16/09/2026
⚡ STELLA BUILT ENORMOUS SPEED RESERVES IN PRE-SEASON. GAME ON!
What a result for Stella! A young U13s midfielder with serious wheels 🛞 💨
And after watching that running action develop all summer, I’m getting this in early…
*PLEASE* BE A 400m SPRINTER! 😂🙏🏃♀️💨
I’d absolutely love the chance to write a 400m programme for her one day. There’s something about that combination of speed, running efficiency and engine that makes me think she could be seriously interesting over one lap.
Because her development over these 10 weeks has been huge:
4:21 → 4:03 over 1,000m.
🔥 18 SECONDS FASTER
⚡ +7.4% running speed
📈 3.83 → 4.12 m/s
🏃♀️ 69 metres ahead of Week 1 Stella
Eighteen seconds over just 1,000m is enormous. At her original running speed, when Week 10 Stella crosses the finish, Week 1 Stella would still be around 69 metres behind.
And she wasn’t starting from a low base. She was already a strong, competitive young athlete. She’s actually an endurance sprinter.
Her aerobic engine has exploded, but I think her real superpower is what that engine now allows her to do: repeat high-intensity efforts, recover quickly and go again.
That’s where this becomes exciting for football and U13s Hitchin Belles FC
Sprint. Press. Recover. Break. Repeat. ⚡
And still have the capacity to influence the game when other players are beginning to fade.
Ten weeks of serious work. A significant change in athletic potential. Now it’s time to see what she does with it. 💙⚡
The football can have her most of the year. I’m only asking for one track season. 😂