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Can You Lose Weight with the Atkins Diet? 2007-07-01 08:12:46
In my recent article Gram and Calorie Calculator for Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat , I mentioned the Atkins
diet as one of the several types of fad diets out there. I received several email requests on elaborating this diet and lifestyle.
The Atkins diet was extremely popular because people actually lost weght!
Can you lose weight with the Atkins diet? Yes. Is it the best way? Not really. You can lose weight by several other means, including hazardous methods such as dehyration (i.e. saunas and steam rooms), amphetamines, and fasting. Are those good ways to lose weight? No, and they are NOT recommended.
If you downloaded the Excel spreadsheet calculator, and used it for your needs & lifestyle, you will find it extremely hard to limit your carbs to 20 grams a day. My carbohydrate numbers are in the 400 grams per day range!
Like any approach in life, moderation and common sense should rule.
Guest Blogger Michael Malega presents several Atkins Diet
articles, in which Read more:Weight
Liquid Creatine Vs Creatine Powders 2007-06-28 20:37:38 Liquid
creatine is rumoured to provide the body with benefits that take place immediately after taking the supplement. The professionals marketing liquid creatine also claim that the consumer can feel the difference that liquid creatine makes as early as the first day. Many of these claims are scientifically unsubstantiated and there is no evidence to support them. This supplement does have many great benefits and in an attempt to separate the falsehoods from the truth, this article will provide the straight dope on liquid creatine.
Creatine monohydrate is the powder counterpart of liquid creatine. The recognizable difference separating the two is the fact that one is liquid; one is powder. There are no other outrageous benefits to one than the other. The claims that liquid creatine is the best supplement because it reaches the muscles and enables them to absorb the creatine instantly are unfounded. There is no evidence to indicate that liquid creatine doesn’t work
Michael Johnson’s racing strategy in the 400 meters 2007-06-27 13:56:25
This excerpt was from www.MichaelJohnson
.com which sadly no longer exists.
There were a lot of good articles. One of them involved wearing a special Nike speedsuit that measured his 400m splits at every 50 meter increments at the 2000 Prefontaine meet.
His approach was using four “P”s: in the first 100m, “push” out of the blocks to near top speed, “pace” the 100m backstretch, “position” himself in the 3rd 100m curve, and “pray” the last 100m homestretch!
His splits indicate slowing down on the 3rd 100m, and even more so on the last 100m, despite being mentally aware of trying to speed up!
There was a nice graph and all the 50m splits related to that race which I didn’t copy, however, I did manage to keep his article.
Enjoy!
The start
The start is still important even though it’s a 400 meters
. For me, being a 200m and 400-meter runner, it’s important that I don’t get in the same aggressive mod
Gram and Calorie Calculator for Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat 2007-06-26 21:27:10
70-20-10?
50-25-25?
40-30-30?
60-15-25?
I wish I had one dollar for every new diet book that was published. I can think of at least 4 diets that emphasized carbohydrate, protein, and fat ratios off the top of my head.
First, I was a big fan of the Robert Haas “Eat to Win” diet back in the 80’s when I was in College. It followed the same guidelines as the the Pritkin diet, which recommended 70% carbohydrate, 20% protein and 10% fat. After all, I was training at least 3 hours a day.
Second, now Dr Haas has a new book called “Eat to Win for Permanent Fat Loss”, he created a Mediterr-Asian diet that combines the best and healthiest aspects of diets from the regions where people live the longest. His approach features a ratio of 50 percent carbohydrates, which includes grains, fruits, and vegetables; 25 percent protein; and 25 percent fat.
A third diet, the extremely popular “The Zone Diet” by Dr. Barry Sears, has the ideal ratio of carbohyd Read more:Calculator
Converting Powerpoint Slideshows to Flash with Gmail 2007-06-25 13:28:27
Talk about stress!
I was set to give a corporate coaches clinic the other day, and the worst thing happened to me: my USB thumb/flash drive memory stick got corrupted!
In it, I had kept my PowerPoint slide, as well as a Powerpoint show slide in case the computer at the clinic didn’t have PowerPoint installed.
