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Topic: Foot Landing? |
op684
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:03 pm Subject: Foot Landing? |
Trying to copy someone's style, even if its a record holder, will be more detrimental than beneficial IMO. Each athlete has their own style of performing and it might not work for someone else. Inst ... |
Topic: The New Comers in 2007 and Possible Stars of 2008 or Why the |
op684
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:49 pm Subject: Re: The New Comers in 2007 and Possible Stars of 2008 or Why |
The New Comers in 2007 and Possible Stars of 2008 or Why the Chinese Will Not Be Alone:
You forgot to add me there I plan on taking the gold and setting a new world record for 100m. Watch out! ... |
Topic: Foot Landing? |
op684
Replies: 21
Views: 150310
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:43 pm Subject: Foot Landing? |
I used to do the same thing, doing calf raises whenever I was waiting in line or standing in the back of the room for a team meeting...
Dan
It is a useful way of having to idle around. When I w ... |
Topic: Foot Landing? |
op684
Replies: 21
Views: 150310
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:36 pm Subject: Foot Landing? |
I have seen snap shots of middle distance runners like Hicham while on the track running, and his foot was flat straight on the ground. All I can say is that when I run, I land on my whole foot, and i ... |
Topic: Foot Landing? |
op684
Replies: 21
Views: 150310
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:02 am Subject: Foot Landing? |
I'm not an expert on the physiology side of athletics but I do run fast and landing on the balls is the only way you're going to gain speed. It's the main component of being able to run fast. BTW Y ... |
Topic: Help Me Realize My Potential |
op684
Replies: 8
Views: 67884
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:03 am Subject: Help Me Realize My Potential |
Hey AM_Runner; I've researched the teams you mentioned, including Shore AC. LeMans doesn't have a site of its own nor could I find contact info on the club. I'll try contacting both Shore and Execut ... |
Topic: Help Me Realize My Potential |
op684
Replies: 8
Views: 67884
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:16 pm Subject: Help Me Realize My Potential |
Most of them are geared towards long distance running and that's why I came here to see if anyone knows of any club that's more focused on sprinting. I'll do like you said then and contact them and s ... |
Topic: Help Me Realize My Potential |
op684
Replies: 8
Views: 67884
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:11 pm Subject: Help Me Realize My Potential |
Thanks for the response, Dan. That is the problem; I did not join the track team in my high school because I wanted to make up for my lack of swimming skills and therefore joined the swimming team in ... |
Topic: Help Me Realize My Potential |
op684
Replies: 8
Views: 67884
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Forum: Sprint Central Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:45 pm Subject: Help Me Realize My Potential |
Hi. It's about time I found a track/field forum that has a separate section on sprinting.
I'm 18. I'm a very fast runner. By very fast, I don't mean that I merely "think" I'm very fast ... |
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