you'd both be running in the exact same conditions. stay in the AC until race time if you like.
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Oh I know, I just don't want "how do they handle the 110 degree heat" to be a factor in this.
But as I said, I might be willing to do it anyway. I am still not sure if jsearles is serious, and I need to see whether he's still a fatass, or if he's dropped a bunch of weight via exercise and now feels emboldened.
in sprinting the advantage is to one with longer legs and more fast twitch muscle fibers
sprinting speed is a function of quickness per stride times length of stride...quickness per stride is difficult to increase, it can be increased somewhat by running downhill or being towed while running (by a car)...the muscles and nerves can learn to move faster....length per stride is much easier to increase, and it is done by improving the strength in legs and core, so that each bound covers a greater distance...by strength training the fast twitch muscle fibers get stronger plus more neutral fibers are converted to fast twitch by the body...additional anatomical advantage is density of bone the muscles attach to, the denser the bone the stronger the muscles can contract against...here too strength training increases bone density, leading to longer strides.
a body type with longer legs, shorter torso, dense bones and a larger percentage of fast twitch fibers has the advantage as a runner short distance...
I’ve gained back most of the weight I’ve lost. I’m 5’8” 205. If you wait until June I very well could be back in the upper 180s though. It’s pretty much my yearly cycle.
I contend I could smoke you today though. Why not just video a 100 yard dash? Would be pretty straightforward.
Druff could probably run like hell back in the day especially if there was something shinny at the finish line.
unfortunately right now of course because of the corvid lockdown druffs physique is a lot like a egg on a stick/corn dog. so fast sprinting is not on the menu just now.
Sizzle -200
Druff +180
Tall guys take longer to get up to speed. Once they do, it’s game over. Base paths are less than 30 yards to each and the best base runners have to be agile, and being shorter helps with cutting the corners correctly. That’s similar to football. Lot of really quick shifty guys are more agile, but over the course of like 100 yards or meters, the tall guy has the advantage. Lots of shorter guys are even or ahead early until they kick it in, then the longer strides take over
Like height isn’t an advantage in something like the 40 they run at the NFL combine, but it is at 100m or yards, which if you’re going to have a foot race is the pretty standard length.
You wouldn’t want to be 6’8 or anything. That’s a disadvantage. Optimal height if you look through history and sports is probably 6’1-6’3.
-115 Druff getting a 'stubborn cold' in the days leading up to any theoretical race.
His old is Searles? Still in 30s?
In late 30s, my first step at anything was still quick enough to beat kids to my spot is most sports. Once I hit mid 40s, it’s strange, you don’t feel older, but it’s like your body knows exactly what to do but you’ve lost significant quickness. It’s depressing as fuck. You just end up settling for jumpers, and once they realize you can’t blow by them, contested ones.
I know with my old girlfriends boys, who were really quick and athletes but undersized, I’d spot them like 40 yards when they were 9 and 8. By the time they were 11 and 10 it was like 15 yards. They were going to flat out beat me by the next year and he wasn’t even 5 foot yet, but I wasn’t ever all that fast in a sprinting sense. I had a good first step and burst, but I always got passed by the faster guys even at 40 yards.
correct re: getting up to speed...as i recall, in a 100 meter dash, the first 40 meters the runners accelerate, then next 20-30 meters they are at max speed, the last 40-30 speed is deteriorating...longer legged guys can have higher top speed because of greater distance per stride
10 seconds for 100 meters is world class speed , 15 is just a fraction of that no way druff could run it in 15 seconds.Brings back memories of Ben Johnson and obv Bolt.
Best footrace ever. Gabe Kaplan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqWU9huMMco
Jsearles is trolling with this "deceptively fast" bullshit, and y'all are falling for it.
On the off chance he really thinks he's -200 to beat me in a 100m race, and would wager $1000, I'll propose the following terms:
- His $1000 to win my $500, escrowed of course, for a 100m race
- If jsearles is less than 195 pounds at race time, I have a right to either cancel the bet or renegotiate terms
- If I am less than 210 pounds at race time, he has a right to either cancel the bet or renegotiate terms
Sorry, but this guy isn't beating me in a race, even 11 years my junior.
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I'm 6'2" and 220. I forget which year you met me at WSOP -- 2018 or 2019. If it was 2018, I was heavier than that (probably 235). If it was 2019, I was the same weight as I am today.
