12/6/2017 0 Comments Final weekThis is the final week of doing this blog. I didn't really see the point of doing a blog, I honestly thought it was stupid but just like me I believed it helped me improve in something I wanted to improve in and that was getting my personal record down by a second or very much in milliseconds. And now my 100 meter dash time is 13. I got my milliseconds down. But i'm still going to try to get it down more than that. I want my personal record to be in 12 seconds or less. I use to run a 12 in middle school. I want to be able to run that fast again.
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11/29/2017 0 Comments Week 11I've missed a couple weeks on my blog updates. But I still have been working on trying to beat my personal record. My time has come down by a few milliseconds from my orignal personal record which was 13.74 seconds. Which is better than nothing but that's not exactly where I wanted my time to be so I have to work harder than before. I went to track practices, and our new coach had us doing a lot of conditioning in order for us to get our bodies in the right condition we needed them to be in, in order for us to be able to run quickly and do the things that we need.
After we got dressed for practice we ran two laps around the track which is nothing. That's light work. Then after running two laps we would do warm ups, and the warm ups that he had us doing was weird, but in the long run I know it's going to help everyone on the team. After doing warm ups we'd go into doing conditioning. We did some crazy stuff, we did something called "Eagles" or "War Eagles". So, when you do those you have to put your leg in a hurdle position, which is one leg back, one leg straight forward and you lay straight back. You must make sure your leg that you have back doesn't come up. It's important to stretch so you don't catch a cramp in your leg while you're running, because once you get a cramp in your leg it's over with, you might not be able to run any more of your events and on top of that it's painful. You're supposed to stretch and drink a lot of water to resist cramps. Stretching is very important part of running track period. So make sure you do that, that's going to help increase your speed as well. 11/1/2017 0 Comments Week 7This week my goal is to continue to try to get my time down but second(s) or milliseconds, in order for me to do so I have to keep running and pushing to go harder. Next Monday, November 6th is the first day of winter track. With me working out outside of school and after school for practice I think I will be able to bring down my time. Moral of the story to get my time down is to keep running as much as I can outside of school, and doing what I've got to do at practice. I will also have to strive myself, and push myself to run faster. I have to be confident about it, and also work on it. So, my goal this week is to get my time down by a second or milliseconds.
10/18/2017 0 Comments Week 5Week five and my goal is week is to have a good starting technique when starting off the block and learning how to strive through out the whole 100 meter. Last year Coach Hunt told me to start off strong, because when I did the 200 meter dash I always started off not going as fast as others. Then once I get around the curve I give it my all and that's what I did in the the 100 meter dash, that's why I need to learn how to strive through the whole event. So, that's why my goal this week is to learn how to strive through the whole race, and also to make sure I'm running off the blocks the correct way. I was taught how to run off blocks during spring track but I never really understood it so that's something I have to work on. And another goal this week would be to learn how to breathe the proper way while running. The video below is a video of me running my 200 event, I would always start off not running as fast and then give one hundred percent when I got around the curve. Coach Hunt said “You don’t want to start off slow, you want to start off fast; giving it your 100% because everyone is starting off fast and everyone is gonna end up getting tired getting towards the end of the race.” So, now I learned that I need to run as fast as i can at the beginning of the race, because everyone is going to end up slowing down. When staring off slow then going fast, makes me have more of a chance on coming in a place where I don’t wanna be. When starting off fast and then slowing down because of being tired that’s fine, I have more of a chance of coming in a place where I would want to be. Next week my goal is to practice starting off fast and then trying to keep a good pace. While i’m practicing that i’m going to see if my time improves, or doesn’t. But i’m pretty sure it’ll improve because not giving your all then pushing to give your all your time will be worse than trying and pushing hard the whole time. So that’s next weeks goal. Still drinking lots of water and eating healthy foods. 10/11/2017 0 Comments Week 4It's week four, and my time in my 100 has come down to about a 12.73 seconds which is really good. I've shown improvement since week one, this week my goal is to get my milliseconds down a lot. I also need to work on how I come off on the block, I've been watching videos on how to properly start off from a block, because that's where I have a problem at. If you mess up on the block your either going to mess up your whole race, or your just going to be in the back and come in the last places. I know how to work on a block but I have a little trouble when I run off when they call it for us to run. I don't know which leg I should start off with, I have to find out which leg I'm comfortable running off of. There's been a couple times that I've messed up when I ran off a block at a meet, and it messed me up.
