Bolt 14.36

[pierrejean]

Flo-Jo’s intermediate times during her 21.34 were 11.18 and 16.10. At 100m, she was leading Ottey by only 0.01. The reason was that Flo-Jo ran a very conservative bend. She should have been several meters ahead (she ran 10.62 at 100m legal wind in Seoul vs 11.03 for Ottey).

Flo-Jo’s 100-150m section (including approx 15m in bend) was 4.92, so adding this to 10.62 gives 15.54, which is the least she was able to run at 150m. I actually think she could run around 15.40 FAT, as she demonstrated an oustanding speed maintenance (0.91 for 10.54w and 0.92 during 10.61 and 10.62 races) during the 60-90m section of 100m races).

[TMSSF]

@pierrejean

FloJo…as she demonstrated an oustanding speed maintenance (0.91 for 10.54w and 0.92 during 10.61 and 10.62 races) during the 60-90m section of 100m races).

PJ - can you provide 10m segment splits from the races you cited?

[Charlie_Francis]

@pierrejean

Flo-Jo’s intermediate times during her 21.34 were 11.18 and 16.10. At 100m, she was leading Ottey by only 0.01. The reason was that Flo-Jo ran a very conservative bend. She should have been several meters ahead (she ran 10.62 at 100m legal wind in Seoul vs 11.03 for Ottey).

Flo-Jo’s 100-150m section (including approx 15m in bend) was 4.92, so adding this to 10.62 gives 15.54, which is the least she was able to run at 150m. I actually think she could run around 15.40 FAT, as she demonstrated an oustanding speed maintenance (0.91 for 10.54w and 0.92 during 10.61 and 10.62 races) during the 60-90m section of 100m races).

I was reliably told that in practice, she ran 6 x 160m in 16.4ht with a 240m walk between!!! (yes, that’s 160 not 150!)

[TMSSF]

If the walks were immediately following the runs, given the speed of them, she probably had less than 240m to stroll!

[Charlie_Francis]

@TMSSF

If the walks were immediately following the runs, given the speed of them, she probably had less than 240m to stroll!

Like most of these types of breaks, there’s usually a shoelace to be tied etc, but it’s a very short break for such massive and unprecedented quality.