My 5k PR is 18:08. The opposing argument was that Usain Bolt is a quality athlete, and that he is in shape to run at least 17 or 16 minutes. But the man is like 100% fast twitch fiber, and he probably weighs well over 200 pounds. I think I could take him.
No Galen Rupp would win
yeah but his dick is three times the cubic volume of yours
Bolt for sure.
He can run 100m in under 10 seconds.
With a long run each week to bolster his training, his 5000m would come in at just under 500 seconds, a slight improvement on the WR.
You would obviously win.
All he would do is jog easily beside your pedestrian pace and pick it up slightly at the end and easily win the race with little to no effort on his part.
He can't sprint the entire 5k full speed dumba$$
Youre a dumba$$ wrote:
He can't sprint the entire 5k full speed dumba$$
WOOSH!
mitchellmac2 wrote:
My 5k PR is 18:08. The opposing argument was that Usain Bolt is a quality athlete, and that he is in shape to run at least 17 or 16 minutes. But the man is like 100% fast twitch fiber, and he probably weighs well over 200 pounds. I think I could take him.
Well, if you could get at least a 100 meter lead on him with 50 meters to go, you might just nip him at the line. I remember a similar question from someone about whether they could beat Floyd Mayweather (the boxer), who is also big-time fast-twitch, but who does training runs in reportedly decent times.
How do you know he is a quality athlete? Has he demonstrated anything other than forward sprinting ability? Or, more relevant, has he demonstrated anything that would indicate 5k ability?
Mo Green ran 16:30 in a Turkey Trot once. In trainers. I'll bet Bolt could get well under 16 on a track.
plwnnd wrote:
How do you know he is a quality athlete? Has he demonstrated anything other than forward sprinting ability? Or, more relevant, has he demonstrated anything that would indicate 5k ability?
Have you seen the video of him running into someone right after finishing a race? If I remember correctly, he quickly reacted and caught her as he kept running. It was pretty impressive how fast he reacted at that speed. I know that isn't very good proof of him being a quality athlete, but you at least reminded me of it and I thought it was interesting.
I decided to look it up. Not as impressive as I remembered, but still kinda cool.
Rae got in goin' on pal wrote:
Mo Green ran 16:30 in a Turkey Trot once. In trainers. I'll bet Bolt could get well under 16 on a track.
Source??
http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4788183plwnnd wrote:
Rae got in goin' on pal wrote:Mo Green ran 16:30 in a Turkey Trot once. In trainers. I'll bet Bolt could get well under 16 on a track.
Source??
Looks like I was a little fast, but he'd still beat the OP. I'll bet Bolt would too.
Rae got in goin' on pal wrote:
plwnnd wrote:http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=4788183Source??
Looks like I was a little fast, but he'd still beat the OP. I'll bet Bolt would too.
OK how about a CREDIBLE source?
Bolt can definitely run faster then 18 minutes for 5km. Even with him being over 200lb's. 18 minutes is like 6 minute mileing...I'm sure he could run that.
There are pretty muscled up Cross Fit guys who run high 15 low 16....Sorry dude.
DaveF wrote:
There are pretty muscled up Cross Fit guys who run high 15 low 16....Sorry dude.
Well this ism definitely a troll post.
Would tend to favor bolt there. Your pace is good but not extremely fast and he could run the last 400 in about 50 sec even if pretty tired. he would makeup a huge margin there. Maybe more if he went a bit slower but from from 500-600m out.
He is not a 5k runner, but he is a runner and obviously world class. I would expect him to run well and certainly would not easily break when he started to get tired.
I like your chances in a half marathon though.
madmandoc wrote:
Would tend to favor bolt there. Your pace is good but not extremely fast and he could run the last 400 in about 50 sec even if pretty tired. he would makeup a huge margin there. Maybe more if he went a bit slower but from from 500-600m out.
He is not a 5k runner, but he is a runner and obviously world class. I would expect him to run well and certainly would not easily break when he started to get tired.
I like your chances in a half marathon though.
What's the longest distance you think Bolt has ever run at better than 6' / mile pace? 800m? 1000m? How much money do you think you would have to pay him to train to run 5k at better than 6' / mile pace?