OH BOOO HOO KIDS CAN RUN AS FAST AS JIM RYUN AFTER 60 YEARS
It's not like one pair of shoes turned 4:50 kids into 3:50s
It was generations of shoe and track tech that makes kids faster
You had an advantage over the guys before you but I don't remember people clamoring about that back then
If it was generations of shoe and track tech that made kids faster, how come Roy Martin still has the second fastest prep 200m time of all time, and Todd Harbor ran 3:50 45 years ago.
OH BOOO HOO KIDS CAN RUN AS FAST AS JIM RYUN AFTER 60 YEARS
It's not like one pair of shoes turned 4:50 kids into 3:50s
It was generations of shoe and track tech that makes kids faster
You had an advantage over the guys before you but I don't remember people clamoring about that back then
True that shoes help but runners are getting better. Happens in all sports.
Griffith just ran a huge mark by himself. Converts to 3:58.50y. Running mostly alone.
Simmons is another. Runs 8:36.7 for 3200 (8:39.8y) at 4500 feet. With sea level Oxygen, he might go 8:32y. Lots of fast HSers. Equipment is just a part of that.