Given Sydney's speed in the 400m and strength from the 400m hurdles, could she get the 800m world record? I am basing this on my performances at 50.6 400m and 1:54.4 800m. Sydney is so much better than I was, I think with 2-4 years of dedicated training she could get it.
400-800 times don’t translate the same way for womens physiology as they do for men.
Plenty of pro level women running 50-52 in a 400m with PBs of 1:57+.
Why don’t people understand 400 and 800 are completely different. Some people can excel at both but many can’t. If they don’t run both currently you can accept it’s unlikely they’ll be good at double the distance they are running in championships.100/200/400 have a bit more in common but 400m is quite a unique distance.
I was going to say the same thing, but I think the answer is that most posters here are middle or long distance people, where being good at any distance implies that there is a good chance of being good at twice the distance.
This is also true from 100m to 200m. I would guess that going from 400m to 800m is probably the doubling (for actual events) in which there is the smallest correlation.
This place is full of endless speculation about what certain runners could do in events they don't run. There is a very obvious reason why they don't run those events. The last time a male runner was the best in the world at the 400/800 was Juantorena in '76. The last time for a woman was Kratochvilova in '83. Both probably juiced - she certainly was.
I could run 1:55 in high school only running 52 for a 400. She's 48 and change in the 400, can run over hurdles and be mid 50. You'd think she could be relatively controlled to run a 56 second first lap and run 60 ish to run 1:56. Just give her a month of a little bit more mileage and tempo runs and cut back down for a couple weeks and she'll run very well.
I think that's what makes the longer distances more competitive long term. The shorter races get more competitive, some of the people who used to be contending for a win are not able to win anymore and bump up. Some of those people who bump up are actually really good at the next event. If you can win everything at the short distances, why would you run further?
I could run 1:55 in high school only running 52 for a 400. She's 48 and change in the 400, can run over hurdles and be mid 50. You'd think she could be relatively controlled to run a 56 second first lap and run 60 ish to run 1:56. Just give her a month of a little bit more mileage and tempo runs and cut back down for a couple weeks and she'll run very well.
I think that's what makes the longer distances more competitive long term. The shorter races get more competitive, some of the people who used to be contending for a win are not able to win anymore and bump up. Some of those people who bump up are actually really good at the next event. If you can win everything at the short distances, why would you run further?
These questions are unbelievably stupid. Athletes will run the events they are good at. If she could excel at the 800 she would run it. But the 800 is not a sprint and she is a sprinter.
I could run 1:55 in high school only running 52 for a 400. She's 48 and change in the 400, can run over hurdles and be mid 50. You'd think she could be relatively controlled to run a 56 second first lap and run 60 ish to run 1:56. Just give her a month of a little bit more mileage and tempo runs and cut back down for a couple weeks and she'll run very well.
I think that's what makes the longer distances more competitive long term. The shorter races get more competitive, some of the people who used to be contending for a win are not able to win anymore and bump up. Some of those people who bump up are actually really good at the next event. If you can win everything at the short distances, why would you run further?
These questions are unbelievably stupid. Athletes will run the events they are good at. If she could excel at the 800 she would run it. But the 800 is not a sprint and she is a sprinter.
You arrogance in face of your ignorance is unbelievably stupid. There are plenty of cases of athletes moving up and being more successful. Not that you know anything about running and racing.
These questions are unbelievably stupid. Athletes will run the events they are good at. If she could excel at the 800 she would run it. But the 800 is not a sprint and she is a sprinter.
You arrogance in face of your ignorance is unbelievably stupid. There are plenty of cases of athletes moving up and being more successful. Not that you know anything about running and racing.
So who has held the records at both the 400 and the 800 - the subject of the thread - with those "plenty of examples"? You only come here because you are obsessed with me. You have no interest in the subject of the thread or knowledge of it. You are really the wrong end of the IQ Bell curve to be commenting here.
You arrogance in face of your ignorance is unbelievably stupid. There are plenty of cases of athletes moving up and being more successful. Not that you know anything about running and racing.
So who has held the records at both the 400 and the 800 - the subject of the thread - with those "plenty of examples"? You only come here because you are obsessed with me. You have no interest in the subject of the thread or knowledge of it. You are really the wrong end of the IQ Bell curve to be commenting here.
You didn't mention specifically 400/800. And don't give me "the subject of the thread". You derail threads all the time.
As for the insults, they are entertaining. Funny to see a mentally challenged narcissist flailing like that.
So who has held the records at both the 400 and the 800 - the subject of the thread - with those "plenty of examples"? You only come here because you are obsessed with me. You have no interest in the subject of the thread or knowledge of it. You are really the wrong end of the IQ Bell curve to be commenting here.
You didn't mention specifically 400/800. And don't give me "the subject of the thread". You derail threads all the time.
As for the insults, they are entertaining. Funny to see a mentally challenged narcissist flailing like that.
I did specifically refer to the 400/800. It is also the subject of the thread - that McLaughlin/Levrone could take the 800 record. You have just shown yet again that you never read the thread but only comment because of your queer obsession with me. It is very queer. Your motivation appears to be giving you away.
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If you could get her to run a max effort 800m, she could probably run about 2:04 right now and without a doubt sub-2 if she spent a season training for it. I don't think she could ever get much better than 2 flat because her body/muscles aren't built for it. Her 200m PR tells you she is a sprinter (fast twitch). She has an underdeveloped cardio system which means even if she went out in a modest 60 seconds, she lactic and hurting like crazy once gets beyond 500m. Btw, the endurance of 400h is overrated, in fact most 400 hurdlers will tell you that if does not hurt any more than running a 400m. - Most sprinters don't want to run the 400m and even in training when they see an 800m on the schedule, thay act like it is a marathon.