Melbourne Track Classic 2010

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@kitkat1

It doesn’t really matter. Do what feels best on the day. It’s only an issue if you’re trying to compare times between sessions. Obviously a standing or three-point start is likely to be slower than a running start. In the case above, Matt replied that he had a about a 10m walk up to the 300m start and a couple of steps walkup to the backup reps.

He did a couple of sets of 300 + 150 today (Sunday in Sydney). The 300s pace was “comehome” pace in a quickish 400m. He ran low 34sec for both, then diagonal jog across the infield to the 150m start - so about 70sec recoveries - and then a two step flying start to the 150s. The first set was something like 34.4 + 17.2 and after about 40mins the second set was 34.2 + 16.4; His training partner, Kevin Moore, ran 400m race rhythm for six x 150m around the full bend and into the straight. All of his 150s were in around low 16sec (mostly 16.2sec). This was identified from video of the Melbourne 400m race as a flaw in his race strategy. Kevin was absolutely last at 200m and still at 300m but unleashed a decent last 100m in about 12.1sec. He pulled up fresh so he needs to empty the tanks earlier to get the qualifying time he needs to earn national team selection and some financial support. The minimum 400m qualifying time would be 45.95sec .

12.1 is an excellent last 100m. If that holds steady as the season progresses and he freshens up we should see some exciting times.

It was good to see Tristan Garrett and James Gurr break through in the 800m. I know James has the talent to run a qualifier inthe near future and hope that he gets the conditions for it soon.

Btw, does any one know what was up with the sprint times? The sprints seemed to be a bit off the pace compared
with Sydney, but the 800m was quite strong. Is it just a recovery thing?