Anybody think Buster coulda/shoulda broken 8:00 at Pre had he not showboated?

There is no any chance to run under 8.00 min for 2 miles for white man, even for Buster.

7,59 for 2 miles - it is best of best Africans realm.

I rather think even Tyson Gay would be hard-pressed to break 8.00 for 2 miles, let alone the Bustmeister.

His celebration couldn't have cost him more than half a second, if that. He wouldn't have been close.

Webb can do it.

No way. Mottram lost maybe .25 at most, he showboated the last 25m and didn't slow much at that.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=esIV_UBEAaw

That will probably go down as his fastest performance, ever.

He starts celebrating at the 7:59 mark, and he's about 20 meters from the finish, so no.

These last two message have it correct. As long as they are not too far from the line and are not switching to having heel contact in front of the leg acting as a break, the deceleration is very modest. Think of his double as running next to him keeping the prior pace; the double edges him easily, but only be several meters. Baala was really trashed and when Webb went by he gave a very awkward attempt at matching and then gave up, and he only ended up just under 0.50 down and Webb was going pretty good.