The third fastest 60m sprinter in history. And it was in a semi final! Can he break the world record tomorrow in the final?
I am so happy for him. Wow im totally amazed though that he did this!
DWAIN CHAMBERS – 6.42 ER,CR,BR,PB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i seen the race on tv..he blew them away after about 30m…i had a feeling he was going to run that!!!!!!!!
https://elitetrack.com/forums/viewthread/7695/P30/
He must be training differently this year…i wonder can he challenge bolt this year….
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NO way..
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Amazing. I’m calling 6.41 in finals.
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I hope your right Jason…
I will call 6.45. But i really really hope he breaks the world record!
He is by far the most talented UK athlete since Colin Jaskson and J Edwards…
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You are silly man. LOL
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He cruises for about 5m. I don’t know if pushing through those last 5m = to a world record. It would be nice to see him due it though.
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Nick do you know what his current coaching situation is? Is he training himself? Working with his old UK coach? Would be very interested to know what he’s been doing this year.
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As far as i know he is training with Williamson who is GB number 2 sprinter. Same coach as he always had, i did know his name…but cant remember…im sure a quick search would find the answer.
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https://www.runnerslife.co.uk/Latest-News
I see overspeed training.
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Wow great videos…
Just listened to the interviews…sometimes he doesnt lift a weight for 2 months!
When he squats he does 4×10 reps at about 160kg!
He doesnt see the point in lifting heavy anymore…prefers bounding and sprinting for leg muscle development…
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Wow great videos…
Just listened to the interviews…sometimes he doesnt lift a weight for 2 months!
When he squats he does 4×10 reps at about 160kg!
He doesnt see the point in lifting heavy anymore…prefers bounding and sprinting for leg muscle development…
Squatting every 10days and 20mins runs every Monday.
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Wow great videos…
Just listened to the interviews…sometimes he doesnt lift a weight for 2 months!
When he squats he does 4×10 reps at about 160kg!
He doesnt see the point in lifting heavy anymore…prefers bounding and sprinting for leg muscle development…
his squat 1rm must be huge….he probably doesent lift heavy anymore as the there is no need to develop max strength…
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his squat 1rm must be huge….he probably doesent lift heavy anymore as the there is no need to develop max strength…
160kg * 10 predicts out at 470. If he’s doing 4 sets at that weight then I’d guess his 1RM is probably well in excess of 500 lbs.
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So are we thinking, he lifts those 10reps as fast as he can and uses it for power devel?
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[quote author="dan1990" date="1236494694"]
his squat 1rm must be huge….he probably doesent lift heavy anymore as the there is no need to develop max strength…
160kg * 10 predicts out at 470. If he’s doing 4 sets at that weight then I’d guess his 1RM is probably well in excess of 500 lbs.[/quote]
i thought he was talking about 10 sets of 4 reps.
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no, he said 4 sets of 10.
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he said i think….”i normally do 4rep of 10 at 150 160″ i would say this is all for power work..
Thats what I heard also..
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6.46 is final, easy win. Called it, kinda!
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I agree 100% and UKA are giving him a lot of money to run those 10.15’s.
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He definitely said 4 reps of 10. At least from an American terminology it’s kinda backward…usually we say sets of reps. I wonder which it was? 10 sets of 4 at around 70% would be some unusual beastly work capacity / power & strength endurance workout. If it was 4 sets of 10 reps at 70% then it becomes an entirely different animal….something more like muscular endurance / hypertrophy work.
A random question: Is Dwain acutally sponsored by Adidas? He seems to only wear Adidas but he’s wearing spikes that were released like 5 years ago.
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I agree 100% and UKA are giving him a lot of money to run those 10.15’s.
I’d imagine it’s actually stunted his development because with cash comes a lot of scrutiny and pressure. Add to that the comparisons with Dwain and I’d imagine it wears on the guy quite a bit.
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He definitely said 4 reps of 10. At least from an American terminology it’s kinda backward…usually we say sets of reps. I wonder which it was? 10 sets of 4 at around 70% would be some unusual beastly work capacity / power & strength endurance workout. If it was 4 sets of 10 reps at 70% then it becomes an entirely different animal….something more like muscular endurance / hypertrophy work.
A random question: Is Dwain acutally sponsored by Adidas? He seems to only wear Adidas but he’s wearing spikes that were released like 5 years ago.
Maybe he like that particular spike. Do you have a problem with the 20min run?
