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Flying 30 for Sprinters: Achieving Max Velocity and Maintaining it Over the Critical Area of Race

The post was written by Ed Barber, currently the Sprints / Pole Vault / Multis coach at Hartnell College in Salinas, CA.
A Level III certified USATF Coach, Coach Barber took Calvin Harrison (44.78) to the Olympic Trials in Atlanta 1996.   Calvin went on to earn a gold medal in the 4×400m Relay.

Flying 30 for […]

Italian Sprint Heroes - Livio Berruti 200m Rome 1960

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 Olympics (72-76-80-84).
When […]

Do Curves Matter? Indoor vs. Outdoor World Records

NOTE: Some of my older guest posts on other Websites are now being shut down due to the economic climate. Thus I will present them here.
How much do the tight indoor curves affect your performance?
Even with the banked curves to counteract the centripetal forces, it does affect your stride length and stride frequency, and […]

400 Meter Training Tips from Bill Bowerman

Bill Bowerman is more famous for co-founding NIKE and coaching long distance runners, but he did coach sprinters and field events.  I covered Harry Jerome and Otis Davis in previous articles.
From his book Bill Bowerman’s High-Performance Training for Track and Field (Third Edition) he compares the training patterns of Stan Wright, Jim Bush, and John […]

Bahamas Track and Field - From Vancouver To Athens

On September 28, 2009, a new book titled “From Vancouver To Athens (1954-2004)”.by Alpheus ‘Hawk’ Finlayson will be released in Bahamas.
Why 1954?
Because the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The first British Empire Games were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1930, and it was renamed to simply “Commonwealth […]

Otis Davis, 1960 400 meter and 4×400m Olympic Champion

In my last article about the Harry Jerome, Bill Bowerman and the University of Oregon connection, I didn’t mention Otis Davis, the Rome 1960 400 meter and USA 4×400m Olympic Champion.
I am currently in Rome, so there is a special connection every time I visit the Rome Olympic Stadium, whether it’s for the Rome Golden […]

Proposal to the IAAF - Scheduling the 100 200 400 for Usain Bolt

If Usain Bolt runs the 400 meters in 2010 or 2011 as promised, and sets the WR in the process, he might consider running the 100, 200, 400 and 4×100m relay all in the same Olympics to achieve his 4 Gold medal dream.  He will achieve iconic status if he accomplishes this incredible feat.
To beat […]

Usain Bolt 4×100m Relay Anchor Leg at Zurich Video

Imagine if someone said to the Jamaican 4×100m Team:
“You can’t win, all you have is Usain Bolt”.
Afterwards, in victory of course, Jamaica would reply:
“All you need is Usain Bolt”.
In Zurich, 45 minutes after his 9.81 100 meter victory, we finally get a chance to see Bolt run the Anchor.
Bolt gets the final baton pass with […]

Usain Bolt 9.81 100m Zurich Video

Usain Bolt 9.81 Weltklasse Zurich Video

How fast will Usain Bolt run?

How tired is this human after his 19.19 200m World Record? His “weak” 4×100m relay leg showed he was human after all!

Will he just go for the win against fellow countryman Asafa Powell?

UPDATE: Check back on this site in a few hours for the […]

I Love Track and Field, but This is Ridiculous

Thoughts on the post 2009 World Championships in Berlin
I love Track and Field (Athletics to the rest of the world) primarily for one reason.  With the Track running events, the first person to cross the line is the winner. 
Usually.
In the Winter Olympics, all but one event is either a time-trial or a judging event.  […]

43.18- It was 10 Years Ago Today - August 26, 1999

If the number forty-three-point-one-eight (43.18) doesn’t mean anything to you, then you aren’t a real Quarter-miler.  One day, that number (or lower) will be the 100 meter freestyle swim record.
It was ten years ago today, Michael Johnson set the Men’s 400-meter world record in Seville.
Michael Johnson should have demolished the 400 World Record in Zurich […]

Rome Golden Gala – Behind the Scenes

Here are some of the behind the scenes look at the 2009 Rome IAAF Golden Gala Meet
Men’s 400 meters
When you have 6 guys at 300 meters with 100 to go, anything goes.  The one who wants it the most usually wins.  Or the athlete that is better prepared.  Without the top 2 names in 400 […]

Rome Golden Gala 2009 – Overall Thoughts

I am currently in Rome so when the 2009 IAAF Golden League meet passed though town, I just had to go.
I won’t get into the results yet, as they are on the official web site, but I wanted to share some of my overall thoughts of the meet.
The Olympic Stadium was home of the 1960 […]

Dan Pfaff, Lee Evans in the News

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 Performance Sprint Centre.
We […]

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 […]

When Should an Athlete Double Up?

This is part 2 of the article Running 100 Meters before your Big Race.
With the USATF National Championships around the corner, you have to ask yourself when is a good time to double.
Unlike the Olympics or Olympic Trails spread over 8 –10 days, the USA system is 4 days long and only 3 days for […]

World Championships Relay Team Selection Policy

Interesting email from the USATF this week.  Relay selections has always been a center of controversy ever since the 1936 Olympics.
Prior to 1936, the 4×100m relay pool was a special group of athletes outside of the individual 100 meter athletes.
Then, usually the medal winners at the Trials plus the 4th place finisher were the four […]

Bill Bowerman, NIKE, PRE and… Harry Jerome?

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 medal in […]

Speed and the Masters Sprinter

Speed decreases with age.  That’s a fact of life.  Check the World Records in different age groups if you don’t believe me.
I call it "The Law of Attrition".
I used a random sample of the 2007 WMA results in Ricionne, using the M40 – M65 5 year age groups as my sample pool:

100m 0.4 seconds […]

Running 100 Meters before your Big Race – Thoughts on Shawn Crawford

Did anyone notice Shawn Crawford’s 100-300m double at the 2009 NIKE Prefontaine meet?   He ran a 10.21 (+0.1) 100  meters followed by a rare 300 meters in 32.47 about an hour later.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Shawn Crawford crossed the line in 4th place, got a silver medal from 2 disqualifications (Churandy Martina and Wallace […]

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