Please help. Is my 100m slow for my top speed?

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4 years ago 10/14/2019 9:18pm EDT

Hi guys, 26 year old guy here, started dabbling in sprints/mid-distance 2 years ago, although mostly my "training" has been unstructured and frequently interrupted for fairly long periods of time, and so I haven't really put a training block together before.

I did two 100m races over the past 3 weeks, the first one being 12.81 and the most recent one 12.88 (I actually stupidly did an almost all out 100 ten mins before the race, not sure if that prevented me from beating my 12.81).

Before these races I timed myself over a few flying 30s and got 3.46 and 3.51, given these times should I be running faster than 12.8? Could anybody give me some simple tips on how to train for the 100m-400m events properly (I always hear about periodizing and how people drop times in sprints dramatically as they race more and the season progresses)

Sorry for the long post, and greatly appreciate anyone taking the time to read this and give me some advice. Thank you!

4 years ago 10/14/2019 9:24pm EDT

re: Sprint jogger

Sprint jogger wrote:
Before these races I timed myself over a few flying 30s and got 3.46 and 3.51, given these times should I be running faster than 12.8?

No. 12.8 sounds about right for those times.

4 years ago 10/14/2019 10:11pm EDT

re: answer right here

answer right here wrote:
Sprint jogger wrote:
Before these races I timed myself over a few flying 30s and got 3.46 and 3.51, given these times should I be running faster than 12.8?
No. 12.8 sounds about right for those times.

Thanks for replying man. I've just been trying to find out where I should focus my efforts to improve, and thought maybe my start or my speed endurance was the problem, that flying 30m time surprised me and 2 sprint calculators I looked at said that time converts to either 12.02-12.17 or roughly 12.4, which is a galaxy away from 12.8. Thanks again anyway =)

4 years ago 10/14/2019 10:11pm EDT

re: answer right here

answer right here wrote:
Sprint jogger wrote:
Before these races I timed myself over a few flying 30s and got 3.46 and 3.51, given these times should I be running faster than 12.8?
No. 12.8 sounds about right for those times.

12.8 actually is on the fast end of what I would have expected from somebody with a 3.5 flying 30m.

4 years ago 10/14/2019 11:51pm EDT

re: Drainthefecesswamp

Drainthefecesswamp wrote:
answer right here wrote:
No. 12.8 sounds about right for those times.
12.8 actually is on the fast end of what I would have expected from somebody with a 3.5 flying 30m.

This is interesting, I always thought my start and speed endurance were crap compared to my top speed, maybe not then haha! I'm not sure what to go off now though; the sprint charts from usatf and frank dick place me anywhere from 12.02-12.47, whereas you guys say it's more or less consistent with what I've run. I'm confused what to work on now, or how to train (whish I had no clue how to do in the beginning lol). Either way, really appreciate both of your guys' input, if there is anyone with additional insight, comment or advice on how to train would really appreciate it!

4 years ago 10/14/2019 11:59pm EDT

re: Sprint jogger

Is there a chance you looking at crouch start 30m or flying 30m charts

4 years ago 10/15/2019 12:28am EDT

re: otter

otter wrote:
Is there a chance you looking at crouch start 30m or flying 30m charts

It's very possible, I'm not the brightest with some of the mistakes I've made haha, but here is the table I consulted just to confirm if I'm understanding it correctly

http://speedendurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Frank-Dick-Controls-for-100-200m-athletes.jpg

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