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that is pretty f'ing old for a WR |
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Because 30 isn't as old as everyone makes it sound. Take care of your body and you'll be running well throughout your 30s |
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bulls**t especially since clyde hart runs the living f*** out of his athletes |
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What |
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That is incredibly naive. The op answered his own question. |
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Because he's Michael muh f'kin Johnson. A freak of nature. One of the greatest athletes of all time. |
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What's naive about it? Where did the OP answer his question? |
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SARMS + EPO = World Record. |
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I think the answer is that he could have run faster earlier if he had the right race. In the '95 WC's and '96 Olympics he doubled back to run the 200 and ran a little conservative in the 400. In '97 he had hamstring issues. He may have peaked at age 28 or 29 and just didn't give the 400 WR a good attempt at that time. Note that he ran his 42.9 relay split in 1993 when he was almost 26. (Also note that he was actually 31, not quite yet 32 when he broke the 400m record) |
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The OP made a statement that does not answer his own question. |
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And a little HGH on the side.
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YESH. MJ could have run 42.9 if he wanted when he set the WR in 99. Also, he should have set the WR in 96 but it didn't happen. Everyone knows that the WR in the 4 should be under 43. |
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You don't really start to get old until you're 35. |
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A chemical imbalance. |
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[/quote] Wow, what are you guys? Jealous and insecure because he's one of the best athletes of all time? That you can't break 60 and he can run 43? |
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what i believe is even more impressive is that he couda won the 100 in '96 & obviously broken the wr he split 10.12 on the curve & that obviously costs a coupla tenths compared to a straight - 9.92 also, you can't run a 200 flat-out gun-to-tape, otherwise you will die somewhere about 150m, so he had to keep something in reserve in that curve - call it a tenth that gives 9.82 when you consider he ran 19.32, check the 100m season's bests of guys who have run sub-19.6 ole rule of thumb is 200 time = ~ 2*100 time 19.32 -> 9.66 now, being better 200 guy than 100, you have to slow that 9.66 i'd go with ~ 9.75 - 9.80 as his actual 100m ability the day of 19.32 |
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More importantly - how did he NOT set the 800 world record. I mean, back to back 50 second laps would be jogging for someone with that speed! |
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An illegal rebounding coefficient on the Atlanta track helped. |
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exactly... I'm 33 and running at my lifetime bests in the 100. It is not world-class, but I beat the crap out of ALOT of college kids.
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