lashawn merritt documentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukevFwlxwJs
his dad is hilarious
It certainly mirrors (low-keyed and humble) what is perceived during the meets.
http://bonesville.net/Articles/AlMyatt/2008/07/071208_Myatt.htm
looking forward to some wicked times at og from the 2, pure speed merritt versus the smooth effort wariner
Anyone know the Real Deal 400m training methods carried out by L.Merritt? How his training progresses throughout the year(from fall to competition period and then main competition). Really have no idea of the set-up, but based off Merritt PR’s(19.98 & 43.96)I’d guess it maybe more pure speed than Hart system. Then I pondered he may be an athlete like M.Johnson, in a tempo/strength endurance system, with the natural speed to run sub 20 and sub 44 rather than just sub 44 and 44.XX
I believe i viewed a result of his this year where he ran an 800m in like 2:02 seconds or something, early in the season around like january. I was thinking this would be similar to what powell and bolt run at 400m distance in january.
These times that aren’t jaw dropping, but at the same time don’t really compete with their quality base training, maybe even give their base training a little boost a.k.a. some kind of temporary endurance boost in the core and legs(as long as mechanics are not breaking down too deadly)
There’s no way he can only run a 2:02. There’s gotta be something we don’t know about the time.
Dwayne Miller was scheduled to speak in Eugene. I’m not sure if he did and I don’t of anyone who was present at the “Super Clinic.” It could be that Merritt is simply remarkably talented.
Super talented perhaps…
Super talented perhaps…
Super talented perhaps…
I could not in good conscience compel a person to undertake such training…
I could not in good conscious make an athlete submit to such training…
what are drillouts? For the first 4 weeks it say 1, 1.5, 2 mile. I assume this is total volume of non-continuous tempo?
i ran with a girl last year in high school who ran for real deal and then moved down here and she did way worse with us pr wise than with real deal, she also ran for the high school that one of the FSU 200m finalists ran for. idk.
that pdf seems redicliously simplistic.
edit: merrit spent half a year with bill carson, at ECU and ran awesome then, so i dont know if any of the prep from then goes into their planning now.
“That could be a million-dollar race,” Carson said. “I think Usain may be the only one capable of challenging LaShawn in the 400 in the next few years. Usain may try to get all three world records in the 100, 200 and 400.”
http://bonesville.net/Articles/AlMyatt/2008/08/082808_Myatt_TF.htm
in this video it appeared he ran a 250m or maybe 300m, with the final 200m segment run in 23.2X-23.4X, while chasing an athlete of lesser calibre who seemed to be doing a 200m run closer to his own speed limit.
How much of these runs are performed during this session, i’m wondering, as a question to the 400m gurus who may know?