Crooked Judges at IAAF

[Vandiablo]

I can't believe that 100m is too hard to repeat after say 5 minutes.

Hard to believe nobody jumped (heh, pun intended) on this sooner. When I wrote it, I thought, somebody's gonna refute that one!

You have quite obviously never run track.

I did! I did! Many years ago. Four long years! I'd run until I couldn't breathe (not long, about 400m), somehow go the rest of the way (~600m total) and then I would be done until the next year. (xlation: yer right.)

I might suggest that one day sometime soon, you head down to the local high schools track. Time yourself running one 100m race, and then 5 minutes later time yourself running another 100m race. I think you'll probably end up finding a difference in the times of upwards of a second (if you train).

Well, seeing how I never run anymore, I imagine my times would be pretty similar for a short course.

In the extremely high end of the sport, for example the olympics a one second delay is 10% more time. That is like running a 4:40 mile instead of a 4 minute mile.

Now see, in high school I focused more on mathematics than on anything else*, including track. My guess would have been that an increase of 10% on 4 minutes would be 4:24. Just my guess tho, I don't know all this track stuff. :P

I'm sorry, but even at a distance of 100m you WILL see dramatic differences in times from one to the next with 5 minutes rest.

No need to be sorry about it. ;)

I know in world championships there's a lot of interest in beating records, but my idea was based on competing against the other athletes, not the clock. If they all ran the first race, they'd still be competing against each other on the 2nd time, and all be at the same disadvantage. You could even allow those who didn't false-start the first race to keep their original time, which BTW would be very fair, much more fair than stopping everyone because some slob three lanes over jumped the gun.

What this loses, of course, is the photo finish, and the ability to see during your run how fast your competitors are going. So it'll never happen anyway. Moot moot moot.

isn't it about time you started sticking that foot in your mouth?

oh, I just leave it in there**, it saves time.

Thanks for the input.

-V


*I focused on math more than anything else except: looking at female classmates, dreaming about female classmates, obsessing about how it was going with those who allowed me to date them, and playing Dungeons and Dragons, of course. BTW, being a ref for D&D (now called: "AD&D ver. 3.97368382108") is an excellent way to learn about probability.

**BTW fungus thrives in moist areas with little airflow, and most anti-fungals don't taste very good. Desenex has the most flavor, but it's a bitter flavor and greasy to boot, while Clotrimazole has a taste similar to Elmer's Glue that won't interfere as much for tasting other things. I recommend: Desenex mixed with Tabasco, Clotrimazole mixed with curry, Tinactin with garlic sauce (knowing the local Chinese restaurant proprietor helps), and Lamisil (sp?) with red wine vinegar.