Mo Greene Mile

If he broke 5:00 I'd have been surprised.

I would be really surprised if he could even break 6.

? wrote:

I would be really surprised if he could even break 6.

Yep, doubt he could even do that.

Come on guys, I'd be surprised if he didn't break 4. He can run sub 10 for 100 meters, 15 seconds per 100 would feel SO EASY!

Are you guys idiots? He is a world class athlete who obviously had 44/45 second quarter speed, which means he would smash 2 minutes in the 800. 4:20 is about right. All he does is work out every day on a track. 6 minutes? Wow are you dumb. He could run at least 4 of those in a row. He's not obese, he's muscular

Not Break 6??? He's one of the fastest humans ever. Do you know how many high school girls can break 6? A ton. And you think a 45 second quarter miler can't break 6? Moron. Do you know how slow a 60 second quarter is for Maurice Green? Reeeeaaaaallly slow. And he can't do the next 3 laps in 5 minutes? C'mon! He would easily be sub 4:30. EASILY

I give him 5:30 at best, followed by spraying his spikes down with a fire extinquisher.

Splits

400- 70 (15-20-18-17)

800- 2:40 (90) (20, 22, 22, 24)

1200- 4:10 (90) (23, 23, 22, 22)

1600- 5:30 (80) (22, 23, 25.2, 9.8)

When did Greene run a 44 second 400m? I never heard of him racing over 200m, even that was not so common.

Maybe 5:20; probably comparable to a coasting Dan O'Brien in his heyday after he's wrapped up a decathlon after nine events.

TFG wrote:

I give him 5:30 at best, followed by spraying his spikes down with a fire extinquisher.

Splits

400- 70 (15-20-18-17)

800- 2:40 (90) (20, 22, 22, 24)

1200- 4:10 (90) (23, 23, 22, 22)

1600- 5:30 (80) (22, 23, 25.2, 9.8)

If he ran a mile without stopping, there's no way his splits would look like this. No matter how (relatively) slow he went out, he'd be dying at the half mile because he wouldn't be prepared for the distance.

I think that his best bet would be Gallowalking. If he ran a 400 at a time and walked a few seconds in between he would probably be faster than if he ran the 4 laps without stopping. It would be mentally easier, and he wouldn't die as badly at the end.

regardless of what his splits are through the whole run, he still runs sub 10 for the last 100 meters to bitch kick the JV kids.

I heard that Lee Evans once ran a 4:27 mile.

I'd shit my pants in public if Mo Greene has ever broke 5 min. in the mile. With a small dose of distance training, I'm sure he could accomplish such a feat. Doubt he has though.

Think back to your days in high school PE and how many of your classmates in high tops could make "group 1" in the 12 minute run. Now think about a guy like Mo Greene, a world class ATHLETE running a mile in his top condition. Yea, he's loaded with fast twitch muscle fibers, but a guy like that could easily go sub 5

You don't come to letsrun.com and talk to a man like Mo Greene like that!

yetanotherchick wrote:I think that his best bet would be Gallowalking. If he ran a 400 at a time and walked a few seconds in between he would probably be faster than if he ran the 4 laps without stopping. It would be mentally easier, and he wouldn't die as badly at the end.

You guys need to race some of the 100-200m sprinters on your track teams sometime. You will win over the mile, every time. EVERY time. Even if you are the slowest miler on your team. You MIGHT have a problem at 800m. You would probably crush them at 1200m, as well. These guys are simply not adapted to running "fast" (like, 70 second 400m pace) at all. Their wheels come completely off after 800m..

Samkon Gado wrote:

? wrote:

I would be really surprised if he could even break 6.

Yep, doubt he could even do that.

Are you people smoking crack? You're basically saying that a world class sprinter couldn't beat an average JV girl in the mile.

It is true that Mo is not adapted to long distance running, but it is hilarious to think that he couldn't run at least close to 5:00 with no training, probably much faster. It's so true that he could've run a 400 in 45. If you don't think that someone who can run a quarter in 45 can run under 5:30 for a mile, you just don't understand how the human body works.

With a few weeks of training, I'm sure he could run 4:30 ish. 4:20 might take some work, but maybe I'm just biased because I ran about 4:20.