John
March 4, 2010, 11:57pm
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The NSWIS 400 FastTrack project is alive and well and gathering pace it seems: From the Sydney meet last Saturday to Melbourne yesterday, the Central Coast teenager Kevin Young halved the time/distance between himself and those ahead of him and doubled the time/distance between himself and those behind him. It’s not that often you get to make direct comparisons, but the finishing order was essentially the same in Melbourne as in Sydney in the men’s 400m, although all the times in that event were slower.
It should also be noted that Moore ran from lane 8 in Sydney and had no one outside him. In Melbourne he ran from lane 2 and was able to keep an eye on everyone.
In the meanwhile, Moore’s training partner, Matt Lynch, who opened his account at 400m in 46.61 pre-Xmas, appears to be only a couple of weeks away from returning to competition after a silly self-inflicted hammy tear. I have received a message to say Matt Lynch clocked 300m (two straights) in training on Wednesday this week in 32.2 and then backed up 30sec later with a flying 60m. He completed a descending ladder to 20m. He threw up after the 60 and nearly again during the 40m.
The 400m program is essentially the same as described in great detail in the terminally long Lactate Threshold thread under Fundamentals on the CF forum.
Thanks for the update. I’m guessing that programme is quite a change to what some of the coaches would have prescribed. Do you know what their reaction has been?
Were their athletes withdrawn / drop out as it appeared ‘wrong’?