[Closed] 100mm sprint training

100mm sprint? New niche event for ultra-midgets? 😀

100mm

I have the world record for that. 8.95 seconds.
Like greased lightening, me.

Is only 4 inches so I would't bother

Wow, is this some new event? Can't imagine it's a good spectator sport. 100mm is over in a flash.

I assume you mean 100m btw 🙂 And yes of course technique is important.

Is only 4 inches so I would't bother

I bet you say that to all the girls.

Earl, on his marks, earlier...
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Sounds like my kinda run!

Assuming the mean 100m, the classic technique is head upright looking forward, knees high, arms pumping up and down. But, there are a good few very successful runner who did not follow this and did very well!

100m training is mostly about drills and weights. so yes, technique plays a large part.

Ha! ta

Been doing a lot of classic exercises over the last 3 months (squats, lunges, bench, chins, cleans, cruches etc) and seen a huge improvement in my cycling fitness.

Went from benching 40kg to 90kg (my body weight) in 10 weeks @ 2 sessions a week - not showing off but just saying that with a bit of middle age anger it only takes that long to improve things physically(you can do it! think Rob Schneider).

I'll google 'sprint drills' and see what i get....

I have to ask - why? Sprinting is really only an end to itself. When I was training seriously for rugby, my coach (ex Wales coach) told me that the exercises were ultimately not very good for me, but would improve my sprinting. So - unless you are sprinting, can't see what it would do for you that other exercises would do better.

When I was 16 I did reps of 150m as training for the 200m. No idea if that's current thinking or not tho.

Re why.. I was doing 1 min or was it 2 min intervals last year, interspersed with steady sessions. One afternoon I just thought 'fk this' and sprinted flat out. Felt amazing.

For me at least, sprinting is part of me and who I am. It's what I'm made for, and it feels just brilliant 🙂 So I totally understand. It's just a shame there are no events for old gits.

I just thought 'fk this' and sprinted flat out. Felt amazing.

Exactly.........

Sprinting is the only exercise where i feel like I'm giving it absolute 100%.

ok I'll climb on my bike till I puke and I'll static squat till I blackout but its not the same as sprinting....

It's just a shame there are no events for old gits.

It really is, I too am a (now ex.) sprinter and would love to do it again. They need levels of race like XC races. I might have a chance in the sport catergory.

Sprinting is the only exercise where i feel like I'm giving it absolute 100%.

What sprinting did you do then lunge? I stopped after school - I was going through a bit of a rejection of competitive values at that point.. which I was to rediscover later 🙂

molgrips, I ran up to national level until I was about 17 when I discovered beer and girls. At that time I was competing with Mark Lewis-Francis and there was not much in our times, I've beaten him a couple of times and vice versa.

At 17 I decided I didn't want to go running 4 times a week and instead wanted to drink beer and chase girls. Mr Lewis-Francis decided the get his head down and got rather good.

I decided I hated the tension of hanging around all day waiting for your 20 seconds of activity and decided I'd rather ride a bike.

I'm far less gifted at that! I should really have been a rugby player on the wing.

...and chase girls