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Share A young sprinter asked me how to get faster at a recent function. Well, I replied if he had 3 hours to spare. He looked confused, as this article is the result of our conversation. It’s a long read (almost 2000 words), so I suggest you grab a drink and have a seat. This [...]
Share Time for some clarifications on last week’s article On Top End Speed and Speed Endurance. In the article Usain Bolt 100m 10 meter Splits and Speed Endurance, I wrote at the time 0.83 was the fastest record split before Usain Bolt ran 0.82 (from 50-80m) at the 2008 Beijing OG. He subsequently ran 0.81 [...]
Share Speedendurance.com went live on Monday, May 21, 2007. That was Victoria Day in Canada (or La fête de Dollard-des-Ormeaux in Quebec). So this weekend marks the three year anniversary. This site has helped hundreds of athletes and coaches achieve personal bests, seasons bests, and Masters “age category” bests over the past three years. And [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Share Which is better? A 3x300m or 2x350m speed endurance workout for your 400m sprinter? The short answer is… it depends. For a sprinter on a long-to-short program, a 3x300m is effective because the athlete will probably be running at near, but not equal to the 400m “race pace speed”. It also depends on the [...]
Share When Dwain Chambers won the Indoor Euro Championships 60 meters in 6.42 seconds (March 2009), he predicted that time extrapolated to a 9.70. I felt based on previous world records, a conversion of 1.53 or 1.54 would give Dwain approximately 9.82 – 9.89 seconds for a 100 meters. (He ran a 10.00 season best [...]
Share Ever since Jim Hines ran the first electronic (FAT) sub 10 second 100 meters in 1968, 1983 was the start of the sub 10 explosion (POP QUIZ – who was the lone sub-10 performance in 1977 ?) 10 seconds for the 100 meters is the holy grail of sprints, just like the 4 minute [...]
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 There are a lot of coaching experts out there who deal with sports specify. And they all charge big bucks. I simply look at any given sport and break it down to the fundamentals of training principles and sports physiology. For example, I’d rather focus on the short speed of a Soccer player than [...]
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 [...]
Share This is Part 1 of a 2 part series. Click here for Part 2 with 10 meter splits . Honestly, I didn’t expect Usain Bolt to run sub 9.60. I felt a WR was imminent after watching his SF, and I knew his chest thumping slowdown in Beijing showed me he could run low [...]
Share Usain Bolt is the clear favourite to win the World Championships in Berlin. But lost in the controversy of who ran the fastest split ever recorded was Tyson Gay’s 2008 Olympic Trials 9.68 performance. Mind you, it was under a +4.1 m/s tailwind advantage. A 9.68 (+4.1) 100 meters translates to a 9.85 adjusted [...]
Share Football season is around the corner, so it’s time for yet another 40 yard dash post. You just can’t get away from the 40 yard dash “trash talk” when coaches and athletes float inaccurate numbers from a 40 yard dash time. The 40 yard dash was an arbitrary number, just like the 72 ounce [...]
Share 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 [...]
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How Do You Determine the Worlds Fastest Man?
Share Back to School Special, Part 1. Warning: this subject matter may bring back horrible memories of high school physics! How do you determine the Worlds Fastest Man? The Winner of the 100m Olympic Gold Medal (The Olympic shortest sprint distance)? The fastest 10m segment? (with or without a running start?) A radar gun (like [...]