High school Jim Ryun and high school Alan Webb jump in a time machine that transports them to 2021 to race Hobbs Kessler in a mile. Ryun and Webb both get a pair of those fancy new spikes to race in.
This race will get pacers that will take the three preps through the first three laps at 2:52, the last lap is just the three boys racing. The weather is perfect.
Who goes 1-2-3 and what are their times?
I have
Kessler- 3:49
Ryun-3:51
Webb-3:52
not going to happen wrote:
High school Jim Ryun and high school Alan Webb jump in a time machine that transports them to 2021 to race Hobbs Kessler in a mile. Ryun and Webb both get a pair of those fancy new spikes to race in.
This race will get pacers that will take the three preps through the first three laps at 2:52, the last lap is just the three boys racing. The weather is perfect.
Who goes 1-2-3 and what are their times?
I have
Kessler- 3:49
Ryun-3:51
Webb-3:52
Not slower than three sub 3:50s
Ryan 3:49
Kessler 3:50
Webb 3:53
Surely Ryun wins every time? What he ran on a cinder track with the shoe technology and what was known about training and racing back in the 60's is ridiculous compared to even the Webb era let alone Kessler today.
Don't get me wrong, Webb in high school and Kessler now are amazing athletes and at the top of the talent pool for their age as runners. But surely what Ryun was doing over 50 freaking years ago is at least as good if not significantly better?
Although having said that it is always fun to debate who are the best athletes/players across eras in sports and I enjoy hearing others opinions!
Personally I think modern athletes/sports people benefit a lot from so many advances in the last 20 years (both from scientific knowledge, improved training, technology and diet, greater professionalism and money to be made, and more opportunities amongst other things).
These things don't make me think any less of them, I just think it makes it nearly impossible to compare athletes between eras.
Ryun definitely wins he is a complete phenom for what he ran for his age during his time period with the technology, track, shoes, etc. Webb and Kessler would be close
gaz_ultra wrote:
Surely Ryun wins every time? What he ran on a cinder track with the shoe technology and what was known about training and racing back in the 60's is ridiculous compared to even the Webb era let alone Kessler today.
Don't get me wrong, Webb in high school and Kessler now are amazing athletes and at the top of the talent pool for their age as runners. But surely what Ryun was doing over 50 freaking years ago is at least as good if not significantly better?
Although having said that it is always fun to debate who are the best athletes/players across eras in sports and I enjoy hearing others opinions!
Personally I think modern athletes/sports people benefit a lot from so many advances in the last 20 years (both from scientific knowledge, improved training, technology and diet, greater professionalism and money to be made, and more opportunities amongst other things).
These things don't make me think any less of them, I just think it makes it nearly impossible to compare athletes between eras.
Oh, I think what Ryun did as a highschool runner in the 60s was much more impressive than Webb in the early 2000s or Kessler now.
However, I think if Webb & Ryun hopped in a time machine and all raced each other today Kessler comes out on top with Webb & Ryun being almost a dead heat.
Ryun.
not going to happen wrote:
gaz_ultra wrote:
Surely Ryun wins every time? What he ran on a cinder track with the shoe technology and what was known about training and racing back in the 60's is ridiculous compared to even the Webb era let alone Kessler today.
Don't get me wrong, Webb in high school and Kessler now are amazing athletes and at the top of the talent pool for their age as runners. But surely what Ryun was doing over 50 freaking years ago is at least as good if not significantly better?
Although having said that it is always fun to debate who are the best athletes/players across eras in sports and I enjoy hearing others opinions!
Personally I think modern athletes/sports people benefit a lot from so many advances in the last 20 years (both from scientific knowledge, improved training, technology and diet, greater professionalism and money to be made, and more opportunities amongst other things).
These things don't make me think any less of them, I just think it makes it nearly impossible to compare athletes between eras.
Oh, I think what Ryun did as a highschool runner in the 60s was much more impressive than Webb in the early 2000s or Kessler now.
However, I think if Webb & Ryun hopped in a time machine and all raced each other today Kessler comes out on top with Webb & Ryun being almost a dead heat.
I agree with this. But when Kessler ran 3:34 he pretty much had the perfect conditions the OP described in his scenario. If there is no pacer I think Ryun wins.
Official pacers were rarely used in Ryun's era and he went to the Olympics after his junior year so he had more racing experience.
It depends on how many chances Ryun and Webb get to run in a fast race, and whether it's on national TV.
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