Scouting Combine (2/23-2/29)

Thank you. People watch these football players run these 40's and think it's some super speed.

I was fast but I wasn't even the fastest in the state. I got to college and these track kids would kill a 40 if they trained running 40 yards, which is pointless in track.

I'm way more explosive as a 25 year old, but I m also almost 25lbs heavier. That's why I threw in that low 4.5. If I trained just to run 40 yards, is kill it.

 

What's up with that 54 400M?

 

dont want to make excuses, buut that was my first year running the 400.

My first year in track I ran the 100,200, and relays.

I cut my 100 time by almost 2 seconds in a year.


Lol

 

Just a mid distance guy giving a sprinter chit. Those are impressive sprints. We used to joke that "Ricky Morris" (rigamortis) hides in turn 3 of the 400M and jumps on everybody's back for a ride to the finish line. Also called the 400M "dead mans race"- no pain on earth like it if run right.

 

400M was it for me. I hated running that, I would have never survived a 800M or 1500M

I never understood why you guys would want to put yourselves through that.

And long distance or cross country too me is insane.

Now, I do enjoy jogging long distance but I would never want to compete.

 

Apples and Oranges. They are running on turf with cleats....laser timed. Their raw 40 time on the track would be much faster.

 

My knees shot now but the training and competition taught me the benefit of outlasting the guys beside me.

I'd have been a sprinter if I had more talent. Got pulled into the 200M and 4 x 800 relays but never broke top 5 in state in those. 2nd in state in 800M but that was in 83!

 

id kill it

 

Did you like running relays?? Those were probably my favorite events, our relay team made it to state both years. I ran the 4 x 100 and 4 x 200.

honestly I hated track, hated the practices, but looking back at it now I wish I would have started out earlier and took it more serious. When I got to college, I could no longer get by on my natural speed.

 

We were never beat in 4 x 800 in tri-state comp but it wasn't a recognized state event in 83. My team mate won the 800, beat me by .2s. He took a scholarship to GA tech. He ran a 4:11 mile in HS got it to a 3:58 at GT. I declined a few offers took an academic ride instead.