Henry's Training for 100-200

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Hello all.

I guess it is time for a little update! Better late than never, right?

Well. Where do I start? Let’s start with Canberra. A great coach, a great program, a great squad, but I simply could not find the balance in work and training to survive there. The coach also had lots of time overseas though the winter. So the combination of spending a winter in canberra with no coach and struggling to survive added to the decision to return to Sydney.

Once in Sydney I contemplated changing sports to Rugby. However a talk with a track mentor steered me to give a new coach a go. With the change came a slight shift in training for 400m… Believe it or not I gave long-to-short a crack and needless to say even though there were some good early season results I ended up running 11.3? at state championships. Having turned my back on short-to-long, and running more metres than I ever had to find myself running slower than I had in high school was disheartening. Looking back I wish I had kept in touch with everyone here to get me back on track…
I then found myself an opportunity to train in the USA under Al Hobson. He came with great credentials and gave me the opportunity see Ivory Williams and Dexter Faulk in action at training. To make a long story short I learned a great deal watching those guys run and train but in the end the training I was receiving didn’t provide many positive outcomes. I ran 7.0? 60m indoor, 22.22 200m indoors, 51.26 400m indoors. Results

In May/June 2011 I returned to Australia and I was burnt out and could not motivate myself to train so I had a break, enjoyed good champagne and good food and let my hair down (it was fun :)). I got fat…
So in March 2012 when I got sick of having a belly I started training again, boxing, running and occasional general medball stuff. In september after running occasionally on the track I began some training with a female KitKat was coaching. I lasted 6 weeks and had to limit training due to what I later learned was tendinopathy in the hammy insertion. Being an idiot I ran a 200m in december clocking 21.4/5 then continued running on the beach until I was actually diagnosed with the tendinopathy.

So here I am now over a year later 1 PRP injection and 10 weeks training feeling like I can run ok without worry again!!

And that is why I am here to reconnect and share with everyone. I’m starting a new Journal here

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Welcome back Henry and I see it’s been a while since you have been around. Getting fat is not much fun is it? Seems like lots of people have to try that before realizing the good life is not really that good if you can’t see your feet. :wink: … ( I’m kidding you know?)

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Welcome back Henry. You forgot to mention that you are also now coaching a member of the national relay team. :slight_smile:

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Sorry, just saw you did refer to him in another post.

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Henry, I like that you have come back to share and learn stuff here. It’s pretty cool that you are using what you have said has been helpful to coach someone if it’s true. Do you have any of the products from the store? And if not, let me know as I would be happy to send something complimentary to get your collection started.
We have some really good young coaches hanging around the site . Some of them I met a few weekends ago at the Canadian 2014 Speed and Power Conference and they are not only keen but seem to be hard working and interested in learning more.

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Thank you Angela thats very kind, I have a fair amount of Charlie’s stuff as he is a massive influence on my coaching and programming. I will have a look and see if I can take you up on that offer.

Hi Robin, it’s been too long. Yes I’m coaching a solid athlete at the moment which is lots of fun and has taught me a lot. It has been great applying my knowledge to an athlete of that level. He is still quite raw but is developing well.