Beyond PEDS there is something in the water for female sprinters and long sprinters post 2000! We have a 55.xx 400 gal in middle school here in MI! And that's not a record.
Beyond PEDS there is something in the water for female sprinters and long sprinters post 2000! We have a 55.xx 400 gal in middle school here in MI! And that's not a record.
Skeptical Sprint Coach wrote:
There is no reason to assume her technique will improve as she ages. There's maybe five people who understand the physics and individuality of sprint mechanics and fifty thousand who say they do.
I saw the downvotes of earlier posters saying she needs to lose weight, but the truth hurts. That extra mass is a hindrance to performance and she is going to suffer a serious injury in the next eighteen months without addressing the weight. She's putting so much force into the ground while running imperfectly enough that the end range of her stride to stride variance is already in the dead center of dangerous. If she adds another twenty kilos to her back or front squat and her mechanics don't improve, unfortunately, she will get hurt.
My bona fides: I can claim with some degree of confidence that no other sprint coach has taken more female athletes from under 18 mph to over 20 mph over the last three years. For male athletes, going from sub-21 to over 23, I know I'm somewhere in the top twenty. High school sprint coaches in America are fundamentally retarded and so much talent is wasted. Best example is trained a junior girl who went from alternate on a 4x200m that wasn't any good to trouncing the fastest girl on that relay (who had multiple D1 offers) in eight weeks. Flying ten m time of 1.22 to 1.063.
Its tricky to suggest everyone needs perfect mechanics. In all sports there are mechanics unique to one's genetic make up. It can cause injury to run "against" your own shape and size. You can always improve, esp arms, but you cant tell Cheptegei to stand up straighter, or Obiri to fix her form, or Purrier to run on her toes not her heels.
Im still waiting for Abby to "fix" her arms so she can be successful as a pro. LOL.
Oldmanspeed wrote:
Unfortunately your prognostication about potential injury makes you look like a genius. She was hurt this weekend in VA at the VA showcase. It looked really serious and she looked absolutely devastated and panicked- as if she knew it was something dire. All this after she overcame a bad start and beat the fastest 60m field in the country. There’s video out there but you have to have a mile split acct to view it.
Mia Brahe-Pedersen is update: She will open her outdoor season next weekend (March 29-30) at the Florida Relays in Gainesville. Not only does Lake Oswego High School have Brahe-Pedersen but also the #2 runner in the state, Josie Donelson, who ran 53.44 at USATF Indoor last month.
"I think our girls relay team, we are about to be very dominant and we're coming for every record there is."
TBD.
Brahe-Pedersen entered in 100m, 4x100m, 4x200m, and 4x400m at Florida Relays this weekend.
Wow. Must be feeling better. With that kind of money, she shouldnt compete in Oregon until state qualifying meet. If that.