Um, Question:
Does Michael Johnson have golden shoes?
Um, Question:
Does Michael Johnson have golden shoes?
Tergatian wrote:
There is a reason why MJ never raced an 800. It's also the same reason why he would race the 100....and the same reason why Webb would race the 5000/10000 but not the 400.
Top level runners do not want to embarass themselves on the world stage. They race what they're good at and occasionally race outside their comfort zone (think Bekele in a mile). MJ in a top level 800 would be a total embarassment.
Wariner is no exception. He has already stated in an interview that he will never race the 800, but he often races the 200. A lot of people here just don't grasp how different the 800 is from the 400.
hahaha! you're telling me that elite athlete care more about what the public thinks of them?? compared to what would be more beneficial to them physiologically??!!!
i highly doubt any elite runner would chose popularity or "non-embarrassment" of what is physiologically correct.
bottom line? if wariners coach wanted to do an 800 to help with endurance, then jeremy weiner would be running 800's.
period.
the430miler wrote:
bottom line? if wariners coach wanted to do an 800 to help with endurance, then jeremy weiner would be running 800's.
period.
Do you really think his coach is going to ask him to race an 800 against guys that run 1:43 when he could only run a 1:50 something??? What would be the point of that??
If his coach wanted him to 800s, he could do it in practice.
Like I said, you will NEVER see Wariner race an 800. There is a reason for that.
to the max wrote:
When Johnson was in his best shape he would kill Tergat in the 800. It wouldn't even be close. Johnson's rumored to have run 1:47 in practice. There's no way the 400m world record holder loses to a 10k guy.
Now MJ and El Guerrouj over 1k would be a much more interesting race.
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Speed Kills wrote:
to the max wrote:Now MJ and El Guerrouj over 1k would be a much more interesting race.
Given that El G has something like 1:44 speed, MJ and El G over 800 would be a much more interesting race. MJ would need to match Juantorena's conversion to 800 to win.
No, it would be LESS interesting race, because Johnson would be MORE destroyed.
MJ was a 200-400 guy, indeed a rare 100-200-400 guy. Juanto was an obvious 400-800 guy.
Clearly Johnson wouldn't follow the same projection, dummy!