Alahna Sabbakhan, Univ. of Virginia track athlete (400m, 800m), defeated a man who said he could beat her in a race

DanM wrote:

A man who challenged Division 1 track and field athlete Alahna Sabbakhan to a foot race was swiftly defeated in a viral video that illustrates why female athletes should never be underestimated.

The University of Virginia runner raced a friend of her boyfriend's who "refused to believe that a woman could beat him in a race," as she explained in the video, shared Dec. 17 with more than one million likes.

The man who challenged her, who she's now "cool" with, took the loss well, she says.

"He wasn't like, 'Oh, that wasn't fair.' He was like, 'Yeah, that was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life,'" she says. "I feel like it was just a really good learning experience. It showed people that they need to stop underestimating us — as in track athletes, female athletes."

Link:www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/man-...

DanM wrote:

A man who challenged Division 1 track and field athlete Alahna Sabbakhan to a foot race was swiftly defeated in a viral video that illustrates why female athletes should never be underestimated.

The University of Virginia runner raced a friend of her boyfriend's who "refused to believe that a woman could beat him in a race," as she explained in the video, shared Dec. 17 with more than one million likes.

The man who challenged her, who she's now "cool" with, took the loss well, she says.

"He wasn't like, 'Oh, that wasn't fair.' He was like, 'Yeah, that was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life,'" she says. "I feel like it was just a really good learning experience. It showed people that they need to stop underestimating us — as in track athletes, female athletes."

Link:www.today.com/health/diet-fitness/man-...

man son wrote:

Just the opposite. People think women are as good as men. My son ran 51 and 1:53 this year in HS. Several of my friends don't believe that he could beat every woman in the world in the 800. They think I am making it up.

man son wrote:

Just the opposite. People think women are as good as men. My son ran 51 and 1:53 this year in HS. Several of my friends don't believe that he could beat every woman in the world in the 800. They think I am making it up.

not surprising at all wrote:

Why is this surprising? It is common knowledge that high-level female athletes will beat average males. If you took every male student at the University of Florida and lined them up against Parker Valby in a 5000m, I bet less than 1% of them would beat her. Does anyone seriously think that many guys can just go out and run 4:48 pace for 3.1 miles without doing serious training? Look at the Carlsbad 5K this year: in the open race, only three men out of 1794 runners ran sub-15:00, and only five out of 11 in the Elite race did. These are runners, not just average Joe off the street who thought he could beat a female track athlete.

Of course, this female would get beaten by 99+% of male collegiate track runners in her event.

Lomez wrote:

man son wrote:

Just the opposite. People think women are as good as men. My son ran 51 and 1:53 this year in HS. Several of my friends don't believe that he could beat every woman in the world in the 800. They think I am making it up.

This. I was a 1:55 guy at the time and I remember in high school constantly being asked if i could beat the top girl in our state. People don’t understand track. (She was a stud and her prs were better comparatively, but obviously not head to head.)

Its a cool story though. I’m sure the guy she beat is the same type who thinks top football players could beat Bolt or that Lebron could win high jump gold.

potatah wrote:

It's a pretty funny video though. He really thought he could with no training and no warm-up and he brought friends and family to witness.

not surprising at all wrote:

Why is this surprising? It is common knowledge that high-level female athletes will beat average males. If you took every male student at the University of Florida and lined them up against Parker Valby in a 5000m, I bet less than 1% of them would beat her. Does anyone seriously think that many guys can just go out and run 4:48 pace for 3.1 miles without doing serious training? Look at the Carlsbad 5K this year: in the open race, only three men out of 1794 runners ran sub-15:00, and only five out of 11 in the Elite race did. These are runners, not just average Joe off the street who thought he could beat a female track athlete.

Of course, this female would get beaten by 99+% of male collegiate track runners in her event.

run a marathon wrote:

At least she provides video proof of the event, Molly Seidel just makes up fake stories.

man son wrote:

Just the opposite. People think women are as good as men. My son ran 51 and 1:53 this year in HS. Several of my friends don't believe that he could beat every woman in the world in the 800. They think I am making it up.

Hcbingo wrote:

Damn 57 for a 400m, he sucks

shoulda raced her in a 40 or 100 to have an actual chance

Hcbingo wrote:

Damn 57 for a 400m, he sucks

shoulda raced her in a 40 or 100 to have an actual chance