Runningart2004 wrote:
I'm not a genius, I'm not a physiologist, I'm not a coach to great runners...I'm just a 32 year old realist who thinks Bolt won't break 44. And saying he could break 1:50 is borderline retarded.
Alan
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Alan, I'm a 47 year old realist who says Bolt will break 43 in the 400.
You obviously haven't been paying the same attention to Bolt that three Billion other people have. He's actually rather good.
This thread just got even more stupid. While he's at it how about he breaks the 800, 1500 and 5000m records!
How about Asafa Powell? More sub 10s than anyone in history! He's run what...9.72 and 19.9? He also ran a 45.94 two hours after the 4x100...ya know, just for giggles. I bet he could at least run sub 44 with the right training!
How about Tyson Gay! 9.69, 19.58 and a blazing 45.57!!!!!!
Just think....Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt head to head at 400m!!! The rigging in the last 150 would be extraordinary!
Alan
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Powell and Gay both ran ONE 400m last year, probably as a fitness test. Don't you think they could improve their times if they were training more specifically for the 400 event and raced it more often??????????????
I think what they did was pretty amazing considering they were training for a different event. Both of these guys could probably get in the 44sec range if they concentrated on it, especially Gay who isn't as bulky as Powell. Definetly the same for Bolt. There was another thread where Bolt talked about how his coach would probably talk him into doing the 400. Do you think they would try it without having some confidence that he could break the 400m record?????? Maybe he will get it but maybe he won't. Their confidence shows that he should surely at least get down to low 44's or in the 43's somewhere. Doesn't any of this make some kind of logic sense to you????? Just spouting off that they couldn't do it is a very weak argument.
No one has talked about the 1500m or the 5000m either. The only surmizing done was could he get the 400m record (good shot at it I think), the 800m record (not a very good shot I think), and could he break 1:50 in the 800m (a slam dunk if he wants to in my opinion).