Sprinter Guy wrote:
areyounew wrote:It isn't even a little bit true? Quit drinking the kool aid.
It isn't an insult to any sprinter to recognize that you can run a full out 100/200 and come back and perform fully again a few hours later.
Two 400s in a day I agree with you on. That would definitely not be an ideal situation.
You're projecting yourself into this analysis I feel. Running a sub-10 100m for example does a lot of damage to your body. That takes recovery time. Elite sprinters quite literally are often stronger than their bodies can handle. 2 hours or an hour and a half isn't enough. It's not the same for 11-12 second sprinters or distance guys doing sprints.
It's not about being insulting- you're just way off base. It's why the Rio times suffered big time.
It's really hard to take your argument seriously when the last few world records have all been set in a global final that involved running two heats on the same day with only a few hours separating them.
I have a kid on my high school team this year that runs a 10.6x for the 100 and 21.xx for the 200. Both are school records. He set both of those records on the same day and also ran in a 4x1 and 4x2. The meet was 3 hours long.
There are countless other examples like this... I'm just using a personal one. How can you tell me that I'm off base when there are tons of evidence supporting it, and the IAAF's actions agree with my thoughts. I'm guessing you're a sprinter that wants to feel like his event does damage to the body just as much as distance runners. I'm not saying I don't respecting sprinting... it just doesn't take that much out of the body over 100/200.