AboutRichard Howland Expertise I am a master USATF Track and Field official and can answer questions about officiating high school (NFHS), college (NCAA), National (USATF) and international in field events. I am not a coach except for other officials. My specialties are the Field events except pole vault.
Experience I delight in meeting athletes from all backgrounds and ages. I have even officiated field events for a one hundred year old long jumper as well as many "Master" and "Senior" athletes. Special olympics is a great event for officials to volunteer and see the essence of good sport on the faces of the athletes.
After thirty three years as a trial lawyer in Massachusetts with a focus on sports law, among others, I retired and devote much of my time to officiating. I referee soccer, time football, officiate swimming and diving, and officiate and start all events in track and field. My special focus in field events.
In high school and college I played soccer, squash and lacrosse, but track was not available in any depth then. Since I was a lawyer I began officiating and training to officiate sports which I could fit into my schedule. I honestly do not remember when I first started track and field officiating, but estimate that I have been very active for at least fifteen years.
I regularly officiate all events and levels.
Question I am a junior in hs, and will be running track. My goal is to run a sub 2:05 800 and sub 4:30 1500.
current times for 800 are 2:21 and 1500 5:00. What kinds of workout should i be doing in the winter (live in hawaii so no real winter conditions.)
Answer Jason:
I am told that you did not get my answer last week. We had electrical issues here and perhaps it never made it out.
Crafting workouts and training programs for any athlete really needs to be done with a person of experience coach or seasoned runner,who can observe, correct, amend and discipline the program. Otherwise you can take any common practice and emphasize it.
A British website has enormous numbers of sports programs for training, endurance, speed, and much more which can give you better advice for you to select since you know yourself better than anyone on the internet. I suggest that you take the time to scan the list and hit the ones that interest you and print them out. They offer training programs and material for you to subscribe for, which is entirely up to you. I have nothing to do with the site, but think it answers some questions far better than I ever could.
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