This is Part 5 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was with Dennis Mitchell and Part 2 was with Brooks Johnson. Part 3 was Hurdle Touchdown Times and Part 4 included Håkan Andersson. Kellie Wells is the current USA hurdles champion for both indoor 60mH (7.79) and outdoor 100mH (12.50). On … [Read more...] about Kellie Wells Training and Hurdle Touchdown Times
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Hurdle Touchdown Times, Part A
This is Part 3 of a multi-part series. Part 1 was with Dennis Mitchell. Part 2 was with Brooks Johnson. Hurdle touchdown times are the Holy Grail to coaching hurdles. There are many ways coaches interpret data, and all you are looking for is IMPROVEMENT over time. I talked about … [Read more...] about Hurdle Touchdown Times, Part A
Making Freelap a Better Timer
If you follow this blog regularly, you’ll know I was a crew member at the Lake Tahoe Triple Marathon, as well as I stopped by the ESPN 1280AM studios for a segment on ethical cheating. There were more visits in California, the land of milk and honey… Behind the scenes of … [Read more...] about Making Freelap a Better Timer
Key Performance Indicators for the Men’s 110m Hurdles
This article is guest blogged by Carl Valle, USATF II The technical demands of the 110m hurdles are often looked at visually from a mechanics perspective, one that is biased to what the athlete looks like with eyes. Coaches are encouraged to use visual analysis both on the track and when reviewing … [Read more...] about Key Performance Indicators for the Men’s 110m Hurdles
Accurately Time your 40 sec Run
In the world of track and field, we live by two measurements: Time & Distance. Race and training distances are fixed, for example, how fast (i.e. time) you can run a give distance of 300m. Yesterday's article on Fine Tuning your 400 meter Workouts, Part 2 gave several examples of workouts up … [Read more...] about Accurately Time your 40 sec Run
Fine Tuning your 400 meter Workouts, Part 2
The series started with Training for 400m: Balancing Speed and Special Endurance followed by the article Fine Tuning your 400 meter Workouts, Part 1. So this is really Part 3 of the series. Sorry for the confusion. Coaching is really an art and sometimes you have to make adjustments in … [Read more...] about Fine Tuning your 400 meter Workouts, Part 2
Speed Training: How to Time Yourself
Flashback to 1989. This is a picture of a device I used to time myself when my coach was not around or when I was self-coached. It is called the Seiko Training Timer, which you could probably buy brand new on eBay for under $200. It was a regular stopwatch with a device that looks like a … [Read more...] about Speed Training: How to Time Yourself
