No Way wrote:
that looked EASY wrote:wow hahaha! he slows down to a near jog to let the last of the guys who pass him on the backstretch go by at 600m, then glances over his shoulder to make sure doesn't cut anyone off & hops out into lane 2. proceeds to pass back the nearly the entire field in lane 2 from 150 out, looking smooth the whole way in. that was not a guy racing/time-trialing for a fast time. it was a workout, and he made 1:53 look pretty easy.
on one hand he may not have the 200m speed of guys like James or Merritt anymore. but i seriously doubt those guys have the strength to do something similar to this at 800m right now. i am excited to see JW in the 400m now.
I agree..That did look easy. I wish the video was better so it was easier to get some better splits. I'm not sure how much he slowed down from 500-600m vs how much everyone else sped up.
Wariner was 55, 1:24, 1:53. So he ran 29/29, which tells you what happened to the dudes that rolled by him at 500m.