-i think trying to train myself essentially without a coach’s watching eye, really hurt because its so difficult to tell while running yourself if mechanical things are falling apart. its tough because the coach at my hs runs an exclusively int tempo program, so i really doubt following that instead of what i did wouldve helped me at all in the dash since i already think i concentrated too much on the wrong side of the force-time curve (too much slow work, not enough full speed)
-if charlie would have been with me, i think he wouldve replaced weights with just medball stuff as he did with his high school kids, especially this year where i could rep over 2x my bw to parallel in the squat. weights get kind of addicting because you can see visual changes, but those changes arent necessarily the only thing going into being fast. i think its a case where backwards logic doesnt work (fast sprinters tend to be muscular, but becoming muscular doesnt necessarily make you a fast sprinter). essentially the way i trained i became probably one of the fastest in ma to 10m, but ruined the other 45m which make up so much more of the race. I think though i always went in the order, run, plyos, lift the importance in my mind all fall was lift, plyos, sprint, just because i saw ready gains in that order. i shouldve taped more runs in order to see if my times werent continually improving, esp over fly stuff
at least if i do outdoor ive had this as a wake up call to know what to concentrate on, and itd be nice not to have to sit every team workout since (earlier in the season) i think some int tempo isnt such a bad idea, but then ill def switch to pure SE work. esp if it was overtraining, at least i have a huge base to work from and maybe ill see my potential in the 100 since as a longer race it may even help my anterior tilt issue because i wont feel like i need to rush the race since its so much longer