Great to see you had a better overall race. How do your times compare to last year after the same amount of races?
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Last year, first two races were 11.8. THen 11.6 and 11.1 in June. Im ready to go 11.0 to 10.9 just got to put it together. Im waiting for the planets to align, and the solar eclipse. lol ther perfect conditions.
Got a meet this saturday, and hopefully another sunday so we will see.
Good luck man! Looking at your starts, you’re looking relaxed and hitting times that would suggest sub 11 isn’t far away. Hopefully, you can get a good one away this weekend
Glad to hear it’s coming together for you. Good luck this weekend. I’m competing on the 9th
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Finally. lol. Gotta get meets in before they run out
What do you think enabled you to make such a big jump from 11.8 to 11.1? Weather conditions? Training emphasis? Both?
when i ran those 11.8 i was coming off plantar fascitis and not being able to train properly. I jumped in the meets with no speed work at all. when i ran the 11.1 i actually slowed before the line…that was my 10.9. lol
I was fighting that plantar issue most of last season
5/29
I usually like to do a tempo the after I take off but I did some block starts with my home boy.
2x30,40,50.
I was pretty much just going through the motions. I had no pop out the blocks. I had a feeling it would be one of those days.
weights-
high pulls, push press.
5/30 tempo
2000 meters
abs and push ups in between
5/31
med ball throws and meb ball accles 3 each
10,20 2x30 all blocks
3x30 meter fly’s with about 30 m run up
felt good. Had more pop out the blocks today. Wasnt tired at all after the entire workout out. I woke up that morning feeling stiff, but after the warm up body felt much better. Took epsolm salt bath after
I was going to do a few plyos but my heel started bothering me. Gonna have to watch that.
Got a meet saturday, Im gonna take today 6/1 off then tempo the rest of week until meet. Gotta let this heel recovery.
Chris, you know what I think?
You are this guy with lots and lots of raw talent that has been able to get away with looking good, being strong and somehow you have some bad habits.
If you want to run well you can not drive 4 hours, get out of the car, have a warm up that sucks and expect anything. IN fact you are so damn lucky you never got hurt.
Next time give yourself a fair shake. I know you are happy with this run all things considered but you set yourself up to fail not succeed. I know you know this but I need to call you out on it too.
And you are supposed to run the 200 all out for as long as you are able and hold on. Those games you are playing with yourself are going to lead to trouble. NEVER change gears in a race because thats when you pull hamstrings or quads.
I don’t mean to sound bitchy but I hope you will understand that you have clearly got lots of talent but why not try to work a bit harder in putting yourself in the kind of circumstances to really see how things can go under ideal conditions. Ideal meaning you follow up with those things you are able to control.
If 2+ hour drive on the day of the meet is inevitable, would longer warmup (90minute stretched-out warm up) be sufficient? or would you want to get there about 3 hours early and rest for 90 minutes and warm up for 90 minute or something of that sort?
Ange is definitely pointing out some truth. Though like she said, you already know what you need to do.
Still, I can say that I have also noticed lately, that, at times, it seems like you try to push yourself to get through workouts that just leave you dissatisfied at the very least. Do you think you can err more on the side of caution as far as being patient and waiting until you feel good to train?
I agree 100% with everything you said. I had planned to get there 1.5 hours early, but traffic and the meet admin not having me in the meet killed all that. I take the blame tho. Which is also one reason I didnt got wide open the 100.
I used to always do a really early warmup before any 2 hour road trip. Id wake up early, do some jogging and stretching and then get on the road. I shouldve do that this time.
I agree, for the rest of the season im going to have to stay on the grass more and also out of my spikes. At the beginning of this season, less spikes and more training flats kept my heel at bay. THe last month ive been in spikes to much and my foot is letting me know.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I hope meets and traffic stops giving you troubles.
I am pointing out common errors not just errors I notice.
And there are good reasons or reasons why these things occur. Time, money, work and family are usually at the heart of the why’s.
When I trained and went to school it’s almost the only thing I did or we did. Our entire life was track. That style of living is not suitable for real life or life as older athletes always because it’s intense and you are giving up a great deal.
I never wanted to juggle my athletic life with my life as a mother for example. Having said that it’s doable for some but you need to have a lot of support both financially and emotionally and logistically.
The pursuit of excellence is without questions a very interesting one. But we also see there is a price tag. It really just depends on how we want to spend our time and money and our energy.
My job is to point out the rules or methods as I have learned as I feel fortunate to have learned from one of the very best. I am sure there are other ways but my way has served me well.
So Ange are you saying that unless you are training fulltime and doing track only its difficult to make success unless you do the hard yards in the beggining to earn some coin to get yourself up and running to keep track life only
I agree with Angela, when you are young, still in the school that’s the perfect opportunity to maximise the gains in the training. As you are progressing through your career and life prioritys might change the way you recover from the workouts will certainly change and so on. If you don’t have the financial support it’s difficult to sustain training regime.
Couple examples:
One of athletes I coach decided to change job several weeks ago, changing to couple hours earlier. We still feel the effects of that change.
I used to train six times per week with uni full time and life orientated around athetics it was easy to manage those two. Now I work full time and coach four days/week and I have to say that I do feel massive physical strain as well as mental and emotional one. It’s difficult.
It’s fun when you can be full time athlete with all the minimum but necessary support provided so you can keep going, achieving your goals. However when the support being reduced it’s becoming difficult to achieve the desired progress/objectives.