With both files gone, I was more nervous than running a 400 meters, and believe me, I get pretty nervous for that event!
Luckily, I had emailed myself the presentation to my Gmail
account the night before, which has almost 3 GB of disk storage. As well, the computer at the clinic had an Internet connection. It didn’t matter if it had Internet Explorer or Firefox.
Login and open to your Gmail, then choose View as Slideshow on the bottom of the email.
Gmail converts every slide of your Powerpoint presentation to a Flash
(*.SWF) file. You can advance the slides one by one, or go to the top-right corner and jump directly to the slide number. No other software
Athletics: A Gateway To A World Of Oppourtunity 2007-06-25 08:58:14
Importance of College Athletics
The opportunity to play football at the college level was an experience that has undoubtedly played a major role in shaping me into the successful leader I am today. Growing up, I had always done well in the classroom, but, school was not a motivating factor for me. In my naïve mind, my main purpose for attending both high school and college was to play football and getting an education was just something that went along with being an athlete. Now, as I reflect back on my career as a student-athlete, I realize that I did not go to college to excel only on the playing field. However, it was my passion and love for the sport that created for me the priceless opportunity of receiving a lasting education which will illuminate my road to success throughout the future. Although I can admit that I went to college with the mindset that I was there to play football, in the process I somehow graduated with both a Bachelor’s Degree as well as a Master Read more:Gateway
, World
Consistency and Focus Year In and Year Out 2007-06-22 22:41:54
This weekend marks the 2007 USA National Championships, and once again, we’ll see Jeremy Wariner running, but not in his 400m specialty, thanks to the “Michael Johnson rule” of 1997.
MJ hurt himself in the 150m showdown with Donovan Bailey on June 1st that year, and this new rule (still in effect today) allows previous World Championship winners a bye to the upcoming World Champs.
Rest assured, if Jeremy is healthy and ready, we’ll see him dominate the 400m based on his early season performances. Again. Every year since 2004. That’s 4 years in a row!
For most athletes, what a difference one year makes! As I reminder, I always show these 2 interviews back to back.
One of the greatest 1500m performances that I’ve witnessed in my opinion was Gabe Jennings winning the 2000 Olympic Trials. He started his kick with 570m to go and nobody challenged him. Afterwards, he is on cloud nine as seen in the post-race interview, and he should be!
A year Read more:Consistency
, Focus
Bud Winter Endurance Sprint Program for Lee Evans 2007-06-21 13:23:15
Bud Winter coached at San Jose State University from 1944 - 1974 and was responsible for the legendary “Speed City” in the mid 1960’s.
In total, he produced 1 NCAA Championship, 49 NCAA records, and 27 Olympians including including Tommie Smith, Lee Evans
, and John Carlos, just to name a few. He also coached Greece’s Chris Papanicolaou, the first man to pole vault 18 feet.
His basic approach to sprinting was a simple 8 step plan:
1. Use high knee action
2. Use good foreleg reach
3. Run high on toes
4. Have good arm action
5. Maintain good forward lean
6. Bound forward, not up
7. Run tall, with back straight
8. Be relaxed, with loose jaw and loose hands
I posted Tommie Smith’s training methods here.
Many thanks to Gary G. from Scotia, NY, for providing the information below.
Here is the Endurance
sprint program used by Lee Evans. Every day the sprinters warmed up with a 1-3 mile jog then they stretched and then did 4x pick-ups @ 100m, slow, medium, Read more:Sprint
, Program
Bud Winter Sprint Program for Tommie Smith 2007-06-20 23:42:42
Bud Winter coached at San Jose State University from 1944 - 1974 and was responsible for the legendary “Speed City” in the mid 1960’s.
In total, he produced 1 NCAA Championship, 49 NCAA records, and 27 Olympians including great athletes like Tommie Smith
, Lee Evans, and John Carlos, just to name a few. He also coached Greece’s Chris Papanicolaou, the first man to pole vault 18 feet.
