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 […]
WMA2007 4×400m M40 Silver Medal, Canadian Record
January 4, 2008 by Jimson Lee
This video is part of the series 2007 Year in Review.
Team Canada’s Christain Lemassif, Malik Crepsac, Paul Osland and Michael Sherar “won” the silver medal in the 4×400m by 0.66 seconds at the 2007 World Masters Athletics in Ricionne, Italy.
Team Canada ran uncontested in the first heat in 3:26.67 and set a new Canadian Record […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 12
December 7, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 11
December 6, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 10
December 5, 2007 by Jimson Lee
It’s starting to get late into the evening. Almost an hour has passed since the first heat, and the Quarter finals are 90 minutes away. The 200 meters have been going on all day starting with the women’s group from oldest to youngest. The only group remaining is the M35-39 age group.
When […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 9
December 5, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
You can simply click the image below (FLV version, browser ready), or click here […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 8
November 30, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
You can simply click the image below (FLV version, browser ready), or click here […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 7
November 29, 2007 by Jimson Lee
12 Heats is a lot of heats when they are spaced 5 minutes apart.
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 6
November 28, 2007 by Jimson Lee
12 Heats is a lot of heats when they are spaced 5 minutes apart.
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 5
November 27, 2007 by Jimson Lee
12 Heats is a lot of heats when they are spaced 5 minutes apart.
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 4 - My Race
November 23, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
Basically, it meant coming in top 3, and not leaving the rest to chance.
I […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 3
November 23, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 2
November 22, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
You can simply click the image below (FLV version, browser ready), or click here […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 200 meters Heat 1
November 21, 2007 by Jimson Lee
When you have over 81 entrants, 4 qualifying rounds are required by the IAAF. With 89 declared competitors, we had 12 heats where the top 3 places and 4 fastest times (i.e. “3P4T”) advanced to the Quarter-Final round of 40 athletes.
You can simply click the image below (FLV version, browser ready), or click here […]
World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 100 meters Heat 9
November 15, 2007 by Jimson Lee
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 100 meters Heat 8
November 14, 2007 by Jimson Lee
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 100 meters Heat 7
November 13, 2007 by Jimson Lee
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 100 meters Heat 6 - My Race
October 19, 2007 by Jimson Lee
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 100 meters Heat 5
October 18, 2007 by Jimson Lee
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World Masters Athletics 2007 - M40 100 meters Heat 4
October 17, 2007 by Jimson Lee
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