Allyson Felix Wins Womens 200m – Plus Her Training and Diet

Allyson Felix celebrating winning the 200m in Berlin, 2009 Allyson Felix has been tipped to be the next big sensation in womens athletics. She is just 23 years old and has already won several gold medals in the 200m. She started her car sprinter career at just 18, when she won silver in the 200 meters at the 2004 Summer Olympics, just behind Veronica Campbell of Jamaica, with an impressive time of 22.18 seconds. She has been on a winning streak since then, with gold medals in the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, the 2006 World Athletics Final in Stuttgart, the 2007 World Championships in Osaka (where she also helped America win Gold in the 4×100m relay, and now in Berlin this weekend.

Today she ran 200m in 22.02 seconds, which is still some way behind Florence Griffith-Joyner’s World record time of 21.34 sec in 1998, but she is looking very strong and determined. After her win today she said “I knew I was very strong and was able to power away. I wanted to represent my country well and make Jesse Owens proud.”

Chicken Legs Felix

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Felix had the unfortunate nickname “Chicken Legs” at high school because of her long, skinny legs. However, she prooved that skinny could be strong by leg-pressing 700 pounds on a weight machine. Felix’s dedication to training meant that she missed her senior prom for a competition.

She is now trained by Bob Kersee, who has trained some of America’s top athletes, such as Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Dawn Harper and Valerie Ann Brisco-Hooks.

Allyson Felix Training and Diet

Like all sprinters Allyson concentrates on intense workouts on the track and in the weight training room, with a focus on explosive power using plyometric training.

Her diet needs to be high-calorie and high-protein to ensure that she maintains muscle weight and also has enough energy for intense training workouts.

Hopefully soon we will be able to gain some insights into her training and diet regimes, so that we can learn more about how this wonderful young runner operates.