Am I wrong in assuming this is the fastest 600m ever?? or is there some mistake??
http://www.alltime-athletics.com/m_600ok.htmIf this isn't a mistake... Why shouldn't he be able to run an amazing 800m? WOW!!
600 yards, ya big eejit!
alright, 548.64 meters... I'm sorry, I haven't seen it on TV yet, and it wasn't in the results.
That makes sense... I was very surprised when I saw it! No way Bershawn Jackson could run that!
LOL i bet somebody makes this mistake every year!
"oh shit that's an amazing 600 meter time!!" "it's 600 yards, dumbass"
it equals a low 1:18 for 600m, which is still pretty fast on that tight of a track
he ran 156 earlier this winter and you jackson tools jerked him off. there was no comp. Its a slow track and wierd distance. Hard compare it to anything.
NY runner wrote:
he ran 156 earlier this winter and you jackson tools jerked him off. there was no comp. Its a slow track and wierd distance. Hard compare it to anything.
It is a slow track, but it's sad that this can now be called a "weird distance." The 600y was a key event in American indoor meets for decades. I saw some awesome races at the distance--including 2 of the Evans/McGrady battles of ca. 1969-70 or so. One of the beauties of the event was that you could have guys meeting who would otherwise never have been in the same race. It's a shame that most indoor races are the exact same distances as used in outdoor track. The comparison is rarely good: mostly, we're impressed with how "slow" the 800 or mile is compared with the "real" outdoor records...
I think people are calling it as a weird distance because it's 600 *yards*. The 600m and 1000m -- both off-distances that aren't contested outdoors -- are still frequently run indoors.
hold the phone wrote:
I think people are calling it as a weird distance because it's 600 *yards*. The 600m and 1000m -- both off-distances that aren't contested outdoors -- are still frequently run indoors.
OK--good point about the yards vs. meters thing. However, the 1000m most certainly is contested outdoors (less than it should be, but still, it is run in some major meets). Neither one is really common indoors--it is mostly the same old 200,400,800 outdoor stuff.