ESPN -- Bolt and Johnson looking to set up a race for fastest man in the world.

Let's see.... Bolt has run 9.58, fastest in history by far. Johnson has run 10.1 and change.

What makes people think this is going to be close? Bolt had the best start in Beijing AND in the WR run, so it's not like the guy is a slow starter.

Bolt in dominating fashion if it comes to be. And I'll be laughing...

So...

Running 2,000 yards in a season is equal to beating a nature of freak...

I want this to happen. If i was bolt, i would let johnson pick every issue of this race.

60 yards, grass, cleats, stand up start.

That way when bolt crushes him johnson will not be able to say, oooo it was on the track, i dont use blocks, it was longer then 60...yata yata.

Strap 'em in football cleats on a football field and have them race 60 yards, might be closer than you would think.

I was hoping it was Ben.

Let 'em go 40 yards on a track with electronic blocks.

That's a little more than 36 meters.

Problem is that Bolt has more to lose than Chris Johnson.

if he didnt gain 2500 total yds this year we would have never heard any of this crap.

X-Runner wrote:

Let 'em go 40 yards on a track with electronic blocks.

That's a little more than 36 meters.

Problem is that Bolt has more to lose than Chris Johnson.

I agree bolt has a lot more to lose

i just dont see how a 40-60 yard race is fair.

Make them run 100 yards, a football field, in grass in cleats.

All things, i still think bolt wins anything

I also would love to see bolt in the nfl though...

Will Bolt be allowed to complete a full drug cycle before the race, or will he be clean?

dpwc wrote:

Will Bolt be allowed to complete a full drug cycle before the race, or will he be clean?

I bet bolt is clean before johnson...

Olympic testing or NFL testing...

If he thinks he can beat Bolt at Bolt's game, then play Bolt's game for eff's sake.

That means 100 meters, blocks, gun start.

munsoned wrote:

If he thinks he can beat Bolt at Bolt's game, then play Bolt's game for eff's sake.

That means 100 meters, blocks, gun start.

Problem is that wouldnt be interesting. I want intrigue.

Haha check out the comments below ESPN's article

Racing 100m is as pointless as Bolt putting on pads and trying to break tackles.

40 yards is what they run at the combine.

There would be drama there.

Johnson's 40y time is 4.24 - clock starts when he moves.

Bolt ran about 4.37 en route to the 100m record and had to react to a gun.

With Johnson having to react and Bolt pushing it sooner and dipping they both would be at about 4.35.

That's a race.

I think the Letsrunners just don't want a football player to win so they want the advantage to go to Bolt.

Even though it is an Olympic event, 100m is still an arbitrary number to say who is the fastest.

They could just put a radar gun on them.

bolt would be faster than 4.35

I like the idea someone suggested on the espn comment board of having it during the half time show. 10 minutes of build-up with videos of each running, a few seconds of racing. Than 15 minutes of celebrating with team mascots, the crowd, and victory poses. They could easily fill the time.

If you do the calculations for Bolt's average speed per yard in his world record run (100m is about 328 feet), his 40 yard time would be 3.5 seconds. Of course, that calculation does not account for factors that slow down 40 yard times, such as football cleats and getting up to speed from the start. How much would those things slow down Bolt? More or less than .75 seconds over 40 meters? Bolt can crush this joker. Its not even a debate. If Chris Johnson was as fast as Bolt, he would have been setting world records at a college age.

I think Bolt will do this. The guy loves attention. He's a crowd pleaser. It also would get T&F some more good press.

X-Runner wrote:

Racing 100m is as pointless as Bolt putting on pads and trying to break tackles.

40 yards is what they run at the combine.

There would be drama there.

Johnson's 40y time is 4.24 - clock starts when he moves.

Bolt ran about 4.37 en route to the 100m record and had to react to a gun.

With Johnson having to react and Bolt pushing it sooner and dipping they both would be at about 4.35.

That's a race.

Exactly!

Are you guys serious.

Bolt has horrible horrible take off time

thats why he wants to race a 40-60

i think johnson has a great great shot

I agree with the half time show, that would be awesome.

huge win for track and field if they pulled that off