In the clip of the race the commentator gives his 50m split as 5.69 - he mentions it as they are showing the replay. So the person who broke down the splits above is correct, and so is the stat in the title of the thread - 8.72 from 50-150m. Looks like he was at his top speed from past the 50 thru 100m or so, held the speed well to 150m, and ground it out with pure strength the last 50. Amazing.
ya..... wrote:
That is physically impossible to be at 5.5 or 5.4 at the 50 meter mark. When Bolt ran 9.69, which is quite a bit faster than the 9.88 Gay opened up with, Bolt ran 5.66. So to say Gay ran even close to 5.5 for his first 50 is just ludicrous.
no
look at the table on this page :
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discussion/viewtopic.php?p=577820#p577820bolt clocked 5.50
PLEASE tell me you didn't forget to add in reaction time? Please? I want you to retain the little credibility you have left.
Bad Area wrote:
Maybe it's because I'm exhausted, but even if he did split 14.41 for 150, the 8.72 makes the splits confusing. That would put the first 50m at 5.69. Isn't that slow for a first 50m and then incredibly fast for the next 50?
5.69
4.19 (9.88)
4.53 (14.41)
5.00 (19.41)
yes, 5.69 is slow for 50m
at his pace, he'd likely cover next 10m in 0.84 - 0.85s, which is 6.53 - 6.54s for 60m which usually converts to ~ 10.06 - 10.08s
he therefore ran the 50 - 100m at pace expected of
(9.88 * 2 ) - 10.06 to 10.08 = 9.68 to 9.70 !!!
& remember, this was into a 0.4 wind, which woud knock another ~ 0.02s off that range
also bear in mind he hasn't done all his speedwork yet ( started off with 400s this year ), so that can get faster !
the key is still to find a start for him - if he does, he definitely can run 9.5 this year
ya..... wrote:
PLEASE tell me you didn't forget to add in reaction time? Please? I want you to retain the little credibility you have left.
moron
you take the gun-to-50m time for his 50m time, which of course includes the rt - add up the splits in the table
YOU DON'T SUBTRACT RT
Exactly, now go back to your source and add up all the splits, INCLUDING the reaction time, and report back to me. There will be a test on this on Wednesday, so be ready.
ya..... wrote:
Exactly, now go back to your source and add up all the splits, INCLUDING the reaction time, and report back to me. There will be a test on this on Wednesday, so be ready.
....dude why would reaction time slow the overall clock time down? Do they add "reaction time" to bolts 9.59?
Am I missing something?
Yes you are missing the entire point. The difference between 5.50 without reaction time, and 5.69 WITH reaction time is tremendous when figuring out 10m splits in the race.
moron
bolt split 5.50 in peking
tyson split 5.69 in england
are you too stoopid to understand this ???
This has to to the most argumentative topic yet! We already know who is faster anyway, right?
This has to be the most argumentative topic yet! We already know who is faster anyway, right?
Equinox2100 wrote:
ya..... wrote:Exactly, now go back to your source and add up all the splits, INCLUDING the reaction time, and report back to me. There will be a test on this on Wednesday, so be ready.
....dude why would reaction time slow the overall clock time down? Do they add "reaction time" to bolts 9.59?
Am I missing something?
What do you mean by that? The gun goes off, the clock starts and the athlete reacts to the noise and leaves their block. The reaction time is the first .1XX of the race.