I did. I feel I go pretty fast in my final sprint to the finish. But this guy killed me in a 75 or something meters on the concrete.
I did. I feel I go pretty fast in my final sprint to the finish. But this guy killed me in a 75 or something meters on the concrete.
I once raced a guy to a rock, and he won. It was horrible.
he'd kill you on grass too, knock you down bite into your neck and you're toast. sprinters are higher up the food chain.
I could see myself losing to some of my friends if it was just a "sprint to that tree right now!" type of thing. But in spikes with a decent warmup on the track over 100m/200m? No chance, I would destroy them.
I took my son to an all-comers meet to run a few sprints. He talked me into running a 60m. I went out and put on his spikes. This fat guy wearing what looked like the old Converse high tops was in the lane next to me. The guy beat me by a stride. I walked back to the stands like a beaten puppy. I was probably in 16 flat 5k fitness at the time.
a friend of mine lost a sprint race to his girlfriend. i was there; it was hilarious.
Yep, to 2 workmates. 1 plays Australian Rules & the other field hockey.
We were also all quite drunk at the time. Bolted down some city street between pubs kicking on after last year's work Christmas function. My alchohol tolerance is far worse than theirs.
I remember watching four American throwers running a 4x100 against four American distance runners at some European track meet, 30+ years ago. Apparently the distance runners had been talking sh!t--or else the throwers were, and the distance guys were foolish enough to call them on it.
IIRC the anchorman for the distance guys *did* get the baton before the throwers' anchor broke the tape. But not long before. It was pathetic.
You'd be surprised how fast those SOBs can run...
Most anyone who does any sort of strength training or power training will crush most distance runners in anything under 100m. As a distance runner you simply do not have the power needed to get up to speed so quickly (lack of large type IIb fibers). You will likely be able to sustain top speed for much longer. So, you'll see yourself getting your doors blown off for about 50m then quickly overtaking them at the end.
There is distance running, and there is sprinting. For the most part, improvement in one makes the other worse.
Alan
Was the fat guy in high tops a brother? If so, feel no shame. We're better sprinters than you.
obamacon wrote:
Was the fat guy in high tops a brother? If so, feel no shame. We're better sprinters than you.
Did he say he was in high-tops or in Air Force Ones?
Runningart2004 wrote:
Most anyone who does any sort of strength training or power training will crush most distance runners in anything under 100m. As a distance runner you simply do not have the power needed to get up to speed so quickly (lack of large type IIb fibers). You will likely be able to sustain top speed for much longer. So, you'll see yourself getting your doors blown off for about 50m then quickly overtaking them at the end.
There is distance running, and there is sprinting. For the most part, improvement in one makes the other worse.
Alan
blah blah blah, Alan, tell us something we don't know.
I lost to a bunch of moms at my kids elementary school field day in a 30 meter dash. I got smoked, it was humiliating. My wife loved every second of it.