Travis Kelce vs Taylor Swift in a 5k

T Swift is heavier than listed weight. Both T Kelce and and T Swift are capable of racing 21:xx.xx 5K. Coin toss.

Is it just me or r the topics on letsrun getting worse and worse? The Bros need to just start deleting these stupid threads

No idea if Taylor is fast or not, but she is in enough aerobic shape that she will beat a 285 pound football player who focuses on lifting and running short bursts. I think it's borderline if Taylor can break 20, but I don't know that I see Kelce breaking 25.

Right. Not being a 315 offensive lineman is an indicator of distance running talent. You’ve never seen big guys, and Kelce is one of them, huffing and puffing to jog at 10:00 mile pace? Kelce couldn’t keep up with Swift for even 800m.

Why do consider our sport to be so easy?

Kelce was once in Paris for fashion week in 2019 and realized he hadn’t trained the entire week. They walked to a bridge that crossed over a canal and ran eight 400-meter sprints. Yes, that actually happened. It shows the drive that this superstar athlete has.

400 meters to cross a canal? Whoever told you that story added a zero to eight times 40 meters.

Bad take. T Kelce is capable of embarrassing a lot of average guys sitting on bar stool, 200m and shorter. 5K for a 34 year old NFL player? No way is he breaking 21 for 5K. I don't think T Swift can break 21, 5K. T Kelce beating her by a minute? No.

It was in Sports Illustrated, but you’re probably right.

Actually, the WSJ:

Around midnight, after 12 hours of bouncing from one designer show to another, Kelce was feeling guilty that he hadn’t done enough that day for his body. He suggested a run. Soon, a quick jog along the Seine turned into a mini-marathon, then wind sprints across empty bridges. While Paris slept, Kelce and Skacel grinded. It was cinematic, both men say, a double pump of adrenaline, like something out of Rocky. More, it was a reaffirmation of what matters most.

It seems the workout was a mini-marathon (possibly a HM?) and some wind sprints across some empty bridges. No mention of sprinting 8X400m over a canal.

Taylor would probably win in a 5k considering she does a lot of aerobic training. Travis is a big dude, probably 240+ in weight who lacks pure aerobic training despite being a hall of fame tight end. Travis would win for an 800 and under distance.

Regardless who wins somehow many anti-trans threads will appear

Swift would suffer a fracture from poor mechanics and from being on a treadmill.

If Kelce ran as far as he could, stopped and rested and repeated for 5K and you added together only his running time, he still wouldn't win. And I don't think she'd be really fast. Kind of hot local girl decently fast.

Travis would sit and kick. He’s essentially a receiver which does take some good aerobic ability. He’s also a man.

He's just so heavy. It's gotta be tough carrying all that weight around.

And we really don't know who fast she would run. I don't him running faster than 23-24 minutes- just because of his size.

I didn't really follow her treadmill thing, but what pace was she running.

I have a friend who fancies herself a marathoner. She rarely runs faster than 12-13 minutes per mile and in her 6 marathons broke 6 hours once.

It's all relative to how fast she can run.

And I think back to the days when football players would run 50 yards and have to take oxygen on the sideline.

Truly my favorite of the most annoying rebuttals on the Internet

When I was in college, the college basketball team used to have to run a mile time trial before final cuts for the walk-ons. I was taking to the guys about it and I was absolutely shocked at how fast everyone, from top to bottom, ran the mile. The guys were all in fantastic shape, but even the seven foot, 275-300+ pound guys were breaking 6:00. It ultimately turned out that the coach had them doing eight laps on a 160 meter track thinking it was a 200 meter track.

These were college basketball players. Dean Smith made his players run sub 5 in the mile just to be on the team.

Some of the wide receivers/defensive backs could probably run a decent mile.

Then, don't forget, the 5k is 3 times longer and that would make a big difference for these big guys.

There was some basketball star (I want to say Ralph Samson) who tried out for the Olympics when Smith coached and didn't break 5:00, he was cut the first day.

If he came across a chair during their race, he would sit, but there wouldn’t be a kick.