Bolt just won the 200 meters in 10.30, beating michael johnsons mark of 10.32.
im no math expert, but i tried to convert his 10.69 in the 100m to a 40 yard dash.
i came up with 3.91
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Bolt just won the 200 meters in 10.30, beating michael johnsons mark of 10.32.
im no math expert, but i tried to convert his 10.69 in the 100m to a 40 yard dash.
i came up with 3.91
Jay, keep in mind that he's 6'6, so he's naturally a 'slow' (relatively speaking) starter. The 40 time would be a bit higher. Richard Thompson was ahead of him after 40 yards in the 100m.Originally Posted by JAY
Bolt just won the 200 meters in 10.30, beating michael johnsons mark of 10.32.
im no math expert, but i tried to convert his 10.69 in the 100m to a 40 yard dash.
i came up with 3.91
But the dude is ridiculous. Its all natural talent.
Bolt just won the 200 meters in 10.30, beating michael johnsons mark of 10.32.
im no math expert, but i tried to convert his 10.69 in the 100m to a 40 yard dash.
i came up with 3.91
This weekend, when he ran the 100-meter in 9.69, the guys on Sportscenter said that time would convert to a 3.54 40-yard dash. A meter is also longer than a yard, but I am not sure how much longer.
i used a meter/yard converter. i divided 10.69 by 100, then multiplied it by 36.576 meters, which is supposed to equal 40 yards.
thats my excuse, but i never seem to get any speed going at all.
if you take his 200 time of 10.30 and divide it by two, you get 10.65 so yes, he does get faster as he goes. (of course he did pull up in the 100)
I am thinking someone could analyze tape and at least make a rough guess as to how fast he actually ran the 40 out of the gate ... All the slow time is at the offset. I am curious what his top speed was on the back end.
Yeah, but all they did was take his average speed and apply it over a shorter distance.
Like Lum said, his average speed would be lower in th 40 yd dash due to him not having "room to stretch his legs", so to speak, and hit that next gear that has him pull completely away from the field. The ridiculous top speed he hits on the back end of his runs wouldn't really be there in the 40.
I'm surprised, actually, that someone hasn't broken down the film and recorded what his splits were at different distances. It would be relatively easy to see exactly what he ran in the 40 should one have the right technology.
Someone somewhere said 30mph
I think I heard the commentators say that during the prelims for his 100m run.Someone somewhere said 30mph
Wonder if any NFL team will throw a few million his way to let them try to teach him to catch a football. At 6'6" and with that speed he would be near impossible to cover. I don't know what kind of money a person can make being a track star, but I would think NFL dollars would be much higher. Of course, we all know that raw speed does not a reciever make.
I guess it would depend on how desperate Jerry Jones gets.
Haha....good one, and probably not too far from the truth!
Heck, since he has never played in college, maybe Dooley should recruit him!
i figured cowboys, redskins, or raiders would try
I have to admit that it would be fun to see Bolt go deep to catch a Jamarcus Russel bomb. Russel might be the only QB in the NFL who could hang out there far enough to let Bolt run under it while still going full speed. Of course, that's given you have at least 60 yards of field to work with.
I've already heard someone on radio comment how they would like to see him in pads running a fly route.
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