Here are some vintage footage in HQ of Allan Wells, Pietro Mennea, and Valery Borzov past his prime. You get a chance to see both semi final races and the finals at the 1978 European Outdoor Championships in Prague, Czech Republic.. The footage is amazingly clear so you get a good view of … [Read more...] about Starting Blocks are Overrated!
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More on Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts
Last week’s article on Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts for 200 meters brought some good discussion on super high volume, medium intensity training methods. In all fairness, I will present the final week of training prior to his 7 day taper period. I will only focus on track … [Read more...] about More on Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts
Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts for 200 meters
Pietro Mennea’s 19.72 200 meter World Record was set at the 1979 World University Games in Mexico City. The WR would later become the holy grail of the 200 meters until Michael Johnson broke it (twice) in 1996. Today, that 19.72 sounds like molasses in January compared to … [Read more...] about Pietro Mennea’s Detailed Training Workouts for 200 meters
Lane 8 200m Revisited – Pietro Mennea 1980 Olympic Gold Medal
Pietro Mennea will be presenting his new book “L' Oro di Mosca” (The Gold of Moscow) at the Scuola Pontificia Pio I X , located at Via dei Cavalieri del Santo Sepolcro in Rome on Tuesday April 27, 2010 at 5:30pm. Everyone is invited. Lane 8 for the 200 meters The next time you get Lane … [Read more...] about Lane 8 200m Revisited – Pietro Mennea 1980 Olympic Gold Medal
