And what can your slow, poor friend bench?
And what can your slow, poor friend bench?
Of those individuals with income who were older than 15 years of age, [...] the top 10% had incomes exceeding $95,000 a year in 2015.
If we convert 1500m times, no way! Only a few countries race the mile. There are a lot of fit soccer players who can run sub-5:04 mile out there. I stand by my numbers.
Guy is a chump
-$550k @ 28 (research analyst at a hedge fund)
-3:54 1500m @ 21 (ran 800m - 5k and xc, focused on 1500). 4:18 for the mile indoors.
-11.7m 100m, 4.7 40 yard dash @ 17(still played football through junior year of HS, switch to running year round senior year after an injury).
faster than your friend wrote:
If we convert 1500m times, no way! Only a few countries race the mile. There are a lot of fit soccer players who can run sub-5:04 mile out there. I stand by my numbers.
You have no idea of how slow soccer players are. They may have a good base that could be developed with rigorous training. But with normal soccer training they can neither sprint or run a fast distance race.
BuySideStrongSide wrote:
Guy is a chump
-$550k @ 28 (research analyst at a hedge fund)
-3:54 1500m @ 21 (ran 800m - 5k and xc, focused on 1500). 4:18 for the mile indoors.
-11.7m 100m, 4.7 40 yard dash @ 17(still played football through junior year of HS, switch to running year round senior year after an injury).
Forgot to say I'm still a virgin.
To be top 1% in income in the world, he just has to make $32,400/year.
That would rank him at about 59,000,000 in income in the world.
sbeefyk1 wrote:
And the 12.34 is barbarically slow. Most of the world plays soccer and I'd bet just about all of them could run 12.34 at their peak.
Nothing friggin' way. The 95th percentile of 15 year old Australian boys is 7.0 for the 50m, which is still quite a bit away from a 12.3 100. Most people aren't going to be faster later on than their 15-year old selves.
Since half of the world's population are women, that makes the OP's friend in the 97th percentile or better.
a truth seeker wrote:
One of my friends has a PR of 12.34 FAT in the 100m (cool time, bro), 5:04 in the mile, and earns $76K/year before taxes.
He claims that 99% of the world's population has never and will never run faster than him or earn more than him*. Does this sound right, and if not, what would the 99th percentiles be?
*could be due to a lack of time/motivation, not genetic limitations
He could be right. But it's a stupid thing to make a statement about. I mean yeah, he might run faster than 99% of the worlds population at their peak, but that's because 99% of the worlds population doesn't care about running so who gives a shit?
Dude. You can earn half that amount and be in the top 1% of the world's richest.
http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Enter: $35,000
Result: Top 0.81% of the world in terms of income.
You must have no concept of global poverty.
sbeefyk1 wrote:
Most of the world plays soccer and I'd bet just about all of them could run 12.34 at their peak.
faster than your friend wrote:
There are many soccer players around the world who will never race the mile but can run sub-5 mile. For soccer players to run sub-10:30 two miles is not uncommon. I'd say: top 92.5% for 100m, top 85% for one mile (do know most of the world are soccer players) and top 87.5% for income.
The VO2 max for elite soccer players (not average ones) is 63 for men, which corresponds to a 5:00 mile or so. For the sprints, the median 10m fly time (30m-40m split) is 1.13 (5.04-3.91). Multiply that by 6, add that to the 40m time, and add 0.2 for their reaction time. You'll still get a time that's slower than 12 flat, and that's before accounting for the inevitable deceleration at the end:
http://www.sportsci.org/2015/TH.pdfwer.aiupoasf wrote:
To be top 1% in income in the world, he just has to make $32,400/year.
Irrelevant. Those stats include children and elderly. He's talking about what people would earn at their peak.
soccer ain't that great wrote:
The VO2 max for elite soccer players (not average ones) is 63 for men, which corresponds to a 5:00 mile or so.
Bullcrap. Some "VO2 max" doesn't correspond to a 5:00 mile or any other time. Running a timed mile corresponds to the recorded time.
sbeefyk1 wrote:
..... Most of the world plays soccer and I'd bet just about all of them could run 12.34 at their peak.
How on earth do so many Americans arrive at this idea that playing soccer somehow magically imparts speed to participants? It's bizarre.
Wtfunny wrote:
How on earth do so many Americans arrive at this idea that playing soccer somehow magically imparts speed to participants? It's bizarre.
I'm not sure this dude could have run a sub-6 mile at his peak:
http://lemerg.com/data/wallpapers/29/891196.jpgWtfunny wrote:
How on earth do so many Americans arrive at this idea that playing soccer somehow magically imparts speed to participants? It's bizarre.
Yeah what a bizarre train of thought. Running several hours a day makes people better runners? Only an American idiot would think that.
yeah bro wrote:
Wtfunny wrote:How on earth do so many Americans arrive at this idea that playing soccer somehow magically imparts speed to participants? It's bizarre.
Yeah what a bizarre train of thought. Running several hours a day makes people better runners? Only an American idiot would think that.
Practicing soccer, and playing soccer, doesn't turn an average person into a 12.xx sprinter.
Bolt does not and will not break 7 mins in the mile.
yeah bro wrote:
Wtfunny wrote:How on earth do so many Americans arrive at this idea that playing soccer somehow magically imparts speed to participants? It's bizarre.
Yeah what a bizarre train of thought. Running several hours a day makes people better runners? Only an American idiot would think that.
When did soccer players start running several hours a day?
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