Only if one is the absolute best. Otherwise there's a lot of tactics and constant analysis going on by the main contenders.
No, there isn't. We see that only a few out there are smart racers. There are whole threads about that; about top runners adopting the wrong tactics for the race or even having no tactics or plan. But we do see that some that can think while they race beat those who can't.
Yes there is. Just because some runners are better tacticians than others, it doesn't mean the lesser ones are not trying their best too. I study my athletes' opponents and we often discuss the best tactics to adopt to try and beat them.
Of course there are also runners who just go into the race without a plan and sit and wait for something to happen.
And then, even great tacticians, like Seb Coe, make huge mistakes, as he did in the 800m final in Moscow.
Seb Coe was a great, great racer and time trialer but a terrible tactician. He relied on his superior closing speed to make up for all the extra distance that Deanouk is always crediting him with.
When you maintain a constant speed while moving around a circle, you are experiencing centripetal acceleration. The runners likely took a physics class and assumed their 'acceleration' would in fact propel them around the curve faster, like a slingshot around the moon
Seb Coe was a great, great racer and time trialer but a terrible tactician. He relied on his superior closing speed to make up for all the extra distance that Deanouk is always crediting him with.
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