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Video of LaShawn Merritt Beijing Olympic 400 meter 43.75
Speedendurance.com | August 21st 2008 by Jimson Lee
In stunning fashion, LaShawn Merritt upset Jeremy Wariner to win the Olympic Gold medal in 43.75. LaShawn Merritt appeared to be left in the blocks with a 0.318 reaction time. But in a 400 meters, the reaction time is not as critical as your first 4 read more
Track and Field Disaster
Healthy Living | August 21st 2008
We’re going from mediocre to bad to what we can now consider a down right disaster for the USA track. Darvis Patton and Tyson Gay misconnected on the final pass in preliminaries of the 400-meter relay Thursday. Then, Torri Edwards and Lauryn Wi read more
Christine Ohuruogu Upsets Sanya Richards in 400m Final
Speedendurance.com | August 19th 2008 by Jimson Lee
You got to have respect for the 400 meters. Go too easy, you end up playing catchup (shades of Butch Reynolds Olympic 1988 come to mind) Go too hard, you pay the price over the last 50 or 100 meters. At least that’s what it appeared to be on read more
Olympic 400 meters Prediction Contest
Speedendurance.com | August 8th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The good folks at Athletes Acceleration have donated a monster prize package for anyone predicting the correct medal winners in the 2008 Olympic Men’s 400 meters. Their 5 DVD Complete Speed Training set regularly sells for $297 $197. You also read more
Jeremy Wariner’s Adidas Lone Star Spikes
Speedendurance.com | August 5th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The Olympics isn’t about the athletes or countries competing for gold, silver and bronze. Pierre de Coubertin quoted “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conque read more
400-Meter Strategies and Training DVD
Speedendurance.com | July 31st 2008 by Jimson Lee
In this video, Ralph White of Williams College (Williamstown, Massachusetts) is your host. This video was produced in 2002 and is 100 minutes long. You will see a thorough explanation on how to coach your 400-meter athletes to peak performance. Every read more
400 Meter Training: 2 x 300m or 2×40 second Workout
Speedendurance.com | July 29th 2008 by Jimson Lee
When Jeremy Wariner or Micheal Johnson does a 2 x 350 meter workout, those times are well under 40 seconds. That doesn’t mean YOU should do a 2 x 350 meter workout. The purpose of this workout if for “speed endurance”, or to be exa read more
Track Dimensions: How Many Feet is 400 meters?
Speedendurance.com | July 28th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 400 meters is exactly 1312.34 feet or 437.2 yards. Conversely, the 440 yard dash = 402.56 meters. You can read a lot more on 440 Yard and 400 Meters Races from an earlier blog post where Tommie Smith ran 44.5 400 meters and 44.8 for 440 yards i read more
Michael (Mike) Larrabee Olympic 400 Meters
Speedendurance.com | July 21st 2008 by Jimson Lee
Mike Larrabee is famous for his “come from behind” or “even splits” 400 Meters Gold medal from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The Americans swept the medals, and they didn’t repeat that feat until 400 meters in Athens 2004 wi read more
4×400 meter Relay in Beijing
Speedendurance.com | July 20th 2008 by Jimson Lee
On Friday, I wrote about the 4×100 meter Relay in Beijing. Here are the stats for the 4×400 meter Relay in Beijing. The Mens side is no surprise. It takes 4 guys an average of 45 seconds to break 3 minutes. 45.75 from the lead-off leg, then read more
David Neville - Anyone Who’s Run the 400 Knows How I Felt
Speedendurance.com | July 7th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Lost in the action on Thursday’s USA 400 meter Olympic Trials final with LaShawn Merritt and Jeremy Wariner was David Neville’s Lane 8 “running scared and hanging on” 3rd place finish. Anyone who’s run the 400 meters in read more
Jeremy Wariner New Adidas Track Spikes
Speedendurance.com | June 30th 2008 by Jimson Lee
I’ve been waiting for this article to come out. There was a lot of news with Michael Johnson’s Golden Track spikes back in 1996. And we are still waiting for the Asafa Powell spikes expected to make an appearance at Beijing. We’l read more
The Original Decathlon Events with 800 meter Racewalk
Speedendurance.com | June 27th 2008 by Jimson Lee
In the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, Jim Thorpe won both the Pentathlon and Decathlon events. He also placed fourth in the high-jump and took seventh place in the long jump in the individual events. That’s 17 events in a span of a week! In 1913, t read more
2008 Harry Jerome Track Classic - 400 meters Men
Speedendurance.com | June 22nd 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 2008 Vancouver Sun Harry Jerome International Track Classic will mark the 25th anniversary of the meet being named in honour of great Canadian sprinter Harry Jerome. Harry Jerome was the 1964 Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holde read more
2008 NCAA Mens 4×400 Relay - Baylor almost Sub 3
Speedendurance.com | June 16th 2008 by Jimson Lee
I love it when College guys produce a time fast enough to win an Olympic medal. Even more impressive when the team are all from the same school. Baylor come to mind, right? Yes and No. The NCAA Meet record and College “world record” w read more
Chariots on Fire - Eric Liddell ran a 9.7 second 100
Speedendurance.com | June 6th 2008 by Jimson Lee
In 1924, Eric Liddell ran 9.7 seconds for the 100 - 100 yards that is, not meters, which is equivalent to 91.44 meters. Yes, it’s hard to believe we have only increased (or decreased) 8.56 meters or 28 feet - 1 inch in the last 84 years! (Tha read more
Jeremy Wariner, LaShawn Merritt and… Xavier Carter
Speedendurance.com | May 29th 2008 by Jimson Lee
These are 3 good picks for the 2008 USA Olympic Team. Many people think Angelo Taylor with be the third and final spot behind Jeremy Wariner and LaShawn Merrit. But trying to double in the 400 meter hurdles and the 400 meters, plus possibly 2 round read more
Michael Johnson Motivation.com
Speedendurance.com | May 15th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Michael Johnson has a new website for motivational speaking, and it’s not to be confused with his Michael Johnson Performance Center. Who the heck is Michael Johnson? To recap his resume: Gold Medalist, 400m, Olympic Games, Sydney, 2000 Gold M read more
Some Great 4×400 Relays this Weekend
Speedendurance.com | April 28th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 4×400 meter relay is arguably the most exciting event in Track and Field. This weekend was no exception. The Oregon Relays Check out the number of lead changes in this 4×400m video hosted by Runnerspace. We are so use to seeing USA dom read more
Where are the Kenyan Sprinters?