So, my goal this week is to figure out what leg to run off and which one I feel most comfortable running off of. And my other goal is to cut down on my milliseconds or even a second so that my time can be faster. In order for me to do that I'm going to look up some videos and see how to determine which leg it's best for me to run off of, and videos on how to increase my speed overtime so I can cut back my time. 10/4/2017 0 Comments Week 3My goal this week is to run my 100 meter dash in 12 seconds. In order to reach that goal I have to continue to eat the right things. In order for me to reach my goal this week I have to run a lot, which I have been doing in the past couple of weeks. I run a lot in gym, and at home. I still run around my complex, and up and down hills. When I go to the track I run a lap which is my warm up lap and then I stretch. Then I run my 100, and record my time. I have my cousin help me with my times when I run, and she also motivates me to run faster.
9/27/2017 0 Comments WEEK 2It's week two, I have still been eating the correct things and drinking a lot of water to keep me hydrated. Over the weekend and weekdays I ran around my complex while I was at home, and I also run up and down hills while I was at my grandmother's house, and I also ran on the tredmill while I was spending time at my sister's house. I was on the tredmill running for about ten to twenty minutes, then took a break for five mins and then I would go back and do it again. So that day I was in the workout room for about an hour and a half.
This week my goal is to get to the track and run my 100 meter dash, record it for my data and attempt to beat my personal record. 9/20/2017 0 Comments WEEK 1First official week of genius hour. This week I will begin to start running for about 30-45 mins each day, and also I will start to eat more of a healthy meal. On the weekend I will go to the track and run the 100 and have somebody take down my times to keep up with my data. I will most likely have someone record me also. I will make a routine for me to do everyday, and that will be to jog around the track/complex one time, rest for two mins, stretch, and then run my 100 and record my time.
Wednesday night I ran around my complex two times, which took me about twenty five mins to run around it. I also started drinking and eating healthy. I drunk lost of water so I could stay hydrated and I ate bananas, and fruits. Thursday night I ran around my complex again, which took me about 20 mins to complete running around the complex. Friday, Saturday & Sunday I did the same thing. I also kept drinking lots of water, and ate lots of fruit. Next week my goal is to go to be able to go to the track and run the 100 meter dash, and record my time and attempt to beat my personal record. I'll have to keep eating right threw out this process of trying to beat my personal record. I know I can do it if I put in the effort and time into getting the job done and that's with anything you want to get done, just have to put your mind to it and that's exactly what I am going to do, and make this project very sucssesful. 9/20/2017 0 Comments INTRODUCTIONSo, what I'm doing genius hour on has to deal with something I have a passion for, which is track. I absolutely love track. I feel as this will be challenging for me because I don't really work out. My mentor for this would be my track coach, Mrs. Miller. I don't need materials for this really. In order for me to best my personal record, I will have to exercise, and eat healthy.
My goal for my project is to beat my personal record in the 100 dash meter. I'm choosing to do this because I believe I can beat the pr as long as I try. This will really be a challenge because i'm lazy & don't like to do anything at all. But I believe that I can pull through and all this will be very successful. In order for me to be successful with doing this, I will have to work out at least an hour and a half everyday. I'll probably even run around my complex a couple times & up and down hills. I'll have to record my times every time I complete my 100 meter dash. I'll have to correct my mistakes, and or push myself a little harder to get what I need. |