I belive everything you have said up their with more stresses makes it more difficult how ever i think when you really want something bad enough you will work your ass off. to support yourself if you have to then you will but you do it for the sake of running fast and going for your dream. income will come along the way
i guess only so many people can become a paid full time athlete and being funded but you can always work towards that and get there until your time is up.
i think as for changing jobs its still a adjustment as ive got people in my team that work 8-9 until 5-6pm and roll up to training at 6.30-7 when the team is starting session after warm up or just through and these guys stay back until they get what they need to done and one of the guys in the team has run very well hes a sub 11 athlete.
1% of these athletes are making real money. Im talking enough to live comfortably. I know a guy who ran 9.9 and only has a clothing deal. He makes his money from racing. Being a lucrative track star is barely obtainable. I tore my quad in 2008 and with it any dreams of really making any type of cash. I became a teacher to give me more time to train, but with coaching and the lack of meets during the summer really kill my chances of running fast.
If I stop coaching im sure ill be able to hit all the meets I need to run a decent time (10) but with random Life and work obligations, age and injuries it hasnt happend the last few years. But I keep chugging along because I love running.
I used the be embarrassed about running slow, (i remember when running anything slower than 10.8 in april was blasphemy) now I could care less. I know I have the ability to run 10.9 or better it just hasnt happened yet.
Plus seeing all the fast guys jump in there beat up hoopties to drive back to there apartments and I dont miss that at all.
Id rather run slow and have fun than to run fast and have to struggle to pay bills.
I told a friend a few years ago, dont waste to much time chasing the dream. Get you career going. HE listened. He is in med school now, and just came down to hit some summer meets.
Track is fun, but if your not running 10.0 to 9.9 and making oly and world teams, then dont expect to be rolling in the dough.
6/1 off complete rest
6/2 tempo 2x10x100 on grass. Dep pushups and abs at home.
My heel felt much better once I got warm. Im gonna have to only spike up for block starts and maybe a few fast runs during the week to save the foot.
6/3 10x100 am tempo. Gonna do a easy warm up and some drills in the PM. plus some ab work.
Donavon met with Charlie on many occasions prior to going to the states.
Charlie gave him a road map based on his experience.
Donavon went and followed that plan.
Was it that simple? Doubtful.
Is this fairly accurate? I think so.
Would Donavan refute it?
100%
Donavon was already making money from sources that are not entirely clear but he was driving an expensive car.
Men often have a girl or their family or mom ( Ben’s mom supported him 100 percent of the time up until she passed in 2000 or near there)
The woman in Charlie’s group mostly had Charlie or minimal family support.
Charlie had met very few of the athletes parents that he coached which I found almost unbelievable.
I was on my own since I was finished high school. I would never have been able to pursue track on my own. I was going to school, working to pay rent, biking to work and running track. I gained 20 pounds and my running got slower and slower.
I am writing blog about tempo and the benefits of it especially for woman. Woman have a harder time getting support if their families are not supporting them.
Men typically get their girlfriends or mom’s. Most dad’s would tell their sons to get a 'real" job. right?
I do believe anything is possible but I also believe we can set ourselves up to fail or succeed.
When you look at tennis or golf the home social and economic situations are extremely different than that of the kids in track.
Football or basketball are sports where the college or universities step in for support.
2000 USA Trials 200m RD 1 Mo Greene easing up but having to shift gears at approx. 14 sec. into the race to fight off the two who were about to pass him.
2008 USA Trials 100 RD 1 Tyson Gay easing up before the finish line and then he has to put his foot down on the pedal again to make it to the QF.
VS.
1988 OLY 100m QF Ben Johnson coasts in after 50m or so but is caught and passed by Christie and Mitchell but he doesn’t panic or speed up risking injury. Well coached & well prepared for this type of situation. Charlie has mentioned this several times here. James mentioned something similar to this in the 1995 old videos thread that I won’t let die
Aren’t EFEs and FEFs (speed change drills) type of changing gear? I know Mr. Francis used those drills with his athletes a lot, and it’s on GPP video so I know if done properly it’s a legit drill. So is changing gear only to be done during practice, but not during a race?
EFEs and FEF are indeed speed change drills. The difference between these and what Angela was referencing, however, is that the speed change drills feature a very slight change in velocity between phases that is largely predicated by changes in volitional arm action; whereas, easing up in competition only to re-accelerate again often features an acceleration change (in both directions) of far greater magnitude- hence the neuromuscular and structural stress.
