Dwain Chambers on Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell, Stride Length and Stride Frequency
December 2, 2008 by Jimson Lee
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 change in thinking. […]
Reaction Time, Usain Bolt and the Pareto 80-20 Rule
November 30, 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 100 meters can be broken down into 3 parts:
reaction time,
acceleration to top speed,
speed endurance,
If you take Usain Bolt’s 9.69 time from Beijing 2008 as a percentage of time, you get:
Reaction time = 0.165 (1.7%),
0-60m without reaction time = 6.155 (63.5%),
60-100m including celebration = 3.37 (34.8%),
The term “Acceleration”, or roughly the first 60 meters or […]
PODCAST - 400 meter Training with Iwan Thomas
November 18, 2008 by Jimson Lee
Iwan Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 meters with a time of 44.36 seconds. His best year was definitely 1998 where he won the gold at all 3 major “championship meets” that year, notably the IAAF World Cup, European Championships and Commonwealth Games.
He also won a silver medal at the 1996 […]
IAAF New Studies in Athletics - focus on 400 meters
November 12, 2008 by Jimson Lee
The latest issue of IAAF New Studies in Athletics special edition focused on the 400 meters:
The 400 metres by Jurgen Schiffer
The aerobic mechanism in the 400 metres - by Enrico Arcelli, Marina Mambretti, Giuseppe Cimadoro, Giampiero Alberti
New Studies in Athletics Interview with Clyde Hart
The IAAF New Studies in Athletics is published quarterly in March, June, […]
Asafa Powell or Bob Hayes - World’s Fastest 100 meters?
October 10, 2008 by Jimson Lee
POP QUIZ: Who has the World Record for the 4×100m fastest 100 meter relay split ?
This is not an official event, as timing consistency varies, but we all love stats, right?
Ever since I started watching the Olympics in 1972, historians always referred to “Bullet” Bob Hayes 8.5 second 4×100 meter anchor relay leg at […]
Usain Bolt Confirms Speedendurance.com Analysis
September 28, 2008 by Jimson Lee
When I analyzed the 10 meter splits of Usain Bolt’s 9.69 world record at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I claimed the 2 main reasons of his success were:
(1) he had the highest top end speed ever recorded for a 10 meter split (0.82 seconds per 10 meters, instead of 0.83 seconds) and,
(2) he had great […]
Usain Bolt 100m 10 meter Splits and Speed Endurance
August 22, 2008 by Jimson Lee
Usain Bolt won the 100 meters because of his speed endurance.
I’ve said this all along, unless you are running a 40 yard dash or 50 meter sprint, sprinting the 100, 200, or 400 meters is all about speed endurance… reach your top speed, and maintain it. The winner of two athletes with the same […]
400 Meter Training: 2 x 300m or 2×40 second Workout
July 29, 2008 by Jimson Lee
When Jeremy Wariner or Micheal Johnson does a 2 x 350 meter workout, those times are well under 40 seconds. That doesn’t mean YOU should do a 2 x 350 meter workout.
The purpose of this workout if for “speed endurance”, or to be exact, special endurance.
The ultimate goal of the workout is to reach […]
TrackandFieldRadio .com - I DARE YOU TO RUN
April 17, 2008 by Jimson Lee
I had the pleasure of working out once with Decathlete Phil McMullen during my years at Berkeley, California. It was a pretty intensive speed endurance workout, and I’m sure glad he didn’t invite me to practice the field events!
On the other hand, his brother Paul McMullen is well known for winning the 1996 US […]
The Greatest Underdog to Win an Olympic Gold Medal
March 4, 2008 by Jimson Lee
In my previous article on scheduling and qualifying rounds, I was trying to think of an extraordinary example of someone qualifying through the rounds, squeezing in by a hair, and eventually succeed.
Since this blog is called speed endurance, the primary focus is on running, specifically the sprints. However, the winner of this award goes […]
Decathlon Secrets: World’s Greatest Athlete - Day 1
February 18, 2008 by Jimson Lee
This post was guest blogged by Kenneth Edwards Jr. of Championship Circle.
These are the events on Day 1. Day 2 events will be covered tomorrow.
The Decathlon crowns the World’s Greatest Athlete. Why? Because the Decathlon is a true test of every attribute of an athlete.
The Decathlon tests strength, mental toughness, consistency, commitment, technique, speed […]
Get More Out of your 800m Training - Without the Pain
January 8, 2008 by Jimson Lee
This post was guest blogged by Mike Toal from www.mastersathletics.co.uk. Last month, Mike wrote How to Run Faster.
Get more out of your 800m training - without the pain!
There are 3 well regarded 800 meter running “types”. These are the sprinter, the jack of all trades and the long distance runner.
The SPRINTER responds to short […]
Matt Shirvington 1998 Training Program Prior to his 10.03
January 2, 2008 by Jimson Lee
This is a very old excerpt, 10 years old to be exact, from a posting by James Shanahan to the Yahoo Supertraining newsgroup list.
Matt Shirvington set a Personal Best and National Record in 1998, which stood until Patrick Johnson’s 9.93 back in 2003.
I thought you folks might be interested looking at the in-season program of […]
Video of 2001 World Championships 200 meters
September 12, 2007 by Jimson Lee
There was a lot of buzz from the photo finish image of the 2001 World Championships 200 meters where someone asked me to post the video.
In this video, Kenteris is in 7th or 8th position at 100 meters, but it doesn’t matter, as he holds his form (and speed endurance!) well over the last 50 […]
400 Meter Training from Supertraining
July 4, 2007 by Jimson Lee
UPDATE: download Clyde Hart’s 60 page Training Manual from the 2007 USATF NPEP Conference.
If you are serious about training for the 400 meters, or even sports and general fitness, Supertraining and Supertraining Blog is a great resource. It is devoted to sports, strength and fitness science, training, therapy and education.
It was founded by […]
Feedback on The Limits of Human Potential
June 4, 2007 by Jimson Lee
I recently read Jimmie R. Markham’s blog on The Limits of Human Potential. He used an example of extrapolating a World Record in the mile from the maximum speed of a 40 yard dash.
I had discussed a similar example on my previous post where a mediocre 100m sprinter could theoretically break the open WR […]
What is Speed Endurance training?
February 12, 2007 by Jimson Lee
The purpose of speed endurance is to prolong the amount of time where a near maximal speed can be maintained.
Although the term is aimed at the long sprinters (200-400m), it also benefits the longer distances as well, in running events and other events like hockey.
The range for sprinters will usually be between 7 […]
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