Is Lamaitre DONE?

400m runner

ukathleticscoach wrote:

400m runner

Ha, you may be right! Has the worst start in the business so I think that wouldn't matter in the 400. One of the fastest ever top end speeds however and would be interesting to see how that would translate to longer distance.

TheMaster wrote:

He set the clean WRs in 100m and 200m. Really can't expect more than that.

blatant race-baiting is blatant

running with scissors wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:

400m runner

Ha, you may be right! Has the worst start in the business so I think that wouldn't matter in the 400. One of the fastest ever top end speeds however and would be interesting to see how that would translate to longer distance.

Good point! He seems to be really good over 200m still (was just recently 2nd in Monaco) and I could see him running the 400 and doing well. Based on the races I've seen him run it looks like he has more endurance than a lot of guys, but without that really quick start.

Yep, this is a 200/400 guy.

It's hard to compete with guys that are doping. Asafa Powell is closely linked to bolt and the best american sprinters have been banned, so are obviously doping. If he isn't doping it is really embarrassing for the other sprinters, him being better than the average. He doesn't look like it, just naturally fast.

Stop saying move to the 400. That is racist! Stop stereotyping skin color with moving up in distance!

Stop the Bicketry wrote:

Stop saying move to the 400. That is racist! Stop stereotyping skin color with moving up in distance!

The reason why blacks are better at the short sprints primarily is that they genetically have larger calcaneus (heel bones) in their foot that helps them apply more force to the ground with each stride. Also look at the foot size of world class sprinters. The larger foot size has a big impact on speed. What size of feet does usain bolt have?

bigfootguy wrote:

Stop the Bicketry wrote:

Stop saying move to the 400. That is racist! Stop stereotyping skin color with moving up in distance!

The reason why blacks are better at the short sprints primarily is that they genetically have larger calcaneus (heel bones) in their foot that helps them apply more force to the ground with each stride. Also look at the foot size of world class sprinters. The larger foot size has a big impact on speed. What size of feet does usain bolt have?

looked it up and he has size 13 feet. No wonder he can run 9.5

bigfootguy wrote:

bigfootguy wrote:

The reason why blacks are better at the short sprints primarily is that they genetically have larger calcaneus (heel bones) in their foot that helps them apply more force to the ground with each stride. Also look at the foot size of world class sprinters. The larger foot size has a big impact on speed. What size of feet does usain bolt have?

looked it up and he has size 13 feet. No wonder he can run 9.5

9.92 and 19.80 average. You must live on the same planet as the guys that think he is clean. No way he is average and No way he is clean Anavar a very popular drug, which is classified as a steroid does not put that much weight on you. And he can take stimulants like everyone else.

No way he is clean. I think alot of guys are tired and bent over after the 200. I think you may want to watch more on youtube of him and others.

The fact that he run under 10...dirty.

I am a sprinter and in todays sprint world there are so many drugs and methods of being fast. Steroids are a thing of the past. They still use them, but not like they used to. Stimulants and Oxygen increasingPED have gained in the PED world. Stimulants and being winded are mildly correlated.

Thoroughly Confused! wrote:

bigfootguy wrote:

looked it up and he has size 13 feet. No wonder he can run 9.5

So how fast would big foot do the 100? I guess 8.9?

We all know that the real big foot does not exist but you can compare female to male athletes and in general females have slightly smaller feet than males and that's why they run a tad slower than males. It would be interesting to know what shoe size Florence Griffith Joyner had. She ran 10.49 for the 100 meters in the late 80s.

bigfootguy wrote:

Stop the Bicketry wrote:

Stop saying move to the 400. That is racist! Stop stereotyping skin color with moving up in distance!

The reason why blacks are better at the short sprints primarily is that they genetically have larger calcaneus (heel bones) in their foot that helps them apply more force to the ground with each stride. Also look at the foot size of world class sprinters. The larger foot size has a big impact on speed. What size of feet does usain bolt have?

Bones can apply force? Sprinting is all on your toes and doesn't have anything to do with your calcaneus. Maybe you mean achilles insertion?

Clavin Von Zack wrote:

Yep, this is a 200/400 guy.

Nope, that statement is retarded.

He injured himself in Moscow 2013 WC's 100m final (7th place).

In that race he ran 10.06 (-0.3), which is 10.04 basic and even lower with better weather conditions (the race was under the rain IIRC). and all this was after a 10.00 (+0.4) semifinal (10.02 basic), 2 hours before.

Probably that is his real ceiling in a competition with multiple rounds, giving that his 9.92 PB was with 2.0 tailwind, and that is a 10.02 basic.

Furthermore: His 9.98 in Valence is rounded to 10.06 basic; his 9.96 (+0.9) from Montreuil is a 10.01 basic; his 9.95 from Stockholm is a 10.00 basic; his 9.95 in Lausanne (+1.0) is also a 10.00 basic; and his 9.97 in Rieti (+0.9) is a 10.02 basic.

Huh???? wrote:

bigfootguy wrote:

The reason why blacks are better at the short sprints primarily is that they genetically have larger calcaneus (heel bones) in their foot that helps them apply more force to the ground with each stride. Also look at the foot size of world class sprinters. The larger foot size has a big impact on speed. What size of feet does usain bolt have?

Bones can apply force? Sprinting is all on your toes and doesn't have anything to do with your calcaneus. Maybe you mean achilles insertion?

the larger the foot and the larger the calcaneus, the greater potential for someone to run much faster if they develop their body. think of the foots arch as a bow and the longer and stronger and bigger it is the potential for applying more force and in turn more speed can be a result

bigfootguy wrote:

Huh???? wrote:

Bones can apply force? Sprinting is all on your toes and doesn't have anything to do with your calcaneus. Maybe you mean achilles insertion?

the larger the foot and the larger the calcaneus, the greater potential for someone to run much faster if they develop their body. think of the foots arch as a bow and the longer and stronger and bigger it is the potential for applying more force and in turn more speed can be a result

Foot size? That's a new one. I've never read or heard about this theory before. Good troll though.

Retarded is not seeing the obvious. Just think of a faster Borlee.