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  • What hurdles are causing you to stumble?
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Recs for new spikes

Hi I’m a junior in high school right now and my first race is 02/22 this season. A teammate spiked me on accident recently and the side of my spikes ripped (Nike rivals multi). However, I had this problem with the rivals last season too. My spike ripped from the side in the later half of last season (had that pair since freshman year) but it could have been due to super rainy weather I had? Anyways, I need new spikes asap so I can break them in before season starts. I run 100h/300h (occasionally 400h at invitationals) and I’m debating between superfly elite 2s, ja fly 4s, or the mamba 6s. I’ve only ever used rivals so I’m not sure how I’ll like the plates on the superflys/ja flys. My coach (former collegiate hurdler) recommended the mamba 6s even though they’re for distance since I have slightly wider feet and he said those might be more comfortable for me. I considered maxfly 2s but they’re a bit out of my budget and I’ve heard a lot about durability issues so I’m avoiding those. Please help, I can’t decide and I’m not super knowledgeable about spikes

2 Comments
2025/02/03
15:39 UTC

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Form help

This is my second season hurdling and I went from 21.8 to 17.99 in the 100h last season. I started getting the hang of three stepping but I’m still not consistent with it, though I want to three step a full race by the end of this season. First clip felt quick between first and second hurdle (first time I felt like i was sprinting instead of bounding between the hurdles to force a 3 step) and second clip is what my 3 step normally looks like. Any tips would be appreciated 🫶

0 Comments
2025/02/03
09:25 UTC

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Any advice about how I can fix the but kick

Any other advice is also highly appreciated

6 Comments
2025/01/20
15:20 UTC

3

performing bad in races

During practice i can clear the hurdles pretty easily and im not afraid of them, but as soon as i am at a meet and racing i always seem to mess up or slow down or land wrong, ive only had 6 meets this season and ive fell at 2. anyway to get over this???

2 Comments
2025/01/11
03:35 UTC

3

Some help

I dont know what I have to improve now, I train by myself so for me looks pretty good, now that the movements can be faster, Thanks!!!!

4 Comments
2025/01/06
11:08 UTC

2

Some help

I dont know what I have to improve now, I train by myself so for me looks pretty good, now that the movements can be faster, Thanks!!!!

1 Comment
2025/01/06
11:06 UTC

1

Some help

I dont know what I have to improve now, I train by myself so for me looks pretty good, now that the movements can be faster, Thanks!!!!

0 Comments
2025/01/06
11:05 UTC

6

Any tips please

This is 100m hurdles 84cm

1 Comment
2025/01/01
11:20 UTC

3

Any tips appreciated

I was wondering is I can get any feedback on this? I feel like my trail leg is a little slow

6 Comments
2024/12/30
00:39 UTC

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55H Race review

My time was either 9.79 or 10.04 (Mile-split live results disagree with the posted results) Ran in road racers on a non spike track. Any tips?

7 Comments
2024/12/24
04:30 UTC

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Spikes for hurdle

I'm currently wearing the classic Nike zoom rival sprint as my spike. I wanted to upgrade my spike. Should I get superflt elite 2, Ja fly 4 or the Adizero finesse (not the latest one) for 110mH?

3 Comments
2024/12/14
14:10 UTC

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Need help to improve my time....

just started to train hurdle this year. Managed to improve from 18.3 to 16.5. How can I improve? I am look forward to cut off another 2 secs next season (next year). I managed to do 3 steps. From what I can see, I have slow trail leg and sometimes the trail leg ain't L shape. The cadence or the frequency of the 3 steps is not fast either, more like I'm striding.

1 Comment
2024/12/14
14:07 UTC

11

Old clip

2 Comments
2024/12/10
02:16 UTC

3

any tips? (heights are 39 and 36

ignore ppl in the back

3 Comments
2024/12/09
22:56 UTC

7

Form Check, tips?

