Hey! Joel’s starts weren’t too bad… I’ve been looking at the footage and he was out second after me (i’m a good starter). The big difference was his front side mechanics in the second half… he runs a bit like Asafa! My backside mechanics are too prominant and I can’t maintain very well… but then I’m a jumper and find the last 40 difficult.
I really didn’t expect that someone else in the race would have done contrast 7-10 days out… and we both got PB’s… which adds even more support to the power of this training method.
Good luck at the U23’s… my B’day is before Dec 31st so I can’t go:(