100 minutes Decathlon (part 1)
This is my first post about the 100 minutes Decathlon. I am writing about this special event because on the next 27th of September we are organizing it, here in my town: Besana in Brianza and I am going to compete.
I have to say that I am a great fan of this kind of events, because I think they can make Combined Events and, Athletics in general, more understandable to non technical people. A lot of people, infacts is used to watch football matches (especially in Italy 
) that last 90′ minutes plus 15′ break… well, 100 minutes decathlon is exactly what they are used to: 85′ of athletics action and 15 minutes break!
In this post I would like just to recount my first (and only) experience in this event. It took place in Pavia in 2004 and it was amazing for me; I competed together with Luca Ceglie and Marzio Viti.
Here are my results:
100\\\' Decathlon: Pavia 2004
| n° | event | result | points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 11.23 | 810 |
| 2 | LJ | 6.93 | 797 |
| 3 | SP | 14.98 | 788 |
| 4 | HJ | 1.80 | 627 |
| 5 | 400 | 58.08 | 481 |
| 6 | 110HS | 15.16 | 830 |
| 7 | DT | 40.71 | 669 |
| 8 | PV | 4.50 | 770 |
| 9 | JT | 59.66 | 733 |
| 10 | 1500 | 5.16.20 | 470 |
| 11 | TOT | 6975 |
Since then I wished to repeat that good experience, but always had some other reason to prepare or to compete for 
. So this is the the time I was waiting for long! This time we will be 6 athletes (unfortunately i don’t know yet exactly who), so there will be 2 heats, each one for 3 athletes. I’ll write a single post just to explain some technical matters; for now I’m just doing some predictional evaluation.
The most important thing to say is that I will compete in the Talence Decastar just 4 days before (22nd and 23rd), and I am not supposed to be as rested as I should be!! I just hope to have a lot of fun in this 100′ Decathlon, in order not to feel too much tired. Anyway, I would like to use a very different approach for my 400 meters; last time I run in 58”08, that is almost 10 seconds slower that my PB!! It was because I did not know how I would have felt for the ‘second day’. This time, I’ll try to get a lot of points more in 400, and hope not to loose so much in the last 5 events. Considering my actual good condition in middle distances runnin, 52” could be the right time.
Anyway, we have still to see how I am coming out from that Decastar and then maybe do some more realistic considerations! My coach would say: “Non facciamo i conti senza l’oste”!!!