Speedendurance.com | April 16th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Kenya, like Canada, has a hard time trying to develop a pool of 100m, 200m & 400m sprinters with Olympic and IAAF “A” Standards. I can’t remember the last time Canada sent a 4×400m relay team to a World Championships or O read more
Comparing 400m - Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner
Speedendurance.com | April 14th 2008 by Jimson Lee
How Low Can Jeremy Wariner Go? These stats were published in the March 2008 edition of Track and Field News. Wouldn’t it be nice to have all of these videos in one place, with a handy playlist pull down menus? (hint hint) After Johnson broke 4 read more
Complete Videos of Track and Field World Records
Speedendurance.com | March 27th 2008 by Jimson Lee
This video is a great collection of all the Men’s Track and Field World Records (excludes distances over 5000 meters or Multis). Some of these videos are very rare, as I haven’t seen these in a long long time (i.e. the pole vault or high read more
Teamwork and Clutch in the Relays
Speedendurance.com | March 20th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Did anyone notice the 4×400m winning time from the NCAA’s was faster than the IAAF World Indoor? In fact, all 3 medalist from the NCAA bettered the winning time from IAAF Worlds. Also, Baylor won the race with only one team member (LeJeral read more
400 Meters: Can you Drop from 45 to 43 in One Year?
Speedendurance.com | March 19th 2008 by Jimson Lee
In the 400 meters, can you drop your personal best from 45 seconds down to 43 seconds in one year? The answer is yes. In 1967, Lee Evans ran a 44.9 hand time (equivalent to a 45.04 FAT) behind Tommie Smith’s 400 meter World Record of 44.5, then read more
Bryshon Nellum: Track & Field’s “Next One”
Speedendurance.com | March 18th 2008 by Jimson Lee
This article was guest written by Jay Hicks of PreraceJitters.com Byshon Nellum is a phenomenon. Descriptions like “freakish” and “ridiculous” are thrown his way. He is shooting for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the rising track star is read more
Tyler Christopher wins 400m IAAF Indoor Championships
Speedendurance.com | March 9th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Canada’s Tyler Christopher won the 400 meters in a world leading time of 45.67 at the IAAF Indoor Championships in Valencia. This lowers his PB and National Record of 45.80 set earlier this year in Birmingham, UK. Johan Wissman of Sweden finis read more
Tyler Christopher, Johan Wissman Clash in Semi-Finals
Speedendurance.com | March 8th 2008 by Jimson Lee
Canada’s Tyler Christopher and Sweden’s Johan Wissman were drawn the same heat in the first of two 400m semi-finals at the IAAF Indoor Championships in Valencia. Wissman’s health was questionable after withdrawing from Sweden’ read more
Tyler Christopher in, Johan Wissman Questionable
Speedendurance.com | March 6th 2008 by Jimson Lee
News from BleacherReport.com reports Johan Wissman of Sweden may not be 100% at the IAAF Indoor Championships March 7-9, 2008. And recently, Tyler Christopher of Canada ran a 400 meters indoor personal best and National Record of 45.80 seconds in B read more
Butch Reynolds 400 meter 1996 Atlanta Grand Prix
Speedendurance.com | February 26th 2008 by Jimson Lee
The 1996 Atlanta Track and Field Grand Prix was held two months prior to the Summer Olympics as a “warm up” to the USATF Olympic Trials. Two of the favorites in this race was Butch Reynolds & Deon Minor won by Reynolds in 44.33. It read more
Clyde Hart Jeremy Wariner Split Was NOT About Money
Speedendurance.com | February 18th 2008 by Jimson Lee
UPDATE: download Clyde Hart’s 60 page Training Manual from the 2007 USATF NPEP Conference. Old news: Jeremy Wariner has a new coach. The rumour about the split was about money and how Jeremy wanted to reduce Clyde Hart’s commission, despi read more
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