Med School Runner wrote:
There have some pretty good posts here. I don't think that I personally could win the meet over Oregon, although I could win the 800, mile, 3k, 5k, 2nd in the 400m, and score a few points in the DMR.
A decathlete could clean up, but I think that a 800/1500 guy could do very well, as he could win the 200 and 400 in addition to tempo-ing the 800-5k.
The real challenge of this would be to get through all the heats and meet schedule.
I wonder, could someone like Bryan Clay win EVERY event including heats/flights/finals?
You would need to be borderline elite for a mid-distance runner to win 200-400 then go "tempo" at just over 4 min mile pace for the 8, drop a 4:30 an few hrs later and then a 9:10. This is all on top of running the 2 prelims, 2 finals, 4 prelims, 8 prelims, mile prelims, DMR, 5k the night before. Basically you'd be dropping like the sickest workout of all time. I think unless you are elite, most runners would hit some resistance after about 6 races and all of a sudden a 4:30 feels a lot harder than it actually is.
I think most decathletes would have trouble outright winning a few events (3k, 5k) but they could score high is almost everything and probably win 60m-mile and most field events.