OK, we all know (all too well) that she IS lean, but does she ever actually lean at the finish line? Granted, I unfortunately haven't seen all her races, but of the ones that I have, I don't recall her ever leaning - not even in her recent 100s. I wonder if it's a conscious decision to be a lean boycotter. Is there a great risk of injury when sprinters lean or something?
Watch the Stockholm 400 on youtube and tell it to Sanya Richards. Felix DID lean into the tape and beat Sanya by the lean--49.70 to 49.72. ANY change in form can cost you time in a 100--just turning your head to look at your opponent can cost you 0.02-0.05--so one should normally hold form through the tape UNLESS it is actually going to gain you a place. The 100 is not Allyson's best event, so against a world class field, she is normally behind, and Bob Kersee is doing it right by having her not lean.
She doesn't have to in the 200, that's why.
I'm confused Coach D. Are you saying that sprinters should hold form and NOT lean to achieve the fastest time but that leaning can help you beat someone? Don't you beat someone by running a faster time? Doesn't this logic indicate that sprinters should ALWAYS lean?
Is it that getting the timing of your lean correct is so difficult that it often leads to slower times but, occasionally, can lead to faster ones? But if that's the case, shouldn't runners lean in every race so that they can practice the timing of their lean? Or is that leaning is very difficult unless there is another competitor nearby?
Please clarify.
Timing of the lean is very important. If you do it more than a step in advance, it will likely mess with your mechanics and make you slower (and there are definitely people who have leaned too early and lost races that they "won"). Also remember that the timers go from the torso, so that's the part you want to have forward. If you're Allyson, should you wear a padded sports bra for an extra 1/4-1/2 inch?
As much as I am a huge Allyson fan, her 200m time seems slow for a World Champion.
The great US sprinters and even lesser known sprinters have gone faster.
Flojo
Evelyn Ashford - 21.83
Gwen Torrence - 21.72
Inger Miller - 21.77
Valerie Brisco - 21.81
Marion Jones - 21.62
Chandra Cheeseborough - 21.99
Pam Marshall - 21.93
Dawn Sowell - 22.04
Maria Van Trap wrote:
As much as I am a huge Allyson fan, her 200m time seems slow for a World Champion.
The great US sprinters and even lesser known sprinters have gone faster.
Flojo
Evelyn Ashford - 21.83
Gwen Torrence - 21.72
Inger Miller - 21.77
Valerie Brisco - 21.81
Marion Jones - 21.62
Chandra Cheeseborough - 21.99
Pam Marshall - 21.93
Dawn Sowell - 22.04
But Allyson's only 21 years old. She already broke Marion Jones' world junior record in the 200 and is the only person ever to win a world championship gold as a teenager. Jones and Inger Miller did not run as fast at the same age. I didn't bother checking the age-related stats for the others.
And since this is letsrun, one has to add that Allyson Felix is 5 times hotter than any of them :)
Felix Fan wrote:
OK, we all know (all too well) that she IS lean, but does she ever actually lean?
She leans forward for me every night!
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does felix fan have a olympic medal, STFU!!
Again today, she almost lost the WAF 200 all on account of this lean boycott of hers. What does she have against leaning, anyway?
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