. Have them race 1 1/4 mile on the horse track in the pre-race coverage to the Kentucky Derby. Pay the winner enough that they don't mind not being able to compete in college. Allow people to bet on it. It would be the most popular distance race in the word
Ky wrote:
. Have them race 1 1/4 mile on the horse track in the pre-race coverage to the Kentucky Derby. Pay the winner enough that they don't mind not being able to compete in college. Allow people to bet on it. It would be the most popular distance race in the word
or just have actual pros run in it
Reminds me of how Jack Foster would do his speed work on a horse track.
Yeetzus wrote:
Ky wrote:
. Have them race 1 1/4 mile on the horse track in the pre-race coverage to the Kentucky Derby. Pay the winner enough that they don't mind not being able to compete in college. Allow people to bet on it. It would be the most popular distance race in the word
or just have actual pros run in it
no thanks, we don't want to see a sit and kick. high schoolers actually go for fast times
Yeetzus wrote:
Ky wrote:
. Have them race 1 1/4 mile on the horse track in the pre-race coverage to the Kentucky Derby. Pay the winner enough that they don't mind not being able to compete in college. Allow people to bet on it. It would be the most popular distance race in the word
or just have actual pros run in it
The idea is to have it be around the same human-age relative to horse-age in the derby. Not sure why we care what horses that arent at their fastest age can run, but that's what we watch
Lydiard Cerutty wrote:
Reminds me of how Jack Foster would do his speed work on a horse track.
Not sure if it still happens, but when I was in high school, the south florida track season kicked off with a tri-county race during a big horse race at gulfstream. I know the two twin jeffersons that ran at indiana came in 1-2 at least 1 year
Put those high school kids in drag and race 'em, baby! Winner gets an eventual full-ride to Wilburrrrrrr-force University in Ohio. A winner is a winner, of course, of course.
ric flair woo wrote:
Yeetzus wrote:
or just have actual pros run in it
no thanks, we don't want to see a sit and kick. high schoolers actually go for fast times
They would be professionals if they are running to win a million dollars or so.
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
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
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it