Bolt splits in 9.58

[Charlie_Francis]

@stylee

I just read Speed Trap and enjoyed it (though I wanted to know more about your relationship to Ben beyond the funny anecdotes). I agree with the projections above and in the book - somewhere between 9.76 and 9.71 for that particular race and faster with other factors.

So, with the projection game in mind

let’s say Bolt had another m/s of wind
is that in the 9.49-9.51 range now?
AND let’s say Bolt was at altitude
is that in the 9.39 - 9.45 range now?

let’s say he peaks somewhere between the age of 25 and 30 and shaves off some more time at that point
9.36-9.42 in some sort of perfect confluence of legal factors?

My ranges are obviously sort of arbitrary (mainly because I don’t know THAT much about track) but I’d like to hear some knowledgeable folk way in on the “perfect world” scenerio.

Hard to play the wind game too effectively but:
Lowest humidity
Highest allowable tailwind
High temperature
Altitude like Mexico City or Colorado Springs
all combined with the same or better track surface and you’re into the 9.40s.
And that’s with him as he is now.
God, it’s bizarre to even be having this conversation!!