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Maybe he like that particular spike. Do you have a problem with the 20min run?
I actually think the spike is fine but a company typically would not allow him to wear a shoe that they no longer sell because they won’t make as much money off of his endorsement. It’s more likely that they’d make him a custom shoe that he liked than allow him to wear a 5 year old spike.
As for the 20 minute run, I actually have some of my athletes do 15 minute runs during comp phase at a very slow pace but the purpose is entirely different. It sounds like he’s trying to run it pretty hard. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t do that with a 60m/100m guy, but I don’t think that it’s all that bad in the context of the rest of his interview considering it might be one of his only general fitness workouts.
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Maybe he like that particular spike. Do you have a problem with the 20min run?I actually think the spike is fine but a company typically would not allow him to wear a shoe that they no longer sell because they won’t make as much money off of his endorsement. It’s more likely that they’d make him a custom shoe that he liked than allow him to wear a 5 year old spike.
As for the 20 minute run, I actually have some of my athletes do 15 minute runs during comp phase at a very slow pace but the purpose is entirely different. It sounds like he’s trying to run it pretty hard. If that’s the case, I wouldn’t do that with a 60m/100m guy, but I don’t think that it’s all that bad in the context of the rest of his interview considering it might be one of his only general fitness workouts.[/quote]
Dont have to ask what you think about his squat comments after reading your squatting blog.
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Yeah…i was actually wondering about it. In some ways it falls in line (1x every 10 days); but then he goes on to say he might not lift for 3 months. I’ve never had an athlete who could do that successfully and return to a workout like 4 x 10 @ 70% without being in a wheelchair with DOMS for a week.
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Yeah…i was actually wondering about it. In some ways it falls in line (1x every 10 days); but then he goes on to say he might not lift for 3 months. I’ve never had an athlete who could do that successfully and return to a workout like 4 x 10 @ 70% without being in a wheelchair with DOMS for a week.
Would you ever make max strength training so secondary like many top sprinters do?
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I think I could do it but I wouldn’t really want to. I find weight workouts easier to modulate and control physical readiness with than any other aspect of training. From a sheer stimulus standpoint I think they could be replaced fairly easy without much negative effect.
I don’t think Dwain falls in to the same league as some of the true non-lifting sprinters though. Dwain is older and already very strong. It’s quite common to see guys who are strong with big training ages back off in the weight room without any ill-affects. In fact almost every elite thrower I know makes drastic volume and / or intensity dropoffs in the weightroom in the twilight of their careers.
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I think I could do it but I wouldn’t really want to. I find weight workouts easier to modulate and control physical readiness with than any other aspect of training. From a sheer stimulus standpoint I think they could be replaced fairly easy without much negative effect.
I don’t think Dwain falls in to the same league as some of the true non-lifting sprinters though. Dwain is older and already very strong. It’s quite common to see guys who are strong with big training ages back off in the weight room without any ill-affects. In fact almost every elite thrower I know makes drastic volume and / or intensity dropoffs in the weightroom in the twilight of their careers.
I understand he dont fall into the same league, but many of the top sprinters now days dont lift a lot of heavy loads 90%+ and many dont even perform squats.
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I know. Asafa (and many others) never squats as far as I know. I would say a couple things:
1) There are many ways to Rome and it’s never appropriate to look at the value of one exercise outside of the context of the entire training protocol.
2) I’d say that a majority (probably between 1/2 and 2/3) of the top sprinters squat regularly (albeit, not all do so heavy). When you add to that the number who don’t squat but do some other form of relatively high intensity leg strength work like deadlifts, leg presses, olympic lifts, etc that number probably jumps to 80%. And since I look for commonalities in the training of the best individuals and most successful coaches rather than try to make interpretations about one person or even one coach, the fact that one or more people do or do not (fill in the blank) doesn’t make much difference to me. From a scientific / statistical standpoint looking at one person (or even one coach’s methods) and trying to extrapolate any meaningful causal relationship between their training and performance is a fool-hearty leap of faith in my opinion. You’ll always be trying to duplicate the champion du jour and that person changes every year. The same can be said with technique.
3) Dwain’s sprinting and bounding clearly provides the stimulus he needs and it obviously works for him. I can’t say that I’d change it and I’d love to know more about his training…especially who the hell the guy could take 3 months off lifting and presumably return to do a 4×10 squat workout without serious negative affects on the rest of his training for the next 3-5 days.
