Powell 400m Opener

Powell to run one lap opener in Kingston
Tuesday 16 January 2007
Kingston, Jamaica - World 100m record holder Asafa Powell will open his 2007 season at a local track & field meet on 27 January.

The track meet, named in the honour of Jamaica’s 1988 Olympic 200m silver medallist, Grace Jackson, will be staged at the National Stadium east complex.

Powell’s coach Stephen Francis confirmed his athlete participation at the local meet, but said “he will run the 400m. That’s the way we normally start the season,” Francis told AFP.

Powell, who ran 12 wind legal sub-10 second times in 2006 and won a share of the IAAF Golden League Jackpot, will run two 400m races this season.

“He is going to run two 400m races this season, both locally. The second one will probably be at Gibson Relays, an international meet (February 24 th) at the National Stadium or G.C. Foster Classic, a local meet (March 10th),” added Francis.

Anthony Foster for the IAAF

I had questions on this. Does he time his special endurance to be the focus now or is this transitional in the short term for Speed end? I am not surprised by the approach just curious how he uses this enough to help but not too much to hinder MV