Bolt will go sub 19 for the 200 before another American born runner goes sub 13 for the 5k.

He's got more time to shave than Teg does for a sub 13 5K.

I think you are wrong. Time will tell. Nice distinction there with the American "born"

bolt as good as he is will never go under 19

Sub 19.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAA

HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Bekele will break 2:00 in the marathon before that happens.

Depends on how steep the hill is.

very possible, and probable.

we, letsrun, should rename him "Insane Bolt" instead of Usain Bolt.

Lets see, Teg is about 4 sec off (.5% improvement needed), Webb is about 10 sec off(1.3% improvement needed), Solinsky and Fam are about 12 sec off(1.5% improvement needed).

In order for Bolt to break 19, he would have to improve by about 3.6% over the PR he ran today.

I would say there are at least 4 native born Americans with a better chance of breaking 13 than Usain has to break 19. Now if you said breaking the WR instead of 19 sec, then I might be inclined to agree with you.

nope

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You are stupid

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for sub 19 you'd have to take off .33

how many meters ahead of MJ would that runner be? any math'ers?

Gator wrote:

You are stupid

Delete this Thread

Are you really so ashamed of American born distance runners that you feel the need to attack me and then censor me?

I'll take that bet. I say Webb within two years. Bolt never.

there is no 19.31 let alone 18.99 in bolt's future

he ran a flat-out 19.67 today into a minor wind

he's not even beaten wally's pb with this

fairly obvious now that 100m was after all, his best race distance & he'd probably have gone 9.80 - 9.85 last year if he'd run a handful of them

Webb will break 13 this summer in some small meet no one will ever remember.

I think someone like Bob Kennedy only comes along every hundred years. American born runners simply aren't meant to break 13 minutes. Maybe in 2096 we'll see Teg's great great grandson run a 12:59.77.

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Agree. And letsrun linked this thread on their front page. Sigh.....

So when you mean American born, does the son of two Kenyans born in the U.S. count? Or is that not American enough for you. Or if it does count, then what was your point? This sounds like yet another thread where someone is sulking over the suckiness of American white distance runners. So as a race we are not that good on the world distance scene. That's life. Aknowledge, move on. Enough threads about "American born", "American raised", "American system" already.Do you think that the Dutch care that half there soccer stars are born in Surinam. No, because to them being Dutch is a nationality, not a race.

Loosen up Francis. I was just making a simple prediction.

But what is the point of your prediction?

White runners are not good?

Stop feeling sorry for yourself!