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fathead
Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 1:48PM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Walter Dix ran the second leg of the 4x4 at the Snowbird Invitational yesterday. He got the handoff slightly ahead of Ricardo Chambers but Chambers passed him just before the 200m mark. Going around the final turn, it was obvious that Dix was just waiting for the last straightaway, sitting right behind Chambers. As soon as they reached the final straight, Dix moved out to lane 2 and just blew by Chambers. I clocked Dix at 45.24 and a freind clocked chambers at 45.93. Dix is clearly ready for some fast times this season.
northern boy
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 3:54PM - in reply to fathead Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Might be the most talented athlete in track and field.
bevestilmar
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 4:02PM - in reply to northern boy Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
yeah. either him or webb.
nole
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 6:31PM - in reply to bevestilmar Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Guess he recovered from his strep throat
Who is Murphy?
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 6:53PM - in reply to fathead Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
fathead wrote:
I clocked Dix at 45.24 and a freind clocked chambers at 45.93.



You meant to write:

"I clocked Dix at 45.3 and a freind clocked chambers at 46.0."

I can't believe how so many people who actually participate in this sport are so f***ing clueless.
midwesta
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 6:57PM - in reply to Who is Murphy? Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
wait, why would you round up .24 again? If I remember elementary school correctly, don't you round down if it's under five?
Concerned
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:01PM - in reply to midwesta Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Always round up to the next tenth.
missedit
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:02PM - in reply to midwesta Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Always round up for hand timing.
northern boy
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:02PM - in reply to midwesta Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Watch out, the Time Nazi will get you too. Hand times are always rounded up to the next tenth. Even 45.21 would become 45.3. Unless his split was timed electronically, in which case it would remain 45.24. Hand times are not valid past the tenths place.
hey murphy
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:08PM - in reply to Who is Murphy? Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
hey murphy, maybe you should have a little class, instead of acting like you have a stick up your ass.
get a life you retard.
lets take it easy
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:16PM - in reply to hey murphy Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
However you are supposed to round to the nearest tenth and add .24, so perhaps that is where the 45.24 came from, but if that is the case you would not have the .93 unless he meant to type .94
X Runner
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:30PM - in reply to fathead Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Walter Dix split 45 low.
Not bad.
Harry Kooter
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:30PM - in reply to lets take it easy Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Why does adjusting the time for hand timing matter when you're only using the numbers to compare between two hand timed splits? Adding .24 to both and rounding up doesn't change which one was faster and will only result in more error as far as the difference between the times (ie, what we are really concerned with for the purposes of this post).
Carl Lewis
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:31PM - in reply to fathead Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
fathead wrote:

Walter Dix ran the second leg of the 4x4 at the Snowbird Invitational yesterday. He got the handoff slightly ahead of Ricardo Chambers but Chambers passed him just before the 200m mark. Going around the final turn, it was obvious that Dix was just waiting for the last straightaway, sitting right behind Chambers. As soon as they reached the final straight, Dix moved out to lane 2 and just blew by Chambers. I clocked Dix at 45.24 and a freind clocked chambers at 45.93. Dix is clearly ready for some fast times this season.

I'm a huge fan of Dix. I just love Dix.
rabbittruns
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:35PM - in reply to Carl Lewis Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Carl Lewis wrote:


I'm a huge fan of Dix. I just love Dix.


lol, funny..

on another note.. if he wasnt well enough to run at nats, we know he wasnt practicing or anything... so he ran that after probably 1 1/2 weeks of inactivity... that is very impressive! possible 44.5* later this yr???
whatayaknow
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:45PM - in reply to bevestilmar Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
bevestilmar wrote:

yeah. either him or webb.


No...not Webb. Just let it be. A sprinter can get SOME love on this board. Couldn't let it go, could you?
Harry Kooter
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 7:46PM - in reply to whatayaknow Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Ok, then it's probably Wariner.
fathead
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 8:23PM - in reply to Harry Kooter Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
In regard to the rounding of numbers, my freind and I took the splits from the middle of the exchange zone to the starting line(they were running the second leg). Our stop watches read 45.24 and 45.93. If you wan't to round the numbers, power to you but that is what we clocked them at.
26mi235
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 8:31PM - in reply to Harry Kooter Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
The 0.24 seconds is to account for reaction (and distance from) the gun at the start, while you can anticipate and peg the finish. However, in leg two of the relay, you can peg both of them. There is still a fair bit of error, so you can think of the time as 45.24 +/- 0.15, but 45.24 is still a better estimator of the time than rounding it to 45.3. Let the time Nazi's shoot at me, but I know more stats than many of them.
alk3
RE: Walter Dix runs 400m relay in 45.24 ---beats Ricardo Chambers 3/23/2008 9:16PM - in reply to fathead Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
not to be a dickhead but its the 1600m relay
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