Finding it difficult to fully prepare for my first race in meets; Your guys’ take?

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          lowendgamer@gmail.com on April 4, 2010 at 6:18 am #16634

          I’m a Junior in High School and after a injury plagued freshman and sophomore seasons I’m making my way back to the track. When I was a freshman before my injury (about three meets in) I had PR’d with an 11.6 in the 100m, and 23.7 in the 200m. My nagging groin injury afterwards lasted until a month into my sophomore track year, when I had bests at 11.71 in the 100m and 24.1 in the 200m.

          Anyways, this year I’m doing much better. I’ve started my season with an 11.8 (terrible race, I took my hands off the track and leaned back about to get up after a gun malfunction when the inexperienced starter decided to reload and just fire it again)and a 23.61 in the 200m.

          My next two meets I ran my 100m in 11.71… Then again in 11.70. My 2nd 200m race went great and I PR’d at 23.1.

          My worry is that I might not be doing the right things to allow myself to fully achieve in the 100m, where I know I can perform better than I did my freshman year when I ran multiple 11.6s. Being the first race of the meet, I always find I run my 4x100m leg and 200m much better than my 100m, assuming it’s because I’m loosened up.

          What would you guys recommend in terms of perhaps a proper warm up prior to my 100m, or just any tips in general. Really anything would help, I’d appreciate anything that could help me perform like I know I can.

        • Participant
          davan on April 4, 2010 at 8:26 am #96842

          It would be better if you could describe what your training has been like and some more information (training history, strengths/weaknesses, height/weight, etc.).

          Also, do a search on the forums and ready the FAQs. There is a ton of very good information out there and it will do you better to search and look up what has already been discussed than hope someone spells everything out to you (probably not going to happen). There are dozens of good threads with a variety of viewpoints, which you can use to better your own training and performance.

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          trackspeedboy on April 4, 2010 at 10:13 am #96844

          I got the exact same problem. Do you find it that you warm up a bit too early at all? and does your warm up consist of a couple full out 15-20m sprints and a couple sub max flying sprints?

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