The best way to show how good the elites are is to put a "lucky fan" from the crowd onto the track to run as well. It would be hilarious to see a semi-fit track fan trying to run the first lap of a 1500...
It is the same with boxing. If you really want to show the power of boxers, just allow fans to "try a round" with the pros. Televise that and you'd see very clearly that pro athletes are a different species.
Ruxton Towers XC wrote:
The best way to show how good the elites are is to put a "lucky fan" from the crowd onto the track to run as well. It would be hilarious to see a semi-fit track fan trying to run the first lap of a 1500...
It is the same with boxing. If you really want to show the power of boxers, just allow fans to "try a round" with the pros. Televise that and you'd see very clearly that pro athletes are a different species.
I don't think you understand what 'The best way to show how good elites are' means. Or 'lucky fan' for that matter. Letting yourself get humiliated in a 1500 or literally killed by a pro boxer? What would that show?
That is ridiculous sir!
Ever watch a marathon where they are running 4:40 pace and it looks like they are jogging?
Then you see some shlub running next to them for 50 yards, going all out and falling behind.
That gives a great perspective of how fast they are running.
In the 2016 1500m they ran the first 1000m in 2:47 and it looked painfully slow.
Let people try to run a 2:47 1000 and see how it feels.
You want to get excited by how fast something is and feels and sounds, go to a NASCAR or Indy car race. Not watch a bunch of bipeds drive their feet into the ground.
Starr wrote:
In the 2016 1500m they ran the first 1000m in 2:47 and it looked painfully slow.
Let people try to run a 2:47 1000 and see how it feels.
This is one of the great things about Track and Field/Other running. Anyone can try it for themselves and see how they compare. Even with the field events, though you may need permission from the local high school coach to let you try shot or pole vault.
There's no one at my local tennis court or basketball pickup game who can really make me understand how good Federer or Jordan were. And I don't really want to know how it feels to get hit by Tyson or tackled by LT.
A not so great thing is that I can try a lap around the track and understand how much slower I am than years ago. At least with other sports I can fool myself into thinking I haven't lost that much.