Genuine question, are you accusing spikes of being supershoes? I was under the impression that supershoes are like the vaporflies, cloudwhatevers etc. Just wondering what is being accused here.
Its worth noting that the world population has gone up from ~5 billion in 1990 to ~8 billion today. Theoretically there should be almost twice as many fast people today as there were 35 years ago. Additionally, nearly every sport is seeing an increase in the quality of athletes, probably due to increasing availability of training advice and more opportunities to compete.
Its worth noting that the world population has gone up from ~5 billion in 1990 to ~8 billion today. Theoretically there should be almost twice as many fast people today as there were 35 years ago. Additionally, nearly every sport is seeing an increase in the quality of athletes, probably due to increasing availability of training advice and more opportunities to compete.
Population increase doesn’t explain the dramatic decrease in the times we are seeing in distance races. It may mean more fast runners, but not the improvement in times. Also, keep in mind, sprinters haven’t shown the same dramatic improvement during the same period
What's Justyn Knight running these days? He should be faster since he shouldn't have peaked at age 22. Is he running a lot faster than 7:44 now?
The fastest guys in the world are only around 7:25-7:30, just like a decade ago. Yet a decade ago the fastest NCAA guys were only 7:45-7:50. So the top NCAA guys used to be 20 seconds slower than the fastest in the world, now they're only 10 seconds slower. To me that means the NCAA runners are faster than ever right now, compared to the top guys in the world. Same with the 1500. The world lead the past few years has been 3:27-3:28 just like normal. Top NCAA guys used to be around 3:40, over 10 seconds slower than the fastest in the world. Now we've got NCAA guys within 5 seconds of the world lead.
not true
2018: 1st Barega 7:36.6/Gebrhiwet 7:37.9
2024: 1st Barega 7:25.8/2nd Wale 7:26.7
Stats are stats…
There was a streak around 2016 when no one was really running fast indoor times. Go look at 2011/2012/2013, tons of times around 7:30 with some 7:20’s. Now it seems there are way more people trying to run fast indoors. And even in those years Americans were near the front with guys like hill, Rupp, and lagat running around 7:30-7:33. So I’m not shocked a decade later there are some college guys still running five seconds slower than that
Its worth noting that the world population has gone up from ~5 billion in 1990 to ~8 billion today. Theoretically there should be almost twice as many fast people today as there were 35 years ago. Additionally, nearly every sport is seeing an increase in the quality of athletes, probably due to increasing availability of training advice and more opportunities to compete.
Population increase doesn’t explain the dramatic decrease in the times we are seeing in distance races. It may mean more fast runners, but not the improvement in times. Also, keep in mind, sprinters haven’t shown the same dramatic improvement during the same period
Uhhh neither have US pro marathoners. Or half marathon runners. Or 10k runners.
Was Justyn Knight one of the fastest guys in the world? It wouldn't be shocking if the current fastest 3k and 5k guys in the NCAA made global finals in the 5k this year at the olympics. Let's acknowledge that there are some absolute studs in the NCAA right now. A decade ago no one doing well at the olympics was in the NCAA or their first year out. Now tons of guys at the front of the world ranks are from the NCAA the past five years. Also the average age of the top NCAA athletes is older now than it was in 2018 due to covid years and higher rates of red-shirts.
Ya, Wil Smith from Gongaza is a monster. 7:44.97 (ranked 20th). Faster than Knight.
Although he will not be running the 3000m at NCAA (did not qualify). Expect him to be an Olympic finalist in Paris (like Knight was).
Not…
Alright you’re drunk. Expect will to go to the marathon soon.
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