RUDISHA VS BOLT IN 400 METERS !!!

rupp-certified saladbar wrote:

OWNED.

Raptured wrote:

Bolt seems to be a fair amount off his top fitness in every race that's not a championship event,

toro wrote:

OK. Subtracting his 4 Gold medal performances at 200m, Bolt has run sub 19.70 a total of 8 times.

You have to be in a fair amount of fitness to roll 19.5s and 19.6.

There have been 13 other sub 19.70 performances in history spread among 7 different men.

Every single year from 2008 - 2012 Bolt has run under 19.70 in a non-championship race.

A fair amount off his top fitness?

Bolt is always in shape during the summer.

it would be interesting to see if rudisha would change his training a bit to get down to 44x. that would make opening the 800m in 48 flat a little more comfortable... make sub 140 easier.

if ridisha knew how to follow a rabbit (on his heels) then with og shape, rudish rabbiting rudisha brings sub 140... even 139 low.

bolt eill eat rudisha... u guys mad dumb

If bolt gets lapped by rudisha, do you think he is fast enough to come back and win it?

I actually do think Tyson Gay would be a medal contender at 400m if he focused on it.

44.89 in his base training phase in mid April is pretty fast.

44.5 pretty much makes you a medal contender these days and I have no reason to think he couldn't get there.

I generaly will give the nod to a 200 runner against an 800 runner over 400m if they are at the same level in their event.

Rudisha is a speed based 800 runner which makes it interesting. But he isn't as fast as Mark Everett was and Everett couldn't quite make it as an 800m runner.

Dudas McGrudas wrote:

If bolt gets lapped by rudisha, do you think he is fast enough to come back and win it?

Yes, but only if they ran a marathon on a track.

Should be 500m.

toro wrote:

Let's fill the field. But make sure no one beats them.

Oscar Pistorius (400 paralympic champ)

Michael Johnson (400 WR 1999)

Butch Reynolds (400 WR 1988)

Lee Evans (400 WR 1968)

Sanya Richards (400 women's Olympic champ)

Zhang Lixen (wheelchair champ)

Pistorius has been cleared to travel.

So he should get a lane.

Rudisha ran 45.15 pb for 400 tonight at Oregon Twilight. What could Bolt run for 400m?

what? Rudy was there?

Amidst all that talk of Rupp I must have missed that. What a shame.

wants Rudisha Bolt showdown wrote:

Rudisha ran 45.15 pb for 400 tonight at Oregon Twilight. What could Bolt run for 400m?

If Oregon Twilight is the name of some Kenyan meet then yes he ran 45.15 there.

wants Rudisha Bolt showdown wrote:

Rudisha ran 45.15 pb for 400 tonight at Oregon Twilight. What could Bolt run for 400m?

Bolt ran 46.44 about a month ago. The 400 between the two would be a great race.

First meet Rudisha hits 45.1 in a race he rarely runs. If he bulked up a bit and trained exclusively for the 400, i bet he'd ruin the world record.

It was not in Oregon, and it was at altitude too.

Thanks for making me think I just missed seeing Rudy, you jerk. 2/10 because I fell for it.

My bad. Unintentional gaff. Had Oregon Twilight on my mind. Yeah. Nairobi. Altitude. 45.15. Pb. Season opener. Rudisha is a beast.

wowthisishsssihi wrote:

First meet Rudisha hits 45.1 in a race he rarely runs. If he bulked up a bit and trained exclusively for the 400, i bet he'd ruin the world record.

Just curious, why does bulking up help sprinters?

(Serious question. I honestly don't know anything about sprinting.)

Muscle = explosive force = faster start and greater top end speed.

The Telegraph has a story out today about who would win at 400 - Bolt or Rudisha.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/usain-bolt-worlds-fastest-man/0/who-would-win-in-a-super-race-between-usain-bolt-and-david-rudis/

Given that we knew this topic was extensively years ago on letsrun.com years ago, we thought we should post it here.

If you are just reading this thread for the first time, go back to page 1 and see what pepole had to say about Bolt. vs. Rudisha at 400.

Might be a bit of a waste since that article mentions that it would be an early season "tune up" race. Probably looking at a high 45 at best from either if that is the case. I'd love to see this take place at a late season Diamond League event.

OopsIcrappedmypants wrote:

Might be a bit of a waste since that article mentions that it would be an early season "tune up" race. Probably looking at a high 45 at best from either if that is the case. I'd love to see this take place at a late season Diamond League event.

I've seen a video of Bolt splitting 43 mid in a low key relay 4X400. He could be top of the world in the 400 if he trained for it. Rudisha is talented but he's not breaking 44. Bolt may not be able to break 5 in a mile but he'd be world class in the 400.