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chambers did do alot of weight work earlier in his career…i know that that 20min run that he does he picked that up from rugby league..he also does the agility work in his training from when he had rugby league trials…alot of sprinters wouldnt need weight room work as they are probably gifted with strength to weight ratio??the sprinters that go heavy in the weightroom are usually super strong JE..Ben johnson..linford christie..asafa does one leg squat split step ups squat cleans bench and hill sprints
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chambers did do alot of weight work earlier in his career…i know that that 20min run that he does he picked that up from rugby league..he also does the agility work in his training from when he had rugby league trials
He still does agility work? This could be another source of general fitness work.
…alot of sprinters wouldnt need weight room work as they are probably gifted with strength to weight ratio??the sprinters that go heavy in the weightroom are usually super strong JE..Ben johnson..linford christie..asafa does one leg squat split step ups squat cleans bench and hill sprints
Asafa does squats? The last I heard he did only single leg work like step-ups and lunges for leg strength and used cleans for explosive strength.
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About a year ago, there was a video kicking around done by Swedish TV of Asafa training in Jamaica. In it, Stephen Francis yells over to Asafa to get to the weight room and he listed off the excersices which included single leg squats and single leg deadlift.
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[quote author="dan1990" date="1236613244"]chambers did do alot of weight work earlier in his career…i know that that 20min run that he does he picked that up from rugby league..he also does the agility work in his training from when he had rugby league trials
He still does agility work? This could be another source of general fitness work.
…alot of sprinters wouldnt need weight room work as they are probably gifted with strength to weight ratio??the sprinters that go heavy in the weightroom are usually super strong JE..Ben johnson..linford christie..asafa does one leg squat split step ups squat cleans bench and hill sprints
Asafa does to squats? The last I heard he did only single leg work like step-ups and lunges for leg strength and used cleans for explosive strength.[/quote]
i meant to say asafa does one leg squat… split squat step ups cleans bench and hill sprints..sorry my mistake..usain bolt definatly squats and bench presses..i dont know how heavy….
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Sounds slightlyy off topic, but any numbers for linford christie? I know ben johnsons 600×6 squat and 400 bench..
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Sounds slightlyy off topic, but any numbers for linford christie? I know ben johnsons 600×6 squat and 400 bench..
300kg he says this in his book..he had crazy flexibility
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Christie squatted 300kg for a full squat? That’s impressive. I didn’t know he was that strong.
That pic has always amazed me. It’s not as impressive until you try to do it and see just how amazing that position is.
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Yeah i can beleive that…UK coaches have told me that most of the UK athletes don’t do full squats at all. I personally don’t think you get much more gains from full compared to quarter. I’ve quarter squatted 550lbs when i was coached by a UK coach and was still very powerful at the board…so i’m sure these guys can be super powerful from them too.
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Thanks for clarification. 600 lb squat is monstrous. If it was a half squat or higher he was probably good for a 400 lb full squat which is still very strong but not INSANELY strong.
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Yeah i can beleive that…UK coaches have told me that most of the UK athletes don’t do full squats at all. I personally don’t think you get much more gains from full compared to quarter. I’ve quarter squatted 550lbs when i was coached by a UK coach and was still very powerful at the board…so i’m sure these guys can be super powerful from them too.
Improvements in power are just one small aspect of squatting. Joint health, dynamic mobility, and endocrine profile are all other things to consider.
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in christies book it says 300kg back squat..obviously no way is it a full squat…300kg=660lbs…alot of the uk athletes are very strong.. if colin jackson,jason gardner,jonathan edwards took up olympic weighlifting they would probably be one the best uk lifters in their weightclass
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in christies book it says 300kg back squat..obviously no way is it a full squat…300kg=660lbs…alot of the uk athletes are very strong.. if colin jackson,jason gardner,jonathan edwards took up olympic weighlifting they would probably be one the best uk lifters in their weightclass
In the article “the elastic development of j.edwards” it’s stated that he front squatted 230kg! Was it a partial squat?
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[quote author="dan1990" date="1236871130"]in christies book it says 300kg back squat..obviously no way is it a full squat…300kg=660lbs…alot of the uk athletes are very strong.. if colin jackson,jason gardner,jonathan edwards took up olympic weighlifting they would probably be one the best uk lifters in their weightclass
In the article “the elastic development of j.edwards” it’s stated that he front squatted 230kg! Was it a partial squat?[/quote]
i not sure he states in his book it was a 300kg back squat to what depth im not sure i suspect to paralell …i heard christie powercleaned 170kg and quarter squatted 340kg…that article on jonathan edward was good
https://194.213.2.7/wps/PA_1_0_CI/IDMCombineViewerServlet
…BTW dwain chambers is still working with conte and is using a high-tech breathing device to boost his red blood cell count under the supervision of Victor Conte, the man behind the BALCO drug conspiracy…The technique, which simulates the effect of training at high altitude…..
