Hdjdjdjddj wrote:
From a mileage perspective it still seems like FT guys can get away with higher mileage.
Peter Snell ran 100 mile weeks. He ran 1:44 on grass. Do not give me this crap that he was more ST. If you run 1:44 on grass you’re FT.
Ovette ran over 100 miles per week in base phase. He was also FT. He was a sprinter in his youth.
Centro was 90-100+ per week. He has run 1:44 and has sub-50 400m speed. Maybe as fast as 48.
Rupp, Levins, Farah? They had good sprint speed. I have a tough time saying anybody with sub-50 400m speed is ST. These three all ran high mileage.
Snell & Ovett - yes, both FT. In 1977, Ovett closed a 1500m in 52.4, and then in the IAAF world cup dropped down a monster kick, running the turn in 11.8s and 25s for last 200m. Only Coe himself was able to finish equally strong around that time, but they avoided each other in most races.
Farah sprint speed is not great. 12.98s in a 100m. Salazar said many times Rupp had better speed, and he didn't allow Farah to do 100m repeats with Rupp together, as he didn't want him to kill himself. Farah is just better at accessing the speed that he has at the end of a tough race, that's why he finishes stronger than Rupp not because he is just flat-out faster.
Anyway, most runners have a pretty good mix of fibers for their main event. It is very rare that fiber ratio decides on the outcome, like it did in the Lopes/Mamede 10k races or the Sydney 1500m Olympics where Ngeny beat El G or this year's EU indoor 1500m where Lewandowski prevented Ingebrigtsen's double.