I apolagize if this had been asked already,
Anyone know how ben johnson’s preogression was, how he ran when he first started and when did he start getting extremely fast?
Read Speed Trap or the CFTS. Both will review ben’s progress thoroughly.
is it possible to get cfts in a hard copy, ie. not e-book?
ask rupert.
I read both and they tell you about Ben’s PBs for his last (successful) years.
But about his earlier years the only thing I could get out of it that age 15 he was “weak” (compared to his teammates) almost “underweight” and in his first year(s?) he ran “only” in the high 11s???
realy??? i would of thoght hed be better then that when he was young :eek:
Yeah, now you tell this for that guy that posted here on CF site about “Weights” and his disavantages in sprint :mad:
In a booklet I got at OFSAA it had times of previous champs who went on to have careers in track. It said Ben Johnson ran the 100 in 10.55 I think it was which would be his senior year of high school.
“Courtesy of Ben Johnson: The fastest man on earth” by James Christie
age time
15 11.5
16 10.79
17 10.66
18 10.62
19 10.25
20 10.30
21 10.19
22 10.12
23 10.00
24 9.95
25 9.83
26 9.79
You know I like u so much!
Looks he get majority just after 18y/o
You’d also have to factor in when he started training seriously with charlie and not being a part-timer and carding etc into that equation.
11.5-10.79 in a year?wow
That was after going from no training, to training with Charlie 6 times/week. I believe that was also the year he filled out if I remeber corectly. Theres a huge difference between an athlete pre growth spurt and afterwards.
Paul