drivel
watch the vid
rudy stayed in his lane ( along with the field to 200m )
he got NO drafting - by the time rudy got within 1 -2m, the wabbit had moved into lane 2
drivel
he was 10m behind at the bell & only rapidly fading rabbit allowed him to catch-up & the wabbit moved into lane 2 as rudy approached, so he got NOT even 0.1s of drafting 1 - 2m behind
moron
wabbit's job is to smoothly take the elite thru to the bell 1 - 2m behind
this one just shot straightforward at 200m to open up a 10m lead by 275m, showing no sense to throttle back
elite's job is NOT to chase after wabbit on 1st lap - wabbit is paid to adjust to take them thru properly - he didn't
i'm sure your legendary 2'30 performances for 800 make you an authority
moron
it can just as easily tense you up & you run poorly as a result - cruz v cram is an epic example
drivel
wabbit is paid to accomodate elite, not elite wasting energy to catch-up
wabbit went wide when passed, so losing 0.2s to pass him is a nonsense
there was NO effective drafting 450 - 550m - learn to read moron - wabbit stepped outwards soon as rudy got within 2m
moron
in the cases of kip/cruz, even 1k was beyond their best distance
900m time-trial ability wouda been more instructive for them compared to coe
i am not interested in books written 10 - 15y after the events
my knowledge is from watching the races at the time & avidly reading the broadsheets/athletics mags at the time - impartial contemporary sources, not PROPAGANDA to embellish the coe myth years later
& his mile was nowhere the quality of his 800 run
kip didn't need to in his indoor '97 season
solo 1'44 later on - worth mid-1'43 with wabbit 200 - 400m
indicative of past his peak for 800m already for the season
neither, if ideally run were calibre of his 800
his solo 1'44 IS not anywhere close to that of his 1'41.7
drivel
i read all the broadsheets/mags at the time & NO one mentioned 1'40
if anything, they never expected him to ever break his 1'42.3wr as that already faster than any of the pundits had ever expected of him
find walker's quote
no
experienced track observers at the time never expected anything better over 800 for rest of the year, no matter how much he ran it ( unless he found another "legendary" italian track )
same experience which told us experienced observers that hicham was not going to run faster than 3'26.00 in his breakthru season
his 1'44.0 did
moron
can you not comprehend
"he may have done more speed work but that means less endurance work & that means he may have got slower rather than faster"
you are obviously too stoopid to realise that kip was in the peak outdoor shape of his life for that day in zurich, close to a full 1s better than his cologne run
if kip is to be assessed, it is on zurich NOT cologne
as for 48.3 being optimum time for him - that is onsense
empirically ( & this relationship will likely hold when wr is 1'35 )
~2s split differential is accepted as optimal by consensus
50.0/52.0 ->1'42.0
49.5/51.5 ->1'41.0
49.0/51.0 ->1'40.0
48.5/50.5 ->1'39.0
48.3/50.3 ->1'38.6
48.3s is split for intended 1'38.6
yes, you are