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Monday 7 February 2011

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Clyde Hart’s Backwards J’s 200 meter workouts

Posted: 07 Feb 2011 01:00 AM PST

When you do 200 meters in workouts, where do you start?

I wrote about 400 Meter Training Workouts – the Descending 6×200 meters as well as Clyde Hart's Split 400 meter Workout.

Usually, they start across the field at the 200m start line, and finish at the regular finish line.

On windy days, you can start at the finish line, and end at the 200m start line. It's still a curve-straight combo.

(SIDENOTE: speaking of wind, some coaches prefer having the wind at your back whenever possible. This helps you attain top speed faster and more efficiently. This is MY preference. Other coaches, especially high school coaches, have them run INTO the wind whenever possible for mental toughness, except for time trials. This way, on race day, if it's windy in your face, no worries, it's just like practice Coach! Like the old cliché, your mileage may vary.)

But we all agree we start on the curve followed by a straight, just like a real race.

Clyde Hart does something unusual, and that is start from the 350 meter mark to the 150 meter mark. It's still half a lap, just not the half that you are used to. It is still 200 meters and resembles a reverse "C" or a backwards "J". It ends up being a 50m-100m-50m curve-straight-curve combo.

If you really want to be super accurate, you could use 1st hurdle to 7th hurdle, which would be 45m to 255m, or 210m total. Then just mark off 10 meters using a measuring wheel or tape measure..

Or just run halfway on the curve and use the field goal posts as your guide.

Anyway you slice it, it's still 200 meters.