Kipketer: What Time for 800m Now?

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14 years ago 10/19/2009 9:27am EDT

re: Whiny Adenoids

Whiny Adenoids wrote:A 54 sec 400m is roughly worth a 1:57 or 1:58 800m.

Huh? What kind of crack are you smoking? Think about how many times some kid has won a state meet with 1:57, then think about how badly some kid would get slaughtered in any state meet final running a 54.

Think about this as a relay. Which is better, a 3:38 4x400 or a 7:50 4x800? 7:50 would win nearly every division of every state meet in the country, and I doubt there are more than a few states that a 3:38 would even make the meet.

14 years ago 10/19/2009 9:45am EDT

re: STL_Runner

that time in a distance runner equates to sub 2. it's not about relative levels of quality in the events (iaaf points or something like that).

14 years ago 10/19/2009 9:57am EDT

re: jjjjjjjjjjj

I'm sure he could bust something out in the 1:50s. You gotta realize how freakishly talented athletes like Kipketer really are. The sprint coach at my old high school was an olympic medalist a few decades ago and he's in his 40's or 50's now. He says he never works out anymore, but one day we dared him to try some hurdling to show us good form and he then proceeded to fly smoothly over each one at a pretty damn fast speed, in street clothes. We never got to time him going all out but I have no doubt he could've beaten the crap out of most kids in our region at the worst. He even managed to run a 37:xx 10k with about 3 weeks of training when he was 40. And he was a 400/400 hurdles guy back in the day.

When you talk about Kipketer, you are talking about the fastest 800 runner ever, faster than 6.5 billion people on Earth right now and everyone else who has ever lived. Just think about how talented one has to be to get to that level.

14 years ago 10/19/2009 1:23pm EDT

re: I bet he could run fast...

It is too bad he didn't win gold at the Olympics. You can't win everything all the time.

14 years ago 10/21/2009 8:41am EDT

re: Ran with Kipketer

14 years ago 10/21/2009 10:47am EDT

re: analdiglet

I would be suprised if he could break 2:00 now if he is not running regularly but after a couple of months of preperation a sub 1:50 would be possible.

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