Three Tips on how to be a better 400m hurdler, An Interview with Michael Stigler

Michael Stigler is proof that hard work and patience pays off. After finishing second in the NCAA championships in 2013 and 2014, the Jayhawk 400 meter hurdler took the title at 400 meter hurdles for the University of Kansas in 2015. Two weeks later, he finished 4th at the ultra competitive USA Outdoor Champs, which were the trials for the Beijing 2015 World Champs. In 2017, after a year of dealing with injuries, Michael Stigler made the US team for the London World Championships at the 400 meter hurdles.

Michael Stigler, photo by PhotoRun.net

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The 400 meter hurdles is an event made by sadists. Combine the 400 meters, which means you are running on pure guts from 300 meters on, and add ten hurdles. Michael Stigler loves the event, and he is quite good at it, with a PB of 48.26. Those sub 48 second times will come in 2018.

This past October, we interviewed Michael Stigler, then asked him for three tips on being a better hurdler and then, asked him what he loved about track & field. Watch this guy! He is an incredible talent and he is focused on challenging himself to be the best he can!

Watch Michael Stigler in 2018!

Here are his three tips on being a better hurdler!

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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