Not surprising he ran 6:30. He has predominantly fast twitch muscles.
Not surprising he ran 6:30. He has predominantly fast twitch muscles.
His fast twitch slowed him wrote:
Not surprising he ran 6:30. He has predominantly fast twitch muscles.
I'd also assume that he paced himself terribly, running the first two laps as fast as possible and then staggering home.
412?
More proof of the genetic factor in speed. Eaton is lucky he wasn't born in Kenya.
Who's Shit-ton leaston? And why do I care?
Stick with eharmony wrote:
Who's Shit-ton leaston? And why do I care?
Ashton Eaton is the world's greatest athlete; light years ahead of any sister-f**king c*nt from the SEC
He just said "elementary school"? What grade? That makes a big difference. If he ran a 6:30 in 1st grade versus in 5th grade, that would make a huge difference.
I'm skeptical of some of the times people are saying they ran (although I'm sure you'll all claim that the courses were certified). I know I ran a 6:50 "mile" in 5th grade (wasn't trying very hard, had no training, and I was untalented then, and have remained so ever since), because I have a report that says so. But I vaguely remember it being like 4 laps around some field. The PE teacher probably just knew that a mile was 4 laps, and didn't realize that the laps had to be a specific distance.
I don't know about you, but 6:30 seems slow. Glacial in fact. I imagined at least 5:59. At that grade, even without track, an active person has done a ton of running from soccer, flag football, etc..
So what's the mile WR for 6th graders?
Explosive types are very different. In high school and college the sprinters were in awe of us because we could do 10+ mile runs at 5:45 - 6:00 pace. But we sucked, while they were national and world class. I would see them struggling through 2 mile jogs off campus. We use to think they were "lazy" because their workouts mostly consisted of sitting around for 15 minutes, then sprinting, then back to sitting around for a while before sprinting, then rinse and repeat. At the time I didn't realize that is actually a hard workout when sprinting so fast.
And for you smart asses, yes they were in awe of the distance crew, they would talk to us and show their admiration. We were in turn very thankful for all the points they scored in meets. Some of them also just thought we were crazy running so far day in and day out.
Mileage Farmer wrote:
What's awesome is that he made mom get him spikes and kit for this. My guess is that his first 200 was sub-30 and his 400 was around 63
No, I remember watching this on flopro. The first 200 was indeed 29 but the 400 was only 65.
He went 65-105-115-105.
That was back when they had variable pricing. It cost $375 dollars as I was the only one watching.
rojo wrote:
Mileage Farmer wrote:What's awesome is that he made mom get him spikes and kit for this. My guess is that his first 200 was sub-30 and his 400 was around 63
No, I remember watching this on flopro. The first 200 was indeed 29 but the 400 was only 65.
He went 65-105-115-105.
That was back when they had variable pricing. It cost $375 dollars as I was the only one watching.
63 for the first 400 and 65 to the line. I used to hack my way into flopro back in the day.
But did he look relaxed?
rojo wrote:
Mileage Farmer wrote:What's awesome is that he made mom get him spikes and kit for this. My guess is that his first 200 was sub-30 and his 400 was around 63
No, I remember watching this on flopro. The first 200 was indeed 29 but the 400 was only 65.
He went 65-105-115-105.
That was back when they had variable pricing. It cost $375 dollars as I was the only one watching.
His fast twitch slowed him wrote:
their workouts mostly consisted of sitting around for 15 minutes, then sprinting, then back to sitting around for a while before sprinting, then rinse and repeat. At the time I didn't realize that is actually a hard workout when sprinting so fast.
Overdoing a sprint workout will literally blow your mind, along with the rest of your nervous system. Stand around in a brain fog afterwards.
I had a 6th grade 12-yr old scout run a sub 5:30 mile off of soccer training AFTER doing a 15-mile bike and doing pullups, pushups, and situps timed for a minute each. I can't remember his exact time but I think it may have been as low as 5:18.
We were trying to finish up the personal fitness merit badge (fitness test requirement) and did it after doing a cycling merit badge requirement (15-mile bike ride).
I think this kid has a lot of talent. I told him so and talked to his parents about it.
Is that the guy from That 70's Show that hooked up with Mila Kunis?
And the world's greatest athlete Ashton Eaton's first race was the Mile... made our day.
Also one of our favorite quotes from our sport, re: the Decathlon:
"Nine Mickey Mouse events and a slow 1500 meters." - Steve Ovett