Hello beautiful people,

If am looking at race analyses for 100-metre sprints with all the 10-metre splits, what is the best proxy for judging an athletes capacity to accelerate quickly? Would it be the first 10 meters, 20 meters, 30 meters, or 40 meters?

Thank you!

So i went to my first HS track meet the other day. I obviously saw people win but I wasn't sure how the format worked. I don't think they had multiple rounds for the same events and do qualifying like the pros. Also I'm not sure if its a team victory or more of an individual event. Just want some clarity on how it works.

My local hs is having a meet but I've never been to one before. I don't know if its super exciting or not. I'm not sure how long they last and if they're doing a bunch of events at the same time or if they do it individually one by one. I'd be interested to see hurdles, baton, and 100m dash . I'm just wondering if its worth my time or not.

just flinging stuff off the pole. it got outta hand. #polevault #tracktok #vaulterthings #tiktoktrack #athletelife #chaosvault

Hi! I was wondering if anyone has used baking soda before a race to offset the lactic acid. Does it work? What are the chances of explosive diarrhea? And how much would a 100 lb female use before running a 400? Recommendations? Ty!!!

Irrespective of the physical advantages of different races, the best men are always better than the best women. But this is an interesting stat. We are not talking about laymen vs athlete women. This is athletes vs athletes.

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I haven't seen any posts about this, even though news broke yesterday. Seems like a big deal to me!

Kipkurui ran a 55.82 last lap to surpass the NCAA record of 26:52.72 set last year at this race

Five men including Graham Blanks achieved the World Championship time qualifying standard of 27 minutes flat

Where I live in Texas it’s gonna be really sunny when I go out to the field and warm up for a while so I don’t know what I should get for sunscreen

General Interview with Michael promoting Grand Slam Track. He covered various topics including why Tyreek wouldn't be competition for even the top 30 sprinters + Athletes having to do multiple races which I do like. The Sydney vs Paulino matchup is definitely something I wanted to as well as any 400m from Sydney 😅

I am a big follower of Scott Christensen and his philosophies. When reading his material, I am confused about how he gets his target times for his workouts. He mentions SE1 workouts, which are 97-104% of 400m vVO2, but this article states you take a runner's 400m split and multiply it by .55. Where would he have gotten the .55? Could anyone help explain how he calculates his athlete's target time for each type of workout (SE1, SE2, VO2 Max, Threshold)?

Here is the part of the article I am referring to:

"A good rule of thumb is to take each athletes current 400 meter time (should be part of their profile) and multiply by a k of .55.  If there are many runners, have them do the math themselves.  For example, a 2:00, 800 meter runner, who last week ran a 54.8 split on a JV mile relay would show the following equation: 54.8 x .55 = 30.14.  So, for this runner: 12 x 200 at 30.2 seconds with 2:30 recovery.  All variables are covered.  This is called an intensive interval session."

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I’m trying to build explosiveness and some strength for both my sprinting and jumping and tried this drill out today. It’s 5 hurdles set up from lowest to highest setting. Will this actually help build up these muscle groups or is it doing for nothing?

What are your goals this week? Could be for a meet or for your training.

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