I just watched some videos off of Jeremy Wariner's website and watching him run some relays and races his speed is incredible . No matter how big the gap is he closes it quickly. But don't get me wrong Bekele can throw down a blistering pace when push comes to shove. I would want Wariner's speed and move up to the half.
I'll take Jim Ryun's speed over both those two.
why?
bekele is faster than ryun (mile and up)
hmmmmmmmm lets see Bekele vs Wariner??? hmmmmmmmmm EASY!! bekele silly! wariner is not setting any world records and warnier is only GREAT for one event...Bekele is great for A BUNCH(10k,5k,xc short and long).
wariner, bc he gets more black chix....The 400 is the man's event, dont let anybody tell u different...
Wariner. I'd try an 800.
Wariner. I'd try an 800.
fruit by the foot, 7th f-ball wrote:
why?
bekele is faster than ryun (mile and up)
I'd rather be Jim Ryun though. At age 20 he had range from 46.9 in the 440y to 8:25 in the 2-mile. In between that, of course, was 1:44.9 in the 880y, 3:33.1 in the 1500 and 3:51.1 in the mile. And all of that on dirt/cinder tracks! To me, having range from 400-3200 is more impressive than having range from 4K-12K.
Why, if you are best in the world at 400, would you want to run 800? He is obviously a 200/400 type. He should work on getting the world 400 record rather than try to move up to an event that he may not be best suited for.
I have no doubt whatsoever that if Bekele put his mind to it he could go under 3.33 in the 1500 and 3.51 in the mile (Man the guy threw in a 2.35 kilometre at 6k in his recent world record!)... Hopefully he'll have a bit of fun expanding his range of races next (non-championship ) year!
If I lived in the ghetto, i'd want Wariner's speed.
But, things as they are, i'd prefer Bekele.
REFISH wrote:
Why, if you are best in the world at 400, would you want to run 800? He is obviously a 200/400 type.
Wariner is not a 200/400 type- he's just a 400m type. His 200m best wouldn't lead the high school list.
I would rather have Wariner's speed (i.e. be fast at the 400m rather than longer distances).
adsfjdfd wrote:
If I lived in the ghetto, i'd want Wariner's speed.
But, things as they are, i'd prefer Bekele.
You do realize that probably 1/2 the guys in the Ghetto have Wariner's speed right? Seriously, those guys can sprint & hurdle fences with TV's like it's nothing.
Keep in mind, Bekele's "speed" got him walked-down in the final stretch of the 5,000m final in Athens last year.
Wyco,
You would know about the ghetto, being from the Dot, wouldn't you?
Yes my friend. I'm from the Dot, Proud & True.
Only in the Dot, would you get in a fight with someone in the middle of a run... after they run you off the road with their car (on more than one occasion)... or get chased down the road for a few miles by a car load of guys at 1 AM.
What do you know about the Dot?
slight pronator wrote:
REFISH wrote:Why, if you are best in the world at 400, would you want to run 800? He is obviously a 200/400 type.
Wariner is not a 200/400 type- he's just a 400m type. His 200m best wouldn't lead the high school list.
I thought I heard that Wariner might try some 200s next year.
I doubt Wariner would run the 800m. For one thing, I think he is more sprinter than endurance; second, there is no glamor in the 800m.
I know that I live in the Dot as well, and I don't like running after dark.
Imagine if Bekele was a white kid named Mike Smith or something. He would be a national celebrity.