I typically describe the EFEs and the FEFs as 90%-95%-90% and 95%-90%-95%, respectively. Alternatively, what we sometimes observe in qualifying heats may very well be in the range of ~98%-~85%-99%.
Sure thing. For the reasons explained, it’s imperative to elucidate upon the subtleties in velocity change during EFE and FEF to sprinters/athletes who use them in training.
Meet results.
Meet was at U miami track aka the sponge. THe softest track in florida. Great for training.
TImes were the exact same as last week, 11.6 and 24, but the difference this week is that I ran through the line wide open in the 100 were as last week, I drove to 30-40 and literally jogged through the line because of my short warm up.
I also wonder, because I sent in 11.6 and somehow I ran 11.6, did they just give me my seed time? Ive seen it happen before.
THis meet I had a complete warm up, felt great and took my time. I fully expected to run under 11 which did not happen at all.
In the 100 I was a fast runner and not a sprinter, meaning my turnover from start to finish was great, but I never went through any phases. I jumped out the blocks and just ran. I was not big out the blocks and built zero momentum. I never relaxed at all. MY race pattern didnt exist at all. Terrible.
In the 200 I felt a lil twinge in my ham at the top of the curve and just relaxed to the finish. See 200 attached, lane 6. I have 3 more meets left before I run out of time. track season pretty much just stops in Florida after June, gotta travel all of the US to try and find a meet. Next meet is this friday sat and sunday, I registered for both master and open races so I can make sure to get multiple 100 races in. lol
There is a big difference between changing gears with intention such as FEF or EFE compared to harsh or abrupt changing gears.
Good observation but wrong application.
EFE or FEF are changing gear drills BUT there are meant to be very smooth, careful and performed under 100 percent for the very reason that you will be expected to change speeds. This drill is also meant to be done with some transition in mind and some attention to the fact that you must change speeds.
These ideas I have described above are vastly different than what happens during a race.
Ben took a bit too much of a chance regarding how he ran the qualifying rounds for Charlie’s liking in 1988.
When you compete you do so to replicate your training performances.
When you train, you are in the trenches doing work and rarely are you going to be running anything in the same was in practice as you do in competition because you don’t always have the adrenaline, others at similar levels to compete against so it’s not the same.
I am not sure I personally describe FEF and EFE with numbers. In my view the issue or problem in doing this is the athlete then has in mind to think about the effort requirement each run instead of having the contrast of leg speed that is intended in the most relaxed way.
Competition is usually a persons best efforts yet.
Training will be day in and day out, good days, not so good days, larger variability and less than 100 percent by the coaches wish.
Drills are drills and drills are meant to work on specific things. EFE and FEF are no different.
So it clarifies even more. not only the contrast is smaller (less harsh, more smooth) in EFEs and FEFs, but the effort even at the F part of the drill is still below the level of effort in competition (submaximal). Also, it seems based on your description that whether or not one is prepared to change speed matters a lot as well.
I really wish they had track meets year around…Why can’t cross country and track co-exist?? I want more opportunities to improve (of course I can practice, but I need more real experiences)… Oh well, I wish you best of luck with your remaining meets.
6/8
Did a bunch of starts to 20 and 30 meters. Got some work in with a few guys. Tony dees was out as he coaches them. He gave me a few pointers which I plan to relax and implement
meet 6/11-12
Had a fun meet this past weekend. Had a great warmup, body felt good. No complaints at all, except it ran the same time again…11.6. THat was the prelim race on saturday.
came back sunday and ran a 55 or 50m legends race dont know what the distance was, then the finals of the 100. I guess they didnt care to much about the old guys cause they have yet to post the results of the 50 or the 100 final.
THe races are posted below in order. THe last two clips will be two different shots of the 100 final. Im on the inside lane on each video
So I know turnover is not my issue. Stride length is which i know is a result of the lack of power im putting into the track. ONly thing I can think of at this poit is to get stronger for next season and drop more weight. Im at 170 now, down from 178 at the start of season. At a height of 5’8 im too damn heavy, plus not hitting the gym as much as i should of, my power to weight ratio is horrid.
6/13 off
6/14 speed
warm up with lots of abs.
300 rope skips
only got one 30m bs in. my blocks kept moving so I just moved on to the next part of practice.
1x80
2x100. felt good.
weight room. havent been here in a while
5,4,3 squats 225,275, 315
bench 5,4,3 185, 205, 225
6/15- 4x5x100 tempo.
meet saturday.
oh and I ended up running 6.3 in the 50 and 11.41 in the 100 saturday so atleast it wasnt another 11.6…sheesh
