Where Does Louie Zamperini Rank?

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  • Future

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 12/23/2014 9:11pm EST
    re: Heard this before

    So someday will people look back at Alan Webb and say he ran that fast in high school then an American record then the Olympics too. And they will say if not for the war Webb would have progressed and won gold in the 800 and 1500 in 3 consecutive Olympics and eventually run a 3:42 mile. If not for that darn war.

    Just maybe it is the lack of that reality that make us view people nostalgically and romantically and wistfully. Kennedy became a greater president and more loved the minute he was gone.

    I will choose to place my hopes on those still competing and look forward not back

  • wyuuu

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 12/24/2014 4:10am EST
    re: SCIENCE!

    SCIENCE! wrote:

    Talking about "would have" and "could have" really cheapens the purity for me.

    But just imagine that you are on 1:59:59 pace for the Marathon and feeling good and at mile 26 a meteorite breaks your leg. I bet you would be talking about the "would have" and "could have".

  • SCIENCE!

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 12/24/2014 6:40am EST
    re: wyuuu

    wyuuu wrote:

    SCIENCE! wrote:

    Talking about "would have" and "could have" really cheapens the purity for me.

    But just imagine that you are on 1:59:59 pace for the Marathon and feeling good and at mile 26 a meteorite breaks your leg. I bet you would be talking about the "would have" and "could have".

    http://www.flotrack.org/coverage/251964-Best-of-2014/article/29117-3-Kick-of-2014

    Spoiler: the kid who trips over that last barrier "should" have won. He sure deserved it.

    Lots of people have won races they had no business winning (and lost races they shouldn't have lost), but that's why you run the darn things. If you showed up and they gave you a medal on the starting line based on what everyone expected to happen, what would be the point?

  • blamb61

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    9 years ago 12/24/2014 9:17am EST
    re: running history

    Is it possible for people to express opposing viewpoints without name calling?

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    Ray

    Member since 01/27/2003.

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    9 years ago 12/24/2014 10:23am EST
    re: blamb61

    blamb61 wrote:

    Is it possible for people to express opposing viewpoints without name calling?

    Not on LR.com

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    Hopkinton

    Member since 10/13/2011.

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    9 years ago 12/24/2014 10:34am EST
    re: running history

    running history wrote:

    Thoughts?

    It was a huge mistake to let Angelina Jolie direct the film.

  • gulpgulp

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 12/24/2014 9:16pm EST
    re: running history

    15 years. With modern training theory applied (did all of you even look at the link?), as well as consistency, he would have surely been faster in the right race(s). How fast? Who knows. Either way, he lived a long and rewarding life, and that is all that matters.

  • The Donger

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    9 years ago 12/25/2014 12:29am EST
    re: Breathe in breathe out

    Breathe in breathe out wrote:

    In case you twits didn't know, there were NO MEDALS TO WIN between 1936 and 1948. At the age Galen Rupp won his medal, he was already a prisoner of war. Like Gunder Hägg, he probably would have continued on improving if there were such thing as financial support for runners.

    PS - how many in the NCAA today could run a 1:49 half mile on a dirt track? Maybe five?

    Perhaps the question should be... How fast could he have run with NOP?

    1:49 on dirt is blazing. Is that a 1:43 today?

  • stat reader

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    9 years ago 12/30/2014 9:48pm EST
    re: Leather flats

    Leather flats wrote:

    Running shoes back then where leather, with no padding. That makes Zamperini's 56 final lap in the 1936 Olympic 5k much more impressive.

    Closing in 56 in only his 4th ever 5000m is really really impressive. He ran 14:46.8 in that race which means his previous 11.5 laps averaged 72.24, in a race that was won in 14:22.2 (68.98/lap), which was then an OR and only 5 seconds off the WR.

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