Bekele's 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m potential?

infamous wrote:

Bekele:

400m: 49-50 sec

800m: 1:45-1:46

1500m: 3:30-3:31

3000m: 7:23-7:25

Anyone else agree?

Yea looks pretty good. For Komen it is probably more like:

48.5,

1:44.5

3:28.0

7:20.0

and El G

47.0

1:42.0

3:25.5

7:19.0

El G supposedly ran 1:42 in practice. I bet El G could have gone 46, 1:40.9

3:25 and 7:20

WHO THE FREAK CARES WHAT THIS GUY DOES IN THE 400?

GET OVER IT ... WE'RE GONNA KICK HIS SKINNY SPINE

SILLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE ... SO GET OVER YOUR OBSESSION

OVER THIS "WHOEVER" FROM "WAY OVER THERE" ...

START TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN SIDE ...IF YOU ARE ON THIS

SIDE ... BACALAE RUNS 48 SECONDS FOR 400 ... WHO

GIVES A DAY OLD SHIT ...

I'D RATHER SEE A NORTH AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLER RUN 4:09 FOR THE

MILE THEN THAT GUY RUN 3:49 FOR IT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

I'M SICK OF HEARING ABOUT ETHIOPIANS THIS AND KENYANS THAT ...

LETS HEAR ABOUT MINNESOTANS AND MANITOBANS RUNNING 4:11 FOR

THE MILE AND 8:12 FOR THE 3K ... IN HIGH SCHOOL ...

AND 12:59 IN COLLEGE ... THATS EXCITING ...

Quenton wrote:

WHO THE FREAK CARES WHAT THIS GUY DOES IN THE 400?

GET OVER IT ... WE'RE GONNA KICK HIS SKINNY SPINE

SILLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE ... SO GET OVER YOUR OBSESSION

OVER THIS "WHOEVER" FROM "WAY OVER THERE" ...

START TO SUPPORT YOUR OWN SIDE ...IF YOU ARE ON THIS

SIDE ... BACALAE RUNS 48 SECONDS FOR 400 ... WHO

GIVES A DAY OLD SHIT ...

I'D RATHER SEE A NORTH AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOLER RUN 4:09 FOR THE

MILE THEN THAT GUY RUN 3:49 FOR IT ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

I'M SICK OF HEARING ABOUT ETHIOPIANS THIS AND KENYANS THAT ...

LETS HEAR ABOUT MINNESOTANS AND MANITOBANS RUNNING 4:11 FOR

THE MILE AND 8:12 FOR THE 3K ... IN HIGH SCHOOL ...

AND 12:59 IN COLLEGE ... THATS EXCITING ...

9/10. Great response. It would've been 10/10 until you mentioned the 4:11 mile and 8:12 3k. But it was still a great troll effort. But back to the discussion, what do you think he can run the 400m in?

trying this :

http://www.jundo.co.uk/

for kennster, i'd reckon at his peak he was worth 12'35 - 12'36 / 26'12.5 - 26'15

which gives slowest times off

12'36 / 26'12.5 ->

51.66

1'48.16

3'31.04

7'20.22

fastest times off

12'35 / 26'15 ->

50.93

1'47.05

3'29.56

7'18.63

pretty big range there, but i'm leaning slightly towards former as i believe his 5k was closer to his limit than his 10k

if anyone has any other suggestions for his 5k/10k at peak, you can try them there ( or i can input them for you )

komen & hicham next, providing someone requests them

400-49.xx

800-1:45.xx

1500-3:29.xx

3000- the man says he's going for the WR next year, so i'm gonna say he does it.

obviously, i think he's realized his potential in the 5k/10k. who knows if he was worth a couple seconds more if all was perfect. it doesn't matter.

-STS

sexy time smith wrote:who knows if he was worth a couple seconds more if all was perfect. it doesn't matter

it does if you're trying to get possible estimate for him

just the examples above show what 1s difference at 5k & 2.5s at 10k do to his 800/1500 potential