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To: yarddog
My brother ran 9.8 in the 100 yards way back when and everyone thought it was really fast. I think Eisenhower was probably in office then.
4 posted on 07/05/2012 10:09:47 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: steve86

I was a sprinter and hurdler in college. I attended on scholarship but no where near as fast as Bolt. I do recall I would often be the only White guy in a sprint or hurdles race.

Tracks really make a difference. We had an asphalt track and that is mostly what we ran on. I remember one year at the Florida relays they had a new track which was very spongy. It was so different that it messed up my steps between hurdles. I was able to maintain 3 steps but had to chop my steps just a bit.

On an asphalt or even dirt track, my steps came just naturally. That is why most hurdlers are around 6’1” or 6’2” and have a 31 or 32 inch inseam.


6 posted on 07/05/2012 10:17:18 AM PDT by yarddog
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That’s damn fast. I tied the school record for frosh soph that my dad set at 10.3 When they went metric they froze the old records. He’ll have it forever!


7 posted on 07/05/2012 10:25:47 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: steve86
My brother ran 9.8 in the 100 yards way back when and everyone thought it was really fast.

I think it's still really fast. Ok, maybe not Usain Bolt fast...but still.

14 posted on 07/05/2012 12:22:55 PM PDT by mojito
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Add 25 ft to what your brother would have had to run. He’d probably run 300m at around 10.7/10.8 secs assuming no lost of velocity in that extra 25 ft.


16 posted on 07/05/2012 1:42:41 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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