I am absolutely awestruck by Bolt's performance. It is really hard to find words to describe what we just witnessed. The fact that his two 100 meter world records came in the finals of the Olympic Games and the World Championship, by itself is amazing. He beat the best. I am trying to put it in a historical context and imagine where all the past great sprinters in history would have finished. The [...]

We're deep in to the heart of the international track and field schedule now and have only 3 weeks before the start of the 12th IAAF World Championships in Berlin. The season has had plenty of highlights so far but none greater than the solo fireworks of Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt. Reigning double World Champion, Tyson Gay, has the world leading performances of 9.77 and 19.58 to his credit. Olympic [...]

In something that has become almost unprecedented in today's short sprints, we're going to get the chance to watch the top two two of the top three titans of the sprinting world face off in a non-championship race on July 10th in Rome. That's right, Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt Asafa Powell will finally hit the track to face off against each other in what has been a match almost a year in the maki [...]

Twitter has entered the public consciousness and it's now impossible to ignore. Whether you like the premise or not there are millions of people on twitter now and it's growth has been faster than every other social networking site in web history. I've been on for about a year and a half (@mikeyoung) and I use it to crowd source ideas, market my business, follow what others are doing and share [...]

2009 is almost upon us. 2008 was good. The emergence of Usain Bolt, Beijing Olympics, no major drug busts, and WRs in quite a handful events helped to overcome the black eye that Marion and Trevor continue to be. As we prepare to ring in the New Year, I thought it would be interesting to look at the top forum and blog postings of the last year. Most Active Forum Topics of 2008: HPC ELITE Nick N [...]

We've recently been spoiled by the amazing feats of Asafa Powell's 9.72 personal best in Lausanne and Usain Bolt's string of sub 9.85s. So much so that it's easy to forget that someone other than these two actually produced the fastest 100m ever. EVAR. Tyson Gay. Remember him? He's that guy who didn't make the final at the Olympics due to lack of race fitness caused by an injury at the U.S. [...]

If you're a track junky take note. Clear your calendar and make sure you have a good internet connection. On August 31st, WCSN will be broadcasting the AVIVA Grand Prix Meet at Gateshead for FREE. That's a price I think we can all afford....especially for the great coverage that WCSN provides. This is the first major meet following the Beijing Olympics so I'm sure it'll be a treat. Tyson Gay ( [...]

Yesterday, I blogged about America's track performance in Beijing and whether it was really as bad as it seemed. I kinda steered towards an optimistic view yesterday. Today, I'm back to give the other side of the argument. The answer to whether Beijing was a complete meltdown isn't real simple but I think it's safe to say that something wasn't wright in Beijing. First off, America has histori [...]

It's been widely stated (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) in the media that the American track team had a complete meltdown in Beijing. USATF's new CEO, Doug Logan, has even gone so far as to say our recent failures in Beijing may warrant a shakeup of the infrastructure of the organization. I mean, even when we won, it seemed we had really lost. At the close of the games, the U.S. had won 23 medals. Is this so ba [...]

Ok. I've got a little bit of info back from Beijing on Usain's unbelievable 200m. It's not enough to do the type of review on the race that I did on his 100m WR but it should provide some interesting fodder nonetheless. Apparently, Bolt's splits were 9.96 and 9.34 for each 100m segment. Compare this to Michael Johnson's 10.12 and 9.20 seconds for his 19.32 in Atlanta. The faster start by Usa [...]