I'm a masters weekend warrior. I never ran until I was in my mid 20's. I follow track here and whenever it is on televsion and I have the time to catch it, but I don't know all the runners like most of you do.
Is Wariner skinnier than most 400 runners? This weekend was the first time I saw him run and I remember Michael Johnson looking ripped.
Wariner's legs looked skinny (his calves were bony) and he looked more like a distance guy than a 400 champion.
Believe it or not, he is also whiter
meh runners come in all shapes
and calves are a muscle group....not sure how they can be bony
man of the year wrote:
Believe it or not, he is also whiter
You know what, I knew there was something different about that dude other than being relatively skinny.
He talked like he's been hangning out with the brothers, though.
uh_no wrote:
meh runners come in all shapes
and calves are a muscle group....not sure how they can be bony
Calves, as in lower portion of the leg. Lower legs looked bony. Figure of speech.
Thanks for checking in.
I've been in meets where Wariner's (former?) training partner Darold Williamson was competing twice in the last month, and what surprised me was how skinny Williamson was. In the flesh at meets, Williamson is similiar to Wariner. In fact, the whole Baylor group of sprinters looks more like mid-distance runners. It might be the aerobic training (talking here aerobic as 15X200 with 1:30-1:45 rest) that Clyde Hart has them do.
Among Clyde Hart's people, Michael Johnson was the exception. Wariner actually looks more like everybody else.
Yes, he is skinnier
Have any of you seen them in person?
Wainer is slim
Michael Johnson has a slim build as well
Wariner needs to train/run the 800 for just one season. I understand that he is doing just fine where he is now. But he should just do it for one season, break the world record, then return to the 4 as usual.
Now that the usual sarcastic remarks and insults have been posted, I've wondered the same thing. It would be easy enough to verify, but my recollection is that Wariner is only about 150 pounds, and Michael Johnson was around 180. I don't think that their respective heights are dramatically different.
Aside from the racial aspect -- white guys can't sprint! -- Wariner's dimensions make him an intriguing prospect for the 800, although he seems much more interested in the 200. Johnson always seemed to me to be a 200 guy with the lactate tolerance to run the 400. Wariner seems more like a 400 guy with the morphology to run the 800, although he may not have the aerobic capacity to excell in it.
Avocados Number wrote:
. . . to excell in it.
"excel"
(Just a preemptive correction.)
Wariner weighs the same a Suzy Favor Hamilton.
Avocados Number wrote:
Now that the usual sarcastic remarks and insults have been posted, I've wondered the same thing. It would be easy enough to verify, but my recollection is that Wariner is only about 150 pounds, and Michael Johnson was around 180. I don't think that their respective heights are dramatically different.
Aside from the racial aspect -- white guys can't sprint! -- Wariner's dimensions make him an intriguing prospect for the 800, although he seems much more interested in the 200. Johnson always seemed to me to be a 200 guy with the lactate tolerance to run the 400. Wariner seems more like a 400 guy with the morphology to run the 800, although he may not have the aerobic capacity to excell in it.
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Hey, you're right! Wariner is skinny for a 400 runner. If that's the case, maybe he'd be a good 800m runner? Why has no one else thought of this? Probably, if someone started a Letsrun thread on the subject, he would realize how ideally suited he is to the 800 and go on to run a world record - possible break 1:40? This certainly warrants further discussion.