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How come those guys endurance was so bad compare to CD? CD runs a 3:39 with 54s 400m. Or 4.5s slower. Why couldn't Mo run a 54.5s pace (3:24) or cram 52.5 (3:17 pace ) ? Do you think it is more likely that CD endurance is so much better or do you think it is more likely that you underestimated CD 400m PR by 2s or so?
Yes some people are slower than others despite similar times.. Compare Crams 400m pr to a speed guy like Mark Everett and he is a slug. Start looking at the all the enduranced based 800m guys and he is running roughly the same 3.5-4.5s off their 400m "PR" that the rest of them do. I expect that CD is the same 7-8s off his 400m PR at 1500m as the rest of the guys are. Heck maybe he is a monster at 6s (i.e a 52.5s 400m pr). But when you start suggesting that he is running 1500m with time differences that most elite endurance guys would struggle to do for 800m/1000m, your pushing believability.
At a high level we have no clue about what the basic speed of most distance guys is. It isn't like they ever rest up for a couple days and run a 400m all out. At best we get some 200/400ms at the end of a workout or some HS relay time...
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