Kingston Strength and Conditioning Centre.

Glenn Mills stood beside the track with a big belly and pinched his stopwatch, and a figure on the track quickly started from the starting block, and the standard 200-meter track seemed to be the track of the race track.

Soaring like a fly, the speed is amazing.

In just one or twenty seconds, the person who started the race had already circled the track and appeared in front of the finish line, with a roar, a strong wind swept by, and the person crossed the finish line like lightning.

With a tick, Glenn Mills pressed the stopwatch button in his hand, raised his hand to look at the numbers on the stopwatch, and nodded in satisfaction.

"Coach, how's it going? What is the grade? A slightly panting voice came.

"It's very good, it's at a stable level compared to the results in the previous competitions." Glenn Mills replied with a smile, but instead of directly stating the results of the training, he pointed to the track, "I think you should try one more lap." ”

"What?" The tall black young man who had just finished running 200 meters was a little tired and said, "I'm already tired, coach, let me take a breath." ”

Even though the black youth boasted that he had recovered well this year, he had just finished the 2006 season, and his physical fatigue had not completely faded.

In September, he also participated in the IAAF Finals and the IAAF World Cup, winning the third and second place in the men's 200m respectively, and the whole 2006 season was a very good year.

"No, I mean, you can keep up your speed and run one more lap." Glenn Mills looked at the disciple in front of him, who had been training with him for two or three years, and said slowly, "I think you can pick up 400 meters again, just like you did in high school." ”

"400 meters?"

The tall black young man shook his head even more rattle, and repeatedly refused, as if it had been a long time ago. But the injuries and pains that they have brought are still fresh in my memory, even now.

"You've been stronger over the past few seasons, the new training program has worked, you've improved very quickly, and the treatment options you've been given by the doctors have been very effective, and you're now as strong as a cow. You can try 400 meters again. Don't you want to be a legendary athlete like Michael Johnson, check it out, now is your chance. ”

"No, no, no, I refuse, Coach."

The black young man had a look of horror on his face, remembering the scene of training 400 meters under the command of two other coaches, and the whole person seemed to be not very good.

Only someone like him who has experienced 400-meter training will know how difficult it is for a 400-meter athlete. The painful feeling was almost like hell, and the tall black young man was haunted by the fact that he had changed coaches and switched to Glenn Mills in order to escape the painful memories of the 400 meters.

"Usain, you should ......"

Glenn Mills seemed to want to speak again, but before he could finish speaking, the black young man in front of him, who had just finished running, simply refused again.

"No, coach." The young black man said categorically, "If you want me to run 400 meters, then you might as well run 100 meters!" ”

"What crazy are you talking about!"

Glen Mills smiled and his face pulled long, "Usain, have you been misled by the media, and seeing the battle between Suzu and Powell made you want to give it a try, or have you seen Tyson Gay's success this season?" ”

"I ......" the black young man was a little speechless, he didn't want to run 400 meters, but blurted out that he wanted to run 100 meters, to say that he was not influenced by Suzu, Powell, Tyson Gay, he himself did not believe it.

Glenn Mills looked at the disciple in front of him, sighed lightly, his tone softened, and he still said bitterly:

"Sprint events are too difficult, they require a lot of skill. As soon as the starting gun goes off, every step has to be carried out very smoothly, and a small mistake can ruin a game. In the 200 meters, if you start poorly, your steps are shaky, your pace slows down, you still have a chance to make amends in the corners. Because the distance is long enough, there is enough fault tolerance to give you the time and distance to adjust. But 100 meters is different, there are many places where you can make mistakes, but there is not much time for you to remedy. From the first step to the last moment of the line crossing, every detail needs to be perfected. ”

The black young man's face was a little unpleasant, but he was still shaking his head.

Glenn Mills was a little helpless for a while, this black young man was his most optimistic disciple over the years, and he felt more talented than the former Kim Collins in terms of potential, but with a height of 1.95 meters, it was not easy to run a sprint.

Glenn Mill paused, changed his tone, pointed to the black youth's back, and continued, "The explosive power required for 100 meters will add extra pressure to your back and legs.

Moreover, you are too tall. Starting will be your biggest problem. Normally, as soon as the starting pistol goes off, the sprinter quickly gets up from the crouching position. You yourself know that a tall athlete can take longer to do even a simple move. The time to take a breath and blink an eye is enough for athletes of Suzu and Powell's size to surpass you. In a competition, the gap between the champion and the runner-up is often a split-second. You look at the previous Golden League and IAAF finals, what is Sue's final win over Powell, one hundredth of a second! ”

The black young man looked at the fat coach who had been chattering and dissuading him, and his heart was slightly shaken, and Glenn Mills added another fire.

"So, Usain, you're going to have a good future in the 400 meters, maybe you can break the world record. The best athletes in the 400m right now are Jeremy Varina, LaSean Merritt and Garrison Gakikaya, and you can do what they can do. Think about it, Usain, whether you choose a program that will ruin you, or a program that will make you a great athlete like Michael Johnson. ”

After saying this, Glenn Mills did not speak again, looked at the black youth with his head bowed, shook his head silently, paced, and turned to leave the track and field.

On the smooth plastic runway, only a black young man stood in the middle and fell into thought.

Since high school, his coach has said he was too tall to run 100 meters. Coach Glenn Mills, while admiring him, is clearly a mistake in his mind to pick the 100m.

So, really going to run 400 meters?

When the black youth thinks of what happened in 03 and 04, he can't help but feel that his head is big, and he can faintly feel that the muscles that have been strong now seem to be a little painful.

His biggest idol as a teenager was Michael Johnson, who was shown a video of the Atlanta Olympics when he started running in elementary school, in which Michael Johnson performed miracles in the men's 200m and 400m.

Since then, he's seen it as an idol, a goal, a driving force to move forward, and even stole Michael Johnson's peculiar running style when he wasn't even coached by a professional coach at the time.

Later, after entering the professional season, the encounter of practicing 400 meters made him feel a little painful, hard, tired, and injured.

At this moment, the black youth suddenly made up his mind, raised his head and shouted, "Coach! ”

Glenn Mills, who was turning away from the track and field, paused when he heard the shout and didn't turn his head.

"Please, coach, I want to run a hundred meters." The black youth shouted loudly, his voice uncomprehensibly firm, "Just once." Let me run 100 meters, even if it's just one race. If, I mean, if I don't run well, then next season I'm going to practice 400 meters. But if I'm going to run 10.30 seconds or better, I'm going to run 100 meters! ”

Glenn Mills' body trembled slightly, still not turning his head, but his voice came back unmistakable.

"You only have one chance, Usain, you have to run under 10.30 seconds. Also, before you can run the 100m, you have to break the Jamaican men's 200m national record before you can run the 100m, and I will agree. ”

"Thanks, Coach! Thank you! ”

The young black man grinned as he stood there, his hands outstretched, as if he wanted to embrace the clear sky in the distance.

Within 10.30 seconds, the men's 200m national record, I will definitely do it, definitely!