Meb Keflezighi Challenges Usain Bolt to a Race

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  • turkey leg

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    11 years ago 11/13/2012 2:55pm EST
    re: mr. rogers

    The fact that Meb doesn't have a PR machine like Bolt shows here. It is a mistake for Meb to suggest a challenge. Both Meb and Bolt would look horrible at a distance that they are similar at. Meb would look slow and Bolt would look horrible in the final hundred meters even if he won. Why would people want to see these two figures run well behind what Rudisha could do? Meb and Bolt are just too far apart to be entertaining on middle ground.

    Now, stack Bolt with Rudisha somewhere between 400-600m and that would be exciting.

    But hey, don't let me interfer with fantasy . . .

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    Dennis Reynolds

    Member since 03/23/2012.

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    11 years ago 11/13/2012 3:06pm EST
    re: den bosch

    den bosch wrote:

    If people want more proof that a sprinter would not run a fast 800, look at the decathletes - Almost none of them can run 2:00 (Ashton Eaton only ran 4:33 for the 1500), and they actually train for it. Sprint training alone doesn't make you a good 800 runner.

    Ashton Eaton has run 1:55 for the indoor 800 and 2:32 for 1000.

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    steve red

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    11 years ago 11/14/2012 4:35pm EST
    re: Dennis Reynolds

    didn't ashton run 4:1x?

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    11 years ago 11/14/2012 7:52pm EST
    re: steve red

    I went to a sprinting college in the NE. I've seen decent 200m/400m (46-47) sprinters go 1:55-7-ish in small meets for speed endurance training. These were regular off the shelf type of sprinters.

    Bolt I have no doubt could be world class at 400m. He went 45.x at 16. He is probably hard at work doing speed endurance training. Meb would get SMOKED in the 600m. Absolutely smoked. Bolt would have to race seriously but he'd probably beat Meb at 800m too. I'm thinking 1:50 for Bolt. Meb at this stage wouldn't have a prayer at cracking 1:52.

    In reality, both of them would just jog it and do it solely PR.

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