Was the below program the one you’re referring to? If so, it was not the program he was doing in the lead up to KL at all, it was the program he was doing in the lead up to Sydney 2000. When he ran 10.03, he was only 19 years old and had begun studying a Phys Ed course at uni, so he wasn’t full time. The volume of his training was far less than it was post KL. His diet also wasn’t much good. He used to enjoy eating McDonalds quite often, although it definitely didn’t show on his body! Before KL he went with some other aussie athletes including Paul “Hendo” Henderson to Houston to train with Tom Tellez. I think they were only there for a couple of weeks. Dan Pfaff didn’t have any influence on Khmel’s training before KL. After KL, Khmel included a lot more weights in Shirvo’s program as he found out that Pfaff’s sprinters spent a lot more time working on their strength in the gym and a lot less time on the track. I don’t think this decision was a wise one. Matt put on a lot more muscle, especially in his upper body, but it did not translate into a faster acceleration. The less emphasis on speed endurance meant that he never got near his best 200m times from 1998 again. I think if they had just stuck to what they were doing he would have gone sub 10 in 1999. His workload was just insane for a drug free athlete which meant that he was constantly fatigued and getting frequent illnesses.
MONDAY :
Morning session - Maximum strength
Dynamic warm up (includes jgging, drills, general stretching and specific stretching exercises for this particular session.)
TUESDAY :
Morning session - maximum velocity and starting acceleration -
dynamic warm up
WEDNESDAY :
Morning session - power strength
warm up
THURSDAY
Morning session - speed endurance and bend technique (for 200m)
Dynamic warm up
FRIDAY :
Tactical preparation for Competition and rest
SATURDAY :
Competition
SUNDAY :
Video analysis
The program you’re referring is a little misleading and is not the basis of my comments. I inherited the hard drive which Kheml had his 400m and 100m programs on. I also knew Kheml when he was a high school coach at Waverly College 1992 & I can give a chronology of his CV from 1992 to 2002 of all his 100m runners.
So I think I am more than qualified to assert that Matt was training full time and wasn’t eating burgers when he ran 10.03.
If you did know Khemls coaching methodology - then you would know that he would mix sessions on the day to day feel of athletes, e.g if Matt felt flat before comp he would change the session or at least some components of it.