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  • xcfan
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 1547

    Former sprinter adapts well to new event

    Now I know why Milkevics was able to hold off Hicks the guy was a former sprinter would have like to see him in his former element to see him go against the top 100/200 men in college.
  • I am really slow
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2005
    • 246

    #2
    Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

    I'm guessing he moved up because he couldn't cut it as a sprinter on the higher levels. Speed most often translates up, So where he would have most likely been a 2nd tier sprinter, moving up has enabled him to be a world class 800 runner.

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    • marknhj
      Senior Member
      • Oct 2005
      • 5070

      #3
      Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

      I'm curious; what exactly were his best 100/200m times?

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      • xcfan
        Senior Member
        • Oct 2005
        • 1547

        #4
        Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

        Wish I knew them also the play by play guy said
        he was a 100/200/400 man in the prep ranks.

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        • xcfan
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2005
          • 1547

          #5
          Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

          Too bad if he'd gone under 10.0 seconds he would have been the answer to the most asked question
          on this website and I'am quite sure we all know what that is.

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          • utopian
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2005
            • 341

            #6
            Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

            >I'm guessing he moved up because he couldn't cut it as a sprinter on the higher
            >levels. Speed most often translates up, So where he would have most likely
            >been a 2nd tier sprinter, moving up has enabled him to be a world class 800
            >runner.


            He has succeeded because he has more ability at that distance, not because he moved up because he couldn't achieve top tier success as a sprinter, although that may be the initial motive.

            Of course, you knew that. I am just objecting to the implication that it is a relatively easy thing to do.

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            • I am really slow
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2005
              • 246

              #7
              Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

              Moving up in distance is never an easy thing to do. Moving up to the 800 is just about as hard as it gets. And more often then not, moving up, with the will do actual excell in the event rather than doing it because your coach told you to, will likely produce better times respectively to your new distance than the distance you left behind. If you were maxed out at 47.xx 400 runner and moved up to the 800 and ran about 1:45.5-1:47.5 over the next few years, those 800 times are superior to that 47.

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              • Trackfan310
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2005
                • 430

                #8
                Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                They call guys who run 11.2 "sprinters" in HS. Odds are he was an OK sprinter. To be a 1:44 800m runner ,I'm guessing he was a 10.7-10.8 guy (yes, hand times) That will win you alot of HS races.

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                • utopian
                  Senior Member
                  • Oct 2005
                  • 341

                  #9
                  Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                  >Moving up in distance is never an easy thing to do. Moving up to the 800 is
                  >just about as hard as it gets. And more often then not, moving up, with the
                  >will do actual excell in the event rather than doing it because your coach told
                  >you to, will likely produce better times respectively to your new distance than
                  >the distance you left behind. If you were maxed out at 47.xx 400 runner and
                  >moved up to the 800 and ran about 1:45.5-1:47.5 over the next few years, those
                  >800 times are superior to that 47.


                  Fast-twitch/slow-twitch and ability. The task is to find what you are best at. Moving up and moving down is part of that search. There is no "improvement" by moving up or moving down. If you are relatively better, it means that you have found your best zone of ability in comparison to others.

                  Desire, enjoyment, pleasing others (including coach) is part of that. However, the best coach is the person who helps you find what you are best at.

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                  • I am really slow
                    Senior Member
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 246

                    #10
                    Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                    Ok now I see your point.

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                    • dhanesworth
                      Senior Member
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 119

                      #11
                      Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                      According to Tilastopaja he hasn't run a 100/200 since at least 1999 (nothing list). It looks like he was a 400M runner from 2000 to 2003 with a best of 46.44. He wisely (2003 NCAA 400M 8th place in 45.82) moved up to the 800 and ran 1:45 in 2004.

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                      • gm
                        Senior Member
                        • Oct 2005
                        • 14015

                        #12
                        Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                        >I'm curious; what exactly were his best 100/200m times?

                        Athletics Latvia (?) lists his bests as 10.7 (2000)/11.04 (2001) and 21.87 in the 200

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                        • marknhj
                          Senior Member
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 5070

                          #13
                          Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                          >>I'm curious; what exactly were his best 100/200m times?

                          Athletics Latvia
                          >(?) lists his bests as 10.7 (2000)/11.04 (2001) and 21.87 in the 200
                          >>>

                          Yep, obviously a big mistake to move up then...

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                          • nbonaddio
                            Senior Member
                            • Oct 2005
                            • 962
                            • New York, NY

                            #14
                            Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                            >They call guys who run 11.2 "sprinters" in HS. Odds are he was an OK
                            >sprinter. To be a 1:44 800m runner ,I'm guessing he was a 10.7-10.8 guy (yes,
                            >hand times) That will win you alot of HS races.

                            I don't know about that. My results are 11.52-21.64-47.36. Or maybe I have the worst start in track and field history.

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                            • Track fan
                              Senior Member
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 1335

                              #15
                              Re: Former sprinter adapts well to new event

                              Steve Cram won the British school boys(grammar school) 400 title, I guess that makes him an ex-sprinter too........

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