His basic approach to sprinting was a simple 8 step plan:
1. Use high knee action
2. Use good foreleg reach
3. Run high on toes
4. Have good arm action
5. Maintain good forward lean
6. Bound forward, not up
7. Run tall, with back straight
8. Be relaxed, with loose jaw and loose hands
Many thanks to Gary G. from Scotia, NY, for providing the information below.
Here is an overview of Bud Winter’s program. I consider myself kind of an expert on Bud Winter as I studied all about him and have read his two books. I also have met John Carlos and Bud Winter, who was ahead of Read more:Sprint
, Program
Everything I learnt in Life, I learned while Bartending 2007-06-20 00:17:39
You’re probably reading the headline and asking yourself “What the heck does this have to do with running?”
“What does bartending have to do with being a good coach?”
Well, I have news for you. Whether you are a Doctor, Starbucks Barrista, Bartender, Technology Consultant, Personal Trainer, or Coach, these are all careers in the service industry. Lets face it, you have to be good with people to excel in these careers.
I reflected on my early years as a bartender, and came up with my top 25 list. Some may not apply to coaching:
1. smile & use eye contact
2. look people in the eye; greet them with their name
3. you will meet all walks of life
4. alcohol does strange things to people… CEO’s become regular people, and regular people act like CEOs
5. when your shift starts at 5pm, arrive at 5pm or earlier, not 5:01pm
6. no shoes, no shirt? easy, no service!
7. remember free samples in an ice-cream shop? Same goes for wine. Read more:Everything
, Bartending
Antioxidants: The Best Anti-aging Secret 2007-07-05 06:25:40
For people trying to stay young within themselves both their heart and their spirit are what matters. However, staying young on the outside has its challenges. Keeping your skin looking young is certainly a daunting task. Many people are successful in achieving this without anyone else even knowing, and when various people inquire as to what their antiaging secret is, they would answer with ‘antioxidants’.
Many of us have noticed this type of phenomenon on TV or perhaps on the Internet, yet we all ponder what this secret is all about. An antioxidant is a form of chemical that counteracts what are known as free radicals into non-toxic elements, so the primary effect is to stop the body’s cells from being destroyed and contributing to the aging process. In the human body there is a process known as the oxidizing process. From this process radicals are produced from our body’s cells oxidizing and consequently producing energy which is called metabolism in the process of their Read more:Antioxidants
400 Meter Training from Supertraining 2007-07-04 06:19:48
If you are serious about training for the 400 meters, or even sports and general fitness, Supertraining is a great resource. It is devoted to sports, strength and fitness science, training, therapy and education.
It was founded by the late Dr. Mel Siff and still has a great following. Please be advised that your full name and city MUST be posted in all your postings, to ensure a high quality of articles, and not a lot of pessimistic people, just very opinionated.
Supertraining can be found here:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
Here is the entire article:
From:
To:
Subject: [Supertraining] 400 MeterTraining
Date: Sunday, September 29, 2002 3:19 AM
Mel and Members:
A few years ago I had the good fortune to coach a young man who won the 400 meter dash all for years of his prep career. As a result, many coaches became interested in the Lisle 400 training program. It was rather amusing, because such interest seemed to suggest that this young man’s suc
Pre-Competition, Energy, Focus and Mental Alertness Drinks 2007-07-03 06:01:39
I discussed a pre-competition “mental alertness” or “neurotransmitter” drinks in the article The top 5 supplements to take (or top 3 if you’re on a budget)
Basically, these drinks compose of caffeine and Tyrosine or Taurine. Tyrosine blocks the release of Tryptophan in your brain, which is the amino acid that gives you the sleepy (sedative) feeling, especially halfway in the 400m!
Tryptophan is also found high in turkey meat and warm milk, both of which can make you sleepy, but whether it can cross the blood-brain barrier is another topic for discussion.
I even heard rumours of atheletes taking Deprenyl, but that is a prohibited substance in the 2007 IAAF Prohibited list.
Here is a summary of some of the common pre-competition drinks to give you energy, stay focused and be mentally alert and awake! I will also present some not-so-common drinks, and may only be available in the USA.
