Bershawn Busts an 800

Deuce McFeagleNuts wrote:

Half this board would make I love peeps his bitch. Myself included.

Not that thats really saying very much, but still...

Yeah, but we'll never get the chance because we can't race in the special olympics.

Deuce McFeagleNuts wrote:

Half this board would make I love peeps his bitch. Myself included.

Not that thats really saying very much, but still...

what does that have to do with a 1:55 by one of the best 400h athletes in the world? he's also 5'8", and petite, silly goose, so moving up to an 8 wouldn't be so different.

OTTL

So what? He ran 1:55. It was only a workout and only wanted to run fast enough to win. I seriously doubt anyone posting on this board could beat him in an 800.

Just imagine what Jeremy Wariner would run if he ran the 800 one time

dunna nunna nunna nunna bat man!

I had put an /sarcasm at the end, but it didn't get put in the post.

My last post should read:

/sarcasm at the end of the post.

It very interesting to see the comments from people who may or may not have a idea of trainning cycles and how you prepare for an olympic year. Some of the comments were out of pocket, especialy if you dont know what he was attemping to accomplish in his race. Yes hes a small guy, but has big heart, and his stature should have no bearing on what he was doing or what he ran. So did it ever cross your minds that he may have been just focusing on the first 400,500 or 600m of the 800. These are the things you do in races and early competitions to make sure your on schedule for what your final goal is, so people please get an understanding before you make critisisims and not know the facts.

I love peeps wrote:

sub 10 100 guys moving up to the 400 routinely break 46.

really? I can think of maybe 2 sub-10 guys EVER to break 46 for 400m. there may be one or two more, but I think to say they do it 'routinely' is strtching the imagonation a fair bit

dropout wrote:

I love peeps wrote:

anything less than 1:48 for a 400 hurdler is joke.

sub 10 100 guys moving up to the 400 routinely break 46. 400h to 800 is a much smaller jump than 100 to 400. Most coaches would agree.

1:55 is a f****** joke.

was he carrying Big Momma on his back? I could have rolled him, bad. Then gotten DQ'ed for taunting him.

It was indoors, peeps. And he won.

A few years back Fred Sharpe while at Auburn, an NCAA medallist in the 400mH (48.+), ran 1:47.+ indoors for the 800 (he also medalled in that event at the NCAA Indoors)

that may well be the case, but where is fred sharpe's world championship gold medal?

if bershawn runs 47.1 and wins in beijing, i'm sure he won't give a s**t about his 1:55 800 indoors in january. he is a 400 hurdler, what he does for an 800 doesn't matter apart from how it affects his 400h

Harry Kooter wrote:

inquirerer wrote:

for someone to start a thread talking about someone 'busting' a 1:55 800m, it surely couldn't be a college or open guy; that time is nothing special.

It would be an impressive 800 time for, say, a 400m hurdler though.

Jackson's been 1:16 for the 600 I think, so a 1:55 isn;t that great, but a nice hard effort for sure....

anything slower than 1:50 for a 400m specialist of his talent slows him down. I think its dangerous for sprinters to run 800 slower than what they should, simply because they can lose that muscle memory. and running 600 in 1:16, 1:55 is a slow time. for someone who runs 45's and has a distance build, 56-56 should be an easy workout. 1:55 isn't even jogging, its just junk miles.

joey woody would rail him over 800...

i got a 600 meter tour of the unidome once from mr. woody, i've never been in more pain.

He is running long because he will go 600 indoors at Millrose.

Anyone know Batman's best 800m time? I seem to recall him running at least 1 or 2 each indoor season.

Can't find it offhand but Johnny Gray ran 1:07 x yards on the tiny track. Joey Woody won a few years ago with a 1:12ish.

I now see what I never read this board..Some you are the dumbest uneducated about running ive ever seen..

you mean, dropouts correct?

Too me it seems that 1:55 is a tad bit on the slow side, and for someone as good as Bershawn, he probably has better things to do, like lift weights. Not really sure what a 1:55 is doing for him, its a bit like Alan Webb running a 10k in 27:34. We all saw how that turned out.