Ramanujan wrote:ventolin, based off of his mile, how fast do you think he could manage at 400? 48? 49? 50? I'd say 48 mid, based off of closing speed and strength.
we don't know his current 5k/10k ability, but i believe salazar likes them to be in near/at top shape during racing season
from another topic :
"coupla prelim lines of fit i got for a peak rupp are
51.5 / 1'48.3 ->
3'32.1
3'48.7
4'48.3
7'24.1
12'44.5
26'35.2
or
51.4 / 1'48.1 ->
3'31.7
3'48.3
4'47.8
7'23.3
12'43.2
26'32.7
if he's in peak shape ( the indoor season augured well ), then in a "perfect" race, he can go close to 1'48-flat
if he by any chance breaks 1'48, he shoud be running some 1500s as he woud be a 3'30 potential guy !!!"
48/49 speed is impossible for rupp
look at quote from this guy :
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=1373258&thread=1373258I just spoke to El G and his coach seperately and asked them the same questions. Hicham said 49-50 seconds for 400m and 1:45 for 800m. I then asked his coach the same questions-he said he has run 48 for 400m and 1:44 high for 800m in training. He said he would do 4X800m at 1:48 each with 3min rest between them in training. He said he thought he could probably run 1:43 low at 800
if rupp had same 400 speed as this guy, he woud be running 3'25