Armstronglivs wrote:
Gunndar wrote:
Nobody asserted that peaking was reserved for Gold Medalists so it is a bit odd that you are debating against that notion.
It was asserted that there is no higher peak than an Olympic gold therefore implying that any runner (like Amos, who was the example given) who hasn't won an Olympic gold hasn't peaked.
A world record is a higher peak than any gold medal, even an artificially scarce olympic gold.
OozmaKappa wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
It was asserted that there is no higher peak than an Olympic gold therefore implying that any runner (like Amos, who was the example given) who hasn't won an Olympic gold hasn't peaked.
A world record is a higher peak than any gold medal, even an artificially scarce olympic gold.
A peak is pretty much what you consider it to be, but it is usually the highest level of achievement for any athlete. The point raised in the thread is that some peak young and never get any better.
Plot a runner's time across their lifetime and the flip the chart upside down. The highest peak is the highest peak. If Hocker had one Olympic Gold in 3:50 and then ran 3:30 in 22, 3:29 in 23, 3:28 in 24, 3:27 in 25 and then dropped off 1 second every year after that, he peaked in 2025. Those are facts.
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