[lotuseclat79]

Bolt sets his sights on 400m world record - in 2010 dated Dec 15, 2008.

The existing 400m WR is 43.18 by Michael Johnson at the 1999 world championships in Seville Spain.

I think Bolt is capable of breaking the record, but would need to train up to the 400m race by next year - which means running a lot of 600m & 200m races in training split with 100m for speed if he is to go faster in the 100m and 200m races.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Usain Bolt and the limits of human speed.

Scientific advancement is pushing performance to the point where future limits are likely to lie largely where we decide to set them.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Gay fires Bolt warning for 2010.

Sprinter Tyson Gay said on Saturday that he will challenge Jamaican rival Usain Bolt's 100 metres world record when he recovers from a groin injury.

"As long as I'm healthy and focused ... I think I'm going to look at it," the American told a news conference on Saturday ahead of the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.

With triple Olympic and world champion Bolt missing through fatigue, former world champion Gay faces Bolt's compatriot Asafa Powell in Shanghai.

Despite a groin injury, Gay clocked the third-fastest time ever of 9.71 seconds at last month's world championships in Berlin behind Bolt's stunning world record of 9.58.

Gay's gonna have to pump sunflower oil into his veins to beat Bolt, i.e. it'll never happen - but, he might just get close if he is healthy and everything else falls into place - training, diet, nutrition, and mind set. Meh, let's see what happens in 2010.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Gay clocks stunning 100m in China.

Tyson Gay equalled the second fastest time ever over 100m with 9.69 seconds at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.

Well now, that is stunning - especially with a groin injury which he is going to be operated on after the running season (outdoors) is over.

Next year should be quite exciting between Gay and Bolt - but, I still give the edge to Bolt with both of them healthy.

Way to go Tyson - superb!

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Determined Gay beats Powell again.

American Tyson Gay beat Asafa Powell for the second time in a week to win the 100m at the Daegu International

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Modern men are wimps, according to new book.

A new book claims even modern athletes could not run as fast, jump as high, or have been nearly as strong as our predecessors.

Given spiked running shoes, Indigenous Australians of 20,000 years ago could have beaten today's world record for running 100 and 200 meters.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Short Heels and Long Toes: A Surprising Recipe for Speed.

Track coaches have long claimed that the best sprinters are born, not made. Now, new research on the biomechanics of sprinting suggests that at least part of elite athletes’ impressive speed comes from the natural shape of their foot and ankle bones.

Using ultrasound imaging, researchers compared the feet of 12 top college sprinters with those of 12 mere mortals. Surprisingly, the athletes had particularly short heels and longer-than-average toes — features that actually put them at a mechanical disadvantage when running.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Longer toes eyed as sprinters' edge.

Longer toes may give sprinters a leg up on other runners, according to a new study.


Credit: Simon Fraser University

-- Tom

[RSM123]

Originally Posted by lotuseclat79

Scientific advancement is pushing performance to the point where future limits are likely to lie largely where we decide to set them.

-- Tom

Am interested in this, but what do you mean 'where we decide to set them' ?

Human physiology changes minutely over thousands, if not tens of thousands of years.

So do you mean by medical enhancement or by developments in technology ?

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by RSM123

Am interested in this, but what do you mean 'where we decide to set them' ?

Human physiology changes minutely over thousands, if not tens of thousands of years.

So do you mean by medical enhancement or by developments in technology ?

Hi RSM123,

The bolded item is from the end of the article. So, if you have not read the article - I invite you to do so and then you will understand the context in which the comment was meant.

-- Tom

[Knotbored]

The way I figure it-if a bear invades my company campsite I don't have to run faster then a bear, I don't even have to be the fastest human, I don't even have to run faster then the average camper. I just have to run faster then the slowest camper.

[franca]

True !!!!!!!!!!............

[lotuseclat79]

Originally Posted by Knotbored

The way I figure it-if a bear invades my company campsite I don't have to run faster then a bear, I don't even have to be the fastest human, I don't even have to run faster then the average camper. I just have to run faster then the slowest camper.

Hi Knowbored,

What makes you think you aren't the slowest camper?

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Humans Could Run 40 mph, in Theory.

Humans could perhaps run as fast 40 mph, a new study suggests. Such a feat would leave in the dust the world's fastest runner, Usain Bolt, who has clocked nearly 28 mph in the 100-meter sprint.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

The Potential for a 40-MPH Man.

The human frame is built to handle running speeds up to 40 miles per hour, scientists say. The only limiting factor is not how much brute force is required to push off the ground as previously thought, but how fast our muscle fibers can contract to ramp up that force.

-- Tom