Note that most of the items below are ready to drink (RTD) cans but Read more:Energy
, Focus
, Drinks
Pseudoephedrine and Antihistamines in Athletics 2007-07-02 06:59:41
Do you suffer from allergies? or the common cold and flu? Read on…
A brief pharmacology crash course on Pseudoephedrine.
Pseudoephedrine is a sympathomimetic amine commonly used as a decongestant for the treatment of nasal and sinus congestion. Pseudoephedrine is often referred to it as Sudafed, the trademark for a common brand of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.
Sympathomimetic drugs are substances that mimic the effects of the hormone epinephrine (adrenaline) and the hormone norepinephrine (noradrenaline). Norepinephrine is also considered a neurotransmitter.
Where does all this fit in with Track and Field and Athletics
?
There have been reports of abuse of pseudoephedrine for its stimulant properties.
Sports athletes, in particular professional Hockey players for example, have reportedly used pseudoephedrine as a stimulant to increase their state of alertness and awakedness. It is not uncommon to see a hockey player consume a Starbucks coffee and a couple of Sudafeds a
Top 20 Foods with the Highest Antioxidant Properties 2007-07-09 08:07:18
Scientists believe that some antioxidants are more potent than others, and their potency can be affected by how they’re cooked or digested.
For example, the antioxidants in blueberries lose their potency when cooked, while the antioxidants in potatoes, artichokes, and tomatoes (not listed in the top 20) become moe potent when cooked.
If you’ve read Antioxidant
s: The Best Anti-aging Secret , the article didn’t list any particular foods.
Here is a list is the top 20 foods, in order of the highest antioxidant concentration from highest to lowest. If you want to really maximize your intake of disese fighting antioxidants, try coupling this list with my Top 20 foods to buy Oragnic!
1. small dried red beans
2. wild blueberries
3. red kidney beans
4. pinto beans
5. cultivted blueberries
6. cranberries
7. cooked artichokes
8. blackberries
9. prunes
10. raspberries
11. strawberries
12. red delicious apples
13. granny smith apples
14. pecans
15. sweet cherries
16. black p Read more:Foods
, Properties
Comparing Whey, Soy, Casein protein, vs real Fish, Beef, Milk, Chicken and Eggs 2007-07-06 06:46:45
When I was living in the USA, I used to order from Protein Factory because I liked to customize my high quality protein
to maximize the absorption rates, as all protein are not created equal.
My formula was a mixture of CFM Whey isolate, Egg, and Casein protein. The exact ratio formula is a heavily guarded secret next to Coke Classic and Colonel Sander’s KFC chicken.
I can’t keep a secret for long. It was a 33%-33%-33% combination. Remember, every body is different.
I am often asked what the differences were to real food, or how they compared to natural food sources such as fish, beef, milk, chicken and eggs.
Before I answer that, let me introduce to you one of the leading researchers in exercise and sports nutrition scientists Jose Antonio, Ph. D. From his web site, he has a great article explaining the different types, features and benefits, and how to consume them.
If you find his knowledge and insight helpful, you may be interested in reading his new co- Read more:Chicken
Clyde Hart: coach to Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner 2007-07-13 08:20:06
There are numerous articles on Clyde
Hart’s coaching methods floating in cyperspace.
His classic “published” blueprint to his 400m training can be found here or here in PDF format.
From American Track and Field magazine, written by Andy Friedlander in 2005, a nice 3 page scanned article on Train S-L-O-W-E-R to race FASTER in PDF format.
But I recently came across this little known article (now it will be well known!) from Sonia O’Sullivan’s Coaching web site.
It is quite lengthy, 12 pages in all, but well worth the time to read it in full… over and over again.
Elite coaching special - Clyde Hart coach to MichaelJohnson
and Jeremy Wariner
Page 1: The greatest 400m coach of all time - Clyde Hart
The greatest 400m coach of all time? Clyde Hart
Clyde Hart can stake a claim to being the greatest 400m coach of all time.
He has guided Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner to the top but there is far more to the man than that. He has worked with a 3min
Body Mass Index: The Importance Of Knowing Your Number 2007-07-12 08:17:51
There are 3 basic ways to determine if you need to lose weight.
