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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: ADARQ's journal
« on: November 22, 2017, 09:10:49 pm »16:00 is elite. there's no way on god's green earth that 16:00 is the 90th percentile for all ages, let alone masters.
just checked actually and 16:00 would have placed 12th at the 2015 world masters athletics outdoor championships in the M35 category (i.e. 35-39 year-olds). that's pretty good.
I thought that was the case. The only reason I asked was because my perception got skewed from a huge outlier- Kim Collins.
The All American standard for the 100m in 40-44 year old class is 11.5. Kim Collins ran a 9.93 at the age of 41
I'd be All American standard for the 55m, 60m, 100m & 200m for the 35-39 class...if I was 12 years older
lol ^^ just maintain that 100m you got... good motivation to do so
those sprint times are mind blowing to me.. I can't imagine achieving those times as I continue aging, but I can imagine hitting the middle distance times.. again might be naive, but it's just interesting how that works: like I would LOVE to be able to run as fast as Kim Collins at 40+, or any age, but that's more of a DREAM than something based in reality. Contrast that to seeing Kevin Castille run sub 15 5k's and sub 30 10k's at 45, and I can envision it like it's a true reality. So there's dream goals, which you can still work towards obviously, but then there's also goals that, though they seem so "lofty", seem entirely possible. It's just interesting when you can really feel you can achieve something, versus feeling it somewhat but maybe wanting it more than you can feel it.. just some rambling but, the psychology of this stuff is important.
peace!!
Yeah those times are crazy but also inspiring at the same time. What the mind can believe the body can achieve. I know it sounds like I'm dreaming but personally I believe if I improved my lifestyle and got my shit together along with increasing my strength (squats) I would be able to go sub 7 for 60m and sub 11 seconds for 100m. The sad thing is my 100m PR is 11.25 and I did that in high school!!! At 27 I should be at the peak of my athletic abilities but poor lifestyle choices along with relatively poor strength levels have avoided me from doing so (as well as not training for sprinting at all apart from a couple of months in 2013 where I ran a 11.37 before tearing my hamstring). My motivation is that a lot of 100m sprinters run PRs in their early-mid 30's. I know I play rugby league and my focus is on rugby but once I get my strength levels up to scratch (and my bodyfat in check) it's definitely at the back of my mind to run a couple of track meets and see what I can do.
man, I have no doubt you can do it, if you just stay focused and address all the small details, and obviously stay healthy. Just DO NOT RUSH it. Think LONGGGG TERRMMMM. That'll help you not rush and train through injury/pain that you shouldn't etc. Health is #1.. but you've got the kind of times, build, speed, whatever it is, that puts you very near those numbers you want, if you dial NEARLY EVERYTHING in, over time.
also, don't worry as much about the times as simply "reaching your peak". To me that's a very important mental change i've made. I just want to peak my athletic abilities, and the times & race wins will follow. This, just like dunking, is going to be a long process. Looking more at 2020 than I am 2017, 2018, or 2019 etc.
my 2 cents!!
go get it man.
ok i'm off to sleep!
gn folks.
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