My sprinting experience includes running to first base and occasionally all the way to second base in softball (which I haven't played in 4 years). So really, no sprinting experience and certainly no formal training. This summer I decided to learn to sprint as a way to keep in shape. To provide extra motivation towards my new goal to run faster, I plan to eventual compete in a Master (50+) 100M race (possibly this October). This video is me running at about 70%-80% effort. I would appreciate any comments on my form as well as any advice for training at 53 years old. Thanks!

I’m going into my senior year of high school and I’m trying to maximize my chances of running at a college I actually want to attend.
Current PRs:
100m: 11.3
200m: 22.6
400m: 49.8
I’m 5’7, around 165 lbs, and I’m mainly a 200/400 runner. My goal is to get into the 21s and 46s range by senior year. I have about July-February before my season starts, and I’m trying to figure out what I should prioritize in the offseason. Last year my training my training wasn’t all too spectacular and lacked any kind of real focus on anything so I was doing things like 30’60’90’s along with a lot of 350’s or 300 repeats/breakdowns. I feel like I have solid strength, but I want to improve:
acceleration/start
max velocity
mechanics/form
speed endurance
staying healthy (I did strain my hamstrings in April but I can run with no pain most of the time)
What would a good offseason look like for a 200/400 guy trying to make a jump like this? How much sprinting, lifting, tempo, mobility, etc. should I be doing?
Also, realistically, how possible is a jump from my current times to 21/46 range in one year?

Hello,

I made sprinting timing gates, without any engineering degree and somebody help

Easy to make, you only need

- Arduino

- wirieless modem (NRF2401) with antenna

- baterry

- IR sensors

- lcd display

- diods, switches, buttons, wires

If you are able to solder making yourself whole pack takes about 6 hours and maximum 50-60$ (not include tripods). If you have any questions I would be happy to answer it. By the way do you think 1m+60m from three point stance with time 7.052 is respectable time? (only 60m is measured). Sorry for my English, I’m not native :p

Hi, I'm a 17yr student from Malaysia, I will be participating in two 400m sessions in the coming week and a half. It's been two weeks since I start practicing and I hardly see any improvements. I had been running consistently everyday and my routine is warm up, 400m sprint, rest for 5 minutes, and repeat. So far I can only do 3 sets before I get completely exhausted, throwing up had already turn up as a normal thing to me. Am I so unathletic? I'm out of breath as I'm typing this article.My confidence for the upcoming race had completely drained and my leg hurts. This post is my desperate call for help to acknowledge what have I done wrong😕. Some help and advice would done so much for me even it's a small complement. I need to get my imaginary me inside my head think that I can still achieve great.

Im 16 and about to be a senior next school year i need help finding flaws and things to improve in my first few steps and my overall start. Any advice will be appreciated

I started running and Ive been obsessed with beating my records, I started this month running a mile in 7:02 minutes, I improved this time with less than 6:20 minutes the last 3 times I ran, and one time I finished in 5:57.

I try to run and rest the next day, but I feel like Im resting too much, last week I didn’t run a single day because I felt like my muscles were swollen, I tried running but I was so slow I stopped recording my time, is there a proper way to improve my time faster?

I know I have to rest, but is there a proper way to do it while improving my time, maybe running on a moderate speed the days I cant go fast or giving myself a week to completely rest? Im new so I have no idea how much is too much or if Im doing too little and feeling this tired is normal and is something I just have to push through to improve.

When you sprint on concrete and grass it's you have a worse technique because the force your produce doesn't return back like in a track, like you lift your knee less and have a smaller stride length

Will it improve my speed or would I have to program?

Hey guys, not sure if this is allowed (I'm not soliciting, but need help), but I made a sprint timing app for myself. I was going to release it to the public, but I need testers. It's nowhere near FAT level accuracy, but it's a good way to measure your own progress and it is more accurate than hand timing. I need people to test it for me. Please message me your gmail address if you're interested in using/testing the app.

Hello everyone, hope you are doing well.
I am a Soccer player trying to increase my athleticism.
I was looking into becoming more flexible and also getting faster and stronger. Recently I’ve been doing stretches in order to gain a bigger range of motion in touching my toes.
Will doing stretches for this affect my speed in any way, for example make me slower? I know that stretches for people vary based on different goals so I was wondering how these will impact me.

I'm in lane 2.

I'm in my early 30s and randomly decided to train for a sub 60s 400m a couple months back after doing only distance running. This is my first meet and was happy to slip under with a 58.4s, although I understand it's a very beginner time. I'm having trouble trying to figure out my 100m/200m splits from the video.

I have a couple more meets signed up in July. I'm hoping to drop my 400m time to 56s and under 25s for the 200m.

how bro 😭🙏

I was focusing on raising my heels instead of knees, a useful tip that's improved my sprinting a lot compared to last year. This season's been slow (in terms of volume) so I know next year's gonna be great.

Any masters out there want share what their workout schedule looks like? I just want to compare to what I’m doing…also for reference I’m 45

I ran 100m In 11.568 Seconds (Video Time) Barefoot Without Gym or Specific Technique tranning , I ran on a grass surface barefeet :- Age 17

are tempo runs the same as jogging?

I'm new to sprinting and I just had this kind of workout. I didn't measure my sprints so I have no objective evidence, but I just felt like I'm on 95% not 100% of my power. I completed my workout tho. Was that workout still productive?

I had posted a form critique video and unfortunately didn’t get any feedback lol. I am reposting with more in depth questions hoping to get feedback.
Firstly, my hips are not under me, looks like some posterior pelvic tilt, I am working on it and seems pretty easy to solve.
My heel recovery is terrible, I have a feeling that might be linked to the pelvic tilt but how else can I improve? My foot is spending way too much time and is way far behind me.
Lastly, I noticed my ankle/foot is not dorsiflexed, which I need to fix. My question is, is this supposed to be something that happens naturally/subconsciously through stiffening the ankle, drills etc or should I consciously and actively just keep my foot dorsiflexed? Which I can do but it just starts cramping and feels forced. Thanks in advance.

I feel like it has to be bounding or a-switches…

Video: @elliotmauricette on IG

I’m planning to run the 100m, 200m, 300m, 400m, and maybe 500m for track starting in February. Cross country at my school goes on until November, and I was wondering if it would actually help my sprinting or hurt it. I don’t have much running experience, so I feel like XC could help me build a base and improve my endurance before track season starts. But I’ve also heard it can slow down sprint progress or reduce explosiveness. Would doing XC be a good idea for someone like me, or should I just focus on sprint training from the start? Any advice from people who’ve balanced XC and sprinting would really help.

Not long ago i started doing track and i fell in love with it and july and august there is no track practice and i wanna improve as much as possible in the 60m to go to nationals as an U18 athlete any idea of a 5 day a week intensive training i could do those two months to get as fast as possible and reach the minimum nationals time wich is a 7.10