[cchams]

cchams on August 25, 2004 at 1:21 am #9693

I ask this, because I live in Canada, and come October, after football season, I will be beginning my training for the 100M once again, I’ll have 5-6 Months to train, and wanted to start getting some ideas/ a program set-up, however since a couple of months will probably bring snow, and a month or two will bring rain, my actual sprinting time will be limited. Does anyone else have the problem of sprinting year round, and how would everyone suggest getting around this inconvenience, but still gaining good results. I’m prepared to do anything I have to do, I’ll probably have to sprint through the snow sometimes, but I want to get an idea of how to handle it.

[flight05]

flight05 on August 25, 2004 at 1:56 am #31997

what school do u go to

because there are indoor tracks in toronto…..thats mroe than i can say from where i live….

[cchams]

cchams on August 25, 2004 at 8:02 am #31998

Yea I know it says I’m from Toronto, but I’m actually from a little town about an hour away from Toronto, the closest indoor track is also that distance away.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on August 25, 2004 at 11:35 am #31999

Some options:
*Run stairs
*10-20m accelerations on a gym floor
*Aqua running
*Plyo work on a gym floor
*Towing / Resisted running on a gym floor

ELITETRACK Founder

[cchams]

cchams on August 25, 2004 at 7:34 pm #32000

Mike, could you break down what Aqua Running is, I’ve never heard it of.. but yea I was thinking I’ll probably just be doing a lot of sprints indoors, on basketball courts and such.

[Mike Young]

Mike Young on August 25, 2004 at 9:07 pm #32001

Aqua running just refers to running workouts done in a pool. There are many ways to do it; the most popular of which involve running in deep water with a flotation belt and simulating the leg motion against the resistance of the water without touching the bottom of the pool or running in the shallow end and pushing off the ground.

ELITETRACK Founder

[bendragon]

bendragon on September 19, 2004 at 10:10 pm #32002

Find someone who can help you with your technique, improve weaknesses in strength and flexibility, maintain general fitness, pray for warmer weather. I am from northern Minnesota, which has very similar conditions.

[Carson Boddicker]

Carson Boddicker on September 20, 2004 at 5:25 am #32003

Also if you can, use the halls at your school. I go to a tiny private school (819 enrolled K-12) and we have a hall that is in excess of 100m so you might consider trying that.

[cchams]

cchams on October 9, 2004 at 11:29 pm #32004

Good idea about the using a hallway, however at my school there isn’t really one long hallway. I think what I’m going to do is set-up a workout program including maninly lifting, some plyos.. work on my flexibility/core stength as well as form. Do a lot of stairs at my school (if anyone has an idea as to what type of stair work I should be doing that would be great) and outside of that, maybe sprint in the snow, we’ll see how that works out. Thanks for all the advice guys.

[400517]

400517 on October 13, 2004 at 2:20 am #32005

our stair workout is go up once one foot one each step go dow go up agian with both feet toughing the stair way but its not a jump.the next we skip two steps .