Duane Solomon ran 10.84 and 21.96 earlier this year?

rupp-certified salaadbar wrote:

HardLoper wrote:

Let me know when 1:42 man Solomon runs sub-11 first?

You are an idiot.

Um, he ran 10.84 in March. Pay attention when the grown-ups are talking.

Wasn't the same Duane.

coach d wrote:

But distance runners keep trying to make believe they're fast like sprinters, when in actual fact they'd be scared to even line up against us.

Well yea, but most decent distance runners are still naturally better sprinters than 99% of the population.

Pacifico wrote:

I know Coe used a series of 10 X 200m as a good indicator of where he was in his build up. If memory serves, they were all around 24/25 sec with about 30 -40 sec recovery between each. He used to go all out on the last one. His best was 21.7, which he did in 81 and managed again at the Europeans in 86.

I'm not sure if he had a rolling start, but considering it was at the end of a training session, I would imagine he could run sub 22 easily in a one off race from blocks in peak form.

You are an idiot.

Blocks vs rolling start is roughly a second slower. FOR SPRINTERS.

How the fvck do you think Coe, with no reason to have any starting ability, would "easily" be less that 0.3s off of his flying 200 best?

Definitely not an idiot. However I take your point.

I would contend that any guy with 10.5x 100 speed and 45.xx 400 endurance should be able to go sub 21.

You're having a few problems with your reading comprehension again Venty! And with the swearing too I see.

I clearly wrote that there was no mention of a rolling start. It could just as well be off a standing start.

Even if it was a rolling start, he ran a 21.7 at the end of a series of 10 X 200m with only 30-40 secs rest between them, all in 24/25 secs. You really think he couldn't run significantly faster over 200m at the peak of a season in a one off race while fresh?

Coe split 22.1 for 200m when he ran a 45.6 relay leg from a standing start after stumbling and hobbling at the takeover, at the Palace in early 81. If he can do that and continue running another 200 in 23.5, easing up at the end, then he can certainly break 22 sec in a one off race from a stationary start for 200m.

rupp-certified salaadbar wrote:

Pacifico wrote:

I know Coe used a series of 10 X 200m as a good indicator of where he was in his build up. If memory serves, they were all around 24/25 sec with about 30 -40 sec recovery between each. He used to go all out on the last one. His best was 21.7, which he did in 81 and managed again at the Europeans in 86.

I'm not sure if he had a rolling start, but considering it was at the end of a training session, I would imagine he could run sub 22 easily in a one off race from blocks in peak form.

You are an idiot.

Blocks vs rolling start is roughly a second slower. FOR SPRINTERS.

How the fvck do you think Coe, with no reason to have any starting ability, would "easily" be less that 0.3s off of his flying 200 best?

No, the world's leading 100m runners are a second faster when already near top speed in a relay as they hit the 100m mark. That's nowhere near the same comparison to someone who has 2 or 3 steps at the beginning of a series of intervals. If someone runs a 21.7 with a couple of steps start, then you can add about 0.5 to it. But if it's at the end of a series with short recoveries between, then that pretty much cancels out that 0.5 secs.