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I just needed some spikes and my coach recommended i get middle distance spikes as they are good for training and do good in the short distance competition as well the sprint spikes are for the actual experience sprinters, i'm still a beginner.

Quote from: seifullaah73 on August 27, 2013, 07:41:01 pm

Just ordered some spikes.

Saucony Endorphin MD3 Middle Distance Running Spikes from
sportsshoes.com

high rating and was very cheap
rrp:£99 and they were selling it for £30 including shipping and tax.

also if the spikes wear out, i just have to buy spikes not an entire shoe.

lets hope they are good and fit, as the thing about buying online you don't know if it fits until it arrives
but other spikes are way too expensive around £50.

Great! Those will be handy for all the.....middle distance events you'll be running?

Just ordered some spikes.

Saucony Endorphin MD3 Middle Distance Running Spikes from
sportsshoes.com

high rating and was very cheap
rrp:£99 and they were selling it for £30 including shipping and tax.

also if the spikes wear out, i just have to buy spikes not an entire shoe.

lets hope they are good and fit, as the thing about buying online you don't know if it fits until it arrives
but other spikes are way too expensive around £50.

Date:27/08/2013
BW: n/a
Soreness: shins when pressed very painful, hips


Warm up:
  walk to track 30min
  3 laps of the track jog nonstop
  dynamic warm up i.e. skips, drills,
  scorpion stretch hopefuly for my hip pain
  groin stretch
 
Workout:
   4 x 500m 2 min rest in between (1:49,1:52,1:50 (i think), 1:48) forgot to put 1 min
   50m strides x 6
   circuit work 5 exercises for 25 reps each (squats w/ med ball; couldn't go deep hip pain, dips, sit ups w/ med ball, burpees; killers, push ups)

Cool down:
   walk home 30 min
   leg stretches

Nutrition:
  orange juice 240ml + 1/2 tbs of creatine monohydrate mixture (drinking now as i speak with cookies)

Comment:
 As i got there, i had stomach pains (yup i guess it was those nervous ones so try  running to get it to calm down, but just ignored it) they said it was 500m runs w/ 2 mins rest i had flash back to the flailing fish moment oh no, but i decided to think tactically, don't run fast like last time, run a slower pace than the 300m and maintain and everybody was going fast so i decided to stick on to the person at the back and when the person was slowing down i would continue past but then the person would be encouraged to come back, at the last 100m's i start to tire a lot that i notice that i breath in a lot of air, which will make me even more tired so i open my mouth smaller and try to keep the breathing not too deep in and out lol, did not try a sprint until the last set at the home straight i just sprinted as much as i could and got there, it was hard to tell my brain, forget the distance, just maintain, but ignored my brain and just ran getting tired but after every set i was in the same state as after the first set so that was encouraging to make me run until the last i just killed it. then the circuit training and finished and home i go.

I talked to the people and my coach about spikes and they said just get mid distance spikes for training and competition don't get sprint spikes unless i am a very competitive and advanced/elite level sprinter as that was sufficient and get 6mm spikes.

rating: 8/10 (i'm happy how it went, how i was able to survive 500m with 2 min rest in between just told myself when the time to finish resting was about up dont panic and hands on head for recovery and start)

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I just came here to say that, shipping cost $39.99, whaaat!.
 

lol, the website is thaat good or ... 

edit: but the cost for shipping if i buy from that site is $39.99
that is too expensive if added with the price of the shoe as well.
 

sorry for the spoiler man !!! :<

ill be more careful next time.. i think gonzalez was just very hungry and he's still pretty sharp.. he timed mares perfectly.. mares was probably a bit too confident.

don't worry about it, it's my fault for leaving too late to watch it. I also think abner mares probably understimated him because of his 8 losses especially to daniel ponce de leon and took him lightly as i didn't see the same person as the one who fought ponce de leon as there was something on the line.

great fight nevertheless.

nice job with the workout.
keep it up.

why didn't you run in spikes? if the answer is, "i don't have spikes," then why don't you have spikes?

I guess i was thinking of buying spikes, but didn't know much about them so many variations, the right one to buy as they have different spike length, a christmas tree spike, pyramid spike 7mm spike 14mm spike something like.
also i didn't know if i was going to go or not as well as it being one race i didn't think it was necessary to use it.

My First Competition

I was more nervous of taking the 1hr train journey there then i was at the start of the race, as i could have just stayed and not take the train.

After i take the train, make 1 change before arriving, I catched bus to the stadium it was sunny, a lot of people were there. Also have to note that i got to the stadium about 8 min before the 100m race, so went to the desk to sign up and they said very close to the race starting, so i get my number and go to the track and start my warm up, up and down besides the runners, lol and the guy was telling can you get out of the way, maybe i was distracting the runners in their block, so i was warming up and then i decided to ask afterward like 10-15 min when the race was and they said it was over ages ago, i had missed it, she said while i was parading on the other side of the track  10 mins ago (warming up the near the people in the blocks, they were my age group and it was my race)  ...... lol i was warming up next to the startline of the race i was supposed to be in.

now what.....



















But, i wasn't going to let it end after wasting rail fare and bus fare just to turn up and miss it, so i asked can i just run with the U17's and just get my time and she allowed me  . The gun sound was soooo loud when waiting but when at the blocks you don't notice it that loud.

So i have finished my warm up routine, in small area, I queue up behind the guy running, and as soon as it was my turn to run, i set up my blocks, never used blocks ever, so there i am trying to adjust my blocks, i know it is 2 steps to first forward foot and 3 step to second back foot, but i couldn't take those foot pads off so i decided to move the enitre block a bit back, then saw the other side was correctly place, i also didn't know what angle to put the foot pad on the block so i placed it at lowest angle about 45 degrees. I go into my block and start my starts to get comfortable with the blocks.

they say on your marks, i go to the blocks, do some tuck jumps, get into my blocks, felt weird when getting into the block placing my feet on the blocks, and waited, not a long wait, thinking, wait for the bang, so i wasn't nervous, i was just concentrating on running my race ignoring the others, at set position and as soon as i heard the bang i just exploded out as best as i could, during the drive phase i experience a small amount of air stride; this is when i stride out i feel my feet reach out but not grip onto the ground and starts to come back a little before contacting the ground, so i had to lean a bit more forward and start running and as soon as i felt it was long enough i come up straight and maintain and float, of course every one was drifting pass me at this point and then i maintain and then finish.

I was wearing track suit bottoms, a t shirt and running trainers, and i held my breath most of the race and relaxed at the end and it was over and i was happy, probably the start wasn't that good the drive phase but was happy with after accelerating and maintaining.

It's kind of strange that i was nervous because it was my first time so i didn't want to mess up but once i am at the blocks, nerves are gone and i just want to run my race as fast as i can and a little excited not noticeable, had to adjust at the blocks to get comfortable position.

So after a while they post the results on a board. so i go up and check, not there yet after a while, the results comes on and i got.

14:41

electronic timing, a bit dissapointed i didn't get under 13s but never mind, i defintely gained some experience and i will be more prepared in terms of warm up and settling and adjusting to the blocks and definitely no nerves and also execute my drive phase more correctly, by remembering to keep a lean to avoid air striding, but not sure what angle to place the foot pad on the blocks.

after i head off back home by bus and then by train.

a nice experience, my first competition i competed in as well as first competition i witnessed.