Our recap of the US's gold medal winning 4 x 800 is now up.
Who was more studly? The Kenyan anchor who went out in 48.0 to try to catch the US or Erik Sowinski who split 1:44 and broke it open for the US of A?
Our recap of the US's gold medal winning 4 x 800 is now up.
Who was more studly? The Kenyan anchor who went out in 48.0 to try to catch the US or Erik Sowinski who split 1:44 and broke it open for the US of A?
Going out in 48 is just plain stupid if you're not Rudisha...
equivalent to around 49.3 off a standing start. Not quite that crazy.
Anyone willing to burn it on the first lap is the stud!
Sowinski is the smarter runner for sure.
LetsRun.com wrote:
Who was more studly? The Kenyan anchor who went out in 48.0 to try to catch the US or Erik Sowinski who split 1:44 and broke it open for the US of A?
In the case of the Kenyan anchor, you dropped the "pi" from "stupid".
Bad Wigins wrote:
equivalent to around 49.3 off a standing start. Not quite that crazy.
I thought the conversion from stationary to rolling start was 0.7. Wouldn't that make his 47.8 worth more like 48.5 from a standing start?
If a blazing first lap qualifies for "stud of the night", then honors go to Alysia Montano for her 54.9 opener on the 4x800 anchor.
Even considering the running start may translate to approx 55.5 block start, not even Diamond League rabbits go out that fast.
Montano's gotten back in shape after child birth really, really fast.
Bad Wigins wrote:equivalent to around 49.3 off a standing start. Not quite that crazy.
nonsense
- for 100m relay split, flying gain is ~ 1.0s
- for 400 relay split, flying gain is ~ 0.75s
therefore, extrapolating to an 800 relay, we are talking 0.3 - 0.5s flying gain
somewhere in region of 48.4 / 48.6 for an open start in a 800
How old are you? What is with the childish catch phrases
There is something very wrong in one straight man calling another man a stud.