CJ says he can beat bolt in a 50

[Chris6878]

@eroszag

38,5 km/h…pretty Impressive for a Rugby man…still 6 km/h slower than Bolt.
And…if No one noticed…he (Bolt) was first at 20…so…maybe he could beat him in a 5 yard dash…who knows…regarding 40y timing…Charlie and N2 could remember us of the Toronto Argonauts coaches, that, while at the skydome…clocked a pretty interesting 3.7 for Ben…
Ginn…has a great top speed imho…concentrating on track would be awesome.

Ginn was a better hurdler than 100 man from what I have read.

[pavel]

@Sam_S

This is interesting, as my coach works with an NRL club (rugby league club) in Sydney where some of the players are clocking faster 20m times (FAT on grass) than the splits in Bolt’s world record! The players are in their preseason work and clocking as low as 2.74 (Bolt’s opening 20 was 2.89 I think), however they have gone as low as 2.68 inseason. Power and speed over 20m is, of course, a major component of their game and I’m not sure if many of them would be much good after that.

2.68, electronic? I do not believe…

[Sam_S]

@glimpse_2

Would that be Micheal Jennings,who plays in the centres for the Penrith Panthers? He is reputed as being the fastest man in the NRL.

Nah my coach works with the Manly Sea Eagles. The fastest over 20 (so far) has been David ‘Wolfman’ Williams, but Brett Stewart has the highest top speed (back before he buggered up his knees).

Good point above about the energy spreading - plus, Bolt may have run faster 20s in his lifetime, which may well have been down in the low 2.8s/high 2.7s depending on his start.

Does anyone know what Ben did over 20? Surely he would have been a genuine 2.6-2.7 runner even when reacting to the gun.

[eroszag]

Again…we must compare apples to apples…no react time, stand start behind 0,5m and touchpad…are a different world.

[Dazed]

@Sam_S

Nah my coach works with the Manly Sea Eagles. The fastest over 20 (so far) has been David ‘Wolfman’ Williams, but Brett Stewart has the highest top speed (back before he buggered up his knees).

Good point above about the energy spreading - plus, Bolt may have run faster 20s in his lifetime, which may well have been down in the low 2.8s/high 2.7s depending on his start.

Does anyone know what Ben did over 20? Surely he would have been a genuine 2.6-2.7 runner even when reacting to the gun.

I’ve seen Manly do their time trials and would take these times with a BIG pinch of salt. There have been numerous claims from Manly that this player or that is the fastest 100m runner in the country, yet I’ve not seen anything to suggest that this is even remotely true, and when ever they actually race a sprinter they get creamed.

[rainy.here]

After reading this thread, and the one regarding Bolt, I enlisted the opinions (without telling them what it was about) of some football fans, who were obviously clueless about track.

They thought it made sense that Bolt took 4.35 seconds to hit 40y in Berlin while setting the 100m WR, and the fastest guys in the NFL are under 4.4 (or about the same as Bolt in the 40y).

The reason for these similar times making sense to them was that Bolt was pacing himself during the 100m WR, so he could run faster over a 40y than he did with his 9.58. They though Bolt would win by maybe a couple tenths, depending on who it is, though they weren’t sure.

[JohnMariette]

This a tiny bit off topic but… I love how rajon rondo(Boston celtics gaurd) calls out chris Johnson and said he ran a 3.9 in highschool or college. Then CJ says how he’s doing it for publicity, isn’t CJ doing the same with saying he can beat Bolt?

[Sharmer]

@Dazed

I’ve seen Manly do their time trials and would take these times with a BIG pinch of salt. There have been numerous claims from Manly that this player or that is the fastest 100m runner in the country, yet I’ve not seen anything to suggest that this is even remotely true, and when ever they actually race a sprinter they get creamed.

I agree with you 100%- you here similar claims by cricketers over 20m. When you add reaction time, adjust times for the fact most athletes have momentum before the first gate is broken, very few footballers or cricketers would break 3.00 for 20m or 4.00 for 30m. When you look at SR required to break 4.00 for 30m – it equates close to 5 strides per second @ 30m and I haven’t seen any footballers even come close to this SR.