100m: 30 year old. Probably something like mid 14s for the 30-year old vs. low 15s for the 13 year old. I've seen lots of fat guys who could sprint fast.
Mile: tossup. The man and the boy will be around 9 flat.
5K: 13 year old. The borderline obese man will struggle to finish the race.
100m: 30 year old. Probably something like mid 14s for the 30-year old vs. low 15s for the 13 year old. I've seen lots of fat guys who could sprint fast.
Mile: tossup. The man and the boy will be around 9 flat.
5K: 13 year old. The borderline obese man will struggle to finish the race.
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The 'median' 30 year old cannot run a sub 15 second 100m. Probably not sub 20 second.
The median 30 year old is probably overweight and hasn't done any form of exercise since school, so I'm going to go with the 13 year old for all of them.
The median 30 year old is probably overweight and hasn't done any form of exercise since school, so I'm going to go with the 13 year old for all of them.
The median 30 year old is at least overweight, since 73% of all Americans are overweight. There is no way that he will run a whole mile at all no matter of the time.
But the 13 year old average boy is probably just a tiny bit better since he is overweight too.
It's always funny to see here that people overestimate what "average" people could run. We runners here in this forum are a fairly small group of very fit people. In that regard there is nothing average about us.
The median 30 year old is probably overweight and hasn't done any form of exercise since school, so I'm going to go with the 13 year old for all of them.
The median 30 year old is at least overweight, since 73% of all Americans are overweight. There is no way that he will run a whole mile at all no matter of the time.
But the 13 year old average boy is probably just a tiny bit better since he is overweight too.
It's always funny to see here that people overestimate what "average" people could run. We runners here in this forum are a fairly small group of very fit people. In that regard there is nothing average about us.
The median 30 year old is probably overweight and hasn't done any form of exercise since school, so I'm going to go with the 13 year old for all of them.
The median 30 year old is probably overweight and hasn't done any form of exercise since school, so I'm going to go with the 13 year old for all of them.
This would have been my suggestion as well.
Median 30 year old easily wins the 100. How much fitness do you need to sprint for 15-18 seconds? It's not a 400 or even a 200.
13 year old wins anything longer than that, though.
Median 30 year old easily wins the 100. How much fitness do you need to sprint for 15-18 seconds? It's not a 400 or even a 200.
13 year old wins anything longer than that, though.
In most countries ALL 13 year olds play sports at school and many do additional sports in their sparetime. Usually soccer or in any case almost always a team sport that involves sprints. Even the non-overweight 30 year olds today typically hits the gym for weightlifting or does "cardio", no sprints. 100 m is too long to test sprint ability, such tests are done with 30-40m and flying start. I am not as sure about the 100m as about the other distances but I'd expect more 30 yo to bungle the start and I expect more to fade badly after 60 m. When I was 13 in the mid-1980s I had been running track for about a year and ran 14.5 (on cinder track). I think most avid soccer players from my class were faster so I might have been slightly better than median but not much. Does the median 30 yo ran a 14.5 100m or faster? I honestly don't know but I think the sketch above of school sports beating modern fitness (weights and cardio) for sprint is plausible.
The median 30 year old is probably overweight and hasn't done any form of exercise since school, so I'm going to go with the 13 year old for all of them.
The median 30 year old is at least overweight, since 73% of all Americans are overweight. There is no way that he will run a whole mile at all no matter of the time.
But the 13 year old average boy is probably just a tiny bit better since he is overweight too.
It's always funny to see here that people overestimate what "average" people could run. We runners here in this forum are a fairly small group of very fit people. In that regard there is nothing average about us.
Yea exactly, op said median. Median 30 y/o on this country....can barely break into a stride.
Median 13 year old is hitting puberty, normal weight, and doing some random sport in middle school. Median 30 year old is obese and hasn't done any exercise the last year except for a work kickball match.
The median 13 yr old is NOT playing ANY sport in school. I have no idea where ya'll are getting this info. The median 13 yr old does ZERO physical activity and is probably playing video games or scrolling on his phone.
Granted, the median 30 yr old is not much better but testosterone is KING and the 30 yr old still has a lot of it. 30yr old by a mile in any physical event.
A more interesting comparison would be the median 13yr old boy v 13yr old girl. Physically, they can be very similar at this age unless they are training or playing a sport.
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Median 30 year old easily wins the 100. How much fitness do you need to sprint for 15-18 seconds? It's not a 400 or even a 200.
13 year old wins anything longer than that, though.
In most countries ALL 13 year olds play sports at school and many do additional sports in their sparetime. Usually soccer or in any case almost always a team sport that involves sprints. Even the non-overweight 30 year olds today typically hits the gym for weightlifting or does "cardio", no sprints. 100 m is too long to test sprint ability, such tests are done with 30-40m and flying start. I am not as sure about the 100m as about the other distances but I'd expect more 30 yo to bungle the start and I expect more to fade badly after 60 m. When I was 13 in the mid-1980s I had been running track for about a year and ran 14.5 (on cinder track). I think most avid soccer players from my class were faster so I might have been slightly better than median but not much. Does the median 30 yo ran a 14.5 100m or faster? I honestly don't know but I think the sketch above of school sports beating modern fitness (weights and cardio) for sprint is plausible.
Yeah, the sweet spot for the 30 year old would be the 60m dash. IMO, he has a 70-80% chance of winning that.
Anything shorter is a coin toss, and anything longer, the 13 yo takes it.
The median 13 yr old is NOT playing ANY sport in school. I have no idea where ya'll are getting this info. The
To my knowledge many countries have some obligatory sports participation in school. Not playing for a select team but a few hours PE or similar every week. It's also the case that for kids that age club sports (or more competitive school sports) are still quite common. It is probably correct that many kids are less fit than they used to be but this is also true for 30 year olds. And, as I said, sprints are parts of most team sports but not part of most current moderate fitness regimes, rather weightlifting and slow "cardio", both tend to make you worse at sprints; so even many fit 30 yo will be relatively bad at sprints. As there are naturally explosive types who will retain this ability at 30, the 100m will be closer than in the other events but there are also "naturals" among 13 yo.
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