I chose these numbers because it allows each of us to lose a maximum of 10 pounds at the current odds. You can even see from my thread about the LPR in 2018, where I talked about going from an all-time high weight of 241, down to 209 in about 5-6 weeks. Then I mentioned elsewhere on the forum that I gained about 2/3 back, and then I mentioned later that I lost 10 pounds back from my unwillingness to buy fast food during the pandemic. So that puts me at 220.
No angling here.
I smell a welch..
I don't understand the point of posting videos. To me this looks like you are not seriously interested in this race, and are just trolling, so you're hoping at least the public gets some lol videos out of it.
Also, speaking of angling...
If I look fast in the video, then you can make excuses as to why you won't do the bet/challenge. If I look slow in the video, then you can go forward with it. Of course, I could re-angle by intentionally running slow in the video, but why am I even bothering?
If you are serious about this race, we can do it, and then whoever wants to attend can video it and post it here.
I’m serious about the race and you’re wanting to wait nearly 3 months. I’ve started exercising like I do most years in the spring. For me to lose less than a pound a week is very plausible. I’m usually 200-205 in winter and get to around 185-190 during the summer. I could easily get to 185 and then eat and drink water and angle your 195 number. It’s a 100 yard dash, not a long run.
If you don’t want to race just say so. Instead you’re putting arbitrary rules on it.
What’s with videos? Hop on a plane to LAX and LFG!
I’d bet both guys here are faster than you’d think. In my life, when people say they’re faster than you’d think, they are usually telling the truth. It’s not an easy thing to be delusional about as we all grow up racing other kids everywhere. It’s not like saying I’m a tough guy when most have only had a few physical altercations in your life or thinking you’re a good basketball player because you could beat the neighbor kids.
I’d want Druff to stretch and run 20-100 sprints somewhere though and see if he still has it before I’d back a bet though. That 40-50 stretch is brutal. For world class athletes it’s 37+, but for average guys with no wear and tear, I’d put it around 43-46. Strength remains. Endurance remains. Speed and agility goes to shit.
This is one of those races I’d take whomever is getting 2-1.
Races are like arm wrestling props. Even if the dude is some scrawny fucker who you could pummel in 10 seconds, if they want to arm wrestle for money, for whatever reason, they’re good at it.
One one hand, LOL at Druff wanting 2-1 odds and all of these weight and temperature restrictions. On the other hand, he wasn't the one that issued the challenge.
If Druff (and all of us) started weekly training, I’m pretty sure he’d do well on the track.
But I have a better idea, let’s meet at a shooting range in Vegas and have a pistol shoot off. Put some bets on the overall paper target scores.
Hey Gringos, It looks like I'll be coming to Vegas with Wifey and some friends to run in the Rock n Roll Half marathon the end of next February. If anybody wants to race this old fart (I'll be 55 then), I'm willing to put some action on it. There are also shorter races (10k and 5k). The races are at night, so Druff can't make excuses about it being too hot. You Gringos have almost a year to train for any of the these races. You can use this as motivation to get healthy and lose some weight, and some $$$$ in prop bets. Challenge made.
I predict someone pulls a calf muscle or strains an achilles tendon. See the Tom Segura/Bert Kreischer 9ft dunk contest (Segura broke his arm and ruptured his patellar tendon on his last dunk attempt). Competitions with middle-aged guys are recipes for disaster.
Odds Druff wears a old dirty worn out pair of new balance-500. Odds Druff will wear knee high socks about -350
In the next few days I will go down to the park and test doing some sprints. I haven't done anything like this in a long time, so it's possible that age has slowed me down a lot. I know that about 10 years ago, I was almost as fast as I was when I was much younger. Around that time, I always surprised people with how fast I could run, because I didn't look like someone who could be a fast runner.
As BCR said, things often decline quickly regarding athletic ability between 40 and 50, so maybe time has taken away my ability to run fast. I will test this soon. As I mentioned in the COVID thread, I had that weird cough/chest issue, likely related to some virus, but it has mostly cleared. Once it's all better, I will go to the park and see how I can run.
No videos though.
Dumb response. Clearly I'm not avoiding this or trying to fade away from the topic, if I'm planning upon going to the park and testing how fast I can run.