1) Stand naked in front of a mirror
2) Get a body fat test, preferably a hydrostatic or “underwater weighing” one; otherwise a 10 pinch caliper method
3) Determine your Body Mass Index
: simply divide your body weight in kilograms with your height in meters squared
Click here, or right-click and choose Save Target As to download this Excel spreadsheet to easily determine your BMI. I’ve created 2 formulas, imperial and metric.
I feel the BMI needs to be adjusted for fit muscular people.
Here is a good article that goes into detail the importnace of knowing your BMI.
Weight loss is, more than anything else in our society, a huge numbers game. You have to lose this many pounds in this many weeks. Your waist has to be this many inches. Your percentage of body fat should only be this much. When you take into consideration all the numbers, facts and figures you are supposed to keep up with, it is no wonde Read more:Number
Speedendurance.com challenges John Chow to 150 meter match race 2007-07-11 23:34:43
Rumour has it that John Chow once held the 100m high school record.
Who is John Chow?
John Chow dot Com is a blog that helps you make money. If you review his blog, he’ll link to it and send you a lot of traffic.
Since we are both Greater Vancouver residents, and with my specialty being the 200 and 400 meters, I feel a match race halfway between our specialized distances is a good test for the Blog’s fastest man. My prime fitness was over 15 years ago, and John’s is probably the same.
If 150 meters is too far, maybe we should try the 40 yard dash? The 40 yard dash is the most common measure of raw quickness and speed for football, and it’s over in less than 5 seconds.
I will inquire if BC Place is available for this historic race.
But one thing is certain. His new Acura TL is definitely faster than my Saturn SL1.
Stay tuned.
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Gerard Mach on Sprints and Hurdles in Track and Field 2007-07-11 08:00:28
The Canadian Track
and Field
Championships will be held this weekend in Windsor, Ontario.
Looking back, can you believe it’s been only 34 years since Canada hired full time professional coaches for Track and Field? Yes, shocking.
Here is a brief history of Gerard
Mach into the Canadian coaching program. His legacy lives on as you’ll find today, both kids and elite athletes, doing “A skips”, “B skip”, and “butt kick” drills, otherwise known as Mach drills.
Flashback to 1968
Canada’s poor medal showing, or should I say, non-existence of medals (i.e. zero) at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics gave rise to demands for further action.
At the 1972 Munich Games, Pole vaulter Bruce Simpson’s fifth-place finish was the best by a Canadian track and field athlete at Munich.
At the same time, the Canadian Olympic Association (COA) and Sport Canada initiated “Game Plan,” a funding partnership of the federal and provincial
Race Strategy - How to run the 400 meters 2007-07-10 21:36:45
What’s the best way to run the 400 meters
?
Go hard for 300 meters and hang on; and if you die, you die? Or run even pace splits?
Both work depending on your conditioning and experience. Once you have a race plan, you stick with it. Of course, talk it over with your coach first!
In 1992, I was able to run back to back 400 meters with a 48.37 (semi-finals) and 48.36 (finals) 24 hours apart using both strategies. Hours before the gun went off, it was clear in my mind how I wanted to run my race.
However, your strategy may backfire.
Herb McKenley of Jamaica tried both tactics in the 1948 & 1952 Olympic finals, only to be beaten by his own teammates! (Arthur Wint ‘48, George Rhoden ‘52)
Even pace
For instance, in 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea, Butch Reynolds was the favorite and liked to run even splits. He won the US Olympic Trials in 43.93 and ran a WR of 43.29 in August with a superior last 150m. In the Olympic finals, he had drawn lane 3 inside of Read more:Strategy
Top 43 List of Foods Ranked by Pesticide Loads 2007-07-10 08:17:12
The Environmental Working Group is a not-for-profit environmental research organization dedicated to improving public health and protecting the environment by reducing pollution in air, water and food.
On their website, they listed the top 43 fruits and vegetables based on their pesticide loads.
This list is very close to my article Top 20 foods you should buy Organic.
Print this out and keep it handy on your next shopping trip.
