AppleLauda, the world's fastest Brony

we were doing I believe 30m reps that day after doing 10-100 meters as an endurance session I think (it's a while ago, I can't fully remember that day, but it definetly was after PonyCon Holland) and it happend as coincidence these "races", I decided to just join them(I false started in the 2nd rep)

I also "raced" 2 of my teammates and I obliterated them (I think they're probably as fast as the guy I raced at PonyCon Holland) but I lose a race at PonyCon Holland yet again after catching up to a car in a 30 km/h zone...

okay, I had my track spikes on that day I "raced" my female teammates

I was literally flying yesterday, had trouble slowing down during flying 10/20/30 meters (all were flying)

I left long distance runners some space but I caught up quicker to them than I anticipated, I must probably have hit a top speed of like 40 km/h.

So, my final track and field training session before PonyCon Holland is done, I am so ready for it.

In my last race, I ran a 15.43 into a 3.3 m/s headwind 😖😖 but my coach said that I have a very good acceleration the evening prior to the race.

psychological factors play a big role in competition

I think I actually found a cheat code haahahaha

I messed up my form, I felt something slipping on my feet, so in the post race analysis, my teammate told me I ran on the midfoot, instead of the forefoot. I know now that a sub 14 would have been possible. but again watching an MLP episode prior to the race helped me... FOR THE SECOND TIME!!!

so, I had my 2nd 100 meter race of the season, ended up running a 14.51, missing out on a new PB. I think I will not improve my 100m PB by a second until October, but that's fine.

I had a great start, I was even ahead of my opponent but in the late stage of the race, he managed to get me

so I did some runs with my teammates and oh boy...

I actually managed to outaccelerate my teammates!!!

1st. run: outaccelerated my teammate who runs 12.3 on 100m

2nd. run: I had a bit of a headstart till like 5th run or so

6th and final run: I outaccelerated him again

I had done a video recording the last few moths of me and I used the timer function and counted my steps manually so there are probably inaccuracies but it's better than nothing xD

for comparison: Su Bingtian has/had a step frequency of around 5 steps per second

so I did Block starts today again and oh boy my acceleration is good, but my step length isn't enough said my coach.

I also did take a look at a video recording and if I measured correctly, I COULD have a step frequency of like around 4 steps per second

on my (and Usain Bolt's) birthday that was 2 days ago, I had another block start session and I did adapt to a new technique that also world class sprinters use upon takeoff.

pushoff first, then use the arms.

How does it work in detail? TOP SECRET!!!!

there are maybe 2 more races to run over the 100 meters, but I'm not sure. I have to tell my coach on Monday that I want to participate in the open club champs in a nearby town, then on October 3rd, I will have my final race in 2025 and close the chapter of a (so far) successful season

so, I did recover from my hamstring injury, I had only 1 training session this week due to heat and some medical condition with my dad that turned out to be false, so he went to another cardiologist and he gave the green light, he's totally fine

but I'm threatening a 1 second PB at the moment^^

okay bad news, I pulled my right hamstring...

I ran at Vmax like around 40-42 km/h or so and in the 3rd 60 meter run, just before deceleration, my hamstring went BANG

at least I can still walk normally, I hope I fully recover on monday

seriously, I'm cooking at the present moment. I had block starts (with commands) and oh boy...

I had a perfect reaction to the command (near false start) and my acceleratiom improves.

I'm about to end the season with a loud bang

Oh boy, I was cooking today at training. 3x flying 30 meters then a 60 meter and then a 120 and especially the 120 meters, I was cooking. I ran possibly the fastest 120 I've ever done so far.

Around 30 meters, I started to die but I made it LOL

my coach told me to put the blocks 1 unit more to the back each, so I did that and oh boy, when I started out of it, I told him: "that's it!!! that's the setup!!!"

I felt so comfortable in the blocks, heck I can barely imagine my next race how it will go

on Tuesday, I did some block starts and I messed up my angle settings, which turned out to be good actually.

Usually, I ran 2nd to lowest on the front and 3rd to lowest at the back. I did have the setup 3rd to lowest at the front and 4th to lowest on the back.

I did chill the 3rd and last run, and somehow, I caught one of my teammates who's a former sprinter, he runs now long distance whilst I was completely dead. I only did 3 runs that day

trust me, sprinting isn't as simple as it looks like. I did improve on my 100m PB by .4 of a second at my home race

had recently a full send 150 meter session on Monday, and oh boy, I died immediately after the first run. The second run, well it was tough to do, but I wasn't able to get to my Vmax at all. I literally had to rest for like 20 minutes to do the 3rd and last run.

my coach told me to chill, so I did.

it was manual timing during training so, these times are of course not recognized by IAAF/World Athletics.

even with a kinda bad start during PoniesOnline, I clocked an insane 7.3, missing out on my own record by 0.3 seconds -.-

but I actually would like to race RD if I had the chance

man, I wish I was or would be one of the actors. 100 meters me vs. Rainbow Dash xD. okay seriously, I can theoretically outrun cars in a 30 km/h zone by mere running, but RD has more stamina than me.

proof: 60 meters in 7.01 seconds (verified) (6.98 is not verified due to phone malfunction)

so, I did the session I was scheduled to do on tuesday and things escalated pretty quickly...

I did 2 block starts over 10 meters and after a VAR review, I did clock a 2.2ish and a 2.1 second 10 meter start... and then a flying 10 meter run under exhaustion, 1.2 to 1.3 seconds

that's quite fast^^

my legs were burning as well, they felt like concrete, especially my calfs. Oh boy I love sprinting really.

maybe I go for flying 10's again this weekend, maybe delivering a message to the Brony Fandom in the process target time: less than a second to 1 second flat, resulting in 36 km/h avg. speed

So, did flying 60 meters yesterday, today was way too hot to send it like a lightning bolt. I will take the today's scheduled training to the weekend eventually.

Last Thursday, I did 30, 60, 80, 120, 150, 180 meters, and oh....

I died at around 150 meters, the 180 meters gave me the rest

I did talk to my coach about my recent race today, he said it was good

But the bad news is that I lack top speed (60-100m segment)

The next step is that we will work on this first and then we'll see.

There was a race suggestion but I ditched it due to training re-entry after 3 weeks

So, I just found a technique error on my end.

Upon takeoff, I don't use my arms in full swing, like I only get the arm at the back only like halfway up as I make my steps.

I compared my arm swing with Su Bingtian's arm swing and he's way more aggressive with using the arms during acceleration.

so the current standing is: I recovered from a left foot injury and a cold.

maybe on the weekend, I'll hit the track again, hopefully not wreck myself in the process and on monday, I want to do finally a post race analysis with my coach to work on further improvement

and I estimated that had happen due to malfunctions on my phone during timing.

I still am in the learning phase on how to run fast in competition, but I am getting there!!!

October 3rd, 2024: P3 over the 100 meters (14.8)

I destroyed that time at my home race (14.36)

And i'm hungry for more

I can go much faster than this theoretically.

My parents did time me over the 60 meters in ridiculous times.

this year, during the PoniesOnline con, I ran a blistering 7.3 on the 60

last year was a 7.01, I was unable to improve my record...

but the fastest is a 6.98, at least that's what my dad