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(I am talking about Jonathan Edwards)
Here’s the article:
https://rapidshare.com/files/208378015/JonathanEdwards.pdf.html
In this article it’s stated that it was a half squat:
https://www.athleticscoaching.ca/UserFiles/File/Sport Science/Biomechanics/Jumping Events/Triple Jump/BTJ_Kreyer_The_Keys_to_Jonathan_Edwards_Success.pdf
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(I am talking about Jonathan Edwards)
Here’s the article:
https://rapidshare.com/files/208378015/JonathanEdwards.pdf.html
In this article it’s stated that it was a half squat:
https://www.athleticscoaching.ca/UserFiles/File/Sport Science/Biomechanics/Jumping Events/Triple Jump/BTJ_Kreyer_The_Keys_to_Jonathan_Edwards_Success.pdf
lol sorry i got confused…yeah jonathan edwards squatted 235kg then stopped…and then only did olys…here is a better link to the keys to elastic development of JE
just type the keys to elastic development of Jonathan edwards and it should come up..
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williamson and pickering didnt even get a medal….two italians in 2nd and third….pickering is not progressing like i thought he would…..
Pickering has a strange habit of posting on almost every single sprinting video on YouTube: “Craig Pickering will be the first white man to break 10 seconds in the 100m.” If you’ve watched races on YouTube, you’ve seen this at least a dozen times. It’s a shame he’s not progressing like he thought he would.
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[quote author="dan1990" date="1236548943"]williamson and pickering didnt even get a medal….two italians in 2nd and third….pickering is not progressing like i thought he would…..
Pickering has a strange habit of posting on almost every single sprinting video on YouTube: “Craig Pickering will be the first white man to break 10 seconds in the 100m.” If you’ve watched races on YouTube, you’ve seen this at least a dozen times. It’s a shame he’s not progressing like he thought he would.[/quote]
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[quote author="dan1990" date="1236548943"]williamson and pickering didnt even get a medal….two italians in 2nd and third….pickering is not progressing like i thought he would…..
Pickering has a strange habit of posting on almost every single sprinting video on YouTube: “Craig Pickering will be the first white man to break 10 seconds in the 100m.” If you’ve watched races on YouTube, you’ve seen this at least a dozen times. It’s a shame he’s not progressing like he thought he would.[/quote]How do you know it’s him doing the posting? Is he doing it under the assumption that he’s anonymous? or is he doing it as self-promotion? The latter is asking for trouble on many levels (increased internal and external pressure & attention).
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HE actually posts that comment?
Yeah Mort i have to agree, he is very weak in the 200m and this wasn’t a great year for him in the 60m so there is no way.
News flash though – Kendall Stevens will break 10 seconds this season. Heard it here first!
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HE actually posts that comment?
Yeah Mort i have to agree, he is very weak in the 200m and this wasn’t a great year for him in the 60m so there is no way.
News flash though – Kendall Stevens will break 10 seconds this season. Heard it here first!
Who is kendall stevens?
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I think he’s doing it under the assumption that he’s anonymous. Here’s the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jigglyfidda125
They’re both 22 and from the UK. Yeah, a coincidence, but why would someone be posting that all over the place if that wasn’t him?
Here’s the URL of possibly all those posts:
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True! wow, crazy…oh well…
Kendall is a friend of mine…but also a guy who ran 6.57 this season and got 3rd i think at US nationals…Just watch this space.
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I think he’s doing it under the assumption that he’s anonymous. Here’s the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jigglyfidda125
The fake posting is the least of my concerns. Check out the attached pic to see who his friend is (one of only 2). I can’t stop laughing. Why would you friend someone with that screen name and make it visible in your public profile.
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Just wanted to inform than Dwain will be opening his outdoor season at Mt Sac Relays this coming weekend.
I can not wait to see him open with 9.95! Glad ill be there..
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Cool stuff! Lets see what he drops. I say 10.02. Just finished reading his book last night. Good read for those who haven’t picked it up yet.
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I have it too…it was good.