RANK, FRUIT OR VEGETABLE, SCORE
1. Peaches, 100 (WORST… highest pesticide load)
2. Apples, 89
3. Sweet Bell Peppers, 86
4. Celery, 85
5. Nectarines, 84
6. Strawberries, 82
7. Cherries, 75
8. Pears, 65
9. Grapes (Imported), 65
10. Spinach, 60
11. Lettuce, 59
12. Potatoes, 58
13. Carrots, 57
14. Green Beans, 53
15. Hot Peppers, 53
16. Cucumbers, 52
17. Raspberries, 47
18. Plums, 45
19. Grapes (Domestic), 43
20. Oranges, 42
21. Grapefruit, 40
22. Tangerine, 38
23. Mushrooms, 37
24. Cantaloupe, 34
25. Honeydew Melon, 31
26. Tomatoes, 30
27. Sweet Potat Read more:Foods
, Loads
10 Ways to Make It Great! A Framework for Success for Coaches 2007-07-16 08:08:27
This book outlined a great framework for success based on 10 topics. Seven of the topics came to mind in relation to my coaching experience.
I stumbled upon this eBook in a contest from Essential Keystrokes.
At first glance, I thought it was just another book on success, a topic I’m very familiar with as I’ve read hundreds of books on this subject.
Never Stop Learning!
This was probably the most valuable lesson I learned in my meeting with legendary coach John Smith. Coaches
are teachers, and teachers make mistakes sometimes. You have to try new things. Experiment. See what works for one athlete, which may not work for another. Even after producing several world class athletes, John admits he is still learning.
Surround Yourself with Those Who Can Help You.
Remember your support staff! That includes your massage therapist and physiotherapist. Even your Registrar who enters the athletes into the track meets. And of course, let us not forget our sponsors!
Feed Read more:Great
, Success
How to Finish a Marathon - 1968 Olympics in Mexico City 2007-07-15 08:34:22
In the 1968 Olympics
in Mexico
City, Tanzanian runner John Stephen Ahkwari was the last runner in the marathon.
He came in about an hour and a half after the winner, practically carrying his leg, as it was so bloodied and bandaged.
Film Director Bud Greenspan asked him, “Why did you keep going?” He said, “You don’t understand. My country did not send me 5,000 miles to start a race, they sent me to finish it.”
Here is the video (duration 2min:19sec)
Tanzania’s John Stephen Ahkwari - Click To Play
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Valeri Borzov - A Clinic on Sprinting from Starting Blocks - First 3 Steps 2007-07-18 08:07:19
Valeri Borzov is the double gold medalist in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He also won a silver medal in the 4×100 meter relay.
In the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, he added 2 bronze medals in the 100 meters and 4×100 meter relay.
In my opinion, he has one of the greatest sprinting techniques, out of the blocks and running at top speed. You can download this guide by clicking here, or right-click and choose Save Target As.
Many thanks to Ken Grace from Chabot College for providing this information from my USATF Level 1 Track and Field Coaching certification.
1) Head, Neck, Shoulders in alignment, Front Leg positioned at around 90 degrees, back leg around 135 degrees. Both legs are loading against both blocks - note the heel.
2) Drive the hips and body out at 45 degree angle, Eyes and head down maintaining power line out of the blocks.
3) Full extension out of the blocks at 45 degrees. Opposite arm blocks at the head. Eyes and Head down to Read more:Clinic
, Blocks
, First
It’s all about Maintaining a Positive Attitude… 2007-07-17 08:05:05
I recently wrote an article on Attitude, and the Dan O’Brien 1992 US Olympic Trials Decathlon fiasco.
Guest Blogger Justin Woolich has this great article on Attitude. A must read for all coaches when the chips are down, or when you “no height” in a decathlon pole vault.
Or getting disqualified for false starting.
Or a botched hand-off in a relay.
Sounds all too familiar?
Do you wake up every morning and decide what sort of a day you are going to have?
Do you decide to make your day a win?
