How Far Could You Have Run With Rudisha?

800m, but I choose not to.

~650

about 350 meters then I would fall off the pace, come through 400 in 49 something, and then just lose horribly the second lap.

chet wrote:

Rudisha essentially ran 25.275 per 200 4x consecutively, although I recognize that these were not his splits. My guess is that, 99 percent of posters could not have currently paced him for any length of time whatsoever.

Let's assume he ran fairly even for the first 400, which as I understand it may have been 49.1. (this may be slightly off). If he split 49.1 evenly, this means he would have been at 24.55 at 200. He also would have been 12.275 at 100, although he probably ran his second 100 faster than his first for obvious reasons. So the vast majority of good high school 400 meter boys probably would have struggled to rabbit this race for 400. You'd have to be a world class athlete to have stayed with Rudisha for 600. Could any professional athletes in team sports have stayed with him for 400?

I would think there are pro football players who would run sub 50 for 400m. Certainly Randy Moss would've easily been under that in his prime.

~525 when peaked

160 meters

Curious Person wrote:

~525 when peaked

It's interesting. You'd have to be either a sub 48 guy or a sub 1:50 guy to even do that...

At my absolute peak, just past 400m. Maybe 450m.

Chet,

What do you exactly mean by this? "...my guess is that, 99 percent of posters could not have currently paced him for any length of time whatsoever."

I am interested in "any length of time".

NativeSon wrote:

Chet,

What do you exactly mean by this? "...my guess is that, 99 percent of posters could not have currently paced him for any length of time whatsoever."

I am interested in "any length of time".

Well, I guess my statement was meant to convey that 99 percent of posters could not have led Rudisha for anything remotely meaningful, i.e., even the first 200 meters at let's say, 24.55. Perhaps 99 percent is too high, but I don't think most distance runners, at any rate, can run even one 200 at 24.55. Of course there are many who can, and middle distance runners in particular probably can.