MikeEM wrote:
most decathletes run between 420 and 450....and i was talking about multi-training vs distance training...and bo wouldnt have trained for the 1500 because his own coach said bo was 'scared' of the 1500 and wanted to skip it...a dude with no self-discipline and that scared isnt ever going to have the nuts to train 11 mths a year and get his big behind out of bed at the crack of dawn
You're not even a professional athlete.
How pathetic.
..and you're not an athlete...even worse
MikeEM wrote:
i dont think you understand the decathlon - i only gave half of my pr's...how could you come up with a 10-event total based off half the events? and decathletes dont hit all their personal events in a given decathlon - anybody knows that....some decathletes pr totals in the events might be 8400 but their best score is 7800, for example. in 10 events you might get 2-3 pr's and some of your events might be less...it might be windy or raining or 100 degrees - all those effect your score...a 10.70 100 meter runner might run 10.90 into a headwind - in the decathlon that just cost you over 50 points
You'd qualify for nationals for the open javelin (I think) and you're pretty big, so you should be able to throw. I just said "average" in the events you didn't list. If you ran 10.8 sec 100m (based on 47 400m), threw the shot 14m, discus 40m, pole vault 4.7m (all average for the level you're talking about), with the other marks you gave that's over 8500 pts. So certainly you scored about 8300.
My son's decathlon pr was around 250 pts less than his event prs put together and I think that's pretty typical.
In any case, you would certainly have been over 8000.
Bo was good at your sport and even better at two
MUCH better.
Nobody agrees with you ON LETSRUN.... a damn track and field haven
I am
You were
Bo is a God and you are a fart
The decathlong is not enough events to determine the world's greatest athlete. There should be at least 20 and it should take a week. Track would be revived if there were week-long icosathlons that attracted great athletes from other sports.
Here are some potential added events:
) skeet catching. A randomly controlled launcher throws balls all over the place and you catch as many of them as you can.
) football throw to replace the stupid greek frisbee
) field goal. target ball kick for the england and australia footballers
) land-on-your-feet high jump. Fall over and it's foul.
) calf roping and bull riding for the rodeo people
Wigins I can't believe you forgot guns and martial arts.
to all those asking for personal info, just send me your ss# and your visa and other credit card info!! who the heck gives out personal info online? bo was a great athlete, not a great decathlete..if you all think he wouldve been the best in history, then i can only encourage you to call an experienced coach or an experienced athlete and ask them...they would know more than you. it was my life for years so i know more than you - about the decathlon. some of you really show your ignorance...you just dont understand the demands...you think if some dude and size and speed he can jump in their and blow people away...not that easy
Nobody said he was the greatest decathlete
Just the greatest athlete. Period.
You haven't convinced anybody here.
wow - great adult comeback - i know everyone is super impressed - you've added a lot to the discussion - counting you as another that couldve never completed a decathlon - at least bo completed 2 of them
MikeEM wrote:
actually people call the gold medalist in the decathlon The World's Greatest Athlete
Mike, are you trolling us?
Nobody actually believes that. The gold medalist is an amazingly great athlete. I think it's the best athletic accomplishment (or my favorite maybe). But most great athletes are going to choose a sport that brings them money and acclaim. Basil Shabazz, record sprinter whom I mentioned earlier, might have been a Bo-level football player but he chose baseball because they cut him a signing check. Mark Bradley high-jumped 7-4, long-jumped over 25 ft, and ran 13.8 hurdles in high school at 200 lbs and chose to have a mediocre by NFL standards but lucrative football career. What about RG3? Ashton Eaton may be as good an athlete as any of them, but is he automatically better because he chose track?
Again, I'm a track guy. I think the decathlon is the greatest thing ever. But there are great athletes who choose to pursue other things. Is the Tour de France winner a greater endurance athlete than the marathon record holder or the Olympic 5k champ because it's a tougher test and I like watching it more?
ok - great statement - bo was the greatest athlete. period. ok, professor, teach me and everyone how you came up with that...if someone walks up to you and says you're crazy, its michael jordan...and someone else comes up and says its adrian peterson...how do you quantify that its bo? because he batted .250 for his mlb career? HOW do you know bo is the "best athlete...period"? Explain to us.
MikeEM wrote:
ok - great statement - bo was the greatest athlete. period. ok, professor, teach me and everyone how you came up with that...if someone walks up to you and says you're crazy, its michael jordan...and someone else comes up and says its adrian peterson...how do you quantify that its bo? because he batted .250 for his mlb career? HOW do you know bo is the "best athlete...period"? Explain to us.
You are a liar
Decathlon Dad - not trolling - defending the decathlon - I respect your opinion unlike some of the morons on here just pushing buttons.
There are only 2 things I was going for here
*Bo was a great fball player and a very good bball player...we'll never know how good he wouldve been - or not been - in the decathlon - because he didnt pursue it. I think he wouldve been good, not elite. I have experience so when it comes to the decathlon, I - and you and your son - have more expertise than Joe Sports Fan that is clueless.
*The second thing was there isn't a current test of an all-around athlete out there better than the decathlon. That's why I brought up the Superstars comp earlier because, like the decathlon, it was a structured event to test versatility.
I thought you were gonna instruct us on how you chose Bo over MJ or AP or other greats...whats your measuring stick? Teach us
MikeEM wrote:
I thought you were gonna instruct us on how you chose Bo over MJ or AP or other greats...whats your measuring stick? Teach us
for the last time:
all-star in two professional sports and pretty freakin good at decathlon
that is why.
See, Decathlon Dad brought up a great point. He said RG3 was a great hurdler - state 300H record holder still, an All American as a frosh at Baylor in the 400H...if RG3 said he couldve been an olympic hurdler i'd say, "you might be right" - he was awesome - the stopwatch says he was.
But when people say that about bo - in the decathlon - thats crazy - he barely broke 6000 pts as a senior...thats nothing - theres 15 yr olds scoring higher than that - his score wasnt that good - and for track guys - they used the high school implements for his meet in alabama - 39" hurdles, 12 lb shot, smaller disc....theres guys that score 1,000 pts higher than bo - using college implements. Also, bo won it his junior year..then did roughly the same the next year...in the decathlon thats called stalling...you should always improve a lot at that age
so tell me - as in explain - how he's better than deion sanders, hof and rings in both? how do you measure? and what if herschel walker told you he coulda been an all-star and better than bo? You'd say "but you didnt do it!" thats what we say about people like bo - he didnt do it...you're just guessing on his potential - his score in alabama at 18 wouldnt be top 25 this year - he didnt do good, broseph - the decathlon measures...tell me how you measure deion vs bo - bo broke down in college and again in pro's...he wouldnt have made it through decathlon training if he's always breaking down...durability is crucial
(clarifying) at some high school decathlon meets they use the high school hurdles and shot and disc...but at other high school meets - golden west and jr nationals - they'll use the college hurdles and college shot and disc
fake sport? try one, gutless.
and 'nobody agrees'...you're the letsrun spokesperson? how do you know what everyone reading this is thinking? did you take a poll?
(i know you're not gonna do one but try one event - pole vault - run full speed holding at 15 feet and plant into an 8" box and go upside down a clear a bar without killing yourself....just once)