I think it is the 4x400m male world record. Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson joined to run a mind blowing 2:54.29 back in 1993. Michael Johnson, Tyree Washington, Jerome Young and Antonio Pettigrew however did run a 2:54.20 in 1998 but this was scrapped due to doping during the time by Antonio Pettigrew. However my point remains and these times are absolutely monstrous and It would be insanely hard to get this many good runners on one team now.
Usually Komen's 3000 is near the top of the list. KB's 10 also hasn't been sniffed in a long time.
Wang Junxia's 10000 on the women's side.
Mike Powell's LJ record is now 24 years old. That's a long time.
Procurer of opinions wrote:
Wang Junxia's 10000 on the women's side.
Not really. One of the Dibabas, Defar, and a couple others could probably do it in a well-paced race. But those don't happen on the women's side.
The women's 100, 400, 800, are MUCH harder.
8.95 is legit, but if you told me in 2007 that the 100m WR would be 9.58...that will stand for a while.
The trick answer is flojo's 100, but that was wind aided so doesn't count.
Kouros 6-day on a 400m track - 635 miles. That's hard.
Bring Back the 880 wrote:
The trick answer is flojo's 100, but that was wind aided so doesn't count.
... and doped to the gills.
Shot, hammer, and disc records are all extremely old. Womens discus record is probably the most untouchable. I belive no one has come within around 5m of it. Women's shot put aswell.
Paula R. has the longest-standing marathon record in history. And unless someone develops a doping program as sophisticated and federation-supported as she had, it will probably stay that way.
Of course, 2:15 is out of this world! ABT cheats out!
Bob le Hed wrote:
Paula R. has the longest-standing marathon record in history. And unless someone develops a doping program as sophisticated and federation-supported as she had, it will probably stay that way.
You have no proof, period.
This is because the 3000m is rarely run.
Anyway, I think the women's marathon is by far the hardest WR. I can't even fathom anyone comes close to it. It requires a once-in-a-generation talent (perhaps her daughter) on a really special day.
No proof, but everything points to at least autologus blood transfusions! The Finns and her buddy Coe did it too, so it's all good!
F - O - O - L!
Ha...her daughter on a really special day. Like maybe the special day she finds her mom's diary describing the perfect combination of drugs and transfusions?
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Anyway, I think the women's marathon is by far the hardest WR. I can't even fathom anyone comes close to it. It requires a once-in-a-generation talent (perhaps her daughter) on a really special day.
Michael Carter's HS Shot record. No one has even been in the same ball park,
The mile and the 2-Mile (two sub four miles).
Looby wrote:
Michael Carter's HS Shot record. No one has even been in the same ball park,
This.
anonymous poster #4 wrote:
Looby wrote:Michael Carter's HS Shot record. No one has even been in the same ball park,
This.
Is the HS shot record a world record? I don't know if that qualifies for this thread even though it probably is the most untouchable mark out there.
Unless Bolt somehow returns to his top form I can't imagine anybody touching 9.58.
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Matt Choi was drinking beer halfway through the Boston Marathon