Most Impressive Run Ever: What Did That Guy from LSU Run That First 200 In?

That was the greatest first 200 of a 1600 I have ever witnessed.

Dat Shril wrote:

That was the greatest first 200 of a 1600 I have ever witnessed.

What is a "1600"?

The final leg of a DMR...you know the race that goes 1200, 400, 800, 1600...

24.7 according to this guy. Crisp pace if i've ever seen it.

You don't follow track very closely, do you?

Video?

Most impressive run ever? So, the last leg of the NCAA indoor DMR in which a guy blows his load in the first 200 is better than Wilson Kipketer's 1:41 800?

Dat Shril wrote:

That was the greatest first 200 of a 1600 I have ever witnessed.

Great really depends on what it accomplishes. If he had run several seconds slower there and a second faster each 400 he would have helped his team more. As it is, he put himself into Oxy debt and into the wind.

There was a lot of smart racing and dumb racing at the meet today.

Most impressive mile leg compared to (at least my) expectations has to go to the (redshirt) FR kid from UWVs, who ran a 4:35 with the likes of Edwards, Lambie, and Bowman. It was about the same split as Corbin from Arkansas who took the #2 team going in to a last place finish (he does have a Mile tomorrow, and once he was out of it, it was smart to ease back).

I totally agree and catching the guy in front progressively would have wore the front guy down. He'd have known he was being caught (PA announcer, crowd noise, etc.) and might have folded. Instead, by catching him immediately, he probably even helped the guy a little by giving him somebody to run with.

Dat Shril wrote:

That was the greatest first 200 of a 1600 I have ever witnessed.

Alan Webb ran the most impressive 100 of a 1500 meters in Helsinki at worlds in 2005.

Here we go again with another "know-it-all" nerd. "Uh, technically speaking, it depends on what it accomplished and the amount of oxygen debt sustained from this gesture." SHUT THE F*** UP! Distance runners always have to disagree with someone and pretend they are so smart. If you were so smart and knew so much about running you would be runing there and not sitting at your computer looking for posts to refute.

while the effort/balls of the LSU guy were impressive, i cant let this DMR talk with giving props to my fellow longhorns...

Kyle Miller, UT's normal 1200m leg was injured in the prelims of the mile, so he couldnt run...Jacob Hernandez stepped up and ran that leg, as opposed to the 800m, and alternate Tevan Everett runs the 800m leg...

and what happens? not only does Texas win, they have a solid lead heading into the final leg...

props to the squad and coach Vig..

its impressive to know that you can switch out 2 of the 4 legs of your DMR, (that arent the 400m) and still come home with a title..

Learn to spell running. Once you figure that out, start to study race tactics. Running the first 200 in sub 26 isn't smart and it didn't accomplish anything for LSU. The group ended up closing the gap and he could have saved more energy and possibly been with Manzano in the end instead of fading. While it was entertaining, it was dumb. And, I couldn't be there racing because I'm too old. I don't know about the 26mi235 guy. My guess from his other posts, he's too old as well. You on the other hand, should go back to Dyestat with your peers.

How come nobody is crediting Andrew Bumbalough a SOPH for splitting the fasttest last leg.....a 3:56!.....

Bumbalough's leg was extremely impressive. It's too bad G'town dropped the baton. They would of had a great shot at 2nd and possibly 1st. He should be top 3 in the 3k.

Kosgei took a huge gamble, which is credit to him, but made a pretty big tactical error. Manzano took the stick with a 2 second lead over the pack (about 10-15 meters). So he is either going to run all out and clock a 4 minute mile (or less), meaning that virtually no one can catch him anyway or he is going to sit back a little and try to run about 4:02-4 to save something for his mile final today. In the first case you should either try to run 3:58 and catch him or try to beat everyone else and finish second. Both of these require running a smart and controlled race early. In the second case (which is what happened) the pack is going to catch up to Manzano anyway so you might as well wait for him to come back to you. I think kyle alcorn of arizona state may have run the best 1600 leg. He ran smart early and outkicked everyone in the pack he started with (and nearly got manzano, too). Bumbalough was awesome and it's too bad they dropped the baton earlier or he would have had a chance to win it.

Typical! I made a spelling error because I have a life and no time to proofread my posts. You take the focus off of your stupid ass by putting it on spelling and grammatical errors. Classic letsrun spin move. Figure this one out, "Go ufck yuorslef!"

By the way, sometimes it takes an exciting race (even if it is not the most tactically sound) to get people interested in track and field. No one wants to see a meet full of tactical races and even splits. The most famous runner ever is known for going against sound tactics (Pre). And as far as that dyestat comment, we might be the same age. Also, I ran at the NCAA championships, in Cross and Track. I am also probably safe in assuming that your best times we surpassed by me in high school. So bite me.

Shut the f*** up wrote:

Distance runners always have to disagree with someone and pretend they are so smart.

Yes because distance runners are the only kind of people that disagree. I totally forget that everyone else in the world agrees with each other and gets along perfectly.