9.95 would be with good weather and wind. I think he’s at least in 6.55 shape right now and for Dwain i think thats breaking 10.
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I just read this thread. I actually wanted to remain anonymous here, but I actually feel the need to defend myself overpowers this. I DO NOT post on you-tube, especially saying Craig Pickering will be the first white man to run under 10-seconds. And I really am not friends with someone called monsterouscock, or whatever it was. In addition to this, someone also has a facebook profile under my name with my picture, which isnt me either incase you were wondering!
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Hell of a way to have to announce who you are, but welcome!
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Well, I didnt really want to announce who I was! Difficult to hold back though when you read stuff that is really not true!
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[quote author="JasonManenkoff (Quikazhell)" date="1239783281"]Cool stuff! Lets see what he drops. I say 10.02. Just finished reading his book last night. Good read for those who haven’t picked it up yet.
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See I feel RR is even more open than Speed Trap, though I do not think it is as good of a read overall as ST. It is interesting to get another perspective on the situation from RR 😉 since it is quite different from the way it is sometimes portrayed by CF.
Conte’s book should be excellent, though he seems to go a bit overboard on the embellishing at times.
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HE actually posts that comment?
Yeah Mort i have to agree, he is very weak in the 200m and this wasn’t a great year for him in the 60m so there is no way.
News flash though – Kendall Stevens will break 10 seconds this season. Heard it here first!
Also, just a thought – isnt the 200m 100% further than my race distance? So Why would my performances at this distance be relevant to my 100m performance?
And how do you know Im not good at 200m? I havent done it seriously since 2003, where I came 2nd in the National Champs. I havent done a 200 at all for two years. The majority of my time is spent trying to get Olympic/World A standards early in the season, so I have no competitions to do 200m.
And finally Nik, UKA do you not pay me loads. I get less than the starting wage in a full time job to train full time. Sometimes I think people think lottery funding is about 50K. It isnt.
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[quote author="Nik Newman" date="1237022273"]HE actually posts that comment?
Yeah Mort i have to agree, he is very weak in the 200m and this wasn’t a great year for him in the 60m so there is no way.
News flash though – Kendall Stevens will break 10 seconds this season. Heard it here first!
Also, just a thought – isnt the 200m 100% further than my race distance? So Why would my performances at this distance be relevant to my 100m performance?
And how do you know Im not good at 200m? I havent done it seriously since 2003, where I came 2nd in the National Champs. I havent done a 200 at all for two years. The majority of my time is spent trying to get Olympic/World A standards early in the season, so I have no competitions to do 200m.
And finally Nik, UKA do you not pay me loads. I get less than the starting wage in a full time job to train full time. Sometimes I think people think lottery funding is about 50K. It isnt.[/quote]
who is this?is this Craig Pickering….
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CP/Speed Freak–
Why do you think you have a relatively slow 100m in comparison to your 60m? 6.55–>10.14 is basically .90 splits until the finish and, presumably, you would be going significantly faster than that through 60m (that is of course assuming you are running 6.55 or faster in your 100m races). Do you think this is a result of training, planning, natural disposition, or what? I find this interesting since you are also doing L–>S planning.
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[quote author="Nik Newman" date="1237022273"]HE actually posts that comment?
Yeah Mort i have to agree, he is very weak in the 200m and this wasn’t a great year for him in the 60m so there is no way.
News flash though – Kendall Stevens will break 10 seconds this season. Heard it here first!
Also, just a thought – isnt the 200m 100% further than my race distance? So Why would my performances at this distance be relevant to my 100m performance?
And how do you know Im not good at 200m? I havent done it seriously since 2003, where I came 2nd in the National Champs. I havent done a 200 at all for two years. The majority of my time is spent trying to get Olympic/World A standards early in the season, so I have no competitions to do 200m.
And finally Nik, UKA do you not pay me loads. I get less than the starting wage in a full time job to train full time. Sometimes I think people think lottery funding is about 50K. It isnt.[/quote]
I’ll assume you are Craig.
Hello if you are. I have met you and no problem with you at all. Was simply talking about your sprinting.
In that regard, you are clearly VERY fast. However, your 60m time has not transfered as of yet into a 100m time. For the majority of his carear (not all, 9.98), Jason was the same. I wondered if this was down to coaching, or talent?Regarding how much money you make. Loads was a silly statement of mine. I agree. I meant it relatively speaking however. I GUESSED you made 25,000 from UK Lottery ($45,000) plus more money from sponsors and running in grand prix’s. Americans would view this as loads for running say 10.14-10.25 on a regular bases because there are so many Americans running that and not getting paid.
