[birdmanwangthang]

birdmanwangthang on June 14, 2004 at 7:58 am #9413

im keeping working out but should i run as well? and if so, how often and what kind of running should i do? i run 100(11.04 FAT) and 200 (22.79 FAT) and I would like to know what kind of running I should be doing. Thanks.

[zofz]

zofz on June 15, 2004 at 10:55 am #29422

i would suggest working on whatever areas u feel that u need to work on…improving reaction times, running form, speed endurance…etc…at least thats what i would do in ur case…

[400stud]

400stud on June 21, 2004 at 7:01 am #29423

Unless you're competing, take the summer off, lift, get strong and then hit the track in fall all well rested. Occasionally go through a warm up to maintain flexibility, but don't do any track-related running. If you gotta do something, go shoot hoops.

[dave]

dave on June 21, 2004 at 1:50 pm #29424

With those times you wouldnt need to work all summer, just 2-3 weeks maybe before season starts.

[davan]

davan on June 22, 2004 at 12:25 am #29425

Sorry dave but I think you are the last person who should be giving advice…

Anyways I agree with what 400 said. Work on the weights, do an occasional warm-up, and maybe even throw in some tempo or general strength sessions to increase work capacity.

[Danny Tutskey]

Danny Tutskey on June 22, 2004 at 12:50 am #29426

Get as strong as you can during the summer. Increase flexibility and core strength. Use the summer to build and the season to maintain. I don't recommend running at all. Do other things that would involve movement. Do standing LJ, 3 consecutive hop every so often. You'll see that when your olympic lifts and strength increase that those numbers will increase as well. The standing Lj will give you an idea of how much power you have from a stop and the 3 hop will give you an idea of how much power you have over distance like the middle of your race.

[davan]

davan on June 22, 2004 at 12:55 am #29427

What about for a longer sprinter? Does anybody think that an occasional (maybe once a week) long tempo + general strength session on grass would help? I know in clyde hart's program there is a lot of longer running in the beginning, same with HSI. I think that these sessions will help with any conditioning that younger athletes may not have and need.

[400stud]

400stud on June 22, 2004 at 1:34 am #29428

Again I wouldn't start running until September/October depending on your first meet. If you go to the "Hypothetical Thought" thread in the Classics forum you'll see a program posted there. It is used by UW-LX but is based off Clyde Hart's program. You'll notice that they start off with just 2 weeks of warm ups before moving into track work and the track work starts off really long and slow to increase the work capacity and give a good base and right after indoor season they really start punching it and going all out. Something for you to consider.

Like I said, do some cross-training like basketball, boxing, something like that up until 3-4 weeks before you start and then maybe do 1-2 tempo sessions a week.