Gorge--
I have run 10.49 I used to be able to do 11-flat's all day long. I know exactly how hard it is.
I also know lots of skinny guys who can run 10.7x--I got beaten by all of them over the past 2 years. And like you said, they are sprinters. Rudisha isn't.
Women do NOT run 11.00 all the time. It is pretty rare, actually.
11.00 isn't magic.
And WHAT THE HELL?
I SAID THAT RUDISHA COULD (COULD) DO IT.
Not only that, I've said it more than once. What is the matter with you people? Why do you constantly maintain that I said he couldn't?
And so what if your friend was a better 100 than 800 guy in HS? What is his 100 time now that his 800 time is down to 1:45? By your logic, 10.50?
And for the last time, if Rudisha stepped into blocks right now, he would run 12.0
If he got quick help on how to use blocks to positive effect rather than negative effect, he would run 11-flat
If he cared and trained a bit, he would be sub-11, but no faster than 10.6x
I'd love to see it. I think he should aim for the 400 first, and try to double at the Olympics if possible.
Then I think he should become a sprinter. I would LOVE to see a bulked-up Rudisha in the 100m or 200m blocks, just like I would LOVE to see a fit Bolt in the 400m blocks and LJ.
Heck, if Rudisha were as fast as everybody thinks he is, why not do the LJ himself? Better yet, with his build, why not the TJ?
No, the decathlon. He is obviously just bursting with fast-twitch fibers, which are just lying dormant while his slow-twitch fibers take a lead role. All it would take would be a snap of the fingers, and he'd be benching 400, running 10-flat, throwing jav 75m, LJ'ing 8.50, he is THAT amazing.
Elite 400m runners, who are much closer to 100m runners in running requirements than are 800m runners, run the 100m in 10.2x-10.5x FAT--except for the exception MJ. Even the great Quincy Watts maxxed out at 10.36, and Kerron Clement at 10.23 They are the next tier of 100m performance ahead of elite 800m runners.
No, Rudisha couldn't run a 100m FAT as fast as an elite 400m runner. He's not as fast as Butch Reynolds, Angelo Taylor, et al.
Rudisha is a 10.6x guy at best.
Get back to me with some elite 800m runner 100m FAT times.