Elitetrack: Sport Training & Conditioning

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I am in.

done and done.

Thanks guys. I know Dallas appreciates it.

If I wasn’t a poor college kid I would donate. Dallas is basically pure inpiration for me and I hope to get near his level. With how old he is, the amount of time off he had from training, and from how big he is, the things that he is doing on a track just make me go and forces me to work harder.

Are you training him just for the 100m or the 200 as well?  Either way he is off to a great start.  Good luck

Primarily the 100m however he may run a couple 200m for training purposes. His top end speed is really excellent and his acceleration is adequate but at least for right now he’s too heavy to run with the best of the best in the 200m.

Whats the news on Dallas lately?

Things are going well. He’s opening season at UTEP in 9 days where he’ll run the 100m and probably the 200m. We’re working through some minor nagging injuries (mainly turf toe) that prevents us from doing some plyo and weight work but doesn’t limit sprinting. He’s been running very fast in practice lately (as timed by brower timing gates) and we’re looking for a solid first meet…hopefully getting the Olympic Trials qualification mark in the process.

keep up the good work and we really appreciate the updates.

Mike,

I’m curious what kind of splits he’s getting with the speed traps.  Any specifics you’re willing to relate?  I’ve recently been attempting to record more data with our guys and I’m interested to see where some elites are.  I’m very excited to see Dallas open up, he could be quite a story this summer.

3 weeks ago: 3.55 for flying 30m w/ 1m run-in (basically a 30m acceleration but taking out the touchpad). Dallas started at 0m, the first gate was at 1m and the second gate was at 31m.
 
2 weeks ago: 3.77 for 30m acceleration with touchpad and lightbeam

last week: 0.86 flying 10m split (following 30m acceleration)

All I can say is WOW!

Wow, great stuff.  .86 is flying.

Just for reference, to underscore how impressive that is, have a look at some of these split data:

http://myweb.lmu.edu/jmureika/track/splits/splits.html#87wc

As you can see, anyone able to hit .86 from 30-40m is in the big leagues!

Mike Young - 03 April 2008 05:51 PM

3 weeks ago: 3.55 for flying 30m w/ 1m run-in (basically a 30m acceleration but taking out the touchpad). Dallas started at 0m, the first gate was at 1m and the second gate was at 31m.
 
2 weeks ago: 3.77 for 30m acceleration with touchpad and lightbeam

last week: 0.86 flying 10m split (following 30m acceleration)

How is the training being handled now? I know somethings have gone down… details?

I know this is a long time coming but I’ve been on the road a lot and was working some things out in regards to this matter. I am no longer working with Dallas and he is no longer being managed by HPC. Recent developments came to light (much of which was detailed on other forums on the web) which made continuing our relationship impossible. Among other things, drastic unprescribed changes were being made to the training plans I developed without consultation as far back as the first week of March. This had the potential to compromise both my and HPC’s credibility whether Dallas ran well or not.

Dallas is a good guy and we will continue to be friends however the recent developments made it very difficult to move forward together. I wish him the best in achieving his goals.