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from the performance lab of California and we have another new breakdown for you today it's gonna be
a comparison video of long distance running or longer distance running we're gonna start with
just like 800 meter in comparison to sprinting and and what are some of the diametrical differences
so you know what we're gonna do here is first take a look at David Rudisha here sorry
for the name I'm going obviously I'm going a little bit too fast david Rudisha and his 800
meter world record and then we're gonna compare that to Usain Bolt so we'll start off David Rudisha
you're shaking gears in the back and this is you know probably about 200 meters into it and just
looking at the foot contact I'm I'm not gonna go bunch into it but we're gonna go forty point
three eight and uh probably about point one one seconds so like 50 49 somewhere in there
we'll say one two we'll say Linda 3/8 was off of 50 okay and then he cycles back through and
lands probably about oh three oh five so he's got about a point five three transition time
so point one two in the contact time point five three in the transition time to start
off and then I'll just go right towards the end here okay and this is the last one
this last part of it and we'll go other leg he's touching down at nine one seven three
I've got eight five so you still got a contact time of about 0.12
three six so now that is transition times is about 0.5 1 still I'm good at my time for the transition
time so that that seems like the big difference from the long distance runners to sprinters is
that that transition time sorry so you know part of what ends up happening is they're trying to
take up more overall distance with each one of their steps and so by being able to do that what
they have to do is they have to be able and and also be much more efficient right so what happens
in order to run really fast you have to really really be moving quickly through that through each
one of your steps which is a big transition time improvement right so if you're if your legs aren't
moving very fast your transition times gonna end up being the big thing that suffers so you
know in the low point point fives is what we're just seeing here for reducing then we go back to
Usain Bolt and we've already we've already seen a lot of that Usain Bolt stuff here but go here
seven one nine this one's not the best get stuff so I'm two seven six three
so his contact time is about 0.08 right so that's about somewhere between 0.03 to 0.04 seconds
faster and then his transition time is about 0.35 and again reduce your so Rudisha's contact time
was about point one two right and then we're dishes will just say point oops point five one
right so there that's about a 0.16 difference and transition time and the point of this right
is to be able to get a better understanding from a you know sprinting perspective and contact time
we like sprinting perspective or a long distant perspective exactly what
are the numbers right if we're dealing with somebody who's more of a sprinter
what are we trying to teach what what is the goal what what is the actual you know idea
behind the the coaching for success in these areas and and the big thing
that that stands out from you know where you could take away from this particular
video is that the transition time is significantly different so you really got to be able to focus
on your efficiency as a long-distance runner and being able to you know allow those legs
to trans transfer through slowly you know at the end of days it's not it's not like it's a
you know don't want to well if you're compared to sprinting and what your the goal and the coaching
is of sprinting the goal in the coaching is pretty would be to move your leg extremely
fast right but then for long-distance running what the idea is is to move your legs extremely
efficiently I mean fast fast is important for for when you're you're doing a lot of distance
but the bigger goal is efficiently just like being efficient when you're sprinting is is
very important but the overall goal is quickness right so they're the if you have to sacrifice a
little bit of efficiency in order to run faster for sprinters then that's how you're gonna end
up getting better numbers and and similar with with long distance if you're gonna you're gonna
end up having to run more efficient efficiently as a long-distance runner and you're gonna end
up having to sacrifice a little bit of speed so it's a I think that's an important thing
for you guys to understand I think this could be an excellent video to use for for coaching
and in the different areas and yeah I hope you guys enjoy the videos you know we always have
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