My 40

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I really had an urge to run today so I decided I’d film it, not my best effort(my body is still feeling slightly drained from the week, legs felt heavy I figure I could go about a tenth faster when I’m fresh) but any critiques are welcome

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=C5DA2CD904267F77

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=37BA734374EC644F

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Looks pretty good. I like your start and first few steps but it looks like you’re forcing it a bit later on. aka you look a little bit tight in the middle of your run. Is your primary sport football or track?

Also how tall are you? I’ll just throw this out there: a lot of top football guys’ 40s are around 19-20 steps where yours is about 20.5. Your 20.5 steps could be partly due to tightness and partly due to you not being 100% fresh for these runs.

I’m sure others’ opinions will vary.

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I’m 6’2.5, football is my primary sport, I’ll probably run track next year. My transition was pretty bad in those runs, I really felt like I was having to force it. Usually on a good day it’s automatic and all I think about is relaxing. I think your on to something with number of strides, I think part of it is because I’m in a very high volume, high intensity weights stage, but do you think that I would benefit from some mobility work to open up my stride a little more? If so what kind?

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I don’t know if you need specific “mobility work”. In my mind, mobility work would be included in your regular warm-up. I think many of your imperfections can be fixed by being well rested and progressing through a thorough warmup.

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Ya I’m sure your right, I’ll post another the next time my body is ready for a speed day