[Jake]

Jake on February 18, 2014 at 7:52 am #207912

Hi all

Is there a difference in 60m/100m times whether its in a competition or in training (dartfish or timing gates ) If so is there an average difference so you can predict what sort of shape your in?

[David Gain]

David Gain on February 19, 2014 at 9:32 am #207985

The easy part of the answer is to say yes, there is a difference. You will always run faster in a competition when you’ve got a bit of adrenaline and nervous energy helping you along. And you never really run 100% in training even if you think you are, maybe 98-99%, but never 100% until you have a guy right next to you about to snatch a medal position from you.

The hard part is saying how much, everyone is different. How much effort you put in during training, and how much race day psychology will speed you up differs from person to person.

[Jake]

Jake on February 24, 2014 at 1:27 pm #208258

Thats good to know thanks for the reply 🙂

[Zack Trapp]

Zack Trapp on February 24, 2014 at 10:06 pm #208285

It varies from person to person, but in general competition times are 2-5% faster than training.