m of the 400m

Share A lot of arm chair coaches like to dissect splits in a 400m and come up with a race plan.  Others simply use the Michael Johnson 4 P’s approach of Push, Pace, Position & Pray. I was trying to come up with a good example of the latter on a presentation (other than using [...]

Michael Khmel: 200 & 400 Meter Long Sprints Drills (DVD)

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 [...]

400 Meter Training: Blending Short-to-Long and Long-to-Short Methods – Part I

Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed Development of 400 meter sprinters is a complex task that requires a thorough understanding of Sprint Mechanics, Maximum Speed Development, Strength & Power Development/ Maintenance, development of [...]

Rieti 2009 Revisited – David Rudisha Video and others

Share The past articles on my visit to Rieti and David Rudisha’s 400/800 performance brought on a few emails asking the obvious question: Where Are The Videos? Okay, here they are. I decided to use some high tech server technology and use the JWPlayer to display MP4 files instead of the usual FLV (my apologies [...]

Track and Field Lessons: Taking Things for Granted

Share This whole Coe-Ovett movie brought back some old memories. The Sebastian Coe – Steve Ovett dual in Moscow 1980 was a surprise where they each won the event they weren’t supposed to win. I had a similar experience back in 1991 at the Provincial Championships where a top 5 finish (with a standard) earned [...]

400m Sprinter Moving up to the 800 meters

Share There comes a (sad) time when an aging or “not so successful” 400m sprinter decides to move up to the 800m. Usually it’s the coach who decides this. Why would you want to move up?  For me, anything over 400 meters I take a taxi. But seriously, there are several factors.  The number one [...]

PODCAST – No Holds Barred Interview with Tyree Washington

Share Last year, Tasha Danvers interviewed Tyree Washington on her radio show.  Great Britain’s Natasha “Tasha” Danvers is the Olympic bronze medalist from the 400m Hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It’s a long interview, almost 90 minutes long (you may want to fast forward the first four minutes).  Tyree Washington has a special place [...]

Why the 352 Yard Workout?

Share This article may be trivia to Americans, but beneficial to the rest of the World who are not familiar with the Imperial system. You’ve seen the classic workout of 2 x 352 yards in older sprint programs like Bud Winter and other great coaches. Why the unusual distance? To use a very bad analogy, [...]

Obituaries: Olympic Medalist Wayne Collett 1949-2010

Share Wayne Collett is most famous for his 1972 Olympic medal presentation “protest” where he won the silver medal behind American teammate Vince Matthews in the 400 meters.  Had John Smith not been injured, we would have seen an American sweep. The IOC banned Collett and Matthews for life and with John Smith injured, that [...]

Chris Brown: How to Run an Indoor 400 Meters

Share I’ve said this time and time again. For the indoor 400 meters, you have to get out quick to be in front at the 150 meter break, and then just relax.  If they pass you on the last 50 meters, so be it. The 2010 World Indoor Championships at Doha, Qatar was a clinic [...]

400 Meter Training: Greater Strength = Faster Times (Part 3)

Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES Part 1 can be found here.  Part 2 can be found here. Proper Cycle-Length Pattern plans for each phase of the training [...]

400 Meter Training: Greater Strength = Faster Times (Part 2)

Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES (Part 2) Part 1 can be found here. In order for the planning of successful training programs aimed at improvement in the [...]

400 Meter Training: Greater Strength = Faster Times (Part 1)

Share This article is guest blogged by Jim Hiserman, author of the books Program Design Method for Sprints & Hurdle Training and Strength and Power for Maximum Speed GREATER STRENGTH = FASTER TIMES Development of mechanically sound sprint technique and the improvement of Strength and Power are of equal importance in the quest to develop [...]

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