Surely there is someone that has run faster than a 3:43. I confidently believe that at some point in history a person has crushed the world record while being chased by a mobster, or lion, or something of the sorts.
This is not as far fetched as you may think, if El G had his life on the line he would have surely gone sub 3:30. Sub 3:40 is a certainty.
Discuss.
Not to mention that there is most likely someone that has had more talent than El G. With that being said humans are probably capable of inching toward the 3:20 mark.
By the way, I want it to be clear that I am not a troll. I am much worse than a troll because I honestly believe what I previously said.
How do we test this?
thedub wrote:
By the way, I want it to be clear that I am not a troll. I am much worse than a troll because I honestly believe what I previously said.
You think someone being chased by a mobster or lion paced themselves for an entire mile rather than all out sprinting for 100 meters?. Obviously you're an f'tard troll, but you're also just an f'tard.
It's obviously a lion that runs at 3:30/mile pace, evenly.
Jim Ryun ran 3'41 in 1967.
Depends if PED's are allowed in this test or not lol. I'm sure a sub 3:40 mile will happen soon enough. There was a time where people once thought a sub 4 min mile was impossible. However I do believe there's a limit to how fast the human body can get, we just haven't got there yet.
thedub wrote:
Not to mention that there is most likely someone that has had more talent than El G. With that being said humans are probably capable of inching toward the 3:20 mark.
I do wonder. If an athlete capable of sub 3:43.13 is alive on this planet right now, who are they? Where are they? Let's assume it's somebody who is 18 or 19. And with the right training (perhaps drugs too), they could beat the w.r. in 3-4 years. Who is this person? Are they likely to be playing soccer or basketball? football? Are they a swimmer? playing cricket? Perhaps... they're not doing any sports? Maybe they're a total junkie? It's crazy to contemplate the potential talent out there. There's likely somebody alive who could break it, but only if they started receiving the best coaching and training immediately and sustained for a few years. El G was that good, and likely that doped.
Too bad nobody in the world cares about your shitty American imperial system, so nobody will break it anyway
I blame theDub for our shitty imperial system too. It's all his fault. I don't understand whys there's even a world record for the mile when only us dumb Americans run miles. Damn you theDub, why did you create the imperial system! !
Someone could break the mile record, just run it on a downhill course!
Back in the early 80s, Steve Scott ran a downhill 3:31 mile in Auckland. I think there were several others in the race under 3:40.
We are talking about a sub 3 mile downhill here. There is someone out there who can go run a sub 3 downhill mile if there life depended on it.
I did a one-minute mile when I fell out of a plane.
I mean, a 3:20 mile is just 50 second laps. That is a jog for many people.
Retardalert.. wrote:
[quote]thedub wrote:
. Obviously you're an f'tard troll, but you're also just an f'tard.
a f'tard
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Back in the early 80s, Steve Scott ran a downhill 3:31 mile in Auckland. I think there were several others in the race under 3:40.
Craig Wheeler ran faster and still holds the WR as far as I know
No lions but there are plenty of sheep around there
This may take a whole different style of training, because it becomes more of a sustained "sprint" to run a 3:20 or 3:30. While speed would be important, you would have to have slow-twitch and intermediate muscle fibers which could sustain maximum effort. CNS fatigue would become a major factor. If you look up the central governor theory, you will find that the mind tends to limit full recruitment of all muscle cells except in extreme emergencies (i.e., running from a threat). Very little has been done to explore ways to train and improve this threshold of "mental shutdown" of muscles.
There is evidence, in the form of fossilized footprints, that prehistoric men could run faster than the peak speed of Usain Bolt, so it is not beyond the realm of possibility that a faster mile has been run. However, there were many more circumstances in which prehistoric men would have run under duress.