3.13.12
first sprinting workout outside happened yesterday. calves are very very sore, but in the workout i saw a lot of positives. it certaintly is easier to keep up with the other sprinters on the team (all 10.5x-10.6x range) when i try to get more power out of each stride as opposed to just pushing rate and when doing the power outs at the end of the warm up one of the more snioer sprinters (a 7th year i believe??) said that i finally "looked like a sprinter, very powerful) and all i did was keep my chin tucked while accelerating. for some reason doing this puts my legs into much more of a piston motion and i seem to have a higher stride rate and no loss or maybe even an increase in stride length. i hate to pull my head out of my line with my body, but i would rather not mess with results!
tucking the chin also improved my sled pulls last week. i’ll be excited to do some full sprints against the other kids as i’d love a huge outdoor pr since my indoor year was disappointing. strength numbers on the way back up too