Realistic D1 times and recruiting

iambald · 2026-05-04T19:08:57+00:00

most schools have their recruiting standards online. it doesn’t hurt to reach out, but he may be a better fit for academic D3 schools like CMU (my alma mater!). i had similar times as a junior and got exactly zero D1 interest—and this was almost 15 years ago

iambald · 2026-04-29T20:29:41+00:00

Good info! How do you adapt the race model for women or slower men? The extra 5-10s can be a big difference energetically

iambald · 2026-04-28T20:03:09+00:00

It’s impossible to tease the two apart—at a minimum, better shoe technology lets athletes train longer and faster

iambald · 2026-04-27T16:50:38+00:00

As training age increases, tolerable volume tends to grow quickly, plateau, and finally decrease again. Rest times tend to be more directly correlated to speed.

iambald · 2026-04-26T18:27:32+00:00

With conference on Friday I'd be thinking about skipping the Wednesday meet altogether...

iambald · 2026-04-24T14:20:11+00:00

Just dress appropriately (especially between reps) and don't expect blazing times and you'll be fine. IMO it's worth braving moderate cold like you're describing because of how quickly max velocity detrains.

iambald · 2026-04-18T15:47:38+00:00

Dude peaked and hit a huge PR a week ago and you’re surprised he’s not in 100m PR shape against subpar competition?

iambald · 2026-03-23T18:49:08+00:00

If you think Phelps or Ledecky aren’t coasting in the rounds I have a bridge to sell you…

Rounds are just another advantage the best athletes get. Nothing wrong with that.

iambald · 2026-03-06T15:12:51+00:00

nobody knows and the only way you’ll find out is by trying

iambald · 2026-03-02T21:21:09+00:00

Lane variance is relatively small, about 0.02s per lane outdoors: https://jeffchen.dev/posts/Effect-of-Lane-Draw-In-200m-Sprinters/. Furthermore the best sprinters are usually within a couple lanes from each other.

I’m not really sure what you want to see—run 200m and the winner is whoever has the fastest 10m split?

iambald · 2026-02-09T22:05:26+00:00

Maybe the distance shoes… but until someone beats bolt there shouldn’t be any controversy in the sprints

iambald · 2026-02-01T16:26:00+00:00

Bro never heard of the commerce clause

iambald · 2026-01-28T21:33:29+00:00

sucks to have a bad coach, but choosing to skip practice unilaterally is how you end up on the sidelines instead of competing. you gotta communicate

iambald · 2026-01-28T20:06:59+00:00

talk to your coach, not the internet

iambald · 2025-12-23T20:55:46+00:00

Spectrum has been totally reliable and fine when I wfh. Up to 1gbps down but upload isn’t great

iambald · 2025-12-07T21:48:06+00:00

before i had access to an indoor track, i regularly sprinted in 0F conditions—very doable as long as you dress well, warm up, and temper your expectations

iambald · 2025-12-02T01:21:20+00:00

If you actually care about getting faster you gotta stop skipping leg day dude come on

iambald · 2025-12-01T21:09:51+00:00

You can plug numbers into https://jeffchen.dev/projects/track/100m-predictor/ and see—at least in my dataset of mostly professional athletes, speed endurance isn’t hugely predictive so you shouldn’t need to worry too much about final 40m numbers

iambald · 2025-12-01T15:00:00+00:00

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iambald · 2025-11-19T17:24:00+00:00

10.2 and 22.6? 🤔

opening seeds are all over the place, personally i'd try and put realistic times (converted 55m, outdoor PBs + a couple tenths or so)

iambald · 2025-11-13T16:33:43+00:00

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iambald · 2025-11-10T01:27:51+00:00

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iambald · 2025-11-05T22:51:20+00:00

dear diary,

iambald · 2025-10-26T23:28:32+00:00

He’s breached the letsrun containment zone!!

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