Like father, like son. New HS 600m record holder Will Sumner's dad also held the HS 600 record and went sub-4. Mom ran 2:00.

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Finally, IMO, a person is only going to be the very best in the world at a distance that they themselves are best at (for themselves). So, he may have the stuff to run 44-low (or even faster, I don't know), but if he isn't an absolute pure speed guy like Michael Johnson / Jeremy Wariner in the 4 or Rudisha in the 8, is he going to beat that level of competitor at those distances? Seems to me that they likely would be hard pressed to run 4:30/16:30 even after training for it, but Sumner has already done it off relatively little training.

You think Rudisha would be hard pressed to run 4:30 even after training for it? That man is sub 4:30 at any point in his life and probably sub 3:50 if trained for it. Wariner probably right around 4 flat if he trained for it. Micheal Johnson probably right around 4 if he trained for it also.

Ha! I'm sure the reason they never raced it... not a single time... was because they were just so focused on the 4s and 8s from the very beginning of their careers to the very end. Right. At least with Rudisha, I'll give you that he would be more likely to run better than Wariner and Johnson in a mile because at least he ran 8s, but even he was not nearly as competitive as even Sumner (lol) and starts falling off at 1K! So, we'll never know what Rudisha could run for a mile, but I think my conjecture is much more likely than yours. I think the reason none of them ever raced it is because they knew they would not be competitive at all. If they could run distance at all, they would have done something to show off their range either in the early years when they were finding their event or when their speed began to fade.

By your reasoning, you must think that Bolt could run a sub4 at any point and a sub3:40 if trained? I will preemptively go ahead and let you know that I disagree with that as well. :)

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