I'm pretty certain there are sub-4 guys who would struggle to break 1:55, but they're the 5k/10k types who would never race an 800 in the first place.
I'm pretty certain there are sub-4 guys who would struggle to break 1:55, but they're the 5k/10k types who would never race an 800 in the first place.
Depends. About 1:49.
Eugene the Ex-Drinking Machine wrote:
Depends. About 1:49.
Yeah, maybe 1:50 point, but no slower. The guys who think some guy who can crack 4 is merely a 1:55 guy (not training for the 800 admittedly) are way off. They like to believe this because they think it gives them a chance to break 4, to feel as if they could do it under the right circumstances. No way. Anyone who can break 4 in the mile is likely in 1:51 "shape" at minimum, and if their PR is slower than that, it's either from years earlier or they were out of shape when running the two lapper.
HansfromHolland wrote:Sub 1:50 is the minimum level to to break 4:00/3:42, I think. What's wrong with that?
the mathematical equivalent of 3'42.00 is
1'49.34
from here :
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=5550811&page=0this doesn't answer the original question as that has a range, but it's worth knowing the exact mathematical equivalent & i can assure you they are exact, not variable made up stats looking at lists as the iaaf/hungarian or physiology based as macmillan's are
InconvenientFactsHurt wrote:
Yeah, maybe 1:50 point, but no slower. The guys who think some guy who can crack 4 is merely a 1:55 guy (not training for the 800 admittedly) are way off. They like to believe this because they think it gives them a chance to break 4, to feel as if they could do it under the right circumstances. No way.
No way, the bias works the other way around. There are lots of guys who could break 4 but would never have any reason to run an 800, because if they did it would be 1:54 plus. Ritz might be one of those guys, maybe 1:53 and 3:57. Abdi was probably like that too.