I’ll bet that if you do, you will ensure your success for that day…
It is all about attitude when it comes to running a successful business, oh and a few other “bits and pieces”… but without the attitude it would all amount to a meaningless existence. Positive
thinking and always improving the way the systems are run in your business with ensure your company drives forward the way you have always dreamed and planned (you do have a plan for y Read more:Maintaining
Calculating Splits for the 400 meters 2007-07-16 14:01:39
I wish reporters would realize it takes about 1 second to account for acceleration out of the blocks.
In Michael Phillip’s Furious Pistorius Blade Runner slams IAAF, Oscar Pistorius, the South African Paralympian, ran 47.65 before he was disqualified for running out of his lane.
They quote:
[… Pistorius clocked 47.65 before his time was wiped out. He has a best of 46.34, but significantly last night he ran quicker in the second half of the race than the first, with hand-timed splits of 24.4 and 23.3.
…]
Of course his second half is significantly quicker! The second 200m has a running start! His “splits” can be calculated as (1.0 + 23.4) + 23.3, so he ran a very even paced race.
UPDATE: The video of this race can be found on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXKZSdGfBoc
Non-even paced 400 meters
Not everyone can or should run even paced splits for the 400 meters. Butch Reynolds and Mike Larabee, the 1964 400m Olympic champion, are names Read more:Splits
440 Yard and 400 Meter Racing - facts and figures 2007-07-20 19:10:53
I am going to put a few arguments to rest.
When did they stop running the 440 yard dash?
In 1976, almost all Imperial (English) distances were abolished for track record purposes. The only exception was the Mile run because of its tradition and popularity. The mile (or 1609 meters) starting line is 9 meters back from a 400 meter track.
UPDATE: The NCAA is proposing some amendments to the 2007 Rules Book that would reject the metric system in favor of the imperial system. Read the article here on The Finish Line Pundit Blog.
POP QUIZ: Who holds the current 440 yard world record?
Which is longer, 400 meters ot 440 yards?
The 400 meters is shorter than the 440 yards. Since 1 meter = 1.093 yards or 1 yard = 0.914 meters:
400 meter dash = 437.2 yards
440 yard dash = 402.56 meters
You can however, set up 2 timing systems in a 440 yard dash, with the shorter distance for 400 meters. Tommie Smith did that in 1967 with a 44.5 400 meters and 44.8 for 440 yards.
Converting 440 yard dash Read more:Meter
, Racing
, facts
2007 ASU Sun Devil Classic 4×100m upset 2007-07-20 13:30:36 The Arizona State University Sun DevilClassic
was held earlier this year on April 14.
In the men’s 4×100 relay, Central Arizona upset Arizona State, LSU, and Colorado as all 4 teams went sub 40 seconds.
Amazing! I was there to watch it live and luckily I filmed it with my DV camera! Complete results can be found here.
I love it when the underdog wins, similar to this example where a local Provincial BC team beat Team China, Team Canada, and Team USA.
The lane assignments are: Central Arizona in Lane 3, Arizona State in Lane 4, LSU in Lane 5.
Option 1
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If you are reading this via a RSS feed or my email subscription serice, you can download the software and view the Flash Video (FLV) file using FLV Player from Softpedia. I discussed this more in detail in Saving YouTube and Blip.tv files for your iPod or computer.
Option 2
Now click here, or right click and choose “Save Targ
The History of Capoeira - Brazilian Martial Art 2007-07-20 08:01:25
Last summer, I attended the Axe Capoeira Extravaganza at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
This was quite entertaining and a great exposure to different types of martial arts that I am used to. Believe me, these guys (and gals) are in shape!
The show was divided in two parts. The first half was the history and celebration of Capoeira, and the after the intermission, a graduation ceremony for the entire school.
Guest Blogger James Dunn submitted an article on The History
of Capoeira. All photos by Astrid Lee at eArtfair.com.
Capoeira was formed by African slaves that were forced into immigration by Portugal into South America between the 16th and 19th centuries. The most popular destination for these African captives was Brazil, and with them, the slaves brought their music, traditions and religions. The oppression caused by slavery was a huge mechanism for Capoeira, and the martial art was mainly developed as a way to escape and resist the domination that gove Read more:Brazilian
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