Running Times Magazine: Magill on Masters: The Need for Speed

Running Times Magazine: Magill on Masters: The Need for Speed: "As it turns out, masters athletes don’t lose top speed faster than endurance. A calculation of percent change in men’s and women’s masters world records between the 40-44 and 70-74 age groups – focusing on three distances – gives this result:

MEN
• 100 meters = 24% change
• 5,000 meters = 35% change
• Marathon = 36% change

WOMEN
• 100 meters = 33% change
• 5,000 meters = 44% change
• Marathon = 54% change"

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IT IS THE GREATEST WISH OF OUR MOST DECORATED HERO THAT WE REVERT BACK TO OUR LONG TERM CAMPING OF OUR ATHLETES FOR THEM TO DO VERY WELL IN FUTURE COMPETITIONS.DO PLEASE SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AND EXPERIENCES AS A WAY OF HONOUR TO HIM TO SEE TO HIS IDEA.THANKS.

Bada’s last wishes for Nigeria’s athletics

Bada’s last wishes for Nigeria’s athletics: "“Our athletics is down because we simply have failed to do the things we did, to produce stars in the past.

“During our days all the potentials were given all the motivation to succeed. There at the Games Village Lagos, there was all kinds of food for us to eat after training and we even took home some of the provisions after camping.

“But now there is nothing like that. Most of our athletes are hungry, they cannot afford to pay for their training, they have nothing to develop themselves to become great stars. I can only wish that we begin to look at putting in place the structures that produced great athletes for the country in the past,” Bada stated.

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Training Sprinters

Training Sprinters: "Drills For Speed

Ankling Drill
Objective: To limit time spent on the ground & develop an elastic response in the ankle joint.
Beginning with a walk, with each small step taken, step no higher than the top of the opposite ankle. Emphasize the ankles remaining dorsiflexed throughout the drill. The look of the drill is that of a quick-shuffle action. As tempo increases, an elastic response in the ankle increases. Arms and legs should be active with the elbows loosely positioned at 90 degrees. In ankling, horizontal speed is insignificant. The focus is on limiting the time spent on the ground. Athletes should be instructed to listen to their steps! and try not to make a scuffing noise with their shoes.
Ankling cues: "toes up", "quick feet", "hot ground", "fast shuffle", "spring board action".
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Training Sprinters

Training Sprinters: "Practice Makes Permanent
    We are all familiar with the old cliché "practice makes perfect". In the science of speed development, however, it is more precise to say "practice makes permanent". This is especially true where the neuro-muscular system is concerned. Since the nervous system cannot distinguish between the results you desire and what you actually rehearse, it will simply master the movements you do most often.. So in training, whatever you do becomes permanently etched into the neuro-muscular system. Athletes must therefore avoid doing lazy drills, lackluster exercise routines, or general training that strays too far from the movements specific to their event specialty."

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Onyali reveals why she quit athletics in 2004 | AthleticsAfrica.Com

Onyali reveals why she quit athletics in 2004 | AthleticsAfrica.Com: "She said: "I still have it in me, as I showed yesterday at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in the Veterans race of the 21st Nigeria/NNPC/Mobil Track and Field Championships.

"I knew I could still continue when I quit the stage after the 2004 Olympics in Athens but I wanted the game to develop. I wanted the upcoming ones to grow.

"Of course, I was not moving upwards as there was no more challenge on the continent and I was not moving up the ladder on the global stage."

"I felt if I continued here, I will continue to keep the others down, especially the younger ones who always feared my name and get weakened psychologically,'' she added.

She had a personal best of 10.97secs in the 100m recorded in 1993 and won the bronze medal in the 4x100m relay at the 1992 Olympics and in the 200m at the 1996 Olympics."

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Records Indoor Men

Records Indoor Men: "
Men Indoor 60 m
(Last update: 24 October 2011)
Age group Mark Name Country Age Meet Date Meet Location
M 35 6.51 Linford Christie GBR 37 01.03.97 Sindelfingen
M 40 6.78 Troy Douglas NED 40 25.01.03 Zuidbroek
M 45 6.97 Mario Longo ITA 45 09.01.10 Ancona
M 50 7.13 Val Barnwell USA 51 21.03.09 Landover
M 55 7.34 Bill Collins USA 55 18.03.06 Linz
M 60 7.66 Vladimir Vybostok SLO 60 23.03.07 Helsinki
M 65 7.8h Cecil Paul CAN 66 08.03.86
M 65 7.99 Jorma Manninen FIN 65 24.11.07 Helsinki
M 70 8.20 Robert Whilden USA 70 25.03.06 Boston
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The History of Veteran Athletics

The History of Veteran Athletics: "The story of Veteran Athletics began at grass roots level with middle-aged men and women striving to relive the enjoyment and good health bestowed by physical fitness. The earliest Veteran competitors were mainly road-runners, although some very long-standing records were set by sprinters, jumpers and throwers (M40 Don Finlay (GBR) hurdles 14.4 seconds in 1949; M40 Egon Nillson (SWE) high jump, 2.05 m in 1966; M55 Karl Hein (FRG) hammer 52.01 m in 1964).

To recognise the desire of burgeoning numbers of these runners to compete at their own age level, the Interessen-Gemeinschaft Älterer Langstreckenläufer (IGÄL) was formed in 1968 and held its inaugural Marathon Championships in Holland. Pioneers of IGÄL were Arthur Lainbert, Meinrad Nägele, Dr Ernst van Aaken of Germany and Jacques Serruys of Belgium."

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The History of Veteran Athletics

The History of Veteran Athletics: "The story of Veteran Athletics began at grass roots level with middle-aged men and women striving to relive the enjoyment and good health bestowed by physical fitness. The earliest Veteran competitors were mainly road-runners, although some very long-standing records were set by sprinters, jumpers and throwers (M40 Don Finlay (GBR) hurdles 14.4 seconds in 1949; M40 Egon Nillson (SWE) high jump, 2.05 m in 1966; M55 Karl Hein (FRG) hammer 52.01 m in 1964).

To recognise the desire of burgeoning numbers of these runners to compete at their own age level, the Interessen-Gemeinschaft Älterer Langstreckenläufer (IGÄL) was formed in 1968 and held its inaugural Marathon Championships in Holland. Pioneers of IGÄL were Arthur Lainbert, Meinrad Nägele, Dr Ernst van Aaken of Germany and Jacques Serruys of Belgium.
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