Concerned Citizen wrote:
He's 26. One year younger than Alan Webb.
He's not 26 he's '26'.
Concerned Citizen wrote:
He's 26. One year younger than Alan Webb.
He's not 26 he's '26'.
TIm Tebro wrote:
Just pointing out why your OP didn't make sense.
It made sense before you got your hands on it. Douchebag.
trollism wrote:
Concerned Citizen wrote:He's 26. One year younger than Alan Webb.
He's not 26 he's '26'.
Even if he is 28 or 29, I haven't given up hope. Micheal Johnson was a month shy of 32 when he set the 400 meter world record.
geezer24 wrote:
Dopers will need to get a major lead on the testers.
The dopers always have a major lead on the testers.
First a performance enhancing drug is created.
Then they they have to figure that it is out there.
Then they create a test for it.
Geez, why does doping always get brought up?
In all probability, out of ~7 billion people, there's probably some dude out there right now with the potential to run a 12:25, yet he works as a farmer in some poor country, or .
There's a young kid out in Kansas I am hearing good things about. Name's Clark Kent. Maybe he will be able to do it.
Yes of course that time will be run, and much faster times eventually. However, discussing this with most runners causes a certain amount of anxiety, they just can't understand how other runners can be so much faster than them.
El G could have done it.
He was born 30 years too early.
It's going to take the right combination of a couple of people pushing to get the WR again first. Geb had Daniel Komen to both try and get it down, after Geb got it all started, then Bekele followed Geb, believing that he could do it. E.Kipchoge hasn't really been in the mix to follow Bekele in terms of the WR, and is now seemingly past it - although maybe these youngsters (to him anyway) will inspire him for a few more years. If these two younger emerging stars (I.Koech and Alamirew) can hook up and really try to get the WR broken, then that might start it up again, but they have to get the rabbitts and races in line as well. Perhaps some of the Americans (Solinsky, Teg, Lagat, Ritz) who have run sub-13 can help by getting under 12.50 and so getting the Africans (Kenya & Ethiopia) to have more runners thinking that they can run in the 12.40's.
The complexity will be getting agents, meet directors, coaches and athletes on board that this is all possible and want to get it done. Just like the Brits of the 1980's - Ovett, Coe & Cram (all WR-holders of the 1500/mile, who never trained together and had different coaches), it's possible to get it done, but first of all you need athletes to believe that it can be done. Right now 12.50's is a long way from sub-12.30, so bridging the gap won't be easy. Also, the marathon beckons (more money available)for some Africans to move up early, which doesn't help either and the 1500m has kind of stagnated recently as well. Yet there need to be more athletes capable of running low-3.30's (and sub-7.25 for 3k))to make it all happen.
Panties in a bunch wrote:
.... first of all you need athletes to believe that it can be done.
In each decade there are only a very small number of athletes with that belief.
Sub 12:30 will be a much bigger party than 12:25.6
Round numbers.
It was a big deal when Said Aouita ran 7:29, first to run sub 60s 400m pace for 3000m.
Not as big of a deal when Moses Kiptanui ran 7:27.18 and became the first man to hold sub 4 minute mile pace for 3000m.