How fast could Justin Gatlin run a marathon?

Admin error wrote:

It would be pretty cool if the IAAF made a massive admin error and all the start lists were mixed up. So the 100m guys had to race the marathon, 10000m guys in the decathlon, steeplers doing pole vault. It would be very entertaining.

Yeah this is probably 100x more unlikely to happen than the athletes doing it on their own accord... But dream on, brotha

How fast could J Gatlin 'sprint' a 100m in his sleep?

12 seconds?

so if J Gatlin broke the 42,000-some-odd meter marathon into 420 separate sprints, I'm guessing he could run a marathon in 12x420 reps it would take him 84 minutes. Now do we count the recovery time between reps in his 'official' marathon time? If he only needed to rest 12s between, that would put him at 2:48.

for some reason I don't think anyone could do 420x100m @ 12 seconds with 12 second recovery...but maybe justin could.

420 reps wrote:

420

Dank workout idea bro!

Hello Hi wrote:

I'd expect he'd be a DNF.

marathoners take different PEDs than sprinters do so I'm calling DNF too

marathoners take different PEDs than sprinters do so I'm calling DNF too

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Ben L Wrong wrote:

Nutella1 wrote:

I doubt there ever was a sub 11 sprinter who was able to run a 3:10 Marathon. 3:25 to 3:50, ok. But not 3:10.

Ok, do you think that David Rudisha or Nijel Amos (sub 11 for the 100m) aren't able to run a 3:10 Marathon?

Moreover. Cas Loxsom has sub 11 speed for the 100m, and I think he would be able to run a 3:10 marathon without much effort, if he wanted.

You have just defeated yourself. Neither are sprinters

If Cas (?) Loxsom has sub 11 speed for 100m he is a complete failure as a runner as that is faster then Steve Ovett could manage

Nutella1 wrote:

Ben L Wrong wrote:

I've seen many former sprinters (sub 11) running a marathon, for charity, fun, or whatever.

It's hard to understand for you distance guys, but they're, generally, in the 3:10-3:50 range.

I doubt there ever was a sub 11 sprinter who was able to run a 3:10 Marathon. 3:25 to 3:50, ok. But not 3:10.

I ran a 10.6 in High School at State. I'm 43 and can still run under 11. I ran a 3:02 this April in a Marathon and a 1:24 half. I'm hardly anything special, either. It (being decent at both) can be done.

li0scc0 wrote:

Nutella1 wrote:

I doubt there ever was a sub 11 sprinter who was able to run a 3:10 Marathon. 3:25 to 3:50, ok. But not 3:10.

I ran a 10.6 in High School at State. I'm 43 and can still run under 11. I ran a 3:02 this April in a Marathon and a 1:24 half. I'm hardly anything special, either. It (being decent at both) can be done.

Now imagine if you had the genetics of a sprinter.

Ummmmer wrote:

It depends if the sprinters are allowed 6 months to train for the marathon. Any healthy young male who's in shape & can build up to ~60mpw over 6 months should be able to do around 3:00

No way. I have a bunch of naturally muscular friends who gave running a real hard shot (60mpw for a year) and finished over 4:00. Only one sniffed a 20:00 5k.

Back in the day, we all did similar training (20mpw) and I ran sub-20 while they ran 22-24:00. I expect to break 3:00 "easily" this fall, but it's taken 60mpw for 6 months and a couple years of 30-50mpw before that. I'm by far the most talented runner in our group of 20+ friends, and yet I'd have been mediocre on a DIII XC team. People who hang out with runners for too long forget how rare sub-20 5k speed is.

No, you can't. But thanks for playing.

li0scc0 wrote:

I'm 43 and can still run under 11. I

Based off of his 9.74 100m time, this calculator gives Gatlin a 1:38:20 for 26.2 miles. In other words, if he ever moves up to the marathon, Gatlin will absolutely destroy the world record.

http://www.chicagoendurancesports.com/racepredict.htm