Down in Florida. Well well well...
Down in Florida. Well well well...
Fa fa fa fa full mile?
1600m according to Dyestat.
Will we see a sub four from him?
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His laps were:
58.5
60 (1:58.5)
63 (3:01.5)
62.5 (4:04)
Conditins weren't perfect, slight wind, and he was lapping multiple 6 minute milers along the way. Probably in sub-4 shape.
So inconsistent.
At New Balance Indoor Nationals he tanks and ends up running a 4:16 one week after he solo'd a 4:10 at the Holy Trinity Classic. Now he goes and rips a 4:04 by himself like a monster at the Metro Conference Meet? What the hell is up with Andres? His season was inconsistent during cross too. I think his coach might not be timing his peaks very well if he has run a 4:04 already.
maybe tough workouts preceded the 4:16 or a cold.
4:04 in March is fantastic.
c***acular wrote: Fa fa fa fa full mile?
Why is it that HS runners have been convinced that 4 laps of 400 meters is a mile? 1600 meters does not equal a mile. 1609 meters do, or 1609.34 to be more exact.
...and props to Arroyo for running a very fast 1600m. It seems it will be a good year for guys running 4 laps, metric or a real 1609m mile.
See Arroyo ran 49.09 earlier in season.
My hypothesis: He ran poorly at New Balance largely because he ran almost the entire race in Lane 3.
Jason MileSplit wrote:
My hypothesis: He ran poorly at New Balance largely because he ran almost the entire race in Lane 3.
Totally agree with this. Andres was never closer than 1 meter from the rail through 6 laps. Using Pi*D, he ran (at least) 6.28 extra meters a lap for something between 6-8 laps. At a minumum, his effort at NB was 4:10, maybe closer to 4:08-- for the mile and since he was out of it in the final 400 he probably didn't max. So, I don't see it as an inconsistent performance at all, just a tough learning experience about racing indoors.
It's all well and good if you are Mary Cain running in lane 2 to control a ridiculously slow pace in a kicker's race, but running an extra six meters+ a lap off a legitimate pace is suicide.
1609.344 meters actually
Jason MileSplit wrote:
My hypothesis: He ran poorly at New Balance largely because he ran almost the entire race in Lane 3.
He ran like an idiot at NBNI.
apparently, plays baseball.
Count de Monet wrote:
1609.344 meters actually
Not based on allowed timing accuracy. Adding 0.004 meters makes a 0.0006 second difference for a 4-minute mule. The 0.3 makes a 0.05 second difference. You need the 1609.34 to get an accuracy to at least a hundredth of a second.
4-minute mules should be 4-minute miles for the grammer [sic] trolls here on letsrun.
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