Hay guys, I’m not into the whole log entry so I figured I just post it here. I dragged my mom out to the track today to hand time me on 30m sprints. I had spikes on and my current weight is 210lbs at 6’1.
Also, I currently have a sore right hammy that has not fully healed. I need a massage and some more rest.
Without further ado, I recorded two times today from a standing start:
First 30m sprint- 4.0
Second 30m Sprint- 3.88
I’m positive I have about 3.7/3.6 in the tank because both starts I had a stumble and a bit of a lag.
Anyhow, I hope to drag my mom out again for her to record me in 60m. I hope to run 6 anything…lol
^^lol Hey it’s better then nothing… For the past 2 years I have been training without taking anytime… Anyhow if anybody (a coach) lives in PA and is willing to time me let me know…
If you got your mom to use a Camcorder - you could Time your efforts Electronically off that. Wont take reaction times or such into account, but will be consistent.
If you want to take it a step further and get moms to fire a gun, take a look at this article off TrackInfo.org about “Poor man’s Auto-Timing”; it could be useful information. Though of course you’d need a starter’s pistol…
10.5/21 anything would be awesome and I will be VERY pleased. My old prs from 1999 at 175lbs was 11.1/22.2
I would then build on this year to the next and aim for a faster 200m which is the event I think I will do best with being that I ran 47/48 400s in 1999.
Btw, it’s funny you mention 10.5, I was looking at the 10m segments of Flowjoe and my 30-60 is the same. WOW! That WOMAN was fast!!! I see her race from a whole different perspective, no wonder why her record has not been broken.
Hand timing gets rounded up to the nearest 10th of a second, 6.62 becomes 6.7. Don’t let anyone burst your bubble Champion keep improving and enjoying what you are doing.
Thank guys^^ I’m going to do a modified 10 day taper (reduced volume) as per CFTS and see what I can come up with. Also, I have no problems with any kind of feedback, this is SERIOUS business to me and I’m not looking for yes men or feel good answers in return.
The majority of time spent for anyone is in training not in competition and if you are not able to rely on timing regarding a 10, 20 or 30 meter then what guideline might one have for the basis of your overall training ? Ideally you need the same person around to time you and over time this person needs to be movtivated to learn consistency of how to time accurately . I don’t think we want to dismiss timing for short sprints but we do want to understand the magin for error and how over time our timing translates into our longer runs and ultimately competition.
I was a level 1 track official, hand timing is never displayed in 100s so always round up to nearest 10th. I didn’t write the rules I just followed them.
im just curious of where the predictors from 30m comes from. because on my journal its said that a 4 flat off first movement for 30m is well sub 11 for the hundred, but if you take 4.00 for the first 30m, .15 for RT and then take a speed of 10 m/s (probably about what the fastest hs kids run at least) and assume perfect se, that still adds up to 11.15. seems like the charts are very sweked towards those with good top speed and not so good a start,eh?