Ben ran the last leg of a pro am 4 x100 relay at the meet in Toronto( carried live on Flo track) He was flying and looked very fit. There can't be a faster 51 year old on the planet!
Ben ran the last leg of a pro am 4 x100 relay at the meet in Toronto( carried live on Flo track) He was flying and looked very fit. There can't be a faster 51 year old on the planet!
a lot faster than robby andrews. 1:49? come on
The guy that won the 800 looked very relaxed. The coverage is pretty good. That track is fairly spongy and slow so it's hard to run fast on.
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Ben ran the last leg of a pro am 4 x100 relay at the meet in Toronto( carried live on Flo track) He was flying and looked very fit. There can't be a faster 51 year old on the planet!
video?
do you have his split?
I want to see the video. Definitely...
domestic pro wrote:
Standard Bearer wrote:Ben ran the last leg of a pro am 4 x100 relay at the meet in Toronto( carried live on Flo track) He was flying and looked very fit. There can't be a faster 51 year old on the planet!
video?
I'll find it and post, I'm watching the meet on my laptop now and my iPad is useless for that stuff.
Nice! Hard to time from that video but maybe just over 11? He does work out quite a bit; always at York track.
I got 11.4 split...jogging the last 10 meters or so.
Probably he could run 11.2x automatic for the open 100m at his peak. Which is impressive given his age.
what if he got loaded up, think he could crack 10.8?
paging Mr Sprintgeezer, paging Mr Sprintgeezer. Will Mr Sprintgeezer please report to the blocks for a match race against Johnson 1.0?
I think he remains loaded up.
And if he isn´t doping...We've seen Ben doing his cycles every single year since 1981 to 1993. Probably he still has some remaining drug-usage effects in his body. And yes, he remains doing a lot of gym works. He lifts like a beast. His explosive start probably is there as well.
It could be interesting to see a Ben Johnson vs Willie Gault duel. (50/55 age group)
Gault ran 10.95 (-0.6) in 2011 (Sacramento, CAL)...later, he had and injury running the 200, so IF he's still running, probably is in 11.0X/11.3X shape.
And what about Carl Lewis? did he run a marathon in recent years? IIRC he said that he wanted to run a Marathon.
It's pure speculation but I really don't think Ben is doping at this point. He hasn't raced in 20 years and I doubt he'd juice for the celebrity 4x1.
Ben is banned from any sanctioned races so we likely won't see him race other than exhibition type.
Gault does have the 50+ age group record at 10.88.
I think Ben could get pretty close if not break it, in theory. He was the best when everyone was supposedly doing stuff as well.
I saw Carl on a TV show, doesn't look like he is staying in shape.
They should try and do a recreation of the 1988 final. I saw Desai congratulate ben after his race. He would do it for fun I'm sure. That's a quarter of the field right there!
It WOULD be great if that 1988 race could be re-created now. Carl would probably be the only one not up for it.
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Ben is banned from any sanctioned races so we likely won't see him race other than exhibition type.
How/why did Ben get a lifetime ban when this current crop of drug busted yahoos get two-four years?
pre841 wrote:
Standard Bearer wrote:Ben is banned from any sanctioned races so we likely won't see him race other than exhibition type.
How/why did Ben get a lifetime ban when this current crop of drug busted yahoos get two-four years?
He was busted in Seoul, made a comeback and was busted again in one of his first races back on the track. His second offense was what earned him the lifetime ban.
lol, Ben was just striding, ticking off the distance, to the line.
I would match race Ben any day, but he knows I might beat him. I could muster an 11.5/11.6 for that race for sure!
I like Ben, I always have. I don't know why. There were plenty of guys around doing the same thing, they were all just a bit "off", if you know what I mean.
Ben seems to have dropped some weight recently, looking good.
What you guys don't know about Ben was that he was totally a sprinter. Everything about him was focused on sprinting. When you were around him you felt it. Even just sitting there in the bleachers, he was a sprinter. He's grown and expanded his endeavors over the years, but that core is still there.
He was like a religious artifact, like a living Buddha. He was the touchstone of sprinting. If you ever felt like you were off-track, wandering, or unfocused, all you needed to do was to think about Ben.
He still is that, for me. Guys like Lewis and Bolt, they have too many other interests and activities to be a sprinting touchstone. Too much media, too many French Open appearances, too many music videos.
Ben was, and still is, the reference standard.
There is no doubt that he retains some benefit from massive use. Like Blake, and unlike Bolt, I think he experienced permanent structural changes from his use, and so there is no way he could be considered to be competing "cleanly", even at age 51. He changed. His muscle fibers split. Like somebody said, his muscles had muscles, and they still do.
That guy is no joke. He is a monster. I saw him do things on the track that to this day I have not seen re-created, as much as I rave about things like Bolt's recent perfect start in Rome.
Good for Ben, I'm very glad that he is welcomed in such a race.
As for re-creating the 1988 field, no. That type of stuff is pathetic. The moment is gone, to attempt to re-capture some of the feeling only diminishes the original experience.
Since Ben is banned for life did his appearance at the meet contaminate the entire meet, making all results unofficial?
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Since Ben is banned for life did his appearance at the meet contaminate the entire meet, making all results unofficial?
Geez, that's a damn good question.