First two hurdles (39” no cheating) Filmed a while ago, wanted some opinions on it. (16, summer going into senior year)

7 Comments
2024/11/05
16:16 UTC

1

Maxfly 2 or Adidas SP3 for hurdlers?

I own a pair of Maxfly Uptempos but the inside air sack has gone flat and is leading me to injury. I run both 110 and 300/400 hurdles and need a good spike that is responsive and comfortable. Please help!!

0 Comments
2024/10/10
04:15 UTC

1

Advice

(White t-shirt) I’m aware of my issue of not pulling my trail leg all the way through, but what other issues do I have?

0 Comments
2024/09/20
20:21 UTC

4

Any tips c/o 2026

This is from last season but just wanted to know (Theres two videos) Got last in the 300h (42.5)and 1st in 110(15.88)

5 Comments
2024/09/10
03:44 UTC

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A disgrace

I personally think it's a disgrace that there's no set of hurdles on the actual finish line so people would have to tackle one final one in the most important moment and the photograph of the finish line would be so cool, it would massively boost the popularity of the sport which would also increase money from sponsors.

2 Comments
2024/08/11
09:45 UTC

5

Work out plan

Does anyone have a workout plan/suggestion for hurdling? I struggle with starting and getting enough force through the hurdle to 3 step and I needed to start lifting but I don’t know what machines/lifts I need to do.

4 Comments
2024/08/04
06:05 UTC

5

Tips? Pink compression sleeve

6 Comments
2024/07/21
14:35 UTC

2

Help on hurdle form

I run the 300mh and I'm looking to get faster and was wondering any workouts I could do in the off-season to get faster and maybe even some lifts that would be beneficial for hurdling? My current PR is a 43.37 and I was wondering what I could do to better fix my form and just my race strategy as a whole in the 300. I'm the person with the black singlet on and red lettering in lane 7.

0 Comments
2024/07/21
08:24 UTC

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Had great seats at the Trials two weeks ago and was blown away at Sydney's world record... and she was 2 seconds faster than the competition! Is anyone else excited to see her run in Paris?!

1 Comment
2024/07/12
05:43 UTC

3

Decathlete training hurdles

I’m training for the decathlon right now and hurdles is probably the event I have the least experience with of all ten, which means I have a lot of work to do to earn good points here. Coming off an injury I can’t 3 step the normal distance between hurdles yet, so the ones in the video are a little closer. I have a little experience running 400mh, but what could I do over the summer to fix my form and make me able to 3 step?

7 Comments
2024/07/11
02:38 UTC

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Off Season Workout?

300 meter and 110 meter hurdler here. I was wondering what would be the optimal workout plan for the off season (summer, fall, and a bit of winter) to improve my times for the actual season. I'm not looking for a plan too vigorous as an injury would not be great, but my main goal is to stay in shape and have a good start to my season. The thing I struggled with most in the 110h was consistently taking three steps between each hurdle (most of the time I take four, and the races where I tried to lengthen my stride ended up slower than my four step). In the 300h, I hope to build up more stamina as the last 100 meters cause me to slow down quite substantially. I currently do not own a gym membership but l am open to getting one if that is the best course of action. Thanks!

2 Comments
2024/07/03
21:05 UTC

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any tips on how to fix my form,

i had a terrible trail leg during my season, (i just started hurdles half way through it) clocked a pb of 16.01 hitting every hurdle been doing a lot of hurdle work on the off season and need to know what to fix and HOW to fix it because my drills are kinda trash

4 Comments
2024/06/30
04:11 UTC

3

Form Check. Any tips?

1st hurdle. (39”)

6 Comments
2024/06/25
18:45 UTC

2

Question

So I am a freshman and I run a 21.5 110m, my 100m pr is 14.6. If I get my 100m time down then do you think that my 110m time will improve.

8 Comments
2024/06/25
11:35 UTC

4

Help

Any tips on how I can get better or just anything I can try to work on? I ran a 16.85 pr this race and I'm really looking to try to lower it for my senior season.

2 Comments
2024/06/25
06:30 UTC

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