Success in Track & Field ... and Life
Share The news of Dan Pfaff and Derek Evely leaving for the UK invoked some thoughts and discussion. The UK is doing something right. They are luring quality coaches from other countries with proper salaries and benefits into senior management positions. Unfortunately, it’s leaving a void in the Canadian coaching system, especially at the High [...]
Share I am a collector of Olympic memorabilia. I love the old stuff, and I try to collect videos of past Olympics, books, post cards, posters, T-shirts, and even a Michael Johnson collectors watch (Thanks Derek of Running Mechanics for the birthday gift!). But my favourite collection has to be the Time Life magazines. The [...]
Share YET another successful Harry Jerome International Track & Field Classic is under our belts. In case you missed it, you can view all the races and interviews on Flocast.org. Harry Jerome was the most decorated sprinter between the Percy Williams (1920’s) and Ben Johnson (1980’s) era. One of the many highlights was his bronze [...]
Share Let’s face it, the new swimming suits have helped demolish world records at a record pace (no pun intended). Ross and Jonathan from the Science of Sport quoted the average age of a swimming world record for men was 13 months and 8 months for women. That’s a World Record every year! By comparison, [...]
Share Usain Bolt is coming to Canada. There was an interesting article from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun outlining why his is attending the meet live. He quotes, “A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a once-in-a-lifetime kind of athlete”. I will not be there, so I don’t get credit for the video. In fact, I [...]
Share Speedendurance went live on May 21, 2007. That was Victoria Day in Canada (or La fête de Dollard-des-Ormeaux in Quebec) So today marks the 2 year anniversary. This site has helped hundreds of personal bests, seasons bests, and Masters “age category” bests over the past 2 years. And I don’t plan on slowing down [...]
Share If you are going to buy an Olympic History DVD, my first choice is Bud Greenspan. My second choice is the official documentary of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics – Tokyo Olympiad – Criterion Collection by Kon Ichikawa. Why? Because there are no interviews and practically no dialog in this documentary. It’s about capturing the [...]
Share Does anyone remember the Irving Berlin song “Anything Goes”? The old cliche of “it’s ain’t over ’till it’s over” truly applies to the 2009 CIS Mens 4x200m Relay in Windsor, Ontario. The CIS is Canada’s equivalent to the NCAA in the USA. I represented McGill at 3 different National Championships, and every 4×200 meter [...]
Share . . Prosumer Digital Video Camera Review – the Canon HV-30, HG-20, HF-10 I just bought a new digital video camera, and the research was quite exhausting! Before I get to the product review, there are a few things you should know about digital video cameras, and playing your recordings. Sure, you can buy [...]
Share First, Congratulations to Dwain Chambers for winning the 2009 indoor Euro Championships 60 meters. Whether he is clean or not is NOT is the topic of this article. You can buy his book and come to your own conclusions. His winning time didn’t impress me as compared to his 6.42 semi-final race. Anytime you [...]
Share This summary was written by Richie Mercado Neuro-Biomechanics of Maximum Velocity Part 2 (Part 1 can be found here) by Loren Seagrave Videos of High Level Sprinting Loren Seagrave then showed some video of sprinters to focus on aspects of sprint mechanics. The first example was of Andre Cason one week prior to 1992 [...]
Share This summary was written by Richie Mercado. This is Part 1. Part 2 will be published tomorrow. Neuro-Biomechanics of Maximum Velocity by Loren Seagrave Loren Seagrave has coached several world class sprinters and hurdlers over the past decade and a half. Recently he took on the task of training Donovan Bailey. His company, Speed [...]
Share Here is a collection of 40 yard dash workouts and videos from Speedendurance.com’s archives. This collection’s last update was June 2008, so I thought it was time to update it. Improving your 40 Yard Dash Instructional Videos How to Run a Fast 40 Yard Dash by J.R. Redmond – J.R. Redmond presents one of [...]
Share This YouTube video is called Break the limit – Tribute to Sprinters with the background music “Desert Rose” by Sting. It starts off with the first electronic recorded 100 meters under 10 seconds by Jim Hines in the 1968 Olympics. I love this video because Lennox Lewis of Jamaica is wearing a simple short [...]
Share Where were you on December 8, 1980? I was studying for my College finals when I heard the news about John Lennon. Some dates you will always remember. July 20, 1969. September 11, 2001. September 24, 1988. December 26, 2004. Did I say September 24, 1988? With the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Seoul [...]
Share Here are some quotes from the original article on timesonline.co.uk, and some commentary and analysis that follows it. On Extrapolating 60 meters performances to 100 meters Charles van Commenee, the new head coach at UKA, has said that Chambers is welcome back and the sprinter is hoping that this message will lead to a [...]
Share LA84foundation.org is the web site for the Legacy of The 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games that has several excellent Free Track and Cross Country Coaching Books. There is a web-based lesson for athletes, coaches, trainers and parents on how to prevent ACL injuries. While it may appear to focus on soccer, it applies to [...]
Share 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 [...]
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