Dan Kaplan wrote:
If you subtract out the start (at least 0.50 to 0.75, maybe as much as 1.20 based on the 50m splits), then the second half arguably *was* run faster. In any sprint event, the start becomes a major factor when determining average speed. Not nearly as significant in events not run out of blocks.
Dan
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't mean to misread here--but I always thought the meaning of "negative split" is that the second half of a race is faster, not slower, than the first (as for example with Jim Ryun's WR 880 yards where he went out in 53+ and finished in 51+)--so MJ's splits in his WR 400 are not--by that definition--negative.
His splits support my earlier note that the faster the 400 WR gets over time, the more even the splits are likely (likely!) to be.
Mitch
________
Further to Seville splits, here's what the video-analysis shows forMichael
Johnson's World Record in the 400:
50m 100m 200m 6.14 4.96 (11.10) 11.10 5.00 (16.10) 5.12 (21.22) 10.12 21.22 5.20 (26.42) 5.24 (31.66) 10.44 5.52 (37.18) 6.00 (43.18) 11.52 21.96
* don't forget to consider the time out of the blocks!
Jimson
===== http://AbleDesign.com - Web Design & Custom Programming http://Run-Down.com - 10,000 Running Links, Fantasy T&F ------------------------------------------------------------ @ o Dan Kaplan - [EMAIL PROTECTED] <|\/ <^- ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) _/ \ \/\ (503)370-9969 phone/fax / /
__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html
-- Wayne T. Armbrust, Ph.D. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computomarx (TM) 3604 Grant Ct. Columbia MO 65203-5800 USA (573) 445-6675 (voice & FAX) http://www.Computomarx.com "Know the difference between right and wrong... Always give your best effort... Treat others the way you'd like to be treated..." - Coach Bill Sudeck (1926-2000)
