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Usain Bolt’s 43.58 400m Relay Leg Video
2010 NFL Combine Results: Trindon Holliday 4.34 40 Yard Dash
When does Daylight Saving Time Begin in 2010?

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 01:20 PM PST

At the 2010 Gibson Relays, Usain Bolt ran an impressive 400m anchor leg making up more than 20 meters, but it wasn't enough to win against a strong University of Technology team.

Bolt’s anchor leg split was 43.58 seconds. Listen to the crowd as 15,000 spectators stand and cheer on their feet as he took the baton in fourth place at least 20 meters behind.

Usain Bolt ran a valiant 390 meters before easing up when he realized he could not win. His team, Racer’s Lions, finished second in 3:05.77 behind University of Technology, who won the 4×400m in 3:05.33.

Once again, the 4×400m relay is the highlight of any track meet.

Video courtesy of Trackalerts.com.

Tags: 400 meters, Featured Story, Track and Field, Videos

2010 NFL Combine Results: Trindon Holliday 4.34 40 Yard Dash

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 09:00 AM PST

Results from the NFL Scouting Combine February 24 – March 2, 2010.

LSU's Trindon Holliday (WR)

40 Yard Dash Time = 4.34
225lbs Bench Press (max reps) = 10
Vertical Jump = 42 inches
Standing Long Jump = 9ft 8in
20 Yard Shuttle Time = 4.48 sec
60 Yard Shuttle Time = N/A
3 Cone Drill Time = 6.54 sec

Comparisons to 2008 can be found here.

Background info below:

I'll be keeping an eye on these 5 fastest men during the upcoming NFL Football Combine as well as the NFL Draft.

In order of their relative track speed, they are:

Clemson's Jacoby Ford (WR)

Jacoby Ford has a PR of 6.51 seconds for the 60-meter dash and a 10.01 in the 100m at the NCAAs in a qualifying heat. He ran a reported time of 4.126 second 40 yard dash but that is questionable. He is 5 ft 9 in and 175lbs.

LSU's Trindon Holliday (WR)

Trindon Holliday's PR of 10.00 from the 100 meters and 2009 NCAA Outdoor Champion raised a lot of eyebrows. His personal best time for 60 meters is 6.54 seconds. The only question is his durability being 5 ft 5 in tall and under 160 lbs.

Clemson's CJ Spiller (RB)

CJ Spiller track resume includes 60 meters (6.67), 100m (10.22) and 200m (20.91). He is the top pick for running backs in this year's NFL Draft.

Cal's Jahvid Best (RB)

Jahvid Best track personal bests are slightly slower than CJ Spiller (10.31 and 20.65 for 100/200m respectively). Since I used to work in Berkeley and train at Cal's Edwards stadium, he gets an honourable mention in this list.

USC's Taylor Mays (FS)

Taylor Mays doesn't have any track times to compare among the others, but in 2006, according to Pete Carroll of USC, he was clocked at 4.25 in the 40-yard dash. In 2007, Mays ran an "electronically-timed" 4.32 40-yard dash, bench pressed 225 pounds 23 times, recorded a 41" vertical jump and an 11?4" standing long jump. Impressive numbers

Tags: 40 Yard Dash

When does Daylight Saving Time Begin in 2010?

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST

Or, when does Standard Time end?

The answer: it depends.

The United States, Canada and some other countries (such as Saint Pierre & Miquelon and Turks & Caicos Islands) extended Daylight Savings Time in 2007. The new start date for DST is the second Sunday in March (previously the first Sunday in April) through to the first Sunday in November (previously the last Sunday in October).

That is March 14, 2010.

You can thank (or blame) President Bush for signing into law a broad energy bill that extended Daylight Saving Time by four weeks starting in 2007. Those four extra weeks were supposed to bring massive savings in energy bills.

But now that I'm in Italy, Daylight Savings begins on March 28, 2010 (the last Sunday in March). In fact, since 1996, European Summer Time is standard across the EU.

So for two weeks, the time difference to North America will be off by an hour! So watch those conference calls!

Exceptions to the Rule in North America (and elsewhere)

In Canada, the majority of Saskatchewan and parts of north-eastern British Columbia do not observe DST but instead stay on "standard time" all year long.

In the USA, Arizona (with the exception of the Navajo Nation), Hawaii, the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa are the only places in the USA that do not observe DST.

Other unusual DST in the northern hemisphere for 2010 are:

Cuba
DST starts Sunday, March 14 – DST ends Sunday, October 31

Egypt
2009: DST starts Friday, April 24 – DST ends Friday, August 21

No DST in 2010

Iran
DST starts Monday, March 22 – DST ends Wednesday, September 22 (always on the 22rd)

Iraq
No DST in 2010

Israel
DST starts Friday, March 26 – DST ends Sunday, September 12

Jordan
DST starts Friday, March 26 – DST ends Friday, October 29

Morocco
2009: DST starts Monday, June 1 – DST ends Friday, August 21

No DST in 2010

Pakistan
DST starts Thursday, April 15 – DST ends Thursday, November 1

Syria
DST starts Friday, March 26 – DST ends Friday, October 29

Effects Similar to Time Zone Travels by Air

The one hour time difference, either from Standard Time to Daylight Savings Time, or traveling though several time zones makes a difference on your sleep patterns. At least temporarily.

Daylight Savings Time will create an adjustment period, similar to long distance travel (cross country or overseas), as it could take up to one day per time zone traveled. My advice is to try to fight it right away, even if it means a few groggy mornings. It's really mind over matter.

Effects of Sleep

I already wrote about the Humans' Natural Circadian Rhythm Disrupted By Daylight Savings Time several years ago.

If you feel 8 hours of sleep makes you a zombie, be sure to read The Best Method to Sleep using your REM cycle and understand why 6, 7.5 or 9 hours of sleep is better.

Or, in my case, how I survive on 6 hours of sleep or sometimes 4.5 hours a night!

Tags: Health & Wellness, Recovery

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