New Blogumentary Episode

Blogumentary #22 - Javelin Training

http://www.thetrackathlete.com/blogumentary.php?id=22

Reason for the blog

I don't intend on actually writing blog entries here. Media is changing in this world at a very fast pace. To keep up you have to do what all the smart marketers are doing......taking advantage of all the free advertising out there. (YouTube, Blogger, MySpace, Facebook....etc) By mentioning my site in this blog it improves my ratings with the search engines which ultimately gives me more of a chance of being seen by people who might be interested in my Javelin Movie - [Impulse!] or the javelin shirt. My real blog is done through the videos in the "Blogumentary" section on the website http://www.TheTrackAthlete.com

Below is the trailer to the movie. Go to the website to view a higher quality version.

The State of Track & Field

Track & Field is in a bad position right now. No one wants to cover the sport because there is no money in it. When it is covered in the United States most of the true fans don't feel it is covered properly. To make matters worse a lot of people post what little coverage the sport gets on YouTube. Now there is a whole sewer of degraded content out there. This has brought the marketability of Track & Field to an all time low. For instance a little over 3,000 fans showed up to watch the Adidas Track Classic which was suppose to be one of the biggest meets in the United States. Why would anyone want to actually go see the event in person when they are satisfied with watching all the degraded content on YouTube? Also to make matters worse there are a few sites that have tried to create a hippy utopia for fans of the running events. These two sites would be www.runnerspace.com and www.flotrack.com. These sites have no business model and the try to get skilled people to donate their time to come up with video content and make the website better. These sites have dumped a lot of time and money into providing this content but it is just a matter of time before they will give up. You can only go into debt so much before you have to call it quits. A lot of people who read this would be mad because they go to these sites and look at all the free content and never have to pay for anything. The people involved in Track & Field and the few fans we have are getting more accustom to not paying for anything. To make track & field marketable fans need to be paying a little bit for something. Then at that point if people could make a little off of track & field they will push the limits and provide better content and merchandise. If no one pays for anything then the quality of everything will remain CRAP!

About the website

TheTrackAthlete.com was created because of a lack of information and quality video of track & field competitions. A couple years ago when I started throwing the javelin I found it tough to find information about the event and information about the athletes who compete in the event. I would try to look up information about athletes who did well at US Championships or Olympic trials and would fail to find out anything about them. How do they train? Where do they train? How long have they been throwing. If I was asking these questions I knew there had to be others out there wondering the same things. More video is beginning to appear online but it is often badly degraded. Usually training footage isn't more than a clip or two of an athlete maxing out on a lift. None of the elite track & field athletes seem to have video blogs mainly because it is very time intensive to run the video equipment and do all the video editing. My blogumentary serves as a training resource for athletes looking for a variety of exercises that can be done as well as a real life test of whether this type of training is effective for me or not.

Along with my training and competition footage I also often times happen to record other events if the competition looks like it is going to be really good. Since javelin is my event it will most likely get the most attention right now while I'm still competing. Second priority is other technical events and as the last priority would be running events.

In subjective sports such as baseball, football, and basketball you are only as good as the coach thinks you are. In track & field there isn't much a coach can say if you put a better mark on the board. This sport is about pushing your body to the limit and all that matters in the end are the results. That is why this sport is so great!