Interesting comments about how quick things can change.
As far as I know she is still with Shaver. Anyone know anyhting about her injury?
The date of that diary is 5 days before recording the then fastest time in the world in Crete, Greece. From her site: http://www.runlolorun.com/videos/index/show/id/9/
Would be interesting to know if contrast training had anything to do with this.
Thanks for the link to her site, read where she has a book coming out this October about how to handle adversity. 
Very inspiring, thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4uj_ZPHvY&feature=related
She’s also a former LSU Tiger, so I’ve always rooted for her - hope she handles her business!
I hope this is a joke.
Dennis has made available logs of a number of seasons with LSU and there is very minimal “contrast” work, most of which takes place in the very early season.
Why would that be a joke? Other threads have mentioned Shaver’s use of contrast training, and even Charlie who is usually not an advocate of overspeed suggested that it may be a good option for someone who has missed speed work due to injuries and needs to get fast quickly. Moreover, a number of forum members have reported 0.2-0.5s improvements in 100m times following a single session of contrast training.
Applied (?) to a hurdler would be interesting…
I asked if this is a joke because the person who claims that Shaver does this must not know much about Shaver’s work because the workouts and information are out there and he DOES NOT do what LKH claims. Mind you that is the same guy who claims to train with HSI and no one there has heard of him.
Anyway, I’ll hold my breath on the .5 second improvements in the 100m from a single session. If the effects are as strong as purported, then we should be seeing some forum members in Berlin or at least at world indoors next year. I am not against contrast work and think overspeed is interesting, but most of those threads are based on what a guy who is a pathological liar has said.
Is speed though the limiting factor in elite level hurdling? Look at Devers for females or Trammel for males… I’m not so sure.
There are a lot of ways though in hurdling you can get “overspeed” effects in that you will be racing faster than race speeds. Most obviously lowering the hurdles slightly, but also through zones (take out a hurdle part way through–a technique used by Wilbur Ross) and other pattern changes.
By interesting I didn’t mean it would necessarily have a positive effect for a hurdler. Lkh’s reply though should be interesting, indeed!
To some extend I’d say it is, maybe even more so for female hurdlers. I’m sure that Lolo Jones in 11.20s 100m shape would be faster over the hurdles than Lolo Jones in 11.50s shape.
Her 100m PB is 11.24, from 2006, but she only ran 11.49 a month ago.
In 2005 she ran 11.59 flat and 12.76 over the hurdles. One year later, her flat speed had improved to 11.24 and her hurdles time to 12.56.
Female 100hs are way more speed dependant than male counterpart.
Small hurdle height plays a definite role here.
She ran some of her slowest 100s almost immediately before that 12.5 though!
Her 100m PB is 11.24, from 2006, but she only ran 11.49 a month ago.
In 2005 she ran 11.59 flat and 12.76 over the hurdles. One year later, her flat speed had improved to 11.24 and her hurdles time to 12.56.
Did her flat speed improve or did she just get better conditions for the meet or was her training schedule different? I’m not so sure because she ran plenty of mean relay legs at LSU (when they were national champions!), but hasn’t been considered for any relay work since then.