TheGlyde wrote:Can I ask where are you getting your maths?
Whats the 0.24?
If you are saying a 10.1 bend are you then saying a 8.94 straight to get to 19.04?
a) the first 100m is on a bend, he won't run a 9.69 bend, the semi ~10flat was about as fast as he will go
b) the 2nd 100 has a running start, straight maths wornt work and
c) I don't care who you are, no man in history has ever run 100% intesity for the 200m without slowing toward the end.
www.charliefrancis.com threads.
Charlie Francis was the coach of Ben Johnson. He sorted out the math. Here's his post on that thread.
Originally Posted by Charlie Francis
I base it on the hand time era conversions coaches used to use for best case scenarios as follows:
For 200m 2 x 100m + or - .2
For 400m 2 x 200m + 3.5 sec
To get to hand, you need to pull .24 off first- do the calculation, then add .24 back to the end result.
For example MJ: 19.1 + 19.1 + 3.5 = 41.7 add back .24 (approx) and you have 41.94
This isn't a "likely to win" description. This is a coaches' calculation for what a 100m performance should allow you to do in the 200m. The standard rule is 2 x 100m performance BUT that's a hand timed calculation, so you must convert to hand time and add back the electric at the end. Allowing a very very modest adjustment for the celebration, subtract .24 from 9.64 and you get 9.4 x 2 = 18.8 . add back the .24 and you get 19.04.