I am sorry if you feel disrespected, i certainly did not mean to do that. And if my guesses were inaccurate i am very sorry.
If you are Craig, i think you could be a valued member of this site. What you do until 60m is clearly world class and i think many would be interested to see how you train.
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CP/Speed Freak–
Why do you think you have a relatively slow 100m in comparison to your 60m? 6.55–>10.14 is basically .90 splits until the finish and, presumably, you would be going significantly faster than that through 60m (that is of course assuming you are running 6.55 or faster in your 100m races). Do you think this is a result of training, planning, natural disposition, or what? I find this interesting since you are also doing L–>S planning.
I agree, my 100m time is very poor relative to my 60m time. In 2007, I ran 10.14, 10.15 and 10.16, and the most wind I had was +0.2m/s. Id like to think they are sub 10.10 runs. After that, I injured my back quite badly, and if you look back at Osaka, you will see my starts were terrible, which consequently made my 100m times poor. So I probably wasnt going 6.55 through 60m.
In 2008, I tore my hamstring twice between march and june, meaning that I missed out on a lot of speedwork. In fact, the only sessions I could do pain free were starts – consequently my starts got really good. As the season progressed, I got better, finishing with 10.15.
Id like to state that although I run good 60m times, I dont know how I do this, as my starts are not good at all. I should be a much better 100m runner than I am. Hopefully this doesnt sound like im making excuses!
Nik, sorry for having a go. Sometimes its frustrating having to read stuff which really isnt true, and then people base their opinions of you on what they read. I would love to be a member of this site, but I tend to get drawn into arguments easily (as you can see here), and I would have prefered to remain anonymous so that advice I give can be taken at its value as opposed to my reputation.
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CP,
Make a new user name, join the site that way and post anonymously.
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[quote author="Evan (davan)" date="1239851971"]CP/Speed Freak–
Why do you think you have a relatively slow 100m in comparison to your 60m? 6.55–>10.14 is basically .90 splits until the finish and, presumably, you would be going significantly faster than that through 60m (that is of course assuming you are running 6.55 or faster in your 100m races). Do you think this is a result of training, planning, natural disposition, or what? I find this interesting since you are also doing L–>S planning.
I agree, my 100m time is very poor relative to my 60m time. In 2007, I ran 10.14, 10.15 and 10.16, and the most wind I had was +0.2m/s. Id like to think they are sub 10.10 runs. After that, I injured my back quite badly, and if you look back at Osaka, you will see my starts were terrible, which consequently made my 100m times poor. So I probably wasnt going 6.55 through 60m.
In 2008, I tore my hamstring twice between march and june, meaning that I missed out on a lot of speedwork. In fact, the only sessions I could do pain free were starts – consequently my starts got really good. As the season progressed, I got better, finishing with 10.15.
Id like to state that although I run good 60m times, I dont know how I do this, as my starts are not good at all. I should be a much better 100m runner than I am. Hopefully this doesnt sound like im making excuses!
Nik, sorry for having a go. Sometimes its frustrating having to read stuff which really isnt true, and then people base their opinions of you on what they read. I would love to be a member of this site, but I tend to get drawn into arguments easily (as you can see here), and I would have prefered to remain anonymous so that advice I give can be taken at its value as opposed to my reputation.[/quote]
Btw now that you post here you don’t seem to run relaxed and that hinders for sure your performance, have you worked on this?
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CP,
Make a new user name, join the site that way and post anonymously.
speedfreak1 I say keep your identity don’t change it. Some of us will know your true identity but new joiners may not catch on. At the end of the day I think we can all benefit by knowing exactly who you are. In this way we can study your training regime/ideas and gauge your performance. If anything remember that we are trying to further your cause not ours. Occasionally it may get or seem to get personal but mental toughness is a fundamental character that you will need to ingrain and if this gets tested occasionally then it can only do you more good. Champions don’t back down at the first sign of intimidation.
Those times you posted are impressive – I’m really jealous. What are your splits times?
Also if you are considering a holiday then plan to come to Sydney, Australia in our spring (likely September/October) as I would be very interested in studying your biomechanics over the first 20-m. We’ll measure force-time production for every step and joint angular velocities etc.(Same offer for the holiday/study goes to the long-jumper that posts without anonymity).
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I would love to take you up on that offer.! I miss Australia.
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