What’s the limit?

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          Carl Valle on August 13, 2010 at 1:56 am #16955

          What’s the limit in the 100m dash? 12.75 meters per second? Is a .78 10m split possible? What information is best to predict performance? I think the Bob Hayes split set the tone long before Rome and Berlin, since it happened and the context was clear that he was limited. Great performances in bad conditions (dirt, little training, special diets, sports medicine….) clue us to what can be done w

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          ex400 on August 13, 2010 at 2:18 am #100851

          Hey Carl, can you supply a link or URL to the frame-by-frame of Bolt? I would love to study the whole thing.

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          rainy.here on August 13, 2010 at 10:24 am #101010

          Why try to put a limit on it, only to have it broken later?

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          Randy Gillon on August 14, 2010 at 11:59 pm #101050

          U.Bolt is an example as to why one shouldn’t spend time searching for limits. =)

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          PJ Vazel on August 15, 2010 at 9:22 am #101058

          The limit is the sprinter’s health. The problematic in sprint training is to achieve the highest sprint volume at the highest intensity POSSIBLE. What makes it possible is the recovery from those workouts, and the condition is to remain healthy in order to progress steadily. Bolt has remained healthy during prolonged period so that he has been able to push his body limits farther than anyone else. Now, unprecedent sets of performances and mediatic exposure has been experience by Bolt in the last couple of years, and he is starting to feel the side effects on his achillis and lower back. How else could it be when you are travelling all around the world, arriving on site of competitions several days before in order to complete the circuit imposed by his 300,000$ appearance fees. How many weeks in a row has he trained this year? How about going back to what he did in 2007 leading to 2008, will he ever find again that peace to train, prepare and get ready for the next events?
          Asafa had never ran as well as he did early this season, but unfortunatel his health has not allowed him to build on impressive early races in Doha and Oslo.
          Same for Tyson had his wristeling groin. Will he be able to compete soon and at 100% after his 9.78 into head wind and cold heat in London?

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          Randy Gillon on August 18, 2010 at 12:00 am #101108

          Interesting points PJV, however, it seems it’s the lack of training that’s bringing about these injuries. I don’t see sprint training as being a threat to the athlete as the athlete simply can’t do what the body wont let it.

          =)

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          rainy.here on August 18, 2010 at 3:49 pm #101132

          Thanks PJ.

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          PJ Vazel on August 30, 2010 at 9:51 am #101536

          Interesting points PJV, however, it seems it’s the lack of training that’s bringing about these injuries. I don’t see sprint training as being a threat to the athlete as the athlete simply can’t do what the body wont let it.

          =)

          The injuries of 2 top males and 1 top female sprinters (coming from 3 different camps) were consequences of poor communication between the athlete-coach-physio trio, leading to fool decision by the athlete or the coach to still run in spite of lower back issues diagnosed by the physio at warm-up.

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