LetsRun.com wrote:
A simple fix would be if you get last in any event you can't win the decathlon. Suddenly I bet he would be 10 seconds faster ;)
I feel like that would make the race a lot slower -- currently decathlon 1500s are basically time trials due to the points system, if you did that instead then the motivation shifts to place and it becomes a "championship-style" pack of sprinters at the back where everyone jogs 90-second laps until the final stretch thinking they won't be outkicked -- which I guess is kind of valid because they're all at least 10-second 100 guys.
Now that I think about it that would be fun to watch, but only once.