[quote]5:30-miler wrote:
Probably the most annoying of all Letsrun armchair coaching habits. Runner ran this time under these conditions therefore is clearly able to run that time.
Centro ran 3:50.63. So right now certainly he can run 3:50.63. Faster 1/2 mile split, more even pacing, different track, less hair gel, lighter shoelaces--we can't actually infer anything about how these would affect his performance. Had he fallen and run 3:50 I think it would be safe to say he'd be able to run faster. But that's about the only way you can speculate someone is in shape to run a time faster than that which he just ran.
LRC would shut down if posts were approached from this vantage point.