Former 10k AR holder Greg Fredericks used to do the same in college, only
faster.
malmo
>
> Craig Masback used to run 880/Mile/Mile Relay in college. Of
> course, running a relay leg (other than 1st leg) does not require
> learning to do a down start.
>
> Ed Koch
>
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>
> > Other than Juanto there hasn't been anyone who has had a shot
> at making an
> Olympic or World Championship
> > final in both the 400 and 800 in the last 30 years.
>
> Mark Everett certainly had the potential based on his times. Jearl
> Miles-Clark and Anna Quirot certainly did. How many times did
> Kipketer run
> an elite open 400m during his peak 2 years? How many times have the other
> 800 contenders run elite open 400's?
>
> I do agree that the gap between the 400m and the 800m is bigger than that
> between the 800m and the 1500m and the physiological reasons for that are
> pretty clear. But I suspect that the huge discrepancy we see at the elite
> level also has to do with the way athletes are developed, the way they
> train, and the fact that mentally the 800 seems a lot closer to the 1500m
> than the 400m (at least in my experience).
>
> As always, there's no one simple explanation,
>
> - Ed Parrot
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