Bolt 9.69 and the New Limits of Human Performance

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@pierrejean

Jean-Denis Coquard from L’Equipe (edition of 8 April) witnessed Monday 6 april workout:

Rough translation:
Usain had 3 hours interview on Monday morning. Then he had this workout in pm : 6x180m without starting blocks in 20"5 with 8min rest, which is described as moderate tempo. Mills estimates that Bolt’s level that day before the workout was 75%, and Patrick Dawson was the timer : 19’’6, 20’’6, 20’’5, 19’’9, 20’’3, 20’’1.
On Tuesday, the workout is planned to be 2 sets of 300m, 180m, 150m with 8 and 12min rest. Pace is 35", 18-19" and 16". This is described as Speed Resistance.

Next competition is a 100m race is 2 May in Kingston. He ran 9.76 there last year.

Since we believe (and Franno believes) that Bolt is doing short to long, I’m wondering where the shorter part is. What we’re seeing here might be interpreted as the more SE intensive portion at the start of a s-l phase