a joke ??
read it & analyse
learn to read & analyse
it was at least a 2 man session primarily designed for Alf but 'Ruto obviously reckoned he had superb speed worth testing v Alf, so the lead times likely to have been Alf's presumably leading & those wouda been the times to tenths with 'Ruto apparently with him offered same time in whole seconds
Alf's coach probably has his boyz' timings to the tenths
no one in their right mind wouda been timing 'Ruto to tenths when this was Alf's workout
they do not say Alf 46+ & 'Ruto 47+, etc, so the pair were very obviously closely matched
the lead times were wouda been for Alf & it is nonsense to believe he was running near 47.9 or 22.9 in this workout, more like 47-flat/low & 22-flat/low with 'Ruto right there
this is man who the year before had won the juniors in a sensational solo 1'43.95 in eugene off suicidal 23.59 !!! & 49.42 !!
absurd 200m of 23.59 when Big-Man in '10 ran brace of 1'41-flats of ~ 24.5
Alf went out 1s+ too quick in his 1st 200 in eugene run
with drafting to bell he wouda been looking at 1'43-mid & just disregarding the 23.59, the 49.42 / 54.53 for 2s +ve splits wouda got him into 1'42-mid & that's ignoring the wrecking of a 23.59 & that it was his 3rd race in 3 days
any guy who is running 1'43+ solo off outrageous splits, worth at worst 1'42-mid with pacing & sensible 200 & 2s +ve splits woud be looking at 1-off 21-low / 46-flat/low, so 22.9 / 47.9 end is a joke, even when conserving energy for the races
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYwhePwGOMkonly the 6th man to ever run a solo < 1'44 after :
- Big-Man 1'40.91
- Wilson 1'42.67i
- Gray in '92 trials 1'42.80
- Earl in '84 trials 1'43.74
- Kipkurgat '74 1'43.91
no
to 400 you add 0.14s
learn statistical error
is this a joke ???
of course not from blocks otherwise we couda had 0.01s timings
obviously from start line of lap for 400, 1500 start line for 300, 200m start line & only possible difficulty is the 150m distance as on standard track nearest measurement is the 7th hurdle which is 145m out from finish, but they couda added 3 strides back from this
for a 800m runner, it woud be absurd to do rolling starts as he was not doing 10 x 400 or 10 x 200 where speed builds up, but only 4 races & any 800 guy/coach woud want as most accurate run as possible meaning stationary starts
'Ruto woud likely follow as otherwise his workout wouda had little meaning either
no
Alf wouda learnt nothing from rolling starts for just 4 runs
anyone couda told him before he even ran them he couda run 47+ / 22+ with rolling start so waste of time even running them !!!
only use from this exercise woud be if run off stationary start to get accurate timings
& 'Ruto was with him
yes
& seeing as we are interested in their possible best fully rested 400 & 200s as if running a diamond league race, that rest better have been at least a week !!!
which woud be a terrible handicap for them as need more like a week
is this a joke ???
do you have any idea about the sport ???
if you run your flat-out 400 you are no state to run for days after
wade collapsed after his 43.4 win last year & never ran again that season & he ran nothing this year after his 43-flat
after a flat-out 400, it better be at least 1 week
is this a joke ???
how dumb do you think their coaches are ???
if they ran there flat-out best 400, they woud not be able to run another serious fast race for a week
why didn't wade even run a 200 after WC or games this year ???, when certainly he wouda been looking at 19.3 / 19.4 off 43-flat !!
is this a joke ???
that recovery after a flat-out 400 better be ~ 1 week
is this a joke ???
after flat-out 400 you can't contemplate another fast run at any distance for ~ 1 week, let alone 3 more fast runs in same session !!!
do you have any idea about the sport ??
they may not know any better, but any coach with 1/2 a clue wouda told them to run a controlled 400, & at least 1s slower for Alf, as he certainly had 46-flat/low speed in eugene-'14 & only a 47+ opener in this workout & 'Ruto was there with him !!!
a flat-out 400 wouda finished them for days
every training run is HT
no
no indication of rolling start & rolling start wouda provided useless info for Alf who was obviously the principal in this work-out
is this a joke ???
22-low / 47-low wouda been likely Alf's clockings & 'Ruto right there !!!
is this a joke ???
Alf has never run a 1500 & 'Ruto's sole 1500m as an adult was a 3'39.5 over 3y ago when he was 18y !
'Ruto can't be classed as an elite 1500 / 3000 guy, he hasn't run a serious 1500 in 3y !!!
as for his speed it was right there with Alf at likely 22-low / 47-low in controlled runs & 200 was with a 400 & 300 in his legs !!!
as comparator, mo woud never have broken 49 in his brace of 3'28s !!!
no
i analysed the data with previous info, such as Alf's ability in '14 to get fuller analysis
is this a joke ???
Souly in his 1'42.97 ran ~ 8m wide, minimal drafting & slight quit at end
he had intrinsic ~ 1'41.5 in him that day
to do that needs 21+ & 46+, probably 21-low/mid & 46-flat/low
maloofi put in intrinsic effort of brace of 1'41-highs in rio !!!
his speed was likely 21-mid/high & 46-mid/high
Asbel in '14 when only in 3'28+ shape crushed nijel who in similar shape ran 1'42.4 with ~ 8m extra !!!, nijel in intrinisic 1'41-mid shape at the time & Asbel crushed him in last 200, in 1'43.3 with ~ 6m extra wide, slow start, tactical race & only hard in last 200 & easing off at line
Asbel worth ~ 1'42-flat at the time & he wouda been quicker in '15 when running 3'26+
Asbel probably similar to Souly at 21-low/mid & 46-flat/low but far better endurance for 1500
no
more like 21-mid/high & 46-mid/high