I noticed Jason Gardner has been running many races the past couple of weeks. While many of the top male sprinters aren’t running indoors this year (ie. Greene, Montgomery, etc). Will this effect his training preparation compared to someone who races less or not at all during the indoor season? ie. Would someone who skipped competing indoors need a couple more races at the beginning of outdoor season to get back into the groove of competing? What are some of the benefits of competing indoors vs. benefits of skipping indoors?
T-Mont is running this weekend against Gardener!!!
That will be cool, they both have the same 60m PB…but Jasons performances seem extremely consistent this season (6.46, 6.48, 6.49, 6.50, 6.51, 6.51, 6.53, 6.53, 6.54, 6.55, with a tendency to the faster times…)
But why do a lot of US Athletes not show up/show up late this Indoor Season? What is the benefit for their training? I understand that Mo is afraid of injury, but didn’t his best Outdoor Seasons follow great performances Indoors (even as early as early in February), didn’t Tims 9,78 follow a 9,48 indoors?
Do you think their strategy (skipping/only a few races indoors) pay off in Athens?
Sorry, Tims 9,78 followed a 6,48 indoors, of course…
I thought they had to limit Tims racing season due to his lower tolerance (relatively) for track work and competition work?
I could be mistaken on this but that is what I heard.
Chris, where did u hear this?
I can’t remember what site it was from but it was from an interview from Tims old coach. I wish I remembered the URL for the article…